Abstract: A primer for amplifying a nucleic acid having a structure represented by formula (1): where A1 represents —S—, —S—S—, or —Se—, B represents a base, and R1 represents a decomposable protecting group, and the symbol * represents a bond to a sugar of an adjacent nucleotide. A device for producing double-stranded DNA includes: a forward primer and a reverse primer, having a structure represented by formula (1); a PCR device for forming double-stranded DNA with 3?-recessed ends by performing multiple cycles of PCR by using a template DNA as a template; Klenow fragment for making the 3? ends blunt; and a photoirradiation unit for deprotecting R1 and forming a sticky end with a 3?-protruding end.

Abstract: A primer for amplifying a nucleic acid having a structure represented by the formula (1): where B represents a base, R1 represents a decomposable protecting group, and R2 represents hydrogen or a hydroxyl group, and the symbol * represents a bond to a sugar of an adjacent nucleotide. A device for producing double-stranded DNA, includes: a forward primer and a reverse primer, having a structure represented by formula (1); a PCR device for forming double-stranded DNA with 3?-recessed ends by performing multiple cycles of PCR by using a template DNA as a template; and a photoirradiation unit for deprotecting R1 and forming a sticky end with a 3?-protruding end.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image data acquisition unit and a template data acquisition unit. The image data acquisition unit acquires a plurality of pieces of image data generated by performing a plurality of ultrasonic wave transmission and reception operations on a subject while changing an ultrasonic wave transmission and reception mode. The template data acquisition unit acquires a plurality of pieces of template data corresponding to the plurality of ultrasonic wave transmission and reception operations, respectively. The similarity information acquisition unit acquires information indicating a similarity between an image value sequence of the plurality of pieces of image data at a target position and a template data sequence of the plurality of pieces of template data at the target position.

Abstract: A substrate processing method includes a first processing liquid supplying step of supplying a first processing liquid to an upper surface of a substrate, a holding-layer forming step of solidifying or curing the first processing liquid to form a particle holding layer on the upper surface of the substrate, a holding-layer removing step of peeling and removing the particle holding layer from the upper surface of the substrate, a liquid film forming step of forming, after removal of the particle holding layer from the substrate, a liquid film of a second processing liquid, a gas phase layer forming step of forming a gas phase layer for holding the liquid film between the upper surface of the substrate and the liquid film, and a liquid film removing step of removing the second processing liquid from the upper surface of the substrate by moving the liquid film on the gas phase layer.

Abstract: A substrate processing method includes a processing liquid film forming step of supplying a processing liquid, containing a sublimable substance, to a pattern forming surface of a substrate, to form a processing liquid film on the pattern forming surface, a temperature maintaining step of maintaining a temperature of the processing liquid film, formed on the pattern forming surface, in a temperature range not lower than a melting point of the sublimable substance and lower than a boiling point of the sublimable substance, a film thinning step of thinning the processing liquid film while the temperature of the processing liquid film is in the temperature range, a freezing step of making the processing liquid film, thinned by the film thinning step, freeze on the pattern forming surface after the temperature maintaining step to form a frozen body of the sublimable substance, and a sublimating step of sublimating the frozen body to remove the frozen body from the pattern forming surface.

Abstract: A prism lens includes a prism lens body and at least one cylindrical lens. The prism lens body has a set of facing planes a mutual distance of which decreases or increases from one end to another end. The cylindrical lens is integral to at least one plane of the set of planes. The cylindrical lens is formed such that a cross section shape thereof at a plane perpendicular to a direction of a slope of a plane of the prism lens body having the cylindrical lens thereon with respect to the other plane of the set of planes has a certain curved shape to be convex against the plane having the cylindrical lens thereon.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holding unit which holds and rotates a substrate in a horizontal orientation, a substrate heating unit which has a heating surface which faces the substrate, held by the substrate holding unit, from below and overlaps with an outermost periphery of the substrate in top view, and heats the substrate in a state of contacting a lower surface of the substrate, a transferring unit which transfers the substrate between the substrate holding unit and the substrate heating unit, and a processing fluid supplying unit which supplies a processing fluid toward the substrate held by the substrate holding unit.

