Abstract: Disclosed are: a lactic acid bacterium belonging to Lactobacillus kunkeei, the bacterium having a higher IgA production inducing activity than that of Lactobacillus strain GG (ATCC53103), and a lower mitogenic activity and a lower IL-2 production inducing activity than those of Listeria strain EGD; and a food composition, a pharmaceutical composition, a cosmetic composition, an immunostimulant for preventing the infection by pathogens or viruses that invade through the respiratory or esophageal mucosa, and an intestinal immunostimulant for preventing or alleviating food poisoning, each of which contains the lactic acid bacterium or treated cells of the lactic acid bacterium.

Abstract: An operation adjustment method of an SOI device comprises steps of: (a) obtaining a drain current-substrate bias voltage characteristic of an NMOS transistor for a source-gate voltage of 0V; (b) obtaining a lowest substrate bias voltage which turns on the NMOS transistor from the drain current-substrate bias voltage characteristic; (c) determining an upper limit of a substrate bias voltage of a PMOS transistor as a voltage obtained by subtracting a built-in potential of a pn junction from the lowest substrate bias voltage; and (d) determining the substrate bias voltage of the PMOS transistor as a positive voltage lower than the upper limit. Reduction in the power consumption and maintenance of the radiation tolerance are both achieved for the SOI device.

Abstract: Provided is an electrical junction box with which it is possible to reliably prevent exposure to the outside of the entire L-shaped terminal that is fastened to a stud bolt conductively connected to a conductive member of a box body even when an upper cover is removed, while making it easier to fasten the L-shaped terminal to the stud bolt. A terminal cover is hingedly connected to a box body, is pivotable about hinge portions between an open state and a closed state, and includes a top cover that covers a bolt fastening portion, and a side cover that covers a wire connection portion. The side cover includes a front-surface cover wall that covers a wire connection portion from an outer circumference side of a first peripheral wall portion, and a side-surface cover wall that covers a front side surface of two side surfaces of the wire connection portion.

Abstract: Provided is an electrical connection box that is equipped with a newly constructed dark current circuit connection/disconnection mechanism that can be used to change circuits of the dark current circuit connection/disconnection mechanism and improve versatility. A conduction member holder has a conduction member holding portion that extends spanning over a plurality of cavities that are provided in a case. A conduction member includes: a first conduction member that is connected to a connection terminal of a dark current circuit housed in one of the cavities; and a second conduction member that is connected simultaneously to the connection terminal of the dark current circuits housed in one of the cavities and a connection terminal of another circuit housed in another cavity. The first conduction member or the second conduction member that is selected according to a required circuit configuration is mounted in the conduction member holding portion.

Abstract: Provided is a novel dark-current-circuit interruption structure that can stably maintain the state of engagement of an engaging portion of a conductive component holder with an engaged portion of a case, while reducing the size of the case, and an electrical junction box including the same. A conductive component is formed by a plate metal fitting, a conductive component holder 48 includes elastic projecting pieces and engaging portions that are provided on each of a pair of side walls that are opposingly positioned with a gap between the plate metal fitting and each of the side walls, and the case includes engaged portions with which the engaging portions are to be engaged. When attaching the conductive component holder to the case, the engaging portions and the engaged portions are configured to come into contact with each other to cause the elastic projecting pieces 68 and 76 to elastically deform.

Abstract: An electrical connection box includes a box main body; internal circuits that are arranged and accommodated in the box main body; and a terminal fastening portion that is arranged and accommodated in the box main body, and that is provided with a first fastening tool, the electrical connection box having a plurality of connection terminal portions that are provided to the internal circuits arranged on a first seating surface of the first fastening tool, and also having the plurality of connection terminal portions fastened and fixed together with a connection terminal that is crimped to an end of an external wire, in which the plurality of connection terminal portions each include a plurality of divided terminal portions that are fomed to a size that partially covers the first seating surface of the first fastening tool and do not overlap each other in an axis direction of the first fastening tool.

