Abstract: An evaluation target of interest extraction apparatus of one embodiment extracts a plurality of items for each piece of text information. When the items include an item which matches an evaluation target expression or related expression, the apparatus allocates the evaluation target expression or that of the related expression to the text information as an evaluation target item. The apparatus distinguishes a class from a change in numeric information related to the evaluation target item, and allocates the class to the text information. The apparatus generates a class-attached transaction including the evaluation target item, the items, and the class. The apparatus discovers a pattern from a set of the transactions.

Abstract: A data analyzing apparatus of an embodiment generates a format variation, analytical algorithm name, and analytical parameter not stored in a first storage device, and executes analysis. The data analyzing apparatus determines whether the application accuracy is lower than the knowledge model accuracy. If the determination result is “not lower”, the data analyzing apparatus reactivates a format variation generating device and an analytical parameter generating device. If the determination result is “lower”, the data analyzing apparatus reads out a format variation and knowledge model name associated with the highest priority order in the first storage device, and executes analysis.

Abstract: Provided is a knowledge extracting apparatus for extracting knowledge information related to a knowledge-extraction target from an electronic document distributed continually in a state where the electronic document is not associated with the knowledge-information extraction target. A knowledge extracting apparatus according to one embodiment is a knowledge extracting apparatus including: an information receiving section for receiving an electronic document; a knowledge extracting section for extracting a concept from the electronic document based on a target word to extract knowledge information and a clue word to extract knowledge information and forming knowledge information in which the concept thus extracted and the target word are associated with each other; a storage section for storing the knowledge information thus extracted; and an information analysis section for, after the knowledge information is stored, analyzing the electronic document based on the knowledge information in the storage section.

Abstract: A data analyzing apparatus of an embodiment generates a format variation, analytical algorithm name, and analytical parameter not stored in a first storage device, and executes analysis. The data analyzing apparatus determines whether the application accuracy is lower than the knowledge model accuracy. If the determination result is “not lower”, the data analyzing apparatus reactivates a format variation generating device and an analytical parameter generating device. If the determination result is “lower”, the data analyzing apparatus reads out a format variation and knowledge model name associated with the highest priority order in the first storage device, and executes analysis.

Abstract: Provided is a knowledge extracting apparatus for extracting knowledge information related to a knowledge-extraction target from an electronic document distributed continually in a state where the electronic document is not associated with the knowledge-information extraction target. A knowledge extracting apparatus according to one embodiment is a knowledge extracting apparatus including: an information receiving section for receiving an electronic document; a knowledge extracting section for extracting a concept from the electronic document based on a target word to extract knowledge information and a clue word to extract knowledge information and forming knowledge information in which the concept thus extracted and the target word are associated with each other; a storage section for storing the knowledge information thus extracted; and an information analysis section for, after the knowledge information is stored, analyzing the electronic document based on the knowledge information in the storage section.

Abstract: A report check apparatus includes an input unit which inputs data of a diagnostic reading report as a check target, a check unit which checks whether the input diagnostic reading report contains a semantic error related to diagnostic reading, and a display unit which displays a check result by the check unit.

Abstract: There is disclosed a ceramic structure which comprises a material having a controlled pore distribution and including cordierite as the main crystal phase. In the pore distribution, the volume of pores having pore diameters smaller than 20 ?m accounts for 15% or less of the total pore volume, and the volume of pores having pore diameters of 20 to 100 ?m accounts for 70% or more of the total pore volume. This ceramic structure is suitable for realizing a ceramic catalyst body which has excellent purification efficiency, is reduced in pressure loss, and is mountable even in a limited space.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a porous ceramic structure which comprises: mixing a ceramic material, a foamed resin and, if necessary, a forming auxiliary; forming the mixture; and then firing the thus formed body, wherein: a resin of an outer shell of the foamed resin is constituted of a copolymer containing 60 wt % or more of acrylonitrile and 40 wt % or less of methyl methacrylate.

Abstract: There is disclosed a ceramic structure which comprises a material having a controlled pore distribution and including cordierite as the main crystal phase. In the pore distribution, the volume of pores having pore diameters smaller than 20 ?m accounts for 15% or less of the total pore volume, and the volume of pores having pore diameters of 20 to 100 ?m accounts for 70% or more of the total pore volume. This ceramic structure is suitable for realizing a ceramic catalyst body which has excellent purification efficiency, is reduced in pressure loss, and is mountable even in a limited space.

Abstract: An aluminum titanate-based ceramic honeycomb structure is manufactured by subjecting a starting raw material of a mixed composition powder containing 45% by mass or more of an aluminum source in terms of Al2O3, where 5% by mass or more of boehmite is contained in the aluminum source, and 30% by mass or more of TiO2 to forming, drying, and firing at 1350 to 1500° C. There are provided a method for manufacturing a ceramic structure and the ceramic structure, the method being capable of manufacturing a ceramic structure having a low thermal expansion coefficient and excellent thermal shock resistance and size accuracy by low-temperature firing at 1350 to 1500° C. without spoiling original properties of aluminum titanate (AT).

