Abstract: Provided is a fuel-reforming device comprising: an ammonia tank (4); a reformer (5) for reforming ammonia and generating high-concentration hydrogen gas having a hydrogen content of at least 99%; a mixing tank (7) for mixing ammonia and hydrogen for temporary storage; and a control means (10) for controlling the respective supply amounts of ammonia and high-concentration hydrogen gas that are supplied to the mixing tank (7). The control means (10) calculates the combustion rate coefficient C of mixed gas with respect to a reference fuel on the basis of equation (1). Equation (1): S0=SH×C+SA×(1?C). In equation (1), S0 is the combustion rate of the reference fuel, SH is the combustion rate of hydrogen, SA is the combustion rate of ammonia, and C is the combustion rate coefficient of mixed gas. In addition, on the basis of equation (2), the control means (10) determines the volume fractions of ammonia and hydrogen that are supplied to the mixing tank. Equation (2): C=1?exp(?A×MB).

Abstract: Antimicrobial activity exhibited against a wide variety of plant pathogens. A functional peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence: YYGFPAFSERTRKFWRIWKGKTS (SEQ ID NO: 1) or an amino acid sequence having an identity of 85% or more with respect to the amino acid sequence, or consisting of a partial peptide thereof.

Abstract: An in-vehicle communication device on a transmitting side of a message includes: a delay time measuring unit measuring a delay time from when transmission of a message is first attempted to when the transmission of the message is started; and an assigning unit assigning the delay time measured by the delay time measuring unit to the message. An in-vehicle communication device on a receiving side of a message includes: a reception point acquisition unit acquiring a point in time when a message from the in-vehicle communication device on the transmitting side is received; a delay time acquisition unit acquiring a delay time assigned to the received message; and a calculation unit calculating a transmission cycle of each message based on a point in time acquired by the reception point acquisition unit and a delay time acquired by the delay time acquisition unit for each of two received messages.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a method and a system for continuous production of microorganisms without the need for sterilization. The present invention provides a novel method for continuously producing microorganisms by proliferating a stored microorganism inoculum without the need for sterilization and a system therefor. According to the present invention, a novel method and system for producing microorganisms in which the need for sterilization for avoiding contamination with unwanted bacteria is reduced as compared with general methods and systems for producing microorganisms are provided.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a recombinant phage having high safety and excellent practicality and usefulness. Provided are a recombinant bacteriophage which is deprived of its proliferative capacity and can infect only once due to the fact that a bacteriophage genome in which a part of a virion constituent gene is deleted is stored in a head, and a method for preparing the same. In addition, provided are a recombinant bacteriophage which is deprived of its proliferative capacity and can infect only once due to the fact that a plasmid having a packaging site and encoding a target gene is stored in a head, and a method for preparing the same.

Abstract: Provided is a chimeric target factor receptor capable of activating an antigen-presenting cell such as a dendritic cell in a target-factor-specific manner. The chimeric target factor receptor contains a target factor-binding domain, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain containing a TLR intracellular domain.

Abstract: A precision forging method includes arranging a metal material in a die cavity so that a distal end surface of a wall portion of the metal material is opposed toward a stopper and a bottom portion of the metal material is opposed toward a punch. Further, the precision forging method includes moving the punch, which includes a cutting blade on an edge of a working end surface, in the die cavity to cut part of the wall portion thickness-wise with the cutting blade and cause shear deformation in the cut portion.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor nanoparticle, the method includes performing a heat treatment of a first mixture containing a silver (Ag) salt, an alkali metal salt, a salt containing at least one of indium (In) and gallium (Ga), a sulfur source, and an organic solvent. A ratio of the number of atoms of an alkali metal to the total number of atoms of Ag and the alkali metal in the first mixture is greater than 0 and less than 1.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing an optical device having a laser diode, which method is suitable for mass production, and an optical device having a laser diode which allows accurate property evaluations thereof with small measurement errors. Specifically, the method includes: an etching process of etching a semiconductor lamination unit to form a mesa structure having a resonator end face, thereby forming a laser diode; and a reflecting layer forming process of forming a light reflecting layer such that the light reflecting layer covers entire side surfaces of the mesa structure, wherein the semiconductor lamination unit has a substate, a n-type clad layer including a nitride semiconductor layer having n-type conductivity, a light-emitting layer including at least one quantum well, and a p-type clad layer including a nitride semiconductor layer having p-type conductivity, laminated in this order.

