Abstract: In a rail fastener, first and second mating portions are configured such that when the first and second mating portions are mated, a first contact surface of a first skin portion (or a first mating portion) and a second contact surface of a second skin portion (or a second mating portion) are brought into a pressure contact with each other at a location between first and second reinforcement sheets. The first contact surface is positioned outwardly of sheet than an inner edge of the first reinforcement sheet, and the second contact surface is positioned outwardly of sheet than an inner edge of the second reinforcement sheet.

Abstract: A compound represented by a formula (1C-A) below. One of R4 to R8 and R10 to R12 is a group represented by a formula (1D-A) above; R1 to R3, R9, and R4 to R8 and R10 to R12 not being the group represented by the formula (1D-A) are each a hydrogen atom, a substituent, or the like; at least one of R21 to R30 is other than a hydrogen atom; when R11 is a group represented by a formula (1D), R12 is a hydrogen atom or a phenyl group; when R12 is a group represented by the formula (1D), R11 is a hydrogen atom or a phenyl group; in the formula (1D), one of R21 to R30 represents a bonding position to a benz[a]anthracene ring in the formula (1C), and R21 to R30 not being the bonding position are each a hydrogen atom, a substituent, or the like.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus includes a cutting unit including a spindle as a rotational shaft and a mount flange for mounting a cutting blade thereon, the mount flange being fixed to a distal end of the spindle, a support unit for supporting a cutting blade housed in a blade case, the support unit including a blade case support for supporting the blade case for housing the cutting blade therein, a changing mechanism for dismounting a cutting blade that has been mounted on the mount flange from the mount flange and mounting the cutting blade that has been supported on the support unit on the mount flange, and a moving mechanism for moving the changing mechanism between a changing position, a blade transfer position, and a retracted position.

Abstract: An electric power conversion apparatus includes: a first electric power terminal; a switching circuit including a switching device; a transformer including first and second windings; a rectifying circuit including a switching device; a smoothing circuit; a second electric power terminal; a control circuit, and a driving circuit. The control circuit is configured to perform a first operation and a second operation alternately before causing electric power to be supplied from the first electric power terminal toward the second electric power terminal, and is configured to control operations of the switching circuit and the rectifying circuit to cause, in the first operation, first electric power to be supplied from the second electric power terminal to the first electric power terminal, and to cause, in the second operation, second electric power lower than the first electric power to be supplied from the second electric power terminal to the first electric power terminal.

Abstract: A guiding device includes: a guiding unit configured to guide a scanning position of a measurement unit with respect to a measurement target when the measurement unit configured to measure a physical quantity of the measurement target performs scanning. The guiding unit includes at least two linear first guide markers configured to guide the scanning position, and the at least two linear first guide markers are arranged at positions ahead of a measurement position of the measurement unit in a scanning direction at predetermined intervals with the scanning position being interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A compound may have formula (1): D11 and D12 independently being a group of formula (11), (12), or (13): At least one D11 may be a group of formula (12) or (13). R may be, for instance, a hydrogen atom or an aryl group.

Abstract: A compound is represented by a formula (1) below. In the formula (1): Ra and Rb not forming a ring are a substituent or the like; a combination of R5 and R6, combination of R6 and R7, or combination of R7 and R8 form a ring represented by a formula (10). In this case, positions a1 and b1, positions a2 and b1, or positions a3 and b1 are fused with each other. One or more of R1 to R4, R5 to R8 not forming a ring, and R9 to R12 are a substituent Rx. One or more of R4 to R6, R8, R9 and R12 not being Rx are a substituent Ry, and R1 to R12 other than Rx and Ry are a hydrogen atom or substituent. At least one hetero atom of when the substituent is a heterocyclic group only includes one or more of oxygen, sulfur and silicon.

