Abstract: A user information management device of an embodiment includes an identifier issuance unit that issues a sample identifier for identifying a sample and a user registration identifier for identifying a user who has provided the sample, a storage unit that stores a sample identifier and a user registration identifier issued by the identifier issuance unit in association with each other, and a user information management unit that associates user information related to a user who has provided a sample identified by the sample identifier with the sample identifier in a case where the user information is provided together with the sample identifier, and associates a user identifier that is identification information of the user and is different from the user registration identifier with user information by associating the user identifier with the user registration identifier in a case where the user identifier is provided together with the user registration identifier.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor element including a first face and a second face; a second semiconductor element including a third face and a fourth face; an insulating base member including a fifth face and a sixth face; a first wiring that penetrates through the insulating base member, and is disposed on the sixth face; a second wiring that penetrates through the insulating base member, and is disposed on the sixth face; a first wiring member that faces the second face; and a second wiring member that faces the sixth face, and is electrically connected to the second wiring. The second wiring member is bonded to the first and second wirings while the insulating base member is folded. A current flows in a first direction in the first wiring member, and flows in a second direction opposite to the first direction in the second wiring member.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor element; a second semiconductor element; a first insulating base member adhesively bonded to the first semiconductor element; a first wiring connected to a first electrode of the first semiconductor element, and disposed on the first insulating base member; a second insulating base member adhesively bonded to the second semiconductor element, a second wiring connected to a third electrode of the second semiconductor element, and disposed on the second insulating base member; a first wiring member connected to a second electrode of the first semiconductor element; a second wiring member electrically connected to the first wiring and a fourth electrode of the second semiconductor element; and a third wiring member connected to the second wiring. A current flows in a first direction in the first wiring member, and flows in a second direction opposite to the first direction in the third wiring member.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a clinical examination item determination device including a first determiner that estimates, based on genetic factors and nongenetic factors of the user, a disease that the user develops with high possibility and determines, for the user, as an individual item, an examination item for detecting presence or absence of the estimated disease, a second determiner that determines an examination item for detecting a disease having a high incidence rate in a first organization to which the user belongs or a disease having a high incidence rate in common in the first organization and a second organization having an attribute similar to an attribute of the first organization as a common item of people belonging to the first or second organization, and a third determiner that determines an examination item of the user based on the individual item and the common item.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device is disposed in an exhaust passage of an engine disposed in an engine room defined in a hull, and is configured to remove at least a nitrogen oxide from an exhaust gas discharged from the engine. The exhaust gas purification device includes: a catalytic part including a selective reducing catalyst for selectively reducing the nitrogen oxide; a reducing agent addition device configured to add a reducing agent to the exhaust gas on an upstream side of the catalytic part in a flow direction of the exhaust gas; and a casing configured to contain the catalytic part. At least a part of the casing is disposed inside the engine room.

Abstract: A multistage shaft sealing apparatus includes a first sealing unit, a second sealing unit, and a third sealing unit provided, in a sequential order from a side of the apparatus closer to inside of the apparatus, in a fluid leakage passage formed between the rotating shaft or the rotating member and a housing located to surround the rotating shaft or the rotating member. The first sealing unit includes a first runner and a first sealing ring which form a non-contact-type sealing surface; the second sealing unit includes a second runner and a second sealing ring which form a contact-type sealing surface; the third sealing unit includes a third runner and a third sealing ring which form a contact-type sealing surface, and a purge water supply passage supplying purge water to the third sealing unit and a purge water discharge passage discharging the purge water supplied to the third sealing unit.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device is disposed in an exhaust passage of an engine disposed in an engine room defined in a hull, and is configured to remove at least a nitrogen oxide from an exhaust gas discharged from the engine. The exhaust gas purification device includes: a catalytic part including a selective reducing catalyst for selectively reducing the nitrogen oxide; a reducing agent addition device configured to add a reducing agent to the exhaust gas on an upstream side of the catalytic part in a flow direction of the exhaust gas; and a casing configured to contain the catalytic part. At least a part of the casing is disposed inside the engine room.

Abstract: The present invention provides a low-toxicity sophorolipid-containing composition. The low-toxicity sophorolipid-containing composition contains at least a coloring component, an acidic sophorolipid, a fatty acid, and a hydroxy fatty acid that are derived from an SL-producing yeast culture. The composition contains the following components in the following proportions, in terms of dry weight, based on the total amount of the acidic sophorolipid, a lactonic sophorolipid, the fatty acid, and the hydroxy fatty acid in the composition taken as 100 mass %: (1) acidic sophorolipid: 94 to 99.99 mass %, (2) lactonic sophorolipid: 0 to 2 mass %, (3) total amount of fatty acid and hydroxy fatty acid: 0.01 to 4 mass %.

Abstract: A multistage shaft sealing apparatus includes a first sealing unit, a second sealing unit, and a third sealing unit provided, in a sequential order from a side of the apparatus closer to inside of the apparatus, in a fluid leakage passage formed between the rotating shaft or the rotating member and a housing located to surround the rotating shaft or the rotating member. The first sealing unit includes a first runner and a first sealing ring which form a non-contact-type sealing surface; the second sealing unit includes a second runner and a second sealing ring which form a contact-type sealing surface; the third sealing unit includes a third runner and a third sealing ring which form a contact-type sealing surface, and a purge water supply passage supplying purge water to the third sealing unit and a purge water discharge passage discharging the purge water supplied to the third sealing unit.