Abstract: A device and method for easily detecting an abnormality of a joint part of a delta-type parallel link robot having a link ball structure, by estimating a friction torque of a ball joint of the robot. A controller of the robot has: a control section configured to control the motion of the robot; a torque measurement section configured to measure or calculate, during the robot is operated, an amount of change in a drive torque, based on a current value of the motor, before and after the robot represents a specified posture where a sign of a relative angular velocity between a ball and a housing of the ball joint is changed; and a judgment section configured to judge that, when the measured amount of change in the drive torque exceeds a predetermined threshold, a friction state of the ball joint corresponding to the motor is abnormal.

Abstract: Provided is an electrical junction box with which it is possible to reliably prevent exposure to the outside of the entire L-shaped terminal that is fastened to a stud bolt conductively connected to a conductive member of a box body even when an upper cover is removed, while making it easier to fasten the L-shaped terminal to the stud bolt. A terminal cover is hingedly connected to a box body, is pivotable about hinge portions between an open state and a closed state, and includes a top cover that covers a bolt fastening portion, and a side cover that covers a wire connection portion. The side cover includes a front-surface cover wall that covers a wire connection portion from an outer circumference side of a first peripheral wall portion, and a side-surface cover wall that covers a front side surface of two side surfaces of the wire connection portion.

Abstract: A substrate for a light emitting element including a resin substrate exhibiting flexibility and a metal wiring portion being formed on at least one surface side of the resin substrate via an adhesive layer, in which a reflective layer composed of a thermosetting resin is disposed between the resin substrate and the adhesive layer, in which the reflective layer contains a light reflective filler at 10% by mass or more and 85% by mass or less and has a reflectance to light at a wavelength of 450 nm of 80% or more.

Abstract: A detector for a Compton camera includes a first radiation scattering layer; a second radiation scattering layer; and a radiation absorption layer disposed between the first radiation scattering layer and the second radiation scattering layer. The first radiation scattering layer and the radiation absorption layer configure at least a part of a first detector, and the second radiation scattering layer and the radiation absorption layer configure at least a part of a second detector.

Abstract: A radiation measuring apparatus includes: a plurality of detector modules; and a processing unit. Each of the detector modules includes: a plurality of detectors; a plurality of analog signal processing sections, each of which is provided for a corresponding one of the plurality of detectors to carry out analog-digital conversion to an analog signal obtained from the corresponding detector to generate digital measurement data corresponding to the analog signal; and a digital processing section configured to transmit to the processing unit, digital communication data generated from the digital measurement data received from the plurality of analog signal processing sections. Each of the plurality of detectors is a scatterer detector functioning as a scatterer or an absorber detector functioning as an absorber. The processing unit generates a radiation source distribution image showing a spatial distribution of radiation sources based on the digital communication data received from the of detector modules.

Abstract: A radiation measuring apparatus (20) includes a scatterer detector (10A), an absorber detector (10B) and a processing unit (12). Pixel electrodes (2) of the scatterer detector (10A) and the absorber detector (10B) are arranged such that a distance between centers of two neighbor pixel electrodes (2) is smaller than a mean free path of a recoil electron generated in the Compton scattering of an electromagnetic radiation. The processing unit (12) specifies and incidence direction of the electromagnetic radiation based on a recoiling direction to which the recoil electron recoils. In this way, an electron tracking-type Compton camera is realized which confines the incidence direction of the electromagnetic radiation by using the recoiling direction of the recoil electron in a Compton camera using a semiconductor detector.

Abstract: A ball sheet is formed in a manner such that an inclined surface is inclined relative to an axis-perpendicular direction (B) at a first inclination angle (?). A projecting part projecting at an outer edge portion of an opening part of a sheet body of the ball sheet in the axis-perpendicular direction (B) is supported by a supporting part inclined relative to the axis-perpendicular direction (B). A swaged part is deformed by swaging so as to be inclined relative to the axis-perpendicular direction (B) along a specified third inclination angle (?) larger than the first inclination angle (?). The projecting part is clamped between the supporting part and the swaged part at a position corresponding to at least a part of the inclined surface that is inclined to a tip side of the projecting part relative to the axis-perpendicular direction (B) along the specified first inclination angle (?) toward an outer edge portion on the sheet body side.