Abstract: Provided are: a mechanical property measuring apparatus and method that can accurately measure a mechanical property through physical quantities; a substance manufacturing equipment and method that can improve the production yield rate and high-quality substance. A mechanical property measuring apparatus (100) comprises: a physical quantity measuring unit (5) configured to measure a plurality of physical quantities of a measured object that includes a substance and a film on a surface of the substance; a mechanical property calculating unit (82) configured to calculate, using a plurality of calculation models each for calculating a mechanical property of the substance and at least two of the plurality of physical quantities measured, the mechanical property of the substance for each of the plurality of calculation models; and a selection processing unit (81) configured to select one mechanical property based on the at least two of the plurality of physical quantities.

Abstract: Provided are a mechanical property measuring apparatus and method that can accurately measure a mechanical property through physical quantities, etc. A mechanical property measuring apparatus (100) comprises: a physical quantity measuring unit (5) configured to measure a plurality of physical quantities of a measured object that includes a substance and a film on a surface of the substance; a calculation model generating unit (81) configured to select a plurality of pieces of learning data and generate a calculation model for calculating a mechanical property of the substance; and a mechanical property calculating unit (82) configured to calculate the mechanical property of the substance using the calculation model generated and at least two of the plurality of physical quantities, wherein the selection physical quantities include at least one physical quantity measured using a first measurement signal and at least one physical quantity measured using a second measurement signal.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: an anode; a cathode; and an emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, in which the emitting layer contains a delayed fluorescent compound M2 represented by a formula (2) below and a compound M3 represented by a formula (3) below, and a singlet energy S1 (M2) of the compound M2 and a singlet energy S1 (M3) of the compound M3 satisfy a relationship of a numerical formula (Numerical Formula 1) below,

Abstract: A blade replacing device used in a cutting apparatus includes a holding section that detachably holds one surface side of a cutting blade, a moving section that relatively advances and retracts the holding section with holding the cutting blade relative to a spindle in an axial direction of the spindle, and positions the holding section at least at a mounting position at which the other surface of the cutting blade is equal to or less than a predetermined distance from a flange section of a blade mount, and at a released position at which the cutting blade is spaced from the blade mount, and a thickness information acquisition section for acquiring information concerning a thickness of the cutting blade. The mounting position of the holding section is adjusted according to the thickness of the cutting blade acquired by utilizing the thickness information acquisition section.

Abstract: A mounting method includes a storing step of storing a plurality of cutting blades on a storage tray having a plurality of storage regions for storing the cutting blades, a replacement product position identifying step of reading identification marks on the cutting blades stored on the storage tray with a reading unit and identifying which storage regions the cutting blades to be mounted in a cutting apparatus are stored in on the basis of the read identification marks, a positioning step of positioning the storage tray on which the cutting blades are stored in a consumable product replacing position, and after the positioning step has been carried out, a mounting step of mounting one of the cutting blades from the storage tray in the cutting apparatus with a replacing device on the basis of the storage regions identified in the replacement product position identifying step.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, a cathode, and an emitting layer, in which the emitting layer contains a first compound represented by a formula (1) and a delayed fluorescent second compound represented by a formula (2), and singlet energy S1(M1) of the first compound and singlet energy S1(M2) of the second compound satisfy a relationship of Numerical Formula 1, S1(M2)>S1(M1) (Numerical Formula 1).

Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a holding table for holding a workpiece, a cutting unit including a spindle and a mount, a blade changer unit for mounting a cutting blade on or dismounting a cutting blade from the mount, and a control unit. The blade changer unit includes a blade chuck for holding the cutting blade and a moving unit. The cutting unit includes a vibration detecting sensor. The control unit includes a calculator for calculating the central axis of the mount from a position where the vibration detecting sensor detects vibrations caused upon contact between the mount and the blade chuck, and a mounting/dismounting controller for aligning the central axis of the blade chuck with the central axis of the mount and mounting the cutting blade on and dismounting cutting blade from the mount.

