Abstract: To save a labor and time to input user information of a service, in a reception system (S), an applicant inputs user information to an input form of each of a plurality of services. Identification means (101) identifies other services associated with a service to be input. Display control means (102) displays pieces of user information that have been input to input forms of the other services in a selectable manner. Acquisition means (103) acquires, when the applicant has selected one of the pieces of user information displayed by the display control means (102), the selected one of the pieces of user information as user information of the service to be input.

Abstract: The labor and time to input information are saved when applications for a plurality of services are received at the same time. A reception system (S) receives applications for a plurality of services at the same time. Display control means (102) displays, for each of the services, an input form for inputting each of user information and attribute information. Holding means (105) holds user information and attribute information, which have been input to the input form of each service, in association with the service. When user information of a service to be input has been input to an input form of the service to be input, acquisition means (103) acquires attribute information of the service to be input based on pieces of attribute information that have been input to input forms of other services having user information matching the user information of the service to be input.

Abstract: The labor and time to input information are saved when applications for a plurality of services are received at the same time. A reception system (S) receives applications for a plurality of services at the same time. Display control means (102) displays, for each of the services, an input form for inputting each of user information and attribute information. Holding means (105) holds user information and attribute information, which have been input to the input form of each service, in association with the service. When user information of a service to be input has been input to an input form of the service to be input, acquisition means (103) acquires attribute information of the service to be input based on pieces of attribute information that have been input to input forms of other services having user information matching the user information of the service to be input.

Abstract: To save a labor and time to input user information of a service, in a reception system (S), an applicant inputs user information to an input form of each of a plurality of services. Identification means (101) identifies other services associated with a service to be input. Display control means (102) displays pieces of user information that have been input to input forms of the other services in a selectable manner. Acquisition means (103) acquires, when the applicant has selected one of the pieces of user information displayed by the display control means (102), the selected one of the pieces of user information as user information of the service to be input.

Abstract: A polyamide resin molded body is formed by a resin composition having a (B) fluorine series resin within a range from 1 to 15 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a (A) polyamide resin. In the resin composition, the number average particle diameter of the fluorine series resin dispersed in the polyamide resin is 0.8 ?m or less. The resin composition includes particles of the (B) fluorine series resin having particle diameters of 0.8 ?m or greater. The percentage of particles having particle diameters of 0.8 ?m or greater which are secondary particles while maintaining the form of primary particles is 60% or greater, and/or the degree of crystallinity of the dispersed (B) fluorine series resin is 42 J/g or greater.

Abstract: Provided is a black shaped product having low specific gravity, an excellent balance of heat resistance and fluidity, extremely few white spots at the shaped product surface, and excellent aluminum vapor deposition external appearance. The black shaped product is obtained through shaping of a resin composition containing 5 mass % to 95 mass % of a polyphenylene ether (A), 2 mass % to 94.96 mass % of a styrene resin (B), and 0.04 mass % to 3 mass % of carbon black (C). The black shaped product includes a mirror surface part at the surface thereof. The number of white spots present within a 52.4 mm2 area of the mirror surface part is 30 or less.

Abstract: A polyamide resin molded body is formed by a resin composition having a (B) fluorine series resin within a range from 1 to 15 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a (A) polyamide resin. In the resin composition, the number average particle diameter of the fluorine series resin dispersed in the polyamide resin is 0.8 ?m or less. The resin composition includes particles of the (B) fluorine series resin having particle diameters of 0.8 ?m or greater. The percentage of particles having particle diameters of 0.8 ?m or greater which are secondary particles while maintaining the form of primary particles is 60% or greater, and/or the degree of crystallinity of the dispersed (B) fluorine series resin is 42 J/g or greater.

Abstract: Provided is a polyphenylene ether resin composition having excellent mechanical properties, such as tensile, flexural, and impact strength, high flame retardance, and adequate molding fluidity, and that is sufficiently resistant to use as a thin molded article for an electric/electronic device cooling fan, etc. The polyphenylene ether resin composition contains at least 90 mass % of a polyphenylene ether (A), a styrene resin (B), glass fiber (C), and an organophosphorus flame retardant (D) in terms of total mass of (A) to (D). Taking this total mass as 100 mass %, contents of the polyphenylene ether (A), styrene resin (B), glass fiber (C), and organophosphorus flame retardant (D) are 25-75 mass %, 0-5 mass %, 20-50 mass %, and 5-20 mass %, respectively, and taking mass of the organophosphorus flame retardant (D) as 100 mass %, content of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of triphenyl phosphate and a phosphazene is at least 70 mass %.

