Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a light weight wood cement board having high strength and sufficient toughness. To attain the object, the present invention provides a wood cement board made of a cured raw material mixture of cementitious inorganic powder (C), a material containing silica (S), bundled wood fiber, and mica, wherein the weight ratio of said cementitious inorganic powder and said material containing silica is set to be in the range of between 40:60 and 50:50. The bundled wood fiber has a bulky shape, and gives good toughness to said wood cement board, with the mica improving its dimensional stability. In a case where the C/S is set to be in the range of 40:60 and 50:50, the curing of said board proceeds smoothly, leaving little unreacted material remaining in the board.

Abstract: A method of controlling a network, which includes network elements connected via links and provides services, includes the steps of creating view-configuration information based on network-configuration information with respect to each of the services such that the view-configuration information is related to the network-configuration information, and displaying a view based on the view-configuration information with respect to each of the services, the view including both or either one of a physical network configuration of the network and a logical network configuration of the network.

Abstract: In order to ensure the security by access control, or the like, using a limited input/output interface of a household electric appliance without complicated setting manipulations, a refrigerator includes a filter section which permits only establishing a communication with a relay server having a specific IP address. The relay server includes a relay control section for relaying a communication between the refrigerator and a cellular mobile phone or a personal computer, a connectable device database in which a partner device whose communication is permitted by the relay control section to be relayed is registered in conjunction with the refrigerator, and a data conversion section for performing data conversion at the time of the relay according to a difference in the input/output interface between the refrigerator and the personal computer, or the like. The refrigerator and the personal computer, or the like, can establish a communication through the relay server.

Abstract: For the purpose of associating a device having a sensor with a device which utilizes a detection result so as to enable various operation control, a refrigerator includes a temperature sensor for detecting a compartment temperature, a storage section for storing a detection result, an information association control section for controlling transmission of the detection result to a microwave oven, and the like, and an NIC for communicating with the microwave oven through a network, or the like. The microwave oven includes an NIC of the same type, an information association control section for controlling reception of the compartment temperature transmitted from the refrigerator, and the like, and a principal part control section for controlling the operation of principal part of the microwave oven. The microwave oven heats food taken out of the refrigerator by performing heating control according to the compartment temperature at the time when the food is taken out of the refrigerator, i.e.

Abstract: A network operation monitoring system comprising a memory unit for storing network status information in a time series with respect to each operation performed by an operator on a network or with respect to each transition in events, a retrieval unit for retrieving the network status information stored in the memory unit in a time-dependant manner according to the operator's instruction, and a display unit for displaying the network status information retrieved by the retrieval unit in the time-dependant manner according to the operator's instruction.

Abstract: A cDNA is prepared from mRNA. The prepared cDNA is subjected to incision with two different types of restriction enzymes. The sequence of a portion of each of the fragments obtained as a result of treatment is determined, and the fragments are classified on the basis of the determined sequence by using a primer set. At the same time, the fragments are amplified in a manner that the relative expression magnitude thereof continues to be reflected therein. When the fragments have been classified into a predetermined number of fractions, the respective fractions are subjected to electrophoresis, and a gene expression profile is produced from the results.

Abstract: A preparation method of labeled DNA and use thereof are disclosed. More specifically, the invention relates to a preparation method of labeled DNA by preparation of a complex triple-stranded DNA through an deoxyoligonucleotide complementary to the deoxyoligonucleotide sequence of the 3′ terminal sequence of a certain double-stranded DNA followed by replacement of the 3′ terminal region of the plus strand of said double-stranded DNA with at least one labeled dNTP, and also to said immobilization method of a DNA obtained from the preparation method of the labeled (or modified) DNAs onto a solid support. These subject matters are mainly useful for preparation of labeled DNA molecules.

Abstract: In a vehicle diagnosis information communication system, electric power is supplied from a battery to a vehicle control computer mounted on the vehicle during a period of vehicle operation, while the electric power is supplied to a radio communication unit mounted on the vehicle irrespective of the vehicle operation. The computer transmits a vehicle information such as engine diagnosis result to the radio communication unit through a communication line. The radio communication unit communicates the received vehicle information to an external site of communication in response to a request of the information form the external site of communication irrespective of the supply of the electric power to the computer. Preferably, the supply of the electric power from the battery to the computer is maintained for a predetermined period after the vehicle operation.

Abstract: In a vehicle diagnosis information communication system, electric power is supplied from a battery to a vehicle control computer mounted on the vehicle during a period of vehicle operation, while the electric power is supplied to a radio communication unit mounted on the vehicle irrespective of the vehicle operation. The computer transmits a vehicle information such as engine diagnosis result to the radio communication unit through a communication line. The radio communication unit communicates the received vehicle information to an external site of communication in response to a request of the information form the external site of communication irrespective of the supply of the electric power to the computer. Preferably, the supply of the electric power from the battery to the computer is maintained for a predetermined period after the vehicle operation.