Abstract: A blade holding jig for holding a washer-type cutting blade via an annular retainer flange includes an annular flange holding portion configured to hold a first annular surface of the retainer flange under suction, and an annular non-contact suction portion arranged on an outer peripheral portion of the flange holding portion and configured to produce a negative pressure by ejection of a fluid toward the outer peripheral portion of the retainer flange held by the flange holding portion and to draw up the cutting blade toward the retainer flange. The cutting blade drawn up toward the retainer flange by the non-contact suction portion is held on the retainer flange by a suction force acting from the flange holding portion via a plurality of through holes disposed extending from a second annular surface to the first annular surface of the retainer flange.

Abstract: Provided are: a mechanical property measuring apparatus and method that can accurately measure a mechanical property through physical quantities; a substance manufacturing equipment and method that can improve the production yield rate. A mechanical property measuring apparatus (100) comprises: a physical quantity measuring unit (5) configured to measure a plurality of physical quantities of a measured object that includes a substance and a film on a surface of the substance; a classification processing unit (81) configured to select one of a plurality of calculation models (M1, M2, . . . , Mn) for calculating a mechanical property of the substance, based on at least two of the plurality of physical quantities measured; and a mechanical property calculating unit (82) configured to calculate the mechanical property of the substance using the calculation model selected by the classification processing unit (81) and the at least two of the plurality of physical quantities.

Abstract: Provided are a mechanical property measuring apparatus and method that can accurately measure a mechanical property through physical quantities, etc. A mechanical property measuring apparatus (100) comprises: a physical quantity measuring unit (5) configured to measure a plurality of physical quantities of a measured object that includes a substance and a film on a surface of the substance; a calculation model generating unit (81) configured to select a plurality of pieces of learning data and generate a calculation model for calculating a mechanical property of the substance; and a mechanical property calculating unit (82) configured to calculate the mechanical property of the substance using the calculation model generated and at least two of the plurality of physical quantities, wherein the selection physical quantities include at least one physical quantity measured using a first measurement signal and at least one physical quantity measured using a second measurement signal.

Abstract: Provided are: a mechanical property measuring apparatus and method that can accurately measure a mechanical property through physical quantities; a substance manufacturing equipment and method that can improve the production yield rate and high-quality substance. A mechanical property measuring apparatus (100) comprises: a physical quantity measuring unit (5) configured to measure a plurality of physical quantities of a measured object that includes a substance and a film on a surface of the substance; a mechanical property calculating unit (82) configured to calculate, using a plurality of calculation models each for calculating a mechanical property of the substance and at least two of the plurality of physical quantities measured, the mechanical property of the substance for each of the plurality of calculation models; and a selection processing unit (81) configured to select one mechanical property based on the at least two of the plurality of physical quantities.

Abstract: There is provided a cutting apparatus that cuts a workpiece by a cutting blade. The cutting apparatus includes a chuck table that holds a board in which a groove is formed through cutting of the board by the cutting blade, a cutting unit having a spindle and a mount flange that is fixed to a tip part of the spindle and on which the cutting blade is mounted, and a replacement apparatus that replaces the cutting blade mounted on the mount flange with the cutting blade stored in a blade storing part and replaces the board placed on the chuck table with the board stored in a board storing part. The replacement apparatus includes a holding part that holds the cutting blade and the board under suction.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a mitochondrial dysfunction improving agent comprising a vitamin K derivative having a high deliverability to mitochondria. A mitochondrial dysfunction improving agent, neurodegeneration improving agent, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis improving agent, Alzheimer's disease improving agent, and Parkinson's disease improving agent comprising at least one of a carboxylic acid ester of an active vitamin K represented by a general formula (1) or a salt thereof, and (wherein, R1 and R2 are a hydrogen atom, respectively, or a substituent selected from glycine, N-acyl glycine, N-alkyl glycine, N,N-dialkyl glycine, N,N,N-trialkyl glycine, acyl, dicarboxylic acid hemiester, and salts thereof; and at least either of R1 and R2 is glycine, N-acyl glycine, N-alkyl glycine, N,N-dialkyl glycine, N,N,N-trialkyl glycine, acyl, dicarboxylic acid hemiester, and salts thereof. R3 is a group represented by a general formula (2), or a general formula (3).