Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling structure, an upper swing structure swingably mounted on the lower traveling structure, an attachment, and processing circuitry. The attachment includes a boom attached to the upper swing structure, an arm attached to the distal end of the boom, and an end attachment attached to the distal end of the arm. The processing circuitry is configured to automatically move the attachment in such a manner as to relatively reduce the movement of the attachment.

Abstract: A phase difference observation apparatus includes a light source; an illumination guide to guide illumination light from the light source to an observation target object in a cell culture vessel; an optical imager to form an optical image of the observation target object on an image sensor; and a controller. The illumination guide includes a spatial modulator to change an intensity distribution of the illumination light; the controller contains intensity distribution correction information associating a position of the imaging guide with respect to the cell culture vessel with an intensity distribution of illumination light at the position of the optical imager; the controller acquires imaging system position information, which is the position of the optical imager; and the controller changes an intensity distribution of illumination light in the spatial modulator on the basis of the imaging system position information and the intensity distribution correction information.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of electrode films on a substrate, spaced from one another in a first direction. A charge storage film is provided on a side face the electrode films via a first insulating film. A semiconductor film is provided on a side face of the charge storage film via a second insulating film. The charge storage film includes a plurality of insulator regions contacting the first insulating film, a plurality of semiconductor or conductor regions provided between the insulator regions and another insulator region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor chip on which a first alignment mark, a second alignment mark, first and second terminals for measuring conduction, a wiring that electrically connects the first alignment mark and the first terminal, and a wiring that electrically connects the second alignment mark and the second terminal are provided; and a second semiconductor chip on which a third alignment mark, a fourth alignment mark, and a wiring that electrically connects the third alignment mark and the fourth alignment mark are provided and which is bonded to the first semiconductor chip in such a way that the first alignment mark and the third alignment mark overlap each other, and the second alignment mark and the fourth alignment mark overlap each other.

Abstract: A gyro sensor having increased sensitivity is provided, along with an electronic apparatus including the gyro sensor. The gyro sensor includes: a vibrator; a first piezoelectric layer, and a second piezoelectric layer. The first piezoelectric layer, which includes a first electrode pair and a first piezoelectric film arranged between the first electrode pair, is arranged on a front surface of the vibrator and is capable of causing the vibrator to vibrate in a first axis direction vertical to the front surface. The second piezoelectric layer, which includes a second electrode pair and a second piezoelectric film arranged between the second electrode pair, is arranged on the first piezoelectric layer and is capable of causing the vibrator to vibrate in the first axis direction. The second piezoelectric layer functions synchronously with the first piezoelectric layer to cause the vibrator to vibrate in the first axis direction.

Abstract: An angular velocity sensor includes: a frame including a pair of first beams extending in a first direction and opposed to each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a pair of second beams extending in the second direction and opposed to each other in the first direction, and connections between those pairs; a drive unit that vibrates the frame in a first plane, to which the first and second directions belong, in a vibration mode in which when one pair of those pairs move closer to each other, the other move away from each other, and vice versa; a first detector that detects, based on the amount of deformation of the frame in the first plane, an angular velocity around an axis of a third direction orthogonal to the first plane; and a support mechanism including a base portion and joint portions.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a gyro sensor capable of raising a sensitivity even with the same amplitude and an electronic apparatus including the gyro sensor. [Solving Means] A gyro sensor according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a vibrator; a first piezoelectric functional layer that includes a first electrode pair and a first piezoelectric film arranged between the first electrode pair, is arranged on a front surface of the vibrator, and is capable of causing the vibrator to vibrate in a first axis direction vertical to the front surface; and a second piezoelectric functional layer that includes a second electrode pair and a second piezoelectric film arranged between the second electrode pair, is arranged on the first piezoelectric functional layer, and is capable of causing the vibrator to vibrate in the first axis direction in sync with the first piezoelectric functional layer.

Abstract: An angular velocity sensor includes: a frame including a pair of first beams extending in a first direction and opposed to each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a pair of second beams extending in the second direction and opposed to each other in the first direction, and connections between those pairs; a drive unit that vibrates the frame in a first plane, to which the first and second directions belong, in a vibration mode in which when one pair of those pairs move closer to each other, the other move away from each other, and vice versa; a first detector that detects, based on the amount of deformation of the frame in the first plane, an angular velocity around an axis of a third direction orthogonal to the first plane; and a support mechanism including a base portion and joint portions.

Abstract: An angular velocity sensor includes an annular frame, a drive part, and a detection part. The frame has first beams and second beams. The first beams extend in an a-axis direction and are opposed to each other in a b-axis direction orthogonal to the a-axis direction. The second beams extend in the b-axis direction and are opposed to each other in the a-axis direction. The drive part causes the frame to oscillate within an XY plane to which the a-axis and the b-axis belong, in an oscillation mode where, when one of the first and second beams come closer to each other, the other separates from each other. The detection part detects an angular velocity around an axis in the Z-axis direction orthogonal to the XY plane, based on an amount of deformation of the frame oscillating in the oscillation mode within the XY plane.

