Abstract: A hydrophilic powdered oil and/or fat using the selected protein since a hydrophilic powdered oil and/or fat prepared by using a protein other than milk such as soybean protein does not have sufficient emulsion stability is produced. The hydrophilic powdered oil and/or fat can be produced by drying an oil-in-water emulsion containing 5 parts by mass or more of a protein material having properties described below based on 100 parts by mass of the oil and/or fat, wherein the protein material has properties such that an aqueous solution of the protein material having a crude protein content of 20 mass % exhibits a viscosity of 10000 mPa·s or less as measured at 25° C. after being heated at 80° C. for 30 minutes; the protein material has a 0.22 M TCA solubility of from 30% to 95%, and the protein material has an NSI of 80 or more.

Abstract: A powder contains a metal oxide and satisfies the following conditions: the powder has peaks of a particle size in a range of from 0.1 to less than 5 ?m and in a range of from 5 to less than 50 ?m in a frequency distribution curve based on a volume-based particle size distribution obtained by a laser diffraction method. The second condition is that a difference between a tap density and an initial bulk density satisfies the following relationship 0.88 g/cm3?(tap density?initial bulk density)?0.94 g/cm3.

Abstract: Provided is an oil-in-water oil and/or fat emulsion composition containing water, a protein, and an oil and/or fat, wherein an amount of the oil and/or fat is 50 mass % or more when a total amount of water, the protein, and the oil and/or fat in the oil and/or fat emulsion composition is 100 mass %, a compressive load of the oil and/or fat emulsion composition measured at 25° C. is 2.0 N or more, and 50 mass % or more in a protein material related to the protein is derived from a plant protein material having all characteristics of a) to c) below: a) a protein content in a solid content is 70 mass % or more; b) an NSI is 80 or more; and c) an area ratio of 2000 Da or more and less than 20000 Da is 30% or more and an area ratio of 20000 Da or more is 70% or less in a measurement result of molecular weight distribution.

Abstract: A resonance device is provided that includes a resonator having a base, a vibrating arm extending from one end of the base along a first direction, a frame disposed around at least a part of the vibrating arm and holding the vibrating arm such that the vibrating arm is configured to vibrate, and a support arm connecting the base to the frame. Moreover, a first substrate is provided that includes a first recess forming at least a part of a vibration space for the resonator and a first limiting portion provided away from the support arm by a first distance in a thickness direction, in which the first distance is smaller than a distance between a bottom surface of the first recess and the vibrating arm in the thickness direction of the first substrate.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head, a supply path that supplies a liquid from a liquid supply source to the liquid discharge head, a pump configured to suck and exhaust air, an air suction path in communication with an air suction side of the pump, an air exhaust path in communication with an air exhaust side of the pump, a first storage portion having a portion formed of a flexible wall that is flexible, a first air chamber provided on a side opposite to the first storage portion across the flexible wall and having at least a portion facing the flexible wall and configured to be displaced, and a first switching portion configured to switch a path coupled to the first air chamber between the air suction path and the air exhaust path.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a powdered oil and/or fat containing highly unsaturated fatty acids with suppressed generation of off-flavors over time due to oxidation, to provide a method for producing the powdered oil and/or fat, and to provide a method for suppressing generation of off-flavors over time due to oxidation in the powdered oil and/or fat containing highly unsaturated fatty acids. The present inventors have found that, in the production of a powdered oil and/or fat containing highly unsaturated fatty acids, by dissolving a predetermined vegetable protein material in an outermost layer aqueous phase in a W/O/W double emulsified state and spray-drying an emulsified liquid in the double emulsified state, the powdered oil and/or fat containing highly unsaturated fatty acids with suppressed generation of off-flavors over time due to oxidation can be obtained and have completed the present invention.

Abstract: An electrochemical measurement apparatus includes: a tank containing electrolytic solution and a sample that generates or consumes measurement target substances in the electrolytic solution; a plurality of uniformly mixed working electrodes; and a counter electrode; the apparatus adapted to simultaneously apply a voltage between each of the working electrodes and the counter electrode; and the apparatus configured to measure a current that flows between each of the working electrodes and the counter electrode; wherein any two working electrode groups are mutually different in at least any of the determined voltage, presence/absence of a molecular modification of an electrode surface, and a species of the molecular modification; and whereby a distribution in measurement area of the currents that flow through the working electrodes is acquired.

Abstract: A component mounting device of the present disclosure is provided with a tape feeder and a mounting head, the component mounting device including: housing cassette (22B) that stores a roll body of a carrier tape and allows the roll body to be taken in and out through an opening; and receiving cassette (22A) that houses roll body (RT) of carrier tape (CT) and allows roll body (RT) to be taken in and out through an opening, and that stores roll body (RT) supplied from housing cassette (22B) equipped on housing cassette attaching unit (39). The tape feeder draws carrier tape (CT) from roll body (RT) of receiving cassette (22A) equipped on receiving cassette attaching unit (38) to supply a component to the mounting head, and draws carrier tape (CT) from roll body (RT) of housing cassette (22B) equipped on housing cassette attaching unit (39) following carrier tape (CT) to supply the component to the mounting head.

