Abstract: The present invention provides a method for culturing a fish germ stem cell, including culturing the stem cell on a surface coated with vitronectin and in a medium containing the following 8 components: (1) insulin, (2) selenium, (3) transferrin, (4) L-ascorbic acid, (5) FGF2, (6) TGF?, (7) NaHCO3 or KHCO3, (8) L-glutamine.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cell adhesion sheet in which the adhesion of platelets is suppressed and the adhesion of cells is excellent. The cell adhesion sheet according to the embodiment of the present invention is formed of a composition containing a compound represented by Formula (1).

Abstract: Provided is a medical device containing a polyurethane resin elastomer that can achieve both biocompatibility and physical properties. The medical device in an embodiment contains a polyurethane resin elastomer and water contained in the polyurethane resin elastomer. The polyurethane resin elastomer contains polyethylene glycol and a polyisocyanate as constituents, the polyethylene glycol has a number average molecular weight of 200 or more and 2200 or less, and the polyethylene glycol is present in an amount of 1 mass % or higher and lower than 50 mass % based on 100 mass % of the constituents of the polyurethane resin elastomer.

Abstract: A compound represented by formula (I), its racemic form, or their salt, wherein X represents an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom or a sulfur atom; R1 represents an unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group; R2 represents a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group; and R3 represents choline, ethanolamine, inositol or serine.

Abstract: A DPP-IV inhibitor and a food with functional claims, which comprises methylated catechin as a novel active ingredient, are provided.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed herein for promoting survival of a donor liver in a recipient subject, wherein the donor liver is homozygous for rs738409:G mutation in the patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3 (PNPLA3) gene. The method can include administering to the subject glutathione (GSH) and/or a nucleic acid molecule encoding a component of the ferroptosis pathway (such as GPX4).

Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition effective for anti-cancer immunostimulating therapies.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a superconducting induction rotating machine 1 that has a stator for which a plurality of superconducting armature coils are placed along the circumferential direction, and a rotor provided rotatably around a central axis line in a state opposing the stator with a predetermined gap interposed, wherein the rotor is configured of a complex consisting of a cylindrical electrically conductive material layer disposed on a side opposing the stator, and a magnetic material layer disposed on an opposite side to the side opposing the stator of the electrically conductive material layer, and wherein the superconducting induction rotating machine 1 rotationally drives the rotor by generating a rotational torque in the rotor with a rotating magnetic field created by the armature coils while the superconducting armature coils disposed on the stator being cooled to a superconducting state.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device exhibiting high light emission efficiency is provided, which includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The emission layer may include a compound represented by Formula 1.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a polymer-coated substrate for capturing cancer cells in which a polymer layer is stably maintained on the surface of the substrate for a long time even in a liquid environment. The method of producing a polymer-coated substrate for capturing cancer cells includes forming a polymer layer using a hydrophilic polymer represented by the following formula (I) on a surface of a substrate having undergone anti-reflection treatment, wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents an alkyl group; m represents 1 to 5; and n represents the number of repetitions.

Abstract: Provided is a labeling method having a step of labeling a substrate having a carbon-hydrogen bond with an oxygen isotope by using a catalyst and an oxidant produced from a hypervalent iodine compound having an ester structure and labeled water labeled with at least one oxygen isotope selected from the group consisting of 17O and 18O. Also provided is an oxidant for labeling that is produced from a hypervalent iodine compound having an ester structure and labeled water labeled with at least one oxygen isotope selected from the group consisting of 17O and 18O and labels a substrate having a carbon-hydrogen bond with an oxygen isotope in the co-presence of a catalyst.

Abstract: Circuitry that executes a procedure including: from route information indicating a movement condition of moving bodies in a first period for each of a plurality of time points, extracting route information of moving bodies that started to move in a second period that is contained in, and shorter than, the first period; generating tally information in which a number of the moving bodies is tallied for each combination of a departure point and an arrival point in movements of the moving body contained in the route information, and generating information indicating a degree of congestion of traffic in the specific geographical range; and generating training data, in which the tally information is employed as input feature values and the information indicating the degree of congestion is employed as label information, as training data for a machine learning model for deriving a degree of congestion of traffic corresponding to tally information.

