Abstract: Provided is a composition for preventing or treating cerebrovascular disease in a subject, comprising an activator of peptidylarginine deiminase 4.

Abstract: A formed body incorporating a coil by using: a coil formed by winding a conductive wire, and a formed body incorporating the coil, the formed body being formed with a sealing material containing a resin and a magnetic material. The coil is formed by winding the conductive wire so that lead-out ends are positioned at an outer periphery of a wound portion. The formed body is formed so that surfaces of the coil are partially exposed on four side surfaces of the formed body which are parallel to a winding axis of the coil, and the area of a portion of the formed body outside the outer periphery of the wound portion is almost equal to or smaller than the area of a portion of the formed body inside an inner periphery of the wound portion of the coil.

Abstract: A novel blood collection instrument with which it is possible to prevent blood from coming into contact with air during collection of blood, and a blood collection plate that is suitably used therefor. A blood collection instrument including: a blood holding member having a structure in which a plurality of plate-shaped members, are overlapped with each other and including a collected blood holding passage formed between overlapped surfaces of the plate-shaped members; a connection part provided at an inflow port of the collected blood holding passage in the blood holding member; and a puncture member including a puncturing hollow needle while being connected to the connection part. An inner hole of the hollow needle of the puncture member is allowed to communicate with the collected blood holding passage in the blood holding member.

Abstract: A battery control device for controlling a battery connected to a power supply line via a relay, the battery control device comprising: a detection unit that detects a predetermined signal; and a control unit that, based on detection of a predetermined signal, activates a predetermined function when it is determined that any one of at least three predetermined activation conditions is satisfied, and stops a predetermined function when it is determined that all three activation conditions are not satisfied.

Abstract: The method for producing a laminate having a patterned metal foil includes masking the whole surface of a first metal foil in a laminate having the first metal foil, a first insulating resin layer having a thickness of 1 to 200 ?m and a second metal foil laminated in this order, and patterning the second metal foil.

Abstract: A control unit of a piezoelectric drive device calculates a maximum deceleration ? applied to a driven part by the piezoelectric drive device using a friction force F2max between the piezoelectric drive device and the driven part and a mass m of the driven part, calculates a distance Ln to a target position from a present position of the driven part detected by a position sensor, calculates a reference velocity vth of the driven part using the maximum deceleration ? and the distance Ln from the present position of the driven part to the target position, calculates a velocity vn of the driven part from a temporal change of the present position of the driven part detected by the position sensor, and performs control to apply a drive force from the piezoelectric drive device to the driven part when the present velocity vn of the driven part is lower than the reference velocity vth, and apply a brake force from the piezoelectric drive device to the driven part when the present velocity vn is equal to or higher th

Abstract: A control method of a piezoelectric driving device which includes a vibrator including a piezoelectric element and vibrating by application of a drive signal to the piezoelectric element, a driven unit moving by the vibration of the vibrator, a drive signal generation unit generating the drive signal based on a pulse signal, the control method including: stopping the application of the drive signal to the piezoelectric element at the time when a driving speed of the driven unit is a reference speed, in a case of stopping driving of the driven unit.

Abstract: A rotary motor includes a first stator including a plurality of first cores and a first coil, a signal of any one of a first phase, a second phase, and a third phase forming a three-phase alternating current flowing to the first coil, a second stator including a plurality of second cores and a second coil, a signal of any one of the first phase, the second phase, and the third phase forming the three-phase alternating current flowing to the second coil, and a rotor disposed between the first stator and the second stator via a gap and including a plurality of magnets arranged side by side in a circumferential direction around a rotation axis. A center of gravity of the first core around which the first coil to which the signal flows is wound and a center of gravity of the second core around which the second coil to which a signal of the same phase as the phase of the signal flowing to the first coil flows is wound are shifted from each other in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A rotary motor includes a stator and a rotor configured to rotate around a rotation axis. The rotor includes a frame including a first surface facing the stator and a plurality of first recesses arrayed along a circumferential direction around the rotation axis and opened on the first surface, the frame being formed in an annular shape, main magnets disposed in the first recesses or among the first recesses, and sub-magnets disposed in the first recesses when the main magnets are disposed among the first recesses and disposed among the first recesses when the main magnets are disposed in the first recesses.

