Abstract: An antibody-drug conjugate represented by formula (I): (where Ab is an antibody, X is a group represented by formula (X-1), formula (X-2) or formula (X-3): (where at the left represents the binding site with NH and at the right represents the binding side with D), D is a group represented by formula (D-1) or formula (D-2): (where represents the binding site with X), and n is in the range of about 1 to about 8).

Abstract: A terminal mounted in advance on a battery of an instrument that is a management target wirelessly transmits a battery state obtained by detecting an electric property related to a remaining battery amount of the battery and a terminal ID for identifying the terminal, and a management device displays remaining amount information related to the battery remaining amount on a screen based on the terminal ID and the battery state received from the terminal. This allows a user to easily figure out the remaining amount of a battery being used in an existing instrument.

Abstract: A computer implemented method includes executing a read-ahead operation by reading data from a tape according to a read plan and storing said data in a ring buffer, determining whether the ring buffer is full, receiving a command indicating an area to be read according to the read plan, and, responsive to receiving the command, reading data from an area of the list of areas to be read corresponding to the command from the ring buffer. The method may further include executing additional read-ahead operations until the ring buffer is full. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.

Abstract: An approach for deleting a file from a primary file system. The approach deletes a directory entry, associated with a file, from an in-memory index associated with a secondary file system. The approach updates an index cache associated with a secondary file system, based on the in-memory index. The approach updates a dirty flag, associated with the secondary file system, to a value of TRUE.

Abstract: In an approach to improve magnetic tape file systems through tape-to-tape copying between nodes on a Linear Tape File System using a cluster-wide named pipe. Embodiments transfer data between a first node and a second node. Additionally, both the first node and the second node implement a parallel shared-disk file system through a data path for node data reading and writing from a shared-disk and to the shared-disk. Further, to transfer data between the first node and the second node, embodiments, write, by the first node, the data for tape-to-tape copy from a first tape drive to the shared-disk, and write, by the second node, the data written from the shared-disk to a second tape drive.

Abstract: A sample holder includes a base comprising a support structure and a printed circuit board (PCB) in contact with the base. The PCB includes: a dielectric; a front-surface ground (GND) formed on a front surface of the dielectric; a back-surface GND formed on a back surface of the dielectric; a through hole penetrating from the front-surface GND to the back-surface GND, the through hole in which a chip is disposed, and a conductor that electrically connects the front-surface GND and the back-surface GND on an end face of the through hole. At least a part of the base below the through hole has a cavity. The support structure that supports a surface of the chip and is electrically connected to the base. The support structure is disposed in the cavity.

Abstract: An oscillation apparatus includes: an oscillator including a resonator and a magnetic-field generating unit, the resonator including a loop circuit and a capacitor, the loop circuit including a first superconducting line, a first Josephson junction, a second superconducting line, and a second Josephson junction connected in a ring shape, the magnetic-field generating unit being configured to apply a magnetic field to the loop circuit, and the oscillator being configured to perform parametric oscillation; a read-out unit for reading out an internal state of the oscillator; and a filter configured to restrict transmission of a signal in a predetermined frequency band. A circuit in which the capacitor and the loop circuit are connected in a ring shape is connected to the read-out unit through the filter.

Abstract: An approach for deleting a file from a primary file system. The approach deletes a directory entry, associated with a file, from an in-memory index associated with a secondary file system. The approach updates an index cache associated with a secondary file system, based on the in-memory index. The approach updates a dirty flag, associated with the secondary file system, to a value of TRUE.

Abstract: A computer implemented method includes receiving a list of areas on a subject tape to be read, wherein each area of the list of areas is indicated by a first record number and a last record number corresponding to the area, identifying parameters of a tape drive configured to read the subject tape, wherein the identified parameters of the tape drive contribute to a speed with which the tape drive can read the list of areas, creating a directed graph of the areas on the subject tape based on the identified parameters, wherein the directed graph indicates how long the tape drive will take to read the areas on the subject tape, and determining a fastest reading order of the areas on the subject tape, based, at least in part, on the directed graph and the identified parameters. A computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for unoptimized tape drive read detection is disclosed. The computer-implemented includes determining whether a read order of a trio of related files is consistent with an order in which the trio of related files are stored on a magnetic tape media. The computer-implemented method further includes generating an unoptimized tape drive read warning in response to determining that the read order of the trio of related files is inconsistent with the order in which the trio of related files are stored on the magnetic tape media.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes; a carrier block; a first processing block including first lower and upper processing blocks to deliver a substrate to and from the carrier block; a second processing block including second lower and upper processing blocks provided adjacent to the first lower and upper processing blocks; a relay block including a lifting and transferring mechanism that delivers the substrate between the second lower and upper processing blocks; a controller that controls an operation of each main transfer mechanism such that one of upper and lower processing blocks forms an outward path through which the substrate is transferred from the carrier block to the relay block and the other forms a return path through which the substrate is transferred from the relay block to the carrier block; and a bypass transfer mechanism provided for each of the first and second processing blocks.

