Abstract: A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon an information processing program executable by a computer of an information processing device which presents information corresponding to a biological signal acquired from a user, is provided. The information processing program causes the computer to function as biological signal acquiring means, motion/attitude information acquiring means, and presentation means. The biological signal acquiring means acquires the biological signal from the user. The motion/attitude information acquiring means acquires information about a motion or an attitude of the user from detecting means, in association with the biological signal acquired by the biological signal acquiring means. The presentation means performs predetermined presentation based on both the biological signal acquired by the biological signal acquiring means and the information acquired by the motion/attitude information acquiring means.

Abstract: A jet stream generating device that generates a jet stream of liquid includes: a cylindrical liquid chamber; a nozzle configured to open an end part of the liquid chamber and inject liquid F in the liquid chamber to outside; a liquid supply path configured to supply liquid F into the liquid chamber; a laser beam irradiation part configured to irradiate a pulse laser beam into the liquid chamber, and vaporize the liquid F in the liquid chamber; and a laser oscillator configured to control laser beam intensity and laser beam pulse width independently. An inner surface of the liquid chamber has a mirror plane for reflecting and guiding the pulse laser beam emitted from the laser beam irradiation part to the end part of the liquid chamber, and an adjusting part configured to adjust a distance between the nozzle and the laser beam irradiation part is included.

Abstract: Provided is a combustion experiment device, which includes a reaction tube into which a sample fluid flows and to which a temperature gradient in which a temperature rises toward a downstream side is imparted, and a burner part that is configured to flow a combustible gas along and around the reaction tube from the downstream side to an upstream side of the reaction tube and to maintain a flame surrounding the reaction tube from the outside in a radial direction of the reaction tube.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a polyisoprenoid, which can increase natural rubber production by enhancing the rubber synthesis activity of rubber particles. The present invention provides methods for producing a polyisoprenoid using a gene coding for a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein, a gene coding for a Nogo-B receptor (NgBR) family protein and a gene coding for a rubber elongation factor (REF) family protein, specifically a method for producing a polyisoprenoid in vitro using rubber particles bound to proteins coded for by these genes, and a method for producing a polyisoprenoid in vivo using a recombinant organism (plant) having these genes introduced therein.

Abstract: A magnetoresistive element according to an embodiment includes: a first magnetic layer; a second magnetic layer; a first nonmagnetic layer disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer; and a third magnetic layer disposed between the first magnetic layer and the first nonmagnetic layer, the first magnetic layer containing Mn and at least one of Ge, Ga, or Al, and the third magnetic layer containing Mn2VZ, where V represents vanadium, and Z represents at least one element of Al or Ga.

Abstract: A Cu—Al—Mn-based alloy material (1) having a composition comprising: given contents of Al and Mn, and a given total content of at least one selected from Ni and the like; with the balance being Cu and unavoidable impurities, wherein the alloy material has a shape elongated in the working direction (RD), wherein a grain length ax in the RD is R/2 or less to the width or diameter (R), a grain length bx in a direction perpendicular to the RD is R/4 or less, and the amount of grains X (2) is 15% or less, and wherein a grain length a in the RD and a grain length b in the direction perpendicular to the RD satisfy: a?b, and an angle formed by the normal line of the (111) plane and the RD is 15° or larger, the amount of grains Y? (3) is 85% or more.

Abstract: A memory circuit (100) includes a plurality of memory cells (50), an N-type MOSFET (30a) and an N-type MOSFET (30b). The drain of the N-type MOSFET (30a) is connected to one of a pair of bit lines, and the drain of the N-type MOSFET (30b) is connected to the other of the pair of bit lines. The gate of the N-type MOSFET (30a) is connected to the drain of the N-type MOSFET (30b), and the gate of the N-type MOSFET (30b) is connected to the drain of the N-type MOSFET (30a).

Abstract: An evaluation aid is used as a phantom (imitation lesion) when a digital X-ray dynamic image thereof is taken and evaluated for image qualities for X-ray absorption parts having different X-ray absorption ratios. The evaluation aid contains a fixed plate (plate-like body) including a plurality of regions having different X-ray absorption ratios; a rotating disk (movable body) having a plurality of wires (wire rods), the rotating disk capable of rotating (moving) with respect to the fixed plate so that the plurality of wires traverse X-ray with which the fixed plate is irradiated; and a driving motor (driving portion) which rotates (moves) the rotating disk with respect to the fixed plate. It is preferred that thicknesses and/or constituent materials of the plurality of regions of the fixed plate are different from each other, so that these regions have the different X-ray absorption ratios.

Abstract: A lighting device includes: a light guide plate; a light source; and a light modulation element disposed on a surface of or in the inside of the light guide plate, and adhered to the light guide plate. The light modulation element has a pair of transparent substrates, a first electrode provided on a surface of one of the transparent substrates, a second electrode provided on a surface of the other of the transparent substrates, and a light modulation layer, provided in a gap between the transparent substrates, exhibiting a light-scattering property or a light-transmitting property concerning light from the light source depending on intensity of an electric field. One or both of the first and second electrodes include partial electrodes. First partial electrodes of the partial electrodes are adjacent to second partial electrodes of the partial electrodes, and have irregular shapes on edges adjacent to the second partial electrodes.

