Abstract: Object: To provide a remote substance identification device that can identify an unidentified substance, such as a harmful substance, from a remote location. Solution: Provided are a remote substance identification device and method, the device comprising a laser device 10 that emits a laser beam to an irradiated space; a wavelength conversion device 20 that converts a wavelength of the laser beam emitted from the laser device into a plurality of different wavelengths and that emits laser beams of the different wavelengths to the irradiated space; a light collecting-detecting device 30, 40, 50 that collects and detects resonance Raman-scattered light generated from an irradiated object due to resonance Raman scattering; and a processor 60 that identifies the irradiated object on the basis of a result detected by the collecting-detecting device 30, 40, 50.

Abstract: A plant disease control method and a plant disease control apparatus that can irradiate a plant under cultivation with an appropriate amount of near-infrared light to obtain an effect of controlling diseases while efficiently using light energy. The plant under cultivation is irradiated with the near-infrared light including a wavelength set within a wavelength range of 800 to 1000 nm so as to satisfy all following Equations 1 to 3 where X is an irradiance (W/m2) and Y is an irradiation time (second), so that the effect of controlling diseases can be obtained. 644893X?1.873?Y?5901.9X?1.856??Equation 1: X?1??Equation 2: Y?0.

Abstract: Provided is a coating composition capable of forming a coating film which exhibits excellent durability and is suitable for repair. It is a coating composition containing a resin component and a pigment, in which a linear expansion coefficient at a temperature equal to or less than a glass transition temperature of a nonvolatile component is 3.2×10?5/K or less.

Abstract: Provided is a coating composition capable of forming a coating film which exhibits excellent durability and is suitable for repair. It is a coating composition containing a resin component and a pigment, in which a linear expansion coefficient at a temperature equal to or less than a glass transition temperature of a nonvolatile component is 3.2×10?5/K or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anticorrosion coating method for a galvanized steel structure, the method comprising applying an undercoating composition (I) to a cured thickness of 10 to 200 ?m to a surface of a galvanized steel structure, and then applying thereto an overcoating composition (II) to a cured thickness of 100 to 1,500 ?m; the undercoating composition (I) comprising an epoxy resin (A) having two or more epoxy groups per molecule, a specific amount of a resin (B) such as a urethane-modified epoxy resin, and an amine-based curing agent (C); the undercoating composition (I) having a shrinkage stress of 20 kg/cm2 or less when it is in the form of a 50 ?m-thick cured coating film; and the overcoating composition (II) comprising an epoxy resin (D) having two or more epoxy groups per molecule, a specific amount of a flaky pigment (E), and an amine-based curing agent (F).

Abstract: A loose part monitoring method and system for preventing the generation of a false alarm as much as possible, including analyzing a group of detection signals that have been output from a plurality of sensors placed on a wall defining a fluid flow path, wherein the group of detection signals are analyzed for a rising gradient that is related to change in intensity of impulsive sound, a damping time that is related to change of intensity of the impulsive sound, and a frequency spectrum that is related to pitch of the impulsive sound in order to determine whether the group of detection signals are false or true.

Abstract: To provide an agricultural chemical and the like with the use of an effect of inducing systemic acquired resistance in a plant. To provide a growth inhibitor of not only a plant pathogenic bacterium but also a harmful microorganism. Utilization of a rare sugar for inducing systemic acquired resistance in a plant or inhibiting the growth of a microorganism. Utilization thereof as an agricultural chemical with the use of the effect of inducing systemic acquired resistance in a plant, a plant disease inhibitor, an inducer of a plant growth regulatory factor (i.e., an inducer of plant hormone-like actions consisting of disease resistance, insect resistance, fruit maturation, breaking of dormancy, regulation of germination, drying resistance, and other than this, resistance to environmental stresses such as low temperature resistance, high temperature resistance, salt resistance and heavy metal resistance and promotion of flowering) and a microorganism growth inhibitor.

