Abstract: A feeding management system for a free stall cow barn includes an evaluation-related information storage unit, an association information storage unit, an evaluating unit, a selecting unit, a transmission unit, a reading unit, a feed information acquiring unit, a device information acquiring unit, and a control information transmitting unit.

Abstract: A desired antibody or antibody composition may be obtained by modifying a thiol group chemically introduced to an antibody to obtain an antibody composition comprising (A) an antibody intermediate or a salt thereof having a bioorthogonal functional group which may be protected, which is represented by the following formula (A): AbS-L-R]n??(A) wherein Ab is a certain antibody, S is a sulfur atom, L is a divalent group, R is a bioorthogonal functional group which may be protected, and n is an integer from 1 to 8, and (B) a thiol group-introduced antibody or a salt thereof, which is represented by the following formula (B): AbSH]n??(B) wherein Ab and n are the same as formulae (A), and SH is a thiol group; and the like.

Abstract: Compounds and salts thereof represented by the following formula (I): wherein X indicates a leaving group, Y indicates an affinity peptide having a binding region to a CH2 domain in an immunoglobulin unit containing two heavy chains and two light chains, O indicates an oxygen atom, S indicates a sulfur atom, W indicates an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, La indicates a first linker, Lb indicates a second linker, and the total number of atoms constituting a main chain in the first linker and atoms constituting a main chain in the second linker are 5 to 7, facilitate regioselective modification of an antibody with a functional substance and control of the bonding ratio of the antibody to the functional substance within a desired range.

Abstract: To provide a set for microwave heating that is capable of giving a crispy texture to a food by using a heating element configured to generate heat by microwave irradiation and is capable of maintaining softness of a portion in a surface of a food other than a fried face if any, and to provide a package including the set for microwave heating and an outer packaging bag configured to accommodate the set for microwave heating. Provided is a set for microwave heating, comprising: a tray; a food accommodated in the tray; and a heating laminate comprising a heating element configured to generate heat by microwave irradiation, and a substrate, wherein the heating laminate is disposed in such a way that the heating element side faces the food, and the substrate is laminated on a face of the heating element, the face being opposite to another face of the heating element, the another face being to be or come in contact with the food.

Abstract: Culture media, which contain albumin carrying a reduced amount of fatty acid, are useful for culturing stem cells.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coated-type feed additive composition for improving body weight gain of livestock or feed conversion ratio for livestock comprising: a core containing a physiologically active substance having a property of strengthening a membrane of intestinal epithelial cells; and a core coating agent.

Abstract: A mixing apparatus is configured to efficiently input noodles coated with an additive to a receiving tray, with no need to perform weighing again after the noodles are input to the receiving tray. The mixing apparatus includes at least two hoppers that each house falling noodles and that allows the noodles to fall through rotation of the hoppers. A supply device supplies a sauce to the noodles in the hoppers, and the two hoppers are spaced from one another in the falling direction.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing an L-amino acid such as L-glutamic acid and the like. An L-amino-acid is produced by cultivating a coryneform bacterium having L-amino acid-producing ability in a culture medium, which has been modified so as to have one or more of the following modifications: (A) a modification for increasing activity of acetate kinase, (B) a modification for increasing activity of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, (C) a modification for decreasing activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase, (D) a modification for decreasing activity of aspartate transaminase, and (E) a modification for decreasing activity of malic enzyme; and collecting the L-amino acid from the culture medium and/or the bacterial cells.

Abstract: The present invention provides a 2-OST mutant exhibiting a high activity.

Abstract: A microorganism useful as an expression host for ?-Glu-Val synthetase and a method for producing ?-Glu-Val-Gly using ?-Glu-Val synthetase expressed in the microorganism are provided. By using ?-Glu-Val synthetase expressed in a bacterium, such as Escherichia bacteria, modified so that the activity of a protein encoded by a ybdK gene (YBDK) is reduced as an expression host, ?-Glu-Val-Gly is produced from Glu, Val, and Gly as raw materials.

