Abstract: A storage system includes N nodes (N is an integer, equal to or larger than 2) coupled to at least one data processing system. A plurality of tenant spaces, based on the N nodes, contain Y1 tenant spaces (Y1 is an integer, equal to or larger than 2 and equal to or smaller than N) for a first tenant. The Y1 tenant spaces are based on Y1 node groups in the N nodes. Each of the Y1 node groups contains Q1 or more nodes (Q1 is an integer, equal to or larger than 1). For the first tenant, the storage system provides, to each of the Y1 tenant spaces, data units multiplexed Y1 times. From a first load-source tenant space from among the Y1 tenant spaces, the storage system loads a first data unit group containing one or more data units to a first load-destination data processing system.

Abstract: Provided is a production method for an ellagic acid composition excellent in solubility in water. The production method for an ellagic acid composition includes the steps of: mixing an aqueous medium with a raw material which contains a guava leaf extract and which contains, in solids thereof, 1 to 5% by mass of free ellagic acid to prepare a material for heat treatment; and subjecting the material for heat treatment to heat treatment at from 100 to 180° C.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a solid dispersion that can improve solubility of a hardly soluble polyphenol in water. Specifically, provided is a method of producing a solid dispersion containing an amorphous hardly soluble polyphenol, the method including the steps of: mixing (A) a hardly soluble polyphenol, (B) at least one selected from the group consisting of a plant-derived polysaccharide, a seaweed-derived polysaccharide, and a microorganism-derived polysaccharide, a plant-derived polypeptide, and a microorganism-derived polypeptide, and (C) at least one selected from the group consisting of a monosaccharide and a disaccharide, followed by melting of the mixture by heating; and solidifying the molten product by cooling.

Abstract: An information analysis system includes a remark analysis unit, a thread analysis unit, and a storing unit. The remark analysis unit analyzes importance of a remark included in a thread serving as a group of remarks posted on a network, based on remark data serving as data relating to the remark, for each of the remarks. The thread analysis unit analyzes which of a plurality of preset categories the thread belongs to, based on thread data serving as data relating to the thread. The storing unit stores the remark, the importance of the remark, and a category of the thread including the remark in association with each other for each of the remarks, in a predetermined storage unit.

Abstract: Provided is a wastewater treatment method that keeps Bacillus predominant inside the biological treatment tank and makes it possible to improve the water quality of the treated water while suppressing the volume of sludge generated in association with wastewater treatment. A wastewater treatment method for purifying wastewater by microorganisms in a biological treatment tank wherein the wastewater is purified by causing a first microorganism belonging to the genus Bacillus that is + for nitric acid reduction and ? for starch decomposition and a second microorganism that is ? for nitric acid reduction and + for starch decomposition in testing of the physiological properties of microorganisms to be predominant inside the biological treatment tank.

Abstract: A malware determination device, in which, upon input of an attribute name and an attribute value of an attribute of an executable file, a feature-selection setting unit registers the attribute with the attribute name in an attribute table as an attribute to be extracted, and registers the attribute value as an attribute value to be deleted in an attribute value table. Upon input of an executable file to be learned or to be determined, a feature extraction unit extracts an attribute value of an attribute registered as an attribute to be extracted in the attribute table from the executable file, to generate a feature vector including the extracted attribute value as a feature. A feature selection unit performs deletion of an attribute value registered as an attribute value to be deleted in the attribute value table from the feature vector.

Abstract: Provided are a vinylcyclopropane that exhibits volume expansion upon homopolymerization and that enables improved solvent solubility, a monomer composition that contains the vinylcyclopropane, a polymer of the vinylcyclopropane, a polymer composition that contains the polymer, and an article that is obtainable through curing of the monomer composition. The vinylcyclopropane is represented by general formula (I) shown below.

Abstract: A target substance can be efficiently produced by culturing, in a medium, a coryneform bacterium in which the activity of a PTS protein relating to fructose uptake is reduced or lost as compared with a parent strain and the bacterium can produce the target substance, allowing the target substance to form and accumulate in a culture; and collecting the target substance from the culture.

Abstract: Provided are a vinylcyclopropane that exhibits volume expansion upon homopolymerization and that enables improved solvent solubility, a monomer composition that contains the vinylcyclopropane, a polymer of the vinylcyclopropane, a polymer composition that contains the polymer, and an article that is obtainable through curing of the monomer composition. The vinylcyclopropane is represented by general formula (I) shown below.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device (1) includes a light receiving unit (10), a row selection unit (20), a holding unit (30), a column selection unit (40), a reading unit (50), and a control unit (60). The light receiving unit (10) includes M×N pixel units (P1,1 to PM,N). The holding unit (30) includes 2N hold circuits (H1,1 to H2,N). In a first operation mode, the hold circuits (H1,n and H2,n) of the holding unit (30) operate in parallel to alternately perform data sampling and alternately perform data output. The reading unit (50) outputs data Dout according to an amount of light incident on a photodiode of the pixel unit (Pm,n) based on the data alternately output from the hold circuits (H1,n and H2,n) of the holding unit (30).

