Highly reductive hydrogen reduced water, which is suitable for drinking, and which is superior to conventional reduced water, is produced by dissolving large quantities of hydrogen gas in raw water. Each patient is provided a fall-detecting device configured to transmit a message indicative of a patient status to a host device maintained by a health-care provider. In appropriate hosts these DNA sequences and recombinant DNA molecules permit the production and identification of genes and polypeptides displaying a biological or immunological activity of human interferon and their use in antiviral and antitumor or anticancer agents. The load size producing parameter module generates one of a small load input parameter and a large load input parameter. This dynamic polling scheme permits a much more efficient allocation of bandwidth than is available with static or fixed polling schemes. The quenching method with a coolant is specifically so controlled that the surface of the quenching bath is kept under pressure all the time throughout the step of cooling the articles being processed therein.