Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for diagnosing cancer comprising a step of detecting active protein kinase C? in urine.

Abstract: The present invention provides a microstructure in which evenly distributed crystal grains line up in parallel lines extending along the surface of the film, and a no-lateral-growth region left at each of locations exposed to both ends of a grain interface, which serves as a partition between the neighboring two crystal grains. According to the present invention, there are also provided: a method for forming a polycrystalline film, such as a thin polycrystalline silicon film, a thin aluminum film, and a thin copper film, which is flat and even, in surface, electrically uniform and stable, and mechanically stable; a laser crystallization device for use in manufacture of polycrystalline films, and a semiconductor device using the polycrystalline film and having good electrical property and increased breakdown voltage.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an adhesive composition which comprises a copolymer A which contains a recurring unit having a cyclic ether structure and a recurring unit having a benzophenone structure, and a copolymer B which contains a recurring unit having a betaine structure and a recurring unit having a hydroxyl group, a cured product thereof, and a method for producing the cured product. The adhesive composition of the present invention is capable of curing in water, has high hydrophilicity, and is capable of forming a cured product having an excellent ability to inhibit adhesion of biological substances.

Abstract: A medical polymer material in which a phosphate group having a C—O—P chemical bond including elemental C in a main chain of a structural formula is present on a surface of a polymer material substantially free of phosphate and hydroxy groups except for ends in the structural formula.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device in which a polycyclic compound including an electron donor and an electron acceptor is included in an emission layer is provided. The electron donor contains an acridine derivative or a dibenzo-azasiline derivative, and the electron acceptor contains B as a ring-forming atom, O or S directly bonded to B, and a heterocyclic group in which three or five hexagonal rings are condensed. Accordingly, an organic electroluminescence device having high efficiency may be achieved.

Abstract: Disclosed are a current excitation type organic semiconductor laser containing a pair of electrodes, an organic laser active layer and an optical resonator structure between the pair of electrodes and a laser having an organic layer on a distributed feedback grating structure. The lasers include a continuous-wave laser, a quasi-continuous-wave laser and an electrically driven semiconductor laser diode.

Abstract: Provided is a catalyst which comprises a compound represented by formula (1) and which exhibits activity for at least one type of reaction selected from among hydrosilylation reaction or hydrogenation reaction with respect to an aliphatic unsaturated bond and hydrosilane reduction reaction with respect to a carbon-oxygen unsaturated bond or a carbon-nitrogen unsaturated bond. Formula (1): Mn(Lm) {M represents Fe, Co, or Ni having an oxidation number of 0, L represents an isocyanide ligand represented by formula (2), n denotes an integer of 1-8, and m denotes an integer of 2-12. Formula (2): (CN)x—R1 (R1 represents a mono- to trivalent-organic group having 1-30 carbon atoms, optionally being substituted by a halogen atom, and optionally having interposed therein one or more atoms selected from among O, N, S, and Si; and x denotes an integer of 1-3.)}.

Abstract: A polymer compound in which a polymer chain containing a structure contributing to the inclusion of intermediate water is bound as at least a part of the organic component R group of a silsesquioxane.

Abstract: A method for hydrating a water-insoluble polymer capable of containing intermediate water, comprising; a solution generation step of dissolving a water-insoluble polymer capable of containing intermediate water by hydration in a polar organic solvent to obtain a solution, and a precipitation step hydrating and precipitating the water-insoluble polymer by mixing the solution with an aqueous phase.

Abstract: An arousal state estimation apparatus includes: a feature value acquisition unit acquiring a plurality of types of feature values regarding an arousal state of a human body from physiological data obtained by measuring the human body; and an estimation unit estimating the arousal state of the human body by using a principal feature value that is some type among the plurality of types of feature values. In a case where the principal feature value is unacquirable due to a defect of the physiological data, the estimation unit estimates the arousal state of the human body by using a different type of feature value than the principal feature value among the plurality of types of feature values acquired by the feature value acquisition unit instead of the unacquirable principal feature value.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently producing a heparin-like substance without using an animal-derived tissue. The present invention relates to a method for producing a heparin-like substance and the like, the method comprising: (1) preparing a mammalian cell that produces a heparin-like substance, (2) preparing a recombinant cell in which a gene that encodes an extracellular domain of syndecan is introduced into the mammalian cell that produces a heparin-like substance and is prepared in step (1), and (3) culturing the recombinant cell prepared in step (2) in a medium and collecting the heparin-like substance from the resulting culture supernatant.

