Abstract: A guidance system includes a portable terminal including a first communication device and a first controller configured to control the first communication device to transmit, to a first apparatus, a first signal including information about a current location of the portable terminal and a destination specified by a user. The first apparatus includes a second communication device and a second controller configured to control the second communication device to receive the first signal, determine one of second apparatuses located within a predetermined distance from the current location of the portable terminal and nearest to the destination, and control the second communication device to transmit, to the determined second apparatus, a second signal causing the second apparatus to transmit a beacon signal to the portable terminal. The portable terminal displays guidance information guiding the user toward the determined second apparatus based on the beacon signal.

Abstract: A monitoring apparatus of a carrier is disclosed that includes a managing part that assigns a related carrier path ID to network configuration information and manages the related carrier path ID, the related carrier path ID uniquely defining a path span between the carrier and a related carrier; a receiving part that receives alarm information from a communications apparatus in the carrier, a selecting part that selects main cause alarm information from the alarm information; a determining part that determines whether the main cause alarm information affects the related carrier by determining whether the related carrier path ID is assigned to corresponding network configuration information in the main cause alarm information; and a transmitting part that transmits the main cause alarm information including the related carrier path ID and a generation location to the related carrier where the main cause alarm information is determined to affect the related carrier.

Abstract: The present invention relates a node device cross-connected to a STM transmission system and a maintenance and operation support device connected to the node device. The object of the present invention is to releasing a desired transmission section or link efficiently. Therefore, the node device according to the preset invention includes control section individually selecting a link provided to for a path in the communication devices accommodated into the local and remote stations; and cross-connection section providing a path through the selected link, wherein the control section selects an auxiliary link based on a system configuration when identifiers of all paths to be replaced by the substitute path are given.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a new antifeedant. The other objective of the present invention is to provide a NMU derivative showing a high antifeedant activity even in common administration forms such as peripheral administration. A neuromedin U derivative wherein a methoxypolyethylene glycol is bound via a linker having a specific structure to a polypeptide which contains at least 8 amino acids of the C-terminus of an amino acid sequence of neuromedin U and which consists of the same or substantially the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence of neuromedin U.

Abstract: A monitoring apparatus of a carrier is disclosed that includes a managing part that assigns a related carrier path ID to network configuration information and manages the related carrier path ID, the related carrier path ID uniquely defining a path span between the carrier and a related carrier; a receiving part that receives alarm information from a communications apparatus in the carrier, a selecting part that selects main cause alarm information from the alarm information; a determining part that determines whether the main cause alarm information affects the related carrier by determining whether the related carrier path ID is assigned to corresponding network configuration information in the main cause alarm information; and a transmitting part that transmits the main cause alarm information including the related carrier path ID and a generation location to the related carrier where the main cause alarm information is determined to affect the related carrier.

Abstract: A network monitoring and controlling apparatus for monitoring and controlling a transmission network formed by a plurality of transmission apparatus includes: a path information storing unit for storing path information; a quality information periodic collection unit for periodically collecting quality information; a quality deterioration detecting unit for determining whether or not quality of the path is deteriorated; a path via point searching unit searching the path information storing unit and obtaining information on a path via points of the path deteriorated in quality; a path via point quality information collection unit for collecting quality information of channels corresponding to the path via points; and a quality deterioration point identifying unit for determining whether or not a deteriorated path via point is present.

Abstract: A monitoring control network system has at least two monitoring control devices each having at least one monitored device as a slave configuring a network, and monitoring and controlling the slave monitored device, at least one operation terminal monitoring and controlling the corresponding slave monitored device through the monitoring control device, and at least one monitoring target management server including a storage unit storing monitoring target information representing a couple of information for specifying each of the monitored devices and information for specifying each of the monitoring control devices monitoring and controlling the monitored devices, and a notifying unit accepting an acquisition request of the specifying information of the monitoring control device from the operation terminal, and notifying the operation terminal of the specifying information of the monitoring control device with the designated monitored device set as a monitoring target.

Abstract: A package stock management method and device for an operator to register (provisioning-setting) a new service in a service offering device, wherein upon reception of a provisioning setting request of a service to a desired service offering device, a package having a necessary function for offering the service is retrieved from stock information set in a first database; proper information of the retrieved package as provisioning information is set in a second database; and, at the time when the retrieved package is forwarded and mounted on the service offering device, the provisioning information is set in the mounted package.

