Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel composition which can make a contribution to athletic ability enhancement. The present invention provides an athletic ability enhancing composition including ?-cyclodextrin as an active ingredient. The athletic ability enhancement includes at least one effect selected from among physical strength improvement, anti-fatigue, and fatigue feeling mitigation. In addition, the athletic ability enhancement also includes suppressing an increase in heart rate during exercise. Furthermore, provided is a composition which is for proliferating Bacteroides uniformis in the intestinal tract and includes ?-cyclodextrin as an active ingredient. In the present invention, ?-cyclodextrin is preferably administered in an amount of 0.01 mg/kg body weight to 200 mg/kg body weight per day, and preferably administered for at least seven days.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel composition which can make a contribution to athletic ability enhancement. The present invention provides an athletic ability enhancing composition including ?-cyclodextrin as an active ingredient. The athletic ability enhancement includes at least one effect selected from among physical strength improvement, anti-fatigue, and fatigue feeling mitigation. In addition, the athletic ability enhancement also includes suppressing an increase in heart rate during exercise. Furthermore, provided is a composition which is for proliferating Bacteroides uniformis in the intestinal tract and includes ?-cyclodextrin as an active ingredient. In the present invention, ?-cyclodextrin is preferably administered in an amount of 0.01 mg/kg body weight to 200 mg/kg body weight per day, and preferably administered for at least seven days.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel composition which can make a contribution to athletic ability enhancement. The present invention provides an athletic ability enhancing composition including ?-cyclodextrin as an active ingredient. The athletic ability enhancement includes at least one effect selected from among physical strength improvement, anti-fatigue, and fatigue feeling mitigation. In addition, the athletic ability enhancement also includes suppressing an increase in heart rate during exercise. Furthermore, provided is a composition which is for proliferating Bacteroides uniformis in the intestinal tract and includes ?-cyclodextrin as an active ingredient. In the present invention, ?-cyclodextrin is preferably administered in an amount of 0.01 mg/kg body weight to 200 mg/kg body weight per day, and preferably administered for at least seven days.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a document scanner that scans a document, and a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor acquires image data output by the document scanner that has scanned a document, executes an image forming process of forming an image of the image data output by the document scanner, and executes a collection process of collecting a fee for the image forming process before the image forming process is executed, and the hardware processor executes the collection process in order of output of the image data by the document scanner in the case where the plurality of documents are scanned successively by the document scanner.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a hardware processor that: receives a charging job that is an object of charging; searches for a charging information storage that is around the device when the charging job is received; obtains charging information from the searched charging information storage; carries out a charging process for the charging job based on the charging information; and processes the charging job after the charging process is carried out.

Abstract: An information processing system includes: a display; and a hardware processor that: receives user's voice as a voice operation; updates a screen to be displayed on the display based on the received voice operation; determines whether to display the updated screen on the display; and displays the updated screen on the display unit upon determining to display the updated screen.

Abstract: An image processing system comprises: an image processing device capable of displaying a screen; and a terminal device that communicates with the image processing device and operates the image processing device via a remote control. The image processing device sends the screen to the terminal device, thereby enabling the terminal device to display the screen, and determines an application to run on the terminal device based on the screen and sends application running information specified by the determination result or cooperative application information corresponding to the application running information, to the terminal device. The terminal device displays the screen received from the image processing device, and runs the application based on the application running information or the cooperative application information received from the image processing device.

Abstract: An image forming system includes a control device and a plurality of image forming apparatuses. Each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses includes a first processor and a first memory that accumulates a job. The control device includes a second processor. The second processor obtains information on jobs accumulated in the plurality of image forming apparatuses, receives an instruction from the interactive electronic device, extracts, when there are a plurality of candidates for the job corresponding to the received instruction from the user, a feature of each of the plurality of candidates for the job based on the obtained information on the jobs, generates a question for identifying the job corresponding to the instruction from among the plurality of candidates for the job based on a difference in extracted feature, and transmits the generated question to the interactive electronic device.

Abstract: An electronic document generation apparatus generates a recognition object image by performing an image processing on a scan image so that each of a plurality of line areas extracted from a character area of the scan image should be determined as a unit recognition area and transmits the recognition object image to the cloud server. The apparatus further receives text data which is a processing result of an optical character recognition processing on the recognition object image, in which a delimiter code is added at the end of a character recognition result for each of a plurality of unit recognition areas, from the cloud server, separates the text data into a plurality of character string data on the basis of the delimiter code, and generates an electronic document by arranging each of the plurality of character string data in the line area corresponding to each character string data.

Abstract: An image processing system comprises: an image processing device capable of displaying a screen; and a terminal device that communicates with the image processing device and operates the image processing device via a remote control. The image processing device sends the screen to the terminal device, thereby enabling the terminal device to display the screen, and determines an application to run on the terminal device based on the screen and sends application running information specified by the determination result or cooperative application information corresponding to the application running information, to the terminal device. The terminal device displays the screen received from the image processing device, and runs the application based on the application running information or the cooperative application information received from the image processing device.

