Abstract: A method for creating a database for paint colors having a desired texture includes storing spectral reflectance data and micro-brilliance data of paint colors after associating each spectral reflectance data and each micro-brilliance data with a paint color code; storing texture evaluation values of sample paint colors after associating the each texture evaluation value with the paint color code; calculating characteristic quantities of the paint colors expressing textures using the spectral reflectance data and the micro-brilliance data, and storing the characteristic quantities after associating the each characteristic quantity with the paint color code; training a neural network using the characteristic quantities and the texture evaluation values of the sample paint colors as training data; and inputting characteristic quantities of the paint colors other than the sample paint colors into the neural network after the training, and storing output data after associating each output data with the paint colo

Abstract: The subject invention provides a method of creating a database for searching for a paint color having a desired texture, a search method using the database, and systems, programs, and recording mediums for carrying out the method and the search.

Abstract: A method for creating a database for paint colors having a desired texture includes storing spectral reflectance data and micro-brilliance data of paint colors after associating each spectral reflectance data and each micro-brilliance data with a paint color code; storing texture evaluation values of sample paint colors after associating the each texture evaluation value with the paint color code; calculating characteristic quantities of the paint colors expressing textures using the spectral reflectance data and the micro-brilliance data, and storing the characteristic quantities after associating the each characteristic quantity with the paint color code; training a neural network using the characteristic quantities and the texture evaluation values of the sample paint colors as training data; and inputting characteristic quantities of the paint colors other than the sample paint colors into the neural network after the training, and storing output data after associating each output data with the paint colo

Abstract: The method of identifying an effective pigment comprises: a first step of imaging a target effective pigment to obtain image data thereof; a second step of subjecting the obtained image data to background processing and extracting image data concerning a region containing one particle of the effective pigment as image data for processing; a third step of extracting image characteristic parameters from the image data for processing; and a fourth step of identifying the target effective pigment, based on the image characteristic parameters of the target effective pigment extracted in the third step, using a pre-prepared database that stores information on various kinds of effective pigments in such a manner as to correlate with the image characteristic parameters of various kinds of effective pigments extracted by conducting the second and third steps.

Abstract: A process for preparation of an alcoholic beverage produced by mixing an alcoholic beverage base mix containing alcohol and at least one type of water-soluble substance with ice pieces in a proportion of 20:80 to 80:20, and conducting aeration, agitation and cooling so that the volume fraction of contained gas is in the range of 1 to 150% and the mixing temperature is lower than ?1° C., thereby obtaining a gas-containing matter having an alcohol concentration of ?1.0 vol. % and being fluid at ?15° to ?2° C., wherein fine ice pieces of 0.06 to 0.8 mm major axis length are present in an amount of at least 80 wt. % based on the total weight so that at least part of the fine ice pieces are sensed.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing motilin-like peptide compounds that maintain the gastrointestinal motility stimulating activity of native motilin and which are adapted to have higher absorbability upon transmucosal administration. Motilin derivatives were designed and synthesized in consideration of the pathway for the degradation of motilin at a site of its transmucosal absorption and the maintenance of motilin's physiological activity and compounds characterized by substitutions for the amino acid at position 21 of native motilin have been found to show higher absorbability upon transmucosal administration and yet maintain the same activity as motilin.

Abstract: An approximate blending search system includes a material information database constituted by accumulating names of a plurality of blending materials and property information codes constituted by a plurality of identification codes to which a plurality of pieces of property information on the blending materials are respectively related, a blending composition database constituted by accumulating names of compositions, names, property information codes, and blending quantities of the blending materials constituting the compositions, a prospective composition search unit for approximately searching a corresponding composition from the blending composition data base in accordance with the measurement data input from the input means and/or at least one or more identification codes of the property information codes in an optical blending material, and a display unit for displaying an obtained search result.

Abstract: The subject invention provides a method of creating a database for searching for a paint color having a desired texture, a search method using the database, and systems, programs, and recording mediums for carrying out the method and the search.

Abstract: A novel dosage regimen of GLP-1 receptor agonists causes little or no side effects or drug interactions and is suitable for improving insulin resistance. Also provided is an insulin resistance improver for use in the dosage regimen. The dosage regimen comprises repeatedly administering, preferably in a non-invasive manner, a GLP-1 receptor agonist at least before eating for a predetermined period of time to create a condition similar to what is observed with postprandial temporary secretion of the endogenous GLP-1 receptor agonist, rather than administering it continuously. This creates a similar or enhanced variation in the plasma levels of GLP-1 receptor agonist as compared to the circadian variation of the endogenous GLP-1 receptor agonist in a healthy individual. A pharmaceutical composition for use in the dosage regimen containing GLP-1 receptor agonist as an active ingredient is also provided.

Abstract: A paint color is specified from a computer graphics picture by displaying a computer graphics picture suitable for the impression of a desired paint color on a display unit, obtaining color information on displayed colors in two or more designated regions on the displayed picture, and searching and selecting a paint color having color information approximate to the color information on the display colors from a database previously storing color information on a plurality of paint colors.

