Abstract: This encoding device comprises: a downmix circuit that switches mixing processing according to the characteristic of an input stereo signal to generate either a first stereo signal or a second stereo signal obtained by mixing processing of a left channel signal and a right channel signal; a first encoding circuit that encodes the first stereo signal; and a second encoding circuit that encodes two signals included in the second stereo signal. The second encoding circuit performs monaural encoding on the basis of the encoding mode of the first encoding circuit in a first section in which switching from the first stereo signal to the second stereo signal is performed and/or a second section in which switching from the second stereo signal to the first stereo signal is performed.

Abstract: A wireless communication monitoring system for monitoring a hardware failure of a wireless communication unit of a wireless communication device using a remote monitoring control device, in which the wireless communication device transmits or receives a predetermined radio signal to or from a monitoring device added or attached to the host device to perform a life and death check for checking an operation, and the remote monitoring control device detects a hardware failure of the wireless communication unit of the wireless communication device on the basis of a result of the life and death check received from the wireless communication device. This makes it possible to detect a failure that cannot be detected from information obtained from a device state request to a wireless communication device of the related art.

Abstract: An analyzer that analyzes one or more pieces of data acquired by electrophoresis separation of a sample includes a memory, a display unit, and a processor. The memory stores the one or more pieces of data. The display unit displays, based on the one or more pieces of data, a gel image, an electropherogram, a first size guide corresponding to the gel image, and a second size guide corresponding to the electropherogram. When the first size guide is located at a first position corresponding to a specific value associated with a size in the gel image, the processor displays a second size guide at a second position corresponding to the specific value in the electropherogram.

Abstract: This signal processing device is provided with a detection circuit for detecting a temporal variation in a time difference between channels of a stereo signal, and a control circuit for controlling the degree of smoothing of an inter-channel cross correlation function on the basis of the temporal variation in the time difference between the channels.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polymerizable unsaturated group-containing cyclodextrin derivative, which can be efficiently prepared with a higher yield and a higher purity, and which can be mass-produced. The polymerizable unsaturated group-containing cyclodextrin derivative is represented by the following general formula (1). (In the formula, R1 represents any one of (A) the following general formula (2) —R3—NH—R4 ??(2) (R3 is an alkylene group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, may be linear or branched, and may have a substituent. R4 represents a (meth)acryloyl group or a vinyl group-containing alkyl group having 3 to 50 carbon atoms.) (B) the following general formula (3) —R5—NHCONH—R6 ??(3) (R5 is an alkylene group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, may be linear or branched, and may have a substituent.

Abstract: An analyzer includes a separation data holding part, a determination criterion holding part, and a component peak determination part. The separation data holding part retains, as reference data, separation data obtained by an electrophoresis analysis for a reference sample including a reference component which is a known component and retains, as data to be analyzed, separation data obtained by an electrophoresis analysis for a sample to be analyzed. The determination criterion holding part retains a determination criterion for determining whether a component peak in the reference data and a component peak in the data to be analyzed are identical. The component peak determination part is configured to determine whether the component peak in the reference data and the component peak in the data to be analyzed are identical to each other, using the determination criterion.

Abstract: A display method for displaying a plurality of pieces of data respectively obtained by electrophoretic separation for a plurality of samples. The first data includes a first peak corresponding to a separated component of the known sample. The second data includes a second peak corresponding to a separated component of the unknown sample. The display method includes: acquiring the plurality of pieces of data; detecting the first peak and the second peak respectively from the first data and the second data; setting a range included within a predetermined threshold from the first peak as a specified range; determining, for the second data, whether or not the second peak is included in the specified range; and displaying specifically the second peak, when the second peak is in the specified range.

Abstract: A coding apparatus includes: a first coding circuit that codes an input signal selectively using coding in a time domain or a frequency domain according to the characteristic of the input signal in a core layer; and a second coding circuit that codes an error in coding by the first coding circuit using a coding method corresponding to the domain type of coding used in the core layer in an extension layer for the core layer.

Abstract: An object is to provide a macromolecular composite material that can be produced by a simple process, and that has excellent mechanical properties. The macromolecular composite material of the present invention contains a polymer component and a cyclodextrin compound, the polymer component containing a thermoplastic resin, and the cyclodextrin compound being at least one member selected from the group consisting of cyclodextrin and cyclodextrin derivatives. The macromolecular composite material of the present invention can be produced by a simple process, and has excellent mechanical properties.

