Abstract: The present invention provides an instrument for preventing and treating hemorrhoids, which enables easy attachment to the body, ensures comfort in use, and effectively prevents and treats hemorrhoids. An instrument for preventing or treating hemorrhoids according to the present invention is adhered to a patient's back in contact with the sacrum and/or the skin in its periphery either directly to the skin or indirectly through clothing, the instrument including: a container having air permeability, and a heat generating material that generates heat by oxidation upon contact with air and is contained in the container.

Abstract: The perpendicular magnetic recording head includes: a magnetic pole including an end surface exposed on an air bearing surface, and extending in a height direction perpendicular to the air bearing surface; a leading shield including an end surface exposed on the air bearing surface; a leading gap provided between the magnetic pole and the leading shield; and a recess shield including a mid-part and other parts, and provided at a position on a side opposite to the magnetic pole with the leading shield in between, the mid-part being distanced from the leading shield in a track width direction, the other parts being in contact with the leading shield, and the position being recessed from the air bearing surface.

Abstract: The present inventors have successfully prepared an antibody Fc region dimer that has binding activity against each of an antigen and Fc?R, but does not bind to the antigen and the Fc?R at the same time, and a polypeptide comprising the Fc region dimer. The present invention enables the preparation of a multispecific binding polypeptide capable of avoiding an adverse reaction that may be caused by its binding to an antigen and Fc?R at the same time. Thus, the present invention provides a polypeptide suitable as a drug.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a microlens array comprising a transparent substrate, a resin layer provided on/above at least one surface of the transparent substrate, containing a photosensitive resin and forming a plurality of microlenses, and a functional layer reflecting at least light for reacting the photosensitive resin, the functional layer is formed on a surface of the transparent substrate at a side on which the resin layer is not formed, or on the surface of the transparent substrate at the side on which the resin layer is formed and at a position nearer the transparent substrate than the resin layer.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for increasing the biodegradation rate of the biodegradable resin molded body in nature by promoting degradation of a biodegradable resin molded body containing an oxidative degradation agent. The degradation rate of the biodegradable resin molded body containing an oxidative degradation agent can be significantly increased by allowing both the biodegradable resin molded body and a chloride salt to be present at the time of disposal of the resin molded body.

Abstract: A turbine rotor of a turbine includes a hub that serves as an axis of rotation, and a plurality of turbine blades. The turbine blades each have a line extending along a shroud-side edge of the turbine blade from the inlet to the outlet as a shroud line. The shroud line includes an entrance-side shroud line La that makes a small change from the inlet toward the outlet in a blade angle with respect to the axis of rotation, a center shroud line Lb that extends from the outlet side of the entrance-side shroud line La and makes a greater change than that of the entrance-side shroud line La, and an exit-side shroud line Lc that extends from the outlet side of the center shroud line Lb to the outlet and makes a smaller change than that of the center shroud line Lb.

Abstract: The vibrating reed includes a detection unit that vibrates along the thickness direction of a piezoelectric body when detecting. The detection unit includes a first main surface and a second main surface that face each other in the thickness direction, outside surfaces, a groove that has a groove bottom at a position between the first main surface and the second main surface in a depth direction from an opening provided in the first main surface, an outside surface electrode that is formed on the outside surfaces, and an inside surface electrode that is formed on an inside surface which is opposite the outside surfaces. At least one of the outside surfaces has a non-electrode-formed area where the outside surface electrode is not provided in an area from the end surface which positioned on the second main surface side in the thickness direction to the second main surface.

Abstract: The vibrating reed includes a first main surface and a second main surface that face each other in the thickness direction of a piezoelectric body and a detection unit that vibrates along the thickness direction when detecting. The detection unit includes a groove of which a groove bottom is positioned at a position beyond a midplane between the first main surface and the second main surface in the depth direction from an opening formed in the first main surface, an inside surface electrode that is formed on an inside surface facing the inside of the groove, an outside surface electrode that is formed on an outside surface which is opposite the inside surface with the piezoelectric body interposed therebetween, and a pair of groove bottom electrodes that is provided further on the groove bottom at an interval than the midplane and face inside the groove.

Abstract: Provided is an optical filter integrally provided with a light blocking film capable of suppressing stray light. An optical filter may be used for an imaging apparatus having a built-in image sensing device on which light from a subject or a light source is incident. The optical filter includes: an optical filter main body arranged between the subject or the light source and the image sensing device and having a transmission property for the incident light; and a frame-shaped light blocking film integrally formed on at least one surface of the optical filter main body. The light blocking film satisfies the following condition (1) and/or condition (2). (1) A concavity/convexity is formed on at least a part of an inner peripheral surface of the light blocking film. (2) A thin part is formed on at least a part of an inner edge of the light blocking film.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide methods of discovering drugs effective for tough targets, which have conventionally been discovered only with difficulty. The present invention relates to novel methods for cyclizing peptide compounds, and novel peptide compounds and libraries comprising the same, to achieve the above object.