Abstract: Provided is a black shaped product having low specific gravity, an excellent balance of heat resistance and fluidity, extremely few white spots at the shaped product surface, and excellent aluminum vapor deposition external appearance. The black shaped product is obtained through shaping of a resin composition containing 5 mass % to 95 mass % of a polyphenylene ether (A), 2 mass % to 94.96 mass % of a styrene resin (B), and 0.04 mass % to 3 mass % of carbon black (C). The black shaped product includes a mirror surface part at the surface thereof. The number of white spots present within a 52.4 mm2 area of the mirror surface part is 30 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a polyphenylene ether resin composition having excellent mechanical properties, such as tensile, flexural, and impact strength, high flame retardance, and adequate molding fluidity, and that is sufficiently resistant to use as a thin molded article for an electric/electronic device cooling fan, etc. The polyphenylene ether resin composition contains at least 90 mass % of a polyphenylene ether (A), a styrene resin (B), glass fiber (C), and an organophosphorus flame retardant (D) in terms of total mass of (A) to (D). Taking this total mass as 100 mass %, contents of the polyphenylene ether (A), styrene resin (B), glass fiber (C), and organophosphorus flame retardant (D) are 25-75 mass %, 0-5 mass %, 20-50 mass %, and 5-20 mass %, respectively, and taking mass of the organophosphorus flame retardant (D) as 100 mass %, content of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of triphenyl phosphate and a phosphazene is at least 70 mass %.

Abstract: A method for producing a silica glass preform for an optical fiber includes processes for producing a silica glass soot body having a core portion added with a positive dopant and an intermediate portion having a refractive index lower than that of the core portion, heating the soot body at a temperature for transparently vitrifying the same in a helium atmosphere containing a negative dopant and forming a first core rod having the intermediate portion added with the negative dopant, giving a silica glass soot layer as a trench portion to an outer circumference of the first core rod, heating the soot layer at a temperature for transparently vitrifying the same in the helium atmosphere and forming a second core rod having the trench portion added with the negative dopant, and giving silica glass as a cladding portion to an outer circumference of the second core rod.

Abstract: An optical fiber silica glass base material comprising a core formed of silica glass doped with a positive dopant that increases a refractive index; an intermediate layer adjacent to the core and surrounding the core on a radial outside thereof; a trench layer adjacent to the intermediate layer, surrounding the intermediate layer on a radial outside thereof, and formed of silica glass doped with a negative dopant that decreases a refractive index; and a cladding layer adjacent to the trench layer, surrounding the trench layer on a radial outside thereof, and formed of silica glass. Thickness of the intermediate layer in a radial direction is greater than thickness of the trench layer, and a region of the intermediate layer nearer the core is more heavily doped with the positive dopant and/or a region of the intermediate layer nearer the trench layer is more heavily doped with the negative dopant.

Abstract: An optical fiber curvature measuring method comprising rotatably holding an end of the optical fiber, irradiating two points at a prescribed distance from each other on a side surface of the fiber with a pair of parallel light beams orthogonal to an axial direction, measuring representative positions of scattered and reflected light beams scattered by the side surface as coordinate positions on an axis parallel to the optical fiber axis, calculating a difference between the two coordinate positions, rotating the fiber by a prescribed angle, repeating the calculation of the difference a plurality of times, calculating a positive representative value for amplitude SA from the difference obtained at each angle, calculating curvature from the amplitude SA as a first curvature of a first optical fiber longitudinal position, changing positions of the beams irradiating the fiber in the longitudinal direction, and calculating first to m-th curvatures by repeating this process.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing deuterium-treated silica glass includes exposing silica glass to a deuterium-containing atmosphere for a predetermined period of time to diffuse deuterium molecules within the silica glass, maintaining the silica glass at 40° C. or higher, and cooling the silica glass to room temperature. The silica glass is a silica glass-based optical fiber having a core made of silica glass, where the core is positioned at a center of the optical fiber and contains at least germanium, and a clad made of silica glass, where the clad surrounds the core and has a lower refractive index than the core. A surface of the silica glass is covered with a resin coating.

