Abstract: Provided is a separation and recovery apparatus for continuously separating and recovering, from a resin mixture containing a resin containing a hydrolyzable polymer and a resin containing a nonhydrolyzable polymer, a hydrolytic component a of the hydrolyzable polymer A and the nonhydrolyzable polymer B, the apparatus including: a crushing unit that crushes the resin mixture a melting/discharging unit that melts a crushed product obtained by the crushing unit to form a fluid and discharges the fluid at a high pressure; and a hydrothermal reaction treatment unit that continuously subjects the fluid discharged from the melting/discharging unit to a hydrothermal reaction treatment, wherein, in the melting/discharging unit, the hydrolyzable polymer A is hydrolyzed, and the hydrolytic component a thereof is dissolved and transferred into water permeating a sintered alloy diaphragm, thereby separating the nonhydrolyzable polymer B.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a request transmitting unit that transmits a registration request for a service which is provided from a service providing system, through a network, by using user information that is selected by a user from among a plurality of pieces of user information; an acquiring unit that acquires confirmation information, which is returned by the service providing system in response to the registration request; and an instruction unit that suppresses an application, which is configured to perform automatic log-in to the service providing system with default user information which has set, from performing the automatic log-in with the default user information and then instructs the application to send a confirmation response to the service providing system by using the confirmation information.

Abstract: There is provided a mobile terminal. A near field communication unit performs near field communication. A wireless communication unit performs wireless communication that differs in a communication protocol from the near field communication. An acquiring unit, when a connection with an image forming apparatus is established through the near field communication unit, acquires identification information of the image forming apparatus from the image forming apparatus through the near field communication unit. A print instructing unit, when the acquiring unit acquires the identification information, but print completion information is not recorded in a storage unit, transmits print instruction information to instruct printing of data to the image forming apparatus of the identification information through the wireless communication unit or the near field communication unit, and records the print completion information in the storage unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a request transmitting unit that transmits a registration request for a service which is provided from a service providing system, through a network, by using user information that is selected by a user from among a plurality of pieces of user information; an acquiring unit that acquires confirmation information, which is returned by the service providing system in response to the registration request; and an instruction unit that suppresses an application, which is configured to perform automatic log-in to the service providing system with default user information which has set, from performing the automatic log-in with the default user information and then instructs the application to send a confirmation response to the service providing system by using the confirmation information.

Abstract: A method for searching for an image forming apparatus includes a first search method for searching for an image forming apparatus that is connected to a mobile terminal via a relay device for wireless connection, and a second search method for searching for an image forming apparatus that is wirelessly connectable to the mobile terminal without involving the relay device. The method includes executing a search using at least the first search method among the first search method and the second search method in a case where the mobile terminal and the relay device are wirelessly connected to each other, and executing a search using the second search method in a case where the mobile terminal and the relay device are not wirelessly connected to each other, in order to search for an image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A method for searching for an image forming apparatus includes a first search method for searching for an image forming apparatus that is connected to a mobile terminal via a relay device for wireless connection, and a second search method for searching for an image forming apparatus that is wirelessly connectable to the mobile terminal without involving the relay device. The method includes executing a search using at least the first search method among the first search method and the second search method in a case where the mobile terminal and the relay device are wirelessly connected to each other, and executing a search using the second search method in a case where the mobile terminal and the relay device are not wirelessly connected to each other, in order to search for an image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A method and device for recording sequence information on biological compounds such as nucleotides and amino acids in as small amounts of data as possible are provided. The text data representing the sequence of a series of nucleotides constituting the DNA of the standard sample E is converted into binary data using a conversion table, and the binary data is divided into plural m-bit partial data (A(i,j)) arranged in plural columns and rows (m?16). Then a first set of parities (B1(i)˜B3(i)) are computed by applying an operation of Galois field GF(2m) to the partial data (A(i,j)) of each column and a second set of parities (C1(j)˜C3(j)) are computed by applying an operation of Galois field GF(2m) to the partial data (A(i,j)) of each row. The sequence of the nucleotides is represented approximately by the parity information.

