Abstract: An optical device with favorable characteristics is provided. An optical device with low driving voltage is provided. An optical device with low power consumption is provided. The optical device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an active layer, and a carrier-transport layer. The active layer is positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. The active layer contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound, the first organic compound is represented by General Formula (G1), and the second organic compound is represented by General Formula (G2-1). The carrier-transport layer is positioned between the second electrode and the active layer and the thickness of the carrier-transport layer is greater than or equal to 10 nm and less than or equal to 300 nm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle control device. A vehicle control device includes an autonomous driving control unit configured to determine a travel route when implementing autonomous driving based on surrounding environment information and position information of a vehicle and calculate and output a control amount in accordance with the travel route, a monitoring unit configured to monitor a calculation time of the autonomous driving control unit, and a switching unit configured to receive output from the autonomous driving control unit and output the control amount or an alternative control amount in place of the control amount based on instruction of the monitoring unit, in which the monitoring unit is configured to, when the calculation time exceeds a threshold value, notify the autonomous driving control unit of a calculation interruption request, notify the switching unit of a control amount switching request.

Abstract: The present invention provides a functional food that utilizes health-promoting effects of charcoal, is readily ingested, has no adverse side effect, and has an effect of improving and repressing obesity. The functional food includes a charcoal composition having at least one of a bamboo charcoal, a Bincho charcoal, an activated bamboo charcoal and an activated Bincho charcoal, and both of the activated bamboo charcoal and the activated Bincho charcoal have a bulk density of 0.3 to 0.6 g/ml, an average particle size of 10 ?m or smaller, a BET specific surface area of 1000 to 1200 m2/g, and an iodine adsorption amount of 1000 to 1300 mg/g.

Abstract: The present invention chiefly aims to provide a new method of detecting or determining ApoE genetic polymorphism, that is rapid and less invasive to the subject. The present invention includes, for example, a method for detecting a genetic polymorphism of apolipoprotein E present in genomic DNA collected from a subject, comprising the following steps 1 to 3: 1. a step of preparing a specimen with DNA released from saliva; 2. a step of adding the followings to the specimen containing the DNA and then mixing: (1) a PCR enzyme, (2) a PCR primer pair for amplifying a nucleic acid fragment of the apolipoprotein E gene, and (3) a fluorescent labeled probe set which has oligonucleotides for detecting the genetic polymorphism of apolipoprotein E; and 3. a step of performing PCR, and measuring the fluorescence intensities according to the genetic polymorphism of apolipoprotein E from the PCR product.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution for a nonaqueous electrolytic solution battery including a positive electrode and a negative electrode which are capable of absorbing and releasing metal ions, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising an alkali metal salt, a nonaqueous solvent, a compound represented by General Formula (A), and at least one of a specific compound represented by General Formula (?) and a specific compound represented by General Formula (?).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of preventing or delaying the progression from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to dementia or a therapeutic agent therefor.

Abstract: A task is to provide a non-aqueous electrolytic solution exhibiting excellent cycle capacity maintaining ratio and excellent low-temperature resistance characteristics and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same. An object of the present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolytic solution which improves the cycle capacity maintaining ratio and low-temperature resistance characteristics, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the non-aqueous electrolytic solution.

Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte that can inhibit a capacity loss during continuous charging of a cell. A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte containing oxalato-complex anions (A), LiPF6, a symmetrical chain-form carbonate, and a chain-form carboxylic acid ester (C) in which the viscosity at 25° C. is 0.01-0.47 cP, wherein the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte is characterized in that: the ratio (A/B) of the amount (mass) of oxalato-complex anions (A) to the amount (mass) of PF6? anions (B) is 0.0001-0.30; and the total amount of the symmetrical chain-form carbonate and the chain-form carboxylic acid ester (C) in which the viscosity at 25° C. is 0.01-0.47 cP, relative to the total amount of the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte, is 1-45 mass %.

Abstract: A task is to provide a non-aqueous electrolytic solution exhibiting excellent cycle capacity maintaining ratio and excellent low-temperature resistance characteristics and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same. An object of the present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolytic solution which improves the cycle capacity maintaining ratio and low-temperature resistance characteristics, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the non-aqueous electrolytic solution.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a processing unit that issue a memory access request with a virtual address, a first and a second memory management unit and a test result storage unit. The first and the second memory management unit are hierarchically provided, and each include address translation unit translating the virtual memory of the memory access request into a physical address and self-test unit testing for the address translation unit. The test result storage unit stores a first self-test result that indicates a result of the first self-test unit and a second self-test result that indicates a result of the second self-test unit.

