Abstract: In a control procedure creation method, a computer acquires changed contents of a state of an information processing system including a plurality of devices, creates, by use of state information on the plurality of devices that is stored in a storage and the received changed contents, state information on the information processing system for each state transition on the basis of possible states of each of the plurality of devices during a transition, in accordance with the changed contents, until the information processing system reaches a changed state, extracts, from the created state information on the information processing system for each state transition, a candidate procedure for controlling the plurality of devices until the information processing system reaches the changed state, on the basis of a set of state transition rules stored in the storage, and identifies, from among the candidate control procedures, a control procedure including the fewest steps.

Abstract: A method includes: receiving a request for processing, the processing having to be preceded by an authorization process for a source of the request, the authorization process being performed based on authorization information which a term of validity is set; storing historical information indicative of a history of a request for the processing from the source; and setting, by a processor, the term of validity of the authorization information based on the historical information.

Abstract: The organic polymer particles comprise a carboxyl group and 2,3-dihydroxypropyl group, and the magnetic particles for diagnostics comprise fine magnetic material particles and a polymer part containing a hydrophilic polymer part and a crosslinked polymer part, a dry coating film obtained from a water dispersion thereof having a contact angle with water of 5° to 60°. The process for producing the carboxyl group-containing particles comprises a step of producing an ester bond by reacting a hydroxyl group in organic polymer particles having the hydroxyl group with a carboxylic anhydride. The organic polymer particles comprise a hydroxyl group originating from a 2,3-dihydroxypropyl group and a polyoxyethylene group.

Abstract: The invention provides a leather-like sheet material which is excellent in surface appearance, texture and physical properties and considerate of the environment; a process for the production thereof; and interior, clothing, and industrial materials made by using the same. A leather-like sheet material made from a nonwoven fabric which is constituted of ultra-fine fibers having a mean single-fiber fineness of 0.001 to 0.5 dtex and impregnated with a self-emulsifiable polyurethane, wherein the self-emulsifiable polyurethane and the ultra-fine fibers do substantially not adhere closely to each other, the moieties of the polyurethane have a nonporous structure, and the polyurethane has a structure crosslinked by siloxane bond in the molecular structure.

Abstract: A method for producing magnetic particles includes forming a hydrophobic first polymer layer on the surface of a mother particle containing superparamagnetic particles, forming a second polymer layer having glycidyl groups at least on its surface on the first polymer layer, and introducing a polar group containing one or more of at least one atom selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, and a sulfur atom by chemically modifying the glycidyl groups.

Abstract: Magnetic particles comprising a group shown by the following formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 individually represent a hydroxyl group, a group shown by the following formula (2), or a group shown by the following formula (3), provided that R1 and R2 are not both hydrogen atoms, wherein R3 represents an a linear, branched, or cyclic alkylene group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms or an arylene group, and wherein R4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.

Abstract: A sheet is produced by (i) producing a sheet by entangling woven or knitted material including a thread composed of a composite fiber such that two kinds or more of polyethylene terephthalate polymers different in intrinsic viscosity are stuck together in a side-by-side type along the fiber length direction and/or of a core-in-sheath type composite fiber such that two kinds or more of polyethylene terephthalate polymers different in intrinsic viscosity form an eccentric core-in-sheath structure, with a fiber capable of converting into ultra fine fibers composed of two kinds or more of polymeric substances different in solubility in solvent, (ii) developing an ultra fine fiber with an average single fiber fineness of 0.001 dtex or more and 0.

Abstract: The invention provides a leather-like sheet material which is excellent in surface appearance, texture and physical properties and considerate of the environment; a process for the production thereof; and interior, clothing, and industrial materials made by using the same. A leather-like sheet material made from a nonwoven fabric which is constituted of ultra-fine fibers having a mean single-fiber fineness of 0.001 to 0.5 dtex and impregnated with a self-emulsifiable polyurethane, wherein the self-emulsifiable polyurethane and the ultra-fine fibers do substantially not adhere closely to each other, the moieties of the polyurethane have a nonporous structure, and the polyurethane has a structure crosslinked by siloxane bond in the molecular structure.

