Abstract: An image acquisition unit (2020) acquires an analysis image. The analysis image is an image in which a plurality of cell nuclei in a lesion of a target person are captured. A feature-value calculation unit (2040) calculates the feature-value relating to the cell nuclei from the analysis image. An evaluation function acquisition unit (2060) acquires an evaluation function from an evaluation function storage unit (10). The evaluation function is a function with which prediction information is calculated based on the feature-value. The prediction information generation unit (2080) generates prediction information relating to a target person based on a feature-value, which has been calculated from an analysis image, and an evaluation function which has been acquired by the evaluation function acquisition unit (2060). The prediction information is information indicating a prediction of a prognosis of a disease of the target person or a prediction of malignancy of a disease of the target person.

Abstract: An image acquisition unit (2020) acquires an analysis image. The analysis image is an image in which a plurality of cell nuclei in a lesion of a target person are captured. A feature-value calculation unit (2040) calculates the feature-value relating to the cell nuclei from the analysis image. An evaluation function acquisition unit (2060) acquires an evaluation function from an evaluation function storage unit (10). The evaluation function is a function with which prediction information is calculated based on the feature-value. The prediction information generation unit (2080) generates prediction information relating to a target person based on a feature-value, which has been calculated from an analysis image, and an evaluation function which has been acquired by the evaluation function acquisition unit (2060). The prediction information is information indicating a prediction of a prognosis of a disease of the target person or a prediction of malignancy of a disease of the target person.

Abstract: A dispersing agent characterized in that said dispersing agent is prepared by reacting primary and/or secondary amino groups of an amine compound comprising a polyamine (C) with isocyanate groups of a urethane prepolymer (E) having two isocyanate groups in one terminal region, wherein said urethane prepolymer (E) has been prepared by reacting hydroxyl groups in a vinyl polymer (A) having two hydroxyl groups in one terminal region with isocyanate groups in diisocyanates (B), and in that an amine number of said dispersing agent is 1 to 100 mgKOH/g is disclosed. The dispersing agent of the present invention has excellent dispersibility, flowability, and storage stability when used in small quantities. A pigment-dispersed product can be prepared therefrom, independently of the kinds of binder resin or solvent used. Further, the present invention is suitable for offset ink, gravure ink, resist ink for a color filter, inkjet ink, coating composition, and colored resin composition.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating a bone fracture comprises an intramedullary rod extending through a first bone segment of a fractured bone. A lag screw assembly extends through a first transverse aperture in the rod, while a control member extends through a second transverse aperture longitudinally offset from the first aperture. The lag screw assembly includes a lag screw engaged to the second bone segment and a locking sleeve mounted over a proximal portion of the lag screw. The locking sleeve defines a groove aligned with the second aperture. The control member includes a distal portion penetrating the bone segments, an intermediate portion configured to engage the second aperture. and an enlarged head configured to slidably engage the groove. The groove includes a terminus that contacts the head of the control member after a predetermined amount of lateral migration of the lag screw as the fracture collapses.

Abstract: A dispersing agent characterized in that said dispersing agent is prepared by reacting primary and/or secondary amino groups of an amine compound comprising a polyamine (C) with isocyanate groups of a urethane prepolymer (E) having two isocyanate groups in one terminal region, wherein said urethane prepolymer (E) has been prepared by reacting hydroxyl groups in a vinyl polymer (A) having two hydroxyl groups in one terminal region with isocyanate groups in diisocyanates (B), and in that an amine number of said dispersing agent is 1 to 100 mgKOH/g is disclosed. The dispersing agent of the present invention has excellent dispersibility, flowability, and storage stability when used in small quantities. A pigment-dispersed product can be prepared therefrom, independently of the kinds of binder resin or solvent used. Further, the present invention is suitable for offset ink, gravure ink, resist ink for a color filter, inkjet ink, coating composition, and colored resin composition.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating a bone fracture comprises an intramedullary rod extending through a first bone segment of a fractured bone. A lag screw assembly extends through a first transverse aperture in the rod, while a control member extends through a second transverse aperture longitudinally offset from the first aperture. The lag screw assembly includes a lag screw engaged to the second bone segment and a locking sleeve mounted over a proximal portion of the lag screw. The locking sleeve defines a groove aligned with the second aperture. The control member includes a distal portion penetrating the bone segments, an intermediate portion configured to engage the second aperture and an enlarged head configured to slidably engage the groove. The groove includes a terminus that contacts the head of the control member after a predetermined amount of lateral migration of the lag screw as the fracture collapses.

Abstract: The invention provides methods and apparatuses for characterizing the folding and aggregation dynamics of biological molecules, including stability of biological molecules. The methods and apparatuses of the invention can be used, for example, to identify conditions that affect the stability of a biological molecule, to identify compounds or ligands that bind to a biological molecule, and to identify compounds that modulate the interaction between a biological molecule and a ligand.

Abstract: A plate-shaped article is immersed in a cleaning liquid filling a cleaning bath having an overflowing surface through which the cleaning liquid flows out, and is rinsed out. In the cleaning bath, streams mostly being directed away from a predetermined plane approximately perpendicular to the overflowing surface are formed. The plate-shaped article is then brought into the cleaning liquid having the stream maintaining a state where the plate-shaped article intersects the predetermined plane and the surfaces of the plate-shaped article are in approximately parallel to the streams mostly being directed away from the predetermined plane on the surface of the cleaning liquid.

Abstract: A plate-shaped article is immersed in a cleaning liquid filling a cleaning bath having an overflowing surface through which the cleaning liquid flows out, and is rinsed out. In the cleaning bath, streams mostly being directed away from a predetermined plane approximately perpendicular to the overflowing surface are formed. The plate-shaped article is then brought into the cleaning liquid having the stream maintaining a state where the plate-shaped article intersects the predetermined plane and the surfaces of the plate-shaped article are in approximately parallel to the streams mostly being directed away from the predetermined plane on the surface of the cleaning liquid.

Abstract: In a apparatus made of silica such as a heating furnace, a wafer basket, stick or the like used for semiconductor device fabrication, a first silica layer on the side faced to a semiconductor wafer contains a large amount of the OH group, and a second silica layer on the opposed side contains a small amount of the OH group. With this structure, it is possible to reduce the amount of impurities released through the first silica layer, and to suppress the deformation of the apparatus by the second silica layer. Also, by holding a third silica layer between the first and second silica layers, it is possible to further reduce the amount of impurities released from the first silica layer.

Abstract: A program translation calculating section translates a machining program of a turret punch press to a form which a laser beam machine is able to put into practice according to first and second translating program groups. The laser beam machine is drive controlled based on the translated machining program.

Abstract: A mat base plate for use with a shrinkable mat is shown including an upstanding rim extending around a floor of the mat base plate. The rim has a plateau surface at the top thereof, an outer wall and a slope extending from said plateau, continuously to the bottom of the mat-receiving basin that is constituted by the rim and floor of the mat base plate. In the fourth embodiment, the rim is semi-cylindrical or at least convexly arcuate in cross-sectional shape, and has a rough surface having the appearance of a plurality of wave-like convexes and concaves.

Abstract: The mat base plate which is intended for use as a substrate for a door mat includes an outer peripheral rim, a plurality of concentric annular steps from the outer peripheral rim inwardly and downwardly and a central well to provide an aesthetic appearance for the plate/plate combination even when a shrunken mat is placed on the plate.