Abstract: An apparatus in related art has a problem in a presentation method of data to a user or a usability. A subject information obtaining apparatus includes a plurality of transducer elements that receive acoustic waves generated in a subject irradiated with light from a light source and transduce the acoustic waves into a plurality of reception signals, a processing unit configured to obtain a characteristic distribution indicating a distribution of characteristic information respectively corresponding to a plurality of positions in the subject by using the plurality of reception signals, in which the processing unit outputs image information for displaying a distribution image created by using the characteristic distribution and data indicating a time fluctuation of the characteristic information in a predetermined region of the distribution image within a same screen of a display unit.

Abstract: A golf club head comprises a head main body and a face member. The head main body is provided with a face support portion to which the face member is fixed. The face member comprises a front plate portion, a backwardly directed portion extending backwardly of the head from the front plate portion, and a centrally directed portion extending toward of a center of the face from the backwardly directed portion. The rear surface of the centrally directed portion is fixed to the face support portion of the head main body.

Abstract: A substrate processing method includes a processing liquid film forming step of supplying a processing liquid, containing a sublimable substance, to a pattern forming surface of a substrate, to form a processing liquid film on the pattern forming surface, a temperature maintaining step of maintaining a temperature of the processing liquid film, formed on the pattern forming surface, in a temperature range not lower than a melting point of the sublimable substance and lower than a boiling point of the sublimable substance, a film thinning step of thinning the processing liquid film while the temperature of the processing liquid film is in the temperature range, a freezing step of making the processing liquid film, thinned by the film thinning step, freeze on the pattern forming surface after the temperature maintaining step to form a frozen body of the sublimable substance, and a sublimating step of sublimating the frozen body to remove the frozen body from the pattern forming surface.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a technique for more conveniently delivering a polynucleotide in a less cytotoxic form into a cell. This problem is solved by a polynucleotide modified by a molecule that contains a structure that contains a disulfide bond and/or a thiol group.

Abstract: A substrate processing method includes a liquid film forming step of forming a liquid film of the processing liquid on the upper surface of the substrate; a liquid filling heating step of supplying a heating medium to a space between a heater unit and the substrate to thereby fill the space with the heating medium, and heating the heating medium by the heater unit, an opening defining step of defining an opening in the central region of the liquid film in a state where the substrate is heated in the liquid filling heating step such that the temperature of the substrate is the boiling point of the processing liquid or higher, and an opening enlarging step of enlarging the opening while rotating the base to thereby rotate the substrate. The liquid filling heating step is executed in parallel with the opening enlarging step at least during part of a period of the opening enlarging step.

Abstract: A substrate processing method includes a first processing liquid supplying step of supplying a first processing liquid to an upper surface of the substrate, a holding layer forming step of solidifying or curing the first processing liquid to form a particle holding layer on the upper surface of the substrate, a holding layer removing step of peeling and removing the particle holding layer from the upper surface of the substrate, a liquid film forming step of forming, after removing the particle holding layer from the substrate, a liquid film of the second processing liquid, a solidifying step of cooling the liquid film to a temperature not more than a melting point of the sublimable substance to make the liquid film solidify on the substrate and form a solid film, and a sublimating step of sublimating and thereby removing the solid film from the substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing lithium carbonate from lithium ion battery waste, the lithium ion battery waste including battery positive material components containing Li and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni and Mn, wherein, after subjecting the lithium ion battery waste to a wet process, thereby separating the at least one metal of the battery positive material components from the lithium ion battery waste to obtain crude lithium carbonate, the method includes: a dissolution step of dissolving the crude lithium carbonate in a liquid while feeding a carbon dioxide gas; and a decarbonization step of heating a lithium dissolved solution obtained in the dissolution step to release carbonic acid, and wherein when dissolving the crude lithium carbonate in the liquid in the dissolution step, the liquid is stirred in a reaction vessel using a stirrer, and a ratio of a diameter (d) of a stirring blade of the stirrer to an inner diameter (D) of the reaction vessel (d/D) is from 0.

