Abstract: A cross-language relevance determination device includes: a database that stores data including a plurality of sentences; a relation determination unit that calculates the number of times a specific word has appeared between input two words in the database, and that determines whether the two words are conceptually in a hierarchical relation or in a parallel relation on the basis of a position of a coordinate having the calculated number of times as a coordinate value in an imaginary space having an axis that represents the number of appearances of the specific word.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical controlled-release individual unit or multiple units formulation in which the individual unit comprises a granulation product obtained by adding a release controlling agent to a mixture of a physiologically active substance and units-forming substance(s) and granulating and resultant mixture, said granulation product (granules) being substantially not disintegrated but gradually releasing the physiologically active substance in the gastrointestinal tract.

Abstract: A network priority determining system in which the percentage of utilization of the network transmission medium is significantly increased and the number and complexity of hardware components is reduced. When the network is not being used for transmission of data packets, a free token is circulated having a priority controlling field and a reservation field, while when the network is to be used for transmission, a busy token is circulated. To begin transmission, a network can catch a free packet if its priority level is equal to or less than that of the free token. The reservation field value and priority field value contained in the free token may be set in accordance with a reservation value of the previously circulated busy token.