Abstract: Disclosed is a gas seal member for high-pressure hydrogen device with sufficiently reduced occurrence of both swelling destruction and blister destruction. The gas seal member is formed of a cross-linked product of an elastomer composition which comprises an elastomer and fibrous carbon nanostructures, wherein a hydrogen diffusion coefficient D1 of a cross-linked product of an elastomer component including the elastomer and a hydrogen diffusion coefficient D2 of the cross-linked product of the elastomer composition satisfy the relationship 0.7<D2/D1<1.0.

Abstract: A polycyclic compound and an organic electroluminescence device including the same. The polycyclic compound according to an example embodiment is represented by the following Formula 1. wherein in Formula 1, Cy1 is carbonyl-containing five- or six-membered and substituted or unsubstituted cyclic hydrocarbon or substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle, and R1 to R4 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a group represented by the following Formula 2 or 3.

Abstract: An operating portion which allows a bending treatment instrument to be inserted into an endoscope channel and bendably operated smoothly through intuition. The operating portion is connected with a device wire and bending wires and used to operate the treatment instrument and bend a freely bendable, bending treatment instrument, where the device wire is connected to a treatment instrument provided at a distal end of the bending treatment instrument and is used to operate the treatment instrument and the plurality of bending wires is used to bend the bending treatment instrument, the operating portion including: an operating portion body; a guide unit penetrated by the device wire; a bending wire pulling unit connected with the bending wires and swingably assembled onto the guide unit; and a grip portion connected with the device wire and configured to be reciprocable in an axial direction of the bending wire pulling unit.

Abstract: A system for producing an ion concentration gradient and a temperature-responsive electrolyte material which are utilizable, for example, for efficiently converting heat energy that has been discarded into reusable energy or for efficiently recovering an acid gas, such as carbon dioxide is provided. A temperature-responsive electrolyte is used to produce an ion concentration gradient by means of a temperature gradient. The temperature-responsive electrolyte is used in the state of an aqueous solution and also in the state of a solid phase.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores a program that, when executed, causes a computer to (i) cause a biomarker-measuring apparatus to measure concentrations of biomarkers, including a concentration of 3-hydroxybutyrate, in a blood sample collected from a subject to be tested, (ii) acquire the concentrations of the biomarkers measured by the biomarker-measuring apparatus, (iii) calculate a discriminant value based on the concentrations of the biomarkers, (iv) evaluate severity of depression of the subject or predict a symptom of depression of the subject based on the discriminant value, and (v) output results obtained from evaluating the severity of depression of the subject or from predicting the symptom of depression of the subject.

Abstract: A nitrogen-containing compound and an organic electroluminescence device including the same, the nitrogen-containing compound being represented by the following Formula 1:

Abstract: A method for designing a protein capable of binding in an RNA base selective manner or RNA base sequence specific manner is provided.

Abstract: An optical measuring device for measuring light emitted from a sample includes a container cavity for receiving a container in which the sample is enclosed; a light detection unit for detecting light from the sample; a light guide path for guiding the light from the sample to the light detection unit; and a light absorbing unit for absorbing incident light. An end of the light guide path to receive the incident light faces the container cavity, a light exit end of the light guide path faces the light detection unit, and the light absorbing unit covers the perimeter of the light guide path other than the light-receiving-end and the light exit end thereof.

Abstract: Provided are a novel isocyanide compound, a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst having excellent handling properties and storage properties that allows a hydrosilylation reaction to proceed under moderate conditions by using the isocyanide compound, and a method for producing an addition compound by a hydrosilylation reaction using the hydrosilylation reaction catalyst. A hydrosilylation reaction catalyst prepared from a catalyst precursor comprising a transition metal compound of groups 8, 9, or 10 of the periodic table, excluding platinum, such as an iron carboxylate, cobalt carboxylate, or nickel carboxylate, and a ligand comprising an isocyanide compound having an organosiloxane group.

Abstract: A semiconductor substrate contains a clathrate compound of the following General Formula (I). The semiconductor substrate includes a variable-composition layer which includes a pn junction and where composition of the clathrate compound varies along a thickness direction. A rate of change in y in the thickness direction of at least a portion of the variable-composition layer is 1×10?4/?m or more. AxByC46-y ??(I) In General Formula (I), A represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Na, Sr, and K, B represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Au, Ag, Cu, Ni, and Al, and C represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, and Sn, x is 7 to 9, and y is 3.5 to 6 or 11 to 17.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion element includes a p-type semiconductor, an n-type semiconductor, and a depletion layer located at a pn junction interface of the p-type semiconductor and the n-type semiconductor. At least one of the p-type semiconductor and the n-type semiconductor is a degenerate semiconductor.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device having an anode, a cathode, and a light emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, in which the light emitting layer contains a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a third organic compound that satisfy the following expression (A), the second organic compound is a delayed fluorescent material, and the third organic compound is a light emitting material, is capable of enhancing the light emission efficiency. ES1(A), ES1(B) and ES1(C) represent a lowest singlet excitation energy level of the first, second and third organic compound, respectively.

