Abstract: This invention provides an agent and a composition that induces cancer cell death and suppresses cancer cell proliferation. The agent and the composition comprises, as an active ingredient, a drug for suppressing GST-? and MRPL17 or comprises, as active ingredients, a drug for suppressing GST-? and a drug for suppressing MRPL17.

Abstract: To provide a means capable of suppressing the generation of cracks in an electrode active material layer in the production of an electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. Provided is a method for producing an electrode for use in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a current collector and an electrode active material layer including an electrode active material, arranged on a surface of the current collector, and a dispersion is by mixing the electrode active material, a binder formed of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF), a first solvent in which the polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF) is not dissolved, and a second solvent in which the polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF) can be dissolved. Then, an electrode active material slurry is prepared by removing the second solvent from the obtained dispersion. Then, a coating film is formed by coating the obtained electrode active material slurry on the surface of the current collector, thereby producing an electrode.

Abstract: To provide a polar compound having high chemical stability, a high ability to align liquid crystal molecules, and high solubility in a liquid crystal composition, and a high voltage holding ratio of a liquid crystal display element. A compound represented by Formula (1): R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group that may be substituted; a is 2 to 12; and R2 is Formula (1-a), Formula (1-b), and Formula (1-c); Sp1 to Sp3 are a single bond or an alkylene group that may be substituted; M1 and M2 are H, F, Cl, or an alkyl group that may be substituted; and X1 is —OH, —NH2, —OR3, —N(R3)2, —COOH, —SH or —Si(R3)3.

Abstract: There is provided a water-based ink for ink-jet recording including: a self-dispersible black pigment; a resin-dispersed chromatic pigment including a resin-dispersed magenta pigment and a resin-dispersed cyan pigment; and water. A ratio (Col/Bk) of a solid content mass (Col) of the resin-dispersed chromatic pigment to a solid content mass (Bk) of the self-dispersible black pigment is in a range of 0.24 to 0.73 and a mean particle diameter of the self-dispersible black pigment is greater than a mean particle diameter of the resin-dispersed chromatic pigment.

Abstract: To provide an electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which retains the shape while retaining a discharge capacity at a high rate. An electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a current collector and an electrode active material layer arranged on a surface of the current collector, and is used for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a liquid volume coefficient of 1.4 to 2.0, in which the electrode active material layer includes an electrode active material and a binder including polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF), and the polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF) is in a non-crystallized state and is included in the range of 0.5 to 3.3% by volume with respect to the total volume of the electrode in the electrode active material layer.

Abstract: Provided is a sewing machine in which a stitching needle and a holding frame holding an article to be sewn are positioned relative to each other based on sewing pattern data defining a plurality of needle drop positions, and sewing is performed in accordance with a sewing pattern. The sewing machine includes: an imager for capturing an image of the holding frame; a position detector for detecting, from the image captured by the imager, the position of an indicator indicating a reference position marked in an object to be imaged; and a corrector which, based on a deviation of a detected position of the indicator detected by the position detector with respect to a regular position defined in advance for the indicator, corrects a plurality of needle drop positions defined in the sewing pattern data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nucleic acid molecule dimer that includes a first nucleic acid molecule having complementarity with at least part of a target nucleic acid molecule, and a second nucleic acid molecule having complementarity with the first nucleic acid molecule, wherein the first nucleic acid molecule has a linear form, the second nucleic acid molecule has a cyclic form, and the first and second nucleic acid molecules at least partially form a double strand.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing light emitting devices, the method including: providing a first structure, the providing a first structure including: providing a lead frame, the providing a lead frame including: providing a metal plate having a plurality of pairs of first and second metal parts, each of the first and second metal parts including at least one first region and at least one second region; using an electrodeposition technique, disposing a mask of a resist film on the at least one first region; disposing a first plating containing silver or silver alloy on the at least one second region; and removing the resist film; molding a resin molded body in one piece with the lead frame with parts of a lower surface of the lead frame being exposed, in which, the first structure includes an upper surface defining a plurality of recesses each having an upward-facing surface, at least parts of the first plating being located at the upward-facing surface of each of the plurality of recesses; providing a second struct

Abstract: A power generation cell includes a frame member. The frame member includes a first frame shaped sheet and a second frame shaped sheet that are joined together. The second frame shaped sheet is provided outside a cathode through a gap. A method of operating a fuel cell includes supplying a first reactant gas to a channel formed between the frame member and a first separator, a pressure of the first reactant gas being higher than a pressure of a second reactant gas, and supplying the second reactant gas to a channel formed between the frame member and a second separator.

Abstract: An interactive processing device according to an embodiment acquires one/more items' information for predetermined operation through interaction with a user, and includes one/more itemized-processing-units and an interaction-control-unit. The itemized-processing-units corresponds to the items. The interaction-control-unit controls the interaction collaboratively with the itemized-processing-units. The interaction-control-unit transmits user-input information to each itemized-processing-unit. Each itemized-processing-unit extracts a candidate for to-be-acquired information and transmits the candidate to the interaction-control-unit with likelihood information of being the to-be-acquired information. The interaction-control-unit determines a candidate having first-threshold-satisfying likelihood as information of an item corresponding to the candidate-transmitted itemized-processing-unit. When undetermined information item exists, the interaction-control-unit outputs inquiry for the item information.

