Abstract: There is provided a method for measuring L-asparagine contained in a sample such as foods by using enzymes. There is provided a method with which L-glutamine, L-glutamic acid and L-aspartic acid can be distinguished from L-asparagine and removed, so that L-asparagine alone can be measured. There is provided a kit for measuring L-asparagine contained in a sample, which comprises the following solution A and solution B: (Solution A) a solution containing aspartate transaminase (GOT), glutaminase, L-glutamate oxidase, catalase, ascorbate oxidase, and ?-ketoglutaric acid; and (Solution B) a solution containing asparaginase, peroxidase, and a catalase inactivator; provided that one of the solution A and solution B contains a coupler compound, and the other contains a new Trinder's reagent. The method of the present invention is also suitable for quantification of asparagine contained in raw materials for processed foods such as agricultural products.

Abstract: A cellulose ester composition having high fluidity, the cellulose ester composition containing a cellulose ester (A), an adipate-based compound (B), and a citrate-based compound (C). When a total of the component (A), the component (B), and the component (C) is 100 mass %, a content of the component (B) is from 7 to 20 mass %, a content of the component (C) is from 1 to 14 mass %, a total content of the component (B) and the component (C) is from 21 to 30 mass %, and the remainder is the component (A).

Abstract: A resin molded article includes multiple beam-shaped portions each having a fixed end connected to a bottom of the resin molded article, and a free end rising from the bottom of the resin molded article in a first direction, the free end plastically deformable. The multiple beam-shaped portions have different maximum bending stresses in bending the free end by a predetermined amount in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

Abstract: A resin molded article includes a beam-shaped portion connected to the resin molded article and rising from a bottom of the resin molded article. The beam-shaped portion has one end as a root portion connected to the bottom of the resin molded article, and another end as a free end plastically deformable or breakable.

Abstract: An automatic train operation assistance device includes a data extraction unit that acquires operation data including the operation of a train and load factors of the vehicles of the train from a data collection device that collects equipment data on the train, a feature extraction unit that extracts, using the operation data, operation data on an inter-station including a travel time taken by the train to travel from a first station to a second station and a stoppage time for which the train is stopped at the first station or the second station, as features, and an operation prediction unit that constructs a prediction model using the features, and predicts the future operating conditions of the train including the future position of the train, using the prediction model and current features.

Abstract: An object of the present technology is to provide a copper clad laminate including a resin substrate that has biodegradability and less likely to warp or crack. The present technology provides a copper clad laminate including: a resin substrate; an adhesive layer; and a copper foil layer, the adhesive layer and the copper foil layer being stacked in this order on at least one side of the resin substrate, the resin substrate containing at least 50 mass % or more of polylactic acid, the degree of crystallization of the polylactic acid calculated on a basis of a result of differential scanning calorimetry being 29% or more and 36% or less, a crystallite size of the polylactic acid calculated on a basis of a result of X-ray diffraction measurement being 19 nm or more and 26 nm or less. Further, the present technology provides a printed wiring board formed using the copper clad laminate.

Abstract: To provide a cellulose ester composition having good fluidity and being capable of providing a molded article that can suppress occurrence of a water spot. A cellulose ester composition containing: (A) 100 parts by mass of a cellulose ester, (B) from 19 to 45 parts by mass of a citrate-based compound having a solubility in water of 2 g/100 mL or less, and (C) from 1 to 9 parts by mass of an adipate-based compound.

Abstract: A railroad system includes a plurality of trains and an operation management device. The operation management device manages operation of a subject train that is at least one of the plurality of trains. The operation management device includes a calculation unit and a communication unit. The calculation unit calculates a target arrival time at which the subject train is to arrive at a next station, upon occurrence of an arrival delay of a preceding train at the next station, the preceding train being a train among the plurality of trains and running ahead of the subject train; and, upon arrival of the preceding train at the next station, calculates a target arrival time at which the subject train is to arrive at the next station. The communication unit transmits, to the subject train, information on the target arrival time calculated by the calculation unit.

Abstract: A railroad system includes a plurality of trains and an operation management device. The operation management device manages operation of a subject train that is at least one of the plurality of trains. The operation management device includes a calculation unit and a communication unit. The calculation unit calculates a target arrival time at which the subject train is to arrive at a next station, upon occurrence of an arrival delay of a preceding train at the next station, the preceding train being a train among the plurality of trains and running ahead of the subject train; and, upon arrival of the preceding train at the next station, calculates a target arrival time at which the subject train is to arrive at the next station. The communication unit transmits, to the subject train, information on the target arrival time calculated by the calculation unit.

Abstract: Provided are a turbo compressor and a centrifugal chiller comprising the same with which the length of a shaft in an axial direction can be shortened, rotational shake accompanying rotation of the shaft is suppressed, and a device can be made small.

