Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a block copolymer which is useful as a surface treatment agent for cell culture substrates, said surface treatment agent enabling cell separation in a short period of time. The above-mentioned problem is solved by a block copolymer that includes the following blocks (A), (B) and (C):(A) a temperature-responsive polymer block that has a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) within the range of from 0° C. to 50° C. with respect to water (B) a hydrophilic polymer block that does not have an LCST within the range of from 0° C. to 50° C., while having an HLB value within the range of from 9 (inclusive) to 20 (exclusive) (C) a hydrophobic polymer block that does not have an LCST within the range of from 0° C. to 50° C., while having an HLB value within the range of from 0 (inclusive) to 9 (exclusive).

Abstract: Provided is a multifunctional charged particle beam device capable of inclining a beam with little aberration. The aberration is corrected by forming a local divergent field with a multipole, parallel current lines, or the like, matching the beam axis with the local divergent field via a conventional rotationally symmetric lens, deflector or astigmatism corrector, and counteracting an aberration occurring from another rotationally symmetric convex lens field.

Abstract: [Problem] Provided are a composite cable and a composite harness that allow the improvement of cable termination workability while maintaining the flex resistance. [Solution] A composite cable 1 is provided with a pair of first electric wires 2, a twisted pair wire 4 formed by twisting a pair of second electric wires 3 having a smaller outer diameter than the first electric wires 2 and a tape member 6 spirally wound around an assembled article 5 that is formed by twisting the pair of first electric wires 2 and the twisted pair wire 4 together, wherein a twist direction of the twisted pair wire 4 is different from a twist direction of the assembled article 5, and the twist direction of the assembled article 5 is different from a winding direction of the tape member 6.

Abstract: A magnetic head includes a coil, and a magnetic path forming section for defining a first space for a portion of the coil to pass through. The magnetic path forming section includes a core section. The coil includes a first winding portion and a second winding portion connected in series. The first winding portion includes one or two first coil elements extending to pass through the first space, and extends once or twice around the entire perimeter of the core section. The second winding portion does not pass through the first space, and extends less than once around the entire perimeter of the core section to rotate n degrees about a center point of the core section, where n is greater than 270 and smaller than 360.

Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material which is useful for a lithium secondary battery having a battery resistance lower than that of the conventional positive electrode active material below freezing point. The positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery contains at least one element selected from a group consisting of nickel, cobalt and manganese, the positive electrode active material having a layered structure and satisfying all of the following requirements (1) to (3): (1) a primary particle size is 0.1 ?m to 1 ?m and a secondary particle size is 1 ?m to 10 ?m; (2) in an X-ray powder diffraction measurement using CuK? radiation, a crystallite size in the peak within 2?=18.7±1° is 100 ? to 1200 ? and a crystallite size in the peak within 2?=44.6±1° is 100 ? to 700 ?; and (3) in a pore distribution obtained by a mercury intrusion method, a pore peak exists in a range where the pore size is 10 nm to 200 nm and a pore volume in the said range is 0.01 cm3/g to 0.05 cm3/g.

Abstract: A capacitor includes a dielectric structure formed of a sintered dielectric, and a first electrode and a second electrode each formed of a conductor. The dielectric structure includes a wall. The first electrode and the second electrode are insulated from each other by the wall. The wall has a height which is a dimension in a first direction, and a thickness which is a dimension in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the height being greater than the thickness. The wall has a non-straight shape when seen in the first direction.

Abstract: A long synthetic resin foam body composed of a thermoplastic resin expanded beads-molded substrate and a frame having displacement regulating sections provided at both ends in the longitudinal or lateral direction of the substrate and a connecting section that connects the displacement regulating sections to each other. The substrate has at least one joint forming portion that divides the substrate in a direction intersecting the connecting section into two or more substrate parts. The joint forming portion has a joint that connects the adjacent two substrate parts to each other and is deformable to permit a relative displacement between the adjacent two substrate parts when the substrate contracts or expands.

Abstract: A control operation of correcting, based on a difference between a target value and a measured value of a controlled response time, a standby time from change in a set value of a flow rate to a value that is not zero until start of output of an opening signal is repeated. As a result, a response time for the flow rate to reach the set value of the flow rate after the set value changes can be a desired value independently of a type, the set flow rate, the temperature, and the pressure of fluid, individual differences among devices, and the like. The difference between the target value and the measured value of the controlled response time may be multiplied by a weight coefficient, and the control operation may be carried out for each of a predetermined plurality of ranges of the flow rate.

Abstract: [Problem] Provided are a composite cable and a composite harness that allow the improvement of cable termination workability while maintaining the flex resistance. [Solution] A composite cable 1 is provided with a pair of first electric wires 2, a twisted pair wire 4 formed by twisting a pair of second electric wires 3 having a smaller outer diameter than the first electric wires 2 and a tape member 6 spirally wound around an assembled article 5 that is formed by twisting the pair of first electric wires 2 and the twisted pair wire 4 together, wherein a twist direction of the twisted pair wire 4 is different from a twist direction of the assembled article 5, and the twist direction of the assembled article 5 is different from a winding direction of the tape member 6.