Abstract: An SNMP proxy agent includes a format conversion unit for converting management information received from a monitored device not using the SNMP as a management protocol, into a format corresponding to the SNMP, an IP address conversion unit for converting the particular information on the monitored device included in the management information into a virtual IP address indicating the monitored device, a trap generation unit for generating an SNMP trap having the virtual IP address set as a transmission origin and containing the management information after the conversion, and a transmission unit for transmitting the generated SNMP trap to an SNMP manager.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel protein containing a peptide having a ligand activity to a G-protein copuled receptor protein; amides, esters, salts of the peptides; and drugs containing the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates a node device cross-connected to a STM transmission system and a maintenance and operation support device connected to the node device. The object of the present invention is to releasing a desired transmission section or link efficiently. Therefore, the node device according to the preset invention includes control section individually selecting a link provided to for a path in the communication devices accommodated into the local and remote stations; and cross-connection section providing a path through the selected link, wherein the control section selects an auxiliary link based on a system configuration when identifiers of all paths to be replaced by the substitute path are given.

Abstract: A network monitoring and controlling apparatus for monitoring and controlling a transmission network formed by a plurality of transmission apparatus includes: a path information storing unit for storing path information; a quality information periodic collection unit for periodically collecting quality information; a quality deterioration detecting unit for determining whether or not quality of the path is deteriorated; a path via point searching unit searching the path information storing unit and obtaining information on a path via points of the path deteriorated in quality; a path via point quality information collection unit for collecting quality information of channels corresponding to the path via points; and a quality deterioration point identifying unit for determining whether or not a deteriorated path via point is present.

Abstract: A supervisory control system which can quickly and accurately transmit supervisory control information of a supervised apparatus is provided. This supervisory control apparatus includes a cache storage unit which caches response information to be sent as cache information to a supervisory control terminal, and a cache management unit which manages cumulated cache information. The cache management unit caches the response information of a supervised apparatus designated by a supervisory control request from the supervisory control terminal. When the response information corresponding to the supervisory control request from the supervisory control terminal exists as cache information in the cache storage unit, the cache management unit transmits the cache information to the supervisory control terminal.

Abstract: Peptides having the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or a substantially the same amino acid sequence and being capable of binding to receptor proteins having the amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NO: 11, 12 or 13 or a substantially the same amino acid sequence, and precursors, amides, esters and salts of these peptides. DNAs, etc. encoding these peptides are usable in: (i) developing receptor-binding assay systems and screening candidate compounds for drugs with the use of an expression system of a recombinant receptor protein; (ii) developing drugs with little side effect such as memory function improving agents, appetite improving agents and function controllers for uterus, kidney, prostate, testis or skeletal muscle, etc.

Abstract: A supervisory apparatus able to prevent recirculation of a supervisory frame when sending a supervisor frame for supervision, which supervises an optical communications apparatuses connected to transmission lines in cooperation with the same by adding a sequence number to a supervisory frame when sending the supervisory frame.

Abstract: A monitoring control network system has at least two monitoring control devices each having at least one monitored device as a slave configuring a network, and monitoring and controlling the slave monitored device, at least one operation terminal monitoring and controlling the corresponding slave monitored device through the monitoring control device, and at least one monitoring target management server including a storage unit storing monitoring target information representing a couple of information for specifying each of the monitored devices and information for specifying each of the monitoring control devices monitoring and controlling the monitored devices, and a notifying unit accepting an acquisition request of the specifying information of the monitoring control device from the operation terminal, and notifying the operation terminal of the specifying information of the monitoring control device with the designated monitored device set as a monitoring target.

Abstract: A network monitoring system includes a network, a monitoring device connected to the network, and a plurality of monitored devices connected to the network, each of the monitored devices having various statuses thereof summarized as a summary status, and sending the summary status to the monitoring device when sending a response in reply to a summary-status collecting command issued from the monitoring device as well as when sending other information that is not the response, wherein the monitoring device controls the summary status of a given one of the monitored devices based on the summary status received from the given one of the monitored devices.

Abstract: In order to lighten the processing load on each monitoring device and enable each monitoring device to recognize the operating condition of a network as a whole, each monitoring device monitors operating conditions of transmission devices in a subnetwork allocated thereto and reports the operating conditions to the other monitoring devices periodically or when there is a change in the operating condition. Further, in order to enable of a change of the monitoring zone by the monitoring device due to a trouble or the like, the monitoring device holds supervisory screen image data which corresponds to various monitoring zone, and when a predetermined monitoring zone is designated, the monitoring device displays a supervisory screen image on the basis of the supervisory screen image data which corresponds to the designated monitoring zone and also displays the operating conditions of the transmission devices in the monitoring zone.

Abstract: A network monitoring system having at least one monitoring device and a plurality of transmission devices connected to a network includes a first data storage unit, provided in the at least one monitoring device, which stores first status information of all of the transmission devices, and an information attaching unit, provided in the at least one monitoring device, which attaches abridged status information of at least one of the transmission devices to a polling command and sends the polling command to the at least one of the transmission devices, wherein the abridged status information is generated to reflect the first status information.