Abstract: An electronic document generation apparatus generates a recognition object image by performing an image processing on a scan image so that each of a plurality of line areas extracted from a character area of the scan image should be determined as a unit recognition area and transmits the recognition object image to the cloud server. The apparatus further receives text data which is a processing result of an optical character recognition processing on the recognition object image, in which a delimiter code is added at the end of a character recognition result for each of a plurality of unit recognition areas, from the cloud server, separates the text data into a plurality of character string data on the basis of the delimiter code, and generates an electronic document by arranging each of the plurality of character string data in the line area corresponding to each character string data.

Abstract: Provided is an agent having at least one of an improving effect on vascular endothelial functions and an inhibitory effect on vascular intimal thickening, as well as a prophylactic of arteriosclerosis, which have excellent safety, improve functions associated with the vascular endothelium, have effects of preventing various diseases associated with vascular endothelial functions and of inhibiting vascular intimal thickening, and may be expected to provide prophylactic effect on arteriosclerosis. The agents of the present invention contain, as an active component: (a) Xaa-Pro-Pro, (b) a hydrolysate of animal milk casein containing Xaa-Pro-Pro, or a concentrate thereof, or (c) a fermentation product containing Ile-Pro-Pro and/or Val-Pro-Pro obtained by fermenting a starting material containing milk protein with a bacterial strain of the species Lactobacillus helveticus.

Abstract: The present invention provides an agent having a suppressive action against the thickening of the heart wall, a prophylactic agent for heart failure containing the above described agent, and functional foods expected to have a prophylactic effect for heart failure. The agent for suppressing heart wall thickening comprises Xaa Pro Pro as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention provides an agent having a suppressive action against kidney glomerular disease and renal arteriosclerosis, a prophylactic agent for renal failure containing the above described agent, and functional foods expected to have a prophylactic effect for renal failure. The agent for preventing kidney glomerular disease and renal arteriosclerosis comprises Xaa Pro Pro as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention provides an agent having a suppressive action against the thickening of the heart wall, a prophylactic agent for heart failure containing the above described agent, and functional foods expected to have a prophylactic effect for heart failure. The agent for suppressing heart wall thickening comprises Xaa Pro Pro as an active ingredient.

Abstract: There is provided an agent having at least one of an improving effect on vascular endothelial functions and an inhibitory effect on vascular intimal thickening, as well as a prophylactic of arteriosclerosis, which have excellent safety, improve functions associated with the vascular endothelium, have effects of preventing various diseases associated with vascular endothelial functions and of inhibiting vascular intimal thickening, and may be expected to provide prophylactic effect on arteriosclerosis or the like. The agents of the present invention contain, as an active component: (a) Xaa-Pro-Pro, (b) a hydrolysate of animal milk casein containing Xaa-Pro-Pro, or a concentrate thereof, or (c) a fermentation product containing Ile-Pro-Pro and/or Val-Pro-Pro obtained by fermenting a starting material containing milk protein with a bacterial strain of the species Lactobacillus helveticus.

Abstract: The present invention provides an agent for preventing or suppressing hepatic dysfunction which may be taken daily and continuously, has excellent safety, and is capable of effectively preventing and/or suppressing hepatic dysfunction, such as hepatocellular necrosis, and functional food, such as foods for specified health uses, for preventing or suppressing hepatic dysfunction containing this agent. The agent for preventing or suppressing hepatic dysfunction of the present invention contains whey as the active component, and the functional food for preventing or suppressing hepatic dysfunction contains the agent for preventing or suppressing hepatic dysfunction.

Abstract: The present invention provides an agent having a suppressive action against kidney glomerular disease and renal arteriosclerosis, a prophylactic agent for renal failure containing the above described agent, and functional foods expected to have a prophylactic effect for renal failure. The agent for preventing kidney glomerular disease and renal arteriosclerosis comprises Xaa Pro Pro as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention provides an agent having a suppressive action against the thickening of the heart wall, a prophylactic agent for heart failure containing the above described agent, and functional foods expected to have a prophylactic effect for heart failure. The agent for suppressing heart wall thickening comprises Xaa Pro Pro as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A moving robot includes a first arm portion is coupled to a first joint on a side portion of a main robot body. The first arm portion has concave portion with an opening. A folding mechanism is accommodated in the concave portion. In the folding mechanism, a second arm portion is connected to the first arm via a second joint portion. A third arm portion is also connected to the second arm portion via a third joint portion. The first arm portion is rotated around the first joint to orient the opening in an upper direction. The second joint portion can be slid along the concave portion to take out the folding mechanism through the opening. The third arm portion can be rotated around the third joint portion to extend the third arm portion.