Abstract: A controller uses detection information of a contact sensor or time-series data of a detection value related to a drive motor included in a rotation mechanism and/or a feed mechanism to acquire a coordinate value when a cutting tool comes into contact with a to-be-cut object or a component. The controller determines a relative positional relationship between the cutting tool and a rotation center of the to-be-cut object based on coordinate values when the cutting tool comes into contact with the to-be-cut object subjected to turning work or a reference surface whose relative positional relationship with the rotation center of the to-be-cut object is known at least at two positions different from a rotation angle position of the cutting tool during the turning work.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal insulator containing a polymer sorbent that regenerates by desorbing adsorbed moisture, and a thermal insulation material. The thermal insulator of the present invention has the thermal insulation performance and prevents deterioration of the object by repeatedly absorbing liquid water between the object to be thermally insulated and the thermal insulator to reduce and prevent retention of water droplets between an object to be thermally insulated and a thermal insulator.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel chimeric antigen receptor. The object can be achieved by a chimeric antigen receptor, comprising an antigen-binding domain, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular signal domain containing a CD79A intracellular domain and a CD40 intracellular domain, wherein (A) the number of constituent amino acid residues between the antigen-binding domain and the transmembrane domain is 100 or less and/or (B) a target antigen of the antigen-binding domain is an antigen other than CD19.

Abstract: The endplate perforator includes a pipe, an operation portion disposed at a rear end of the pipe, a case that is disposed at a front end of the pipe and includes an insertion surface configured to be placed parallel to an endplate of a vertebra, a needle member housed in the case and configured to perforate the endplate of the vertebra, and a mechanism portion configured move the needle member in a direction perpendicular to the insertion surface in response to an operation of the operation portion to cause the needle member to project or retract relative to the case.

Abstract: Provided is a porous body for capturing cancer cells, including a biocompatible inorganic material, the porous body for capturing cancer cells having biocompatibility and also having stability in a living body. The porous body for capturing cancer cells can be used for application related to cancer such as a treatment, a treatment assistance, a test, or a diagnosis.

Abstract: A gallium nitride vapor phase epitaxy apparatus capable of doping magnesium is provided. The apparatus is used in vapor phase epitaxy not using organic metal as a gallium raw material. The apparatus comprises a reactor vessel and a wafer holder. The apparatus comprises a first raw material gas supply pipe configured to supply a first raw material gas containing gallium. The apparatus comprises a second raw material gas supply pipe configured to supply a second raw material gas, which contains nitrogen and configured to react with the first raw material gas. The apparatus comprises a third raw material gas supply pipe configured to supply a third raw material gas containing magnesium. The third raw material gas supply pipe is configured capable of placing a magnesium-based oxide on its supply path. The apparatus comprises a first heating unit configured to heat the magnesium-based oxide in a first temperature range.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanoparticle includes a core and a shell covering a surface of the core. The shell has a larger bandgap energy than the core and is in heterojunction with the core. The semiconductor nanoparticle emits light when irradiated with light. The core is made of a semiconductor that contains M1, M2, and Z. M1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ag, Cu, and Au. M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, In and Tl. Z is at least one element selected from the group consisting of S, Se, and Te. The shell is made of a semiconductor that consists essentially of a Group 13 element and a Group 16 element.

Abstract: An optical product comprising a base member and an optical multilayer film formed directly on or indirectly above a film formation surface of the base member. The optical multilayer film reflects light on a short wavelength side and suppresses reflection of light on a longer wavelength side than the light on the short wavelength side, and has a first layer to an eighth layer counted from the base member side, the first layer is a first Al layer, the second layer is a first low-refractive-index layer, the third layer is a first high-refractive-index layer, the fourth layer is a second low-refractive-index layer, the fifth layer is a second Al layer, the sixth layer is a third low-refractive-index layer, the seventh layer is a second high-refractive-index layer, and the eighth layer is a fourth low-refractive-index layer.

Abstract: A laser processing method includes: a forming step of forming a plurality of modified spots along an imaginary plane inside a work piece by irradiating an inside of the work piece with laser light from a surface. The work piece includes a first region and second region when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the surface. In the forming step, a plurality of modified spot rows formed of the plurality of modified spots arranged along a boundary between the first region and the second region are formed in the second region, the plurality of modified spot rows being arranged along a direction intersecting an arrangement direction of the plurality of modified spots, and a crack extending from the second region to the first region is formed by forming the plurality of modified spot rows.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a bioabsorbable and stretchable fibrous medical material that enables formation of ligation which provides a small and hard-to-unravel knot even with a weak force. The present invention provides a fibrous medical material which is a fibrous material composed of a molded article provided by spinning and drawing a bioabsorbable aliphatic polymer, wherein an elongation at break is 75% or greater, an intermediate elastic modulus in tension at a strain ranging from 0.25% and 10% is lower than an initial elastic modulus in tension at a strain ranging from 0.05% to 0.25%, the intermediate elastic modulus in tension is 400 MPa or less, and a residual strain rate after 100% deformation is 70% or less.

Abstract: A method for producing a paint color material developing a color by a pigmentary color and a structural color, the method including: obtaining a mixed liquid containing a color material particles by alternately adding and mixing a liquid obtained by suspending core particles each having a uniform particle diameter in a solution containing Fe and a liquid containing tannic acid into a liquid containing water as a main component, the color material particles each comprising a core portion formed by the core particle and a pigmentary layer that is formed around the core portion and contains an iron tannate, and each having a particle diameter corresponding to a wavelength of the structural color; and washing the color material particles, in which a pH of the mixed liquid is adjusted to 7.