Abstract: A method of producing a product inorganic compound including: immersing a raw material inorganic compound having a volume of 10?13 m3 or more in an electrolyte aqueous solution or an electrolyte suspension; exchanging anions in the raw material inorganic compound with anions in the electrolyte aqueous solution or the electrolyte suspension; cations in the raw material inorganic compound are exchanged with cations in the electrolyte aqueous solution or the electrolyte suspension; or including a component (that excludes water, hydrogen, and oxygen) in the electrolyte aqueous solution or the electrolyte suspension not included in the raw material inorganic compound in the raw material inorganic compound; and obtaining a product inorganic compound having a volume of 10?13 m3 or more from the raw material inorganic compound.

Abstract: A laser annealing device includes: a CW laser device configured to emit continuous wave laser light caused by continuous oscillation to preheat the amorphous silicon; a pulse laser device configured to emit the pulse laser light toward the preheated amorphous silicon; an optical system configured to guide the continuous wave laser light and the pulse laser light to the amorphous silicon; and a control unit configured to control an irradiation energy density of the continuous wave laser light so as to preheat the amorphous silicon to have a predetermined target temperature less than a melting point thereof, and configured to control at least one of a fluence and a number of pulses of the pulse laser light so as to crystallize the preheated amorphous silicon.

Abstract: To provide an organic compound represented by the following general formula (1): where R1 is a C2-C6 alkyl group or a hydrogen atom, R2 and R3, which may be identical or different, are each a C2-C12 alkyl group, and R4 and R5, which may be identical or different, are each a C6-C12 alkyl group that may be a branched chain or a straight chain.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for obtaining information on subject's diabetes, comprising measuring lipoprotein's ability to uptake sterol in a biological sample of a subject, wherein a measured value of ability to uptake sterol per unit volume of the biological sample is an indicator of diabetes onset risk.

Abstract: To provide a method for producing a calcium carbonate block for medical use which is useful as a bone substitute or a bone substitute raw material needed in medical care, which is a method for producing a calcium carbonate block that satisfies the following desired properties: 1) the calcium carbonate block has excellent mechanical strength; 2) the calcium carbonate block can be produced by a simplified production method; 3) the calcium carbonate block contains no impurity; and 4) the calcium carbonate block has high reactivity. A method for producing a calcium carbonate block, comprising a step of shaping a water-containing calcium hydroxide block and a carbonation step of immersing the calcium hydroxide block in a carbonate ion-containing aqueous solution.

Abstract: A manipulator includes a pair of flexible operating bodies including a horizontal plate spring, a curved vertical plate spring, a shaft body, and an operation portion. The pair of flexible operating bodies overlaps such that a second flexible operating body on one side is opposite to a first flexible operating body on the other side, and is linked to each other to be rotatable by a pin penetrating respective shaft bodies. In a holder that supports both ends of the pin, a pair of outer horizontal plate springs that has the horizontal plate springs of each of the pair of flexible operating bodies to be interposed in parallel between the holder and extends in the same direction as the horizontal plate spring is integrally formed.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an optically active substance, the method including an asymmetric induction, wherein an asymmetry inducer is allowed to act on a chiral molecule having a half-life of enantiomeric excess of shorter than 10 hours, thereby increasing abundance of one enantiomer of the chiral molecule. According to this method, one enantiomer of a chiral molecule that is susceptible to racemization can be selectively and efficiently obtained.

Abstract: This method is for producing a transition metal complex represented by formula (2), the method comprising reacting a compound containing a transition metal selected from V, Cr, Mo, W, Fe, Ru, Co, Rh, Ni, Pd, and Pt with an isocyanide compound represented by formula (1) in the presence of an alkali metal supported by a solid substance which is insoluble in an organic solvent. This production method can be used to easily and efficiently produce a transition metal complex that includes a predetermined transition metal having an oxidation number of 0 and that has the same or different isocyanide compounds, without using a compound harmful to the human body. (1): (CN)x—R1 {R1 represents a mono- to tri-valent organic group having 1-30 carbon atoms, and x represents an integer of 1-3}.