Abstract: An image generation unit generates a contrast-reduced image in which contrast in a region other than a soft part is reduced in a radiographic image indicating a subject including the soft part and a bone part. A body thickness derivation unit derives the body thickness of the subject based on the contrast-reduced image.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory; and a processor configured to, in a case where information on surroundings is acquired and transmitted to a terminal apparatus of a user at a remote place, perform control for disabling at least part of a function of transmitting information to the terminal apparatus of the user in a case where a current time is not included in a time window for which the user is scheduled to converse with another user in schedule of the user.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a wiring substrate, a light emitting element array that includes a first side surface and a second side surface facing each other, and a third side surface and a fourth side surface connecting the first side surface and the second side surface to each other and facing each other, the light emitting element array being provided on the wiring substrate, a driving element that is provided on the wiring substrate on the first side surface side and drives the light emitting element array, a first circuit element and a second circuit element that are provided on the wiring substrate on the second side surface side to be arranged in a direction along the second side surface, and a wiring member that is provided on the third side surface side and the fourth side surface side and extends from a top electrode of the light emitting element array toward an outside of the light emitting element array.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transport section that transports a recording material, a grasping section that grasps a remaining situation of a recording material remaining in a transport path through which the recording material is transported by the transport section, a reception section that receives, from a user, an input of the number of removed sheets of recording material removed from the transport path by the user in a case where the transport of the recording material by the transport section is stopped, and a start section that starts the stopped transport by the transport section based on the number of removed sheets input by the user.

Abstract: Provided are a control method of an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus capable of improving detection accuracy of a target inside a subject. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasound probe; an image acquisition unit that acquires an ultrasound image of a subject using the ultrasound probe and in accordance with a plurality of parameters related to image acquisition; a specific target detection unit that detects a specific target from the ultrasound image using a machine learning model; and a parameter setting unit that sets, for a parameter which is settable by a user among the plurality of parameters, different adjustment ranges of the parameter during an operation and during a non-operation of the specific target detection unit and that supplies the parameter, which is adjusted by the user, to the image acquisition unit.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developer includes: a toner A incorporating toner particles and silica particles (A) as an external additive, the toner particles containing a binder resin and resin particles, and the silica particles (A) containing a nitrogen-containing compound containing the element molybdenum; and a carrier B incorporating a core and a coating resin layer, the coating resin layer covering the core and containing inorganic particles, and the ratio NMo/NSi is 0.035 or greater and 0.45 or less, where NMo and NSi are measured net intensities for the element molybdenum and the element silicon, respectively, in the silica particles (A) in x-ray fluorescence analysis.

Abstract: An image projection system in which a projection image is easier to see. An image projection system includes an image projection device which emits projection light that is linearly polarized light; a screen which is irradiated with the projection light emitted from the image projection device; and a light absorption anisotropic layer which is disposed between the image projection device and the screen and through which the projection light passes, the light absorption anisotropic layer contains a dichroic substance, and a transmittance central axis of the light absorption anisotropic layer is in a direction toward the screen.

Abstract: Provided is a transmissive liquid crystal diffraction element that can diffract different polarized light components in the same direction and has high diffraction efficiency with respect to unpolarized light.

Abstract: Provided are a method for creating a cell mathematical model capable of evaluating characteristics of cells from experimental data, a program, and a creation apparatus. Also provided are a method for determining the created cell mathematical model, a program, and a determination apparatus. The method for creating a mathematical model receives culture data of the cells, extracts feature values of cell activity from the culture data, creates a cell mathematical model from the feature values, and outputs the cell mathematical model. The method for determining the created cell mathematical model determines that estimated culture data calculated using the cell mathematical model reflects the culture data.

Abstract: There are provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an endoscope system, and a report creation support device which can efficiently input information on a treatment name. The information processing apparatus includes a first processor. The first processor acquires an image captured using an endoscope, displays the acquired image in a first region on a screen of a first display unit, detects a treatment tool from the acquired image, chooses a plurality of treatment names corresponding to the detected treatment tool, displays the plurality of chosen treatment names in a second region on the screen of the first display unit, and accepts selection of one treatment name from among the plurality of displayed treatment names.

Abstract: There are provided a compound of Formula (1) and a labeled biological substance having the compound. A ring Z1 and a ring Z2 represent a 6-membered ring formed of a ring-constituting atom selected from a carbon atom and a nitrogen atom. R1 to R4, R11 to R13, L1, and L2 represents specific groups, and n, ?1, and ?2 represent specific numbers. At least one of R11, R12, or R13 contains a carboxy group or a substituent capable of being bonded to a biological substance. the compound represented by Formula (1) has at least one structure represented by —(CH2—CH2—O)m—R21, where R21 represents a specific group, and m represents a specific number. The compound represented by Formula (1) is a neutral compound.