Abstract: An encoding device is provided with: a quantizing circuit which generates quantization parameters including first information on a vector quantization codebook, and second information on code vectors included in the codebook; and a control circuit which employs the second number of bits based on the difference between the first number of bits available for encoding of a sub-vector in the vector quantization, and the number of bits for the sub-vector quantization parameters, to control encoding of the first information with respect to the sub-vector.

Abstract: This electrophoresis system includes an electrophoresis apparatus, an analysis apparatus, and a display unit. Then, in a case where at least one of an apparatus error that is an abnormality in the electrophoresis apparatus or an analysis error that is an abnormality in the analysis of a component of the object-to-be-measured is detected, the analysis apparatus is configured to display, on the display unit, an abnormality detection indication that allows identification of the type of the detected abnormality.

Abstract: This electrophoresis system includes an electrophoresis apparatus, an analysis apparatus, and a display unit. The analysis apparatus is configured to switch between a detailed display state in which a plurality of analysis result check displays including at least the gel image display are displayed in a result display area of the display unit and an enlarged display state in which only the gel image display among the plurality of analysis result check displays is enlarged and displayed in the result display area of the display unit.

Abstract: Provided are a host-group-containing polymerizable monomer usable as a starting material for producing a macromolecular material with a high degree of freedom in material design, and excellent toughness and strength; a macromolecular material produced using the host-group-containing polymerizable monomer; and a method for producing the macromolecular material. The host-group-containing polymerizable monomer according to the present invention is a host-group-containing polymerizable monomer, and the host group is a monovalent group formed by removing one hydrogen atom or hydroxy group from a cyclodextrin derivative. The cyclodextrin derivative has such a structure that the hydrogen atom of at least one hydroxy group of a cyclodextrin is replaced with a group selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbon group, an acyl group, and —CONHR wherein R represents a methyl group or an ethyl group.

Abstract: An electrophoresis system includes an electrophoresis device including a measurement unit that measures a measurement target separated by electrophoresis, and a current detection unit that detects a current flowing through the flow path. Moreover, the electrophoresis system is configured to display each of a time-series value of a measurement value of the measurement target measured by the measurement unit and a time-series value of a current detection value of the current detected by the current detection unit on a display unit during measurement of the measurement target.

Abstract: A binder for an electrochemical device made of a polymer material including a first polymer containing a first constituent unit having a guest group in a side chain; and a second polymer containing a second constituent unit having a host group in a side chain. Also disclosed is an electrode mixture containing the binder, an electrode active material and a dispersion medium; an electrode containing the binder, an electrode active material and a current collector; an electrochemical device including the electrode; and a secondary battery including the electrode.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a resin material which contains a polymer compound having a host group and/or guest group and exhibits excellent solubility. The present invention relates to a resin material comprising a host body consisting of a polymer compound having a host group and a guest body consisting of a polymer compound having a guest group, or a host-guest body consisting of a polymer compound having a host group and a guest group, wherein, at least one of the polymer compound having the host group or the polymer compound having the guest group, or the polymer compound having the host group and the guest group, has a siloxane bond.

Abstract: A resin composition including a first polymer having a host group in a side chain and a second polymer having a carboxyl group in a side chain, wherein the first polymer has a hydroxyl group. Also disclosed is a polymer having a host group (A) and a carboxyl group (B), wherein the polymer has a number-average molecular weight of 50,000 to 5,000,000; a method for producing a polymer which includes performing an ester group-forming reaction with a first polymer having a host group in a side chain and a second polymer having a carboxyl group in a side chain; a binder for an electrochemical device including the polymer; an electrode mixture including the binder; an electrode including the binder; an electrochemical device including the electrode; and a secondary battery including the electrode.

Abstract: This quantization scale factor determination device is provided with a correction circuit which corrects an initial value of a quantization scale factor on the basis of whether or not an audio signal spectrum is sparse, and a search circuit which searches for a quantization scale factor on the basis of the initial value.

Abstract: This encoding device is provided with a control circuit that, on the basis of information relating to the capability to convert the signal form of a sound signal in a decoding device for decoding encoded data of the sound signal, controls the conversion of the signal form of the sound signal, and an encoding circuit that encodes the sound signal in accordance to the conversion control.

Abstract: An electrophoresis apparatus includes a dilution unit, an electrophoresis unit, and a control device. The dilution unit dilutes a sample with dilution water. The electrophoresis unit analyzes the sample diluted by the dilution unit by electrophoresing the sample. The control device controls the dilution unit and the electrophoresis unit.