Abstract: In an electrode binder of a lithium ion secondary battery including a polymer solid electrolyte, the binder employs a polymer (A) which is a carboxyl group-containing polymer or a salt thereof and which provides a 5 mass % aqueous solution of the polymer (A) has a viscosity of 10,000 mPa·s or more at 25° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an all-solid-state ion-selective electrode having an insertion material, and a method of manufacturing such an all-solid-state ion-selective electrode. The all-solid-state potassium ion-selective electrode (1) includes: a conductor (2); an insertion material (10) formed on a surface of the conductor (2); and a potassium ion-sensitive membrane (20) covering the insertion material (10). The insertion material (10) includes at least a Prussian blue analog represented by a structural formula KxFe[Fe(CN)6]y·nH2O, where x is a numerical number larger than 0 and less than or equal to 2, y is a numerical number larger than 0 and less than or equal to 1, and n is a numerical number larger than or equal to 0.

Abstract: The transplant fish production method includes selecting a donor fish species, selecting first and second fish species which are a combination that could be sterile, producing a hybrid fish species of the selected first fish species and second fish species, and transplanting reproductive cells of the donor fish species into the produced hybrid fish species.

Abstract: Provided are a microorganism which is a Geobacter sp. strain 60473; a microbial fuel cell composition containing the Geobacter sp. strain 60473 and an organic substance; a microbial fuel cell in which the Geobacter sp. strain 60473 is used to decompose the organic substance as a fuel; a microbial electrolysis cell composition containing the Geobacter sp. strain 60473 and the organic substance; and a microbial electrolysis cell in which the Geobacter sp. strain 60473 is used to decompose the organic substance as the fuel.

Abstract: There is provided a porous body which has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, and which comprises a first polymer material and a second polymer material, in which a Young's modulus of the first polymer material is lower than a Young's modulus of the second polymer material, an in vivo disappearance rate of the first polymer material is higher than an in vivo disappearance rate of the second polymer material, and a composition in a first region of the porous body and a composition in a second region of the porous body are different from each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining the sex of yellowtails, the method comprising a step of identifying whether an amino acid residue at position 143 in polypeptide encoded by the HSD17B1 gene of yellowtails is a glutamic acid residue or a glycine residue; a nucleic acid molecule or a primer set which is for use in said method; or a kit comprising the same, for determining the sex of yellowtails. The method according to the present invention is useful in that the genetic sex of yellowtails can be accurately determined.

Abstract: An acquisition section (101) acquires an actual measurement value of a measured change in a specific environment of a data assimilation target. A computation section (102) uses a preliminary initial state and a preliminary value of an unknown parameter that are related to the data assimilation target to perform a numerical computation of a change in the specific environment of the data assimilation target. An update section (103) computes a value of an evaluation function representing errors between the actual measurement value and a value obtained from a result of the numerical computation and corresponding to the actual measurement value, finds an acquisition function from plural combinations of values of the initial state and the unknown parameter combined with the evaluation function value, and updates values of the initial state and the unknown parameter so as to minimize a value of the evaluation function based on a value of the acquisition function.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a curable composition, including a polyfunctional isocyanate compound, a compound selected from the group consisting of a multivalent alcohol and an epoxy compound, and a base amplifier.

Abstract: An energy-sensitive composition including a polysilane, a base generator, and a solvent, the base generator including a compound represented by formula (b1) and a photo base generator: in which Rb1 to Rb3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxyl group, mercapto group, sulfide group, silyl group, silanol group, nitro group, nitroso group, sulfonato group, phosphino group, phosphinyl group, phosphonato group or organic group; Rb4 and Rb5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxyl group, mercapto group, sulfide group, silyl group, silanol group, nitro group, nitroso group, sulfino group, sulfo group, sulfonato group, phosphino group, phosphinyl group, phosphono group, phosphonato group or aliphatic group; and Rb6 represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl group or alkoxy group.

Abstract: Proposed is a phase shift introduction method, a structure, and a circuit device for eliminating or minimizing a risk associated with dissimilar materials, solving in principle a problem of mixing of a signal current and a control current that occurs due to DC connection of a phase shifter to a signal line, and stably and reliably providing a phase shift that is desired to be introduced without being adversely effected by noise generated by an ambient magnetic field, which is generated due to use of an external power supply. A structure according to the present invention includes a phase shifter 101 and a closed-loop circuit 103 that is directly used for computation or storage, and a quantum phase shift is generated in the closed-loop circuit 103 by using a fractional flux quantum captured by the phase shifter 101 that is DC-separated from the closed-loop circuit 103.

