Abstract: A method for improving health conditions is developed by studying the way meals containing adjusted nutritional components in terms of not only the content of the meal, but also time, period, and the like when the meals are taken. The present invention improves the health conditions by continually taking at least one meal selected from daily three meals, i.e., breakfast, lunch, and evening meal, which contains 13% to 20% of proteins, 20% to 30% of fats, and 50% to 65% of carbohydrates in terms of energy percentage and in which proteins, fats, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals are adjusted to predetermined amounts.

Abstract: A management device for managing a radio access network includes: a RAN slice management unit configured to manage a slice of the radio access network; a radio resource management unit configured to abstract and manage a radio resource possessed by a radio base station included in a radio network; an optical resource management unit configured to abstract and manage an optical resource possessed by an optical communication device included in an optical network; and a base station resource management unit configured to abstract and manage a base station resource possessed by a base station device included in a base station network. When a slice generation request is received from a higher-level management device, the RAN slice management unit determines an abstracted radio resource, an abstracted optical resource and an abstracted base station resource to be assigned to a slice, based on requested performance of the slice.

Abstract: The present embodiment relates a complete nutritious food product that eliminates the need for adjustment of nutrients according to each category of age, gender, and physical activity level, and enables eating of a complete nutritious food product satisfying the DRIs only by adjusting the amount (calories) of foods, and a providing system thereof. As a result, users who receive meals can easily take the complete nutritious food product, are freed from the trouble of nutrition management, and can improve their health. The invention also relates to a complete nutritious food product-providing system and a nutrition calculation device for a complete nutritious food product.

Abstract: A controller of a radio access network calculates physical path resource information which is resource information about physical paths between devices in the network, and abstract path resource information which expresses the physical path resource information in a representative manner. When receiving a request to create a slice, the controller determines whether a slice that satisfies a requested condition is creatable based on the abstract path resource information and, when determining that the slice that satisfies the requested condition can be created, creates the slice by selecting a physical path that satisfies the requested condition based on the physical path resource information.

Abstract: A network controller is configured to perform, to a new slice request, resource allocation from a resource of unallocated resource information managed by a resource information management unit, and to reallocate the resource to an existing slice request so that an unallocated resource increases based on unallocated resource information managed by the resource information management unit.

Abstract: A deterioration diagnosis device includes: a temperature acquisition unit acquiring a temperature of an optical transceiver including a laser diode outputting an optical transmission signal; a bias current acquisition unit acquiring a bias current flowing through the diode; a correction function calculation unit calculating a correction function representing a relationship between the acquired temperature and bias current; a temperature correction value calculation unit calculating a temperature correction value for a bias current acquired at the time of deterioration diagnosis, using the correction function; a corrected bias current calculation unit correcting the bias current acquired at the time of the deterioration diagnosis, using the temperature correction value; and a bias current change amount calculation unit determining a state of the laser diode by comparing an initial bias current with a corrected bias current.

Abstract: A controller of a radio access network calculates physical path resource information which is resource information about physical paths between devices in the network, and abstract path resource information which expresses the physical path resource information in a representative manner. When receiving a request to create a slice, the controller determines whether a slice that satisfies a requested condition is creatable based on the abstract path resource information and, when determining that the slice that satisfies the requested condition can be created, creates the slice by selecting a physical path that satisfies the requested condition based on the physical path resource information.

Abstract: A management device for managing a radio access network includes: a RAN slice management unit configured to manage a slice of the radio access network; a radio resource management unit configured to abstract and manage a radio resource possessed by a radio base station included in a radio network; an optical resource management unit configured to abstract and manage an optical resource possessed by an optical communication device included in an optical network; and a base station resource management unit configured to abstract and manage a base station resource possessed by a base station device included in a base station network. When a slice generation request is received from a higher-level management device, the RAN slice management unit determines an abstracted radio resource, an abstracted optical resource and an abstracted base station resource to be assigned to a slice, based on requested performance of the slice.

Abstract: An optical line terminal (OLT) for an optical network configured to communicate with optical network units (ONUs) in a PON-type optical network, the OLT including: a processing circuitry, for each ONUs, to manage a transmission delay time in transmission to the ONU to manage an acceptable waiting time of uplink data of the ONU; to obtain an uplink transmission start time and data amount of the optical network unit, based on uplink assignment information; and to generate uplink transmission grant information, which is made up of a time point and time length of uplink transmission to the ONU, wherein the processing circuitry determines the uplink transmission grant information on transmission to the ONU, based on a transmission delay time of the ONU, on the uplink transmission start time and data amount of the ONU, and on the acceptable waiting time of uplink data of the ONU.

Abstract: An optical line terminal (OLT) for an optical network configured to communicate with optical network units (ONUs) in a PON-type optical network, the OLT including: a processing circuitry, for each ONUs, to manage a transmission delay time in transmission to the ONU to manage an acceptable waiting time of uplink data of the ONU; to obtain an uplink transmission start time and data amount of the optical network unit, based on uplink assignment information; and to generate uplink transmission grant information, which is made up of a time point and time length of uplink transmission to the ONU, wherein the processing circuitry determines the uplink transmission grant information on transmission to the ONU, based on a transmission delay time of the ONU, on the uplink transmission start time and data amount of the ONU, and on the acceptable waiting time of uplink data of the ONU.

