Abstract: A vehicle loads at least one of a plurality of upper units having space to store a person or an object on an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels in the vehicle. The vehicle includes an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels and the at least one of the plurality of upper units loaded on the under unit. The under unit includes a loading unit, on which the at least one of the plurality of upper units as described above can be loaded. Each of the plurality of upper units includes a joint that joins to a different upper unit that is adjacently loaded.

Abstract: Provided is a substance capable of effectively suppressing cancer metastasis or a pharmaceutical composition that effectively acts on an inflammatory disease. The pharmaceutical composition is a pharmaceutical composition containing, as an active ingredient, an antibody or an antibody fragment thereof having antigen-binding activity for an S100A8/A9 heterodimer, and blocks interaction between S100A8/A9 and a group of receptors therefor, to thereby strongly suppress cancer metastasis both in vitro and in vivo, or alleviate inflammation. That is, the anti-S100A8/A9 antibody or the antibody fragment thereof can strongly suppress cancer metastasis or alleviate inflammation, by virtue of its blocking action on the interaction between S100A8/A9 and the group of receptors therefor.

Abstract: A fluid-filled vibration damping device including a partition having a housing area, and a movable film housed in the housing area while including a central retainer held by the partition and spoke-shaped retainers extending radially outward from the central retainer. A first surface of the movable film is overlapped on a wall inner surface of the housing area. An elastic deformation zone provided circumferentially between the spoke-shaped retainers is allowed to deform in a direction away from the wall inner surface, and includes a cushion ridge projecting from a second surface of the movable film while extending radially outward from the central retainer. A height of the cushion ridge is varied in a direction of extension such that a timing of contact with an opposing wall inner surface in the housing area varies depending on an amount of deformation of the elastic deformation zone.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting element includes: an n-side nitride semiconductor layer growing process in which an n-side nitride semiconductor layer is grown; an active layer growing process in which an active layer comprising a plurality of nitride semiconductor well layers and a plurality of nitride semiconductor barrier layers is grown on the n-side nitride semiconductor layer, wherein the active layer is configured to emit ultraviolet light; and a p-side nitride semiconductor layer growing process in which a A-side nitride semiconductor layer is grown on the active layer. The active layer growing process includes: a first barrier layer growing process, a second barrier layer growing process, and a well layer growing process.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting device containing both a compound represented by the following general formula (1) and a compound represented by the following general formula (2) has a high light emission efficiency. The rings a to c each are a benzene ring that can be optionally condensed, R1 and R2 each represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, etc., four of R31 to R35 each are a substituted or unsubstituted carbazol-9-yl group, but all of these four are not the same, and the remaining one is a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, etc.

Abstract: According to the present invention, article provision device information which relates to an article provision device satisfying a search condition of an administrator who administers an article provision device from which an article is provided and which includes stock information of the article to be provided from the article provision device is acquired; the article provision device information, in which the stock information in the article provision device information is shown as detailed information is presenting to an administrator terminal; the article provision device information which relates to the article provision device satisfying the search condition of the user and which includes the stock information of articles to be supplied from the article provision device is acquired, and the article provision device information in which the stock information of the article provision device is shown by the simple information different from the detailed information is presented to the user terminal.

Abstract: A vibration isolation device with bracket includes a first attachment member and a second attachment member coupled by a main body rubber elastomer. The second attachment member has a frame shape with a through hole. The main body rubber elastomer is fastened to an upper surface side of the second attachment member. The main body rubber elastomer penetrates to a lower surface side of the second attachment member through the through hole. A holding rubber is formed integrally with the main body rubber elastomer on a lower surface of fitting portions of the second attachment member. A fixed surface is arranged on an upper surface of the fitting portions. The fixed surface is exposed by the main body rubber elastomer, directly superimposed on an inner surface of the fitting grooves, and pressed and fixed by static friction to the inner surface of the fitting grooves by the holding rubber.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry sets a pulse sequence to collect plural echo signals by application of a refocusing pulse more than once after application of an excitation pulse once, and collects data on plural slices that are parallel to each other by executing the pulse sequence more than once. The processing circuitry sets the pulse sequence such that a slice thickness for the refocusing pulse becomes larger than a slice thickness for the excitation pulse, and collects the data on the plural slices by executing the pulse sequence without consecutively collecting data on adjacent ones of the plural slices.

Abstract: A vibration damping device including a vibration-damping device main unit inserted into a mounting space of a bracket from a lateral side and securely supported by the bracket. The bracket includes engaging pieces on respective opposed inside faces of the mounting space, and engaging action of the engaging pieces with respect to respective detent engaging faces formed on a fixture member of the vibration-damping device main unit prevents the vibration-damping device main unit from becoming dislodged from the mounting space of the bracket. Opposed walls of the mounting space are each penetrated by an aperture window, and inspection flat surfaces are separately provided to an outside surface of each engaging piece visible from an outside through the aperture window and a corresponding external side surface of the bracket that is off the aperture window. The inspection flat surfaces are parallel to each other.

