Abstract: The present invention provides a method for easily and simply producing a zinc oxide phosphor that has a high level of safety and a high emission intensity and is useful for, for example, cosmetic applications. The present invention also provides a zinc oxide phosphor having such excellent physical properties and a cosmetic product containing the same. Provided is a method for producing a zinc oxide phosphor, including: a raw material mixing step of mixing an oxygen-containing zinc compound and a sulfur-containing compound; and a firing step of firing the raw material mixture obtained in the raw material mixing step, the firing step including firing in a reducing atmosphere followed by firing in an oxygen-containing atmosphere.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cosmetic product capable of making the skin look youthful and producing a natural three-dimensional appearance. The present invention relates to a cosmetic product including two or more phosphors each containing an inorganic compound, wherein the cosmetic product, upon excitation by excitation light having a wavelength of 365 nm, emits an emission spectrum having a fluorescence emission peak in each of the range of 400 to 530 nm and the range of 620 to 720 nm and having an I2/I1 of 1 to 30, where I1 is a maximum emission intensity in the range of 530 to 620 nm and I2 is a maximum peak intensity in the range of 620 to 720 nm.

Abstract: An ablation needle device can maintain flexibility of an injection needle even when the length of an electrode constituted at a distal end portion thereof is increased and can perform cooling with small nonuniformity in the electrode during ablation. The ablation needle device includes: a hollow needle that is composed of a proximal end portion that is insulation-coated and a distal end portion constituting an electrode; a hub that includes a liquid injection port and a discharge port; an electric connector; a thermocouple; and cooling liquid introducing pipes each of which extends in the inside of the hollow needle, each of which has a distal end positioned in the inside of the distal end portion of the hollow needle, and each of which ejects liquid injected from the injection port from a distal end opening thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a computer-implemented method for determining a loyalty program account at a point-of-sale (POS) device comprising receiving payment transaction data associated with a payment transaction between a user and a merchant, identifying a loyalty program provider associated with the merchant based on receiving merchant identification data associated with an identification of the merchant included in the payment transaction data, determining a user identifier identifying a loyalty program account based on a payment account number of a payment account, communicating a request for validation of the loyalty program account, the request for validation including the user identifier, receiving an indication that the loyalty program account of the user is valid and loyalty program account information associated with the loyalty program account of the user, and processing the payment transaction between the user and the merchant. A system and computer program product are also disclosed.

Abstract: To obtain an inorganic blue fluorescent material that is composed of elements for which there are no suspected harmful effects on humans, and that has excellent texture when applied to skin. A fluorescent material for a cosmetic being a composite oxide containing from 0.0005 to 0.05 (in terms of a mole ratio relative to 1 mol of phosphorous in a molecule) of Ce in a compound represented by general formula CaaPbOc (3.2?a?5.0, b=2, c=a+5) and having an average particle diameter of from 1 to 10 ?m.

Abstract: An optical fiber placement surface has formed thereon width-directional position restricting sections for partially restricting the position of an optical fiber ribbon in a width direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the optical fiber ribbon. A portion other than the width-directional position restricting sections serves as a width-directional position non-restricting section that does not restrict the position of the optical fiber ribbon in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the optical fiber ribbon. A pressing member is formed at a portion corresponding to the width-directional position non-restricting section. On the other hand, the pressing member is not formed at positions corresponding to the width-directional positional restricting sections. Thus, the optical fiber ribbon is not pressed at the width-directional positional restricting sections. Portions at which the optical fiber ribbon is not pressed by the pressing member are defined as non-main pressing sections.

Abstract: To provide a peptide that selectively activates type 2 neuromedin U receptor and is chemically stable under physiological conditions. A peptide represented by Formula (1) described in the specification.

Abstract: To provide a peptide that selectively activates type 2 neuromedin U receptor and is chemically stable under physiological conditions. A peptide represented by Formula (1) described in the specification.

Abstract: A clearing delay estimate may be employed that provides issuers with an accurate estimate for when a transaction will be cleared, thus providing more transparency to issuers to more efficiently manage funds. An algorithm may be employed to estimate clearance timing information and insert the timing information into communications with the issuer or other parties to a transaction involving a payment device. The estimated clearance timing information may be determined based on machine learning and other artificial intelligence techniques using historical data related to clearance timing for the particular entities involved in each transaction.

Abstract: A method for automatically generating an account profile for a user or household, including: determining a first key identification data element type; determining a first key identification data element value; determining a linking identification data element type different than the first key identification data element type; determining at least one linking identification data element value; determining at least one second key identification data element value; and generating an account profile for the user or profile, the user account profile comprising a plurality of key identification data element values associated with the at least one user. A system and computer program product for automatically generating an account profile for a user or household are also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is a seaming device capable of easily adjusting clearances between a chuck unit (seaming chuck device) and first and second seaming rolls in a short period of time, easily changing a seaming cycle, and producing a seamed sample can at a normal operation speed. In the seaming device, a seaming unit (130) carries out seaming operation by seaming rolls (131), a driving source for the swinging shaft (132) of the seaming rolls (131) is configured to be capable of controlling the seaming operation independently, and the driving output shaft (137) of a driving source (158) and the swinging shaft (132) of the seaming rolls are coupled through a ball spline (140).

