Abstract: Provided is a dilator capable of increasing the diameter of a hole formed on the wall of a digestive tract and the like while ensuring distal-end flexibility and maintaining pushability and torquability even when a shaft is longer and curved. A dilator includes a hollow shaft having an outer diameter that is smaller at a distal end than at a proximal end, and a grip portion connected to the proximal end of the shaft. A spirally-arranged protruding portion protruding outwardly is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft. The spirally-arranged protruding portion has gaps between adjacent portions along a longitudinal axis of the shaft.

Abstract: To more appropriately acquire information in Generic Attribute Profile (GATT) data, a control method includes acquiring, upon establishment of a second connection between a communication apparatus and an information processing apparatus through Bluetooth® Low Energy, at least a part of information indicating a structure of GATT data included in the communication apparatus until an area in which a predetermined type of information is stored in the GATT data included in the communication apparatus becomes identifiable, and acquiring the predetermined type of information based on at least a part of the information indicating the structure of the GATT data included in the communication apparatus.

Abstract: A dilator includes a shaft with a tapered portion having an outer diameter that is smaller at a distal end than at a proximal end; a proximal end portion provided at a proximal end side of the tapered portion; and optionally a distal end portion provided at a distal end side of the tapered portion. Pitches of adjacent portions of the spirally-arranged protruding portion provided on the tapered portion are different (either smaller or larger) than those of adjacent portions of the spirally-arranged protruding portion provided on distal end side of the proximal end portion and/or on the distal end portion.

Abstract: The information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring an image including a face image of a person; and a selection unit for selecting the image in which the part other than the face of a target person is captured among the plurality of images by using the position of the face image of a person other than the target person in the acquired image.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus confirms whether a communication apparatus has completed output of predetermined information used to execute predetermined processing between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus, and causes a display to display a screen used to start the predetermined processing based on confirming that the communication apparatus has completed the output of the predetermined information.

Abstract: A medium transport apparatus includes a body portion, an inversion unit, and an extension unit. The body portion has a second manual feed path for a sheet material. The inversion unit is configured to be mounted on and separated from the body portion, covers the second manual feed path when the attachment/detachment portion is mounted the body portion, and exposes a portion of the second manual feed path when the attachment/detachment portion is separated from the body portion. The extension unit is configured to be attached to and detached from the attachment/detachment portion. The extension unit extends, in a state in which the inversion unit is separated, the second manual feed path in a transport direction of the sheet material by being detached from the inversion unit and attached to the body portion.

Abstract: A guide wire includes a core shaft, a coil body that is a wire wound around the core shaft, and a resin layer covering at least an outer peripheral surface of the coil body. The coil body includes a spaced part in which a gap is formed between adjacent wires, and is arranged to form a void between the coil body and the core shaft. The resin layer includes a protruding portion protruding inside the void toward the core shaft through the gap between the adjacent wires in the spaced part. The protruding portion extends toward the core shaft in a direction away from an inner peripheral surface of the coil body.

Abstract: The shaft of a dilator has a tapered part whose outer diameter at a distal end is smaller than at a proximal end, and either a distal end part and a proximal end part, or a proximal end part without a distal end part. If only the proximal end part is provided, the pitch of neighboring sections of a spirally-arranged protruding portion on the tapered part is larger than that on the proximal end part. If both the proximal end part and the distal end part are provided, the pitch of neighboring sections of the spirally-arranged protruding portion on the tapered part is larger than those on the distal end part or the proximal end part.

Abstract: A dilator includes a shaft in a hollow shape whose distal end has a smaller outer diameter than the proximal end, and a connector on the proximal end of the shaft. A spirally-arranged protruding portion on an outer peripheral face of the shaft has gaps between neighboring sections along an axis of the shaft. The shaft has a first location and a second location located closer to the distal end than the first location and having an outer diameter smaller than at the first location. The spirally-arranged protruding portion has, with respect to the axis, an angle of inclination that is larger at the second location than at the first location.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises: a generation unit configured to generate book data formed from a plurality of pages based on original data; a selection unit configured to select, from the plurality of pages in the book data, a page whose setting information is to be acquired; a display control unit configured to display an instruction item for reflecting the setting information of the page selected by the selection unit on another page with the same attribute as an attribute of the selected page; and a reflection unit configured to reflect, if the instruction item is selected, the setting information of the selected page on the other page with the same attribute as the attribute of the selected page, wherein display contents corresponding to the instruction item are decided based on the attribute of the selected page.

