Abstract: With the use of a bio-information analyzer, a total contribution showing a relationship between a gene expression regulatory sequence and a biological phenomenon is calculated. This total contribution is calculated based on contributions of a gene expression regulatory sequence to a plurality of gene candidates and contributions of the plurality of gene candidates to a biological phenomenon. By performing calculation of the total contribution for a number of gene expression regulatory sequence candidates, a profile of relationships between the respective gene expression regulatory sequence candidates and biological phenomena can be created. By using the created profile of data, a biological phenomenon-specific gene expression regulatory sequence can be predicted from new and known gene expression regulatory sequences and gene expression regulatory sequence candidates. This enables the search for various gene expression regulatory sequences in a wide variety of living organisms including higher eukaryotes.

Abstract: A server capable of eliminating the inconvenience which is caused when a request is made after a “back” operation on a client's browser. A request from a client is received, and processed in compliance with the received request. Confirmation information for confirming a display status of the client side is affixed to a result of process, stored, and transmitted. When a request is made again from the client, the confirmation information included in the request is extracted, and it is determined whether the extracted confirmation information extracted coincides with the stored confirmation information. A process performed in compliance with the request is withheld if it is determined that the two sets of confirmation information do not coincide.

Abstract: A sound-absorbing structure body according to the present invention comprises a ridge-groove board (11) formed with a large number of ridges and grooves, a closing board (15) joined to the ridge-groove board so as to close one side of the ridge-groove board and thereby form a hollow portion (13), a partition board (21) for partitioning the hollow portion (13) into two or more partitioned spaces (22a, 22b), and two or more holes (25a, 25b) opened in the ridge-groove board so as to bring into communication with each of the two or more partitioned spaces (22a, 22b).

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus 1 capable of reserving a plurality of printing jobs, the suspended state retention time for retaining the suspended state is preset by the operation of an operation section 142. When a printing job during output operation has been suspended, a timing section 17 starts to measure the preset suspended state retention time. If the printing job having been suspended is not resumed even after the lapse of the suspended state retention time and there is a subsequent printable job, the order of the printing jobs is changed and the subsequent printing job is executed.

Abstract: A sound-absorbing structure using thin film of the present invention includes at least a first thin film (11) and a second thin film (12), the first thin film (11) and the second thin film (12) being layered over each other and one or both of the first thin film (11) and the second thin film (12) having at least either ridges or grooves (ridges (a) in the selected figure). As each of the thin films (11) and (12), a metallic thin film or a resinous thin film is employable. It is desirable that fine through holes are formed in a large number in the thin films (11) and (12).

Abstract: An apparatus 11 for estimating internal biological time of a biological individual on the basis of quantity data of a gene product as measured in a specimen sampled from the individual. The apparatus includes circadian oscillatory gene selection means for selecting circadian oscillatory genes whose time-course change in gene product quantity data as measured in standard specimens approximates a cosine curve having a predetermined period; circadian expression curve selection means for selecting, from among a plurality of cosine curves having different phases and sharing a specific period, a circadian expression curve which is similar to the pattern of time-course change in the expression product quantity of each of the above-selected circadian oscillatory genes; and registration means for registering information which identifies the selected circadian expression curve.

Abstract: Compositions for delivering a pharmaceutically active agent to the eye, and/or for treating an ophthalmic disorder, are based on a fumarate polymer, especially a poly(propylene fumarate) polymer.

Abstract: A data processing system which allows a client to request or release multiple computing resources with a single action. A grouping unit defines groups of resources, and those groups are maintained by a group manager. When a request is received from a client demanding a specific group of resources, a detection unit finds such a member resource of the requested group that is currently used by any other client. If the detection unit has found a member resource in use, then a determination unit determines whether the detected member resource is to be modified. A permission unit permits the requesting client to make access to the requested group of resources if the detection unit finds that none of the member resources of the requested group are being used by any other client, or if the determination unit finds that neither the current user nor the requesting client intends to modify the detected member resource in use.

Abstract: In a server which receives a request of processing from a client, and returns a processing result of the request to the client, a result storing unit stores at least one processing result of at least one request. When a determination unit determines that no other request which is identical to a request received from a client has been processed, an execution unit executes processing of the request received from the client, and stores a result of the processing in the result storing unit. When the determination unit determines that another request which is identical to a request received from a client has already been processed, a transmission unit transmits to the client one of the at least one processing result corresponding to the request received from the client.

