Abstract: The invention relates to a method of judging the thermostability of a protein, comprising the steps of calculating an analytical value specific to a test protein by a principal component analysis based on the amino acid composition of the protein calculated from the data of the amino acid sequence of the protein or the nucleotide sequence of the gene and comparing the analytical value with an analytical value of a protein which is retained by a thermostable organism and corresponds to the test protein, and further relates to a program for allowing a computer to execute processing for judging the thermostability of a protein by the method, and a computer readable recording medium having recorded the program thereon.

Abstract: An antiglare film (1) comprises: a transparent base film (2), a light-diffusing layer (3) formed on the transparent base film (2), and an antiglare layer (4) formed on the light-diffusing layer (3). The antiglare film (1) has an internal haze value in the range of 35 to 75 and a total haze value in the range of 45 to 85. The light-diffusing layer (3) and/or the antiglare layer (4) contains translucent particles coated with a low-refraction coating.

Abstract: Disclosed are an antiglare film having a high level of anti-scintillation properties, high sharpness of transmitted images, high light transmittance (total light transmittance), and a high level of external light reflection preventive properties, and a process for producing the antiglare film. A resin and non-agglomerative particles having a specific particle diameter are selected so that the difference in refractive index between the resin and the particles is 0.05 to 0.15. The resin and the non-agglomerative particles are brought to a coating composition using, as a solvent, a good solvent for the resin and a poor solvent for the resin. The coating composition is coated onto a substrate film to form a coating which is then dried. In the course of the drying, as the amount of the good solvent in the coating decreases, the poor solvent acts to cause the gelation of the particles and the resin. Thus, good concaves and convexes can be advantageously formed on the surface of the coating.

Abstract: This invention is a gateway apparatus arranged between a circuit switched network and the Internet. The gateway apparatus comprises a prior connection section setting a channel on the Internet according to the call setting request received from the circuit switched network before the call setting request is received from the circuit switched network, and a call setting section setting a connection corresponding to the call setting request on the Internet by using the channel set by the prior connection section when the call setting request is received from the circuit switched network.

Abstract: Disclosed is a film provided with a hardcoat which has high surface hardness and improved apparent scratch resistance. This film provided with a hardcoat comprises: a transparent substrate film; and, stacked on the transparent substrate film in the following order, a hardcoat and a slip layer. The hardcoat is formed of a cured product of a material comprising an ultraviolet-curable resin and a photopolymerization initiator which initiates the photopolymerization of the ultraviolet-curable resin upon exposure to ultraviolet light in its wavelength region other than the wavelength region absorbable by the transparent substrate film. The slip layer contains a slip agent.

Abstract: A laminated sheet made by bonding a nonwoven fabric to a non-porous waterproof, windproof and moisture permeable film. The bonding may be carried out by hot pressing in combination with a hot-melt adhesive and the laminated sheet may have a water vapor transmission rate of 1,000 to 10,000 g/m2·h. The laminated sheet may be further bonded to a face fabric, making the resulting structure particularly suitable for use in the construction of garments.

Abstract: A warm-air blower comprised of two air outlets and an air intake which is provided on either the left-hand side or right-hand side of an air blower unit. The air taken into the interior of the air blower unit through the intake flows through the interior of the air blower unit by a fan which is provided at a location relatively far away from the air intake. The fan blows the air through a heater chamber and further blows the heated air out of the blower unit through the air outlets that are arranged one above the other to an air-controlled bedding. One or both of the air outlets are equipped with a shutter.

Abstract: Disclosed are an antiglare film having a high level of anti-scintillation properties, high sharpness of transmitted images, high light transmittance (total light transmittance), and a high level of external light reflection preventive properties, and a process for producing the antiglare film. A resin and non-agglomerative particles having a specific particle diameter are selected so that the difference in refractive index between the resin and the particles is 0.05 to 0.15. The resin and the non-agglomerative particles are brought to a coating composition using, as a solvent, a good solvent for the resin and a poor solvent for the resin. The coating composition is coated onto a substrate film to form a coating which is then dried. In the course of the drying, as the amount of the good solvent in the coating decreases, the poor solvent acts to cause the gelation of the particles and the resin. Thus, good concaves and convexes can be advantageously formed on the surface of the coating.

Abstract: A gateway is connected to the Internet and a telephone exchange which carries out routing optimization based on a first message and accommodates a plurality of terminals.

Abstract: A coating material capable of forming a high-quality thin film having a regulated refractive index; a coating film formed from the coating material; an antireflection coating comprising the coating film; an antireflection film to which the antireflection coating is applied; and an image display. The coating composition comprises (1) rutile-form titanium oxide having primary particle diameter of 0.01 to 0.1 &mgr;m and coated with an inorganic compound for reducing or eliminating the photocatalytic activity and with an organic compound having an anionic polar group and/or an organometallic compound, (2) a binder ingredient curable with an ionizing radiation, (3) a dispersant having an anionic polar group, and (4) an organic solvent.

