Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having the basic structure shown by Formula (I) in which the indole ring and the pyrazolopyridine structure is bound through a substituent, a salt thereof or a solvate of either the compound or a salt of the compound, as well as a preventative agent or a therapeutic agent for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (Type 2 diabetes) or obesity containing such compound, salt or solvate as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program enabling recommendation of an appropriate rental vehicle to a user in using car sharing or car rental. An experience value including a travel distance is obtained for each feature item of a vehicle type of a vehicle of a user on the basis of a driving history, a matching degree of every selectable vehicle of the user is obtained on the basis of an experience value for each feature item, a recommended vehicle is selected in accordance with the matching degree, and recommendation information is generated together with a usage fee including an insurance premium in accordance with the matching degree. The present disclosure can be applied to a service of car sharing and car rental.

Abstract: There is provided an elevator guidance device 40 including an identification information acquisition unit 41 configured to acquire identification information for a user heading for an elevator hall, a selected elevator information acquisition unit 42 configured to acquire information on a selected elevator selected from a plurality of elevators as an elevator for the user identified to take, and a guidance indication unit 43 configured to indicate, in an indication mode associated with the user, a leading guidance sign on a route starting from a leading start position, at which leading of the user identified is started, to a landing entrance of the selected elevator, the leading guidance sign leading the user to the landing entrance of the selected elevator.

Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires an image indicating a board including a name of the board and an inspection target and a position table as information indicating a correspondence relationship among the name of the board, a position of the inspection target, and a name of the inspection target, a detection unit that detects the board based on the image, detects the name of the board in an image region indicating the board, and detects the position of the inspection target based on the image region indicating the board, and an association unit that associates the board and the inspection target with each other based on the name of the board, the position of the inspection target, and the position table.

Abstract: In an interest degree measurement system included in a simulation system, a behavior information acquisition unit acquires behavior information on an arrival floor of a user on the basis of an image or images captured by a camera. An interest information acquisition unit acquires interest information representing degrees of interest of users for each attribute on a basis of arrangement and attributes of areas on the arrival floor and the behavior information. An interest information storage unit stores the interest information for each user, including information on a time point and a location. A visualization processing unit generates an interest degree map by visualizing distribution of degrees of interest of users of a building using the information stored in the interest information storage unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to providing a polyamic acid that can form a polyimide exhibiting a low dielectric property and high heat resistance and that has good film formability, and a polyamic acid composition, polyimide, polyimide film, and printed circuit board that are produced by using this polyamic acid. A polyamic acid that is a product obtained by polyaddition reaction between a tetracarboxylic dianhydride (A) and at least two diamines (B), wherein the at least two diamines (B) contain a diamine having a fluorene skeleton (B1) and a dimer diamine (B2).

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to providing a polyamic acid that can form a polyimide exhibiting a low dielectric property and a low hygroscopic property, and a polyamic acid composition, polyimide, polyimide film, and printed circuit board that are produced by using the polyamic acid. A polyamic acid that is a product obtained by polyaddition reaction between an ester-type acid dianhydride (A) and at least two diamines (B), wherein a dimer diamine (B1) is contained at a molar ratio of 0.3 or more relative to an entirety of the diamine component.

Abstract: An electrophotographic member comprising: a base material; an elastic layer on the base material; and a surface layer on the elastic layer, wherein the elastic layer comprises silicone rubber, the surface layer comprises fluoro rubber, a thickness of the surface layer is 3 ?m or more, an elastic deformation power ?IT calculated from a load displacement curve, obtained with a nanoindentation test according to ISO 14577 by bringing a Vickers indenter into contact with an outer surface of the surface layer and setting a test load at 120 ?N, is 30 to 50%, and a Martens hardness determined by the nanoindentation test at the outer surface of the surface layer is 12.0 to 18.0 N/mm2.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having the basic structure shown by Formula (I) in which the indole ring and the pyrazolopyridine structure is bound through a substituent, a salt thereof or a solvate of either the compound or a salt of the compound, as well as a preventative agent or a therapeutic agent for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (Type 2 diabetes) or obesity containing such compound, salt or solvate as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having the basic structure shown by Formula (I) in which the indole ring and the pyrazolopyridine structure is bound through a substituent, a salt thereof or a solvate of either the compound or a salt of the compound, as well as a preventative agent or a therapeutic agent for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (Type 2 diabetes) or obesity containing such compound, salt or solvate as an active ingredient.