Abstract: A panel structure for a transport machine is disclosed which is constituted by an integral combination of an outer panel and an inner panel. The inner panel has reinforcing protuberances and recesses, possessing a higher rigidity than the outer panel. The protuberances of the inner panel and a back side of the outer panel are bonded together through insulating layers present on the protuberances.

Abstract: Permuted data (u1?, u2?, . . . , um?) of input data (u1, u2, . . . , un) expressed by the relationship [ u 1 ? u 2 ? ? u m ? ] = P ? [ u 1 u 2 ? u n ] , are obtained by expressing the permuted data uj? by uj?=ui?+Di, where j?i and calculate uj? for all of j.

Abstract: In an inverse calculation, x is road out of a storage means, [x/2] is calculated and stored therein as b, a lent significant bit of b is stored as a, [(ax+b)/2] is calculated and stored as updated b, and low-order two bits of x are stored as y. Then, for i=1, 2, . . . , n?1, by is calculated, a is updated with ?by, [(b+ax)/(2^(2i))] is calculated and stored as updated b, and y+a2^(2i) is calculated and stored as updated y, where y is road out as the result of inverse calculation.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided which is capable of forming images on recording materials of various types and sizes. The image forming apparatus includes a storing member for storing recording materials having an arbitrary size, a size-information input device for inputting size information corresponding to the arbitrary size of the recording materials, and a controller for controlling an image forming operation according to the size information inputted by the size-information input device. The size information input by the size-information input device includes each of arbitrary values corresponding to longitudinal and lateral lengths of the recording materials.

Abstract: A perforated soundproof structure is formed by oppositely arranging an external plate 1 and an internal plate 2 having a number of through-holes 2a. The board thickness, hole diameter and open area ratio of the internal plate 2 are set to satisfy design conditions to give rise to a viscous effect in the air passing through the through-holes 2a, and the design conditions are set so that the frequency bandwidth to attain an absorption coefficient of 0.3 or more is 10% or more of the resonance frequency.

Abstract: A plurality of round processing parts (38) are provided each of which contains a nonlinear function part (304), and each nonlinear function part (304) comprises: a first key-dependent linear transformation part (341) which performs a linear transformation based on a subkey; a splitting part (342) which splits the output from the first key-dependent linear transformation part into n pieces of subdata; a first nonlinear transformation part (343) which nonlinearly transforms those pieces of subdata, respectively; a second key-dependent linear transformation part (344) which linearly transforms those nonlinearly transformed outputs based on a subkey and outputs n pieces of transformed subdata; a second nonlinear transformation part (345) which nonlinearly transforms those transformed subdata; and a combining part (346) which combines the nonlinearly transformed outputs.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided which is capable of forming images on recording materials of various types and sizes. The image forming apparatus includes a storing member for storing recording materials having an arbitrary size, a size-information input device for inputting size information corresponding to the arbitrary size of the recording materials, and a controller for controlling an image forming operation according to the size information inputted by the size-information input device. The size information input by the size-information input device includes each of arbitrary values corresponding to longitudinal and lateral lengths of the recording materials.

Abstract: A double-walled damping structure includes two parallel face plates 1 and 2, a plurality of ribs 3 and 4 extending in the same direction to connect the two parallel face plates 1 and 2, wherein in a section taken perpendicularly to the direction of extension of the ribs 3 and 4, all or most of the holes defined by the adjacent two ribs and the face plates are trapezoidal. The structure less transmits vibration, and is capable of further increasing a damping effect when a damping material is attached.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided which is capable of forming images on recording materials of various types and sizes. The image forming apparatus includes a storing member for storing recording materials having an arbitrary size, a size-information input device for inputting size information corresponding to the arbitrary size of the recording materials, and a controller for controlling an image forming operation according to the size information inputted by the size-information input device. The size information input by the size-information input device includes each of arbitrary values corresponding to longitudinal and lateral lengths of the recording materials.

Abstract: In a method for permuting and dividing 16 pieces of k-bit data held in 4k-bit long registers T0, T1, T2 and T3, k being an integer, the data of each register Ti is ANDed with a desired one of mask data (00ffff00), (ff0000ff), (0000ffff) and (ffff0000), and such ANDs are ORed to obtain desired permuted data.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided which is capable of forming images on recording materials of various types and sizes. The image forming apparatus includes a storing member for storing recording materials having an arbitrary size, a size-information input device for inputting size information corresponding to the arbitrary size of the recording materials, and a controller for controlling the image forming operation according to the size information inputted by the size-information input device. The size information input by the size-information input device includes each of arbitrary values corresponding to longitudinal and lateral lengths of the recording materials.