Abstract: An organic matter production method according to the present invention in which production process status can be more properly monitored includes a first step of acquiring absorbance spectrum of as measurement object in which the amount of the raw material or desired product varies with progress of a production process by receiving transmitted light or diffuse reflected light from the measurement object as a result of broadband light irradiation of the measurement object, a second step of extracting two or more feature values indicative of the characteristics of the measurement object from the absorbance spectrum, and a third step of controlling the production process on the basis of the two or more feature values.

Abstract: Provided is a boiler structure with which, by reducing the pressure drop in boiler evaporation tubes correspondingly to the heat flux, which varies in accordance with the distance in the boiler height direction, it is possible to reduce auxiliary power for a water feed pump and so forth, in addition to improving the flow stability and the natural circulation characteristics. The boiler structure includes a number of boiler evaporation tubes that are arranged on a wall surface of a furnace and that form a furnace wall, water pumped into the boiler evaporation tubes being heated in the furnace during flowing inside the tubes to produce steam, wherein the boiler evaporation tubes are formed by connecting tubes of a plurality of types, in which tube wall thicknesses are adjusted on the basis of furnace heat flux such that the higher the furnace heat flux in a region is, the smaller the tube inner diameter becomes.

Abstract: A detection apparatus for detecting foreign substances or defective goods, with which it is easy to accomplish inspection even if the inspection objects have a shape that tends to allow rolling, comprises: transparent members 11 and 12, partitions 21 and 22, a supplying unit 30, cameras 41 and 42, a control unit 50. A removing apparatus 1, which includes such detection apparatus, comprises a suction controller 60 and suction nozzles 61 to 68. While the partitions 21, 22 move around, inspection objects A are each put in each cell of the partitions 21, 22, and are photographed by the cameras 41 and 42, from above and below the transparent members 11, 12, respectively. The images obtained by such photographing are analyzed, and foreign substances or defective goods mingling in the inspection objects A are detected. The foreign substances or defective goods are separated from the conforming goods by selectively sucking the inspection objects A with the suction nozzles 61 to 64.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blood vessel wall analyzing apparatus provided with a structure enabling accurate measurement of plaque components in a blood vessel wall in a state that reduces the burden on a patient. In the blood vessel wall analyzing apparatus (1), measurement light is illuminated onto a measured portion within a blood vessel such as a carotid artery (C) from a light illuminating unit (30) provided outside the blood vessel, while light from the measured portion is detected in a light receiving unit (40) provided outside the blood vessel. Thus, since the status of the blood vessel wall can be analyzed without inserting an apparatus involved in measurement into the blood vessel, the burden on the patient is reduced during measurement.

Abstract: The optical tomographic image acquisition apparatus is based on FD-OCT. A detection unit 50A which detects interference light includes a lens 51, a reflection type diffraction grating 52A, a deflection unit 53, a lens 54), and a light receiving unit 55. The interference light collimated by the lens 51 is divided by the reflection type diffraction grating 52A. Light of each wavelength is output in a different direction according to the wavelength, deflected by the deflection unit 53, and focused on a light receiving surface of the light receiving unit 55 by the lens 54. The optical tomographic image of the object is acquired based on a correspondence relationship between a light radiation position for the object and a deflection angle by the deflection unit 53 and on optical power distribution detected by the light receiving unit 55.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus capable of obtaining images of an object at high precision even if the intensities of illuminating light temporally varies. The imaging apparatus 1 comprises a lamp unit 10, lens 21, a half mirror 22, a lens 23, a liquid crystal tunable filter 24, a lens 25, a reference mirror 31, a reference mirror 32, an image capturing unit 40, an operation unit 50, and a display unit 60. The reference mirrors 31 and 32 are provided at the positions to which illuminating light led by an optical system for illuminating light is irradiated and which are located at a part of the view of the image capturing unit 40. The operation unit 50 corrects the value of the image part of the object 2 by using the value of the image part of the reference mirrors 31 and 32 out of the images captured by the image capturing unit 40.

