Abstract: A position measurement method includes a step of acquiring an image of the surroundings at a self-position, a step of detecting an area in which a circular shape appears in the image, and a step of measuring the self-position based on the aspect ratio of the area.

Abstract: A silica that is superior in terms of fluidity, oil absorption ability, and compression moldability to conventional silica used as a pharmaceutical additive, and is suitable as an additive for formulations such as pharmaceuticals. A porous silica particle composition having the following properties: (1) a BET specific surface area from 250 to 1,000 m2/g; (2) an average particle diameter from 1 to 150 ?m; (3) a pore volume from 0.1 to 8.0 cm3/g; and (4) an oil absorption capacity from 2.2 to 5.0 mL/g.

Abstract: A method for purifying a nucleotide-based substance; including a protecting group introduction step of introducing a hydrophobic protecting group represented by the following formula (P1) or (P2) into a nucleotide-based substance to produce a hydrophobic nucleotide-based substance; an isolation and purification step of isolating and purifying the hydrophobic nucleotide-based substance under a hydrophobic environment; and a deprotection step of deprotecting the hydrophobic protecting group from the hydrophobic nucleotide-based substance to produce the nucleotide-based substance, wherein R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, R4 represents hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R2, R3, R5 and R6 represent hydrogen, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or the like, and may be the same or different; and * means a bond with a nucleotide-based substance.

Abstract: An elastic wiring includes: an elastic tube; a conductor wire arranged within the tube; and fixing portions that fix the conductor wire and the tube at both ends of the tube in the lengthwise direction, wherein the length of the conductor wire between the fixing portions when the tube is in an unextended state is longer than the length of the tube between the fixing portions.

Abstract: An elastic wiring includes: an elastic tube; a conductor wire arranged within the tube; and fixing portions that fix the conductor wire and the tube at both ends of the tube in the lengthwise direction, wherein the length of the conductor wire between the fixing portions when the tube is in an unextended state is longer than the length of the tube between the fixing portions.

Abstract: A composite wiring includes: elastic wiring comprising an elastic tube, a conductor wire disposed inside the tube, and fixing portions that fix the conductor wire and the tube together at both ends of the tube in the lengthwise direction thereof, the length of the conductor wire between the fixing portions when the tube is in an unextended state being longer than the length of the tube between the fixing portions; other wiring separate from the elastic wiring; and a connection member that connects the conductor wire of the elastic wiring and a conductor wire of the other wiring by caulking in a state of being brought into contact with each other, the connection member having an interior section sealed in a watertight manner with a sealing material.

Abstract: An elastic wiring includes: an elastic tube; a conductor wire arranged within the tube; and fixing portions that fix the conductor wire and the tube at both ends of the tube in the lengthwise direction, wherein the length of the conductor wire between the fixing portions when the tube is in an unextended state is longer than the length of the tube between the fixing portions.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a state estimation device including a cardiac state time series acquisition unit that acquires a cardiac state time series that is a time series of a cardiac state quantity that is a quantity indicating a state of a heart as an estimation target, and a cardiac state estimation unit that estimates a state of the heart as the estimation target based on an occurrence time of out-of-range data, using, as the out-of-range data, a non-responsive period sample whose value is outside a threshold region of processing determined according to a distribution of the non-responsive period sample among non-responsive period samples that are non-responsive period samples among samples of the cardiac state time series acquired by the cardiac state time series acquisition unit.

Abstract: A speaker diaphragm includes a mixed layer. The mixed layer includes cellulose nanofibers, and polyparaphenylenebenzobisoxazole fibers. An average length of the polyparaphenylenebenzobisoxazole fibers is 0.5 mm or more and 4.0 mm or less.

Abstract: Conductive polymer fibers 10, in which a conductor 12 containing a conductive polymer impregnates and/or adheres to base fibers 11, and the aforementioned conductive polymer is PEDOT-PSS.

Abstract: A speaker diaphragm includes a first polymer and a second polymer. The first polymer and the second polymer undergo phase separation. The first polymer is a polyolefin, and the second polymer is a thermoplastic resin being immiscible with the polyolefin. One of either the polyolefin or the thermoplastic resin constitutes a sea phase, and another one of either the polyolefin or the thermoplastic resin constitutes island phases being interspersed in the sea phase.

Abstract: Provided is a microelectrode having a layered structure, including a layer containing a polymer compound having an aromatic ring (polymer compound layer) and a layer containing a conductive material (conductive layer), wherein a thickness of the polymer compound layer is 10 to 900 nm, a thickness of the conductive layer is 0.3 to 10 nm, and the microelectrode has a three-dimensional curved shape.

Abstract: Provided is a G tolerance improvement device provided with: an estimation unit that estimates either or both of a body fluid volume in the head of a user and a change amount of the body fluid volume; and a pressurization unit that applies pressure to the user on the basis of either or both of the body fluid volume and the change amount estimated by the estimation unit.

Abstract: Conductive polymer fibers 10, in which a conductor 12 containing a conductive polymer impregnates and/or adheres to base fibers 11, and the aforementioned conductive polymer is PEDOT-PSS.

Abstract: A three-dimensional structure including a polymer film having a plurality of layers, wherein a microparticle is encapsulated in an internal space of the three-dimensional structure and each layer of the polymer film having the plurality of layers has mechanical strengths different from each other.

Abstract: A speaker diaphragm includes a first lamination region and a second lamination region. In the first lamination region, a plurality of layers are laminated in a thickness direction of the speaker diaphragm. In the second lamination region, a plurality of layers different in number from the plurality of layers in the first lamination region are laminated. The second lamination region is different from first lamination region in average density.

Abstract: A composite wiring includes: elastic wiring comprising an elastic tube, a conductor wire disposed inside the tube, and fixing portions that fix the conductor wire and the tube together at both ends of the tube in the lengthwise direction thereof, the length of the conductor wire between the fixing portions when the tube is in an unextended state being longer than the length of the tube between the fixing portions; other wiring separate from the elastic wiring; and a connection member that connects the conductor wire of the elastic wiring and a conductor wire of the other wiring by caulking in a state of being brought into contact with each other, the connection member having an interior section sealed in a watertight manner with a sealing material.

Abstract: A composite wiring includes a plurality of pieces of wiring accommodated and gathered together within an elastic sheath, wherein at least one of the pieces of wiring is elastic wiring including an elastic tube, a conductor wire arranged within the tube, and fixing portions for fixing the conductor wire and the tube at both ends of the tube in the lengthwise direction thereof, the length of the conductor wire between the fixing portions when the tube is in an unextended state being longer than the length of the tube between the fixing portions.

Abstract: A foot sole pressure measurement instrument includes a measurement unit which is installed on a foot sole part of a subject and measures a pressure applied to the foot sole part of the subject, and an output unit configured to output data of the measured pressure.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a loss-of-consciousness estimation apparatus including: a ventricular state estimation unit configured to estimate whether or not a ventricular state of an estimation target is normal in a predetermined repetition cycle, based on a cerebral blood flow correlation amount time series, which is a time series of an amount correlated with a cerebral blood flow rate of the estimation target; a measurement reliability estimation unit configured to estimate reliability of the cerebral blood flow correlation amount time series; and a loss-of-consciousness probability acquisition unit configured to, based on the reliability, the estimation result of the ventricular state estimation unit, and elapsed time after a probability acquisition start time, which is a time at which it is first determined by the ventricular state estimation unit that the ventricular state is not normal after an estimation start time, which is a time of starting the repetition cycle, acquire a loss-of-consciou