Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a catalyst with which it is possible to obtain a supported metal ammonia synthesis catalyst, in which there are restrictions in terms of producing method and producing facility, and particularly large restrictions for industrial-scale producing, in a more simple manner and so that the obtained catalyst has a high activity. This method for manufacturing an ammonia synthesis catalyst includes: a first step for preparing 12CaO.7Al2O3 having a specific surface area of 5 m2/g or above; a second step for supporting a ruthenium compound on the 12CaO.7Al2O3; and a third step for performing a reduction process on the 12CaO.7Al2O3 supporting the ruthenium compound, obtained in the second step. This invention is characterized in that the reduction process is performed until the average particle diameter of the ruthenium after the reduction process has increased by at least 15% in relation to the average particle diameter of the ruthenium before the reduction process.

Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable reduction resistance. The present invention solves the problem by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material having a peak at a position of 2?=30.26°±1.00° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? ray, and having a composition of Li(4?x?4y)Si(1?x+y)P(x)S(4?2a?z)O(2a+z) (a=1?x+y, 0.65?x?0.75, ?0.025?y?0.1, ?0.2?z?0).

Abstract: The present invention provides a shape-memory alloy including a Au—Cu—Al alloy having 20 at % or more and 40 at % or less Cu and 15 at % or more and 30 at % or less Al, with the balance being Au and inevitable impurities. The shape-memory alloy has a Vickers hardness of 360 Hv or less. The Au—Cu—Al alloy of the present invention is an alloy capable of developing both biocompatibility and a shape-memory effect, and further capable of achieving artifactlessness in a magnetic environment. The Au—Cu—Al alloy can be produced by heat-treating a clad material formed of a combination of a hollow material made of a Au—Cu alloy and a core material made of metallic Al at 500° C. or more and 700° C. or less.

Abstract: The invention provides a microdroplet- or bubble-producing device that does not require separate through-holes for different liquid droplet/air bubble-producing flow channels. The droplet-producing flow channels are configured in a three-dimensional manner unlike in a conventional device where they are configured in a two-dimensional plane, and therefore the flow channels can be provided in a more high-density configuration than the prior art.

Abstract: Provided is a novel production system that does not involve, or can minimize, the transport of liquid ammonia in the production of an organic compound or the production of a microorganism by microbial fermentation. A production system for an organic compound or a microorganism includes: an ammonia synthesis apparatus in which an ammonia-containing gas is synthesized by reaction of a source gas containing hydrogen and nitrogen in the presence of a supported ruthenium catalyst; and a culture apparatus that cultures a microorganism having organic compound productivity using ammonia originating from the ammonia-containing gas obtained by using the ammonia synthesis apparatus.

Abstract: A device for biological material detection includes a substrate; a through-hole through which a biological material to be tested passes, the through-hole being formed in the substrate; a molecule that interacts with the biological material to be tested passing through, the molecule being formed in the through-hole; a first chamber member that forms, with at least the surface including the through-hole on one surface side of the substrate, a first chamber to be filled with electrolyte; and a second chamber member that forms, with at least the surface including the through-hole on the other surface side of the substrate, a second chamber to be filled with electrolyte. The biological material to be tested is identified by the waveform of the ion current (passage time, shape, etc.) when the biological material to be tested passes through the through-hole.

Abstract: A particle composition according to the present invention contains: hydraulic alumina particles; and a water-absorbing polymer.

Abstract: Provided is a mold production method whereby a UV curable composition can be molded with good precision through optical imprinting. The mold production method of the present invention is a method of producing a mold including an elastic body and used for molding a UV curable composition, and the method includes simulating deformation associated with curing of the UV curable composition using finite element analysis using [1] curing shrinkage of the UV curable composition and [2] deformation of the mold associated with the curing shrinkage, and designing the mold in accordance with a result of the simulation.

Abstract: A mental illness determination device includes a face change information acquisition unit and a mental illness determination unit. The face change information acquisition unit is configured to acquire face change information indicating a time-series change in face data of a subject when emotional stimulation information for stimulating any sense or any combination of senses among an auditory sense, an olfactory sense, a gustatory sense, a tactile sense, and a somatic sensation of the subject to change emotion, and is divided into positive information for increasing comfort and negative information for decreasing comfort is provided to the subject. The mental illness determination unit is configured to determine a state of mental illness of the subject on the basis of the face change information.

Abstract: An estimation device includes at least one of a facial skin temperature acquisition unit and a facial photographic image acquisition unit, and an evaluation unit. The facial skin temperature acquisition unit acquires, in time-series, facial skin temperature data of a facial surface of a subject to which brain function activation information is provided. The facial photographic image acquisition unit obtains, in time-series, facial photographic image data obtained by imaging the facial surface of the subject to which the brain function activation information is provided. The evaluation unit evaluates a degree of interest of the subject based on at least one of the facial skin temperature data acquired by the facial skin temperature acquisition unit and the facial surface photographic image data acquired by the facial surface photographic image data acquisition unit.