Abstract: A warm-air blower comprised of two air outlets and an air intake which is provided on either the left-hand side or right-hand side of an air blower unit. The air taken into the interior of the air blower unit through the intake flows through the interior of the air blower unit by a fan which is provided at a location relatively far away from the air intake. The fan blows the air through a heater chamber and further blows the heated air out of the blower unit through the air outlets that are arranged one above the other to an air-controlled bedding. One or both of the air outlets are equipped with a shutter.

Abstract: An antireflection film containing a transparent substrate film, a hard coat layer on the substrate film, and first and second refractive index layers on the hard coat layer. The hard coat layer has a refractive index higher than the refractive index of the transparent substrate film; the first refractive index layer has a refractive index higher than the refractive index of the hard coat layer; the second refractive index layer has a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the hard coat layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are an antiglare film having a high level of anti-scintillation properties, high sharpness of transmitted images, high light transmittance (total light transmittance), and a high level of external light reflection preventive properties, and a process for producing the antiglare film. A resin and non-agglomerative particles having a specific particle diameter are selected so that the difference in refractive index between the resin and the particles is 0.05 to 0.15. The resin and the non-agglomerative particles are brought to a coating composition using, as a solvent, a good solvent for the resin and a poor solvent for the resin. The coating composition is coated onto a substrate film to form a coating which is then dried. In the course of the drying, as the amount of the good solvent in the coating decreases, the poor solvent acts to cause the gelation of the particles and the resin. Thus, good concaves and convexes can be advantageously formed on the surface of the coating.

Abstract: Disclosed is a film provided with a hardcoat which has high surface hardness and improved apparent scratch resistance. This film provided with a hardcoat comprises: a transparent substrate film; and, stacked on the transparent substrate film in the following order, a hardcoat and a slip layer. The hardcoat is formed of a cured product of a material comprising an ultraviolet-curable resin and a photopolymerization initiator which initiates the photopolymerization of the ultraviolet-curable resin upon exposure to ultraviolet light in its wavelength region other than the wavelength region absorbable by the transparent substrate film. The slip layer contains a slip agent.

Abstract: A low reflective antistatic film is provided which can prevent electrostatic deposition of foreign materials on the surface thereof, has hardness enough high not to cause a deterioration in transparency derived from a scratch or the like created upon being rubbed, and can prevent reflection of outdoor daylight from the surface of a transparent substrate. The low reflective antistatic film comprises: a transparent substrate film; and, provided on the transparent substrate film in the following order, a transparent conductive layer, a hardcoat layer, and a low refractive layer, the low refractive layer having a lower refractive index than the hardcoat.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transparent functional film comprising a transparent plastic substrate film and a hard coat layer provided thereon, wherein functional ultrafine particles are present in a highly localized form, thereby enabling the functional ultrafine particles to effectively exhibit their function and, at the same time, the hard coat layer to have a good adhesion to the functional ultrafine particle layer; and also an antireflection film and processes for producing the transparent functional film and the antireflection film.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to eliminate drawbacks of conventional multi-layered antireflection films, that is, that a lot of time is required in the formation of a transparent conductive thin film and a low-refractive index layer leading to low processing speed, the corrosion resistance of the transparent conductive thin film is unsatisfactory, and the reflectance over the whole visible light region is not constant.

Abstract: A non-glare film 10 is composed of a non-glare layer 18 formed by coating a transparent base film 12 of TAC or the like with a coating material obtained by mixing a light transmissive diffusing material 14 of resin beads and the like in a light transmissive resin 16, and a low refractive index layer 20 composed of a silicon-containing vinylidene fluoride copolymer, said low refractive index layer 20 being laminated onto the surface of the non-glare layer, in which the haze value on the surface of the non-glare layer 18 is 7 to 30 and the haze value inside the non-glare layer 18 is 1 to 15, and when the non-glare film is attached onto the surface of a display panel, it suppresses degradation in contrast and furthermore prevents face-glare, reflecting-in and whitening.

Abstract: A antiglare layer 12 having a fine uneven surface is formed directly or through other layer(s) on a transparent substrate film 11, and a layer 13 having a low refractive index, which is lower than the refractive index of the antiglare layer 12, is formed thereon. The refractive index of the antiglare layer 12 is higher than the refractive index of a layer in contact with said antiglare layer 12 on its surface remote from the layer 13 having a low refractive index. An SiOx film may be used as the layer 13 having a low refractive index. The SiOx film per se has excellent gas barrier property and antifouling property as an optical functional membrane and is an optical functional material characterized by having excellent moistureproofness, scratch resistance, adhesion to a substrate, transparency, low refractive index, dye deterioration preventive property, and other properties.