Abstract: An LIS receives, from a laboratory technician, information for evaluation to designate at least one item of a content to be used by an analysis device for deriving an analysis result. The LIS transmits an analysis instruction and a request for the information for evaluation, to the analysis device. The analysis device transmits, to the LIS, a value (for example, a reagent name used for analysis) of an item designated by the information for evaluation together with the analysis result. In the LIS, the laboratory technician evaluates the analysis result with reference to the value of the item designated by the information for evaluation.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for detecting a specific disease based on the result of a measurement in which the amount of a peptide serving as a biomarker contained in a biological sample is determined by using an LC-MS. A pretreatment process performed before the measurement using the LC-MS includes the steps of preparing a mixed sample solution by adding a stable isotope reagent and a trifluoroacetic acid to the biological sample, where the stable isotope reagent is prepared beforehand by labeling the peptide with a stable isotope; boiling the mixed sample solution; injecting the mixed sample solution after boiled into a solid-phase extraction column to make the peptide be retained in the solid-phase extraction column; and passing a water-soluble organic solvent through the solid-phase extraction column to elute the peptide retained in the solid-phase extraction column and collect the eluate.

Abstract: A cerebral infarction treatment support system (100) includes a detection device (10), a display (30), and an image controller (20), and the image controller (20) includes a receiver (21) configured to receive at least one of first information (41) generated by the detection device (10) or second information (42) related to a susceptibility gene generated based on the first information (41), and a video output (22) configured to output at least one of the received first information (41) or second information (42) to the display (30).

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control device configured to execute specific control while at the same time sequentially switching the specific control that defines an operation to be executed by each of a plurality of surrounding environment acquisition devices configured to acquire information on a surrounding environment of a vehicle, a recognition/determination ECU configured to generate a path on which the vehicle is to travel, and an integrated control ECU configured to control the vehicle based on the generated path along with an elapse of time since detection of an anomaly, when the anomaly is detected in any one of the plurality of surrounding environment acquisition devices, the recognition/determination ECU, and the integrated control ECU.

Abstract: Provided are: a non-aqueous electrolyte solution that can suppress the room-temperature and/or low-temperature discharge resistance growth of an energy device; and an energy device that includes the non-aqueous electrolyte solution. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for an energy device that comprises a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution is characterized by containing an electrolyte, a non-aqueous solvent, a linear sulfonic acid ester, and at least one compound selected from the group that consists of fluorosulfonates, monofluorophosphates, difluorophosphates, imide salts, and oxalates, the mass ratio of the amount of the linear sulfonic acid ester to the amount of the at least one compound selected from the group that consists of fluorosulfonates, monofluorophosphates, difluorophosphates, imide salts, and oxalates being within a specific range.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing lithium fluorosulfonate which comprises reacting a lithium salt and fluorosulfonic acid in a nonaqueous solvent, wherein the lithium salt is a lithium salt not generating water through the reaction step.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an interrupt control circuit that receives a plurality of interrupt signals from the circuit blocks and outputs an interrupt request to the processor, and an interrupt monitoring circuit that corresponds to one of the interrupt signals and includes a setting circuit for setting a monitoring type and first and second monitoring periods. If the monitoring type indicates an asserted state of the interrupt signal, the interrupt monitoring circuit monitors the asserted state. If a first duration of the continuous asserted state exceeds the first monitoring period, the interrupt monitoring circuit detects the state as a failure. If the monitoring type indicates a negated state of the interrupt signal, the interrupt monitoring circuit monitors the negated state. If a second duration of the continuous negated state exceeds the second monitoring period, the interrupt monitoring circuit detects the state as a failure.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution that includes lithium fluorosulfonate and a sulfate ion in an amount of from 1.0×10?7 mol/L to 1.0×10?2 mol/L.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes an automatic driving control device determining a travel route at a time of executing an automatic driving based on surrounding environment information and position information of a vehicle, and outputting a control amount corresponding to the travel route, and a steering control device calculating a steering control amount based on the control target value. There is a performing of steering control of the vehicle based on the steering control amount, wherein the automatic driving control device dynamically determines a control amount threshold value for regulating a limit of the steering control amount based on automatic driving control information indicating a control state in an automatic driving of the vehicle, and provides the steering control device with the control amount threshold value, and the steering control device changes the steering control amount not to exceed the control amount threshold value.

Abstract: A pretreating apparatus includes a transferring mechanism configured to transfer a storing container storing an unpretreated sample or a pretreated sample, a pretreating portion having a port in which the storing container storing the sample is installed by the transferring mechanism, configured to pretreat the sample in the storing container installed in the port, and a diluting portion configured to suck a predetermined amount of the pretreated sample from the storing container and supply the sample and a diluent to an empty storing container to dilute the sample.