Abstract: A copy operation is received. The copy operation is of one or more files stored on a linear tape file system. The copy operation is performed in a plurality of units of extents of the one or more files.

Abstract: An oscillator in which crosstalk can be reduced is provided. An oscillator includes a SQUID, a transmission line connected to the SQUID, a ground plane, and a first connection circuit disposed in a vicinity of a node of an electric field of a standing wave that is generated when the oscillator is oscillating, the first connection circuit connecting parts of the ground plane located on both sides of the transmission line to each other.

Abstract: A resonator, an oscillator, and a quantum computer capable of preventing oscillation conditions for generating a parametric oscillation from becoming complicated are provided. A resonator includes at least one loop circuit in which a first superconducting line, a first Josephson junction, a second superconducting line, and a second Josephson junction are connected in a ring shape, in which critical current values of the first and second Josephson junctions are different from each other.

Abstract: A superconducting quantum circuit includes: a first resonator having a superconducting quantum interference device and a capacitor that forms a closed loop together with the superconducting quantum interference device; and a control line being connected to a first control port and magnetically coupled to the superconducting quantum interference device, wherein the control line includes at least a first line having a characteristic impedance that indicates a first impedance value, and a second line being provided closer to a portion magnetically coupled to the superconducting quantum interference device than the first line and having a characteristic impedance that indicates a second impedance value being different from the first impedance value.

Abstract: A quantum device capable of suppressing the deterioration of the performance thereof is provided. A quantum device (1) includes a plurality of first conductors (2), a plurality of second conductors (4), and a conductor layer (6). The first conductors (2), the second conductors (4), and the conductor layer (6) are formed of superconducting materials. An oxide film (8) is formed between the first conductors (2) and the second conductors (4). A Josephson junction (10) is formed by a part of one of the plurality of first conductors (2), a part of one of the plurality of second conductors (4), and the oxide film (8). The one first conductor (2) constituting the Josephson junction (10) and the conductor layer (6) are connected to each other directly or through another conductor. The one second conductor (4) constituting the Josephson junction (10) and the conductor layer (6) are connected to each other directly or through another conductor.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an air bag includes forming a bag portion surrounded by a welded portion extending in an annular shape by pressing at least one welding mold against two sheet materials arranged to be stacked from a stacking direction of the sheet materials. The welding mold is pressed against the sheet materials to form the welded portion including a welding bead portion protruding to an inside of the bag portion between the sheet materials. A pressing surface of the welding mold against the sheet materials is provided with a slope portion facing in the stacking direction of the sheet materials and in a direction of the inside of the bag portion at a position further on an outside of the bag portion than a position at which the welding bead portion is formed.

Abstract: A superconducting quantum circuit apparatus includes a resonator including a SQUID including at least two Josephson junctions in a loop, a magnetic field application part that includes a conductor portion, a current passing therethrough generating a magnetic flux penetrating through the SQUID, the current supplied from a current control part, and a parallel LC circuit including an inductor and a capacitor each made of a superconducting material, the inductor and the capacitor having respective one ends connected in common to the magnetic field application part and respective other ends connected in common to a current path from the current control part.

Abstract: An oscillator in which crosstalk can be reduced is provided. An oscillator includes a SQUID, a transmission line connected to the SQUID, a ground plane, and a first connection circuit disposed in a vicinity of a node of an electric field of a standing wave that is generated when the oscillator is oscillating, the first connection circuit connecting parts of the ground plane located on both sides of the transmission line to each other.

Abstract: Provided are an oscillator and a quantum computer capable of suppressing an occupied area of a circuit. An oscillator (300) includes a resonator (100) including a plurality of loop circuits in which a first superconducting line (112a), a first Josephson junction (111a), a second superconducting line (112b), and a second Josephson junction (111b) are annularly connected, and a magnetic field application circuit (200) including an electrode that goes around in a predetermined shape and configured to apply a magnetic field to the loop circuit, in which the electrode is arranged so as to face at least two of the loop circuits.