Abstract: Provided herein is a method for modulating the amount of virus in a subject comprising administering to the subject an agent for controlling an indicator associated with a D-amino acid in the subject.

Abstract: A robot control device is provided with a camera which images a teaching tool which includes a characteristic area, and a characteristic position detection unit which detects the position of the characteristic area. The robot control device includes a movement instruction generating unit which, when an operator has moved the teaching tool, changes the position and orientation of the robot such that the camera follows the characteristic area. The robot control device includes a calculation unit which, on the basis of the position of the characteristic area, calculates the position and orientation of an auxiliary coordinate system set for the teaching tool. The robot control device includes a setting unit which, on the basis of the position and orientation of the auxiliary coordinate system, sets the position of the teaching point and the orientation of the robot at the teaching point.

Abstract: A former unit (20) as a drying apparatus includes a horizontally oriented main casing (21). Space inside the main casing (21) is divided into four irradiation zones (31-34). Each of the irradiation zones (31-34) contains one tray unit (10). Each of the tray units (10) contains four metallic transfer trays (14) aligned in the vertical direction, with a distance between the transfer trays (14) set to half a wavelength of a microwave (?/2) or larger. Each of the transfer trays (14) carries wet PTFE powder. In the irradiation zones (31-34), the tray units (10) sequentially move from the first irradiation zone (31) to the fourth irradiation zone (34), and the microwave is laterally applied to the transfer trays (14).

Abstract: A former unit (20) as a drying apparatus includes four irradiation zones (31-34) in a main casing (21). Each of the irradiation zones (31-34) contains one tray unit (10). Each of the tray units (10) contains four transfer trays (14) aligned in the vertical direction. Each of the transfer trays (14) carries wet PTFE powder. In the former unit (20), the tray units (10) sequentially move from the first irradiation zone (31) to the fourth irradiation zone (34). A microwave is applied to the transfer trays (14) in the tray unit (10) from the left in the first irradiation zone (31), from behind in the second irradiation zone (32), from the front in the third irradiation zone (33), and from the right in the fourth irradiation zone.

Abstract: A former unit (20) as a drying apparatus includes a horizontally oriented main casing (21). Space inside the main casing (21) is divided into four irradiation zones (31-34). Each of the irradiation zones (31-34) contains one tray unit (10). Each of the tray units (10) contains four metallic transfer trays (14) aligned in the vertical direction, with a distance between the transfer trays (14) set to half a wavelength of a microwave (?/2) or larger. Each of the transfer trays (14) carries wet PTFE powder. In the irradiation zones (31-34), the tray units (10) sequentially move from the first irradiation zone (31) to the fourth irradiation zone (34), and the microwave is laterally applied to the transfer trays (14).

Abstract: A semi-finished product obtained as a mixture of PTFE powder and water is put on conveyance trays (70) and is then input to a producing apparatus (10). In the producing apparatus (10), the conveyance trays (70) arranged vertically pass through a first drying zone (41), a second drying zone (42), and a heat treatment zone (43) in this order. In the first drying zone (41), the water contained in the semi-finished product is heated by a microwave to be evaporated. In the second drying zone (42), residual water in the semi-finished product is heated by hot wind to be evaporated. In the heat treatment zone (43), the temperature of dried PTFE powder is kept at approximately 160° C. The semi-finished product on each conveyance tray (70) passes through the three zones to be PTFE powder as a finished product.

Abstract: A method of developing a computer system includes entering information relevant to the system under development, retrieving engineering information that pertains to it's development, then browsing through the engineering information thus retrieved. The information relevant to the system under development relates to its configuration, development processes, or the roles of the developers in its development, etc. The information also can include data that helps identify a plurality of products that make up the system under development. The method is performed using an engineering information management system including an engineering information storage unit, in which engineering information about the computer system under development is stored in association with information about it's development.

Abstract: To provide the stabilization method, in which unstable groups of melt-processable fluorine-containing polymer having unstable groups can be stabilized rapidly and effectively, and even if the obtained stabilized polymer is melt-molded, an obtained molded article is free from bubbles and cavity and no coloration arises. The method of stabilizing a fluorine-containing polymer by melt-kneading a melt-processable fluorine-containing polymer having unstable groups in a kneader having a stabilization treatment zone which satisfies the following conditions: (1) an oxygen-containing gas is present in the stabilization treatment zone, (2) water is present in the stabilization treatment zone, and (3) an absolute pressure in the stabilization treatment zone is adjusted to a pressure of 0.

Abstract: The present invention includes a method of developing a computer system that includes steps for entering information relevant to the system under development, retrieving engineering information that pertains to it's development, then browsing through the engineering information thus retrieved. The information relevant to the system under development relates to it's configuration, development processes, or the roles of the developers in it's development, etc. The information also can include data that helps identify a plurality of products that make up the system under development. The method is performed using an engineering information management system including an engineering information storage unit, in which engineering information about the computer system under development is stored in association with information about it's development.