Abstract: A display control apparatus that performs rendering on volume data generated based on a signal obtained by receiving a photoacoustic wave generated by an object irradiated with light includes a first unit configured to obtain positional information of a surface of the object, a second unit configured to set a region inside the object between a surface located at a first distance from the surface of the object and a surface located at a second distance from the surface of the object as a display region on the basis of the positional information of the surface of the object, and a third unit configured to perform the rendering on the volume data in a manner that the display region and a region except for the display region can be discriminated from each other.

Abstract: A ?-modified phosphoric acid compound precursor having a partial structure represented by where A1 represents —SR1, —S—S—R1, —SeR1, or —X, where X is a halogen selected from fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; R1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or the like; L1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or the like; L2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or the like; L1 and L2 may be linked to each other to form a 4 to 6-membered ring structure; L1 and L2 may each have a substituent; and the symbol * represents a bond to be bonded to a phosphate group by phosphorylation. Further, provided are a reaction inhibitor and a medicine, each of which includes the ?-modified phosphoric acid compound precursor.

Abstract: A substrate processing method includes a first processing liquid supplying step of supplying a first processing liquid to an upper surface of the substrate, a holding layer forming step of solidifying or curing the first processing liquid to form a particle holding layer on the upper surface of the substrate, a holding layer removing step of peeling and removing the particle holding layer from the upper surface of the substrate, a liquid film forming step of forming, after removing the particle holding layer from the substrate, a liquid film of the second processing liquid, a solidifying step of cooling the liquid film to a temperature not more than a melting point of the sublimable substance to make the liquid film solidify on the substrate and form a solid film, and a sublimating step of sublimating and thereby removing the solid film from the substrate.

Abstract: A ROPS (protective structure) (15) is obtained by coupling upper ends of a pair of leg portions (15a) with a coupling portion (15b) and forming an arc-shaped curved portion (15c) between each of the leg portions (15a) and the coupling portion (15b), and is arranged so as to straddle vehicle bodies (4 and 5) and fixed. A working light (17) is fixed to the left curved portion (15c) via a mounting bracket (19), and a rotary light (18) is detachably mounted by fixing a mounting bracket (20). A protect region (E) formed into an approximately triangular shape is formed by the curved portion (15c) of the ROPS (15), a lateral restriction line (L1) in which a left-side surface corresponding to a maximum width of the vehicle bodies (4 and 5) is extended upward and an upper restriction line (L2) in which a maximum height of the ROPS (15) is extended laterally. The working light (17) and the mounting brackets (19 and 20) are arranged in the protect region (E), thereby preventing an outward protrusion.

Abstract: Provided is a lighting device capable of minimizing damage of a joint portion between an operation switch and a substrate or the substrate itself due to a force when the operation switch is operated and improving assemblability. The lighting device includes a housing installed in a vehicle, a substrate fixed to the housing, a cover member which is fixed to the housing and presses down the substrate, a light emitting element installed on the substrate, an operation switch which is installed on the substrate and switches the light emitting element on/off by being operated in directions of coming into contact with and moving away from the substrate, and a movement restricting portion which is formed in the housing, engages with a part of the operation switch and restricts movement of the operation switch toward the substrate side.

Abstract: A machine learning device includes: a state observation unit that observes component arrangement data representing an arrangement of components on a component serving place, component data representing information of the components, and operator status data representing status information of an operator, as state variables representing a current state of an environment; a determination data acquisition unit that acquires product quality determination data for determining quality of the product which is assembled based on an arrangement of the components and takt time determination data for determining takt time for assembly of the product as determination data; and a learning unit that performs learning based on the state variables and the determination data in a manner to associate information of the components used for assembling the product and status information of the operator with respect to an arrangement of the components on the component serving place.