Abstract: In a vehicle diagnosis information communication system, electric power is supplied from a battery to a vehicle control computer mounted on the vehicle during a period of vehicle operation, while the electric power is supplied to a radio communication unit mounted on the vehicle irrespective of the vehicle operation. The computer transmits a vehicle information such as engine diagnosis result to the radio communication unit through a communication line. The radio communication unit communicates the received vehicle information to an external site of communication in response to a request of the information form the external site of communication irrespective of the supply of the electric power to the computer. Preferably, the supply of the electric power from the battery to the computer is maintained for a predetermined period after the vehicle operation.

Abstract: The invention is directed toward a measuring apparatus for measuring performance characteristics of a recording unit including a recording medium on which one track is divided into a plurality of sectors. The measuring apparatus includes a writing means for writing a write signal with a write parameter, a first control means for changing the write parameter value for respective sectors, a reading means for reading out the write signal written by the writing means with a read parameter and measuring the read-out write signal as a read signal, and a second control means for controlling the read parameter so as to produce predetermined read parameter values for respective sectors.

Abstract: A system efficiently determines and stores in memory the logical bit positions of bits in which bit errors have occurred in digital recording devices, etc. The system measures bit errors by comparing a test bit string with a correct bit string, and includes a bit string memory that stores the correct bit string, a word comparator for comparing corresponding words from the test bit string and the correct bit string, an error word content memory that stores the contents of the words containing errors, and an error word position information memory that shows the positions in the correct bit string which correspond to error words in the test bit string that contain the errors. Bit error information in a desired visual format is obtained by performing calculation processing on these memory values.

Abstract: A color selecting electrode assembly for color cathode ray tubes which includes an apertured grill composed of fine-strand grids, a frame over which the aperture grill is stretched and which provides a tensioning force to the apertured grill, and a supporting structure body which is mounted at one end to said frame and engages the other end with the panel side wall of a color cathode ray tube so as to support said frame, wherein the wall thickness of said apertured grill is not greater than 0.032 mm. To assure the characteristic frequency of the aperture grill, it becomes unnecessary to manufacture individually frames having rigidities corresponding to respective slit pitches of the apertured grill. The frame can be a general purpose one (i.e., one used in common with others), thereby allowing the manufacture to be simplified. Further, the suppoting member can be also used in common with others, thereby allowing the design to be simplified.

Abstract: A system measures the positions of bit errors in digital recording devices and displays the physical locations of the bit errors and their distribution in such a manner that they can be grasped visually and intuitively. The system compares a data stream to be measured with a correct data stream and measures the bit errors. The apparatus includes a data stream memory which holds the correct data stream, a comparator, a counter which totals the number of bit errors, a measured bit number counter which totals the measured data stream and determines the boundaries of the logical recording blocks of the recording medium, an error number memory which holds the number of errors in each logical recording block, and an error address memory. The physical locations of bit errors are calculated on the basis of the measured and recorded bit error information for each logical block, and the bit error information is displayed on the physical form of the recording medium.

Abstract: A color selecting electrode assembly for color cathode ray tubes includes: an aperture grill having thin slits; a frame over which the aperture grill is stretched; and supporting members in which a fixing portion at one end is attached to the frame and an engaging portion at the other end is engaged with a panel pin provided on a panel side wall so as to support the frame. An elastic portion of the supporting members is arranged in such a manner that boundary portions of the elastic portion with the fixing portion and the engaging portion become parallel to a longitudinal-direction of the slits. An engaging hole bored in the engaging portion is provided at such a position that the engaging hole intersects with an imaginary extension plane in which a joining portion of the frame and the aperture grill is extended in a direction parallel to a tube axis of a color cathode ray tube.

Abstract: Isolated cultures of Pestalotiopsis funerea IFO 5427 and Pestalotiopsis neglecta FERM BP-3501 are provided. The cultures produce a glucoamylase which digests starch.

Abstract: A Phospholipase A1 which is capable of hydrolyzing a phospholipid to produce a 2-acyl lysophospholipid and is obtainable from species of the fungus Aspergillus.

Abstract: A method is provided for preparing a Phospholipase A1 which comprises (a) culturing a Phospholipase A1 producing strain of Aspergillus under conditions which allow for the production of the Phospholipase A1; (b) after the culturing, diluting the culture with water or an appropriate buffer solution; (c) filtering the resulting solution under pressure to remove any insoluble matter; and optionally (d) purifying the enzyme.

Abstract: A Phospholipase A1 which is capable of hydrolyzing a phospholipid to produce a 2-acyl lysophospholipid and is obtainable from species of the fungus Aspergillus.

Abstract: A laminated shadow mask assembly for use in a color picture tube including an evacuated envelope having a longitudinal axis and also having a phosphor deposited screen lying generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, which assembly comprises a finely perforated, laminated shadow mask having a plurality of apertures defined therein in a predetermined pattern; a support frame for the support of the laminated shadow mask; and expansion compensating couplings disposed around the support frame for connecting the support frame in position within the evacuated envelope with the laminated shadow mask held generally parallel to the phosphor deposited screen.