Abstract: A capacitor includes a dielectric structure formed of a sintered dielectric, and a first electrode and a second electrode each formed of a conductor. The dielectric structure includes a wall. The first electrode and the second electrode are insulated from each other by the wall. The wall has a height which is a dimension in a first direction, and a thickness which is a dimension in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the height being greater than the thickness. The wall has a non-straight shape when seen in the first direction. A manufacturing method for the capacitor includes forming the dielectric structure, and forming the first electrode and the second electrode simultaneously after the formation of the dielectric structure.

Abstract: A regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device includes: a DOC blockage risk state determination part configured to determine whether the DOC is in a blockage risk state which is a state where blockage of the DOC is likely to occur, on the basis of comparison between a counter value and a threshold related to an operation time of the diesel engine; a DOC temperature increase execution part configured to execute a blockage recovery process for increasing a temperature of the DOC to a first temperature, if it is determined that the DOC is in the blockage risk state; a DPF forced regeneration condition determination part configured to determine whether a forced regeneration execution condition for, the DPF is satisfied; a DPF forced regeneration execution part configured to execute a forced regeneration process for increasing a temperature of the DPF to a second temperature and increasing the temperature of the DOC to the first temperature, if the forced regeneration execution condition is sat

Abstract: A capacitor includes a dielectric structure formed of a sintered dielectric, and a first electrode and a second electrode each formed of a conductor. The dielectric structure includes a wall. The first electrode and the second electrode are insulated from each other by the wall. The wall has a height which is a dimension in a first direction, and a thickness which is a dimension in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the height being greater than the thickness. The wall has a non-straight shape when seen in the first direction.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a charged particle beam device that exhibits high performance due to the use of vanadium glass coatings, and to provide a method of manufacturing a component for a charged particle beam device. Specifically provided is a charged particle beam device using a vacuum component characterized by comprising a metal container, the interior space of which is evacuated to form a high vacuum, and coating layers formed on the surface on the interior space-side of the metal container, wherein the coating layers are vanadium-containing glass, which is to say an amorphous substance.

Abstract: A composite cable includes: a plurality of first electric wires; a shield wire including a twisted wire in which a plurality of second electric wires are twisted together and a shield layer provided on an outer periphery of the twisted wire, each of the second electric wires having an outer diameter smaller than each of the first electric wires; a sheath provided on an outer periphery of an electric wire bundle in which the plurality of first electric wires and the shield wire are twisted together; a plurality of first linear fillers filled between the twisted wire and the shield layer; and a plurality of second linear fillers filled between the electric wire bundle and the sheath, wherein each of the first linear fillers and each of the second linear fillers are a same type of linear filler, and a fill ratio of the first linear fillers is greater than a fill ratio of the second linear fillers.

Abstract: To provide a differentiation-inducing composition and a method for producing the differentiation-inducing composition, the present disclosure describes use of a degradation product containing at least a portion of the triple helical domain of collagen or atelocollagen.

Abstract: A thermally-assisted magnetic recording head includes a main pole, a plasmon generator and a heat sink. The main pole includes a first narrow portion and a first wide portion. The plasmon generator includes a second narrow portion and a second wide portion. The first narrow portion has a first side surface and a second side surface. The second narrow portion has a third side surface and a fourth side surface. The heat sink includes a first portion adjacent to the first side surface and the third side surface, and a second portion adjacent to the second side surface and the fourth side surface.

Abstract: A composite cable is provided that improves terminal machinability while maintaining bending resistance. The composite cable is provided with: a pair of first electric wires; a twisted-pair wire obtained by twisting together a pair of second electric wires having an outer diameter that is smaller than that of the first electric wires; and a tape member spirally wrapped around an aggregate obtained by twisting the pair of first electric wires together with the twisted-pair wire. The twisting direction of the twisted-pair wire, the twisting direction of the aggregate, and the wrapping direction of the tape member are all the same direction.

Abstract: A composite cable includes: a plurality of first electric wires; a shield wire including a twisted wire in which a plurality of second electric wires are twisted together and a shield layer provided on an outer periphery of the twisted wire, each of the second electric wires having an outer diameter smaller than each of the first electric wires; a sheath provided on an outer periphery of an electric wire bundle in which the plurality of first electric wires and the shield wire are twisted together; a plurality of first linear fillers filled between the twisted wire and the shield layer; and a plurality of second linear fillers filled between the electric wire bundle and the sheath, wherein each of the first linear fillers and each of the second linear fillers are a same type of linear filler, and a fill ratio of the first linear fillers is greater than a fill ratio of the second linear fillers.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte for all-solid-state lithium-ion secondary batteries, which is a sintered body having Li-La-Zr garnet phases having a garnet-type crystal structure, which is Li7La3Zr2O12, or Li7La3Zr2O12, partially substituted by at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb, Al and Ta, and Li2+xC1?xBxO3 (0<x<0.8) phases, is produced by mixing raw materials comprising Li-La-Zr garnet and Li2+xC1?xBxO3 (0<x<0.8), molding the mixed raw materials, and sintering the resultant green body.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a waveguide includes forming a core including a first layer and a second layer. The first layer has a top surface including a first region with which a bottom surface of the second layer is in contact, and a second region with which the bottom surface of the second layer is not in contact. Forming the core includes the steps of: forming an initial first layer; forming an etching stopper layer on the second region of the initial first layer; forming an initial second layer on the initial first layer and the etching stopper layer; etching the initial second layer and the initial first layer so as to make the initial first layer into the first layer; and etching the initial second layer until the etching stopper layer is exposed, so as to make the initial second layer into the second layer.