Abstract: Provided is a polyester resin which achieves a cured product exhibiting excellent dielectric properties and favorable chemical resistance in combination with a cross-linkable resin. The polyester resin contains both the following skeleton (A) and skeleton (B): <Skeleton (A)> a skeleton represented by the formula: (?)R1—O—C(?O)—R3—, and <Skeleton (B)> a skeleton represented by the formula: —R2—O—C(?O)—R3— (in the formulas, R1 represents a monovalent or divalent aromatic group, R2 represents a divalent aliphatic group, and R3 represents a divalent aromatic group).

Abstract: Cheese that shows a suppressed decrease in texture and/or stretchability of cheese due to heating, may be produced by allowing glucose oxidase, ?-glucosidase, transglutaminase, or a combination of such enzymes to act on raw cheese. Cheese analogues improved in meltability and/or stretchability during heating, may be produced by allowing ?-glucosidase to act on a mixture containing plant-derived oil and starch, or starch before mixing with plant-derived oil.

Abstract: A method for producing an objective substance such as phytosphingosine (PHS) and phytoceramide (PHC) using yeast is provided. The objective substance is produced by cultivating yeast having an ability to produce the objective substance and modified so that the expression and/or activity of a protein(s) encoded by NEM1 and/or SPO7 gene(s) is reduced in a culture medium.

Abstract: A method for producing an objective substance, such as phytosphingosine (PHS) and phytoceramide (PHC), comprising a desired alkyl chain using yeast is provided. The objective substance is produced by cultivating yeast having an ability to produce the objective substance in a culture medium containing a fatty acid.

Abstract: A composition, such as a cosmetic composition, is provided. The composition, such as a cosmetic composition, contains two or more kinds of phytoceramides (PHCs) having different lengths of alkyl chains, for example, in specific amounts.

Abstract: Feed additive compositions for ruminants containing (A) at least one member selected from the group consisting of hydrogenated vegetable oil and hydrogenated animal oil each having a melting point of higher than 50° C. and lower than 90° C.; (B) not less than 0.05 wt % and not more than 6 wt % of lecithin; (C) not less than 30 wt % and less than 65 wt % of a biologically active substance; (D) not less than 0.01 wt % and less than 0.8 wt % of a natural vegetable oil; and not less than 0.1 wt % and less than 6 wt % of water exhibit high protection in the rumen and are also superior in dissolution in the lower gastrointestinal tract.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a powder composition that can be used for cosmetics or skin topical agents and that replaces plastic powder bodies such as a nylon powder body, an acrylic powder body, and a urethane powder body. Provided is a composition which is a powder composition containing (a) acyllysine and (b) cellulose and/or starch, and which has a median diameter of the volume-based distribution of (A) acyllysine of 9 ?m or less. The contained amount of (A) is 2-40 mass %, and the contained amount of (B) is 3-95 mass %, with respect to 100 mass % of the total of the powder composition. The total amount of (A) and (B) is 10 mass % or more.

Abstract: A microorganism useful as an expression host for ?-Glu-Val synthetase and a method for producing ?-Glu-Val-Gly using ?-Glu-Val synthetase expressed in the microorganism are provided. By using ?-Glu-Val synthetase expressed in a bacterium, such as Escherichia bacteria, modified so that the activity of a protein encoded by a ybdK gene (YBDIQ is reduced as an expression host, ?-Glu-Val-Gly is produced (Yom Glu, Val, and Gly as raw materials.

Abstract: Provided is a technique for improving a cooked-rice food product. A cooked-rice food product is improved by using the following component (A): (A) Bacillus licheniformis-derived ?-amylase.

Abstract: Frozen gyoza dumplings containing a plurality of frozen gyoza dumplings connected by a frozen batter permit easy division into the required number in a frozen state, and can be easily taken out in a connected state from a tray.