Abstract: An interference wave arithmetic operation method performed by a wireless communication system including a plurality of antennas, the method including: determining an interferer antenna on the basis of information regarding directivity, a position, and an orientation of each of the plurality of antennas; and calculating interference wave reception intensity of a victim antenna using an interference wave from the determined interferer antenna.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition that controls pharmacokinetics. Specifically, the present invention provides: a composition for controlling pharmacokinetics, the composition containing a polyvalent cation as an active ingredient; and a method for controlling pharmacokinetics using the polyvalent cation.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a separator for electric storage devices that suppresses dendrite short circuits and has excellent thermal stability. [Solution] Provided is a separator for electric storage devices including: (A) a microporous layer mainly composed of (X) polypropylene; and (B) a microporous layer containing (Y) polypropylene identical or different from the polypropylene (X) and a thermoplastic elastomer that is incompatible with the polypropylene (Y). In an ND-MD sectional observation of the microporous layer (B), the area-averaged long pore diameter of pores present in the microporous layer (B) is from 150 nm to 500 nm.

Abstract: An integrated pump device includes a motor, an oil pump rotated by a driving force of the motor and configured to discharge oil drawn from an oil pan, and a hydraulic actuator configured to switch between an advance state and a retard state by a hydraulic pressure created by the oil pump. The hydraulic actuator is a parking lock actuator, and includes a housing having vane chambers and a vane rotor housed in the housing and including vanes arranged in the vane chambers. The vane rotor is configured to rotate to enter the advance state when the hydraulic pressure is supplied to an advance chamber, and to rotate to enter the retard state when the hydraulic pressure is supplied to a retard chamber. The parking lock actuator locks a parking lock mechanism at the advance state, and unlocks the parking lock mechanism at the retard state.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a separator for electric storage devices that suppresses dendrite short circuits and has excellent thermal stability. [Solution] Provided is a separator for electric storage devices including: (A) a microporous layer mainly composed of (X) isotactic polypropylene; and (B) a microporous layer containing (Y) isotactic polypropylene identical or different from the isotactic polypropylene (X), and (Z) thermoplastic resin different from the isotactic polypropylene (Y). The microporous layer (B) has a lower isotactic polypropylene content than the microporous layer (A), and the thermoplastic resin (Z) has a tensile modulus of from 3 MPa to 500 MPa.

Abstract: Provided is a separator for a power storage device that combines high permeability and battery safety at high temperature. The separator for a power storage device has an inorganic content layer that contains inorganic particles and polyolefin resin. In a cross section of the inorganic content layer, a ratio b of the area occupied by the inorganic particles is 9-35% [inclusive], the ratio of the area occupied by vacancies is 20-60% [inclusive], and a TD direction heat shrinkage a at 150° C. of the separator for a power storage device is 4% or less.

Abstract: Problem: The invention provides a separator for a lithium-ion secondary battery exhibiting excellent strength, wettability with nonaqueous electrolyte solutions, voltage endurance and cycle characteristics in lithium-ion secondary batteries, and a method of increasing the puncture depth of the separator. Solution: A separator for a lithium-ion secondary battery is formed of a microporous film comprising a polyolefin resin (A) as a major component, and a resin (B), at least portions of the surfaces of the micropores in the microporous film being coated with resin (B).

Abstract: A suturing and ligating method includes a needle piercing step of inserting a needle of a suture-needle assembly through a tissue in a body cavity, a needle gripping step of gripping the needle with a first gripper, a winding step of winding a suture strand of the suture-needle assembly in at least one turn around a first distal-end working unit by rolling the first distal-end working unit in at least one revolution, a transferring step of transferring the suture-needle assembly from the first gripper to a second gripper, a suture strand gripping step of gripping a portion of the suture strand that has not passed through the tissue, with the first gripper, a pulling step of pulling the first distal-end working unit out of a loop of the suture strand, and a tightening step of forming a knot of the suture strand.

Abstract: A suturing and ligating method includes a needle piercing step of inserting a needle of a suture-needle assembly through a tissue in a body cavity, a needle gripping step of gripping the needle with a first gripper, a winding step of winding a suture strand of the suture-needle assembly in at least one turn around a first distal-end working unit by rolling the first distal-end working unit in at least one revolution, a transferring step of transferring the suture-needle assembly from the first gripper to a second gripper, a suture strand gripping step of gripping a portion of the suture strand that has not passed through the tissue, with the first gripper, a pulling step of pulling the first distal-end working unit out of a loop of the suture strand, and a tightening step of forming a knot of the suture strand.

Abstract: To provide an endoscopic surgical instrument, which enables to perform ligation in a body without pulling out a suture thread outside the body every time in an endoscopic surgery and to perform the operation safely and easily, and further, a user can easily learn how to use the endoscopic surgical instrument. Therefore, in the endoscopic surgical instrument having a needle holding part configured by a movable jaw and a fixed jaw at a front end of a tubular shaft that is an insertion part into an abdominal cavity, the movable jaw is disposed so as to be capable of rotating around the fixed jaw through a pivot shaft due to the remote control; the opposite side across the pivot shaft of the movable jaw is formed as a thread locking part; when the movable jaw is opened, the thread locking part slightly protrudes outside a tubular shaft; and when the movable jaw is closed, the thread locking part is prevented from protruding outside the tubular shaft.