Abstract: The display computer displays a management screen having a first area and a second area. In the first area, information related to a computer system, and an input object for a work operation that is a user operation for registering a task of a processing to a computer system into a management computer or an object for displaying the input object are displayed. In the second area, a summary view related to at least one task registered into the management computer is displayed. The summary view has a status object for each status of task, the status object includes an object indicating a status and a value indicating a number of tasks of the status. When the management computer detects a modification of a status of each task that has been registered, the display computer updates a value of a number of tasks in the second area.

Abstract: A lipase powder which is a granulated substance containing a lipase and a solid content of animal milk, a lipase composition wherein said lipase powder is immersed or impregnated in fatty oil, and a method for producing the lipase powder which comprises the step of adding animal milk or cream derived from the animal milk to an aqueous solution containing a lipase, and the step of spray-drying, freeze-drying or solvent-precipitating the mixture thereof are provided. According to the present invention, a lipase powder of which lipase activity and stability are improved can be provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a ground product of a lipase powder composition comprising an immobilized lipase in which a lipase derived from Thermomyces sp. is immobilized to a silica carrier and a hydrophilic powder other than a silica carrier, the method comprising the steps of wetting the hydrophilic powder with oil; separating the hydrophilic powder wetted with oil from the oil to obtain an oil-containing hydrophilic powder; mixing the oil-containing hydrophilic powder and the immobilized lipase at a ratio of 0.45:1 to 0.85:1 based on mass of the hydrophilic powder and the immobilized lipase before oil wetting; and grinding the obtained mixture, the steps being conducted in the above order.

Abstract: At least one second I/O switch which a plurality of I/O devices is coupled to is coupled to at least one first I/O switch to which a plurality of servers is coupled. A configuration in which all servers that are coupled to the first I/O switch can be coupled to all I/O cards that are coupled to the at least one second I/O switch that is coupled to the first I/O switch is executed. The controller receives the specifications of a server unit and an I/O device unit that is to be coupled to the server unit. The controller executes a setting in which at least one I/O device that configures the specified I/O device unit is allocated to at least one server that configures the specified server unit to the second I/O switch to which the at least one I/O device is coupled.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a preventive/remedy for obesity, which has a hydroxypropylated starch as its active ingredient. Provided are materials for foods, drugs, etc. which can exhibit an effect of preventing/lessening the onset of various lifestyle related diseases, for example, an effect of preventing/ameliorating obesity, or preventing/ameliorating hyperlipidemia; have a high safety and a wide application range; and rarely damage their texture.

Abstract: There is provided an optical glass with a high refractive index and a low dispersion having a refractive index (nd) of not less than 1.75 and an Abbe's number (?d) of not less than 35 where the image formation characteristic is hardly affected by changes in temperature of the using environment. SiO2, B2O3 and La2O3 are contained as essential components and the ratio of the constituting components are adjusted whereby an optical glass in which a product of ? and ? where ? is an average linear expansion coefficient at ?30 to +70° C. and ? is an optical elasticity constant at the wavelength of 546.1 nm is not more than 130×10?12° C.?1×nm×cm?1×Pa?1 is able to be achieved.

Abstract: There is provided an optical glass with a high refractive index and a low dispersion having a refractive index (nd) of not less than 1.75 and an Abbe's number (?d) of not less than 35 where the image formation characteristic is hardly affected by changes in temperature of the using environment. SiO2, B2O3 and La2O3 are contained as essential components and the ratio of the constituting components are adjusted whereby an optical glass in which a product of ? and ? where ? is an average linear expansion coefficient at ?30 to +70° C. and ? is an optical elasticity constant at the wavelength of 546.1 nm is not more than 130×10?12° C.?1×nm×cm?1×Pa?1 is able to be achieved.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preventing or ameliorating obesity, for inhibiting accumulation of visceral fat, for inhibiting accumulation of liver lipid, for preventing or ameliorating fatty liver, including using a material for a pharmaceutical product or food, which has inhibitory actions on body weight increase, accumulation of visceral fat and accumulation of liver lipid. The present invention is also directed to a method for preventing or ameliorating obesity, a method for inhibiting accumulation of visceral fat, a method for inhibiting accumulation of liver lipid, and a method for preventing or ameliorating fatty liver, which methods include administering potassium alginate to a subject in need thereof or having the subject take potassium alginate.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of recovering lipase activity which comprises the steps of using a lipase derived from Thermomyces sp. and immobilized on a carrier, or a lipase powder composition which comprises a filter aid and the lipase derived from Thermomyces sp. and immobilized on a carrier which is crushed into the average particle size of 1 ?m or larger and smaller than 300 ?m in an esterification or transesterification reaction; and washing said lipase or lipase powder composition with triacylglycerol. According to this method, the decreased lipase activity can be effectively recovered.

