Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a heat insulating container capable of suppressing the deterioration of heat insulation performance even if the volume of an object stored is reduced. A heat insulating container 1 includes a storage space 13 formed by a bottom wall 11 and side walls 12, a container body 10 having an opening 14 continuous to the storage space 13, and a deformable plate-shaped lid 20. The lid 20 is configured such that at least a part thereof is deformed in a state of being inserted into the storage space 13 through the opening 14 of the container body 10 thereby to bring peripheral edges 21 thereof into close contact with the inner surfaces of the side walls 12 of the container body 10.

Abstract: There is provided a device including: an order information acquisition unit configured to acquire order information including destination information indicating a destination for transporting perishables to be ordered; a transportation information acquisition unit configured to acquire transportation information including temperature and location information of perishables in transport; a temperature estimation unit configured to calculate, on the basis of the transportation information and the order information, an estimated temperature at the destination in a case where the perishables in transport are transported to the destination; a decision unit configured to decide whether to transport the perishables in transport to the destination on the basis of the estimated temperature; and an instruction unit configured to provide instruction to transport the perishables in transport to the destination according to a result of the decision.

Abstract: Provided is a transport method that makes it possible to maintain a low-temperature state of a target object without using a refrigerant such as dry ice and to realize a high transport efficiency. The transport method includes: a precooling step of precooling a target object; an enclosing step of enclosing the precooled target object by an insulating material panel (front plate 10, rear plate 20, side plates 30, bottom plate 40, and top plate 50); and a transport step of transporting the target object enclosed by the insulating material panel.

Abstract: There is provided a data processing device including: an environment acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental data indicating a physical distribution environment of a perishable item; a state acquisition unit configured to acquire state data indicating a state of the perishable item; and a learning unit configured to learn an evaluation criterion for evaluating a physical distribution quality of the perishable item by using the environmental data based on the state data. Further, there is provided an evaluation system including: an environment acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental data of a surrounding atmosphere of a perishable item in response to the perishable item that is pre-cooled being placed in a container box with a refrigeration function and being physically distributed at room temperature; and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a physical distribution quality by using the acquired environmental data.

Abstract: This invention is a method of making heat-resistant polyester, the method being characterized by reacting the polyester consisting of aromatic dicarboxylic acid and the glycol component of 2-6 carbons with 0.3-5 weight % of the N-glycidylisocyanuric acid compound containing 1-2 N-glycidyl groups to reduce the amount of end carboxyl groups to less than 15 g equivalents per 10.sup.6 of the polymer.