Abstract: A zirconia-based porous body including an oxide of a rare earth element, in which when a pore volume in a pore distribution range of 30 nm or more and 200 nm or less after heating at 1150° C. for 12 hours under atmospheric pressure is defined as pore volume A and a pore volume in a pore distribution range of 30 nm or more and 200 nm or less before heating is defined as pore volume B, the pore volume A is 0.10 ml/g or more and 0.40 ml/g or less, and a pore volume retention ratio X in a pore distribution range of 30 nm or more and 200 nm or less represented by a formula [[(pore volume A)/(pore volume B)]×100] is 25% or more and 95% or less.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a zirconia-based porous body which can be pulverized in a relatively short time and in which performance deterioration caused by pulverization is suppressed. The present invention pertains to a zirconia-based porous body in which the total pore volume is at least 1.0 ml/g, the pore volume of pores having a diameter of 20-100 nm (exclusive of 100) is at most 0.3 ml/g, and the pore volume of pores having a diameter of 100-1000 nm is at least 0.5 ml/g.

Abstract: A vehicle spat device includes: a housing; a spat that adjusts an airflow toward a wheel of a vehicle by being displaced between a storage position at which the spat is stored in the housing and a deployed position at which the spat is deployed from the housing; a drive link that rotates between a position at which the spat is disposed at the storage position and a position at which the spat is disposed at the deployed position; and a transmission link that is coupled to the drive link and the spat in a relatively rotatable manner and transmits power of the drive link to the spat. When an external force acts on the spat, the transmission link moves to change a relative position between the drive link and the spat by the external force, and retracts the spat in a direction toward the housing.

Abstract: A spat control device controls a spat device that includes a right spat and a left spat for front wheels of a vehicle. The spat control device includes: an acquisition unit acquiring a shape of a road in front of the vehicle; and a control unit adjusting deployment amounts of the spats by controlling drive units of the spat device. When the vehicle travels on a curve, the right or left wheel that is on an inner side of a turn is set to an inner wheel and the other wheel that is on an outer side of the turn is set to an outer wheel. When the acquired road shape includes the curve, the control unit performs an adjustment process of making a deployment amount of one of the spats, corresponding to the outer wheel, larger than a deployment amount of another spat corresponding to the inner wheel.

Abstract: A composition including a fluorine-containing polymer and a silicon-containing compound, wherein the phosphorus content in the composition is 20 ppm or less. Also disclosed is a molded article obtained from the composition, and a second composition containing a fluorine-containing polymer and a silicon-containing polymer, wherein a content of an amide solvent in the composition is less than 1000 ppm.

Abstract: Disclosed is a test soil comprising a plurality of molecules of labeled polypeptides, wherein the labeled polypeptide is a polypeptide to which a dye is added by a covalent bond, and the value of X calculated by the following formula is 100,000 or more: X = Number of dyes comprised in one molecule of labeled polyeptide × Molar absorption coefficient of dye M -1 cm -1 .

Abstract: An authentication control apparatus (10) includes: a biometric information acquisition unit (11) that acquires biometric information of a pedestrian on a predetermined passage in which a plurality of light emitting elements are embedded from a captured image of the pedestrian; an authentication control unit (12) that acquires a biometric authentication result obtained using the acquired biometric information and biometric information of a plurality of persons; a position specification unit (13) that specifies a position of the pedestrian on the passage by analyzing the captured image; and a display control unit (14) that performs display control related to the biometric authentication result for the light emitting element corresponding to a light emission target region including the specified position.

Abstract: An image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an optical modulator, an optical device, and a sensor unit. The optical device splits a modulated light beam modulated by the optical modulator into a first split light beam and a second split light beam, the first split light beam and the second split light beam each travelling in a different direction, and prevents a light beam, which backwardly travels on an optical path of the first split light beam and enters the optical device, from travelling along an optical path of the second split light beam. The sensor unit is disposed on the optical path of the second split light beam and detects a state of the second split light beam.

Abstract: An authentication control apparatus (10) includes: an image acquisition unit (11) that acquires an image obtained by imaging a body including a face of an authentication target person; an authentication control unit (12) that acquires a face authentication result obtained using face feature information of a plurality of persons and face feature information extracted from the image; a body surface temperature acquisition unit (13) that acquires a body surface temperature measured from the authentication target person; a decision unit (14) that decides a display mode associated to a combination of the face authentication result and the body surface temperature; and an output unit (15) that outputs the image to a predetermined display device according to the decided display mode.

Abstract: A vehicle spat device includes; a variable support mechanism configured to support a spat serving as an aerodynamic member at an expanded position in front of a wheel and a retracted position separated from the expanded position; an impact relaxation mechanism configured to allow retreating operation accompanied by displacement of the spat based on input of an external force to the spat; and a drive mechanism configured to apply a drive force to the variable support mechanism to cause the spat to operate between an expanded position and a retracted position as an operating range. The impact relaxation mechanism allows the retreating operation of the spat supported at the retracted position to a retreating position positioned further closer to a vehicle body side than the retracted position.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method for improving the fluidity of a crystal nucleating agent for polyolefin resins without impairing other properties, and a polyolefin resin composition containing the crystal nucleating agent with improved fluidity and having excellent properties including transparency, and a molded article thereof. Adjustment to specific characteristics can improve the fluidity of a crystal nucleating agent for polyolefin resins, and the use of such a crystal nucleating agent having specific characteristics remarkably improves the workability during molding processing and provides a polyolefin resin composition excellent in properties such as transparency, and a molded article thereof.

