Abstract: A method of healing an external wound involves applying an external wound-healing agent to an external wound, or bringing the external wound-healing agent applied to a substrate into contact with an external wound, wherein the external wound-healing agent includes, as an active ingredient, at least one compound of a glycerol alkyl ester represented by defined Formula (I) or a diglycerol alkyl ester represented by defined Formula (II). In a further embodiment, the method involves bringing a fiber aggregate or a film into contact with an external wound, wherein the fiber aggregate or the film each includes a thermoplastic resin and at least one compound of the glycerol alkyl ester or the diglycerol alkyl ester.

Abstract: An oral appliance may include a first jaw retainer piece, a second jaw retainer piece, a holding member, and a rod. The holding member may be mounted on a front-facing portion of the first jaw retainer piece, and have an opening for receiving a rod. The rod may have a leading end slidably inserted into the opening of the holding member and a trailing end mounted on a front-facing portion of the second jaw retainer piece. The oral appliance may further include a restrictor that restricts sliding of the rod relative to the holding member.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet glass production process for properly producing sheet glass having a convex shape in section in a width direction orthogonal to the advancing direction of a glass ribbon. A glass ribbon G2 advancing on molten metal 22 is heated so as to have both edge portions G2B heated more intensely than a central portion G2A in a width direction thereof in an upstream zone of the molten metal bath, and a plurality of rolls 23 are rotated in contact with both edge portions G2B of the glass ribbon G2 such that upstream rolls 23A in an advancing direction F1 have a lower peripheral speed than downstream rolls 23B in the advancing direction.

Abstract: Targeting of a lesion which is performed by a stereoscopic biopsy device or the like is performed simply and highly accurately. Designation of a predetermined position in the stereoscopic image is received to acquire position information when a stereoscopic image is displayed, radiological images of radiographing directions are displayed as two-dimensional images, a mark based on the position information, which is designated in the stereoscopic image, is displayed in the two-dimensional images, designation of a predetermined position in the two-dimensional images is further received to acquire the position information after the mark is displayed.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet glass production process for properly producing sheet glass having a convex shape in section in a width direction orthogonal to the advancing direction of a glass ribbon. A glass ribbon G2 advancing on molten metal 22 is heated so as to have both edge portions G2B heated more intensely than a central portion G2A in a width direction thereof in an upstream zone of the molten metal bath, and a plurality of rolls 23 are rotated in contact with both edge portions G2B of the glass ribbon G2 such that upstream rolls 23A in an advancing direction F1 have a lower peripheral speed than downstream rolls 23B in the advancing direction.

Abstract: A mouthpiece with which the advancement amount of a lower jaw mouthpiece can be more easily adjusted, without increasing the size of the mouthpiece, is provided. The mouthpiece has: a pair of upper jaw and lower jaw mouthpieces facing each other; a male screw; a female screw; a front holding part provided to one of the mouthpieces, holding the male screw or the female screw; and a rear holding part provided to the other mouthpiece, holding the female screw or the male screw further rearward than the front holding part. The female screw and the male screw position the lower jaw mouthpiece in the front-rear direction with respect to the upper jaw mouthpiece, as a result of the turning of the male screw which is screwed into the female screw at a denture tooth surface or further rearward than the denture tooth surface.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an aluminum circuit board including a step of spraying a heated metal powder containing aluminum particles and/or aluminum alloy particles to a ceramic base material, and of forming a metal layer on a surface of the ceramic base material. A temperature of at least a part of the metal powder is higher than or equal to a softening temperature of the metal powder and lower than or equal to a melting point of the metal powder at a time point of reaching the surface of the ceramic base material. A velocity of at least a part of the metal powder is greater than or equal to 450 m/s and less than or equal to 1000 m/s at the time point of reaching the surface of the ceramic base material.

Abstract: Each of a plurality of slices of medical image data is adaptively processed using a noise reduction mode selected according to a target noise magnitude for all slices to an estimated noise magnitude for the respective slice to obtain consistent processed images for across slices, different size patients' and different reconstruction thickness. Unnecessary noise reduction and over-cleaning images resulting in inconsistent noise-level image data across slices or waxy/unnatural appearing processed images is avoided.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a base material powder having a carbon nanocoating layer, the method including adding a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon to a base material powder, heating the mixture to a temperature that is higher than or equal to the boiling point of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and is lower than or equal to the relevant boiling point temperature+300° C., and that is higher than or equal to the thermal decomposition temperature of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, and thereby coating the surface of the base material powder with a layer of carbon having a thickness of 0.1 nm to 10 nm.