Abstract: An angular velocity sensor includes: a frame including a pair of first beams extending in a first direction and opposed to each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a pair of second beams extending in the second direction and opposed to each other in the first direction, and connections between those pairs; a drive unit that vibrates the frame in a first plane, to which the first and second directions belong, in a vibration mode in which when one pair of those pairs move closer to each other, the other move away from each other, and vice versa; a first detector that detects, based on the amount of deformation of the frame in the first plane, an angular velocity around an axis of a third direction orthogonal to the first plane; and a support mechanism including a base portion and joint portions.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel method for decreasing the number of clinical cases for which trastuzumab administration is ineffective. The present invention provides a method for treating a living individual with epithelial cancer comprising: step (a) of selectively reducing KLRG1-positive immunocytes in the peripheral blood of a living individual with epithelial cancer ex vivo, which is positive for a cancer-specific membrane antigen expressed in epithelial cancer cells and positive for a KLRG1 ligand; and step (b) of administering, to the living individual, a therapeutic agent for cancer comprising an antibody reacting with the cancer-specific membrane antigen expressed in epithelial cancer cells and having antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity.

Abstract: Disclosed is an angular velocity sensor. The angular velocity sensor includes a first layer, a piezoelectric layer, and a second layer. The first layer has a first main surface and a second main surface, and includes a vibrator portion and a base portion that supports the vibrator portion. The piezoelectric layer is formed on the first main surface of the first layer. The second layer is integrally bonded to the base portion on a side of the second main surface of the first layer.

Abstract: An angular velocity sensor includes: a frame including a pair of first beams extending in a first direction and opposed to each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a pair of second beams extending in the second direction and opposed to each other in the first direction, and connections between those pairs; a drive unit that vibrates the frame in a first plane, to which the first and second directions belong, in a vibration mode in which when one pair of those pairs move closer to each other, the other move away from each other, and vice versa; a first detector that detects, based on the amount of deformation of the frame in the first plane, an angular velocity around an axis of a third direction orthogonal to the first plane; and a support mechanism including a base portion and joint portions.

Abstract: An angular velocity sensor includes an annular frame, a drive part, and a detection part. The frame has first beams and second beams. The first beams extend in an a-axis direction and are opposed to each other in a b-axis direction orthogonal to the a-axis direction. The second beams extend in the b-axis direction and are opposed to each other in the a-axis direction. The drive part causes the frame to oscillate within an XY plane to which the a-axis and the b-axis belong, in an oscillation mode where, when one of the first and second beams come closer to each other, the other separates from each other. The detection part detects an angular velocity around an axis in the Z-axis direction orthogonal to the XY plane, based on an amount of deformation of the frame oscillating in the oscillation mode within the XY plane.

Abstract: Provided is an angular velocity sensor including a first vibration element, a second vibration element, and a support substrate. The first vibration element detects a first angular velocity about an axis parallel to a first direction. The second vibration element detects a second angular velocity about an axis parallel to a second direction obliquely intersecting with the first direction, and generates an output signal corresponding to a third angular velocity about an axis parallel to a third direction orthogonal to the first direction. The support substrate supports the first vibration element and the second vibration element.

Abstract: In a plated member (3) that has a pure Sn plating layer (2) of a lead-free material on a surface of a base material 1, the orientation indices of a (101) plane and a (112) plane of the pure Sn plating layer are increased to values higher than the orientation indices of the other crystal orientation planes.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel method for decreasing the number of clinical cases for which trastuzumab administration is ineffective. The present invention provides a method for treating a living individual with epithelial cancer comprising: step (a) of selectively reducing KLRG1-positive immunocytes in the peripheral blood of a living individual with epithelial cancer ex vivo, which is positive for a cancer-specific membrane antigen expressed in epithelial cancer cells and positive for a KLRG1 ligand; and step (b) of administering, to the living individual, a therapeutic agent for cancer comprising an antibody reacting with the cancer-specific membrane antigen expressed in epithelial cancer cells and having antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity.

Abstract: A vibrating gyrosensor includes a support substrate on which a wiring pattern having lands is formed. A vibrating element is mounted on a surface of the support substrate. The vibrating element includes a base part having a mounting surface on which a number of terminals connectable to the lands is formed. A vibrator part integrally projects from a side of the base part and has a substrate-facing surface coplanar with the mounting surface of the base part. The vibrator part has a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode layer which are laminated on the substrate-facing surface. The vibrator part vibrates when an AC signal is applied between the first and second electrode layers. The central electric field strength of the AC signal is set at a position shifting to the positive direction from the center of a hysteresis loop of the piezoelectric layer.

Abstract: A vibrating gyrosensor includes a support substrate on which a wiring pattern having a plurality of lands is formed, and a vibrating element mounted on a surface of the support substrate. The vibrating element includes a base part having a mounting surface on which a plurality of terminals, and a vibrator part integrally projected in a cantilever manner from one of the sides of the base part and having a substrate-facing surface coplanar with the mounting surface of the base part. The vibrator part has a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode layer, which are formed on the substrate-facing surface in that order. Furthermore, a reinforcing part is formed at the base end of the vibrator part so that the sectional area of the vibrator part gradually increases toward the base part.

Abstract: An angular velocity sensor includes a base portion, three arm portions that extend as one piece from the base portion to an approximately same direction, a piezoelectric film formed on one surface of each of the arm portions, drive electrodes for excitation formed on the piezoelectric films of at least two outer arm portions, and detection electrodes for angular velocity detection formed on the piezoelectric film of at least a center arm portion. Among the three arm portions, the two outer arm portions are excited in phase, and the center arm portion is excited in opposite phase with the two outer arm portions. The drive electrodes excite the arm portions in a first direction vertical to surfaces on which the piezoelectric films are formed. The detection electrodes detect a vibration in a second direction parallel to the surfaces on which the piezoelectric films of the arm portions are formed.