Abstract: An alcoholic beverage that as it has fluidity at ?15° to ?2° C., can be drunk easily and appropriately and that through coexistence of fine ice pieces and bubbles, induces novel pleasant sensation of coolness and coldness and feeling of swallow, appropriate sensation of alcohol, and excellent flavor. There is provided an alcoholic beverage characterized in that it is produced by mixing an alcoholic beverage base mix containing alcohol and at least one type of water-soluble substance with ice pieces in a proportion of 20:80 to 80:20, and conducting aeration, agitation and cooling so that the volume fraction of contained gas is in the range of 1 to 150% and that the mixture temperature is lower than ?1° C., thereby obtaining a gas-containing matter having an alcohol concentration of ?1.0 vol. % and being fluid at ?15° to ?2° C. wherein fine ice pieces of 0.06 to 0.8 mm major axis length are present in an amount of at least 80 wt.

Abstract: A modified-color generation and display method uses a computer graphic. The method includes measuring the spectral reflectance of an original color by using a spectrophotometer, obtaining a modified spectral reflectance for a modified color by changing the measured spectral reflectance, and displaying the computer graphic of the modified color on a monitor.

Abstract: The method of identifying an effective pigment comprises: a first step of imaging a target effective pigment to obtain image data thereof; a second step of subjecting the obtained image data to background processing and extracting image data concerning a region containing one particle of the effective pigment as image data for processing; a third step of extracting image characteristic parameters from the image data for processing; and a fourth step of identifying the target effective pigment, based on the image characteristic parameters of the target effective pigment extracted in the third step, using a pre-prepared database that stores information on various kinds of effective pigments in such a manner as to correlate with the image characteristic parameters of various kinds of effective pigments extracted by conducting the second and third steps.

Abstract: A racquet string includes a core component whose principal component is a synthetic fiber, and a surface resin component, wherein fullerenes or by-product carbon particles derived from manufacture of fullerenes are blended into the surface resin component, and wherein the blended percentage content is in a range of at least 0.01 wt % and at most 5.0 wt % of the entire string. The surface resin component may be formed as a sheath component by coating or by composite spinning. It is preferable that the amount of fullerenes or by-product carbon particles derived from the manufacture of fullerenes that is included in the surface resin component is in a range of at least 0.1 wt % and at most 25 wt %. Thus, the durability of the racquet string is improved without substantially changing its physical properties.

Abstract: A laminate film having heat shielding property and jet blackness with clearness can be obtained by the steps of: applying a heat shielding coating (I) containing a compound which does not absorb infrared radiation and having a heat shielding function to form the corresponding heat cured or uncured film; applying thereto a black base coating (A) containing a perylene black pigment, and/or an azomethine pigment, and/or an azo dye to form the corresponding film; applying a color clear coating (B) containing a black dye onto the heat cured or uncured film of the black base coating (A) to form the corresponding film; applying thereto a clear coating (C) to form the corresponding film; and heat curing a laminate film having the films of the heat shielding coating (I), the black base coating (A), the color clear coating (B) and the clear coating (C) stacked one after another.

Abstract: Characteristic parameters of brilliant materials used for a paint color whose composition is unknown are visually extracted, an image database is retrieved by using the extracted characteristic parameters as keywords, the image of a closest single brilliant material is displayed on a monitor, and the image of the unknown-composition paint color with the image of a single brilliant material to identify the type of a brilliant material used for the unknown-composition paint color.

Abstract: Metallic paint colors are classified and arranged by determining the representative color of any metallic paint color; calculating the hu-tone value of said representative color; generating coating color computer graphics indicating optical properties of said metallic paint color in a prescribed range of angles of observation; and preparing a coating color map by arranging said coating color computer graphics over the hue-tone value of said representative color in a hue-tone chart on the monitor screen of a computer system.

Abstract: A racquet string includes a core component whose principal component is a synthetic fiber, and a surface resin component, wherein fullerenes or by-product carbon particles derived from manufacture of fullerenes are blended into the surface resin component, and wherein the blended percentage content is in a range of at least 0.01 wt % and at most 5.0 wt % of the entire string. The surface resin component may be formed as a sheath component by coating or by composite spinning. It is preferable that the amount of fullerenes or by-product carbon particles derived from the manufacture of fullerenes that is included in the surface resin component is in a range of at least 0.1 wt % and at most 25 wt %. Thus, the durability of the racquet string is improved without substantially changing its physical properties.

Abstract: A cold confectionery and a method of preparing the same are provided. A mixture is foamed to have an overrun in the range of 150% to 500%, and frozen to a temperature of not higher than ?10° C. The cold confectionery provides desirable extra-light and crisp-rich feelings in mouth with a light-snow-like softness as well as a desirable smooth spoonability. The final product also exhibits an apparent bulk-up upon sterilization with spoon.

Abstract: A paint color is specified from a computer graphics picture characterized by displaying a computer graphics picture suitable for the impression of a desired paint color on a display unit, obtaining color informations on displayed colors in two or more designated regions on the displayed picture, and searching and selecting a paint color having color information approximate to the color informations on the display colors from a database previously storing color informations on a plurality of paint colors.