Abstract: A report check apparatus includes an input unit which inputs data of a diagnostic reading report as a check target, a check unit which checks whether the input diagnostic reading report contains a semantic error related to diagnostic reading, and a display unit which displays a check result by the check unit.

Abstract: There is disclosed a measure for managing a ceramic formed structure in a manufacturing process, in which it is easy to sort out ceramic formed structures for each lot of forming material even in a case where extrusion forming is continuously performed. There is provided a method of manufacturing the ceramic formed structure by: mixing forming materials including at least a ceramic material, a binder, and water to obtain a blend for forming; kneading the blend; extruding the blend; and drying the blend. In the method, during performing of the kneading, one or more of colorants are added to the blend for forming to obtain a colored ceramic formed structure.

Abstract: A process for producing a honeycomb structure, which comprises adding water to a mixed raw material of a raw material powder and a binder, kneading the mixture to obtain a plastic mixture, molding the plastic mixture into a honeycomb shape to obtain a green honeycomb structure, drying the structure by a step including hot-air drying, and firing the resulting dried honeycomb structure, wherein the binder contains hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose as a major component. The process can produce a crack-free high-quality honeycomb structure rapidly at a low cost.

Abstract: A process for producing a ceramic structure, which comprises adding an organic assistant to a ceramic raw material mixture, kneading them to obtain a readily formable bullet, and extruding the readily formable bullet to obtain a ceramic structure, wherein the organic assistant is composed mainly of an organic compound giving a haze of 10 to 90% when made into a 5 weight % aqueous dispersion. According to the process, the load to the extruder is small and a ceramic structure can be produced at high shapability and a high productivity.

Abstract: A method of producing a cordierite ceramic honeycomb including the steps of: preparing raw materials becoming cordierite and forming agents; adding the forming agents into the raw materials for cordierite generation; mixing the forming agents and the raw materials to obtain a raw material batch; extruding the raw material batch to obtain a formed body; drying the formed body; and sintering the formed body after drying; so as to obtain a honeycomb structural body having a cordierite crystal phase as a main ingredient. In this method, at the sintering step, a temperature descending rate at least from a maximum temperature to 1300° C. is not larger than 100° C./hour.

Abstract: A ceramic honeycomb catalyst carrier wherein a porosity is 20% or less and an average surface roughness (Ra) of a partition wall of the carrier is 0.5 &mgr;m or more is obtained by forming ceramic raw materials to obtain a ceramic honeycomb formed body; drying the ceramic honeycomb formed body to obtain a ceramic honeycomb dried-up body; roughening a surface of the partition wall of the ceramic honeycomb dried-up body by exposing the ceramic honeycomb dried-up body in an airflow in which polishing powders are included; and sintering the ceramic honeycomb dried-up body after a surface treatment, or, by forming ceramic raw materials to obtain a ceramic honeycomb formed body; drying and sintering the ceramic honeycomb formed body to obtain a ceramic honeycomb sintered body; and roughening a surface of the partition wall of the ceramic honeycomb sintered body by exposing the ceramic honeycomb sintered body in an airflow or a water flow in which polishing powders are included.

Abstract: A process for producing a honeycomb structure, which comprises adding, to a particulate ceramic raw material, a fatty acid salt-containing dispersing agent and at least water, kneading the mixture to obtain a puddle, and extruding the puddle, wherein the fatty acid salt constituting the dispersing agent comprises:

Abstract: A low thermal expansion cordierite ceramic honeycomb is obtained by controlling crystal phases in such a manner that a cordierite crystal phase is not lower than 60% and an indialite crystal phase is not greater than 30%, wherein a sum of the cordierite crystal phase and the indialite crystal phase is not lower than 85%. Moreover, to this end, a method of producing the low thermal expansion cordierite ceramic honeycomb, having the steps of mixing raw materials and forming agents to obtain a raw materials batch, extruding and drying the raw material batch to obtain a formed body, and sintering the formed body, is characterized in that, during the sintering step, a temperature descending rate at least from a maximum temperature to 1300° C. is not greater than 100° C./hour.

Abstract: A process for producing a honeycomb structure, which comprises adding water to a mixed raw material of a raw material powder and a binder, kneading the mixture to obtain a plastic mixture, molding the plastic mixture into a honeycomb shape to obtain a green honeycomb structure, drying the structure by a step including hot-air drying, and firing the resulting dried honeycomb structure, wherein the binder contains hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose as a major component. The process can produce a crack-free high-quality honeycomb structure rapidly at a low cost.

Abstract: A process for producing a honeycomb structure, which comprises adding, to a particulate ceramic raw material, at least water and a dispersing agent, kneading the mixture to obtain a puddle, and extruding the puddle, wherein the dispersing agent is composed mainly of a fatty acid salt having a neutralization degree of 58% to less than 100%. The process allows production of a honeycomb structure of superior shape at a high productivity and can reduce the load acting on the extruder used.