Abstract: A method of producing a precursor fiber for carbon fiber includes extruding a polyacrylonitrile copolymer solution from a spinneret into the air, immersing it in a coagulation bath liquid stored in a coagulation bath, redirecting traveling of the coagulating fiber bundle by a first guide immersed in the coagulation bath disposed below the spinneret, and pulling it out of the coagulation bath liquid into the air to prepare a coagulated fiber bundle, which is then subjected to at least a washing step in water, stretching step, oil agent applying step, and drying step, wherein the depth-directional coagulation bath immersion length, which means a distance between the starting point of the immersion of the spinning dope solution in the coagulation bath liquid and the first guide immersed in the coagulation bath where traveling of the coagulating fiber bundle is redirected, is 3 to 40 cm.

Abstract: An oil dilution inhibiting apparatus is configured to inhibit oil dilution caused by mixture of fuel into engine oil. The oil dilution inhibiting apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to estimate friction of an engine and determine that the oil dilution occurs when the friction of the engine is decreased to a value lower than or equal to a predetermined threshold value to perform control so that the engine is operated at a higher speed.

Abstract: To provide an image data alteration detection device, an image data alteration detection method, and a data structure of image data that can easily detect an alteration in image data. Metadata in image data includes a first hash value calculated based on predetermined data, a second hash value calculated based on a character string of a script, and the script. An image alteration detection device calculates a third hash value based on the predetermined data and the script included in the metadata, calculates a fourth hash value based on a character string of the script included in the metadata, compares the first hash value included in the metadata with the calculated third hash value and the second hash value included in the metadata with the calculated fourth hash value, and detects that the image data is altered when one of the values is not equal.

Abstract: According to some aspects, a method for analyzing a cell is provided. The method includes trapping the cell by binding a first molecule to the cell. The method further includes binding a second molecule to the cell. The second molecule includes a binding portion capable of specific binding to a cell-surface molecule of the cell. The second molecule further includes an identifying portion, a labeling portion coupled to the identifying portion, and a stimulus-degradable linker between the binding portion and the identification portion. The method further includes detaching the identifying portion from the binding portion by stimulating the stimulus-degradable linker where the detached identifying portion is coupled to the labeling portion. The method further includes binding the detached identifying portion through specific binding to an identifying portion recognizing molecule and detecting the labeling portion.

Abstract: To provide an image data alteration detection device, an image data alteration detection method, and a data structure of image data that can easily detect an alteration in image data. Metadata in image data includes a first hash value calculated based on predetermined data, a second hash value calculated based on a character string of a script, and the script. An image alteration detection device calculates a third hash value based on the predetermined data and the script included in the metadata, calculates a fourth hash value based on a character string of the script included in the metadata, compares the first hash value included in the metadata with the calculated third hash value and the second hash value included in the metadata with the calculated fourth hash value, and detects that the image data is altered when one of the values is not equal.

Abstract: To provide an image reproduction device, an information processing device, an image reproduction method, and a data structure of image data that can easily display an image corresponding to a reproduction elapsed time. Included is an image reproduction unit that reproduces an image from image data including data obtained by encoding an image and metadata that is data relating to the data. The metadata at least includes trimming information in which area information and time information are formed as a set. The image reproduction unit displays a predetermined area of an image based on the image data, based on the area information corresponding to an elapsed time from start of reproduction of the image, according to trimming information.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one or more aspects may include: analyzing action-related information on an action of a user to prepare an analysis result; and generating advice information concerning improvement of a daily habit of the user based on: the analysis result; and a piece of management policy information corresponding to a type of advice requested by the user among pieces of management policy information.

Abstract: The present invention provides a monitoring method for infectious diseases. The monitoring method includes: obtaining disease information from a plurality of medical facilities 131, 132, 133, and 134; determining the disease occurrence status for each medical facility based on the disease information and a first criterion related to the disease occurrence status at the medical facility; and generating first area alarm information related to the infectious disease status in a first zone based on the disease occurrence status in the medical facilities associated with the first zone divided by a first area division, and a second criterion related to the disease occurrence status in the first zone.

