Abstract: A docking control device includes a memory storing docking information including information on a docking position of a ship and information on an azimuth in which the ship is anchored at the docking position; and a processor, including hardware, performing control related to a docking operation of the ship on a basis of the docking information stored in the memory.

Abstract: A docking control device includes a memory storing docking information including information on a docking position of a ship and information on an azimuth in which the ship is anchored at the docking position; and a processor, including hardware, performing control related to a docking operation of the ship on a basis of the docking information stored in the memory.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a support for anastomosing or connecting living organs in a living body which comprises a material selected from the group consisting of monosaccharide, oligosaccharide, polysaccharide, a mixture thereof, and polyvinyl pyrrolidone.The support provided according to the present invention has high safety and adaptability to the living body and is quickly dissolved away in body fluid in the living body, so that it can serve as an excellent support for a living tissue or organ in an anastomosing or connecting operation in a living body. This support assures secure anastomosis or connection and facilitates the surgical operations therefore.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel adhesive which contains a mixture of human-fibrinogen and silk-fibroin and which is suitable especially for use in surgery. The mixing ratio of silk-fibroin to human-fibrinogen is 5 to 90, preferably 20 to 70% by weight.

Abstract: Artificial hair comprising a polyamino acid having a degree of polymerization of 50-10,000, and having pendant mercapto or disulfide groups.

Abstract: A new flower-thinning agent is now provided, which is comprising as the active component 2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylic acid, a salt thereof, a salt of an N-higher aliphatic acyl acidic amino acid, an ester of sugar with a higher fatty acid, or a plant sterol and advantageously exerts the flower-thinning effects superior to the known flower-thinning agents.

Abstract: A fuel pump has a cam shaft for actuating a pump element to deliver fuel under pressure to an engine. One end of the cam shaft protrudes outside of a pump housing, to which a coupling block is fixedly secured. At least two axially extending threaded holes are formed on the coupling block, and also at least two axially extending through holes are formed on a driving gear for engaging a ring gear of the engine. A head-less locking bolt is screwed into one of threaded holes until the front end thereof abut on the pump housing so that the coupling block is held at a proper position. Thereafter, the driving gear is mounted to the coupling block so that the rear end of the head-less bolt is inserted into one of the through holes and at the same time the driving gear engages with the ring gear of the engine in order to couple the fuel pump to the engine with a synchronous relationship.