Abstract: A watercraft troubleshooting support system includes a communication terminal configured or programmed to transmit watercraft configuration information; a server configured or programmed to receive the configuration information transmitted by the communication terminal, accumulate at least the configuration information for a plurality of watercraft, and generate a test item for each of the watercraft based on the accumulated configuration information; and a client terminal configured or programmed to communicate with the server, transmit condition data for a specific one of the watercraft to the server, apply a test item request to the server, receive a test item from the server based on the test item request, and provide the test item to a user.

Abstract: A crew support system includes a communication terminal to collect information about a device on a watercraft and transmit the information, a server to receive the information from the communication terminal, and a client terminal to communicate with the server. The communication terminal includes a periodic transmission mode to transmit the information to the server in a periodic transmission cycle, and a high-speed transmission mode to transmit the information in a cycle shorter than the periodic transmission cycle. The server determines a status of the watercraft, and transmits information about measures to address the status, to the client terminal, based on the result of the determination. The client terminal provides the information received from the server to a user. The server determines whether or not a recovery operation by the crew is possible, and transmits information about the result of the determination regarding the recovery operation to the client terminal.

Abstract: A protein-containing oil-and-fat emulsion composition for producing an emulsified food is provided. The composition includes 1 to 70 mass % of a protein, 30 to 99 mass % of an oil and fat, and 0 to 40 mass % of a carbohydrate, based on the total amount of the protein, the oil and fat, and the carbohydrate being 100 mass %. 50 mass % or greater of the protein is derived from a denatured protein material satisfying both a) and b): a) an area ratio of 2000 Da or greater and less than 20000 Da is 45 to 90% in a measurement result of molecular weight distribution; and b) an aqueous solution containing the denatured protein material and having a crude protein concentration of 0.1% remains unturbid when 250 mM guanidinium hydrochloride is added to the aqueous solution, but the aqueous solution becomes turbid when 2M ammonium sulphate is added to the aqueous solution.

Abstract: A sustained releasing particle contains a water-soluble physiologically active substance and a fat-soluble base material, wherein the sustained releasing particle has a ratio of a surface area to a volume is 0.6 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a denatured protein material having all the characteristics of a) and b): a) according to the result of measuring molecular weight distribution, the area ratio for portions where the molecular weight is at least 2,000 Da and less than 20,000 Da is 45-90%; and b) when 250 mM of guanidine hydrochloride is added to an aqueous solution of denatured protein material having a crude protein concentration of 0.1%, the solution does not become cloudy, and when 2 M of ammonium sulfate is added, the solution becomes cloudy.

Abstract: To provide a laminate including: a layer (1) including an organic material; a layer (2) including a siloxane compound and metal oxide, where the layer (2) is in contact with the layer (1); and a layer (3) including the metal oxide, where the layer (3) is in contact with the layer (2).

Abstract: A rigging equipment diagnostic device includes a processor and a storage to store a program to be executed by the processor. The processor executes an equipment information collection process in which information on equipment fitted to a hull is collected, an attribute information acquisition process in which an attribute database to store attribute information including information on functions to be realized is searched and attribute information on equipment fitted to the hull is acquired, a requirement information acquisition process in which requirement information is acquired by searching a requirement database that stores requirement information necessary to realize functions corresponding to respective attribute information, a function determination process in which a realizable function and an unrealizable function are determined by comparing equipment information and requirement information, and a function information provision process in which the determination result is provided.

Abstract: A system includes a data communication module, a position sensor, and a controller. The position sensor is operable to detect a position of a watercraft. The controller is configured or programmed to send at least one of functional information, trouble information, or operational information to an external computer through a data communication module. In the functional information, an automatic control function of a marine propulsion device and the position of the watercraft when the automatic control function is used are associated with each other. In the trouble information, a trouble in the marine propulsion device and the position of the watercraft when the trouble occurred are associated with each other. In the operational information, an operational pattern performed by a user for the marine propulsion device and the position of the watercraft when the operational pattern is performed are associated with each other.

Abstract: A system for a watercraft includes an engine sensor, a status sensor, and a watercraft operating controller. The engine sensor is operable to detect a rotational speed of the engine. The status sensor is operable to detect status data indicating a status of the watercraft. The watercraft operating controller is configured or programmed to determine whether or not an actual operation of the marine propulsion device has been started after shipment of the marine propulsion device, obtain the status data when the rotational speed of the engine reaches a first rotational speed range for the first time after a start of the actual operation of the marine propulsion device, and record the status data when the rotational speed of the engine reaches the first rotational speed range for the first time after the start of the actual operation of the marine propulsion device as initial status data in the first rotational speed range.

Abstract: A substance which adds body to a food product, and a body-adding agent for food products that uses the substance are provided. More specifically, the body adding agent for food products is characterized by having as an active component a peptide, or a salt thereof, that is characterized in that the ?-glutamyl bond number is 2-4 and the peptide chain length is the ?-glutamyl bond number +1 to +2, a food product manufacturing method that uses the peptide, and a method for adding body to a food product, characterized by adding the peptide are provided.

Abstract: Metal oxide particles have p-type semiconductivity. The metal oxide particles have a volume-based particle size distribution having a first local maximum value and a second local maximum value. The first local maximum value is in a range of 0.1 ?m or more and less than 5 ?m, and the second local maximum value is in a range of 5 ?m or more and less than 50 ?m. A ratio of the second local maximum value to the first local maximum value is 0.5 or more and less than 2.0. 99% by volume or more of the metal oxide particles have a particle diameter in a range of from 0.1 to 50 ?m.