Abstract: An optical glass having a refractive index (nd) within a range from 141 to 1.47 and an Abbe number (?d) within a range from 90 to 100 comprises in mass % on element basis: P ?0.1-5.0% Al ?1.0-20.0% F 30.0-60.0% and O ?1.0-20.0% and comprises, as an essential component, one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr and Ba. In this optical glass, the ratio (Si+B+P+Al)/F is within a range from 0.15 to 0.40.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pet foods containing carbohydrates that include high-amylose starch, and an animal or vegetable protein. They are excellent in benefits such as having an anti-obesity effect and do not impair the pet's appetite or food intake.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a powdery lipase preparation which is a granulated material comprising a lipase derived from Rhizopus oryzae and/or a lipase derived from Rhizopus delemar and a soybean powder having a fat content of 5 mass % or more. A lipase activity is improved by using this powdery lipase preparation.

Abstract: A method for efficiently evaluating or selecting an obesity controlling substance, a blood insulin regulating substance or a blood sugar regulating substance, is provided. A method for evaluating or screening an obesity controller, the method including administering a carbohydrate and a lipid to an animal, and evaluating or selecting a substance which decreases or increases insulin secretion, is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a postprandial GIP secretion inhibitor comprising potassium alginate as an active ingredient. The postprandial GIP secretion inhibitor of the present invention is useful as a medicine or a food product. The present invention also provides use of potassium alginate for the manufacture of a postprandial GIP secretion inhibitor. The present invention also provides a method for inhibiting postprandial GIP secretion, which comprises administering potassium alginate to a subject in need thereof or causing a subject in need thereof to consume potassium alginate.

Abstract: There is provided a process for preparing a fat and oil having a 1,3-disaturated long-chain fatty acid 2-monounsaturated long-chain fatty acid triglyceride (SUS)/1,2-disaturated long-chain fatty acid 3-monounsaturated long-chain fatty acid triglyceride (SSU) mass ratio of 9/1 or more, which comprises conducting transesterification of a fat and oil containing SUS of 50% by mass or more and SSU with an action of a 1,3-selective lipase selected from the group consisting of lipases derived from Thermomyces sp., Rhizopus oryzae and Rhizopus delemar. This process is an industrially suitable process for preparing a hard butter which has excellent properties as a cacao butter equivalent (CBE) or cacao butter improver (CBI).

Abstract: A lipase powder which is a granulated substance containing a lipase and a solid content of animal milk, a lipase composition wherein said lipase powder is immersed or impregnated in fatty oil, and a method for producing the lipase powder which comprises the step of adding animal milk or cream derived from the animal milk to an aqueous solution containing a lipase, and the step of spray-drying, freeze-drying or solvent-precipitating the mixture thereof are provided. According to the present invention, a lipase powder of which lipase activity and stability are improved can be provided.

Abstract: There is provided an optical glass with a high refractive index and a low dispersion having a refractive index (nd) of not less than 1.75 and an Abbe's number (?d) of not less than 35 where the image formation characteristic is hardly affected by changes in temperature of the using environment. SiO2, B2O3 and La2O3 are contained as essential components and the ratio of the constituting components are adjusted whereby an optical glass in which a product of ? and ? where ? is an average linear expansion coefficient at ?30 to +70° C. and ? is an optical elasticity constant at the wavelength of 546.1 nm is not more than 130×10?12° C.?1×nm×cm?1×Pa?1 is able to be achieved.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of recovering lipase activity which comprises the steps of using a lipase derived from Thermomyces sp. and immobilized on a carrier, or a lipase powder composition which comprises a filter aid and the lipase derived from Thermomyces sp. and immobilized on a carrier which is crushed into the average particle size of 1 ?m or larger and smaller than 300 ?m in an esterification or transesterification reaction; and washing said lipase or lipase powder composition with triacylglycerol. According to this method, the decreased lipase activity can be effectively recovered.

Abstract: The present invention relates to raw materials for foods, pharmaceuticals, and the like, wherein the raw materials can be effective in preventing and ameliorating various lifestyle-related diseases such as obesity and hyperlipidemia, safe, applicable in wide areas, and less deteriorative to texture; and the present invention also relates to a preventive/remedy for obesity, an agent for suppressing fat accumulation in internal organs, an agent for suppressing blood glucose level increase, or a preventive/remedy for diabetes, wherein acetylated starch or starch octenyl succinate is an active ingredient.