Abstract: A conductive member includes an adhesive layer and a metal foil layer. The adhesive layer consists of an adhesive composition containing conductive particles. The metal foil layer is disposed on the adhesive layer. The conductive member can be used to form, for example, a predetermined metal film.

Abstract: The invention provides a nucleic acid molecule comprising a gene encoding a fusion protein of a ligand and a protein having physiological activity, to be used for expressing the fusion protein in cells, tissue or the body. The invention further provides a nucleic acid molecule comprising the fusion protein-encoding gene, which is in the form of a plasmid, in a form encapsulated in a recombinant virus virion, or a form encapsulated in liposomes or lipid nanoparticles. The invention further relates to the use of a medicine which is a nucleic acid molecule comprising the fusion protein-encoding gene.

Abstract: Provided is a relay server capable of reducing network traffic when collecting large amounts of sensor data from a large number of sensor terminals. A relay server that collects sensor data from a plurality of sensor terminals and uploads the sensor data to a central server via a network includes a data collection unit that collects the sensor data from the plurality of sensor terminals, a relay data creation unit that calculates a presence of spatial overlaps between the collected sensor data, removes overlaps between the sensor data, and creates relay data integrating the sensor data, and an upload unit that uploads the relay data to the central server.

Abstract: A measuring device includes: a light source; an interference optical system that separates light into reference light and irradiation light, generates interference light by causing interference between the reference light and reflected light generated by reflection of the irradiation light on an object; a photodetector that receives the interference light and outputs a signal corresponding to an intensity of the interference light; and a processing circuit that controls the light source and generates and outputs data on a distance and/or velocity of the object based on the signal outputted from the photodetector, in which the processing circuit causes the light source to emit light having a frequency that changes with time within a first frequency range in a first mode, and causes the light source to emit light having a frequency that changes with time within a second frequency range different from the first frequency range in the second mode.

Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a light source, an interference optical system, a photodetector, a processing circuit, and a storage apparatus. The interference optical system splits light emitted from the light source into reference light and output light and generates interfering light between reflected light resulting from reflection of the output light on an object and the reference light. The photodetector outputs a detection signal corresponding to strength of the interfering light. The processing circuit modulates the frequency of the light outputted from the light source with a period including an up-chirp duration in which the frequency increases and a down-chirp duration in which the frequency decreases. The storage apparatus stores first correction data for the up-chirp duration and second correction data for the down-chirp duration. The processing circuit determines distance or velocity based on a signal obtained by correcting the detection signal based on the first or second correction data.

Abstract: A particle size distribution measurement method includes: an image acquisition step of acquiring a first CT image of a target sample including the granules; a statistical value calculation step of specifying a region of interest by dividing the acquired first CT image into predetermined grids, and calculating a first statistical value including a grid statistical value for each of the grids and an overall statistical value of the entire first CT image regarding a CT value; and a measurement step of measuring a particle size distribution of the granules in the target sample based on the first statistical value and a second statistical value including a grid statistical value and an overall statistical value of a type same as the grid statistical value and the overall statistical value included in the first statistical value in a second CT image of a standard sample including granules having a known particle size.

Abstract: An optical device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of separation walls, one or more optical waveguides, and one or more spacers. The first substrate has a surface which extends in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction. The second substrate faces the first substrate. The plurality of separation walls are positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate and extend in the first direction. The one or more optical waveguides are positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate and include one or more dielectric members which are positioned between the plurality of separation walls and which extend in the first direction. The one or more spacers are directly or indirectly sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate and positioned around the one or more optical waveguides.

Abstract: A design support method capable of accurately obtaining predicted values, while also considering production conditions of a metal material, and of reducing the time required for design is provided. The design support method uses a calculator to support design of metal material with desired characteristics and includes searching for design conditions yielding the desired characteristics using a prediction model for predicting a characteristic value of the metal material from the design conditions, the prediction model being constructed based on past performance data associating the design conditions, including chemical composition and production conditions of the metal material, with the characteristic value. The design support method also includes presenting at least the chemical composition and production conditions among the design conditions that are searched for and correspond to the desired characteristics.

Abstract: A design aid method of aiding in metallic material design by a computer comprises: inputting a desired property value to a database and searching for a chemical composition of elements in metal and a production condition, the database being generated using at least one mathematical model in which input information including a chemical composition of elements in metal and a production condition and output information including a property value of a metallic material are associated with each other, and storing, in association with input data of each mesh obtained by partitioning an input range corresponding to the input information into a plurality of intervals, output data of the mathematical model corresponding to the input data; and presenting the chemical composition of elements in metal and the production condition corresponding to the desired property value that are obtained in the searching.

Abstract: A short-circuit protection circuit for a self-arc-extinguishing type semiconductor element includes a first protection circuit and a second protection circuit. The first protection circuit is configured to reduce a voltage between a control electrode and a first main electrode of the self-arc-extinguishing type semiconductor element when detecting overcurrent flowing between the first main electrode and a second main electrode. The second protection circuit is configured to: detect current flowing in an interconnection adapted to supply the drive voltage; determine, based on the detected current, whether the first protection circuit is in an operating state; and change the drive voltage to turn off the self-arc-extinguishing type semiconductor element when the first protection circuit is in the operating state.