Abstract: An optical fiber comprising a first core, a second core, a third core, and a cladding, wherein with a refractive index of the cladding as a reference, ?1 is a maximum value of a relative refractive index difference of the first core, ?2 is a maximum value of a relative refractive index difference of the second core, ?3 is a minimum value of a relative refractive index difference of the third core, “a” is a half-value radial width for the relative refractive index difference (?1??2) of the first core, “b” is a radius of a second core/third core boundary, and “c” is a radius of a third core/cladding boundary, the expressions 0.30%??1?0.45%, ?0.05%??2?0.05%, ?0.6%??3??0.3%, 2.85?b/a, 10 ?m?b?15 ?m, and 3 ?m?c?b?5.5 ?m are satisfied, and transmission loss for a wavelength of 1550 nm when the optical fiber is wound around a mandrel with a diameter of 10 mm is no greater than 0.2 dB/turn.

Abstract: A polyamide comprising (a) a unit comprising adipic acid and hexamethylenediamine and (b) a unit comprising isophthalic acid and hexamethylenediamine, wherein a ratio of the isophthalic acid component to the total carboxylic acid component in the polyamide is 0.05?(x)?0.5 and a range of blocking ratio (Y) is ?0.3?(Y)?0.8. Also provided are compositions comprising 30 to 95% by mass of the above polyamide and 5 to 70% by mass of an inorganic filler.

Abstract: An optical fiber comprising a first core, a second core, a third core, and a cladding, wherein the expressions 0.30%??1?0.45%, ?0.05%??2?0.05%, ?0.35%??3??0.15%, 2.5?b/a, 3.5 ?m?a?4.2 ?m, 9 ?m?b?13 ?m, and 4.5 ?m?c?b?7.0 ?m are satisfied, a zero-dispersion wavelength is no less than 1300 nm and no greater than 1324 nm, and transmission loss increase for a wavelength of 1550 nm when the optical fiber is wound around a mandrel with a diameter of 10 mm is no greater than 1 dB/turn.

Abstract: An optical fiber comprising a first core, a second core, a third core, and a cladding, wherein the expressions 0.30%??1?0.45%, ?0.05%??2?0.05%, ?0.35%??3??0.15%, 2.5?b/a, 3.5 ?m?a?4.2 ?m, 9 ?m?b?13 ?m, and 4.5 ?m?c?b?7.0 ?m are satisfied, a zero-dispersion wavelength is no less than 1300 nm and no greater than 1324 nm, and transmission loss increase for a wavelength of 1550 nm when the optical fiber is wound around a mandrel with a diameter of 10 mm is no greater than 1 dB/turn.

Abstract: An optical fiber comprising a first core, a second core, a third core, and a cladding, wherein with a refractive index of the cladding as a reference, ?1 is a maximum value of a relative refractive index difference of the first core, ?2 is a maximum value of a relative refractive index difference of the second core, ?3 is a minimum value of a relative refractive index difference of the third core, “a” is a half-value radial width for the relative refractive index difference (?1??2) of the first core, “b” is a radius of a second core/third core boundary, and “c” is a radius of a third core/cladding boundary, the expressions 0.30%??1?0.45%, ?0.05%??2?0.05%, ?0.6%??3??0.3%, 2.85?b/a, 10 ?m?b?15 ?m, and 3 ?m?c?b?5.5 ?m are satisfied, and transmission loss for a wavelength of 1550 nm when the optical fiber is wound around a mandrel with a diameter of 10 mm is no greater than 0.2 dB/turn.

Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] A main object of the present invention is to provide a polyamide and a polyamide composition capable of rendering good surface appearance stability and outstanding impact resistance properties to a molded article even when molded under rigorous molding conditions. [Solution] The present invention is (A) a polyamide comprising (a) a unit comprising adipic acid and hexamethylenediamine and (b) a unit comprising isophthalic acid and hexamethylenediamine, wherein a ratio of the isophthalic acid component to the total carboxylic acid component in the polyamide is 0.05?(x)?0.5 and a range of blocking ratio (Y) is ?0.3?(Y)?0.8. Also, the polyamide composition of the present invention contains 30 to 95% by mass of the above polyamide and 5 to 70% by mass of (B) an inorganic filler.