Abstract: A method of supporting an intake pipe for deep seawater, the intake pipe being made of resin having a smaller specific gravity than the deep seawater, the method including: mooring at least a neighborhood part of an intake port of the intake pipe with a plurality of mooring devices (e.g., pendant-type anchors) each including a mooring wire (e.g., wire rope) and a heavy weight (e.g., concrete block); and mooring the neighborhood part of the intake port in the form of an arc directed to the sea surface.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for forming a wiring board provided with a through electrode includes steps of: a step for forming, to a first layer, a wiring layer and a portion for a land where the through electrode is provided, the wiring and the portion for the land being formed in glass; a step for forming a metal layer on only a front surface of the glass; a step for forming a through hole in the glass only at a portion between the land where the through electrode of the back surface is provided and the land corresponding to the front surface thereof; a step for filling the through hole with a conductive material; a step for forming a metal layer on the back surface; and a step for polishing the metal layer on the front and back surfaces of the glass until a glass surface is exposed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorine-containing and silicon-containing polymer of the general formula (A) or (B) (wherein each symbol is as defined in the description) which is useful for forming a surface treatment layer having water-repellency, oil-repellency and antifouling property and excellent surface slip property.

Abstract: A surface treatment composition comprises a polyfluoropolyether silane. The polyfluoropolyether silane and the surface treatment composition are produced by reacting a perfluoropolyether-containing compound and a hydrosilane in the presence of a hydrosilylation catalyst and an isomer reducing agent.

Abstract: A surface-treating composition including a fluorine-containing polymer which is able to form a layer having both high surface slip property and high friction durability. The surface-treating composition includes a first compound (a reactive fluorine-containing polymer which is a fluorine-containing silane polymer) and a second compound (a non-reactive fluorine-containing polymer which is a fluorine-containing oil), and the proportion of the first compound is 15 to 70% by mass with respect to the total mass of the first compound and the second compound.

Abstract: A cooling system includes an evaporator for evaporating a refrigerant to cool an object to be cooled; a refrigerant-supply-flow-rate regulator for regulating a flow rate of the refrigerant to be supplied to the evaporator; a condenser for condensing the refrigerant by cooling the refrigerant by use of a chilled fluid; and a chilled-fluid-flow-rate regulator for regulating a flow rate of the chilled fluid to be supplied to the condenser, the refrigerant condensed by the condenser being to be pressurized to be supplied to the evaporator. The chilled-fluid-flow-rate regulator regulates a flow rate of the fluid, to be supplied to the evaporator, for a temperature of the refrigerant condensed to come to a predetermined target refrigerant-liquid temperature, and the refrigerant-supply-flow-rate regulator regulates a flow rate of the refrigerant, to be supplied to the evaporator, for a temperature of the object cooled to come to a predetermined target cooling temperature.

Abstract: A waste-melting method, in which waste is fed into a waste-melting furnace (1), and the waste is thermally decomposed and combusted, and then, thermal decomposition and combustion residues are melted, is characterized in that coal coke and a biomass-molded material obtained by press-molding a biomass starting material while heating the biomass starting material to a temperature lower than the carbonization temperature thereof are fed into the melting furnace, a high-temperature grate is formed with coal coke at the bottom of the melting furnace, and the coal coke and the biomass-molded material are combusted and used as heat sources for melting.

Abstract: The present invention provides 3-{(2S,4S)-4-[4-(3-methyl -1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)piperazin-1-yl]pyrrolidin-2 -ylcarbonyl}thiazolidine (compound I) useful as a dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitor, which has superior properties of stability and hygroscopicity, and reproducible crystal structure, and a production method thereof.

Abstract: The vehicle component has a fibrous porous article including a base layer and a surface layer which is bonded to a surface of the base layer. The base layer has a plurality of glass fibers and a first thermoplastic resin bonding glass fibers, and the surface layer has a plurality of resin fibers and a second thermoplastic resin bonding resin fibers. The base layer may have an expanded body therein.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for appropriately controlling the air conditioning capacity by preventing occurrence of cavitation of a refrigerant pump and a method of operating the system are provided.

Abstract: A surface treatment composition comprises a polyfluoropolyether silane. The polyfluoropolyether silane and the surface treatment composition are produced by reacting a perfluoropolyether-containing compound and a hydrosilane in the pres-ence of a hydrosilylation catalyst and an isomer reducing agent.

