Abstract: The present invention provides a motion capture with a high accuracy which can replace an optical motion capture technology, without attaching optical markers and sensors to a subject. A subject with an articulated structure has a plurality of feature points in the body of the subject including a plurality of joints wherein a distance between adjacent feature points is obtained as a constant. A spatial distribution of a likelihood of a position of each feature point is obtained based on a single input image or a plurality of input images taken at the same time. One or a plurality of position candidates corresponding to each feature point are obtained based on the spatial distribution of the likelihood of the position of each feature point. Each join angle is obtained by performing an optimization calculation based on inverse kinematics using the candidates and the articulated structure.

Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet of the present invention has a specific chemical composition. Furthermore, in the steel sheet, a degree of Mn segregation in a specific region is 1.5 or less; a maximum P concentration in a specific region is 0.08 mass % or less; in a specific region, at least one specific MnS particle group is present, the number of specific MnS particle groups is 2.0 or fewer per 1 mm2, and the number of specific oxide-based inclusions is 8 or fewer per 1 mm2; of all oxide-based inclusions, oxide-based inclusions having a specific composition are present in a number ratio of 80% or greater; the microstructure includes, in terms of a volume fraction, 30 to 95% martensite, 5 to 70% ferrite phase, less than 30% (and 0% or greater) bainite, and less than 2.0% (and 0% or greater) austenite phase; and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or greater.

Abstract: A laminate comprising a substrate; and a plating-forming layer disposed on at least one surface of both surfaces of the substrate and containing a thermoplastic resin and a plating catalyst, wherein the plating-forming layer further satisfies conditions of the following (1) and/or (2), (1) the plating-forming layer contains a dispersing agent for dispersing the plating catalyst (2) an abundance of the plating catalyst on a surface side of the plating-forming layer is higher than an abundance of the plating catalyst on the substrate side of the plating-forming layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to automatic discovery and evaluation of a motion by treating motion recognition as an optimization problem by considering a series of basic motions obtained by segmenting a subject motion. The method comprises segmenting time series data defining a motion of a subject into a plurality of segments, classifying each segment into a class for a basic motion by using time series data of the segment, and converting the motion of the subject to a sequence of high rank symbols in which each high rank symbol is formed from a series of the basic motions, wherein a function that calculates a score based on a set of a high rank symbol and a sequence of basic motions is provided and the motion of the subject is converted to the sequence of the high rank symbols by an optimization calculation using dynamic programming.

Abstract: A method of culturing a cell population containing cartilage-derived cells positive for expression of Tie2 (cartilage-derived Tie2-positive cells), the method including culturing a cell population containing cartilage-derived Tie2-positive cells in a culture medium containing at least one kind of Tie2 expression enhancer other than growth factors (e.g., an extract derived from a plant of the genus Cinnamomum). This culturing method is preferably performed in cultureware having a culture surface coated with a coating agent (e.g., a polylysine-containing agent).

Abstract: A treadmill according to the present invention includes: a frame; an endless belt; an endless-belt drive unit; a plurality of cameras provided on the frame such that the orientations and/or locations thereof can be adjusted; a motion-data acquisition unit that markerlessly acquires motion data of a subject by using image information obtained with camera images; a motion analysis unit that analyzes the motion of the subject by using the motion data; and a control unit that controls the endless-belt drive unit based on the motion data.

Abstract: Provided is reproducible means that enables production of nucleus pulposus progenitor cells (preferably, an active nucleus pulposus progenitor cell phenotype) from desired cells such as terminally differentiated cells and stem cells having pluripotency or multipotency. A nucleus pulposus progenitor cell inducer according to the present invention comprising an effective amount of a gene of Brachyury (T) or a homolog thereof, at least one selected from the group consisting of SRY-box6 (SOX6) or a homolog thereof and Forkhead Box Q1 (FOXQ1) or a homolog thereof, and MYC Proto-Oncogene, BHLH Transcription Factor (cMyc) or a homolog thereof (nucleus pulposus progenitor cell master regulator transcription factor), or a product thereof.

Abstract: Irradiation with a laser beam is performed along a welding bead, while the laser beam is aimed, as an irradiation point of the laser beam, at a contact point between a deck plate and a U-rib that is contained in a non-welded portion of a root part, from a side of the welding bead of the root part. Thereby, it is possible to remove a crack beginning at the non-welded portion of the root part generated at a joining portion between the deck plate and the U-rib of a steel floor slab, by the irradiation with the laser beam.

Abstract: The present invention provides a motion capture with a high accuracy which can replace an optical motion capture technology, without attaching optical markers and sensors to a subject. A subject with an articulated structure has a plurality of feature points in the body of the subject including a plurality of joints wherein a distance between adjacent feature points is obtained as a constant. A spatial distribution of a likelihood of a position of each feature point is obtained based on a single input image or a plurality of input images taken at the same time. One or a plurality of position candidates corresponding to each feature point are obtained based on the spatial distribution of the likelihood of the position of each feature point. Each join angle is obtained by performing an optimization calculation based on inverse kinematics using the candidates and the articulated structure.

Abstract: Preparing a cell population rich in cells having a given phenotype depending on their use (e.g., type II collagen-positive nucleus pulposus cells) from a cell population containing Tie2-positive stem/progenitor cells (e.g., nucleus pulposus stem/progenitor cells). The present invention provides culture methods wherein a cell population containing Tie2-positive stem/progenitor cells is cultured (1) while present in a non-digested tissue, (2) in a culture medium containing at least one kind of Tie2 expression enhancer other than growth factors, (3) using cultureware with a culture surface having undergone cell attachment-increasing treatment, or (4) while suppressing formation of spheroid colonies in a culture medium containing an extracellular matrix-degrading agent.