Abstract: A combustion system capable of decreasing nitrogen oxide discharged from exhaust gas is provided. The combustion system includes: a combustion furnace (2) having a burner unit (2a) for supplying fuel and combustion oxygen to the inside of the furnace, a reduction zone formed on a downstream side of the burner unit (2a) for combusting the fuel, and a combustion oxygen supply port (2b) for supplying combustion oxygen (21) so that unburned fuel which has passed the reduction zone completely combusts; and a smoke removal device (9) for removing smoke in the exhaust gas discharged from the combustion furnace (2). Part of exhaust gas (22) diverging from between the combustion furnace (2) and the smoke removal device (9) is introduced to the burner unit (2a), while part of exhaust gas (23) diverging from a downstream side of the smoke removal device (9) is introduced to the combustion oxygen supply port (2b).

Abstract: A metal heating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a light output portion for outputting light having a center wavelength in a wavelength range of 200 nm to 600 nm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blood vessel wall analyzing apparatus provided with a structure enabling accurate measurement of plaque components in a blood vessel wall in a state that reduces the burden on a patient. In the blood vessel wall analyzing apparatus (1), measurement light is illuminated onto a measured portion within a blood vessel such as a carotid artery (C) from a light illuminating unit (30) provided outside the blood vessel, while light from the measured portion is detected in a light receiving unit (40) provided outside the blood vessel. Thus, since the status of the blood vessel wall can be analyzed without inserting an apparatus involved in measurement into the blood vessel, the burden on the patient is reduced during measurement.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blood vessel inner wall analyzing apparatus provided with a structure for more accurately analyzing components of substances adhered to the inner walls of blood vessels. A blood vessel inner wall analyzing apparatus (1) is provided with illuminating means, detecting means and analyzing means. The illuminating means illuminates a light component in a measurement wavelength range of 1957 nm to 2713 nm onto a measured position from an end surface (30b) of a light illuminating fiber (30) inserted into a carotid artery (C). The detecting means receives a light component from a measured position through an end surface (40a) of a light receiving fiber (40) within the carotid artery (C).

Abstract: A boiler structure that allows for an appropriate flow-rate distribution of an internal fluid to multiple divided furnace wall surfaces (water-wall) without excessive pressure loss so as to reduce the pressure loss (friction loss) occurring between furnace inlet headers and outlet headers is provided. In a boiler structure having a furnace water-wall (4) formed of multiple boiler evaporation tubes (3) disposed on a wall surface of a furnace and configured to generate steam by heating water inside the furnace when the water pressure-fed to the boiler evaporation tubes (3) flows inside the tubes, the boiler structure includes orifices (22), for an internal fluid, provided in inlet connection tubes (20) that guide the water to inlet headers (21) of furnace walls obtained by dividing the furnace water-wall (4) into multiple parts, and orifices (23) provided in nozzle stubs that guide the water from the inlet headers (21) to the boiler evaporation tubes (3).

Abstract: A foreign matter inspection apparatus, which enables more sufficient detection of foreign matter included in inspection objects, comprises: (1) a transparent drum having a cylindrical shape turning around a horizontal central axis; (2) an object supplying unit for supplying inspection objects to such a given region on the surface of the drum as will not cause the inspection objects to slide; (3) a first image capturing unit for imaging the inspection objects placed on a first imaging area included in the given region, such imaging being done from outside the drum; (4) a second image capturing unit for imaging the inspection objects placed on a second imaging area included in the given region, such imaging being done from inside the drum; and (5) an analyzing unit for analyzing existence/nonexistence of any foreign matter mingling with the inspection objects, such analysis being done on the basis of images captured by the first image capturing unit and the second image capturing unit.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus capable of obtaining images of an object at high precision even if the intensities of illuminating light temporally varies. The imaging apparatus 1 comprises a lamp unit 10, lens 21, a half mirror 22, a lens 23, a liquid crystal tunable filter 24, a lens 25, a reference mirror 31, a reference mirror 32, an image capturing unit 40, an operation unit 50, and a display unit 60. The reference mirrors 31 and 32 are provided at the positions to which illuminating light led by an optical system for illuminating light is irradiated and which are located at a part of the view of the image capturing unit 40. The operation unit 50 corrects the value of the image part of the object 2 by using the value of the image part of the reference mirrors 31 and 32 out of the images captured by the image capturing unit 40.

