Abstract: The disclosure generally relates generally to lipid nanodiscs, in particular to lipid nanodiscs formed from acryloyl-based copolymers. A lipid nanodisc according to the disclosure includes a lipid bilayer having a first hydrophilic face and a second hydrophilic face opposing the first hydrophilic face, and a hydrophobic edge between the opposing hydrophilic faces, and an acryloyl-based copolymer encircling the hydrophobic edge of the lipid bilayer. The acryloyl-based copolymer includes a first monomer unit having a pendant hydrophobic group and a second monomer unit having a pendant hydrophilic group. Methods of making and characterizing the lipid nanodiscs are also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is a compact two-dimensional electron spectrometer that is capable of variably adjusting the deceleration ratio over a wide range, and performing simultaneous measurement of the two-dimensional emission angle distribution with a high energy resolution over a wide solid angle of acquisition. The two-dimensional electron spectrometer is configured from: a variable deceleration ratio spherical aberration correction electrostatic lens; a cylindrical mirror type energy analyzer or a wide angle energy analyzer; and a projection lens.

Abstract: A ceramic scintillator according to the present embodiment has a composition represented by (Lu1-xPrx) a (Al1-yGay) bO12, wherein x, y, a, and b in the composition respectively satisfy 0.005?x?0.025, 0.3?y?0.7, 2.8?a?3.1, and 4.8?b?5.2.

Abstract: A nanoribbon includes a structure represented by a structural formula (8), where g, p, q, r, s, t, and u are mutually independent and are integers greater than or equal to 1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are mutually independent and are one of a hydrogen atom, a substituent, an alkyl moiety, a phenyl moiety, and a halogen atom, and A denotes a hydrogen atom or an aryl group.

Abstract: A nanoribbon includes a structure represented by a structural formula (8), where g, p, q, r, s, t, and u are mutually independent and are integers greater than or equal to 1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are mutually independent and are one of a hydrogen atom, a substituent, an alkyl moiety, a phenyl moiety, and a halogen atom, and A denotes a hydrogen atom or as aryl group.

Abstract: Provided are a method and a device that can efficiently generate a training dataset.

Abstract: An isolated expression enhancer active in a plant, portion of a plant or plant cell, the expression enhancer is provided. The isolated expression enhancer may be selected from the group consisting of nbMT78 (SEQ ID NO:1); nbATL75 (SEQ ID NO:2); nbDJ46 (SEQ ID NO:3); nbCHP79 (SEQ ID NO:4); nbEN42 (SEQ ID NO:5); atHSP69 (SEQ ID NO:6); atGRP62 (SEQ ID NO:7); atPK65 (SEQ ID NO:8); atRP46 (SEQ ID NO:9); nb30S72 (SEQ ID NO:10); nbGT61 (SEQ ID NO:11); nbPV55 (SEQ ID NO:12); nbPPI43 (SEQ ID NO:13); nbPM64 (SEQ ID NO:14); and nbH2A86 (SEQ ID NO:15). Methods for using the isolated expression enhancer are also provided.

Abstract: To provide a method whereby viscoelasticity of an object can be measured nondestructively and in non-contact fashion in a short time. By this method, elastic waves and light are radiated to an object and the viscoelasticity of an object is measured nondestructively and in non-contact fashion using a shadow change based on a change in the direction of a line normal to the surface of the object. Specifically, the present invention has an elastic wave transmission step for pressurizing or exciting the object by elastic waves and causing a minute displacement of the object surface shape, a photoirradiation step for radiating light to the minutely displaced object surface, an image acquisition step for acquiring a shadow change based on a change in the direction of a line normal to the object surface, and a viscoelasticity estimation step for processing an image of the acquired shadow change and calculating a viscoelasticity.

Abstract: A nanoribbon includes a structure represented by a structural formula (8), where q, p, q, r, s, t, and u are mutually independent and are integers greater than or equal to 1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are mutually independent and are one of a hydrogen. atom, a substituent, an alkyl moiety, a phenyl moiety, and a halogen atom, and A denotes a hydrogen atom or as aryl group.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus for generating an output image based on an input panorama image, includes a parameter input unit inputting an output range parameter and a correction parameter, the output range parameter designating an output range in the panorama image, the correction parameter designating a correction part to be corrected in the output image; and an image correction unit correcting the correction part designated by the correction parameter in the output image. Further, the image correction unit calculates a similarity between the correction part and peripheral pixels and corrects the correction part based on the similarity and the peripheral pixels, and the output image is generated from the output range of the panorama image and is the panorama image corrected by the correction.

Abstract: A translation apparatus that can perform translation based on a correct syntax, a syntax evaluation apparatus employed in the translation apparatus, a syntax evaluation method, and a syntax evaluation program are provided. A syntax evaluation unit 13 includes a grammatical element guessing part 131 that guesses a grammatical element that should be connected before and after or after a word string indicated by first fragment data, and a grammatical element complementing part 132 that complements, based on the guessing result of the grammatical element guessing part 131, the first fragment data as necessary to generate second fragment data. When the grammatical element guessing part 131 guesses a grammatical element, the grammatical element complementing part 132 complements, at a location to which the grammatical element of the word string indicated by the first fragment data should be connected, a tag indicating the grammatical element in order to generate the second fragment data.