Abstract: A chemical heat storage device includes a reactor which has a heat storage material which generates heat by a chemical reaction with a reactive medium and desorbs the reactive medium by heat absorption, and a receptacle which houses the heat storage material therein; a reservoir which stores the reactive medium; a connecting pipe through which the reactor and the reservoir communicate with each other and the reactive medium is allowed to flow between the reactor and the reservoir, wherein the reactive medium is ammonia, the receptacle is made of a metallic material (for example, stainless steel), and at least a portion of an inner surface of the receptacle which comes into contact with the ammonia is formed with a nickel layer containing 90% nickel by mass or more.

Abstract: Provided is a chemical heat storage apparatus that includes a reactor that exchanges heat with a heating object and includes a reaction material generating heat via chemical reaction with a reaction medium, the reaction medium being desorbed from the reaction material when heat is given, a reservoir storing the reaction medium, a reaction medium flow system allowing the reaction medium to flow between the reactor and the reservoir, a heat generation control unit controlling the reaction medium flow system, and an exhaust gas utilization unit desorbing the reaction medium from the reaction material via heat of exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine and heating the heating object via the heat of the exhaust gas when a temperature of the exhaust gas reaches a predetermined temperature or more.

Abstract: Provided are a rubber composition that shows a balanced improvement in fuel economy, abrasion resistance, and wet grip performance while having good processability, and a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition containing: a copolymer synthesized by copolymerizing a conjugated diene monomer and a compound represented by the formula (1) below; and carbon black and/or silica, wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-C30 hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: An ablation needle device is a needle device intended for an ablation treatment of an adrenal tumor with transvenous introduction of an injection needle into an adrenal gland. The ablation needle device includes a metal injection needle including a pointed tubular distal portion and a tubular proximal portion, and a grip portion attached to a proximal side of the injection needle. The proximal portion of the injection needle is given flexibility by forming a helical slit in a distal region of the proximal portion. An outer surface of the proximal portion is coated with resin. A distal end of the distal portion of the injection needle is closed. A plurality of fine holes are formed in an outer surface of the distal portion including the closed part. The grip portion has a liquid-injection port for supplying liquid into the lumen of the injection needle.

Abstract: A motor controller, an electric power steering device using the motor controller, and a vehicle using the motor controller are provided. The motor controller includes plural hardware sets configured to operate in a normal state and to output a motor current, a control operation device configured to control the plurality of hardware sets commonly, an electric motor configured to operate with motor current output from each of the plurality of hardware sets, and an abnormality diagnosis unit configured to diagnose an abnormality of each of the plurality of hardware sets. In the control device, when there is an abnormal hardware set that has been diagnosed by the abnormality diagnosis unit, the control operation device stops an operation of the abnormal hardware set that has been diagnosed, and continues driving of the electric motor with a normal hardware set.

Abstract: A motor control unit that does not make an occurrence of a noisy sound and a vibration and does not give a steering discomfort by changing parameters of a current feedback control section even if an electric characteristic of the motor varies with a system-switching due to a failure occurrence, and to an electric power steering apparatus using the same and a vehicle. The motor control unit controls a motor having multi-system motor windings by means of a 3-phase current feedback system provided with a current control section through a motor driving circuit of each winding system, having a function that changes by switching parameters of the current control section corresponding to a driving system number of the multi-system motor windings.

Abstract: An anti-theft device of an operational vehicle, in which an operation of cancelling an anti-theft mode is simply and easily performed, is provided. The anti-theft device includes: a travel regulation unit (70) which maintains, when the anti-theft mode is set, the operational vehicle (1) in a state where the operational vehicle (1) cannot travel; and a wireless operation terminal (80) which wirelessly operates an operational device (20). When the wireless operation terminal (80) communicates with a controller (70), the wireless operation terminal (80) performs identification authentication, and when the identification authentication between the wireless operation terminal (80) and the controller (70) is successfully performed, the travel regulation unit (70) cancels the anti-theft mode. Since the wireless operation terminal (80) is only made to communicate with the controller (70), and thus the anti-theft mode is cancelled, the operation of cancelling the anti-theft mode is simply and easily performed.

Abstract: The invention provides a polycondensation catalyst for producing polyester by an esterification reaction or a transesterification reaction between a dicarboxylic acid or ester-forming derivative thereof and a glycol, wherein the polycondensation catalyst comprises particles of a solid base having on their surfaces either a coat layer of titanic acid in an amount of from 0.1 to 50 parts by weight in terms of TiO2 per 100 parts by weight of the solid base, or an inner coat layer of an oxide of at least one element selected from silicon, aluminum and zirconium or a composite oxide of at least two elements selected from silicon, aluminum and zirconium in an amount of from 1 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the solid base and an outer coat layer of titanic acid in an amount of from 0.1 to 50 parts by weight in terms of TiO2 per 100 parts by weight of the solid base, and wherein the solid base is hydrotalcite.

Abstract: The invention provides a polycondensation catalyst for producing polyester by an esterification reaction or a transesterification reaction between a dicarboxylic acid or ester-forming derivative thereof and a glycol, wherein the polycondensation catalyst comprises particles of a solid base having on their surfaces either a coat layer of titanic acid in an amount of from 0.1 to 50 parts by weight in terms of TiO2 per 100 parts by weight of the solid base, or an inner coat layer of an oxide of at least one element selected from silicon, aluminum and zirconium or a composite oxide of at least two elements selected from silicon, aluminum and zirconium in an amount of from 1 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the solid base and an outer coat layer of titanic acid in an amount of from 0.1 to 50 parts by weight in terms of TiO2 per 100 parts by weight of the solid base.