Abstract: A loose part monitoring method and system for preventing the generation of a false alarm as much as possible, including analyzing a group of detection signals that have been output from a plurality of sensors placed on a wall defining a fluid flow path, wherein the group of detection signals are analyzed for a rising gradient that is related to change in intensity of impulsive sound, a damping time that is related to change of intensity of the impulsive sound, and a frequency spectrum that is related to pitch of the impulsive sound in order to determine whether the group of detection signals are false or true.

Abstract: To provide a motor-operated valve diagnosing device capable of making a highly accurate diagnosis at a low cost. In a motor-operated valve diagnosing device for diagnosing a motor-operated valve having a motor-operated valve having a valve element driving part for opening and closing a valve element, and a spring cartridge which expands and contracts in proportion to a reaction force exerted thereon from the valve element driving part, a spring compression mechanism or a worm displacement measuring means is configured to be attached to the valve element driving part via an adapter. With this configuration, the spring compression mechanism and so on can be easily attached to and removed from the valve element driving part.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for diagnosis of a motor-operated valve for determining the degree of abnormality of the motor-operated valve in which rotational driving force of a driving motor 1 is mechanically transmitted to drive a valve disc 8 to an open or close position. The on-off timing of driving energy to the driving motor 1 is determined based on signal information from a plurality of magnetisms sensors 16 attached to a power cable tube 15 housing a power cable 14 or control line for driving the driving motor 1. The timing when the driving energy to the driving motor 1 is turned on and off when the valve disc 8 is shifted to an open or close position can be determined precisely.

Abstract: A torque measuring method and apparatus for a motor-operated valve including a valve driving mechanism operable to open and close the valve, a worm displacable by driving of the motor to operate the valve driving mechanism, and a spring cartridge having a plurality of belleville springs and disposed coaxially with the worm for compression by the worm. The method comprises obtaining basic data representing a relationship between the amounts of compression of the belleville springs and the torques exerted, measuring a displacement of the worm or the spring cartridge and acquiring, from the thus obtained displacement of the worm or the spring cartridge, a real amount of compression of the belleville springs in which an influence of a play of the spring cartridge has been removed, and substituting the real amount of compression for the amount of compression of the basic data to acquire a real torque corresponding to the real amount of compression.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anticorrosion coating method for a galvanized steel structure, the method comprising applying an undercoating composition (I) to a cured thickness of 10 to 200 ?m to a surface of a galvanized steel structure, and then applying thereto an overcoating composition (II) to a cured thickness of 100 to 1,500 ?m; the undercoating composition (I) comprising an epoxy resin (A) having two or more epoxy groups per molecule, a specific amount of a resin (B) such as a urethane-modified epoxy resin, and an amine-based curing agent (C); the undercoating composition (I) having a shrinkage stress of 20 kg/cm2 or less when it is in the form of a 50 ?m-thick cured coating film; and the overcoating composition (II) comprising an epoxy resin (D) having two or more epoxy groups per molecule, a specific amount of a flaky pigment (E), and an amine-based curing agent (F).

Abstract: A torque measuring method and apparatus for a motor-operated valve including a valve driving mechanism operable to open and close the valve, a worm displacable by driving of the motor to operate the valve driving mechanism, and a spring cartridge having a plurality of belleville springs and disposed coaxially with the worm for compression by the worm. The method comprises obtaining basic data representing a relationship between the amounts of compression of the belleville springs and the torques exerted, measuring a displacement of the worm or the spring cartridge and acquiring, from the thus obtained displacement of the worm or the spring cartridge, a real amount of compression of the belleville springs in which an influence of a play of the spring cartridge has been removed, and substituting the real amount of compression for the amount of compression of the basic data to acquire a real torque corresponding to the real amount of compression.

Abstract: A diagnostic method and apparatus for diagnosing a motor-operated valve capable of continuously measuring a preload of a spring cartridge at low costs, with high accuracy, and with ease, so that the elastic characteristics of the spring cartridge may be easily calibrated in a simple manner. The method and apparatus is for diagnosing a motor-operated valve including a valve disc 25, a worm 12 rotatably driven by motor power, a link mechanism which opens and closes the valve disc 25 with the rotational driving force transmitted from the worm 12, and a spring cartridge 13 containing disc springs 15 which expand or compress in response to reaction force acting on the worm 12 in its axial direction from the link mechanism.