Abstract: There is provided an item detection device that detects an item to be loaded and unloaded and includes an image acquisition unit acquiring a posture detection unit detecting the posture of the part to be loaded and unloaded on the basis of a computation result of the computing unit. The posture detection unit scans the second information image across a first region in which the feature part is present and a second region in which the feature part is not present to acquire a change in a visual parameter, calculates notation information indicating the boundary portion of the item on the basis of the change in the visual parameter, detects the feature line on the basis of the notation information, and detects the posture on the basis of a difference in angle between the feature line and a reference line in the second information image.

Abstract: It would be helpful to provide a sheet-form thermoelectric conversion module with excellent thermoelectric conversion characteristics. A thermoelectric conversion module according to the disclosure is a thermoelectric conversion module formed in sheet form, the thermoelectric conversion module being disposed in contact or proximity to a heat source and generating power based on a temperature difference between a portion close to the heat source and a portion away from the heat source, the thermoelectric conversion module including an incision penetrating in a sheet thickness direction, wherein by stretching the thermoelectric conversion module in a predetermined direction, mutually opposite edges of the incision are separated, and the thermoelectric conversion module is transformed from a sheet form A into a three-dimensional structural form B protruding in the sheet thickness direction.

Abstract: A gold alloy and a method for producing the gold alloy. The gold alloy includes: gold; and an Au—X-RE-based hypermaterial represented by a compositional formula AU100-(a+b)XaREb, wherein, in the compositional formula, X represents at least one atom selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, and Sn; RE represents a rare-earth element; and a and b respectively represent a content of X and a content of RE, expressed in at %, and satisfy the following (1) and (2): 10?a?40 (1); and 13?b?17 (2), wherein the Au—X-RE-based hypermaterial is dispersed in a gold matrix phase.

Abstract: As one embodiment, the present invention provides a method for growing a ?-Ga2O3-based single crystal film by using HYPE method. The method includes a step of exposing a Ga2O3-based substrate to a gallium chloride-based gas and an oxygen-including gas, and growing a ?-Ga2O3-based single crystal film on a principal surface of the Ga2O3-based substrate at a growth temperature of not lower than 900° C.

Abstract: A quantum computing system including plural base configurations each configured including a first quantum bit group configured from first quantum bits arranged so as to form a single column without mutual coupling, a second quantum bit group configured from second quantum bits arranged so as to form a single column with adjacent ones of the second quantum bits coupled together and each of the second quantum bits coupled to the first quantum bit that is arranged in a same row, and a third quantum bit coupled to all of the second quantum bits. The plural base configurations are arranged so as to form a single column with the third quantum bits in adjacent ones of the base configurations coupled together. In a quantum computing circuit configuration, a two-dimensional cluster state or a three-dimensional cluster state is accordingly realized with two-dimensional control wiring, or surface code is accordingly realized with a pseudo two-dimensional superconducting circuit.

Abstract: A semiconductor laminate film includes a silicon substrate and a semiconductor layer formed on the silicon substrate and containing silicon and germanium. The semiconductor layer having a surface roughness Rms of 1 nm or less. Further, the semiconductor layer satisfies the following relationship t?0.881×x?4.79 where t represents a thickness (nm) of the semiconductor layer, and x represents a ratio of the number of germanium atoms to a sum of the number of silicon atoms and the number of germanium atoms in the semiconductor layer. Also, the semiconductor layer being a mixed crystal semiconductor layer containing silicon and germanium.

Abstract: A steering device and a method for controlling the steering device according to the present invention are capable of suppressing, in a steer-by-wire steering device including a steering operation input member and a turning actuator that applies a turning force to a road wheel based on a driving signal, a change in which a yaw rate gain of a vehicle rises with respect to the operation speed of the steering operation input member by changing a turning angle command value to an angle less than the angle before the change when a turning frequency of the road wheel is a predetermined frequency. As a result, it becomes possible to suppress a case in which the yaw rate gain of the vehicle becomes too sensitive with respect to a steering operation by a driver.

Abstract: To provide an active-energy-ray-curable composition including a compound represented by General Formula (I) below: where in the General Formula (I), R is hydrogen or a methyl group; A is a structure expressed by one selected from the group consisting of Structural Formulas (II) to (VII) below, each of which may have a substituent such as an alkyl group or an alkoxy group, or both; j and k in the Structural Formulas (VI) and (VII) are an integer of 0 or more; X denotes a substituent including a heteroatom; n is an integer of 0 or more, m is an integer of 1 or more, and n+m is 3 or more, or n is an integer of 0 and m is an integer of 2; and wavy lines in the Structural Formulas (II) to (VII) each independently denote a bond with X or a (meth)acryloyl group (H2C?CR—C(?O)—):

Abstract: This invention relates to a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for sarcopenia, comprising a prostaglandin D2 production inhibitor as an active ingredient.

Abstract: [Problem] To develop novel therapeutic agents for viral diseases such as coronavirus infections. [Solution] The present invention provides a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for viral diseases containing a compound with inhibitory activity against the function of Pin1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.