Abstract: [Problem] There is provided a processed egg capable of making a puffed egg product which has good restorability when restored with hot water, and a method for identifying such processed egg. [Means for solution] The processed egg is characterized by having a slope of 20 cP/min or more in viscosity measurement using a rapid visco-analyzer (RVA). The method for identifying a processed egg suitable to be puffed comprises mixing a processed egg and water, measuring viscosity of a mixture of the foregoing step using a rapid visco-analyzer (RVA), and calculating a slope in viscosity change based on a measurement result obtained from the foregoing step.

Abstract: To provide a processed egg capable of making a puffed egg product which has good restorability when restored with hot water wherein said puffed egg product is characterized in that the whole egg powder has a total free amino acids content of 500 mg/100 g or more. There is also provided a whole egg powder which is suitable to be puffed, characterized in that the whole egg powder has a free methionine content of 10 mg/100 g or more. There is further provided a whole egg powder which is suitable to be puffed, characterized in that the whole egg powder has a free lysine content of 40 mg/100 g or more.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a processed egg capable of making a puffed egg product which has good restorability when restored with hot water, and a method for identifying such processed egg. [Means for solution] There is provided a whole egg powder which is suitable to be puffed, characterized in that the whole egg powder has a total free amino acids content of 500 mg/100 g or more. There is also provided a whole egg powder which is suitable to be puffed, characterized in that the whole egg powder has a free methionine content of 10 mg/100 g or more. There is further provided a whole egg powder which is suitable to be puffed, characterized in that the whole egg powder has a free lysine content of 40 mg/100 g or more.

Abstract: A laminate body (1) is provided with a transparent substrate (10) and a refractive layer (11) which refracts incident light towards the top of the substrate (10). The refractive layer (11) contains, at least, one kind of fluorine compound (ss) selected from a group consisting of fluoro-silsesquioxane and fluoro-silsesquioxane polymers, and a resin (pl) having a refractive index higher than that of the aforementioned fluorine compound (ss). Of the side of the substrate (10) (the side of the back surface s2) and the side opposite thereof (the side of the front surface s1), the concentration of the fluorine compound (ss) in the refractive layer (11) is higher on said side opposite (the side of the front surface s1), and the refractive layer (11) forms a graded structure layer of high refractive indices and low refractive indices inside the layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display element including a pair of a substrate arranged opposite to each other, an electrode group disposed on one side or both sides of the pair of substrates facing each other, a plurality of active elements connected to the electrode group, a liquid crystal alignment film disposed on each facing side of the pair of substrates, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, wherein the liquid crystal alignment film is manufactured by irradiating linearly polarized light to a film obtained from polyamic acid or a derivative thereof having a photoisomerization structure in the main chain or a film being subject to heat-baking so as to provide alignment-controlling capability, and the liquid crystal layer is a liquid crystal composition having negative (?) dielectric anisotropy. By the present invention, a liquid crystal display element having improved image sticking characteristics and good alignment stability is provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device including a pair of a substrate arranged opposite to each other, an electrode group disposed on one side or both sides of the pair of substrates facing each other, a plurality of active devices connected to the electrode group, a liquid crystal alignment film disposed on each facing side of the pair of substrates, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, wherein the liquid crystal alignment film is manufactured by irradiating linearly polarized light to a film obtained from polyamic acid or a derivative thereof having a photoisomerization structure in the main chain or a film being subject to heat-baking so as to provide alignment-controlling capability, and the liquid crystal layer is a liquid crystal composition having negative (?) dielectric anisotropy. By the present invention, a liquid crystal display device having improved image sticking characteristics and good alignment stability is provided.

Abstract: [Problem] There is provided a processed egg capable of making a puffed egg product which has good restorability when restored with hot water, and a method for identifying such processed egg. [Means for solution] The processed egg is characterized by having a slope of 20 cP/min or more in viscosity measurement using a rapid visco-analyzer (RVA).

Abstract: A multilayer structure instant noodle which is manufactured through steps in which an inner layer noodle sheet is sandwiched between outer layer noodle sheets such that these noodle sheets are combined to form a single noodle sheet, the single noodle sheet is flat-rolled so as to form noodle lines, and the noodle lines are gelatinized and dried, and a blending amount of salt in the inner layer noodle sheet is higher than a blending amount of salt in the outer layer noodle sheet.

Abstract: A communication method of an optical communication system in which a user-side optical-line terminal apparatus (ONU) is connected to a station-side optical-line terminal apparatus (OLT) by an optical fiber includes allocating by the OLT to the ONY a transmission bandwidth for transmitting a response signal in a tentative wake-up period in a sleep mode in which a transmission function of the ONU is activated in the tentative wake-up period and deactivated in a sleep period. The method also includes transmitting a transmission bandwidth notification to the ONU, and transmitting, to the ONU, a notification of the sleep period in which deactivation of the transmission function is allowed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device including a pair of a substrate arranged opposite to each other, an electrode group disposed on one side or both sides of the pair of substrates facing each other, a plurality of active devices connected to the electrode group, a liquid crystal alignment film disposed on each facing side of the pair of substrates, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, wherein the liquid crystal alignment film is manufactured by irradiating linearly polarized light to a film obtained from polyamic acid or a derivative thereof having a photoisomerization structure in the main chain or a film being subject to heat-baking so as to provide alignment-controlling capability, and the liquid crystal layer is a liquid crystal composition having negative (?) dielectric anisotropy. By the present invention, a liquid crystal display device having improved image sticking characteristics and good alignment stability is provided.