Abstract: Provided is a production method for an ellagic acid composition excellent in solubility in water. The production method for an ellagic acid composition includes the steps of: mixing an aqueous medium with a raw material which contains a guava leaf extract and which contains, in solids thereof, 1 to 5% by mass of free ellagic acid to prepare a material for heat treatment; and subjecting the material for heat treatment to heat treatment at from 100 to 180° C.

Abstract: An interior apparatus of a vehicle includes a converting structure. The converting structure is constructed so as to convert an operating force added on a knob to a force causing a movable member to move to an open position relative to a fixed member. Therefore, it is possible to cause the movable member to move to the open position using both a weight of the movable member and the operating force added on the knob.

Abstract: An efficient disaster recovery system is constructed at three data centers. A data center includes: a business server for executing an application in response to an input/output request; a storage system for providing a first storage area storing data in response to a request from the business server; and a management server for managing a second data center or a third data center among the plurality of data centers as a failover location when a system of a first data center having the first storage area stops; and wherein the management server: copies all pieces of data stored in the first storage area to a second storage area managed by a storage system of the second data center; and copies part of the data stored in the first storage area to a third storage area managed by a storage system of the third data center.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a chemotherapy using a PI3K/AKT/mTOR inhibitor that produces an excellent antitumor effect on a cancer patient. The present invention provides a method for predicting the therapeutic efficacy of the chemotherapy using the antitumor agent comprising a PI3K/AKT/mTOR inhibitor on a cancer patient on the basis of the expression level of PHLDA1 and/or PIK3C2B in a biological sample containing tumor cells isolated from the cancer patient.

Abstract: An efficient disaster recovery system is constructed at three data centers. A data center includes: a business server for executing an application in response to an input/output request; a storage system for providing a first storage area storing data in response to a request from the business server; and a management server for managing a second data center or a third data center among the plurality of data centers as a failover location when a system of a first data center having the first storage area stops; and wherein the management server: copies all pieces of data stored in the first storage area to a second storage area managed by a storage system of the second data center; and copies part of the data stored in the first storage area to a third storage area managed by a storage system of the third data center.

Abstract: An interior apparatus of a vehicle includes a converting structure. The converting structure is constructed so as to convert an operating force added on a knob to a force causing a movable member to move to an open position relative to a fixed member. Therefore, it is possible to cause the movable member to move to the open position using both a weight of the movable member and the operating force added on the knob.

Abstract: A zoom lens system includes a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a positive third lens group, in that order from the object side, wherein upon zooming from the short focal length extremity to the long focal length extremity, the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group decreases, and the distance between the second lens group and the third lens group increases. The second lens group includes a positive first sub-lens group and a negative second sub-lens group, in that order from the object side. The second sub-lens group is a focusing lens group which is moved along the optical axis direction during a focusing operation. The following condition (1) is satisfied: ?1.5<F2/F2B<?0.7??(1), wherein F2 designates the focal length of the second lens group, and F2B designates the focal length of the second sub-lens group.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device (1) includes a light receiving unit (10), a row selection unit (20), a holding unit (30), a column selection unit (40), a reading unit (50), and a control unit (60). The light receiving unit (10) includes M×N pixel units (P1,1 to PM,N). The holding unit (30) includes 2N hold circuits (H1,1 to H2,N). In a first operation mode, the hold circuits (H1,n and H2,n) of the holding unit (30) operate in parallel to alternately perform data sampling and alternately perform data output. The reading unit (50) outputs data Dout according to an amount of light incident on a photodiode of the pixel unit (Pm,n) based on the data alternately output from the hold circuits (H1,n and H2,n) of the holding unit (30).

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a refined fat or oil, including: carrying out a first steam treatment of bringing a fat or oil into contact with water vapor; and subsequently carrying out a second steam treatment of bringing the fat or oil having a temperature lower by 10° C. or more than a temperature of the fat or oil in the first steam treatment into contact with water vapor in the presence of an organic acid.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing refined fats and oils. Here fats and oils are brought into contact with an adsorbent and subsequently treated with water vapor under at least one condition of the following conditions. In condition I, the time for which the fats and oils are brought into contact with the water vapor in a temperature range of 175° C. to 205° C. for from 5 to 110 minutes. In condition 2, the fats and oils are brought into contact with the water vapor in a temperature range of 205° C. to 215° C. for from 5 to 50 minutes. In condition 3, the fats and oils are brought into contact with the water vapor in a temperature range of 215° C. to 230° C. for from 5 to 30 minutes.