Abstract: In an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus of the present invention, a posture sensor detects whether an orientation of a monitor is a vertically long posture or a laterally long posture, and a display control unit displays an ultrasound image on a display screen on the basis of the orientation of the monitor. A hidden region detection unit detects whether or not a hidden region that is not displayed on the display screen is present in the ultrasound image, and a blood vessel detection unit detects a blood vessel in the ultrasound image. Then, in a case where it is detected that the hidden region is present and it is detected that the blood vessel is present in the hidden region, an orientation suggestion unit suggests to change the orientation of the monitor. Accordingly, in a case where blood vessel puncture is performed, an appropriate orientation of the monitor for observing the blood vessel in the ultrasound image is suggested to the user.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a belt member that cyclically moves, a pressing unit that comes into contact with the belt member and presses a recording medium moving between the belt member and the pressing unit, and a heat source that includes a base material, a resistance heating element disposed on a surface of the base material along a longitudinal direction of the base material, and an insulator covering the resistance heating element and that comes into contact with the pressing unit via the belt member to heat an inner surface of the belt member, in which the insulator is formed to cover a corner portion of the base material in a direction of movement of the belt member.

Abstract: Provided are a PCCT apparatus and a control method of the same capable of detecting an abnormality occurring in a photon counting type detector. There is provided a PCCT apparatus including a photon counting type detector that counts X-ray photons, the PCCT apparatus including: a spectrum generation unit that generates a spectrum which is a distribution of photon counts for each energy bin; a calculation unit that calculates a photon count change rate for each energy bin from a spectrum at a first time and a spectrum at a second time; and a determination unit that determines presence or absence of an abnormality in the photon counting type detector based on the photon count change rate.

Abstract: A method of producing an absorbing polarizer which has a plurality of regions where directions of absorption axes are different from each other and has a curved surface portion. The method includes a step of forming a layer of a composition for forming a photo-alignment film that contains a photo-alignment agent on a surface of a resin base material, a step of forming the alignment film by irradiating the layer with ultraviolet rays of linearly polarized light via a lens, and aligning the photo-alignment agent, and a step of coating a surface of an alignment film with a composition containing a liquid crystal compound and a dichroic substance. The alignment film has a curved surface portion and a plurality of regions where directions of an alignment regulating force are different from each other.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a simple purifying method, measuring method, and kit. The present invention is an oxytocin purifying method including treating a sample with an acid or a salt thereof, and treating the sample treated with the acid or the salt thereof with a hydrophobic carrier, and related to the purifying method, measuring method including the purifying method, and kit, in which the acid or the salt thereof is at least one or more acids or salts thereof selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid, acetic acid, sulfuric acid, sodium hydrogensulfate, potassium hydrogensulfate, lithium hydrogensulfate, ammonium sulfate, and a mixture thereof, and the hydrophobic carrier is a hydrophobic carrier having at least one or more functional groups on the surface, selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkylene glycol group, and a phenyl group.

Abstract: A treatment liquid for a semiconductor device includes an alkanolamine; a hydroxylamine; an organic solvent; Ca; Fe; and Na, wherein the content of the alkanolamine in the treatment liquid is 0.1% to 5% by mass, the content of the hydroxylamine in the treatment liquid is 0.1% to 30% by mass, and each of the mass ratio of Ca, Fe, and Na with respect to the content of the alkanolamine and the hydroxylamine in the treatment liquid is 10?12 to 10?4.

Abstract: An electrostatic image developer includes: a toner A to which silica particles (A) containing an elemental nitrogen-containing compound containing elemental molybdenum are externally added; and a carrier B including a core material and a coating resin layer that covers the core material and contains inorganic particles. In the silica particles (A), the ratio NMo/NSi of a Net intensity NMo of elemental molybdenum that is measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis to a Net intensity NSi of elemental silicon that is measured by the X-ray fluorescence analysis is from 0.035 to 0.45 inclusive.

Abstract: Provided are a control method of an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus that enable a user to easily and accurately puncture a blood vessel of a subject.

Abstract: A detection device includes a processing device and a storage medium. An ideal waveform signal indicating an ideal waveform of a servo pattern signal which is a result of reading a servo pattern recorded in a servo band of a magnetic tape by a servo reading element is stored in advance in the storage medium. The processing device acquires a servo band signal which is a result of reading the servo band by the servo reading element, and detects the servo pattern signal by comparing the servo band signal with the ideal waveform signal.