Abstract: A method of healing an external wound involves applying an external wound-healing agent to an external wound, or bringing the external wound-healing agent applied to a substrate into contact with an external wound, wherein the external wound-healing agent includes, as an active ingredient, at least one compound of a glycerol alkyl ester represented by defined Formula (I) or a diglycerol alkyl ester represented by defined Formula (II). In a further embodiment, the method involves bringing a fiber aggregate or a film into contact with an external wound, wherein the fiber aggregate or the film each includes a thermoplastic resin and at least one compound of the glycerol alkyl ester or the diglycerol alkyl ester.

Abstract: Provided is a laminate film having a substrate and at least one thin film layer which is formed on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein at least one of the thin film layers satisfies all of the following conditions (i) to (iv): (i) silicon atoms, oxygen atoms, and carbon atoms are contained, (ii) a content ratio X (at %) of the number of carbon atoms relative to a sum of the number of silicon atoms, the number of oxygen atoms, and the number of carbon atoms is 3 to 25 at %, (iii) an average density d (g/cm3) is 2.12 g/cm3 or higher and is less than 2.25 g/cm3, and (iv) the content ratio X (at %) of the number of carbon atoms and the average density d (g/cm3) satisfy a condition represented by the following formula (1): d>(2.22?0.008X)??(1).

Abstract: Provided is a laminate film having a substrate and at least one thin film layer which has been formed on at least one surface of the substrate, in which at least one of the thin film layer contains silicon atoms, oxygen atoms, and carbon atoms.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet glass production process for properly producing sheet glass having a convex shape in section in a width direction orthogonal to the advancing direction of a glass ribbon. A glass ribbon G2 advancing on molten metal 22 is heated so as to have both edge portions G2B heated more intensely than a central portion G2A in a width direction thereof in an upstream zone of the molten metal bath, and a plurality of rolls 23 are rotated in contact with both edge portions G2B of the glass ribbon G2 such that upstream rolls 23A in an advancing direction F1 have a lower peripheral speed than downstream rolls 23B in the advancing direction.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a base material powder having a carbon nanocoating layer, the method including adding a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon to a base material powder, heating the mixture to a temperature that is higher than or equal to the boiling point of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and is lower than or equal to the relevant boiling point temperature +300° C., and that is higher than or equal to the thermal decomposition temperature of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, and thereby coating the surface of the base material powder with a layer of carbon having a thickness of 0.1 nm to 10 nm.

Abstract: Provided is a production method for a porous alumina material, comprising the steps of: mixing an alkoxysilane solution that comprises an alkoxysilane, a mixed solvent comprising water and an alcohol, and an inorganic acid, with an aluminum solution comprising an aluminum compound and water, to prepare a mixed solution in which the aluminum compound and the alkoxysilane are dissolved in the mixed solvent; co-precipitating aluminum hydroxide with a silicon compound in the mixed solution, to form a precipitate; and baking the precipitate to form a porous alumina material comprising aluminum oxide and silicon oxide.

Abstract: Targeting of a lesion which is performed by a stereoscopic biopsy device or the like is performed simply and highly accurately. Designation of a predetermined position in the stereoscopic image is received to acquire position information when a stereoscopic image is displayed, radiological images of radiographing directions are displayed as two-dimensional images, a mark based on the position information, which is designated in the stereoscopic image, is displayed in the two-dimensional images, designation of a predetermined position in the two-dimensional images is further received to acquire the position information after the mark is displayed.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a dental material, particularly, a dental prosthesis, having excellent properties such as hydrophilicity and antifouling properties. The dental prosthesis according to the present invention includes a monolayer film obtained by curing a composition including: a compound (I) having at least one hydrophilic group selected from anionic hydrophilic groups and cationic hydrophilic groups, and at least one functional group with a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond; a compound (II) having two or more functional groups with a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond (wherein the compound (II) has no anionic hydrophilic group nor cationic hydrophilic group); and a surfactant (III) having a hydrophilic moiety including an anionic hydrophilic group, a cationic hydrophilic group or two or more hydroxyl groups, and a hydrophobic moiety composed of an organic residue (wherein the surfactant has no polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond).