Abstract: Disclosed is a method for measuring a clotting time, including the steps of: (A) mixing a blood sample, an activator, a phospholipid, and a nickel ion-forming compound to obtain a specimen; and (B) mixing the specimen obtained in step (A) with a calcium salt to prepare a measurement specimen and measuring the clotting time of the measurement specimen.

Abstract: Provided is a processing apparatus that authenticates a requestor in response to a request for performing predetermined processing. The processing apparatus executes the predetermined processing upon the authentication succeeding. Whether or not authentication is performed is set individually for each of the processing apparatus and an external apparatus of the processing apparatus that serve as the requestor. The authentication is performed in the case where authentication is set to be performed on the requestor that made the request.

Abstract: A method is disclosed with provides stable growth of SiC single crystals, particularly 4H—SiC single crystals, with an effective crystal growth rate for a prolonged time even at a low temperature range of 2000° C. or lower. A raw material containing Si, Ti and Ni is charged into a crucible made of graphite and heat-melted to obtain a solvent. At the same time, C is dissolved out from the crucible into the solvent to obtain a melt. A SiC seed crystal substrate is then brought into contact with the melt such that SiC is supersaturated in the melt in the vicinity of the surface of the SiC seed crystal substrate, thereby allowing growth and production of an SiC single crystal on the SiC seed crystal substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a circumferential weld joint. With this method, when low-carbon martensitic stainless steel pipes used for pipelines for transportation of petroleum and natural gas are subjected to circumferential welding, the circumferential welding can be performed efficiently using a low-cost welding material having a composition similar to the composition of the low-carbon martensitic stainless steel pipes. Pipe ends of low-carbon martensitic stainless steel pipes containing prescribed components are butted against each other and subjected to multi-pass arc welding using a welding material containing prescribed components. In the first pass in the multi-pass arc welding, CMT welding is performed in which the welding material is moved back and forth against a molten pool to generate an arc intermittently. In the second and subsequent passes, one selected from GMA welding, GTA welding, and the CMT welding is performed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for acquiring information on a cause of prolongation of coagulation time. The present invention also relates to a device, a system and a computer program for analyzing blood coagulation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for measuring clotting time including: preparing a measurement sample by mixing a blood specimen suspected to contain a lupus anticoagulant, an activator, and a divalent-metal-ion-producing compound for facilitating formation of a phospholipid-containing complex; and measuring a clotting time after adding, to the measurement sample, an aqueous solution of a calcium salt as a coagulation initiator.

Abstract: A printing apparatus determines whether or not predetermined processing in accordance with a predetermined shape of a medium is executed on an image of a printing target. In a case where it is determined that the predetermined processing is not executed on the image of the printing target, the printing apparatus executes the predetermined processing on the image of the printing target to perform printing. In a case where it is determined that the predetermined processing is executed on the image of the printing target, the printing apparatus prints the image of the printing target on which the predetermined processing is not executed.

Abstract: A communication device includes a first holding unit which holds a disk-like first recording medium capable of storing information and a second holding unit which holds a second recording medium which is different from the first recording medium. The communication device further includes a request reception unit configured to receive a request for information indicating a recording medium which is usable by the communication device from a terminal device, and a transmission unit configured to transmit information indicating the first recording medium and information indicating the second recording medium held by the second holding unit to the terminal device when the request is received.

Abstract: [Problem] It is an object of the present invention to provide an oil and fat composition for rice cooking, which can suppress hardening of boiled rice during chilled storage and with which boiled rice with reduced odor specific to rice species in Indica rice or the like can be cooked, by adding the composition when cooking raw rice. [Solution] The present invention is an oil and fat composition for rice cooking, characterized by containing oils and fats as well as 0.1% to 3% by mass of lecithin and 0.002% to 1% by mass of ascorbic acid analog compound.

Abstract: Provided is a processing apparatus that authenticates a requestor in response to a request for performing predetermined processing. The processing apparatus executes the predetermined processing upon the authentication succeeding. Whether or not authentication is performed is set individually for each of the processing apparatus and an external apparatus of the processing apparatus that serve as the requestor. The authentication is performed in the case where authentication is set to be performed on the requestor that made the request.

