Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor programmed to obtain a first radiation image of a subject captured from a first direction, obtain a second radiation image of the subject captured from a second direction that intersects the first direction, and either correct one of the first radiation image and the second radiation image based on positional information of a device for capturing the one of the first radiation image and the second radiation image, or correct another one of the first radiation image and the second radiation image based on information on a position of a specific region of the subject obtained from the one of the first radiation image and the second radiation image.

Abstract: A radio wave-absorbing laminate film in which both the top surface and the bottom surface have superior transmission attenuation properties and reflection attenuation capabilities in extremely high-frequency wave bands and higher, and which exhibits excellent radio wave absorption properties even when extremely thin; a production method for the film; and an element containing the film. A radio wave-absorbing laminate film having radio wave-absorbing layers, the radio wave-absorbing laminate film including a center layer, two substrate layers, and two radio wave-absorbing layers, the center layer containing at least one metal layer, and the two substrate layers being laminated on both surfaces of the center layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a Plexin-binding regulating agent containing a cyclic peptide having an Arg-Trp-Thr structure or a Leu-Ser-Trp structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the cyclic peptide.

Abstract: A thermoelectric device includes: a sheet-like or plate-like thermoelectric conversion film including a thermoelectric conversion element formed with a material exhibiting an anomalous Nernst effect; and a catalyst portion formed with a catalyst that reacts with a fluid the catalyst portion being on the side of at least a first surface of the thermoelectric conversion film and facing a flow path of the fluid.

Abstract: This invention provides an interleukin-31 (IL-31) production inhibitor and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the inhibitor. The invention also provides a novel compound useful as an active ingredient for an IL-31 production inhibitor. These comprise a compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof as an active ingredient: wherein A is a —NH—N?C(R1)— group, a divalent N-containing 5-membered heterocyclic group, or a —NH—CO— group, wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group, B is the same or different and is a C1-6 alkyl group optionally having one hydroxyl group, a mono or di(C1-6 alkyl)amino group optionally having one hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, a halo C1-6 alkyl group, a C2-6 alkynylene group, or a carboxy group, wherein at least one C1-6 alkyl group in the mono or di(C1-6 alkyl)amino group is optionally attached to a carbon atom adjacent to a carbon atom in the phenyl group to which it is attached, to form a 5- to 6-membered ring, and n is an integer of 1 to 5.

Abstract: The present inventors have found that by cultivating insect cells, into which the Cas3 gene has been introduced, at relatively low temperatures, it is possible to efficiently express recombinant Cas3 proteins with maintained activity, and by purifying the soluble fractions of these cells, it is possible to collect active forms of the recombinant Cas3 proteins in high purity and high yield.

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: The present invention provides an organic electroluminescence device capable of having not only a device lifetime comparable to that of an existing organic electroluminescence device but also a small thickness of smaller than 10 ?m and excellent flexibility. The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescence device having a structure including: an anode; a cathode on a substrate; and a laminate of multiple layers between the anode and the cathode, the device having a thickness of smaller than 10 ?m.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an object of the present invention is to provide a double-stranded nucleic acid complex having a novel structure. In an embodiment, the present invention relates to a nucleic acid complex comprising a first nucleic acid strand and a second nucleic acid strand, wherein said first nucleic acid strand: (1) is capable of hybridizing to at least a part of a target transcriptional product; (2) has an antisense effect on the target transcriptional product; and (3) is a gapmer comprising a central region, and a 5? wing region and a 3? wing region, said second nucleic acid strand comprises at least one sugar-unmodified central region (first exposed region) consisting of one sugar-unmodified ribonucleoside or two or three contiguous sugar-unmodified ribonucleosides linked by an internucleoside bond, which is or are complementary to a part of said first nucleic acid strand, and said first nucleic acid strand is annealed to said second nucleic acid strand.

Abstract: Proposed is an acoustic output device that obtains enough distance attenuation to achieve localization of a sound field by controlling the driving of a loudspeaker array by use of a more compact shape. The acoustic output device 10 comprises: a loudspeaker array 20 that includes a plurality of loudspeakers 20-1, 20-2, . . . , 20-N arranged in a two-dimensional plane; and an amplifier array 40 that includes a plurality of amplifiers 40-1, 40-2, . . . , 40-N that control the amplitude and phase of the drive signals for each loudspeaker according to the eigenvectors of the predetermined radiation mode of the loudspeaker array 20.