Abstract: An optical device includes a first mirror, a second mirror facing the first mirror, an optical waveguide layer, located between the first mirror and the second mirror, that contains a material whose refractive index changes when a voltage is applied, first and second electrodes directly or indirectly holding the optical waveguide layer therebetween, the first electrode including a plurality of electrode sections arranged in a first direction, and a control circuit. The light is emitted via the first mirror from the optical waveguide layer, or the light is taken into the optical waveguide layer via the first mirror.

Abstract: An optical device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of separation walls, one or more optical waveguides, and one or more spacers. The first substrate has a surface which extends in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction. The second substrate faces the first substrate. The plurality of separation walls are positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate and extend in the first direction. The one or more optical waveguides are positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate and include one or more dielectric members which are positioned between the plurality of separation walls and which extend in the first direction. The one or more spacers are directly or indirectly sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate and positioned around the one or more optical waveguides.

Abstract: A high purity raw material is provided with which an organic EL material exhibiting high luminance, high efficiency, low voltage driving, and long lifetime can be synthesized. A method for purifying the raw material and a method for producing a light-emitting material synthesized using the high purity raw material are also provided. A means for solving the problem is a compound which is a raw material for synthesizing an organic EL material. In the compound, the content of an impurity having a molecular weight larger than the molecular weight of the compound is 0.15% or less, and the content of the impurity is a percentage of the sum of peak areas having a retention time shorter than the retention of a peak identified as the compound in a chromatogram of organic solvent-based size-exclusion chromatography relative to the sum of all peak areas.

Abstract: A power switching apparatus includes a plurality of semiconductor switching devices connected in parallel with each other and a plurality of balance resistor units. The plurality of balance resistor units each have one end connected to a control electrode of an associated semiconductor switching device and the other end to which a common control signal is input. Each balance resistor unit is configured to have a resistance value switched between different values depending on whether the plurality of semiconductor switching devices are turned on or turned off in accordance with the control signal.

Abstract: A defect inspection device configured to measure a surface shape of an inspection target using light applied to the inspection target via a spatial light phase modulator based on an interference state of reflected light from the inspection target obtained via the spatial light phase modulator, to measure magnetic field distribution of a surface of the inspection target magnetized by an excitation device for magnetizing the inspection target using light applied to the inspection target via the spatial light phase modulator based on an interference state of reflected light from the inspection target obtained via the spatial light phase modulator, and to separate data of a magnetic field specific portion which exists on the surface of the inspection target from magnetic field distribution data which is a measurement result of magnetic field distribution of the inspection target based on surface shape data which is a measurement result of the surface shape of the inspection target, to suppress deterioration of me

Abstract: An operation management device includes a processor that executes a procedure including: for plural nodes that includes plural nodes operating as virtual computers on one or more computers and that plural nodes that have a dependency relationship, deriving group information indicating the plural nodes having the dependency relationship on a basis of communication information from when the inter-node communication; and based on location information of the respective plural nodes included in the derived group information, determining operation information indicating that plural nodes included in the group information operate on a single computer, or operation information indicating that the plural nodes included in the group information respectively operate on plural computers, for the plural nodes included in the group information.

Abstract: A power switching apparatus includes a plurality of semiconductor switching devices connected in parallel with each other and a plurality of balance resistor units. The plurality of balance resistor units each have one end connected to a control electrode of an associated semiconductor switching device and the other end to which a common control signal is input. Each balance resistor unit is configured to have a resistance value switched between different values depending on whether the plurality of semiconductor switching devices are turned on or turned off in accordance with the control signal.

Abstract: An image photography play method which is suited to playing a stereoscopic video. The image photography method includes: a step of forming a hologram pattern from a reference light and a subject light; a step of digitally processing the obtained hologram pattern; a step of writing the digitized hologram pattern as a magnetized vector pattern to a spatial lighting modulator which is formed from a magneto-optical material; and a step of inputting linearly polarized light into the spatial lighting modulator and playing an image according to the digitized hologram pattern.

Abstract: A defect inspection device configured to measure a surface shape of an inspection target using light applied to the inspection target via a spatial light phase modulator based on an interference state of reflected light from the inspection target obtained via the spatial light phase modulator, to measure magnetic field distribution of a surface of the inspection target magnetized by an excitation device for magnetizing the inspection target using light applied to the inspection target via the spatial light phase modulator based on an interference state of reflected light from the inspection target obtained via the spatial light phase modulator, and to separate data of a magnetic field specific portion which exists on the surface of the inspection target from magnetic field distribution data which is a measurement result of magnetic field distribution of the inspection target based on surface shape data which is a measurement result of the surface shape of the inspection target, to suppress deterioration of me

Abstract: A short-circuit protection circuit for a self-arc-extinguishing type semiconductor element includes a first protection circuit and a second protection circuit. The first protection circuit is configured to reduce a voltage between a control electrode and a first main electrode of the self-arc-extinguishing type semiconductor element when detecting overcurrent flowing between the first main electrode and a second main electrode. The second protection circuit is configured to: detect current flowing in an interconnection adapted to supply the drive voltage; determine, based on the detected current, whether the first protection circuit is in an operating state; and change the drive voltage to turn off the self-arc-extinguishing type semiconductor element when the first protection circuit is in the operating state.