Abstract: A disk device includes a magnetic disk having a data non-recording region, and a data recording region inside the data non-recording region, a plurality of heads configured to read and write information from and onto the magnetic disk, and a plurality of arms supporting the heads, the arms being rotatable to move the heads from a parked position to a desired data recording position above or below the magnetic disk. Each of the arms comprises an overlapping region that overlaps the data recording region of the magnetic disk in a thickness direction of the magnetic disk when the heads are at the parked position.

Abstract: A motion recognition device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to classify a plurality of frames including positional information of a feature point that corresponds to a predetermined part or a joint part of a body of a subject into a plurality of groups in time series by segmenting the plurality of frames in time series based on a position of the predetermined part of the body of the subject, identify a type of a basic motion that corresponds to the group, based on movement of the feature point included in a consecutive frame, for each group, and evaluate a skill and a difficulty level of a motion performed by the subject based on an order of each type of the basic motion that corresponds to a group which is consecutive in time series.

Abstract: The prepreg includes a first resin layer and a second resin layer disposed on both surfaces of the first resin layer. The first resin layer is a half-cured product of a first resin composition that includes a glass cloth impregnated with the first resin composition and contains no hexagonal boron nitride. The second resin layer is a half-cured product of a second resin composition containing hexagonal boron nitride. The glass cloth has a warp and weft weave density of 54 pieces/25 mm or more. The hexagonal boron nitride has an average particle size ranging from 10 ?m to 30 ?m. The hexagonal boron nitride is contained in an amount ranging from 20 parts by mass to 40 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of a residual component other than the hexagonal boron nitride in the second resin composition.

Abstract: A resin composition is used which contains a maleimide compound represented by the following Formula (1), a modified polyphenylene ether compound of which a terminal is modified with a substituent having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond, and a crosslinking agent containing an allyl compound. In Formula (1), s represents 1 to 5 and RA, RB, RC, and RD each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group.

Abstract: A multilayer printed wiring board includes a core substrate, a first buildup layer, and a second buildup layer. The first buildup layer includes a first insulating layer and a first conductor layer alternately laminated with each other. The second buildup layer includes a second insulating layer and a second conductor layer alternately laminated with each other. The core substrate, the first insulating layer, and the second insulating layer each include a glass cloth. The glass cloth is woven with warp threads and weft threads. The warp threads each have a width narrower a width of each of the weft threads. Each of the warp threads constituting the glass cloth in the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer both lying adjacent to the core substrate is arranged perpendicular to each of the warp threads constituting the glass cloth in the core substrate.

Abstract: A disk device includes a magnetic disk having a data non-recording region, and a data recording region inside the data non-recording region, a plurality of heads configured to read and write information from and onto the magnetic disk, and a plurality of arms supporting the heads, the arms being rotatable to move the heads from a parked position to a desired data recording position above or below the magnetic disk. Each of the arms comprises an overlapping region that overlaps the data recording region of the magnetic disk in a thickness direction of the magnetic disk when the heads are at the parked position.

Abstract: A multilayer printed wiring board includes a core substrate, a first buildup layer, and a second buildup layer. The first buildup layer includes a first insulating layer and a first conductor layer alternately laminated with each other. The second buildup layer includes a second insulating layer and a second conductor layer alternately laminated with each other. The core substrate, the first insulating layer, and the second insulating layer each include a glass cloth. The glass cloth is woven with warp threads and weft threads. The warp threads each have a width narrower a width of each of the weft threads. Each of the warp threads constituting the glass cloth in the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer both lying adjacent to the core substrate is arranged perpendicular to each of the warp threads constituting the glass cloth in the core substrate.

Abstract: A metal foil with resin is a metal foil with resin including a metal foil and a resin layer disposed on the metal foil, resin layer being obtained by half-curing a resin composition. The resin composition contains a first component that is a polymer, a second component that is a polyarylene ether copolymer, and a third component that is an epoxy resin. The first component has structures represented by formulae (1) and (2) below, with no unsaturated bond between carbon atoms. The third component has two or more epoxy groups per molecule. The second component is compatible with the first component, and the third component is incompatible with the first component. In the formulae (1) and (2), a ratio between x and y is x:y=0:1 to 0.35:0.65, R1 represents hydrogen atom or methyl group, and R2 represents hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.

Abstract: A motion recognition device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to classify a plurality of frames including positional information of a feature point that corresponds to a predetermined part or a joint part of a body of a subject into a plurality of groups in time series by segmenting the plurality of frames in time series based on a position of the predetermined part of the body of the subject, identify a type of a basic motion that corresponds to the group, based on movement of the feature point included in a consecutive frame, for each group, and evaluate a skill and a difficulty level of a motion performed by the subject based on an order of each type of the basic motion that corresponds to a group which is consecutive in time series.

Abstract: An epoxy resin composition contains a polyfunctional epoxy resin (A), a polyphenylene ether compound (B) and a phosphorus-modified curing agent (C). A polyphenylene ether (B1) having a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 3000 and an average of 1.0 to 3.0 hydroxyl groups per molecule, and an epoxy resin (B2) obtained by reacting this polyphenylene ether (B1) with an epoxy resin (D) having an average of 2.3 or fewer epoxy groups per molecule and the like, are included as the polyphenylene ether compound (B). A phosphorus-modified epoxy resin (P) is included in at least one selected from the polyfunctional epoxy resin (A), the epoxy resin (D) and a component other than the (A), (B) and (C) above. The phosphorus content is 1.5 to 4.5 mass % as a percentage of the resin solids in the epoxy resin composition.