Abstract: Provided is a method for inactivating microorganisms and/or viruses present in a specific space in which a person is present, by emitting light in a wavelength range for inactivating microorganisms and/or viruses in the space, the method comprising: a detection step of detecting a person present in an irradiation space; an acquisition step of acquiring an accumulated irradiation amount of an irradiation amount of the light irradiated to the detected person in a period from a predetermined reference time point to a current time point; a determination step of determining an allowable maximum irradiation amount by comparing an allowable limit value (TLV: Threshold Limit Value) of an irradiation amount of the light in the wavelength range with the accumulated irradiation amount; and an irradiation step of controlling a light source and irradiating the light into the irradiation space with the allowable maximum irradiation amount as an upper limit.

Abstract: An inactivation device, in a space inside a mobility means that transports a person or an object, that inactivates microorganisms and/or viruses present in the space where a person is present by irradiating the space with ultraviolet light, the inactivation device includes: an ultraviolet light irradiation unit including an ultraviolet light source emitting light including ultraviolet light having a wavelength that inactivates microorganisms and/or viruses; and a controller that controls the irradiation of the light emitted from the ultraviolet light source. The ultraviolet light source is either an excimer lamp or an LED, and the ultraviolet light included in the light emitted from the ultraviolet light source includes ultraviolet light having a wavelength range from 200 nm to 240 nm. The ultraviolet light irradiation unit is fixed to the mobility means.

Abstract: An inactivation device inactivates microorganisms and/or viruses present in a space where a person is present by irradiating the space with ultraviolet light. The inactivation device includes a mobile body movable in the space, a drive section that drives the mobile body, an ultraviolet light irradiation unit provided with an ultraviolet light source emitting light including ultraviolet light having a wavelength that inactivates microorganisms and/or viruses, and a controller that controls the irradiation of the light from the ultraviolet light source. The ultraviolet light source is either an excimer lamp or an LED, and the ultraviolet light included in the light emitted from the ultraviolet light source includes ultraviolet light having a wavelength range from 200 nm to 240 nm. The ultraviolet light irradiation unit is fixed to the mobile body.

Abstract: The inactivation device includes: an ultraviolet light irradiation unit that irradiates an enclosed space where a human can enter and leave with light containing ultraviolet light having a wavelength of inactivating the microorganisms and/or viruses that are harmful to the human body; a sensor that detects presence of the human in the enclosed space; and a control unit that controls irradiation and non-irradiation with the light from the ultraviolet light irradiation unit based on a detection signal from the sensor. The control unit controls the ultraviolet light irradiation unit to irradiate a space including the human with the light for a predetermined time in accordance with the wavelength of the ultraviolet light contained in the light radiated from the ultraviolet light irradiation unit, during a period in which the human is determined to be present in the enclosed space based on the detection signal from the sensor.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an inactivation apparatus for inactivating microorganisms and/or viruses, comprising: an ultraviolet light irradiation unit configured to irradiate a surface or a space in a facility or a vehicle that a human or an animal is present with light including ultraviolet light having a wavelength that inactivates the microorganisms and/or viruses; and a controller unit configured to control irradiation and non-irradiation of the light by the ultraviolet light irradiation unit. The ultraviolet light included in the light emitted from the ultraviolet light irradiation unit is light having a wavelength range between 190 nm to 235 nm. The controller unit controls the ultraviolet light irradiation unit to alternately repeat a light-emitting operation and a non-light-emitting operation of the light based on the wavelength of the ultraviolet light included in the light irradiated from the ultraviolet light irradiation unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an alumina fiber having the content of sodium oxide of 530 to 3,200 ppm and a mass ratio (A/B) of the content (A) of the sodium oxide to the content (B) of calcium oxide of 5 to 116.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an alumina fiber having a mass ratio (A/C) of the content (A) of iron oxide as expressed in terms of ferric oxide to the content (C) of titanium oxide of 2 to 121; and a mass ratio (B/C) of the content (B) of calcium oxide to the content (C) of titanium oxide of 0.4 to 14, with a sum total of the content (A) of iron oxide, the content (B) of calcium oxide, and the content (C) of titanium oxide being 0.0170 to 0.1180% by mass.

Abstract: A lighting device having a function of inactivating bacteria or viruses includes a first light source for emitting ultraviolet light with a peak wavelength in a wavelength band of 200 nm or more and less than 240 nm and with light intensity suppressed in a wavelength band of 250 nm or more and less than 400 nm, and a second light source that is composed of an LED element for emitting white light for illumination.

Abstract: A microplate reader includes multiple light projecting/receiving units, the number of the light projecting/receiving units being equal to or greater than the number of wells of the microplate, each light projecting/receiving unit including a light projecting unit and a light receiving unit that correspond to one of the wells of the microplate; a reflection member configured to reflect light having passed through samples stored in the wells from the light projecting/receiving units to the light projecting/receiving units; and a light guide part including projecting-light guide paths each configured to guide the light emitted from the light projecting unit to the sample, receiving-light guide paths each configured to guide the light reflected by the reflection member and having passed through the sample to the light receiving unit, and a surrounding member including a pigment-containing resin surrounding the projecting-light guide paths and the receiving-light guide paths.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an alumina fiber having the content of sodium oxide of 530 to 3,200 ppm and a mass ratio (A/B) of the content (A) of the sodium oxide to the content (B) of calcium oxide of 5 to 116.

