Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: detect a state in which a finger of a user stays in space above one of multiple selection elements for a predetermined time or longer, the state being detected by using a touch panel, the multiple selection elements being displayed on the touch panel; and perform control of the touch panel when the state is detected, the control being performed to turn the selection element into a selected display form. The predetermined time is a period of time set to prevent the processor from turning a nontarget selection element of the selection elements into the selected display form when the finger of the user passes space above the nontarget selection element toward a target selection element of the selection elements.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides an optical film (10) including a glass base material (11) having a thickness of 30 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less and a resin layer (12) adjacent to the glass base material (11), wherein the resin layer (12) has a Young's modulus of 70 MPa or more and 1200 MPa or less at 25° C.

Abstract: Devices and methods for treating an intraoral cavity of a patient are provided. In some embodiments, a device includes a tissue scaffold configured to promote growth of oral tissue at a treatment site in the intraoral cavity of the patient, and a positioner. The positioner can include one or more cavities configured to receive one or more teeth of the patient, and an alignment element configured to temporarily couple to the tissue scaffold such that when the positioner is placed on the patient's teeth, the alignment element locates the tissue scaffold at the treatment site.

Abstract: Surgical guides (e.g., adjustable splints) that may be used for a temporal expansion and contraction of the palate during and/or after surgical operation on a palatal suture may include first and second tooth-engaging regions and an expandable palatal region including a linkage to allow controlled expansion/contraction of the palatal region. These apparatuses may be configured to allow measurement or estimation of the mobility of the palate (e.g., maxillary segments) and/or locking of the palate in a desired target width.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for computer-aided design, digital treatment planning, and direct additive manufacturing of dental appliances are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a treatment plan for a patient's teeth, the treatment plan specifying a target arrangement for the teeth and a plurality of treatment stages to reposition the teeth from an initial arrangement toward the target arrangement. The method can include identifying appliance design parameters for one or more dental appliances to implement at least one treatment stage of the plurality of treatment stages. The appliance design parameters can include one or more manufacturability parameters corresponding to an additive manufacturing process to be used to directly fabricate the one or more dental appliances. The method can further include determining an appliance geometry for the one or more dental appliances using the set of appliance design parameters.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible organic electroluminescence display device comprising a front panel placed on an observer side of an organic electroluminescence display panel, wherein the front panel includes a glass substrate, with a thickness of 100 ?m or less, on the organic electroluminescence display panel, and a resin layer on the glass substrate; in a plane of the resin layer, when a composite elastic modulus of a first direction is regarded as E1, a composite elastic modulus of a second direction that is a direction orthogonally crossing the first direction is regarded as E2, E1/E2 is 1.2 or more; and an angle formed by a folding direction of the flexible organic electroluminescence display device and the first direction is 45° or more and 90° or less.

Abstract: A stacked body for a flexible display device comprises a substrate layer and an antistatic layer. The antistatic layer side surface of the stacked body has a contact angle of water of 100° or more. A ratio of the contact angle of water of the antistatic layer side surface after a steel wool test, rubbing the surface with a #0000 steel wool for 2500 strokes with a load of 9.8 N, is 0.6 or higher compared with the contact angle before the steel wool test. A surface resistance of the antistatic layer side surface of the stacked body is 9×1013?/? or less, and the surface resistance of the antistatic layer side surface of the stacked body after an eraser test, rubbing the surface with a 6 mm diameter eraser, for 2500 strokes, applying a load of 9.8 N, is 9×1013?/? or less.

Abstract: A compound exhibiting coronavirus 3CL protease inhibitory activity or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, represented by Formula (I) wherein Ring A is a ring represented by: wherein X is a single bond or the like, R2 is substituted or unsubstituted aromatic carbocyclyl or the like, R3c is substituted or unsubstituted aromatic carbocyclyl or the like, R3 is substituted or unsubstituted aromatic carbocyclyl or the like, R3a is a hydrogen atom or the like, R3b is a hydrogen atom, R8a is substituted or unsubstituted aromatic carbocyclyl or the like, and R8b is a hydrogen atom or the like, R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclyl, m is 0 or the like, R5a is each independently a hydrogen atom or the like, R5b is each independently a hydrogen atom or the like, R6 is cyano or the like, and R7a and R7b are each independently a hydrogen atom or the like.

Abstract: A vehicle frame rack includes first to fourth support portions, movable in a vehicle width or a vehicle length direction with respect to each other and supporting first to fourth wheels, respectively of the vehicle. Further, the support portions include respective height display portions and lifting adjustment portions.