Abstract: A light emitting element includes an n-side nitride semiconductor layer; an active layer disposed on the n-side nitride semiconductor layer and including a plurality of nitride semiconductor well layers and a plurality of nitride semiconductor barrier layers, the active layer being configured to emit ultraviolet light; and a p-side nitride semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer. At least one of the plurality of barrier layers including, successively from the n-side nitride semiconductor layer side, a first barrier layer containing Al and Ga, and a second barrier layer disposed in contact with the first barrier layer, containing Al, Ga, and In, and having a smaller band gap energy than the first barrier layer. At least one of the plurality of well layers is disposed in contact with a second barrier layer and has a smaller band gap energy than the second barrier layer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element includes forming a first n-layer made of a nitride semiconductor layer above a first substrate using a first source gas including an Al source gas, a Ga source gas, and a Ge source gas. The method further includes forming a second n-layer made of a nitride semiconductor layer above the first n-layer using a second source gas including an Al source gas, a Ga source gas, and a Si source gas, exposing the second n-layer by removing the first substrate and the first n-layer, and forming an n-electrode on the second n-layer exposed in the exposing of the second n-layer.

Abstract: Provided is a Fe-based sintered body which has both of a high hardness and a high thermal conductivity and which can be more stably produced. The Fe-based sintered body includes: a matrix (1) containing Fe as a main component; and a hard phase (4) dispersed in the matrix (1). The matrix (1) is formed in a network shape and contains ?Fe. The hard phase (4) contains TiC.

Abstract: A plated material containing a base material and a metal plating that covers the base material, the base material containing a main raw material free of any carbon materials, and a carbon material that is present inside the main raw material. A plating pretreatment method including a first step of preparing a base material from a main raw material free of any carbon materials and a carbon material, the base material containing the main raw material and the carbon material that is present inside the main raw material; and a second step of charging the base material into a treatment tank, and immersing the base material in a supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid containing an organometallic complex of palladium in the treatment tank.

Abstract: There are provided a conductive nonwoven fabric and a manufacturing method thereof, the conductive nonwoven fabric including: a plated felt portion including a felt portion formed of a plurality of first fibers that extend in irregular directions and that are stacked, and a metal plating applied to the first fibers of the felt portion; and at least one plated warp including a warp formed of a plurality of second fibers and the metal plating applied to the second fibers of the warp. The at least one plated warp is formed to extend in a specific direction with respect to the plated felt portion, and a density of the second fibers is higher than a density of the first fibers.

Abstract: A conductive nonwoven fabric includes: a nonwoven fabric; and a plating portion having a conductive metal and covering a fiber of the nonwoven fabric. A value obtained by dividing an electric resistance value at an intermediate layer of the conductive nonwoven fabric by an electric resistance value at a surface layer of the conductive nonwoven fabric is 4.0 or less. The intermediate layer is a layer at an intermediate position in a thickness direction of the conductive nonwoven fabric.

Abstract: A conductor for a busbar electric wire can include a conductive plate material having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape and an opening formed on one side in a width direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the plate material. The width direction can correspond to a planar direction of the plate material. A busbar electric wire can include the conductor and an insulating sheath that covers the plate material.

Abstract: A vibration damping device including a main unit including first and second attachments connected by a rubber body, the second attachment including metallic first and second connectors inserted into metallic first and second grooves of a bracket. The metal is exposed on outer and lower faces of the first connector to be in metal-to-metal contact with groove-inside bottom and lower faces of the first groove. An upper urging rubber on the first connector contacts a groove-inside upper face of the first groove. The metal is exposed on a lower face of the second connector to be in metal-to-metal contact with a groove-inside lower face of the second groove. Upper and outer urging rubbers on the second connector contact groove-inside upper and bottom faces of the second groove. Detent engagers between the connectors and the grooves prevent dislodgment of the connectors from the grooves.

Abstract: A liquid-filled vibration damping device including a main unit and a bracket, the main unit including first and second attachments connected by a rubber body, and a closure member locked to the second attachment from below with a seal member sandwiched therebetween to seal a liquid chamber. The second attachment includes a pair of metallic connectors inserted into a pair of metallic grooves of the bracket. The metal is exposed on lower faces of the connectors which are pressed against groove-inside lower faces of the grooves in metal-to-metal contact. Convex parts protruding downward are provided at far-side ends of the connectors while concave parts are provided on the grooves at locations corresponding to the convex parts. Detent engagers preventing dislodgment of the connectors inserted in the grooves are constituted in metal-to-metal contact by the convex parts entering the concave parts to be engaged.

Abstract: A liquid-filled vibration damping device including a first and second attachment members elastically connected by a main rubber elastic body, and a liquid chamber sealed by a closure member attached to the second attachment member from below with a seal member interposed therebetween. The second attachment member and the closure member are attached to each other by connecting locks arranged in a circumferential direction. Each connecting lock includes a flexible locking piece projecting from one toward another of the second attachment member and the closure member while having a locking hole, and a locking claw formed on the other of the two members and hooked to the locking hole of the locking piece. The locking piece includes a guide groove extending linearly from the locking hole in a direction of projection to guide the locking claw into the locking hole.

Abstract: The driving judgment apparatus according to this disclosure includes a running data acquisition unit for acquiring the running data of a vehicle running on a predetermined course by manual driving of a driver after the vehicle that can run by self-driving or manual driving performs a model running on the course by self-driving; and an item judgment unit for judging the propriety of the driver's driving for each item based on evaluation reference data and at least one of the difference between the running data acquired by the running data acquisition unit and model running data and the running data acquired by the running data acquisition unit.