Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha

Nkk Corporation

Toshiba Engineering Corporation

Mitsui Bussan Plant & Project Corporation

Koji Yamamoto

Toshihiko Iwasaki

Haruhito Tsuboi

Shoji Takao

Kiyoshi Uyama

Eitarou Tambo

Ken-ichi Yamazaki

Takashi Ohgawara

Masayuki Torimitsu

In a system for observing the ground based on various data items measured at one or more observation points by at least one measuring instrument, the measured data items are collected in a collection center, it is determined whether at least one of the measured data items is abnormal based on expert knowledge, a re-measurement instruction is given to the measuring instrument in a case where at least one of the measured data items is abnormal, and the measured data items are edited according to contract conditions for each user to generate measurement data for users in a case where it is determines that the measuring instrument does not malfunction as a result of re-measurement. Thus, the measurement data satisfying users' demands can be generated with good quality and high reliability, based on the measurement data items obtained at one or more observation points.

Method and apparatus for generating measurement data

A circulating fluid-bed combustion apparatus comprises a fluid-bed combustion chamber having a primary combustion air inlet and secondary combustion air inlet, the primary combustion air inlet arranged at the bottom of the fluid-bed combustion chamber and the secondary combustion air inlet being arranged in an intermediate portion of the fluid-bed combustion chamber; a layrinth separator for separating coarse particles from gases, which is positioned below the secondary combustion air inlet; a heat exchanger, into which combustion gases are led from the fluid-bed combustion chamber; a multicyclone for separating fine particles from gases discharged out of the heat exchanger; and a distributor for distributing particles separated in the multicyclone to an upper zone of the fluid-bed combustion chamber above the labyrinth separator and to a lower zone of the fluid-bed combustion chamber below the labyrinth separator.

Circulating fluid-bed combustion apparatus

A method of producing a low-molecular weight peptide mixture, comprising the steps of dissolving a first protease in a buffer solution adjusted to an optimum pH for the protease ranging from pH 3 to 10, adding at least one first protein in a buffer solution having a pH of from 3 to 10 and a concentration of 10 to 60% by weight of the protein material and thoroughly mixing the solution, adding a solution of an ester of at least one amino acid pre-formed by esterification of the amino acid with an alcohol, the pH of said buffer solution being optimum for the incorporation of said amino acid in said starting protein in the presence of said first protease in a plastein reaction, reacting said ester of at least one amino acid with said starting protein in a plastein reaction in the mixed solution whereby said at least one amino acid is covalently incorporated into said starting protein to produce a plastein reaction solution containing a modified protein, hydrolyzing said modified protein using at least one second protease having a different specificity from said at least one first protease to produce a low-molecular weight peptide mixture having an amino acid content which has different proportions of amino acids than does said starting protein, and separating from the solution said low-molecular weight peptide mixture which comprises a major proportion of dipeptides and tripeptides and containing not more than 15% by weight of free amino acids and not more than 20% by weight of a high-molecular weight fraction of compounds having a molecular weight of not lower than 700 and removable by gel filtration. The said low-molecular weight peptide mixture is readily absorbable and a useful nutrient.

Low-molecular weight peptide mixture and method of producing same

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Kawasaki, Japan

Koji Yamamoto