Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a procedure, the procedure includes detecting a plurality of voice sections from an input sound that includes voices of a plurality of speakers, calculating a feature amount of each of the plurality of voice sections, determining a plurality of emotions, corresponding to the plurality of voice sections respectively, of a speaker of the plurality of speakers for each of the plurality of voice sections, and clustering a plurality of feature amounts, based on a change vector from the feature amount of the voice section determined as a first emotion of the plurality of emotions of the speaker to the feature amount of the voice section determined as a second emotion of the plurality of emotions different from the first emotion.

Abstract: In an aggregation system comprising a control apparatus which is provided for each consumer and a server apparatus, the server apparatus calculates, for each of the consumers and as an allocation amount of the consumer, an upper limit value for the power which the consumer inputs from the system or a lower limit value for the power which the consumer is to output to the system, according to a requested power provision amount, and sends the respective control instructions designating the calculated allocation amount of each consumer to the control apparatus of the consumer, and the control apparatuses each control the charging and discharging of the corresponding power apparatus so that the power input from the system is equal to or smaller than the allocation amount designated in the control instruction or so that power equal to or larger than the allocation amount is output to the system.

Abstract: An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a positive and a negative electrode terminals; modules each including an assembled battery and a CMU, the assembled battery including cells, the CMU to detect a voltage and a temperature of the assembled battery; a main circuit for electrical connection between terminals of the modules and the positive and negative electrode terminals; a BMU to receive information about the voltage and the temperature from the respective CMU; a supply circuit to convert DC power from the main circuit and supply the converted power to the BMU; a breaker for interrupting the main circuit; and a circuit to block a current flowing through the main circuit in a direction of charging the modules, in response to a stop of a control signal from the BMU.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing cerebral cortex neurons from pluripotent stem cells. Provided is a method for producing cerebral cortex neurons from pluripotent stem cells, comprising (i) a step of performing a suspension culture of pluripotent stem cells in a culture medium containing a TGF? inhibitor, bFGF, a Wnt inhibitor, and a BMP inhibitor, (ii) a step of performing a suspension culture of the cells obtained in the step (i) in a culture medium containing a Wnt inhibitor and a BMP inhibitor, and (iii) a step of further culturing the cells obtained in the step (ii).

Abstract: Provided is a small capacity container for viscous substance, which is capable of quickly discharging a viscous content at any time even when being held upside down or almost upside down. In the small capacity container of not more than 300 ml to contain a viscous substance, a region for quickly discharging the content and a region for slowly discharging the content during the container is held upside down are formed on the inner surface of the barrel portion of the container.

Abstract: A storage battery device includes a battery unit, a first circuit breaker, a second circuit breaker, and a control unit. The first circuit breaker switches between connecting and disconnecting a first-electrode side of the battery unit and an external device. The second circuit breaker switches between connecting and disconnecting a second-electrode side of the battery unit and the external device. The control unit supplies power to the first circuit breaker and the second circuit breaker in sequence with the power supplied to the second circuit breaker offset relative to the power supplied to the first circuit breaker by a time period equal to or longer than a time difference required for a sum of currents flowing through the first circuit breaker and the second circuit breaker to reach an upper bound current that is set as an upper bound of a current.

Abstract: A zoom lens has in order from the object side, at least a foremost, first lens group having positive refractive power, a succeeding, second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, and a rearmost lens group having negative refractive power. The zoom lens meets requirements as defined in formulas regarding a displacement of the first lens group, a focal length of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end, a focal length of the zoom lens at the telephoto end, a focal length of the first lens group, and a focal length of the third lens group.

Abstract: An electric discharge machining apparatus includes a tool electrode that performs electric discharge machining to a workpiece, a tubular extended guide in which the tool electrode is inserted, a long nozzle in which the tool electrode is inserted with a tip protruded, and provided along an outer wall surface of the extended guide so as to provide mist generating space between the extended guide and the long nozzle, a compressed gas supplying device supplying compressed gas into the mist generating space, and a pressurized working fluid supplying device supplying pressurized working fluid into working fluid filling space between the tool electrode and the extended guide

Abstract: An electric discharge machining apparatus includes a tool electrode that performs electric discharge machining to a workpiece, a housing in which the tool electrode is inserted, a compressed gas supplying device for supplying compressed gas into a mist generating region which is provided between an inner wall of the housing and the tool electrode, a first flow path through which the compressed gas flows and connecting the compressed gas supplying device with the mist generating region, a pressurized working fluid supplying device for supplying pressurized working fluid into the mist generating region, and a second flow path through which the pressurized working fluid flows and connecting the pressurized working fluid supplying device with the mist generating region.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into neural precursor cells, comprising culturing the pluripotent stem cells in the presence of a small, molecule BMP inhibitor, and induced neural precursor cells prepared by this method.

Abstract: A compound represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof. In formula (I), R1 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an unsubstituted or substituted C1 to C6 alkyl group or the like. R2 represents a hydrogen atom, or an unsubstituted or substituted C1 to C6 alkyl group or the like. R3 represents an unsubstituted or substituted C1 to C6 alkyl group or the like. R5 represents a C1 to C6 haloalkyl group or the like. G represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom. R6 and R7 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an unsubstituted or substituted C1 to C6 alkyl group or the like. n represents 0 or 1. R8 and R9 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an unsubstituted or substituted C1 to C6 alkyl group. Ar represents an unsubstituted or substituted C6 to C10 aryl group or the like.