Abstract: Provided is a boiler structure with which, by reducing the pressure drop in boiler evaporation tubes correspondingly to the heat flux, which varies in accordance with the distance in the boiler height direction, it is possible to reduce auxiliary power for a water feed pump and so forth, in addition to improving the flow stability and the natural circulation characteristics. The boiler structure includes a number of boiler evaporation tubes that are arranged on a wall surface of a furnace and that form a furnace wall, water pumped into the boiler evaporation tubes being heated in the furnace during flowing inside the tubes to produce steam, wherein the boiler evaporation tubes are formed by connecting tubes of a plurality of types, in which tube wall thicknesses are adjusted on the basis of furnace heat flux such that the higher the furnace heat flux in a region is, the smaller the tube inner diameter becomes.

Abstract: Provided is a boiler structure that allows for appropriate flow-rate distribution for each furnace wall by using a simple configuration without any moving parts in a wide thermal-load range of a furnace from a partial load to a rated load. In a boiler structure having a furnace water-wall formed of multiple boiler evaporation tubes and configured to generate steam by heating water inside the furnace when the water that is pressure-fed to the boiler evaporation tubes flows inside the tubes, the boiler structure includes a pressure-loss adjusting section, for an internal fluid, provided in an outlet connection tube that connects outlets of water walls obtained by dividing the furnace water-wall into multiple parts.

Abstract: The invention offers a technique that selectively differentiation-induces mesenchymal stem cells, which can differentiate to cells that constitute various tissues and organs, to osteoblasts. In addition, the invention offers a technique that differentiation-induces mesenchymal stem cells to osteoblasts with a simple operation that needs only short time and that is noninvasive. The inventors have found that the switch for the differentiation induction to osteoblasts is turned on by translocating biological clock-relevant factors existing in mesenchymal stem cells from the cells' cytoplasm to the cells' nucleus. The inventors have also found that the switch can be turned on by irradiating the cells for a short time with a lightwave having a specific wavelength that is noninvasive.

Abstract: A detection apparatus for detecting foreign substances or defective goods, with which it is easy to accomplish inspection even if the inspection objects have a shape that tends to allow rolling, comprises: transparent members 11 and 12, partitions 21 and 22, a supplying unit 30, cameras 41 and 42, a control unit 50. A removing apparatus 1, which includes such detection apparatus, comprises a suction controller 60 and suction nozzles 61 to 68. While the partitions 21, 22 move around, inspection objects A are each put in each cell of the partitions 21, 22, and are photographed by the cameras 41 and 42, from above and below the transparent members 11, 12, respectively. The images obtained by such photographing are analyzed, and foreign substances or defective goods mingling in the inspection objects A are detected. The foreign substances or defective goods are separated from the conforming goods by selectively sucking the inspection objects A with the suction nozzles 61 to 64.

Abstract: A vehicle speed calculating section calculates the vehicle velocity by integration of a forward and reverse acceleration of a vehicle. A first deforming speed calculating section calculates a first deforming speed by integration of acceleration from a first acceleration sensor. A second deforming speed calculating section calculates a second deforming speed by integration of acceleration from a second acceleration sensor. A first deforming speed correcting section subtracts a vehicle speed from the first deforming speed and outputs it to a determining section. A second deforming speed correcting section subtracts the vehicle speed from the second deforming speed and outputs it to the determining section. In the determining section, the collision object determination is made on the basis of the corrected deforming speed.

Abstract: A data storage control system includes an expression-format changing device for changing applied data to data having a prescribed expression format, a storage device for storing data readably, a storage controller for accessing the storage device and reading data that has been stored in the storage device or writing data, the expression format of which has been change by the expression-format changing device, to the storage device in accordance with an applied read/write command, and a command execution device, to which an applied command is entered, for applying a read/write command to the storage controller in accordance with the entered command.

Abstract: An image registration server stores encryption keys of respective ones of a plurality of client terminals. Image data is encrypted by the image registration server using the encryption key corresponding to the client terminal to which the image data is applied. The encrypted image data is applied to the client terminal via a server. The client terminal has a decryption key stored within so that only a client terminal that is duly authorized can decrypt encrypted image data. Other client terminals that are not duly authorized cannot decode the image data. This makes it possible to prevent unlawful use of image data even if the image data has been intercepted.