Abstract: A mounter for a manufacturing management method suppresses an occurrence of inventory shortage or excess inventory as much as possible, and provides energy savings when manufacturing is not performed at full capacity. A throughput determining step acquires manufacturing information included in a manufacturing plan while manufacturing equipment is manufacturing mounted boards and determines a throughput of the manufacturing equipment for the mounted boards based on the manufacturing information while the manufacturing equipment is manufacturing a sequence of the mounted boards. A manufacturing condition determining step determines a manufacturing condition for decreasing power consumption of the manufacturing equipment within a range of throughput not lower than the determined throughput in the case where the throughput determined in the throughput determining step is equal to or lower than a current throughput of the manufacturing equipment.

Abstract: A simulation apparatus for simulating a pipeline processor including a pipeline simulation unit and an instruction simulation unit. The simulation apparatus includes a pipeline simulation unit is operable to simulate a group of instructions comprising a plurality of instructions to be executed simultaneously. The instruction simulation unit is operable to simulate a sequential execution, of the group of instructions on an instruction-by-instruction basis, based on the simulation result performed by the pipeline simulation unit. The instruction simulation unit generates the simulation result by undoing the simulation where an instruction included in the group of instructions that has just been simulated by the pipeline simulation unit.

Abstract: The object of this invention is to reduce the cost of an amplification device that has a distortion detection loop that uses an amplifier to amplify the signal subject to amplification and detect the distortion arising in said amplifier, and a distortion removal loop that removes the distortion detected by the distortion detection loop from the signal amplified by said amplifier.

Abstract: There is provided a method of deep drawing magnesium material, which material is superior in environmental compatibility and energy saving properties. The deep drawing method of the invention uses a die having a male mold 1 with a convex portion, and a female mold having a concave surface. In the method of the invention, a mounting table is placed between the male mold and the female mold for supporting a magnesium plate, and a layer of a plurality of thin resin films is placed on the magnesium plate. Further, a central portion of the magnesium plate is kept in contact with the convex portion 12 of the male mold, and the concave surface of the female mold is moved to cooperate with the convex portion of the male mold so that deep draw forming of the magnesium plate is achieved.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an optically active 4-[.alpha.-hydroxy-5-(1-imidazolyl)-2-methylbenzyl]-3,5-dimethylbenzoic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which includes subjecting a compound of the formula (I) wherein each symbol in the formula is as defined in the specification, to optical resolution by fractional crystallization to give an optically active compound thereof and subjecting the compound to hydrolysis reaction. According to this method, a resolution method useful for industrial large-scale production of the optically active compound of 4-[.alpha.-hydroxy-5-(1-imidazolyl)-2-methylbenzyl]-3,5-dimethylbenzoic acid, which is useful as a thromboxane synthetase inhibitor and an agent for the prophylaxis and treatment of diabetic complications, can be obtained.

Abstract: A method is provided for the control of a color tone during production of a reproduced color image by tonal conversion of a light quantity of each pixel into a halftone. The method includes setting, at a position between a highlight area and a shadow area in a color original image, a color tone control point, defining adjustment conditions at the color tone control point in terms of dot percent values of desired plural color plates. The method also includes introducing a light quantity at the color tone control point, dot percent values of the plates and desired dot percent values set in advance for highlight areas and shadow areas in the plates into a tonal conversion formula to determine values .gamma. for the plates conversion formulas are provided for converting, into dot percent values, light quantities of all pixels ranging from the highlight areas to the shadow areas.