Abstract: PROBLEM: To provide a hair growth agent which is a topical agent that exhibits effect in terms of causing increase in hair shaft diameter and improving maximum hair shaft length and improving hair shaft elongation rate and new hair growth and increasing expression of genes contributing to hair growth in dermal papilla cells and promoting hair shaft growth at head hair, beard, eyelashes, and/or eyebrows. SOLUTION MEANS: A hair growth agent which is a topical agent is made to contain active ingredient(s) in the form of palmitoyl dipeptide-5 diaminobutyloyl hydroxythreonine and palmitoyl dipeptide-5 diaminohydroxybutyrate, and/or adenosine.

Abstract: A lip gap adjusting device and the like that can shorten a time required for adjustment of a lip gap are provided. In a lip gap adjusting device according to one embodiment, a plurality of lip gap adjusting mechanisms that are disposed in a width direction of an extrusion molding die and configured to adjust a lip gap at respective disposition spots each include an actuator and a coupling member that couples an output shaft of the actuator and a movable lip. The actuator adjusts the lip gap via the coupling member.

Abstract: To provide a hair growth agent and a scalp care agent which are topical agents that exhibit scalp care effect as well as effect in terms of causing increase in hair shaft diameter and effect in terms of improving maximum hair shaft length and improving hair shaft elongation rate and new hair growth and increasing expression of genes contributing to hair growth in dermal papilla cells and promoting hair shaft growth at head hair, beard, eyebrows, and/or eyelashes, these are made to contain an active ingredient in the form of phytosphingosine.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a substrate processing method including: forming a film containing a predetermined element on a substrate by performing a first cycle a first predetermined number of times, the first cycle including: forming a first layer containing the predetermined element by performing a second cycle a second predetermined number of times, wherein a surface of the first layer is halogen-terminated and wherein the second cycle includes: supplying a first gas containing the predetermined element and a halogen element to the substrate; and removing the first gas; and forming a second layer containing the predetermined element by supplying a second gas containing the predetermined element to the substrate.

Abstract: To provide an agent that increases expression of genes contributing to hair growth in dermal papilla cells, a scalp care agent, and a hair growth agent which are topical agents that exhibit effect in terms of causing increase in hair shaft diameter and improving maximum hair shaft length and improving hair shaft elongation rate and new hair growth and increasing expression of genes contributing to hair growth in dermal papilla cells and promoting hair shaft growth at head hair, beard, eyelashes, and/or eyebrows, such agents are made to contain an active ingredient in the form of palmitoyl dipeptide-5 diaminobutyloyl hydroxythreonine.

Abstract: To provide an agent that increases expression of genes contributing to hair growth in dermal papilla cells, a scalp care agent, and a hair growth agent which are topical agents that exhibit effect in terms of causing increase in hair shaft diameter, and improving maximum hair shaft length, and improving hair shaft elongation rate, and new hair growth and increasing expression of genes contributing to hair growth in dermal papilla cells, and promoting hair shaft growth at head hair, beard, eyelashes, and/or eyebrows, such agents are made to contain an active ingredient in the form of palmitoyl dipeptide-5 diaminohydroxybutyrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate that has a first surface and a second surface on which a plurality of solder balls are provided, a semiconductor memory on the first surface of the substrate, a controller arranged on the first surface of the substrate, separated from the semiconductor memory along a first direction, and configured to control the semiconductor memory, a graphite sheet extending along the first direction above the controller and the semiconductor memory, and a first sealing material that seals the semiconductor memory, the controller, and the graphite sheet.

Abstract: An oil-in-water type emulsified cosmetic and a method of making can be prepared in a system not containing a silicone and is surprisingly produced without a wet-type dispersion apparatus by using a specific combination of the oil component constituting the oily phase and a hydrophobizing agent for a hydrophobized powder. The composition includes an aqueous phase; an oily phase dispersed in the aqueous phase; and a powder dispersed in the oily phase. The oily phase comprises a volatile hydrocarbon in oil in a combined amount of 40% by mass or more with respect to the total oil content. The powder has a surface hydrophobized by treatment with a metallic soap consisting of a higher fatty acid and a divalent metal, or by a composite treatment with a higher fatty acid and a divalent metal hydroxide.

Abstract: A three-dimensionally shaped object forming sheet includes: a thermally expansive layer distending at a predetermined temperature or higher; a base laminated on one side thereof with the thermally expansive layer; and a photothermal conversion layer for converting absorbed light to heat, formed on at least one side, wherein the base includes a first base and a second base that are laminated; and the first base has an elasticity that is greater than an elasticity of the second base.