Abstract: An electrophotographic belt comprising: a substrate and an elastic layer on an outer peripheral surface of the substrate, the elastic layer comprising a cured rubber product including a cured silicone rubber product, an elastic modulus of the elastic layer at a temperature of 23° C. being 1.00 MPa or less, wherein when 1 g sample collected from the elastic layer is immersed in 50 ml of toluene at a temperature of 23° C. for 24 hours in accordance with Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) K6258:2016, an extract of 3% by mass to 20% by mass with respect to the sample is extracted, and a burning time of the elastic layer in a burn test in accordance with UL94 VTM standard is 30 seconds or less.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer member including a base layer, wherein the base layer contains a thermoplastic resin and an electroconductive filler dispersed in the thermoplastic resin, and wherein the base layer has a volume resistivity of 1×106 to 1×1013 ?·cm, and the base layer has an electroconductive path index of 0.20 or less.

Abstract: There is provided a guidance system capable of guiding a user who does not operate an ascending/descending facility in a building as well on the basis of concern and interest of the user. In a guidance system (1), a behavior information acquisition unit (15) acquires behavior information on an arrival floor of a user. An interest information acquisition unit (20) acquires interest information representing a degree of interest of the user for each attribute on the basis of a relationship between layout and attributes of areas on the arrival floor and the behavior information. A destination presentation unit (22) preferentially presents an area with an attribute with a higher degree of interest as a destination when a user specification unit (14) specifies a user, on the basis of the interest information for the user and information on attributes for each area.

Abstract: A motion sickness regulation device includes processing circuitry to generate stimulus information to be used for displaying a motion sickness regulation image for regulating a level of motion sickness occurring to a user viewing a gaze region, as a region in which real scenery is visible or a region in which a gaze image as an image including a gaze target is displayed, based on movement of the scenery or the gaze image in the gaze region; and to generate the motion sickness regulation image based on the stimulus information, to specify a motion sickness regulation region as a region as part or a whole of a region excluding the gaze region, and to have the motion sickness regulation image displayed in the motion sickness regulation region.

Abstract: A cooler reduces size increase. The cooler includes a main container including a refrigeration compartment, and a battery mount set including a first battery mount to which a first battery is attachable and a second battery mount to which a second battery different from the first battery is attachable. The first battery mount and the second battery mount are positioned relative to each other to cause the second battery to be unattachable to the second battery mount when the first battery is attached to the first battery mount and to cause the first battery to be unattachable to the first battery mount when the second battery is attached to the second battery mount.

Abstract: An electrophotographic belt includes a base layer containing a binder resin and carbon black in the binder resin. The binder resin contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of PEEK and PPS. A water content calculated by ((X2?X1)/X2)×100 is 0.6% where X1 is a mass of a specimen cut out of the base layer when in a nitrogen atmosphere a temperature of the specimen is increased from 30° C. to 100° C. at a rate of 20° C./min. and maintained at 100° C. for 30 min, and X2 is a mass of the specimen when in a nitrogen atmosphere the specimen is thereafter cooled from 100° C. to 30° C. at a rate of 20° C./min. and the specimen is left to stand in the air under an environment of a temperature of 23° C. and a relative humidity of 50% for 48 hours.

Abstract: A cooler allows easy attachment and detachment of a battery. The cooler includes a main container including a refrigeration compartment, an evaporator on the main container, a compressor and a condenser adjacent to the main container, and at least one battery mount to receive a power tool battery in a detachable manner. The at least one battery mount is adjacent to the main container and above the compressor and the condenser.

Abstract: An elevator device according to this disclosure includes a detection device, an identification module, and a determination module. The detection device is provided to a car of an elevator, and detects detection information. The identification module repeatedly acquires identification information for identifying a passenger from the detection information detected by the detection device. The determination module determines a leaving floor of the passenger based on a change in the identification information acquired by the identification module and a floor on which the car stops.

Abstract: An intermediary transfer belt having surface resistivity ?s of 1×109 ?/square or more and volume resistivity ?v of 1×1012 ?·cm or less includes a thermoplastic resin material containing carbon black. The carbon black contained in the thermoplastic resin material has a weight ratio of 22.5-28.5 weight % and include first carbon black and second carbon black. The first carbon black of the carbon black contained in the thermoplastic resin material has a weight ratio of 50-90 weight % and dibutyl phthalate absorption of 93-127 ml/100 g, and the second carbon black of the carbon black contained in the thermoplastic resin material has a weight ratio of 10-50 weight % and dibutyl phthalate absorption of 36-79 ml/100 g.

Abstract: The invention provides a non-volatile storage element and non-volatile storage device employing a ferroelectric material with low power consumption, excellent high reliability, and especially write/erase endurance, which can be mixed with advanced CMOS logic. The non-volatile storage element has at least a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a ferroelectric layer composed of a metal oxide between both conductive layers, with a buffer layer having oxygen ion conductivity situated between the ferroelectric layer and the first conductive layer and/or second conductive layer.