Abstract: Provided is a compact device which captures, over a large solid angle range, electrically charged particles emitted from a point source and parallelizes the trajectories of said charged particles. The present invention is configured from: an electrostatic lens comprising a plurality of axisymmetric electrodes (10-14) and an axisymmetric aspherical mesh (2) which has a surface that is concave away from the point source; and a flat collimator plate (3) positioned coaxially with the electrostatic lens. The acceptance angle for the electrically charged particles generated from a point source (7) is ±30° or greater. The shape of the aspherical mesh (2), and the potentials and the positions of a ground electrode (10) and application electrodes (11-15) are adjusted so that the trajectories of the electrically charged particles are substantially parallelized by the electrostatic lens. The electrostatic lens and the flat collimator plate are positioned on a common axis.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus for generating an output image based on an input panorama image, includes a parameter input unit inputting an output range parameter and a correction parameter, the output range parameter designating an output range in the panorama image, the correction parameter designating a correction part to be corrected in the output image; and an image correction unit correcting the correction part designated by the correction parameter in the output image. Further, the image correction unit calculates a similarity between the correction part and peripheral pixels and corrects the correction part based on the similarity and the peripheral pixels, and the output image is generated from the output range of the panorama image and is the panorama image corrected by the correction.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus for generating an output image based on an input panorama image, includes a parameter input unit inputting an output range parameter and a correction parameter, the output range parameter designating an output range in the panorama image, the correction parameter designating a correction part to be corrected in the output image; and an image correction unit correcting the correction part designated by the correction parameter in the output image. Further, the image correction unit calculates a similarity between the correction part and peripheral pixels and corrects the correction part based on the similarity and the peripheral pixels, and the output image is generated from the output range of the panorama image and is the panorama image corrected by the correction.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus for generating an output image based on an input panorama image, includes a parameter input unit inputting an output range parameter and a correction parameter, the output range parameter designating an output range in the panorama image, the correction parameter designating a correction part to be corrected in the output image; and an image correction unit correcting the correction part designated by the correction parameter in the output image. Further, the image correction unit calculates a similarity between the correction part and peripheral pixels and corrects the correction part based on the similarity and the peripheral pixels, and the output image is generated from the output range of the panorama image and is the panorama image corrected by the correction.

Abstract: A scan asynchronous memory element includes: an asynchronous memory element configured to receive an n-input; and a scan control logic circuit configured to generate an n-bit signal input and the n-input to the asynchronous memory element from a scan input. The scan control logic circuit outputs the signal input when a control signal supplied to the scan control logic circuit has a first bit pattern, the scan control logic circuit outputs the scan input when the control signal has a second bit pattern, and the scan control logic circuit outputs a bit pattern allowing the asynchronous memory element to hold a previous value when the control signal has a bit pattern other than the first and second bit patterns.

Abstract: A translation apparatus that can perform translation based on a correct syntax, a syntax evaluation apparatus employed in the translation apparatus, a syntax evaluation method, and a syntax evaluation program are provided. A syntax evaluation unit 13 includes a grammatical element guessing part 131 that guesses a grammatical element that should be connected before and after or after a word string indicated by first fragment data, and a grammatical element complementing part 132 that complements, based on the guessing result of the grammatical element guessing part 131, the first fragment data as necessary to generate second fragment data. When the grammatical element guessing part 131 guesses a grammatical element, the grammatical element complementing part 132 complements, at a location to which the grammatical element of the word string indicated by the first fragment data should be connected, a tag indicating the grammatical element in order to generate the second fragment data.

Abstract: A data processing device includes a two-dimensional structure including a plurality of stages in a vertical direction, the stages each including basic units in a horizontal direction such that the number of the basic units is equal to the number of ways. The basic units each includes a memory block having a plurality of ports, an address generator for the ports of the memory block, and a calculation unit.

Abstract: L-cysteine can be produced inexpensively and efficiently by using a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae modified to reduce activity of O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase B thereof, the bacterium being modified so that the C terminal region of its thiosulfate-binding protein is deleted, and the bacterium having an increased ability to produce L-cysteine in the presence of a sulfate.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus for generating an output image based on an input panorama image, includes a parameter input unit inputting an output range parameter and a correction parameter, the output range parameter designating an output range in the panorama image, the correction parameter designating a correction part to be corrected in the output image; and an image correction unit correcting the correction part designated by the correction parameter in the output image. Further, the image correction unit calculates a similarity between the correction part and peripheral pixels and corrects the correction part based on the similarity and the peripheral pixels, and the output image is generated from the output range of the panorama image and is the panorama image corrected by the correction.