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.

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: A thermal radiation lens is configured to control propagation of thermal radiation, by using a sheet-type material 10 which realizes high refractive-index, non-reflective, and non-polarizing optical properties for a frequency band of a thermal radiation region. The sheet-type material 10 according to the present embodiment includes a substrate 11, a first pattern array 12 arranged regularly in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction on one surface of the substrate 11, and a second pattern array 13 formed on the back surface of the substrate relative to the one surface to overlap with the first pattern array, wherein meta-atoms 12a, 13a included in first and second pattern arrays have the same shape and have a width in the X-axis direction and a width in the Y-axis direction which are equivalent to each other within a range of a half wavelength of the thermal radiation.

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 a head-mounted display that enables viewing of a stereoscopic image without visual fatigue caused by vergence-accommodation conflict. A head-mounted display includes a display device to display images for the left eye and the right eye on a screen, virtual image forming optical systems for the left eye and the right eye, respectively disposed with respect to images for the left eye and the right eye on the screen, and wide-focus lenses for the left eye and the right eye having a negative focal length with a range, and respectively disposed with respect to the virtual image forming optical systems for the left eye and the right eye so as to overlap optical axis directions of the virtual image forming optical systems for the left eye and the right eye. By respectively displaying virtual images of images, a permissible range of vergence and accommodation is expanded.

Abstract: [Problem] To develop a group of novel compounds with an inhibitory activity against the function of Pin1 so as to use them as candidate compounds for medicaments.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a thermoelectric conversion element having a film which not only maintains sufficient adhesion even when exposed to a high temperature but also exhibits excellent oxidation resistance and crack resistance. The problem is solved by a thermoelectric conversion element including a thermoelectric conversion component, in which the thermoelectric conversion component contains magnesium silicide and/or manganese silicide and is covered with a film containing Si and Zr.

Abstract: The present invention provides a binder for positive electrode of lithium ion battery which is excellent in workability at the time of producing a positive electrode, is excellent in charge and discharge characteristics such as cycle characteristics and rate characteristics, and enables to possible to produce a positive electrode having an extended cycle life, as well as the present invention provides a slurry for forming positive electrode mixture layer of lithium ion battery, a positive electrode for lithium ion battery, and a lithium ion battery, using the same.

Abstract: A sign detection device is provided with a plurality of sensors, a data acquisition unit, a calculation unit, and a detection unit. The plurality of sensors are respectively disposed at a plurality of positions of a detection target to measure a physical parameter at each positions. The data acquisition unit is configured to acquire time-series change data of the physical parameters from the plurality of sensors. The calculation unit is configured to calculate dynamic network information representing a time change of a complex network structure including a parameter indicating a correlation between the physical parameters at any two positions of the plurality of positions, on the basis of the time-series change data. The detection unit is configured to detect a sign of sudden change vibration of the detection target, on the basis of the dynamic network information.

Abstract: An estimation device includes a controller that: obtains first-type temperature data for a position corresponding to an outside of a first-type position of a pipe in which a fluid flows; obtains second-type temperature data for a position corresponding to an outside of a second-type position of the pipe at which condition related to heat transfer is different than condition at the first-type position; based on the first-type temperature data and the second-type temperature data, calculates thermal resistance of a deposit formed on an inner surface of the pipe, and estimates a thickness of the deposit.

Abstract: There is provided a light detecting device including: a laser light source generating light source pulse beam; a splitting section splitting the light source pulse beam into excitation beam, first probe beam and second probe beam; a first modulating section executing optical path length modulation that modulates a relative optical path length difference between the excitation beam, and the first probe beam and the second probe beam; a second modulating section phase-modulating the first probe beam; and a detecting section illuminating combined beam, in which the excitation beam, the first probe beam and the second probe beam are multiplexed, onto a sample, and detecting a stimulated Raman scattering signal that is generated.

Abstract: A driving assistance control device includes an active pedal configured to control a driving and braking force of a vehicle, an electronic control unit configured to detect a potential risk area in which an obstacle entering a scheduled traveling route of the vehicle is likely to be present, and determine a reference speed at which contact between the vehicle and the obstacle can be avoided even when the obstacle enters the scheduled traveling route of the vehicle from the detected potential risk area based on a positional relationship between the vehicle and the potential risk area, and a force feedback unit configured to apply an assistance reaction force in a direction in which the amount of manipulation is reduced, to the active pedal when a current speed of the vehicle exceeds the reference speed.

Abstract: Provided is a head-mounted display capable of expanding the range in which a user can clearly view images. A head-mounted display 1 includes a display device 3 to display images 3a and 3b for the left eye and the right eye on a screen 3c, and virtual image forming optical systems 4a and 4b for the left eye and the right eye respectively disposed with respect to the images 3a and 3b for the left eye and the right eye on the screen 3c, wherein the virtual image forming optical systems 4a and 4b have positive power set in respective regions that visual lines of a user pass through, and include, at outer sides of optical centers in directions orthogonal to optical axes, power adjusting regions 55 having power set closer to the negative side than power at the optical centers.

Abstract: Provided is a light detection device having a laser light source, a splitting unit, a first modulation unit, a second modulation unit, a first detection unit and a second detection unit that detect light, and a control unit.

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: The purpose of the invention is to develop, as drug-candidate compounds, a group of novel compounds having the activity of inhibiting functions of Pin1. The invention provides: a compound represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof; and a Pin1 inhibitor, a pharmaceutical composition, a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for inflammatory diseases, a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for cancer, and a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for adiposity that use said compound/salt.