Abstract: An order assistance apparatus includes: a display control unit configured to display sales information that has accepted the selecting operation with an addition of the number of orders corresponding to the number of times of the selecting operations in question; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the number of orders in question is equal to or greater than an upper limit value, in which when the number of orders is smaller than the upper limit value, the display control unit updates a display of the number of orders added to the sales information that has accepted a selecting operation by a value obtained by adding a number corresponding to the single selecting operation to the number of orders in question, and clears the number of orders in question when the number of orders is equal to or greater than the upper limit value.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing cellulose nanofibers, the method including fibrillating cellulose in a modified epoxy resin (A) having a hydroxyl value of 100 mgKOH/g or more. Also, the present invention provides cellulose nanofibers produced by the production method and a master batch containing the cellulose nanofibers and the modified epoxy resin (A). Further, present invention provides a resin composition containing the master batch and a curing agent (D), and provides a molded product produced by molding the resin composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing cellulose nanofibers, the method including fibrillating cellulose in a modified epoxy resin (A) having a hydroxyl value of 100 mgKOH/g or more. Also, the present invention provides cellulose nanofibers produced by the production method and a master batch containing the cellulose nanofibers and the modified epoxy resin (A). Further, present invention provides a resin composition containing the master batch and a curing agent (D), and provides a molded product produced by molding the resin composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel enzyme having &bgr;1→4 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (GnT-IV) activity; a gene encoding the enzyme; a recombinant DNA comprising the gene; a host cell comprising the recombinant DNA; a method for producing an enzyme protein having GnT-IV activity comprising culturing the host cell in a medium; and a saccharide in which the sugar chain is modified using a GnT-IV. According to the present invention, a novel GnT-IV, a method for producing the enzyme and a gene coding for the enzyme are provided. With the GnT-IV of the present invention, it has become possible to produce a saccharide having a branching structure which could not be formed with conventional glycosyltransferases. Thus, the GnT-IV of the invention is useful not only for producing or improving glycoconjugate type pharmaceuticals, reagents and foods, but also for modifying the sugar chain structure of any biopolymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel enzyme having &bgr;1→4 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (GnT-IV) activity; a gene encoding the enzyme; a recombinant DNA comprising the gene; a host cell comprising the recombinant DNA; a method for producing an enzyme protein having GnT-IV activity comprising culturing the host cell in a medium; and a saccharide in which the sugar chain is modified using a GnT-IV.