Abstract: An ammonia manufacturing apparatus of an embodiment includes: an electrochemical reaction cell including: a first reaction tank in which a reduction electrode is arranged and gaseous nitrogen is supplied; a second reaction tank in which an oxidation electrode is arranged and an electrolytic solution containing water or water vapor is supplied; and a diaphragm provided between the first reaction tank and the second reaction tank. In the ammonia manufacturing apparatus of the embodiment, the reduction electrode includes a reduction catalyst that reduces nitrogen to produce ammonia, a porous carbon material that supports the reduction catalyst, and an organic polymer material that binds the porous carbon material. The porous carbon material has pores with a BET average pore size of 1 nm or more and 15 nm or less.

Abstract: In a method for designing a mirror, a design formula of a reflecting surface is used which is derived based on conditions that: an intersection point between a sagittal light source ray and an incoming light ray to an MA point and an intersection point between a meridional light source ray and the incoming light ray to the MA point are represented by using L1sA and L1mA, respectively; an intersection point between an outgoing light ray from the MA point and a sagittal virtual collected light ray and an intersection point between the outgoing light ray from the MA point and a meridional virtual collected light ray are expressed by using L2sA and L2mA; an intersection point between a sagittal virtual light source ray and an incoming light ray to an MB point and an intersection point between a meridional virtual light source ray and the incoming light ray to the MB point are expressed by using L2sA and L2mA, and L; and an intersection point between an outgoing light ray from the MB point and the sagittal collect

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide, for translation in a cell-free translation system, a novel translation system capable of synthesizing a peptide having therein consecutive non-proteinogenic amino acids. The present invention provides a tRNA containing the base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 and encoding a non-proteinogenic amino acid.

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: A vocalization assistance device includes: a mounting body that is mounted in an oral cavity of a person and that has a facing portion facing a palate of the person; a diaphragm that is provided at the facing portion and that is capable of outputting a sound recorded by a device having a recording function, as an original sound; and a passage that is provided at the facing portion and that is configured to transmit the original sound output from the diaphragm to a rear side of the oral cavity.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions for suppressing the progression of fibrosis in systemic sclerosis, which contain an antibody against IL-31 receptor A as an active ingredient. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions for suppressing Th2 polarization to suppress the progression of fibrosis in systemic sclerosis, which comprise an antibody against IL-31 receptor A as an active ingredient. In a certain embodiment, the above-mentioned antibody is an antibody having a neutralizing activity against IL-31 receptor A.

Abstract: An object is to prevent eavesdropping in quantum key distribution. A photon detector outputs an output current indicating a result of detecting a quantum signal. A current-voltage conversion unit converts the output current into an output voltage signal. An analog-to-digital converter outputs an output voltage signal obtained by analog-digital conversion of the output voltage signal. A signal processing unit performs predetermined signal processing on the output voltage signal, and outputs a photon detection signal indicating a result of detecting the quantum signal. When a time difference between a timing at which the quantum signal is incident into the photon detector and a reference timing determined based on a clock signal is not within a determination range, the photon detection signal is not output from the signal processing unit.

Abstract: In a method for designing a mirror when any point on a reflecting surface is represented by M, coordinates of an intersection point between a sagittal light source ray and an incoming light ray to the M point and an intersection point between a meridional light source ray and the incoming light ray to the M point are expressed by using L1s and L1m, and coordinates of an intersection point between an outgoing light ray from the M point and a sagittal collected light ray and an intersection point between the outgoing light ray from the M point and a meridional collected light ray are expressed by using L2s and L2m. A mirror is designed using design formulas of a reflecting surface derived based on the coordinates and a condition that an optical path length from a light source position to a light collection position is constant with respect to any point on the reflecting surface for both the light collection in the sagittal direction and the light collection in the meridional direction.

Abstract: An olefin production device for producing an olefin from a raw material gas containing methane and oxygen includes a reactor containing: a first catalyst; and a second catalyst disposed downstream of the first catalyst in a flow direction of the raw material gas. The first catalyst is a catalyst in which a zirconium salt or carbonate of an alkali metal, an oxide of an alkaline earth metal, an oxide of one kind of lanthanoid element, a composite oxide containing a lanthanoid element, or a combination thereof is supported on a support. The second catalyst is a catalyst containing a tungsten oxide, phosphate, or carbonate of an alkali metal.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave detecting device comprising: an emission unit configured to emit electromagnetic waves having coherence; an electromagnetic wave modulating unit configured to modulate one or both of a phase and an amplitude of the emitted electromagnetic waves and to change a state of the modulation relative to an imaging target; and a post-modulation electromagnetic wave intensity detecting unit configured to detect an intensity of post-modulation electromagnetic waves, which are the modulated electromagnetic waves acquired by modulating the electromagnetic waves emitted from the emission unit using the imaging target and the electromagnetic wave modulating unit, using one pixel.