Abstract: A gyroscope of the present invention includes a moving standing light wave generator to generate three moving standing light waves, an atomic beam source to continuously generate an atomic beam in which individual atoms are in the same state, an interference device that exerts a Sagnac effect through interaction between the atomic beam and the three moving standing light waves and a monitor to detect angular velocity or acceleration by monitoring an atomic beam from the interference device. The atoms are alkaline earth metal atoms, alkaline earth-like metal atoms, stable isotopes of alkaline earth metal atoms or stable isotopes of alkaline earth-like metal atoms.

Abstract: A semiconductor optical amplifier includes: a substrate; a light source unit formed on the substrate; and an optical amplification part that amplifies light propagating in a predetermined direction from the light source unit and emits the amplified light in an emission direction intersecting with the substrate surface. The optical amplification part includes a conductive region extending in the predetermined direction along the substrate surface from the light source unit, and a nonconductive region formed around the conductive region. The conductive region includes a first region extending from the light source unit and having a predetermined width as seen from a direction perpendicular to the substrate surface, and a second region connected to the first region and having a width widened relative to the predetermined width of the first region, the second region being configured to expand the propagation light in a direction intersecting with the predetermined direction.

Abstract: Provided is a novel production system that does not involve, or can minimize, the transport of liquid ammonia in the production of an organic compound or the production of a microorganism by microbial fermentation. A production system for an organic compound or a microorganism includes: an ammonia synthesis apparatus in which an ammonia-containing gas is synthesized by reaction of a source gas containing hydrogen and nitrogen in the presence of a supported ruthenium catalyst; and a culture apparatus that cultures a microorganism having organic compound productivity using ammonia originating from the ammonia-containing gas obtained by using the ammonia synthesis apparatus.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an antibacterial material capable of sustaining antibacterial properties for a long time. The object can be solved by a silver-containing calcium phosphate sintered body having silver particles therein, wherein an average particle diameter of the silver particles is 0.01 to 0.5 ?m.

Abstract: A gyroscope of the present invention includes a moving standing light wave generator to generate three moving standing light waves, an atomic beam source to continuously generate an atomic beam in which individual atoms are in the same state, an interference device that exerts a Sagnac effect through interaction between the atomic beam and the three moving standing light waves, and a monitor to detect angular velocity or acceleration by monitoring an atomic beam from the interference device. Each moving standing light wave satisfies an n-th order Bragg condition, where n is a positive integer of 2 or more.

Abstract: An electride, which is more stable and can be more easily obtained, is provided or is made available, and as a result, a catalyst particularly useful for chemical synthesis, in which the electride is particularly used, is provided. A transition metal-supporting intermetallic compound having a transition metal supported on an intermetallic compound represented by the following formula (1): A5X3 . . . (1) wherein A represents a rare earth element, and X represents Si or Ge.

Abstract: A physiological state determination system includes a CPU and a camera. The camera acquires a photographic image data of a time-series change in facial data of a subject to which brain function activation information that activates human brain function was provided. The CPU determines a mental or physical physiological state of the subject based on facial change information corresponding to the photographic image data.

Abstract: A photo-alignment material in which an alignment film can be formed parallel to a vibration direction of light and a tilt angle of the alignment film is easily controlled and a photo-alignment method using the photo-alignment material are provided. A photo-alignment material of the present invention contains a photo-responsive substance having a threshold value of responding light intensity.

Abstract: The present invention reduces measurement time. A gyroscope of the present invention includes a planar ion trap part, a microwave irradiation part, a laser irradiation part and a measurement part. The planar ion trap part includes two rf electrodes and two DC electrode rows, and forms ion traps that trap one ion on a substrate, a normal direction of the surface of the planar ion trap part corresponds to a z direction. The rf electrodes are disposed in the x direction on the substrate at a predetermined interval. The DC electrode rows are disposed in the x direction on the substrate so as to sandwich the two rf electrodes. The DC electrode rows each include at least five DC electrodes in the x direction. The trapped ions are spaced so as not to interfere with each other. The microwave irradiation part irradiates the ions with ?/2 microwave pulses.

Abstract: A multiple-metal salt assembly of a dendrimer in which multiple-metal salt compounds with a number of, for example, four or more types of multiple metals can be assembled for each of parts with different environments so that the total metal atom number becomes less than 60. Also, a method for producing the multiple-metal salt assembly, and a method for producing subnano metal particles including the multiple-metal salt assembly of the dendrimer.