Abstract: A resin package defining a recess includes a first lead having an element-mounting region, a second lead having a wire-connecting region, and a resin body including first to third resin portions. The third resin portion surrounds the element-mounting region. Each of the first and second leads includes a first plating and a second plating covering at least a portion of the first plating. The wire-connecting region is located outward of the third resin portion. The element-mounting region is located on an outermost surface of the second plating. In a top view, the wire-connecting region is located laterally inward of a portion of the second plating of the second lead that has an outermost surface located higher than that of the first plating of the second lead.

Abstract: The point target can be easily and accurately instructed without disturbing the viewability of the point target and its neighboring display information. A touch panel type information terminal device comprises means for displaying on a display screen a touchable pointer comprising a pointer part for instructing a point target that is displayed on a display screen, and an operation part for a user to perform a touch operation, and means for integrally moving a display position of the operation part and the pointer part on the display screen in accordance with the touch operation of the user with respect to the operation part of the touchable pointer.

Abstract: This invention relates to efficient and automatic generation of jump setting regions which consist of hyperlinks and anchor (hereinafter referred to as “verbatim”) that makes cross-reference jumps among hyperlinks group. [SOLUTION] An electronic file generation method of the present application comprises: first, arranging verbatim setting regions in an electronic file. Then, applying the configuration that lower level segments of the respective names are the same. Next, sequentially generating electronic files which are changed to complete a one-round through only higher-level segments of the names. The lower level segments are automatically copied during the process of the above one-round. Finally, the electronic files are combined into one file or jumps to each other with another file that is not finally combined. 1. There are cases where an electronic file jumps to another file without final combining.

Abstract: To provide catalyst particles that can exhibit high activity. Catalyst particles, which are alloy particles formed from platinum atoms and non-platinum metal atoms, each alloy particle having a main body that constitutes a granular form; and a plurality of protrusions protruding outward from the outer surface of the main body, in which the main body is formed from a non-platinum metal and platinum, the protrusions are formed from platinum as a main component, and the aspect ratio (diameter/length) of the protrusions is higher than 0 and lower than or equal to 2.

Abstract: A positive electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that results in improved output characteristics at a high rate has a positive electrode active material layer having a thickness of 150 to 1500 ?m formed on a surface of a current collector. In addition, the positive electrode active material layer includes coated positive electrode active material particles in which at least a part of a surface of a positive electrode active material is coated with a coating agent containing a coating resin and a conductive aid. Furthermore, a porosity of the positive electrode active material layer is 35.0% to 50.0% and a density of the positive electrode active material layer is 2.10 to 3.00 g/cm3.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave detecting apparatus is provided with: a plurality of detecting devices each of which is configured to detect an electromagnetic wave; a voltage applying device configured to apply bias voltage to each of the plurality of detecting devices; an obtaining device configured to obtain a detection signal outputted from each of the plurality of detecting devices; and a setting device configured to set acquisition timing of the detection signal for each of the plurality of detecting devices, on the basis of the bias voltage, which is applied to each of the plurality of detecting devices, and the detection signal of each of the plurality of detecting devices.

Abstract: Provided are a carbon powder which can provide a catalyst exhibiting high performance and a catalyst. A carbon powder for fuel cell comprising carbon as a main component, which has a ratio (B/A) of an area B of peak 1 to an area A of peak 0 of more than 0 and 0.15 or less, wherein the area A represents an area of peak 0 at a position of 2?=22.5° to 25° as observed by XRD analysis when the carbon powder for fuel cell is subjected to heat treatment at 1800° C. for 1 hour in an inert atmosphere, and the area B represents an area of peak 1 at a position of 2?=26° as observed by XRD analysis when the carbon powder for fuel cell is subjected to heat treatment at 1800° C. for 1 hour in an inert atmosphere.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device, including: providing a first structure including: providing a lead frame which includes providing a metal plate including a plurality of pairs of first and second metal parts, each metal part including an upper surface, a lower surface, and an end surface, the end surface of the first metal part and the end surface of the second metal part of each pair are opposite to each other, and a first region including the end surface, and disposing a mask of a resist film on the first region using an electrodeposition technique, disposing a first plated layer containing gold or gold alloy on a second region including the upper surface other than the first region on at least one of the upper surface, the lower surface, and the end surface of each of the first and second metal parts using a plating technique, and removing the resist film, providing a resin molded body molded integrally with the lead frame with parts of a lower surface of the lead frame being exposed, in

Abstract: Provided are liquid crystal compounds satisfying at least one of physical properties such as high stability to heat or light, a high clearing point (or high maximum temperature), low minimum temperature of a liquid crystal phase, small viscosity, large optical anisotropy, large negative dielectric anisotropy, a suitable elastic constant and good compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds, a liquid crystal composition containing the compound and a liquid crystal display device including the composition. The compound is represented by formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 15 carbons; and A1, A2 and A3 are independently 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; Z1, Z2 and Z3 are independently a single bond; Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 are independently hydrogen, fluorine or the like; and a, b and c are independently 0 or 1, and a sum of a, b and c is 0 to 3.

Abstract: Shown is a compound represented by formula (1). For example, R1 is alkyl having 1 to 15 carbons; MES is a mesogen group having at least one ring; Sp1 is a single bond or alkylene having 1 to 10 carbons; M1 is methyl; and R2, M2 and M3 are hydrogen.