Abstract: The shaft sealing structure includes a seal ring that has abutment portions formed by dividing the seal ring along the axial direction and that is provided around a main shaft in a ring-like manner; a support member that is provided in the seal ring along the circumferential direction of the main shaft; and a thermoswitch that is connected to the support member between the abutment portions and that presses the support member toward the center of the main shaft when the temperature rises to a temperature higher than that during normal operation, in which the seal ring is fixed at a position separated from the main shaft during the normal operation and is moved by the support member toward the center of the main shaft when the temperature rises to a temperature higher than that during the normal operation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high-purity acid-form sophorolipid (SL)-containing composition characterized by substantially not containing acetic acid. The high-purity acid-form SL-containing composition can be produced, for example, by the following method: (i) adjusting the pH of a partially purified acid-form SL-containing composition to an acidic range; and (ii-a) subjecting an acidified partially purified acid-form SL-containing composition obtained in step (i) to chromatography to acquire a fraction containing an acid-form SL, or (ii-b) leaving the acidified partially purified acid-form SL-containing composition obtained in step (i) to stand under a low-temperature condition to acquire a resulting gelled object.

Abstract: The present invention provides a low-toxicity sophorolipid-containing composition. The low-toxicity sophorolipid-containing composition contains at least a coloring component, an acidic sophorolipid, a fatty acid, and a hydroxy fatty acid that are derived from an SL-producing yeast culture. The composition contains the following components in the following proportions, in terms of dry weight, based on the total amount of the acidic sophorolipid, a lactonic sophorolipid, the fatty acid, and the hydroxy fatty acid in the composition taken as 100 mass %: (1) acidic sophorolipid: 94 to 99.99 mass %, (2) lactonic sophorolipid: 0 to 2 mass %, (3) total amount of fatty acid and hydroxy fatty acid: 0.

Abstract: A method of inhibiting angiogenesis by applying a kind of protein polysaccharide of a (1?6)-?-D-glucan obtained from a residue of extraction of crushed dried fruiting body of Agaricus blazei Murill (himematsutake) with 80% ethanol aqueous solution and hot water at 100 degrees C.

Abstract: A method of inhibiting angiogenesis by applying a kind of protein polysaccharide of a (1?6)-?-D-glucan obtained from a residue of extraction of crushed dried fruiting body of Agaricus blazei Murill (himematsutake) with 80% ethanol aqueous solution and hot water at 100 degrees C.

Abstract: The shaft sealing structure includes a seal ring that has abutment portions formed by dividing the seal ring along the axial direction and that is provided around a main shaft in a ring-like manner; a support member that is provided in the seal ring along the circumferential direction of the main shaft; and a thermoswitch that is connected to the support member between the abutment portions and that presses the support member toward the center of the main shaft when the temperature rises to a temperature higher than that during normal operation, in which the seal ring is fixed at a position separated from the main shaft during the normal operation and is moved by the support member toward the center of the main shaft when the temperature rises to a temperature higher than that during the normal operation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high-purity acid-form sophorolipid (SL)-containing composition characterized by substantially not containing acetic acid. The high-purity acid-form SL-containing composition can be produced, for example, by the following method: (i) adjusting the pH of a partially purified acid-form SL-containing composition to an acidic range; and (ii-a) subjecting an acidified partially purified acid-form SL-containing composition obtained in step (i) to chromatography to acquire a fraction containing an acid-form SL, or (ii-b) leaving the acidified partially purified acid-form SL-containing composition obtained in step (i) to stand under a low-temperature condition to acquire a resulting gelled object.

Abstract: A method of inhibiting angiogenesis by applying a protein polysaccharide of a (1?6)-?-D-glucan with a glucan:protein ratio of 55:43 [w/w], obtained by extracting with a 5 w % aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide a residue of extraction and removal of water-soluble polysaccharides from the Agaricus blazei Murill (himematsutake) fruiting body, and a food/beverage composition for angiogenesis inhibition containing the protein polysaccharide of (1?6)-?-D-glucan.

Abstract: A package substrate including an outermost interlayer resin insulating layer, a pad structure formed on the outermost interlayer resin insulating layer, a conductive connecting pin for establishing an electrical connection with another substrate, the conductive connecting pin being secured to the pad structure via a solder, and via holes formed through the outermost interlayer resin insulating layer and for electrically connecting the pad structure to one or more conductive circuits formed below the outermost interlayer resin insulating layer, the via holes being positioned directly below the pad structure.

Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor storage device has a memory string including a plurality of electrically rewritable memory cells connected in series. The non-volatile semiconductor storage device also has a protruding layer formed to protrude upward with respect to a substrate. The memory string includes: a plurality of first conductive layers laminated on the substrate; a first semiconductor layer formed to penetrate the plurality of first conductive layers; and an electric charge storage layer formed between the first conductive layers and the first semiconductor layer, and configured to be able to store electric charges. Each of the plurality of first conductive layers includes: a bottom portion extending in parallel to the substrate; and a side portion extending upward with respect to the substrate along the protruding layer at the bottom portion. The protruding layer has a width in a first direction parallel to the substrate that is less than or equal to its length in a lamination direction.

Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate, a memory cell transistor formed in a memory cell region, and a field-effect transistor formed in a peripheral circuit region. The memory cell transistor includes: a floating gate electrode; a first inter-electrode insulating film; and a control gate electrode. The field-effect transistor includes: a lower gate electrode; a second inter-electrode insulating film having an opening; and an upper gate electrode electrically connected to the lower gate electrode via the opening. The control gate electrode and the upper gate electrode are formed by a plurality of conductive films that are stacked. The control gate electrode and the upper gate electrode include a barrier film formed in one of interfaces between the stacked conductive films and configured to suppress diffusion of metal atoms. The control gate electrode and the upper gate electrode have a part that is silicided.