Abstract: A method and device for recording sequence information on biological compounds such as nucleotides and amino acids in as small amounts of data as possible are provided. The text data representing the sequence of a series of nucleotides constituting the DNA of the standard sample E is converted into binary data using a conversion table, and the binary data is divided into plural m-bit partial data (A(i,j)) arranged in plural columns and rows (m?16). Then a first set of parities (B1(i)˜B3(i)) are computed by applying an operation of Galois field GF(2m) to the partial data (A(i,j)) of each column and a second set of parities (C1(j)˜C3(j)) are computed by applying an operation of Galois field GF(2m) to the partial data (A(i,j)) of each row. The sequence of the nucleotides is represented approximately by the parity information.

Abstract: A method and device for recording sequence information on nucleotides in nucleic acids or genes or on amino acids in proteins by as small amounts of data as possible. After two mathematical digests of two text data each representing the sequence of nucleotides are computed, it is checked whether the two sequences are equal by comparing the two mathematical digests. Then, each text data is converted into binary data using a conversion table, and the binary data is divided into plural converted data A(i,j) arranged in plural columns and rows. Then, syndromes C(j) (j=1,2, . . . ) are computed by applying an operation to the converted data A(i,j) of each row in the arranged direction, and syndromes B1(i), B2(i) (i=1,2, . . . ) are computed by applying operations to the converted data A(i,j) of each column in the non-arranged direction. The sequence of the nucleotides is represented approximately by the syndromes C(j) and B1(i), B2(i).

Abstract: To provide a manufacturing apparatus with which it is possible to manufacture a polycarbonate that has superior residence stability such as its coloring stability and thermal stability during melt molding, and that has a low content of foreign matter. An apparatus for manufacturing a polycarbonate by the melt polycondensation of a bisphenol and a carbonic diester, wherein said apparatus for manufacturing a polycarbonate is characterized in that: (1) the equipment surfaces that come into contact with the molten raw materials and the reaction product thereof at 250° C. or lower are made of nickel; and (2) the equipment surfaces that come into contact with the molten raw materials and the reaction product thereof above 250° C. are made of stainless steel with a nickel content of 5 to 15% and a chromium content of 10 to 20%.

Abstract: A process for producing an aromatic polyamide which comprises:(a) a dicarboxylic acid component which consists of 30-100 mol % of terephthalic acid and optionally 0-70 mol % of at least one dicarboxylic acid other than terephthalic acid, and(b) a diamine component which consists of 50-100 mol % of an aliphatic alkylenediamine of 4-25 carbons and optionally 0-50 mol % of at least one alicyclic diamine of 3-25 carbons, said process comprising a first step of performing melt reaction of said dicarboxylic acid with said diamine, thereby giving a low molecular weight condensate having an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] of 0.05-0.6 dl/g, a second step of subjecting it to solid phase polymerization, thereby giving an aromatic polyamide precursor having an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] of 0.5-1.0 dl/g, and a third step of subjecting it to melt polymerization, thereby giving an aromatic polyamide having a desired intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] of 0.8-2.5 dl/g.

Abstract: The semiaromatic polyamide of the invention comprises 40 to 90% by mol of (A) recurring units derived from terephthalic acid and an aliphatic diamine of 4 to 12 carbon atoms, 0 to 50% by mol of (B) recurring units derived from isophthalic acid and an aliphatic diamine of 4 to 12 carbon atoms, 0 to 60% by mol of (C) recurring units derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid of 4 to 18 carbon atoms and an aliphatic diamine of 4 to 12 carbon atoms and 0 to 50% by mol of (D) recurring units derived from a lactam or an aminocarboxylic acid of 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and has a content of boiling water-soluble components (MO components) of not more than 0.25% by weight. The semiaromatic polyamide has a low content of the MO components, so that mold contamination hardly brought about in the molding process, and also molded articles of good heat resistance can be produced.