Abstract: To provide a flame retardant resin composition having excellent flame retardancy and excellent resin physical properties. There is provided a flame retardant resin composition, including: an aromatic polycarbonate resin; an inorganic filler; a phosphate ester flame retardant; an organic sulfonic acid flame retardant; a drip preventing agent; and a polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer, in which a content of the aromatic polycarbonate resin is 40 to 95 pts·mass to 5 to 60 pts·mass of the inorganic filler, and a content of the phosphate ester flame retardant, a content of the organic sulfonic acid flame retardant, a content of the drip preventing agent, and a content of the polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer are respectively 1 to 30 pts·mass, 0.01 to 2.5 pts·mass, 0.05 to 1.5 pts·mass, and 0 to 10 pts·mass to the total 100 pts·mass of the aromatic polycarbonate resin and the inorganic filler.

Abstract: Provided is a tire provided with a mark capable of reducing the air resistance during tire rotation while maintaining good visibility. A tire is provided with a mark on a tire side portion. The mark includes a first mark located on an outer side in a tire radial direction, and a second mark located inward of the first mark in the tire radial direction. Each of the first mark and the second mark includes a recess that is recessed from a side profile surface of the tire side portion. A depth of the recess of the first mark from the side profile surface is smaller than a depth of the recess of the second mark from the side profile surface.

Abstract: To provide a transparent resin composition having excellent optical characteristics, particularly, excellent optical characteristics under high temperature and high humidity. There is provided a transparent resin composition, including: an aromatic polycarbonate resin; and a water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or a metal salt thereof, in which a content of the water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or the metal salt thereof is 0.01 to 3.0 pts·mass to 100 pts·mass of the aromatic polycarbonate resin, and a dissolved amount of the water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or the metal salt thereof is not more than 0.5 g to 100 g of pure water.

Abstract: To provide a flame retardant resin composition having excellent flame retardancy and excellent resin physical properties. There is provided a flame retardant resin composition, including: an aromatic polycarbonate resin; an inorganic filler; a phosphate ester flame retardant; an organic sulfonic acid flame retardant; a drip preventing agent; and a polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer, in which a content of the aromatic polycarbonate resin is 40 to 95 pts.mass to 5 to 60 pts.mass of the inorganic filler, and a content of the phosphate ester flame retardant, a content of the organic sulfonic acid flame retardant, a content of the drip preventing agent, and a content of the polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer are respectively 1 to 30 pts.mass, 0.01 to 2.5 pts.mass, 0.05 to 1.5 pts.mass, and 0 to 10 pts.mass to the total 100 pts.mass of the aromatic polycarbonate resin and the inorganic filler.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a heat pump that can use, as a refrigerant, a substance with which a geometric isomer exists, and a method for designing the same. The present invention is a method for designing a heat pump (1) whose closed circuit configured by connecting a compressor (2), a condenser (3), an expansion valve (4), and an evaporator (5) in this order is filled with a refrigerant containing a refrigerant substance with which a geometric isomer may exist, the method including obtaining an upper limit of stable temperature at which isomerization of the refrigerant substance does not proceed, and setting an upper limit usage temperature of the heat pump (1) so as not to exceed the upper limit of the stable temperature.

Abstract: To provide a transparent resin composition having excellent optical characteristics, particularly, excellent optical characteristics under high temperature and high humidity. There is provided a transparent resin composition, including: an aromatic polycarbonate resin; and a water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or a metal salt thereof, in which a content of the water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or the metal salt thereof is 0.01 to 3.0 pts·mass to 100 pts·mass of the aromatic polycarbonate resin, and a dissolved amount of the water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or the metal salt thereof is not more than 0.5 g to 100 g of pure water.

Abstract: In order to reduce the effect on a compressor caused by foaming in an oil tank, a control unit for controlling an oil pump starts the oil pump before a compressor is started (SA1), starts the compressor (SA4) when an oil supply differential pressure P satisfies a compressor startup condition during a reference time Tas from the starting of the oil pump (“Yes” in SA3), and extends the operation of the oil pump for a prescribed time without starting the compressor (Step SA5) when the compressor startup condition is not satisfied (“No” in SA3).

Abstract: The present invention includes a hunting determination unit configured to determine whether hunting has occurred or not for each of control devices in a power transmission and distribution system based on a control history of the control devices, a time constant calculation unit configured to calculate an adjustment time constant in which a time constant of the control device having state information indicating a state of the control device, with a high significance level, is increased, when the hunting determination unit determines that the hunting has occurred in one or more of the control devices, and a time constant transmission unit configured to transmit the adjustment time constant to the control device.