Abstract: A control unit of a piezoelectric drive device calculates a maximum deceleration ? applied to a driven part by the piezoelectric drive device using a friction force F2max between the piezoelectric drive device and the driven part and a mass m of the driven part, calculates a distance Ln to a target position from a present position of the driven part detected by a position sensor, calculates a reference velocity vth of the driven part using the maximum deceleration ? and the distance Ln from the present position of the driven part to the target position, calculates a velocity vn of the driven part from a temporal change of the present position of the driven part detected by the position sensor, and performs control to apply a drive force from the piezoelectric drive device to the driven part when the present velocity vn of the driven part is lower than the reference velocity vth, and apply a brake force from the piezoelectric drive device to the driven part when the present velocity vn is equal to or higher th

Abstract: An X-ray apparatus is provided with a control circuit. When a duration monitored by a timer in which the device is not operated exceeds a predetermined set time, and a duration monitored by a timer in which a connected state is detected by a transformer exceeds a predetermined set time, the control circuit performs control while disconnecting the connection between a storage cell and a high voltage generation circuit, and performs control while starting the charging of the storage cell via a power socket which is an external power source. This makes it possible, merely by connecting the apparatus main body to the power socket which is an external power source, to disconnect the connection between the storage cell and the high voltage generation circuit and starts the charging of the storage cell on the basis of the results obtained by the timer.

Abstract: The casting mold is provided with: the molding wall portion forming the internal space; and the filling ports that open to the molding wall portion and that allow the molten metal to flow into the internal space. In this configuration the channel center lines of the filling ports intersect the surface of the heater at the non-perpendicular contact angle.

Abstract: The casting mold is provided with: the molding wall portion forming the internal space; and the filling ports that open to the molding wall portion and that allow the molten metal to flow into the internal space. In this configuration the channel center lines of the filling ports intersect the surface of the heater at the non-perpendicular contact angle.

Abstract: The casting mold is provided with: the molding wall portion forming the internal space; the supporting portion supports the heater to the molding wall portion; and the filling port allows the molten metal to flow into the internal space. The heater has: the end portion (the fixed portion) supported by supporting portion; and the extending portion extended from the end portion. The internal space has: the supporting region accommodating the end portion; and the extending region accommodating the extending portion. The filling ports respectively open to the portions of the molding wall portion facing the supporting regions.

Abstract: The heater (structure) has the gaps facing the molding wall portion of the casting mold. The casting mold is provided with: the molding wall portion forming the internal space; and the gap-portion filling ports (filling ports) that open to portions of the molding wall portion facing the gaps of the heater and that allow the molten metal to flow into the internal space.

Abstract: The casting mold is provided with: the molding wall portion forming the internal space; the supporting portion supports the heater to the molding wall portion; and the filling port allows the molten metal to flow into the internal space. The heater has: the end portion (the fixed portion) supported by supporting portion; and the extending portion extended from the end portion. The internal space has: the supporting region accommodating the end portion; and the extending region accommodating the extending portion. The filling ports respectively open to the portions of the molding wall portion facing the supporting regions.

Abstract: A formed body incorporating a coil by using: a coil formed by winding a conductive wire, and a formed body incorporating the coil, the formed body being formed with a sealing material containing a resin and a magnetic material. The coil is formed by winding the conductive wire so that lead-out ends are positioned at an outer periphery of a wound portion. The formed body is formed so that surfaces of the coil are partially exposed on four side surfaces of the formed body which are parallel to a winding axis of the coil, and the area of a portion of the formed body outside the outer periphery of the wound portion is almost equal to or smaller than the area of a portion of the formed body inside an inner periphery of the wound portion of the coil.

Abstract: Provided is a device that includes: a hollow needle; a fixing part that is fixed on the outer periphery of the proximal end of the needle; a connecting pipe to be attached to the protruding part that protrudes from the fixing part to the side thereof that is opposite to the needle, and that can be communicated with the needle, wherein the pipe is configured such that the distal end of the syringe can be fitted to the pipe from the side thereof that is opposite to the needle; and a holding part that protrudes outward from the outer peripheral surface of the fixing part. The connecting pipe is configured such that a hematocrit tube can be fit to the inside of the pipe from the side thereof that is opposite to the needle.

Abstract: The method for producing a laminate having a patterned metal foil includes masking the whole surface of a first metal foil in a laminate having the first metal foil, a first insulating resin layer having a thickness of 1 to 200 ?m and a second metal foil laminated in this order, and patterning the second metal foil.

Abstract: A formed body incorporating a coil by using: a coil formed by winding a conductive wire, and a formed body incorporating the coil, the formed body being formed with a sealing material containing a resin and a magnetic material. The coil is formed by winding the conductive wire so that lead-out ends are positioned at an outer periphery of a wound portion. The formed body is formed so that surfaces of the coil are partially exposed on four side surfaces of the formed body which are parallel to a winding axis of the coil, and the area of a portion of the formed body outside the outer periphery of the wound portion is almost equal to or smaller than the area of a portion of the formed body inside an inner periphery of the wound portion of the coil.