Abstract: The invention provides a sulfonyl malonamide derivative, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof, that has therapeutic and/or preventive effects(s) on various diseases due to its agonist action at AT2 receptor, and is useful as a pharmaceutical agent for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases involving the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS).

Abstract: A surface treatment composition comprising (i) an organosilicon compound having an alkoxysilane functional group at the end of a fluorocontaining polyether chain and (ii) fluorocontaining polyether compound s, wherein a content of the fluorocontaining polyether compounds in the surface treatment composition is less than 25 mol % based on the surface treatment composition.

Abstract: A cooling system for electronic equipment includes an evaporator cooling the electronic equipment, a blower making air heated by the electronic equipment flow into the evaporator, and a condenser condensing a refrigerant to be supplied to the evaporator and also includes a refrigerant liquid pipe guiding a liquefied refrigerant from the condenser to a lower part of the evaporator, a refrigerant gas pipe guiding the refrigerant which evaporates by cooling the electronic equipment from an upper part of the evaporator to the condenser, a refrigerant flow rate control valve controlling a flow rate of the refrigerant flowing into the evaporator, a temperature sensor detecting a temperature of air obtained after passing through the evaporator, and a controller for control valve controlling the control valve on the basis of a detection value of the temperature sensor.

Abstract: A cooling system comprising an intake air temperature sensor which measures an intake air temperature to an evaporator by a blower; a return air temperature sensor which measures a return air temperature which is cooled in the evaporator; and a blower frequency switching device which switches a frequency of the blower, wherein the blower frequency switching device controls the frequency of the blower to a frequency of the blower corresponding to a difference between an intake air temperature which is measured by an intake air temperature sensor and a return air temperature which is measured by a return air temperature sensor.

Abstract: The present invention provides 3-{(2S,4S)-4-[4-(3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)piperazin-1-yl]pyrrolidin-2-ylcarbonyl}thiazolidine (compound I) useful as a dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitor, which has superior properties of stability and hygroscopicity, and reproducible crystal structure, and a production method thereof.

Abstract: The local cooling unit according to an aspect of the present invention includes a housing having a cavity formed in the housing, an air inlet port which is provided in a bottom surface of the housing and which takes in exhaust heat air from the electronic device, an evaporator which is provided in the housing and which evaporates a refrigerant by heat exchange with air sucked in from the air inlet port to cool the air, the refrigerant passing through an inside of the evaporator, an air outlet port which is provided in a side surface of the housing and which exhausts the air cooled by the evaporator, and a fan which is provided on a side of the air inlet port or a side of the air outlet port of the housing and which moves the air from the air inlet port to the air outlet port.

Abstract: The present invention provides 3-{(2S,4S)-4-[4-(3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)piperazin-1-yl]pyrrolidin-2-ylcarbonyl}thiazolidine (compound I) useful as a dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitor, which has superior properties of stability and hygroscopicity, and reproducible crystal structure, and a production method thereof.

Abstract: The present invention includes: a transmitter/receiver 20 that transmits an FMCW modulated sweep signal at least twice; an FFT unit 32 that performs Fast Fourier Transform on the at least two sweep signals received in response to the transmission from the transmitter/receiver; and an MRAV processor 35a that calculates ranges and velocities of multiple targets by calculating beat frequencies corresponding to at least two sweeps by the transmitter/receiver based on the at least two sweep signals obtained by the Fourier Transform performed by the FFT unit, calculating velocities based on a frequency difference and a time difference of the calculated beat frequencies, and calculating ranges based on the calculated velocities and beat frequencies.

Abstract: The present invention includes: an antenna 10 including an element 11a for use in both transmission and reception that is divided into a first transmission/reception element and a second transmission/reception element, and an element 12a for reception only that is divided into a first only-reception element and a second only-reception element; a beam shaping unit 34 that divides an angle region to be observed into a plurality of regions, and forms transmission beams by using the respective elements of the antenna so that the divided angle regions are covered by the transmission beams, and in reception, sets aimed beam direction of each element of the antenna to be the same as that of the first transmission/reception element, and that of the second transmission/reception element, forms phase monopulse beam of ? and ? by using the first transmission/reception element and the first only-reception element, and the second transmission/reception element and the second only-reception element to cover each of the plu