Abstract: An image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an optical modulator, an optical device, and a sensor unit. The optical device splits a modulated light beam modulated by the optical modulator into a first split light beam and a second split light beam, the first split light beam and the second split light beam each travelling in a different direction, and prevents a light beam, which backwardly travels on an optical path of the first split light beam and enters the optical device, from travelling along an optical path of the second split light beam. The sensor unit is disposed on the optical path of the second split light beam and detects a state of the second split light beam.

Abstract: Provided is a gate system arranged between a first region and a second region, including a guide that defines a movement path of a user from the first region to the second region and an imaging device that photographs the user to acquire an image used for biometric authentication. The movement path includes a first portion in which the user is photographed and a second portion through which the user passes after being photographed. The first portion extends from the first region toward the imaging device in a first direction that is parallel to an optical axis of the imaging device. The second portion extends from an end of the first portion in a second direction that is not parallel to the first direction.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a crystal nucleating agent composition including a compound represented by formula (1) and a compound represented by formula (2). R1 is a C1-C4 alkyl group, R1 binds to the carbon at position 3 or 4 of a cyclohexane ring. When M1 is a calcium ion or a hydroxyaluminum ion, a is 2, and b is 1, and when M1 is a sodium ion or a lithiumion, a is 1, and b is 2. R2 to R5 are the same or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C9 alkyl group, R6 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkyl group. When M2 is an alkali metal ion, c is 1, and d is 1, and when M2 is an alkaline earth metal ion, a zinc ion, or ahydroxyaluminum ion, c is 2, and d is 2.

Abstract: The invention relates to a modifying agent for polyolefin resins, comprising a calcium-containing inorganic filler whose particle surface is treated with an alicyclic dicarboxylic acid represented by formula (1) and/or formula (2); a polyolefin resin composition comprising the modifying agent for polyolefin resins; and a polyolefin resin molded article comprising the composition. (In formula (1), R1 is a C1-C4 alkyl group, and R1 binds to the carbon at position 3 or 4 of a cyclohexane ring.) (In formula (2), R2 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 alkyl group, and R2 binds to the carbon at position 3 or 4 of a cyclohexene ring.

Abstract: Provided is a metal salt of an alicyclic dicarboxylic acid with excellent dispersibility in polyolefin resins, and excellent crystallinity improving effect that is essential as a crystal nucleating agent for polyolefin resins, regardless of processing conditions. A method is also provided for producing the metal salt of an alicyclic dicarboxylic acid; a crystal nucleating agent containing the metal salt of an alicyclic dicarboxylic acid; a crystal nucleating agent composition for polyolefin resins containing the crystal nucleating agent and a fatty acid metal salt; a polyolefin resin composition containing the crystal nucleating agent; and a polyolefin resin molded article obtained using the polyolefin resin composition. Provided is a metal salt of an alicyclic dicarboxylic acid in which the alicyclic dicarboxylic acid is an alkyl substituent-containing cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid, and the metal salt is a calcium salt, a hydroxyaluminum salt, a disodium salt, or a dilithium salt.

Abstract: A zirconia-based porous body including an oxide of a rare earth element, in which when a pore volume in a pore distribution range of 30 nm or more and 200 nm or less after heating at 1150° C. for 12 hours under atmospheric pressure is defined as pore volume A and a pore volume in a pore distribution range of 30 nm or more and 200 nm or less before heating is defined as pore volume B, the pore volume A is 0.10 ml/g or more and 0.40 ml/g or less, and a pore volume retention ratio X in a pore distribution range of 30 nm or more and 200 nm or less represented by a formula [[(pore volume A)/(pore volume B)]×100] is 25% or more and 95% or less.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method for improving the fluidity of a crystal nucleating agent for polyolefin resins without impairing other properties, and a polyolefin resin composition containing the crystal nucleating agent with improved fluidity and having excellent properties including transparency, and a molded article thereof. Adjustment to specific characteristics can improve the fluidity of a crystal nucleating agent for polyolefin resins, and the use of such a crystal nucleating agent having specific characteristics remarkably improves the workability during molding processing and provides a polyolefin resin composition excellent in properties such as transparency, and a molded article thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bioparticle measuring method including detecting a signal from a first measurement sample and a signal from a second measurement sample, wherein the first measurement sample is prepared by mixing a first sample containing a bioparticle sampled from a specimen with a detector capable of binding to the bioparticle and containing a labeled substance, in the presence of an inhibitor capable of binding to the bioparticle and containing none of the labeled substance. The second measurement sample is prepared by mixing a second sample sampled from the same specimen independently from the first sample with the detector, under a condition that the inhibitor is substantially absent. A measurement result is then calculated from the detected signals from the first and second measurement samples.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bioparticle measuring method including forming on a solid phase a complex of a sample containing a bioparticle sampled from a specimen, a capturer containing a tag which binds to the solid phase and capable of binding to the bioparticle, and a detector capable of binding to the bioparticle and containing a labeled substance. A part or the whole of the complex may be dissociated from the solid phase to prepare a measurement sample containing a part or the whole of the complex not fixed on the solid phase, and signals from the measurement sample may be detected by a particle analyzer.