Abstract: A zoom lens has in order from the object side, at least a foremost, first lens group having positive refractive power, a succeeding, second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, and a rearmost lens group having negative refractive power. The zoom lens meets requirements as defined in formulas regarding a displacement of the first lens group, a focal length of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end, a focal length of the zoom lens at the telephoto end, a focal length of the first lens group, and a focal length of the third lens group.

Abstract: In an aggregation system comprising a control apparatus which is provided for each consumer and a server apparatus, the server apparatus calculates, for each of the consumers and as an allocation amount of the consumer, an upper limit value for the power which the consumer inputs from the system or a lower limit value for the power which the consumer is to output to the system, according to a requested power provision amount, and sends the respective control instructions designating the calculated allocation amount of each consumer to the control apparatus of the consumer, and the control apparatuses each control the charging and discharging of the corresponding power apparatus so that the power input from the system is equal to or smaller than the allocation amount designated in the control instruction or so that power equal to or larger than the allocation amount is output to the system.

Abstract: A pump device (10) includes: a drive unit (30); a cover body (150); a circuit board (130) which faces the cover body (150) and the drive unit (30) in an electrically non-contact state therewith; and a spring member (160) disposed across front and rear sides of the circuit board (130) and in contact with the cover body (150) and the drive unit (30) in an electrically conductive state. The drive unit (30), the spring member (160), and the cover body (150) constitute a static elimination path. The spring member (160) comprises: a spring deformation part (163) which enables spring deformation such that neighboring wires (161) can move toward or away from each other, and an electrically conductive bypass path (162) which is continuously disposed with at least one end of the spring deformation part (163) and is positioned across the front and rear sides of the circuit board (130).

Abstract: An electric motor, and the electric motor includes a stator core provided on a stator, a plurality of teeth provided on the stator core, a coil wound body attached to the tooth, an inner flange portion provided at an inner diameter side of a bobbin, a first engagement portion provided at one end side in a width direction of the inner flange portion, and a second engagement portion provided at the other end side in the width direction of the inner flange portion, the first engagement portion being provided to be located at an outer side in a diameter direction than the second engagement portion of the adjacent coil wound body in a moving direction, the second engagement portion being provided to be located at an outer side in a diameter direction than the first engagement portion of the adjacent coil wound body in a moving direction.

Abstract: A cell population comprising Corin- and/or Lrtm1-positive cells was produced by the following steps (1) and (2), from which Corin positive and/or Lrtm1 positive cells are collected using a substance that binds to Corin and/or a substance that binds to Lrtm1, and dopaminergic neuron progenitor cells are produced by performing suspension culture of the Corin positive and/or Lrtm1 positive cells in a culture solution containing one or more nutritional factors: (1) a step of performing adhesion culture of pluripotent stem cells in a medium for maintaining undifferentiated state containing a Sonic hedgehog (SHH) signal stimulant, and an undifferentiated state-maintaining factor in the absence of feeder cells but in the presence of an extracellular matrix, and (2) a step of culturing the cell population obtained in the step (1) in a culture solution containing one or more differentiation-inducing factors.

Abstract: An apparatus receives, via an input device, query input data including a word or a phrase, and acquires search result set data using the query input data. The apparatus acquires, for a value indicating a strength of a relationship between each impression word included in an impression word group and each word included in the query input data, and extracts the first feature word group according to the value indicating the strength of the relationship with each word, from the impression word group. The apparatus displays the search result set data using the first feature word group as an item.

Abstract: A storage battery device includes a battery unit, a first circuit breaker, a second circuit breaker, and a control unit. The first circuit breaker switches between connecting and disconnecting a first-electrode side of the battery unit and an external device. The second circuit breaker switches between connecting and disconnecting a second-electrode side of the battery unit and the external device. The control unit supplies power to the first circuit breaker and the second circuit breaker in sequence with the power supplied to the second circuit breaker offset relative to the power supplied to the first circuit breaker by a time period equal to or longer than a time difference required for a sum of currents flowing through the first circuit breaker and the second circuit breaker to reach an upper bound current that is set as an upper bound of a current.

Abstract: A driving recorder includes: an image data acquisition unit; an extraction unit; a determination unit; and a writing controller. The writing controller configured to write, when the determination unit has determined that a change in the other vehicle does not coincide with a predetermined reference change, the image data into a memory by a ring buffer form, and write, when the determination unit has determined that the change coincides with the predetermined reference change, the image data for a predetermined period of time including the plurality of pieces of image data regarding which the determination has been made in such a way that the image data is not overwritten by other data.

Abstract: A storage battery management device includes a connector, storage, a drive voltage controller, a determiner, and a current sensor controller. The connector is connectable to a current sensor. The storage stores current sensor information including an output range of normal output values and each current-sensor type indicating a type of a current sensor connectable to the connector in association with each other. The drive voltage controller causes a current to flow through a current sensor while varying a voltage to be applied to the current sensor. The determiner determines, based on whether an output value that is received via the connector from the current sensor falls in the output range corresponding to the current-sensor type, the current-sensor type of the current sensor connected to the connector. The current sensor controller controls the current sensor in accordance with the determined current-sensor type.