Abstract: A sheet comprising a non-woven fabric in which ultra-fine fibers of a single fiber thickness of 0.5 dtex or less are entangled and an elastomeric binder mainly composed of a polyurethane, wherein the polyurethane is a polycarbonate-based polyurethane having a polycarbonate skeleton represented by both of the following general formulas (1) and (2), and having a gelation point of 2.5 ml or more and less than 6 ml. R1 and R2 are aliphatic hydrocarbon groups with 7 to 11 carbons, and they may be same or different, n and m are positive integers, and when R1 and R2 are different, it is a block copolymer or a random copolymer. R3 and R4 are aliphatic hydrocarbon groups with 3 to 6 carbons, and they may be same or different, x and y are positive integers, and when R3 and R4 are different, it is a block copolymer or a random copolymer.

Abstract: A method for producing magnetic particles includes forming a hydrophobic first polymer layer on the surface of a mother particle containing superparamagnetic particles, forming a second polymer layer having glycidyl groups at least on its surface on the first polymer layer, and introducing a polar group containing one or more of at least one atom selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, and a sulfur atom by chemically modifying the glycidyl groups.

Abstract: Magnetic particles comprising a group shown by the following formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 individually represent a hydroxyl group, a group shown by the following formula (2), or a group shown by the following formula (3), provided that R1 and R2 are not both hydrogen atoms, wherein R3 represents an a linear, branched, or cyclic alkylene group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms or an arylene group, and wherein R4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.

Abstract: A sheet comprising a non-woven fabric in which ultra-fine fibers of a single fiber thickness of 0.5 dtex or less are entangled and an elastomeric binder mainly composed of a polyurethane, wherein said polyurethane is a polycarbonate-based polyurethane having a polycarbonate skeleton represented by the following general formulas (1) and (2), and having a gelation point of 2.5 ml or more and less than 6 ml. (In the formula, R1 and R2 are aliphatic hydrocarbon groups with 7 to 11 carbons, and they may be same or different. Furthermore, n and m are positive integers, and when R1 and R2 are different, it is a block copolymer or a random copolymer) (In the formula, R3 and R4 are aliphatic hydrocarbon groups with 3 to 6 carbons, and they may be same or different.

Abstract: The organic polymer particles comprise a carboxyl group and 2,3-dihydroxypropyl group, and the magnetic particles for diagnostics comprise fine magnetic material particles and a polymer part containing a hydrophilic polymer part and a crosslinked polymer part, a dry coating film obtained from a water dispersion thereof having a contact angle with water of 5° to 60°. The process for producing the carboxyl group-containing particles comprises a step of producing an ester bond by reacting a hydroxyl group in organic polymer particles having the hydroxyl group with a carboxylic anhydride. The organic polymer particles comprise a hydroxyl group originating from a 2,3-dihydroxypropyl group and a polyoxyethylene group.

Abstract: Magnetic particles having porous surfaces are obtained by forming a polymer part (B) soluble in an organic solvent (S) and a polymer part (C) insoluble in the organic solvent (S) on surfaces of magnetic matrix particles (A) and causing the polymer part (B) to come into contact with the organic solvent (S).

Abstract: The present invention provides a femoral prosthesis to be utilized as an implant into a human femur to connect the coxa. The femoral prosthesis comprises a stem body to be inserted into a femur bone, a neck portion fixed integrally at the proximal portion of the stem body, a spherical head member having an opening to receive the neck potion, and a cross pin for fixing the stem body to the femur bone, wherein the stem body is formed with a pinnig hole through a proximal portion thereof corresponding to a greater trochanter of the femur bone, and the cross pin is in a unthreaded cylindrical shape and inserted into the pinning hole, both ends of the cross pin being projected out of the stem body to be engaged with the bone wall of the femur bone.

Abstract: A joint for a fluid transport pipe is provided for use in e.g. connecting and communicating a fluid piping device such as a branch pipe or a sluice valve to a through bore defined in a fluid transport pipe. The joint includes a joint body, to be connected to a fluid transport pipe. This joint body has a cylindrical connecting portion projecting therefrom. The cylindrical connecting portion includes a fixed cylindrical member formed integrally with the joint body and a movable cylindrical member fluid-tightly connectable to the fixed cylindrical member to be pivotable three-dimensionally relative thereto.