Abstract: Stable perovskite films having substantially-no phase transition within a predetermined temperature range are disclosed. In the films, formation of carrier traps is suppressed. Thermally stable perovskite solar cells and light-emitting devices using the films are also disclosed.

Abstract: A surface protection composition contains (a) a phosphorus compound represented by formula (1), (b-1) a metal-containing compound or (b-2) an amine compound, (c) a (meth)acrylate having a hydrocarbon chain having 4 or more carbon atoms, (d-1) an acylphosphine oxide photopolymerization initiator and (d-2) an ?-aminoacetophenone photopolymerization initiator. Further, the composition has the compound (d-1) in an amount of 0.1 to 3.0 mass % with respect to the total amount of the composition, compound (d-2) in an amount of 0.1 to 3.0 mass % with respect to the total amount of the composition and a total amount of the compound (d-1) and (d-2) is less than 5.0 mass % with respect to the total amount of the composition. In the above formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, R2 represents a hydrocarbon group having 4 to 30 carbon atoms, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 4 to 30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Provided is a labeling method for nucleic acid including a reaction step for hybridizing a nucleic acid probe that has a nucleotide sequence complementary to that of a nucleic acid to be labeled and contains a reactive nucleobase derivative incorporated at a position complementary to that of a target nucleobase as a target of labeling in the nucleic acid to be labeled, to the nucleic acid to be labeled; a transferring step for transferring a transfer group contained in the reactive nucleobase derivative to the nucleotide residue containing the target nucleobase in the nucleic acid to be labeled; and a labeling step for labeling the transfer group transferred to the nucleotide residue with a radioactive material.

Abstract: Provided is a mineral processing method that can efficiently separate a copper mineral and a molybdenum mineral. A mineral processing method includes a conditioning step of adding a disulfite to a mineral slurry containing a copper mineral and a molybdenum mineral and a flotation step of performing flotation using the mineral slurry after the conditioning step. By selectively enhancing hydrophilicity of the copper mineral with the disulfite, the hydrophilicity between the copper mineral and the molybdenum mineral can be differentiated. Thus, the molybdenum mineral can be selectively floated, and the copper mineral and the molybdenum mineral can be efficiently separated.

Abstract: A method for obtaining an index for non-invasively identifying NASH is provided. A NASH determination method comprising a method for acquiring free radical consumption speed information by non-invasively detecting a redox reaction in a liver of a test animal in real time, comprises a step (1) of obtaining free radical concentration data by applying a magnetic resonance method to the liver as a measurement target after administering a probe into a body; a step (2) of obtaining imaging information by processing the obtained free radical concentration data; and a step (3) of obtaining a free radical consumption speed by kinetically measuring the imaging information over time, and comprises a step of determining whether or not the test animal has NASH, based on the free radical consumption speed information obtained through application to the test animal.

Abstract: A light-emitting device having a light-emitting layer containing a delayed fluorescence emitter and an n-type compound has an extended lifetime and high performance. A compound having a triazine ring substituted by a spiro aromatic group can be used as the n-type compound.

Abstract: Using a perovskite-type compound, an inexpensive host material having a high carrier mobility can be provided. Using a perovskite-type compound as a host material, an inexpensive organic light-emitting device having a high emission efficiency can be realized.

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: The object of the present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical agent which activate mitochondrial function, particularly, an inexpensive pharmaceutical agent. The problem can be solved by a mitochondrial function activator of the present invention, comprising ?-alanine or glycine, or a salt thereof.