Abstract: An in-cabin monitoring system includes a camera which captures an image of an inside of a cabin of a vehicle, a light source which irradiates the inside of the cabin with light, and a controller which controls the camera and the light source. The light source is capable of emitting first light which is light to be emitted when checking whether a person is present using the camera and second light which is stronger than the first light. The controller captures an image of the inside of the cabin using the camera while causing the light source to emit the second light, before the person gets in the vehicle and after the person gets out of the vehicle.

Abstract: A thermally expandable sheet according to the present invention includes a stress buffer layer provided on one surface of a base material and having an elastic property, a thermal expansion layer provided on the stress buffer layer and containing a first thermally expandable material that expands according to heat and a first binder, and a cover layer provided on the thermal expansion layer and having an elastic property.

Abstract: Imaging and display system includes: a display; an optical system including a first mirror and a second mirror; a housing; a light-transmissive cover transparent to light and disposed to cover at least part of an opening of the housing; and a driver monitoring camera supported by a supporting body connected outside of the housing. First light emitted from the display passes through the light-transmissive cover via the optical system, and is reflected by a windshield toward a direction of the user. The driver monitoring camera captures an image of a driver shown on the light-transmissive cover by second light from a direction of the driver reflected by the windshield toward a direction of the light-transmissive cover.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor chip, a resin, and a terminal. The substrate spreads along a first surface. The semiconductor chip is provided above the substrate in a first direction. The resin covers the semiconductor chip. The terminal is provided below the substrate in the first direction. The resin includes a first portion and a second portion. A height of the first portion in the first direction is higher than a height of the second portion in the first direction. An edge of the second portion in a second direction along the first surface is a part of an edge of the resin in the second direction.

Abstract: To provide a hair growth agent which is a topical agent that exhibits effect in terms of causing increase in hair shaft diameter and improving maximum hair shaft length and improving hair shaft elongation rate and new hair growth and increasing expression of genes contributing to hair growth in dermal papilla cells and promoting hair shaft growth at head hair, eyelashes, and/or eyebrows, a hair growth agent which is a topical agent is made to contain active ingredients in the form of palmitoyl dipeptide-5 diaminobutyloyl hydroxythreonine and palmitoyl dipeptide-5 diaminohydroxybutyrate.

Abstract: A method of producing a shaped object includes preparing a formation sheet that includes a base and a thermally expansive layer that is laminated on a first main surface of the base, the thermally expansive layer containing a binder and a thermal expansion material; laminating, onto a second main surface on a side opposite to the first main surface of the base or onto the thermally expansive layer, a thermal conversion layer in predetermined pattern, the thermal conversion layer converting first electromagnetic waves into heat; and causing the thermally expansive layer to expand in a pattern that corresponds to the predetermined pattern by irradiating the formation sheet on which the thermal conversion layer is laminated with the first electromagnetic waves and second electromagnetic waves that cause the binder to become cross-linked.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a decomposition inhibitor for inhibiting the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide included in an etching liquid composition for titanium nitride. The present invention relates to a decomposition inhibitor that is used to inhibit the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide included in an etching liquid composition for titanium nitride and that includes at least one compound selected from among azole compounds, aminocarboxylic acid compounds, and phosphonic acid compounds as an active component.

Abstract: An in-cabin monitoring system includes a camera which captures an image of an inside of a cabin of a vehicle, a light source which irradiates the inside of the cabin with light, and a controller which controls the camera and the light source. The light source is capable of emitting first light which is light to be emitted when checking whether a person is present using the camera and second light which is stronger than the first light. The controller captures an image of the inside of the cabin using the camera while causing the light source to emit the second light, before the person gets in the vehicle and after the person gets out of the vehicle.

Abstract: An in-cabin monitoring system includes an electronic mirror provided inside a vehicle cabin, a camera that captures an image of an imaging target inside the vehicle cabin, and a light source that is provided in the electronic mirror and emits light into the vehicle cabin. The light source includes a plurality of light emitting diodes, and at least one light emitting diode of the plurality of light emitting diodes are disposed such that optical axes of the one or more light emitting diodes extend in directions different from a direction of an optical axis of an other light emitting diode of the plurality of light emitting diodes.

Abstract: A system, method and computer program product provide vehicle driving assistance, wherein candidate travel routes for the vehicle are analyzed to identify one of the travel routes as a selected travel route. The selection includes calculating a route cost associated with directing the vehicle to ride over a center of a travel lane, for each of the candidate routes and selecting the one with the lowest cost.

Abstract: A thermally expandable sheet in which a thermally expansive layer that contains a thermally expandable material is formed on one side of a base, and where the thermally expansive layer is distended, the base deforms following distension of the thermally expansive layer and the base deforms into an embossed shape.