Abstract: Systems and methods for flow cytometry. The methods comprise: labeling cells of a sample with Raman tags; causing the sample to flow through a microfluidic channel of a flow cytometer through which a laser beam passes; detecting Raman signals emitted from the Raman tags while being illuminated by the laser beam; and determining characteristics of the cells based on the detected Raman signals.

Abstract: There are provided, for example, a reducing agent that can be used in a chemical looping method, a method of producing a gas using such a reducing agent and a method of increasing conversion efficiency, through which the efficiency of converting carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide is high. The reducing agent of the present invention is a reducing agent that produces valuables containing carbon by reducing carbon dioxide, including a granular support having a plurality of pores and an angle of repose of 45° or more and an oxygen carrier which is supported on the support and has oxygen ion conductivity. In addition, in the reducing agent of the present invention, the support preferably has an average pore size of 0.1 nm or more.

Abstract: A compound has an excellent rate of change in HTP caused by exposure. A liquid crystal composition is formed of the compound. A cured product, an optically anisotropic body, and a reflective film can be obtained by curing the liquid crystal composition.

Abstract: A film forming method includes preparing a substrate having an amorphous silicon film on a surface thereof, diffusing nickel into the amorphous silicon film by supplying a nickel source gas to the amorphous silicon film, and forming a polycrystalline silicon film by heating the amorphous silicon film, and crystallizing the amorphous silicon film by metal-induced lateral crystallization using the nickel diffused in the amorphous silicon film as a nucleus.

Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic complex includes: preparing a raw material mixture that contains 5% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less of first rare earth aluminate fluorescent material particles containing an activating element and a first rare earth element different from the activating element, 0.1% by mass or more and 32% by mass or less of oxide particles containing a second rare earth element, and the balance of aluminum oxide particles, relative to 100% by mass of the total amount of the first rare earth aluminate fluorescent material particles, the oxide particles, and the aluminum oxide particles; preparing a molded body of the raw material mixture; and obtaining a sintered body by calcining the molded body in a temperature range of 1,550° C. or higher and 1,800° C. or lower.

Abstract: In various embodiments, controlled heating and/or cooling conditions are utilized during the fabrication of aluminum nitride single crystals and aluminum nitride bulk polycrystalline ceramics. Thermal treatments may also be utilized to control properties of aluminum nitride crystals after fabrication.

Abstract: A deposition method of forming silicon oxide films collectively on a plurality of substrates in a processing container performs a plurality of execution cycles each of which includes: supplying a silicon material gas containing an organoamino-functionalized oligosiloxane compound into the processing container; and supplying an oxidizing gas into the processing container adjusted to a pressure of 1 Torr to 10 Torr (133 Pa to 1333 Pa).

Abstract: With respect to a film deposition method of depositing a silicon nitride film doped with a desired metal on a substrate, the film deposition method includes (a) supplying a silicon-containing gas into a processing chamber in which the substrate is accommodated, (b) supplying a metal-containing gas into the processing chamber, the metal-containing gas containing the desired metal, (c) supplying a nitrogen-containing gas into the processing chamber, after performing (a) at least once and performing (b) at least once.

Abstract: A film forming method of forming a metal-containing film on a substrate, the film forming method comprising: a) supplying a metal-containing gas to the substrate; b) supplying a reactive gas to the substrate, the reactive gas being reactive with the metal-containing gas; and c) supplying a first gas to the substrate, the first gas containing a halogen gas, a hydrogen halide gas, or both.

Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic complex includes: preparing a raw material mixture that contains 5% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less of first rare earth aluminate fluorescent material particles containing an activating element and a first rare earth element different from the activating element, 0.1% by mass or more and 32% by mass or less of oxide particles containing a second rare earth element, and the balance of aluminum oxide particles, relative to 100% by mass of the total amount of the first rare earth aluminate fluorescent material particles, the oxide particles, and the aluminum oxide particles; preparing a molded body of the raw material mixture; and obtaining a sintered body by calcining the molded body in a temperature range of 1,550° C. or higher and 1,800° C. or lower.

Abstract: A relay control device controls a relay circuit mounted on a vehicle and connecting an inverter circuit that drives a motor mounted on the vehicle and a battery, the relay control device including: an end detection unit that detects that traveling of the vehicle has ended; and a determination unit that determines a possibility that power is supplied to the battery from an outside, and controls a time taken from when traveling of the vehicle ends to when the relay circuit is turned off based on the determination.