Abstract: To more appropriately acquire information in Generic Attribute Profile (GATT) data, a control method includes acquiring, upon establishment of a second connection between a communication apparatus and an information processing apparatus through Bluetooth® Low Energy, at least a part of information indicating a structure of GATT data included in the communication apparatus until an area in which a predetermined type of information is stored in the GATT data included in the communication apparatus becomes identifiable, and acquiring the predetermined type of information based on at least a part of the information indicating the structure of the GATT data included in the communication apparatus.

Abstract: A control method for an information processing apparatus, the control method comprising: receiving, from a first external apparatus which belongs to a different subnet of a network than the subnet of the information processing apparatus, specific information for discovering the first external apparatus using a first communication unit; accepting an instruction from a user for searching for external apparatuses; discovering, in response to accepting the instruction and receiving the specific information before accepting the instruction, one or a plurality of external apparatuses by using the specific information, wherein the discovered external apparatuses includes the first external apparatus; displaying a list of information related to the discovered external apparatus(es); and communicating, using a second communication unit, with a selected external apparatus that a user has selected from the list.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus confirms whether a communication apparatus has completed output of predetermined information used to execute predetermined processing between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus, and causes a display to display a screen used to start the predetermined processing based on confirming that the communication apparatus has completed the output of the predetermined information.

Abstract: Provided is a degrader for injured mitochondria based on an autophagy mechanism, the degrader including a compound or a salt thereof, the compound containing a ligand capable of binding to or accumulating in mitochondria and a substituent represented by the following general formula (1): where R1, R2, and R3 are identical to or different from each other, and each represent a hydrogen atom or the like.

Abstract: Provided is a novel compound or salt thereof that induces degradation by autophagy of an intracellular molecule. In this compound, a ligand having activity to bind to an intracellular molecule and a structure having activity to induce autophagy of an intracellular molecule are linked via a linker without loss of the activity of the ligand and the structure.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image; a holding portion configured to hold the image forming unit; a supporting portion configured to support the holding portion; a fastening portion configured to fasten the holding portion and the supporting portion to each other; and an arcuate slit portion provided in at least one of the holding portion and the supporting portion and extending substantially about the fastening portion in a range at least not less than 180° and less than 360° around the fastening portion.

Abstract: An information processing system including multiple memory devices and a processor configured to select one node group associated with a time point included in a time period between a current time point and a time point before a predetermined time including the current time point among multiple node groups each associated with one of multiple time points, and store the N pieces of distributed data one to each of N memory devices included in the selected node group. The information processing system carries out a restoring process on at least one of the multiple node groups, and if the restoring results in failure, carries out the restoring process on a second node group associated with a time point before a time point associated with the first node group that causes the failure among the plurality of node groups.

Abstract: A dilator includes a shaft with a tapered portion having an outer diameter that is smaller at a distal end than at a proximal end; a proximal end portion provided at a proximal end side of the tapered portion; and optionally a distal end portion provided at a distal end side of the tapered portion. Pitches of adjacent portions of the spirally-arranged protruding portion provided on the tapered portion are different (either smaller or larger) than those of adjacent portions of the spirally-arranged protruding portion provided on distal end side of the proximal end portion and/or on the distal end portion.

Abstract: A dilator includes a hollow shaft having a tapered portion and a body portion having a distal end located at a proximal end of the tapered portion. The tapered portion has an outer diameter that is smaller at a distal end than at a proximal end, and the body portion extends toward a proximal end side in an axis direction of the shaft. A spirally-arranged protruding portion is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the tapered portion, and the spirally-arranged protruding portion has gaps between adjacent portions of the spirally-arranged protruding portion along an axis direction of the shaft. A proximal end of the spirally-arranged protruding portion is located at the proximal end of the tapered portion.

Abstract: A dilator includes a hollow shaft having an outer diameter that is smaller at a distal end than at a proximal end, and a connector connected to the proximal end of the shaft. A spirally-arranged protruding portion protruding outwardly is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft. The spirally-arranged protruding portion has gaps between adjacent portions of the spirally-arranged protruding portion along a longitudinal axis of the shaft. The shaft has a first position and a second position along the longitudinal axis, the second position being located distal to the first position. The outer diameter of the shaft is smaller at the second position than at the first position. An inclination angle of the spirally-arranged protruding portion relative to the longitudinal axis is different at the second position than at the first position.