Hitachi, Ltd.

Dowa Mining Co., Ltd.

Masayoshi Matsumoto

Takaki Kuroda

Yuji Mizote

Nobuo Beniyama

Satoshi Fukuda

Mitsunori Satomi

Toshiya Kitamura

Kazuya Saito

Hideki Nagata

Mikio Hashimoto

Kenji Ichiya

A management apparatus for managing a computer system stores configuration information of multiple management-target apparatuses based on multiple first information received from multiple management-target apparatuses. The management apparatus, based on the configuration information and multiple additional component application condition information, determines whether or not to use multiple additional component information to acquire multiple second information from the multiple management-target apparatuses. The management apparatus, in a case where a determination to carry out acquisition is made, uses the multiple additional component information to receive the multiple second information from the multiple management-target apparatuses, and based on the multiple second information, either creates or updates the management information of the multiple management-target apparatuses.

Management system and computer system management method

To quickly establish an inferring result when a problem is detected in an operation management system equipped with a rule-based inference processing function, there is provided a method of collecting information for managing a computer system equipped with a plurality of devices. The computer system holds rule for associating a plurality of events with a conclusion output when all of the plurality of events have been detected. The method includes: executing, at a first interval, polling to obtain information indicating whether each of the plurality of events has been detected; judging whether the plurality of events have been detected; and executing, upon judgment that at least one of the plurality of events has been detected and none of the remaining events have been detected, before execution of next polling at the first interval, polling to obtain information indicating whether at least one of the undetected remaining events has been detected.

Method of collecting information in system network

A negative electrode material for use in an alkaline cell. The negative electrode material comprising bismuth-coated zinc powder particles containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Bi and In. The zinc or zinc alloy powder preferably has a particle size within the range of 10 &mgr;m to 1000 &mgr;m. The bismuth-coated zinc powder particles are obtained by immersing a mixture of a zinc powder and a metallic bismuth powder in an aqueous alkaline solution to deposit bismuth on surfaces of the zinc powder particles by displacement.

Negative electrode material containing bismuth-coated zinc powder particles for use in alkaline cell

Metallic zinc melted to a purity of 99.995% or higher was treated with selected elements that were dissolved in amounts within specified ranges and the resulting melts were atomized to prepare zinc alloy powders of 35-200 mesh; the powders were gelled with a gelling agent (sodium polyacrylate) and an electrolyte; bismuth compounds having specified powder characteristics (either an average particle size of no more than 10 &mgr;m or a specific surface area of at least 1 m,/g or both characteristics) were added in specified amounts to the gels, thereby producing gels of anode.

Anode material for use in alkaline manganese cells and process for producing the same

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Yokohama, Japan

Masayoshi Matsumoto