Abstract: A method for monitoring hydrogen gas and a hydrogen flame wherein an object light having a wavelength of about 309 nm and resulting from two or more laser beams, which have been irradiated to a space to be monitored, is collected and converted to an electronic image, and the electronic image is amplified and converted back to an optical image, thereby imaging a spatial intensity distribution of light at a specific wavelength. A device for monitoring hydrogen gas and a hydrogen flame, which comprises two or more laser beam sources, means for collecting an object light having a wavelength of about 309 nm and resulting from laser beams, which have been irradiated to a space to be monitored, image producing means for converting the object light to an electronic image, amplifying the electronic image, and converting back the amplified electronic image to an optical image, and means for imaging a spatial intensity distribution of light at a specific wavelength.

Abstract: A diagnostic method and apparatus for diagnosing a motor-operated valve capable of continuously measuring a preload of a spring cartridge at low costs, with high accuracy, and with ease, so that the elastic characteristics of the spring cartridge may be easily calibrated in a simple manner. The method and apparatus is for diagnosing a motor-operated valve including a valve disc 25, a worm 12 rotatably driven by motor power, a link mechanism which opens and closes the valve disc 25 with the rotational driving force transmitted from the worm 12, and a spring cartridge 13 containing disc springs 15 which expand or compress in response to reaction force acting on the worm 12 in its axial direction from the link mechanism.

Abstract: A method for monitoring hydrogen gas and a hydrogen flame wherein an object light having a wavelength of about 309 nm and resulting from two or more laser beams, which have been irradiated to a space to be monitored, is collected and converted to an electronic image, and the electronic image is amplified and converted back to an optical image, thereby imaging a spatial intensity distribution of light at a specific wavelength. A device for monitoring hydrogen gas and a hydrogen flame, which comprises two or more laser beam sources, means for collecting an object light having a wavelength of about 309 nm and resulting from laser beams, which have been irradiated to a space to be monitored, image producing means for converting the object light to an electronic image, amplifying the electronic image, and converting back the amplified electronic image to an optical image, and means for imaging a spatial intensity distribution of light at a specific wavelength.

Abstract: [OBJECT] To provide an agricultural chemical and the like with the use of an effect of inducing systemic acquired resistance in a plant. To provide a growth inhibitor of not only a plant pathogenic bacterium but also a harmful microorganism. [MEANS FOR RESOLUTION] Utilization of a rare sugar for inducing systemic acquired resistance in a plant or inhibiting the growth of a microorganism. Utilization thereof as an agricultural chemical with the use of the effect of inducing systemic acquired resistance in a plant, a plant disease inhibitor, an inducer of a plant growth regulatory factor (i.e., an inducer of plant hormone-like actions consisting of disease resistance, insect resistance, fruit maturation, breaking of dormancy, regulation of germination, drying resistance, and other than this, resistance to environmental stresses such as low temperature resistance, high temperature resistance, salt resistance and heavy metal resistance and promotion of flowering) and a microorganism growth inhibitor.

Abstract: A gas leakage monitoring method and system capable of ensuring safety of a gas utilization facility by visualizing invisible-to-naked-eye leakage gas and/or flame of leakage gas into the form of an image. The gas leakage monitoring method comprises the steps of collecting a detected light of a particular wavelength, which is caused by leakage gas and/or a flame of the leakage gas, in a space to be monitored, converting the detected light into an electronic image, amplifying and then converting the electronic image into an optical image again, and imaging the spatial intensity distribution of the particular wavelength light.

Abstract: A diagnostic method and apparatus for diagnosing a motor-operated valve capable of continuously measuring a preload of a spring cartridge at low costs, with high accuracy, and with ease, so that the elastic characteristics of the spring cartridge may be easily calibrated in a simple manner. The method and apparatus is for diagnosing a motor-operated valve including a valve disc 25, a worm 12 rotatably driven by motor power, a link mechanism which opens and closes the valve disc 25 with the rotational driving force transmitted from the worm 12, and a spring cartridge 13 containing disc springs 15 which expand or compress in response to reaction force acting on the worm 12 in its axial direction from the link mechanism.