Abstract: Biosensor performance indicator systems for orthodontic appliances. An orthodontic appliance system may include at least one biosensor system having a bioreceptor configured to cause an interaction with a biomarker in fluid in an oral cavity. The biomarker may be associated with a velocity of tooth root movement. A biotransducer may be coupled to the bioreceptor. The biotransducer may be configured to transduce the interaction into an interaction signal representative of the interaction. A processor may be configured to receive sensor data corresponding to the interaction signal and, based on the sensor data, provide one or more recommendations to change the orthodontic appliance or modify an orthodontic treatment plan when the interaction signal is below a threshold.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a stacked body for a flexible display device comprising a substrate layer, and an antistatic layer, wherein a surface resistance of an antistatic layer side surface of the stacked body for a flexible display device is 9×1013?/? or less; and a surface resistance of the antistatic layer side surface of the stacked body for a flexible display device after an eraser test is 9×1013?/? or less, wherein, in the eraser test, the antistatic layer side surface of the stacked body for a flexible display device is rubbed with a 6 mm diameter eraser, for 2500 strokes, applying a load of 9.8 N.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for dental arch expansion. A polymeric shell including teeth receiving cavities may be shaped to impart an arch expansion force onto a first tooth of one or more teeth to move the one or more teeth from a first position a first distance from a midline of the arch to a second position a second distance from the midline of the arch, the second distance being greater than the first distance. An occlusal feature extending outward from an occlusal wall of a tooth receiving cavity may be configured to contact an outer occlusal surface of an opposing appliance to impart an anti-tipping force onto the first tooth. The anti-tipping force may be of a magnitude and direction to counteract a tipping moment generated at least in part due to the arch expansion force.

Abstract: A dental device may include a body having first tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of a first side of an arch of a patient. The dental device may also include second tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of a second side of the arch of the patient and a palatal portion that extends between the first tooth receiving cavities and the second tooth receiving cavities. The palatal portion may be shaped to apply an expansion force to the teeth of the first side of the arch of the patient and the teeth of the second side of the arch of a patient. The palatal portion may also include a plurality of bands that extend between the first tooth receiving cavities and the second tooth receiving cavities. Each respective band may have a respective different thickness.

Abstract: Methods for additive manufacturing and associated systems are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a 3D digital representation of an object. The method can include generating a plurality of grayscale slices corresponding to a plurality of 2D cross-sections of the 3D digital representation, where each grayscale slice comprises a plurality of grayscale units. The method can also include generating a plurality of discretized slices based on the plurality of grayscale slices, where each discretized slice comprises a plurality of discretized units, and where each discretized unit is generated by applying a discretizing function to a corresponding grayscale unit of a corresponding grayscale slice. The method can further include outputting instructions for fabricating the object via an additive manufacturing process based on the plurality of discretized slices.

Abstract: A dental attachment positioning device may include a plurality of registration elements. The registration elements may include a tooth registration surface configured to mate with one or more teeth of a patient and a retention support for holding the registration element to one or more teeth of a patient. An attachment support may extend from and be releasably coupled to one or more dental attachments. A coupling may be located between two adjacent registration elements. The coupling may include a force concentration structure. The force concentration structure may include a notch or channel configured to facilitate a breakage between the two adjacent registration elements.

Abstract: Methods and systems for designing dental appliances with enhanced retention on teeth are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a digital representation of a tooth arrangement for a patient's teeth. The method can also include generating a plurality of candidate dental appliances for the tooth arrangement. The method can further include determining a retention parameter for each candidate dental appliance of the plurality of candidate dental appliances, where the retention parameter is indicative of how well the candidate dental appliance is retained on the patient's teeth. The method can further include selecting at least one candidate dental appliance based on the retention parameters for the plurality of candidate dental appliances. The method can further include generating instructions for fabricating the at least one candidate dental appliance.

Abstract: A method for designing dental appliances may include receiving a 3D model of a patient's oral cavity and determining a target arrangement of teeth of the patient. The method may also include generating a 3D model of a first dental appliance and modeling retention of the first dental appliance for a first stage of a treatment plan based on the 3D model of the first dental appliance and a model of an arch of the patient for the first stage of the treatment plan to determine a first retention. The method may also include modifying the 3D model of the first dental appliance to include topographic features on an interior surface of the first dental appliance to generate a modified 3D model of the first dental appliance and outputting the modified 3D model of the first dental appliance for fabrication and physical dental appliance.

Abstract: A monitoring method includes steps of (a) placing a substrate on a mounting stage of a processing chamber of a plasma processing apparatus; (b) supplying a pulsed wave of RF power with a predetermined duty ratio from an RF power supply connected to an antenna; and (c) monitoring a plasma state based on a converted value of a Vpp voltage of an output terminal of a matching unit arranged between the antenna and the RF power supply. The converted value of the Vpp voltage is obtained by converting the Vpp voltage of the output terminal voltage based on the duty ratio, the RF power, and correlation information indicating a correlation between the Vpp voltage and the RF power.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound exhibiting coronavirus 3CL protease inhibitory activity or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible organic electroluminescence display device comprising a front panel placed on an observer side of an organic electroluminescence display panel, wherein the front panel includes a glass substrate, with a thickness of 100 ?m or less, on the organic electroluminescence display panel, and a resin layer on the glass substrate; in a plane of the resin layer, when a composite elastic modulus of a first direction is regarded as E1, a composite elastic modulus of a second direction that is a direction orthogonally crossing the first direction is regarded as E2, E1/E2 is 1.2 or more; and an angle formed by a folding direction of the flexible organic electroluminescence display device and the first direction is 45° or more and 90° or less.