Abstract: A machine learning device includes a processor that executes a procedure. The procedure includes: based on route information indicating movement conditions of a plurality of respective moving bodies in a specific geographical range at each of a plurality of time points, generating traffic flow information indicating a number of moving bodies located at respective route segments within the specific geographical range for each of the plurality of time points; and by using training data that includes the traffic flow information as input feature values and includes information indicating a degree of congestion of traffic in the specific geographical range at a time point corresponding to the traffic flow information as label information, training a machine learning model for deriving a degree of congestion of traffic corresponding to traffic flow information.

Abstract: An insulated wire includes a wire conductor and an insulation covering that is made of a crosslinked polymer material and covers the outer periphery of the wire conductor, the crosslinked polymer material includes a metal ion and a silicone resin having a side chain which includes a substituent group capable of forming an ionic bond with the metal ion, and the silicone resin forms a crosslinked product through the ionic bond between the substituent group and the metal ion. A crosslinkable polymer composition including a metal compound from which the metal ion is released by heat and the silicone resin is disposed on an outer periphery of the wire conductor, and then the crosslinked product is formed from the crosslinkable polymer composition by heating to produce the insulation covering made of the crosslinked polymer material, and thus the insulated wire is produced.

Abstract: A medical coating agent contains a polymer including a structural unit (A) derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having a urethane bond. The polymer has a glass transition temperature of ?25° C. or lower in a saturated hydration state, the state being defined as such a hydration state of the polymer that the top of the endothermic peak attributed to melting of ice emerges at 0° C. in a DSC curve obtained when the polymer which has been hydrated is heated by means of a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) at a rate of 5° C./minute.

Abstract: The present invention provides a trisulfide-compound-containing agent for inhibiting nitration of tyrosine residues in hepatocyte growth factor, the trisulfide compound being: glutathione trisulfide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; or a compound represented by formula (1) (wherein X represents —OR1 or —NR2R3, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and the alkyl group may have one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of amino groups and carboxy groups), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a cyclodextrin clathrate thereof.

Abstract: A learning apparatus (500) according to the present invention includes a detection unit (510) that detects, as a candidate region of a learning target, a region detected by one of first detection processing of detecting an object region from a predetermined image and second detection processing of detecting a change region from background image information and the image, and not detected by the other, an output unit (520) that outputs at least a part of the candidate region as a labeling target, and a learning unit (530) that learns a model for performing the first detection processing or a model for performing the second detection processing by using the labeled candidate region as learning data.

Abstract: Provided is a low-cost catalyst that has excellent oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalytic activity and is useful as a catalyst for water electrolysis, an electrode catalyst for an air battery, or the like. The catalyst includes (A) Ni atoms, (B) a condensate of thiourea and formaldehyde, and (C) porous carbon.

Abstract: A a crosslinkable polymer composition which provides a crosslinked product capable of both heat resistance and re-formability, a crosslinked polymer material capable of both heat resistance and re-formability, and an insulated wire and a wiring harness including the crosslinked polymer material. The crosslinkable polymer composition includes: ingredient A from which metal ion is released by heat; and ingredient B including an organic polymer having a side chain, including an electron-withdrawing substituent group capable of forming an ionic bond with the metal ion, and when B is crosslinked via the metal ion to form a crosslinked product, the product has a flow starting temperature of 190° C. or higher and 300° C. or lower. The crosslinked polymer material includes the crosslinked product of the crosslinkable polymer composition. The insulated wire includes a wire conductor, and an insulation coating including the crosslinked polymer material, and the wiring harness including the insulated wire.

Abstract: Provided is a calcium carbonate generation method and system in which calcium carbonate having a high purity can be generated using a calcium-containing waste. Provided is a calcium carbonate generation method of generating calcium carbonate from a calcium-containing waste, the calcium carbonate generation method including: a calcium dissolution step of adding aqueous hydrochloric acid to a calcium-containing waste and dissolving calcium to generate an aqueous solution containing a calcium ion; a separation step of adjusting a hydrogen ion concentration index of the aqueous solution containing a calcium ion and separating a component containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, Mg, and heavy metal from the aqueous solution; and a calcium carbonate collection step of generating calcium carbonate using an aqueous solution obtained in the separation step and an aqueous solution containing potassium carbonate and/or sodium carbonate.