Abstract: Provided is an acrylamide compound, which is useful for the promotion of platelet production from platelet progenitor cells such as megakaryocytes in vitro and represented by general formula [I]: wherein each symbol is as defined in the description.

Abstract: A composition having excellent curability and adhesive bonding ability is provided. A composition, comprising the following components (1) to (5): (1) a polymerizable vinyl monomer containing 10 to 70 parts by mass of (1-1), 10 to 60 parts by mass of (1-2), and 10 to 60 parts by mass of (1-3) based on 100 parts by mass of (1) the polymerizable vinyl monomer, in which (1-1) is a (meth)acrylic monomer represented by the formula (A) Formula (A) Z—O—R1 (wherein, Z represents a (meth)acryloyl group, and R1 represents an alkyl group.

Abstract: The particle measurement device includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire pad surface shape data indicating a surface shape of an electrode pad including a probe needle mark where a probe needle has contacted; a roughness calculating unit configured to calculate volume of a recessed portion recessed from a pad reference surface and volume of a protruding portion protruding from the pad reference surface based on the pad surface shape data; and a particle quantity calculating unit configured to calculate a particle quantity from a volume difference between the volume of the recessed portion and the volume of the protruding portion.

Abstract: Provided is a novel heterocyclic compound having an aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonist activity and useful for the promotion of platelet production, the compound being represented by the general formula [I]: wherein ring A, ring B, R1, R2, R3, R4, n, and X are as defined above, or a salt thereof.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rechargeable battery includes forming a mixture layer and an insulating layer on an electrode substrate having an edge extending in a specified direction so that an exposed portion where the electrode substrate is exposed extends between the edge and the insulating layer; pressing the mixture layer; and stretching an extension portion, located between the edge and the mixture layer, and the insulating layer in the specified direction. The stretching includes applying a stress greater than or equal to yield stress of the electrode substrate or greater than or equal to 0.2% proof stress of the electrode substrate and less than tensile strength of the electrode substrate to the extension portion, and applying a stress greater than or equal to yield stress of the insulating layer or greater than or equal to 0.2% proof stress of the insulating layer to the insulating layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optic nerve protecting agent containing an anti-low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1) antibody or an anti-LRP1 antibody fragment.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel isolation portion and a concavo-convex structure. The pixel isolation portion is arranged between adjacent pixels in a plurality of pixels formed in a semiconductor layer. The concavo-convex structure is formed on a light receiving surface of the semiconductor layer. The concavo-convex structure includes a trench extending toward an oblique direction from the light receiving surface to an inside of the semiconductor layer. The trench is filled with material that is different from material of the semiconductor layer positioned around the trench.

Abstract: An energy management controller (1) includes a virtual grid generating unit (110) that for each of grids, generates a virtual grid that collectively manages information including information on an energy resource and a wire, in order to carry out efficient power management, and a deal management unit (150) that based on the generated virtual grid, manages a power deal with a consumer-side supplied with power from the energy resource. The energy management controller (1) further includes an RE coloring unit (132) that classifies power by coloring to allow power deals based on RE coloring.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a sheet reversing roller portion, a first sheet feeding passage, a second sheet feeding passage, a sheet a guiding member forming a retraction feeding passage for guiding upward a leading end of the sheet fed from the reversing roller portion rotating in the first direction and then for guiding the sheet, guided upward, in a direction crossing a vertical direction, the guiding member having an inner surface curved to guide one side of the sheet, and a preventing member for preventing a droop of the leading end of the sheet by contact with the sheet guided in the direction crossing the vertical direction by the sheet guiding member.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter is disclosed that converts an input analog potential to a digital conversion value. An analog-to-digital converter according to one or more embodiments may include a comparator that compares the input analog potential with a reference potential; and a conversion circuit that measures comparison operation time from a start to an end of a comparison operation by the comparator and outputs the digital conversion value according to the measured comparison operation time and a comparison result by the comparator.

Abstract: The present invention enables, according to a situation, accurate extraction of related expressions pertaining to search queries and question sentences. A related expression extraction device 1 receives input of text data, performs at least one of categorization of the received text data and determination of a structural pattern of the text data, determines, based on a result of at least one of the categorization of the text data and the determination of the structural pattern of the text data, which of a plurality of comparative assessment models 27 and 28 is used to extract related expression group data 26, and extracts a related expression related to content of the text data from the related expression group data 26 using the determined comparative assessment models 27 and 28.

Abstract: A construction machine is capable of reducing a decrease in work efficiency due to maintenance for capturing dust. The construction machine includes: an engine; a heat exchanger; a cooling fan that sucks air into an engine chamber to pass the air through the heat exchanger; an intake chamber independent of the engine chamber; an intake tube connected to the intake chamber; and a dust receiving part. The intake tube has a curved part, which has an outside inner wall surface allowing dust in the air to contact it. The dust receiving part is located downstream of the outside inner wall surface to be capable of receiving dust.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a reservoir configured to store a liquid; a head in which a nozzle is opened; a liquid circulator including a negative pressure pump, the liquid circulator being configured to circulate the liquid between the reservoir and the nozzle; a negative pressure regulating valve configured to regulate communication between a gas layer of the reservoir and an atmosphere; and a controller configured to perform: obtaining a nozzle pressure in an area, of the liquid circulator, near the nozzle; and controlling the negative pressure regulating valve to open, in response to the nozzle pressure being less than a first threshold value that is a negative value and greater than a second threshold value that is less than the first threshold value.

Abstract: A pouch is configured to accommodate one of ink, nozzle cleaning liquid or preserving liquid and is configured to be foldable from an expanded state in which the pouch has a thickness in a first direction to a shrunk state in which the pouch has a planar shape. The pouch includes: a body portion provided with a first edge and a second edge in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a gusset formed at an end portion of the body portion in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction; and a spout inserting portion formed at one end edge of the gusset in the first direction. The spout inserting portion is formed at a position shifted to the first edge with respect to a center between the first edge and the second edge in the second direction.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid cartridge including a casing which has front and lower surfaces, a storage chamber, and a supply port. A groove is arranged on the lower surface of the casing. The groove has left and right surfaces and an entrance port. At least one of the right and left surfaces has first and second surfaces. The first surface is directed in one orientation of the front-rear direction and in one orientation of the left-right direction. The second surface is positioned in the other orientation of the front-rear direction as compared with the first surface and is directed in the other orientation of the front-rear direction and in the one orientation of the left-right direction. The groove is configured such that a latch enters the groove.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid container including: a pouch and a case. The pouch includes a flexible bag and a spout with a first opening. The case includes a tank to store a liquid flowed through the second opening. The spout is fitted into the case, and the bag is positioned in the tank.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter according to one or more embodiments is disclosed that converts an analog input to a digital converted value by repeating a conversion data generation operation by a conversion data generator, a potential generation operation by a capacitance DAC, and a comparison operation by a comparator for a resolution bit, the analog-to-digital converter. a comparator operation signal generation circuit predicts the time when a potential generated by the capacitance DAC becomes settled based on a charging or discharging time to a capacitance element whose characteristics are equal to those of the capacitance used in the capacitance DAC, and generates a comparator operation signal to allow the comparator to start the comparison operation.