Abstract: Provided are: a polymerizable monomer excellent in mechanical strength of its cured product and excellent also in handling property with low viscosity even under a room temperature environment, specifically, a polymerizable monomer, which is represented by the following general formula (1): in the general formula (1), Ar1 and Ar2 each represent an aromatic group having a valence selected from divalence to tetravalence, L1 and L2 each represent a divalent hydrocarbon group having a main chain with a number of atoms within a range of from 2 to 10 and containing at least one hydroxy group, and may be identical to or different from each other, R1 and R2 each represent hydrogen or a methyl group, q represents 0 or 1, and m1 and m2 each represent 1 or 2; and a method of producing the polymerizable monomer, a curable composition and a resin member each using the polymerizable monomer.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for steel sheets for containers produces steel sheets with excellent film adhesion qualities. This steel sheet for containers has, on a steel sheet, a chemical conversion coating with a metal Zr content of 1-100 mg/m2, a P content of 0.1-50 mg/m2, and an F content of no more than 0.1 mg/m2, upon which is formed a phenolic resin layer with a C content of 0.1-50 mg/m2. Moreover, the manufacturing method for steel sheets for containers is a method for obtaining the steel sheet for containers wherein the chemical conversion coating is formed on the steel sheet by subjecting the steel sheet to immersion in or electrolytic treatment with a treatment solution containing Zr ions, phosphoric acid ions, and F ions; and subsequently, the steel sheet upon which the chemical conversion coating has been formed is immersed in, or undergoes topical application of, an aqueous solution containing phenolic resin, then dried.

Abstract: A timeout time used when acquiring data is decided based on data to be acquired from a server.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a production system that is capable of high-level secretory production of a protein (and in particular, a protein with a complicated structure such as a structure with S—S bonds) in a host cell such as yeast and is suitable for industrial production with high safety that does not require explosion-proof facilities. The present invention provides a transformed yeast into which a chaperone gene has been introduced and in which the aox1 gene and/or the protease gene have been disrupted and a method for producing a protein involving the use of such transformed yeast.

Abstract: A coated steel sheet includes a corrosion-resistant coating composed of at least one layer selected from the group consisting of a Ni layer, a Sn layer, an Fe—Ni alloy layer, an Fe—Sn alloy layer, and an Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer disposed on at least one surface of a steel sheet, and an adhesive coating disposed on the corrosion-resistant coating, the adhesive coating containing Zr and further containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Ni, V, Cu, Mn, and Zn, in total, at a ratio by mass of 0.01 to 10 with respect to Zr. The coated steel sheet has excellent humid resin adhesion and corrosion resistance, in which streaky surface defects do not occur.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a fixing member includes: a metal mold capable of holding a base material of the fixing member in an inside thereof; and an injecting member including a group of openings configured to inject a liquid rubber containing a needle-like filler into the metal mold in which the base material is held. The injecting member is configured so that a ratio of a total perimeter of the group of openings to a sum of a perimeter of an inner surface of the metal mold and an outer surface of the base material is 1.3 or more and 3.3 or less.

Abstract: Provided are: a carbonaceous acoustic matching layer which exhibits satisfactory mechanical strength, in which losses at a layer interface are suppressed as far as possible and in which the degree of variation in acoustic impedance in the thickness direction can be increased; and a method for producing same. The carbonaceous acoustic matching layer is obtained by dispersing filler particles, which are selected on the basis of the desired acoustic impedance of each layer, in a resin such as a furan resin, a phenol resin or a vinyl chloride resin, curing, laminating, and then carbonizing the resin by heating in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, amorphous carbon, which is obtained by the resin carbonization, is integrated across all the layers. The blending proportion of the filler particles is decided so that the difference in coefficient of linear contraction caused by the carbonization is at a minimum between adjacent layers.

Abstract: One end portion of a resin tube kept in a diameter expanded state by a plurality of diameter expanding claws is disengaged from the diameter expanding claws and is shifted onto an outer peripheral surface of a die by applying a pressing force toward the other end portion of the resin tube to an end surface of the one end portion of the resin tube.

Abstract: A steel sheet for containers that has excellent film adhesion qualities, and has; a chemical conversion coating formed by immersing or subjecting to electrolytic treatment a steel sheet in a solution containing Zr ions, F ions, with adhesion amount of 0.1 to 100 mg/m2 for metal Zr and no more than 0.1 mg/m2 for F; and a hydroxyl acid treatment layer formed on the chemical conversion coating, the layer having a C adhesion amount of 0.05 to 50 mg/m2.

Abstract: A fastening member includes a first alloy portion and a second alloy portion. The first alloy portion is made of an aluminum alloy including 0.005 wt % to 5.0 wt % zinc and 0.6 wt % to 2.0 wt % magnesium and is provided to a part that comes into contact with at least one of a plurality of members serving as a fastening target. The second alloy portion is made of an aluminum alloy including more than 2.0 wt % and 5.0 wt % or less magnesium and more than 5.0 wt % and 10 wt % or less zinc and is joined to the first alloy portion.