Abstract: In order to more appropriately determine a range of a hyperparameter for use in learning by a gradient descent method, an information processing apparatus (1) includes: an acquisition unit (11) that acquires at least one selected from the group consisting of a condition to be satisfied by a loss function, a target error, a condition concerning an initial value of the gradient descent method, and a dimension of a model parameter; and a determination unit (12) that determines a range to be satisfied by at least one hyperparameter selected from the group consisting of a plurality of hyperparameters for use in learning by the gradient descent method, the range being determined in accordance with information which has been acquired by the acquisition unit (11).

Abstract: A vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a vehicle control system according to one embodiment of the present invention are configured to acquire a physical quantity relating to a speed of a vehicle and a physical quantity relating to a requested braking force required to decelerate the vehicle and to generate a driving force by a driving device under a state in which a friction braking force is being generated when the vehicle is to be decelerated based on the physical quantity relating to the requested braking force.

Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] The present invention provides a medicament for cytokine release syndrome, autoimmune-related adverse events, macrophage activation syndrome, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis or Langerhans cell histiocytosis. [Means to Solve the Problem] The present invention provides a medicament for at least one selected from the group consisting of cytokine release syndrome, autoimmune-related adverse events, macrophage activation syndrome, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and Langerhans cell histiocytosis, wherein the medicament comprises a compound represented by the following formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: Virtual first logical volumes are provided to a host, a virtual second logical volume correlated with any one of the first logical volumes is created in a storage node in correlation with a storage control module disposed in the storage node, a correspondence relationship between the first and second logical volumes is managed as mapping information, a storage node which is an assigning distribution of an I/O request is specified on the basis of the mapping information in a case where the I/O request in which the first logical volume is designated as an I/O destination is given from the host, the I/O request is assigned to the storage control module of its own node in a case where the specified storage node is its own node, and the I/O request is assigned to another storage node in a case where the specified storage node is another storage node.

Abstract: A launcher for placement and introduction of a medical device into a body lumen is provided. In one embodiment, the medical device is a nested cannula which is pre-designed and fabricated for access to a lumen within a patient body. The launcher comprises a stent having a plurality of guidewires, the guidewires extending from the stent to an external access point of the patient. The guidewires are positioned within a guidetube and disposed within a plurality of channels therein. In some embodiments, a bronchial access assembly comprising a mouthpiece and a J-tube for access to the trachea is also provided. In another embodiment, a stent for introducing a nested cannula is provided. The stent is comprised of a shape memory alloy or other material designed to be deployed within a body lumen, and plurality of guidewires affixed to the stent. In another embodiment, a method for introducing a nested cannula into a body lumen is provided.

Abstract: Provided is a motor control device that can reduce an error component resulting from braking or the like to bring an estimated motor speed closer to an actual motor speed, thereby improving the accuracy of control of a motor. The motor control device includes a controller 6 that outputs a first torque instruction signal that is an instruction to specify a torque of an electric motor 1, and a damping control unit 500.

Abstract: Provided is a motor controller that can estimate the magnetic flux of a magnet without changing a current of an electric motor. A motor controller 1 includes a current detecting unit 15 that detects a current of an electric motor 5, a current stability determining unit 10 that determines whether or not a current detected by the current detecting unit 15 is stable, and a magnetic flux calculating unit (filters 8a to 8e, a current conversion unit 4b, a resistance calculating unit 9, a magnet magnetic flux estimating unit 11) that based on a determination made by the current stability determining unit 10 as to current stability, calculates the magnetic flux of a magnet of the electric motor 5, according to a voltage equation in a rotating coordinate system, to output the calculated magnet flux.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a control apparatus for an electric vehicle capable of preventing the vehicle from being destabilized because a rear wheel is locked first or drivability from reducing because a front wheel is locked early. A control apparatus includes a regenerative braking force calculation portion configured to calculate a regenerative braking force to be generated on each of a front motor and a rear motor based on a request braking force requested to an electric vehicle, a power limit portion configured to reduce the regenerative braking force based on a power limit on a power source, and a frictional braking force output portion configured to output an instruction for generating a frictional braking force according to a regenerative braking force reduction amount, which is an amount of a reduction in the regenerative braking force by the power limit portion, to a brake apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polishing apparatus and a polishing method for polishing a workpiece, such as a wafer on which a pattern is formed, on a polishing pad, and more particularly, relates to a polishing apparatus and a polishing method for detecting a geometric element of a pattern, such as a pitch. The polishing apparatus includes: a polishing table (3) configured to support a polishing pad (2); a polishing head (1) configured to press a workpiece (W), having a pattern formed therein, against the polishing pad (2) and polish a surface of the workpiece (W), an imaging device (20) disposed in the polishing table (3) and configured to generate an image including at least the pattern of the workpiece (W), and an image analysis system (30) configured determining a geometric element of the pattern of the workpiece (W) based on the image.