Abstract: Provided is a polychloroprene latex extremely superior in adhesion properties. According to the present invention, chloroprene or a mixture of chloroprene and a monomer copolymerizable with chloroprene is polymerized in the presence of a surfactant in an aqueous medium, in which the surfactant's concentration is lower than its critical micelle concentration (CMC) to obtain a polychloroprene latex. The polychloroprene latex produced according to the present invention is extremely superior in adhesion properties and others and give a smaller amount of deposits during production.

Abstract: A control method for a magnetoresistance effect element and a control device for the magnetoresistance effect element that provide a higher writing speed and lower power consumption. When the magnetization direction of a second magnetic layer is nearly parallel to the magnetization direction of a first magnetic layer, a first voltage is applied across the first and second magnetic layer so that the magnetization direction of the second magnetic layer is reversed by modifying the direction of the magnetization easy axis thereof, followed by the application of a second voltage. When the magnetization direction of the second magnetic layer is nearly antiparallel to the magnetization direction of the first magnetic layer, a third voltage is applied across the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, followed by the application of a fourth voltage so that current flows from the second magnetic layer toward the first magnetic layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is an evaluation peptide for evaluating the efficiency of a pretreatment in the quantification of a protein using a mass spectrometer, having high reliability and high general versatility. Also disclosed is an artificial standard protein comprising the evaluation peptide. Further disclosed is a method for quantifying a protein utilizing the artificial standard protein. Specifically disclosed is a method for selecting a peptide which consists of an amino acid sequence not agreeing with that in a naturally occurring protein and a variant thereof and capable of being detected by mass spectrometry and which has an amino acid that can be recognized by a protein-digesting enzyme, and using the peptide as an evaluation peptide for use in the quantification of a protein by a mass spectrometer.

Abstract: A metal oxide film suitable for protection of metals, composed mainly of aluminum. A metal oxide film includes a film of an oxide of a metal composed mainly of aluminum, having a thickness of 10 nm or greater, and exhibiting a moisture release rate from the film of 1E18 mol./cm2 or less. Further, there is provided a process for producing a metal oxide film, wherein a metal composed mainly of aluminum is subjected to anodic oxidation in a chemical solution of 4 to 10 pH value so as to obtain a metal oxide film.

Abstract: Objects are to provide an additive for a feed which can improve growth performance and meat quality of livestock, and can improve palatability of the feed, a feed and a method for preparing the feed, and the objects can be solved by an additive for a feed which comprises at least one or two or more of a polyphenol derived from EFB, ?-tocopherol derived from EFB and xyloses derived from EFB, a feed which comprises an additive for a feed being added to a formulating material for a feed in the range of 0.05 to 20% by weight with a dry basis, and a method for preparing the feed.

Abstract: A therapeutic and/or prophylactic agent for renal anemia comprising ALAs and an erythropoietin production promoter comprising ALAs.

Abstract: The invention provides magnesium fuel cells which can prevent the self-discharge of negative electrode materials and can produce electricity stably for a long term. A magnesium fuel cell includes a negative electrode material including a magnesium alloy, and an electrolytic solution for eluting magnesium ions from the negative electrode material. The magnesium alloy contains aluminum and calcium. The electrolytic solution is preferably an aqueous sodium chloride solution, an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, an aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate solution, an aqueous sodium percarbonate solution, or a mixture including two or more of these solutions.

Abstract: A magnetic element according to the present invention is formed of a layered product having a magnetic insulator film formed on a substrate including a material having no crystal structure. The magnetic insulator film has a columnar crystal structure.

Abstract: An ingestible sensor according to an embodiment includes a sensor, a detector, and a transmitter and to be mixed with food and discharged without being digested or absorbed also when entering the inside of a body. The sensor is configured to detect a predetermined substance disposed inside the body. The detector is configured to detect whether or not the sensor has entered the inside of the body. The transmitter is configured to transmit information of the predetermined substance detected by the sensor to a communication device disposed outside the body based on a detection of an entrance of the sensor into the inside of the body that is made by the detector.

Abstract: A pressure type flow rate control apparatus is provided wherein flow rate of fluid passing through an orifice is computed as Qc=KP1 (where K is a proportionality constant) or as Qc=KP2m(P1?P2)n (where K is a proportionality constant, m and n constants) by using orifice upstream side pressure P1 and/or orifice downstream side pressure P2. A fluid passage between the downstream side of a control valve and a fluid supply pipe of the pressure type flow rate control apparatus comprises at least 2 fluid passages in parallel, and orifices having different flow rate characteristics are provided for each of these fluid passages, wherein fluid in a small flow quantity area flows to one orifice for flow control of fluid in the small flow quantity area, while fluid in a large flow quantity area flows to the other orifice for flow control of fluid in the large flow quantity area.

Abstract: An Fe-based nano-crystalline alloy formed from an alloy composition of (FeE)(100-X-Y-Z)BXPYCuZ having an amorphous phase as a main phase, wherein 79?100-X-Y-Z?86 atomic %, 4?X?9 atomic %, 1?Y?10 atomic %, and 0.5?Z?1.2 atomic %, and wherein (FeE) includes Fe and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Mo, W, Cr, Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, Y, N, O and a rare-earth element, wherein a combined total of said at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Mo, W, Cr, Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, Y, N, O and a rare-earth element is in an amount of 3 atomic % or less relative to the whole composition.