Abstract: According to some aspects, a method for analyzing a cell is provided. The method includes trapping the cell by binding a first molecule to the cell. The method further includes binding a second molecule to the cell. The second molecule includes a binding portion capable of specific binding to a cell-surface molecule of the cell. The second molecule further includes an identifying portion, a labeling portion coupled to the identifying portion, and a stimulus-degradable linker between the binding portion and the identification portion. The method further includes detaching the identifying portion from the binding portion by stimulating the stimulus-degradable linker where the detached identifying portion is coupled to the labeling portion. The method further includes binding the detached identifying portion through specific binding to an identifying portion recognizing molecule and detecting the labeling portion.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an interface that receives detection data detected by a sensor terminal including one or more sensors that physically detect a condition of a dialogue partner, the detection data indicating a physical condition of the dialogue partner; and a controller that judges the condition of the dialogue partner from the received detection data, generates first-person statement data from the judged condition, generates a transmission message for an interactive-type SNS, that includes the statement data, and transmits the transmission message to a specific user on the interactive-type SNS.

Abstract: The present invention provides a monitoring method for infectious diseases. The monitoring method includes: obtaining disease information from a plurality of medical facilities 131, 132, 133, and 134; determining the disease occurrence status for each medical facility based on the disease information and a first criterion related to the disease occurrence status at the medical facility; and generating first area alarm information related to the infectious disease status in a first zone based on the disease occurrence status in the medical facilities associated with the first zone divided by a first area division, and a second criterion related to the disease occurrence status in the first zone.

Abstract: A biological information acquisition method for acquiring information on a living body on a basis of a quantified value of a physiologically active substance originated from the living body, includes a step of collecting the physiologically active substance from a body surface of the living body.

Abstract: A biological information acquisition method for acquiring information on a living body on a basis of a quantified value of a physiologically active substance originated from the living body, includes a step of collecting the physiologically active substance from a body surface of the living body.

Abstract: A physiologically active substance collecting device, includes: a collecting section brought into contact with a body surface of a living organism to acquire a physiologically active substance from the body surface; and a liquid sending means for sending a solvent to the collecting section, the collecting section having an aperture at which the solvent flown by being sent from the liquid sending means contacts the body surface.

Abstract: A biological information acquisition method for acquiring information on a living body on a basis of a quantified value of a physiologically active substance originated from the living body, includes a step of collecting the physiologically active substance from a body surface of the living body.

Abstract: When an input indicating a position on a screen has been provided by a pointing device, coordinate values indicating the position are set as coordinate values of a starting point position. Subsequently, it is determined whether or not a state where the position on the screen is being continuously indicated by the pointing device has changed to a non-indicative state where the position on the screen is not indicated by the pointing device. As a result, when the state has changed to the non-indicative state, the coordinate values output from the pointing device before the change to the non-indicative state are set as coordinate values of an end point position, and a direction from the starting point position to the end point position is specified. Then, a virtual object is caused to move such that a moving direction of the virtual object is a direction different from the specified direction.

Abstract: When a sequential circuit to which a clock signal distributed by a first buffer included in a clock distribution circuit is input is added, in a case where a plurality of other sequential circuits are connected to the first buffer, a processor determines whether or not a distance between the sequential circuit to be added and the first buffer is between a maximum value and a minimum value of distances between the first buffer and the plurality of other sequential circuits based on the physical design data stored in the memory, and, as a result of the determination, in a case where the distance between the sequential circuit to be added and the first buffer is between the maximum value and the minimum value, the processor performs wiring processing of the clock signal supplied from the first buffer for the sequential circuit to be added.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer to execute a process comprising: generating a transaction scenario that describes a dependency between operations of semiconductor elements included in a semiconductor circuit, according to a parameter for defining the dependency and waveform data that indicates a level transition of each signal output from each of the semiconductor elements; and generating transactions for testing the semiconductor circuit, according to the transaction scenario.

Abstract: Disclosed in an individual information determining method in which individual information of a subject is determined based on one or a plurality of pieces of biomolecule data collected from a surface of a body surface of the subject.

Abstract: A layout design apparatus includes: a memory unit to store design data of a hierarchical layout of a multilayer circuit including a macro; a channel count calculation unit to calculate a channel count of channels available to lead wiring from a terminal of the macro to a wiring layer based on the design data stored in the memory unit; and a path calculation unit to calculate a path for leading wiring from a terminal of the macro to the wiring layer in ascending order of the channel count.