Abstract: A microplate reader includes multiple light projecting/receiving units, the number of the light projecting/receiving units being equal to or greater than the number of wells of the microplate, each light projecting/receiving unit including a light projecting unit and a light receiving unit that correspond to one of the wells of the microplate; a reflection member configured to reflect light having passed through samples stored in the wells from the light projecting/receiving units to the light projecting/receiving units; and a light guide part including projecting-light guide paths each configured to guide the light emitted from the light projecting unit to the sample, receiving-light guide paths each configured to guide the light reflected by the reflection member and having passed through the sample to the light receiving unit, and a surrounding member including a pigment-containing resin surrounding the projecting-light guide paths and the receiving-light guide paths.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an alumina fiber having a mass ratio (A/C) of the content (A) of iron oxide as expressed in terms of ferric oxide to the content (C) of titanium oxide of 2 to 121; and a mass ratio (B/C) of the content (B) of calcium oxide to the content (C) of titanium oxide of 0.4 to 14, with a sum total of the content (A) of iron oxide, the content (B) of calcium oxide, and the content (C) of titanium oxide being 0.0170 to 0.1180% by mass.

Abstract: A first aspect of the present invention is an optical member that blocks straight traveling of light of a second wavelength rather than straight traveling of light of a first wavelength, and is provided with a silicone resin part, and optical material particles dispersed in the silicone resin part, wherein the refractive indexes of the silicone resin part and the optical material particles match at the first wavelength, and do not match at the second wavelength. Consequently, it becomes possible to provide an optical member or the like that selectively transmit a specific wavelength (the first wavelength) by a member different from those of conventional optical elements.

Abstract: Disclosed is a reagent set, including a boxy body; an internal holding member arranged in the box body to form a container accommodating region in the box body; and a reagent container, arranged in the container accommodating region, and including a main body portion and a mouth portion formed on an upper surface of the main body portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a reagent set, including a boxy body; an internal holding member arranged in the box body to form a container accommodating region in the box body; and a reagent container, arranged in the container accommodating region, and including a main body portion and a mouth portion formed on an upper surface of the main body portion.

Abstract: A reagent container set is disclosed which comprises: a first reagent container for accommodating a first reagent to be used in a sample analyzer, the top part of the first reagent container having a first aspiration opening for inserting a first reagent aspirating tube to aspirate the first reagent; a waste fluid container for accommodating the first reagent used in the sample analyzer as a waste fluid, the top of the waste fluid container having a discharge opening for inserting a waste fluid discharging tube to discharge the waste fluid into the waste fluid container; a box for accommodating the first reagent container and the waste fluid container; and a container holding member for holding the first reagent container and the waste fluid container so that the first aspiration opening and the discharge opening are disposed at predetermined positions, the container holding member being maintained at a predetermined position within the box.

Abstract: The disclosed are a soft drink having both an excellent fruity aroma and a fruity afteraroma once swallowed, and a method for manufacturing the same. The further disclosed are a grape skin extract, rich in precursors of 3-mercaptohexan-1-ol having good aroma, for use in manufacturing the soft drink, and to a method of preparation of the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of production of a solution containing an abundance of 3-mercaptohexan-1-ol (3MH) and alcohol and having a desirable aroma by employing a grape skin extract; an aromatic agent employing the 3MH and alcohol containing solution; a method of production of a drink with an enhanced aroma; and a method of production of fruit liquor, employing a grape skin extract. The method of production of the 3MH and alcohol containing comprising: inoculating a starting material aqueous solution comprising S-(3-hexan-1-ol)glutathione and S-(3-hexan-1-ol)-L-cysteine with a lactic acid bacterium and yeast to produce 3-mercaptohexan-1-ol and alcohol. The starting material aqueous solution comprises a grape skin extract. The lactic acid bacterium is a lactic acid bacterium that is capable of converting S-(3-hexan-1-ol)glutathione to S-(3-hexan-1-ol)-L-cysteine.

Abstract: A reagent container set is disclosed which comprises: a first reagent container for accommodating a first reagent to be used in a sample analyzer, the top part of the first reagent container having a first aspiration opening for inserting a first reagent aspirating tube to aspirate the first reagent; a waste fluid container for accommodating the first reagent used in the sample analyzer as a waste fluid, the top of the waste fluid container having a discharge opening for inserting a waste fluid discharging tube to discharge the waste fluid into the waste fluid container; a box for accommodating the first reagent container and the waste fluid container; and a container holding member for holding the first reagent container and the waste fluid container so that the first aspiration opening and the discharge opening are disposed at predetermined positions, the container holding member being maintained at a predetermined position within the box.