Abstract: An optical sensor includes a light receiving element (for example a photodiode) and an angle limiting filter that limits the incidence angle of incidence light with respect to the light receiving area of the light receiving element. When a wavelength of the incidence light is denoted by ?, a height of the angle limiting filter is denoted by R, and a width of an opening of the angle limiting filter is denoted by d, “d2/?R?2” is satisfied.

Abstract: To provide an optical sensor, an electronic apparatus, etc. that suppress reduction of spectroscopic characteristics. The optical sensor includes a light receiving element, an optical filter 140 that transmits a light having a specific wavelength of incident lights with respect to a light receiving region of the light receiving element, and an angle limiting filter 120 that limits an incident angle of the incident light transmitted through the optical filter 140.

Abstract: A microlens array to be used in combination with a pixel array of an imaging element. The microlens includes a glass substrate; and a plurality of microlenses provided on at least one surface of the glass substrate and arranged in an array shape. Each of the plurality of the microlenses is constituted such that light to be entered into the microlens is received by a plurality of pixels of the imaging element. A difference between a coefficient of linear expansion of the glass substrate and a coefficient of linear expansion of an imaging element substrate having the pixel array formed thereon or member of a package to be bonded to the imaging element substrate is within 8×10?6 (/K).

Abstract: Provided are a wind turbine blade that can reduce the thickness of a turbulent-flow boundary layer generated on the blade surface of a blade tip portion to prevent noise generated at a trailing edge portion effectively, as well as a wind power generator using the same. Provided is a wind turbine blade, which is a wind turbine blade having an airfoil shape in cross section, wherein an angle-of-attack decreasing portion that decreases an angle of attack during rotation at at least a predetermined rotational speed is provided over a predetermined range from a blade tip to a blade root side.

Abstract: There is provided a variable capacity turbine that is capable of suppressing separation from an outer peripheral face of an involute dividing wall at an inlet portion of an outer scroll, enhancing performance, and increasing a flow rate. The variable capacity turbine includes: a turbine housing having an involuted scroll formed therein; a turbine wheel rotatably provided on an inner periphery side of the scroll; the involute dividing wall mounted on the turbine housing to divide the scroll into an inner scroll and the outer scroll; and a flow regulating valve for opening and closing an introducing port formed at an inlet end of the outer scroll. The inlet portion of the outer scroll is formed to have a continuous and gentle throttle flow path from an upstream side to a downstream side.

Abstract: A magnetic head includes first and second coils, a main pole, a write shield, a return path section, and a core part. The write shield includes first and second shield portions located on opposite sides of the main pole in a track width direction. The return path section includes first and second yoke portions located on opposite sides of the main pole in the track width direction. The core part is magnetically connected to a part of the main pole located away from a medium facing surface. The first coil surrounds at least part of the entire outer periphery of the main pole. The second coil surrounds at least part of the core part.

Abstract: A demand prediction apparatus (10) includes: an activity number acquisition unit (161a) that acquires the number of activities of a target that a demand is predicted; a replacement factor calculation unit (161b) that calculates a replacement factor of the target that a demand is predicted based on a first curve that expresses a change of a probability of occurrence of a failure in a time series and a second curve that expresses a change of a probability of occurrence of a failure in a time series; and a demand prediction unit (161c) that calculates a demand for the target that a demand is predicted based on the number of activities acquired at the activity number acquisition unit (161a) and the replacement factor calculated at the replacement factor calculation unit (161b).

Abstract: An optical sensor includes an impurity region for a photodiode and an angle limiting filter limiting the incidence angle of incidence light incident to a light receiving area of the photodiode, which are formed on a semiconductor substrate. The angle limiting filter is formed by at least a first plug corresponding to a first insulating layer and a second plug corresponding to a second insulating layer located in an upper layer of the first insulating layer. Between the first plug and the second plug, there is a gap area having a gap space that is equal to or less than ?/2.

Abstract: A write shield includes first and second shield portions located on opposite sides of a main pole in a track width direction. A return path section includes first and second yoke portions located on opposite sides of the main pole in the track width direction. A coil surrounds at least part of the entire outer periphery of the main pole when viewed from a medium facing surface. The coil includes a first magnetic portion located in a first space between the main pole and the first yoke portion, and a second magnetic portion located in a second space between the main pole and the second yoke portion. The first and second magnetic portions are made of a magnetic conductive material.

Abstract: An aqueous binder for an inorganic fiber heat-insulating sound-absorbing member is cured by heating at low temperatures and is capable of providing a strong binder cured product. The inorganic fiber heat-insulating sound-absorbing member is produced by applying an aqueous binder to inorganic fibers and heating the resulting inorganic fibers at 180-220° C. The aqueous binder contains 5.5-10 parts by mass of an ammonium salt of an inorganic acid per 100 parts by mass of the total of an acrylic resin that has an acid value of 350-850 mgKOH/g and a crosslinking agent that contains at least one alkanol amine. The ratio of the total mole number of hydroxy groups, amino groups and imino groups in the crosslinking agent relative to the mole number of carboxyl groups in the acrylic resin is 0.8-1.5. The pH of the aqueous binder is adjusted to 5.0-8.0 by a basic compound.