Abstract: A power generation device, comprising a fuel, an anode and a cathode, the anode comprising an enzyme that promotes oxidation of the fuel, and the power generation device containing more water when generating power than when not generating power.

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: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prevention of stress-related disorders, stress-induced anxiety disorders, or stress-related disorders or anxiety disorders associated with depression, the composition containing a selective ?-opioid receptor agonist as an active component, wherein the selective ?-opioid receptor agonist preferably also has a ?-opioid receptor antagonist action and a ?-opioid receptor antagonist action.

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: 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: An information processing apparatus includes a converting portion having a plurality of electrical conductors to be arranged in mutual separation and a medium arranged so as to mutually connect the plurality of electrical conductors, wherein the converting portion is the information processing apparatus to convert an input signal to an output signal. The medium includes the electrolyte and is configured to be capable of controlling an electrical conductivity of an electrically conductive path mutually electrically connecting the plurality of electrical conductors, and the medium is selected such that the electrical conductivity of the electrically conductive path changes over time with the input signal not being present.

Abstract: Provided is a polymerizable compound represented by a Formula E-1 or Formula E-2 shown in the description. In Formula E-1 or Formula E-2, R1 represents an alkoxy group, —NRN2, a hydroxy group, an aryl group, or an alkyl group, wherein RN each independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; n represents an integer from 1 to 5; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, a phenoxyacetyl group, a pivaloyl group, a benzyl group, a 4-methoxybenzyl group, a benzoyl group, a triphenylmethyl group, a 4,4?-dimethoxytrityl (DMTr) group, a 4-methoxytrityl (MMTr) group, a 9-phenylxanthenyl group, a trimethylsilyl group, a cyanomethoxymethyl group, a 2-(cyanoethoxy)ethyl group, or a cyanoethoxymethyl group; and X represents a structure represented by any one of Formula B-1 to Formula B-5 shown in the description.

Abstract: A fire retardant material comprising a carbon fiber which tensile elasticity is 700 GPa or more, and a fire retardant resin such as polycarbonate.

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: Disclosed are a novel therapeutic means effective and practical against cancer, and a novel substance useful as such a therapeutic means. Provided are novel peptides derived from a partial region of HMGN1, HMGN2, HMGN4 or HMGN5, and anti-cancer agents and anti-cancer effect enhancers containing the peptide as an active ingredient. The peptide of the present invention has an anti-tumor effect even independently, and exerts a remarkably excellent anti-tumor effect particularly when used in combination with an immune checkpoint regulator, or an anti-CD4 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof.

Abstract: An electret includes an electret layer. The electret layer is formed by subjecting a composite film in which inorganic dielectric particles are dispersed and held in a base film to a polarization treatment. The inorganic dielectric particles are mainly composed of an inorganic dielectric material having a bandgap energy of 4 eV or more.

Abstract: An electret includes a substrate and an electret layer formed above a surface of the substrate. The electret layer is a composite metal compound containing two or more different metal elements, and is obtained by subjecting a thin film mainly composed of an inorganic dielectric material having a bandgap energy of 4 eV or more to a polarization treatment.

Abstract: Novel factors which are involved in the mechanism of the onset of IgA nephropathy are explored, and diagnostic, preventive or therapeutic agents for this disease are provided. A method for measuring autoantibodies related to IgA nephropathy, the method comprising measuring the amount of anti-spectrin ? IgA antibodies in a sample derived from a living organism.

Abstract: A photobase generator includes a compound including a first skeleton represented by the following formula (a), and a second skeleton including a nitrogen atom bonding to a bonding position of the first skeleton to form an amide group, wherein the compound generates a base, in which a hydrogen atom is bonding with the nitrogen atom of the second skeleton, by light irradiation, and the pKa of a conjugate acid of the base in water is 12 or more. In formula (a), G is a divalent aromatic group, and * represents the bonding position with the nitrogen atom.

Abstract: A photoreactive composition including a base-reactive compound, a photobase generator that is represented by the following Formula (1) and that generates a base when irradiated with light, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a polycyclic aromatic compound having a fused ring structure having two or more rings and a polycyclic aromatic compound having three or more aromatic rings and having a conjugated structure including any two or more of the three or more aromatic rings, in which the base-reactive compound is a compound having two or more groups that will have their polarity converted by the action of a base and that exhibit reactivity, in one molecule, or a compound having two or more groups that will react under the action of a base, in one molecule.

Abstract: A coating agent has: a film-forming component containing an organosilicon compound having a radical polymerizable functional group and an alkoxysilyl group; and a film-curing component composed so that a base and a radical can be generated on irradiation with ultraviolet light. The film-curing component includes a nonionic photobase generator having no ionic bond in the molecular structure. The content of the nonionic photobase generator is 0.1 parts by mass or more and 50 parts by mass or less, based on 100 parts by mass of the organosilicon compound.

Abstract: An ink includes a boron-doped nanodiamond having a specific surface area of 110 m2/g or greater, and electrical conductivity at 20° C. of 5.0×10?3 S/cm or greater.

Abstract: The sensor of a fluid sensor system includes an outer peripheral sensor unit including three or more sensor pairs to surround and sandwich the heating element. The computing device of the system includes a first identification unit identifies a sensor pair in which an output difference between an output value corresponding to a temperature detected by one temperature sensor of the sensor pair and an output value corresponding to a temperature detected by the other temperature sensor of the sensor pair is largest, a second identification unit identifies other sensor pairs adjacent to the identified sensor pair in the circumferential direction, and a flow direction estimation unit estimates the flow direction of the fluid on the basis of the output difference in the sensor pair having the largest output difference and output differences in the other sensor pairs adjacent to the sensor pair in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: Provided is an electrode-forming material for an electrochemical capacitor useful for forming an electrode of an electrochemical capacitor having a high storage capacity and a high energy density. The electrode-forming material for an electrochemical capacitor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes boron-doped nanodiamond (A) having a specific surface area of 110 m2/g or greater and an electrical conductivity at 20° C. of 5.0×10?3 S/cm or greater; and a metal oxide (B), and the content of the (B) is from 20 to 95 mass % with respect to the total content of the (A) and (B).

Abstract: A compound represented by Chemical formula 1: wherein n is an integer of 2 or more, is provided. Also provided is a derivatization reagent for derivatizing a diene-containing compound, including a compound represented by Chemical formula 1. Further provided is a synthesis method for a compound, including a nucleophilic substitution reaction between an aryl halide and a heterocyclic amine compound being saturated, the compound being represented by Chemical formula 1.