Abstract: A radiation measuring apparatus (20) includes a scatterer detector (10A), an absorber detector (10B) and a processing unit (12). Pixel electrodes (2) of the scatterer detector (10A) and the absorber detector (10B) are arranged such that a distance between centers of two neighbor pixel electrodes (2) is smaller than a mean free path of a recoil electron generated in the Compton scattering of an electromagnetic radiation. The processing unit (12) specifies and incidence direction of the electromagnetic radiation based on a recoiling direction to which the recoil electron recoils. In this way, an electron tracking-type Compton camera is realized which confines the incidence direction of the electromagnetic radiation by using the recoiling direction of the recoil electron in a Compton camera using a semiconductor detector.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit, a radiation detection unit and a cooling unit are provided. Here, a radiation detection unit is provided near the semiconductor integrated circuit and detects a radiation quantity. The cooling unit cools the semiconductor integrated circuit according to the detected radiation quantity. In an environment where a radiation quantity is more, the generation of a malfunction can be restrained by cooling the semiconductor integrated circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a lactic acid bacterium belonging to Lactobacillus kunkeei, the bacterium having a higher IgA production inducing activity than that of Lactobacillus strain GG (ATCC53103), and a lower mitogenic activity and a lower IL-2 production inducing activity than those of Listeria strain EGD; and a food composition, a pharmaceutical composition, a cosmetic composition, an immunostimulant for preventing the infection by pathogens or viruses that invade through the respiratory or esophageal mucosa, and an intestinal immunostimulant for preventing or alleviating food poisoning, each of which contains the lactic acid bacterium or treated cells of the lactic acid bacterium.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a lactic acid bacterium belonging to Lactobacillus kunkeei, the bacterium having a higher IgA production inducing activity than that of Lactobacillus strain GG (ATCC53103), and a lower mitogenic activity and a lower IL-2 production inducing activity than those of Listeria strain EGD; and a food composition, a pharmaceutical composition, a cosmetic composition, an immunostimulant for preventing the infection by pathogens or viruses that invade through the respiratory or esophageal mucosa, and an intestinal immunostimulant for preventing or alleviating food poisoning, each of which contains the lactic acid bacterium or treated cells of the lactic acid bacterium.

Abstract: A device and method for easily detecting an abnormality of a joint part of a delta-type parallel link robot having a link ball structure, by estimating a friction torque of a ball joint of the robot. A controller of the robot has: a control section configured to control the motion of the robot; a torque measurement section configured to measure or calculate, during the robot is operated, an amount of change in a drive torque, based on a current value of the motor, before and after the robot represents a specified posture where a sign of a relative angular velocity between a ball and a housing of the ball joint is changed; and a judgment section configured to judge that, when the measured amount of change in the drive torque exceeds a predetermined threshold, a friction state of the ball joint corresponding to the motor is abnormal.

Abstract: A detector for a Compton camera includes a first radiation scattering layer; a second radiation scattering layer; and a radiation absorption layer disposed between the first radiation scattering layer and the second radiation scattering layer. The first radiation scattering layer and the radiation absorption layer configure at least a part of a first detector, and the second radiation scattering layer and the radiation absorption layer configure at least a part of a second detector.

Abstract: Provided is an artificial tooth that can be unfailingly attached to a denture base in arranging the artificial tooth on the denture base designed and formed with a CAD/CAM, including a convex portion to be inserted in an internal corner of a concave portion of the denture base, wherein the convex portion is configured to form a predetermined gap with the internal corner without having contact with the internal corner when inserted in the internal corner.