Abstract: An active filter device includes a power module configured to generate a compensating current to suppress a harmonic current generated from a load device and a controller configured to control the power module. The controller includes a current command calculation unit configured to calculate a compensating current command to suppress the harmonic current, a control variable calculation unit configured to calculate a control variable based on a deviation between the compensating current command and an actual compensating current, a duty cycle calculation unit configured to calculate duty cycle of each of three phases based on the control variable, a duty cycle modulation unit configured to perform two-phase modulation on the duty cycle of each of three phases, and a control signal generation unit configured to, after the two-phase modulation, generate, from the duty cycle of each of three phases, a control signal to drive the power module.

Abstract: With respect to a display device having an external compensation function, a monitor time can be shortened without increasing the number of wiring lines. A pixel circuit in an i-th row and a j-th column includes an organic EL element (display element), a writing control transistor, a drive transistor, a monitor control transistor, and a holding capacitor. A control terminal of the drive transistor is connected to a data signal line S(j) in the j-th column via the write control transistor. The monitor control transistor includes a first conduction terminal connected to a second conduction terminal of the drive transistor, and a second conduction terminal connected to a data signal line S(j+1) in a (j+1)-th column.

Abstract: A harmonic current compensating device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a harmonic current compensating device including a power converter including at least a pair of arms each including a switching element, the harmonic current compensating device being configured to drive the switching element and supply compensating current to load current flowing between a system power source and a harmonic generating load, in which the switching element includes a unipolar device using a wide bandgap semiconductor.

Abstract: The present invention may provide a pharmaceutical composition for intraocular administration or oral administration, for preventing or treating a retinal disease (such as age-related macular degeneration), or suppressing a progression of the disease in a subject in need of treatment, the composition comprising an effective amount of one or more compounds selected from the following group, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; and a method therefor, a group consisting of apomorphine, eseroline, ethoxyquin, methyldopa, olanzapine and indapamide.

Abstract: An active filter device includes a power module configured to generate a compensating current to suppress a harmonic current generated from a load device and a controller configured to control the power module. The controller includes a current command calculation unit configured to calculate a compensating current command to suppress the harmonic current, a control variable calculation unit configured to calculate a control variable based on a deviation between the compensating current command and an actual compensating current, a duty cycle calculation unit configured to calculate duty cycle of each of three phases based on the control variable, a duty cycle modulation unit configured to perform two-phase modulation on the duty cycle of each of three phases, and a control signal generation unit configured to, after the two-phase modulation, generate, from the duty cycle of each of three phases, a control signal to drive the power module.

Abstract: A drive method according to the disclosure includes a target row determination step of determining a target row to which a target pixel for which a characteristic of at least one of a drive transistor and an electro-optical element is detected belongs, a luminance calculation step of calculating a representative luminance of a pixel in the target row, and a detection determination step of performing a characteristic detection step of detecting monitoring data indicating the characteristic of at least one of the drive transistor and the electro-optical element of the pixel belonging to the target row in a case where the representative luminance is greater than or equal to a threshold, and skipping the characteristic detection step in a case where the representative luminance is less than the threshold.

Abstract: The disclosures as described herein a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating a cerebrovascular disorder or a vascular dementia, or suppressing a progression of the diseases in a subject in need of the treatment and so on, the composition comprising one or more compounds selected from the following group, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; and a method using the same. A group consisting of apomorphine, eseroline, ethoxyquin, methyldopa, olanzapine, indapamide, and the others.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes: a housing having a first space and a second space that are adjacent to each other; a fan provided in the first space and to suck air into the housing; a heat exchanger provided in the first space and cause heat exchange with the air sucked by the fan to be performed; a refrigerant sensor provided in the second space and to detect refrigerant; and a partition plate provided to partition off the first space and the second space and having an air inlet port and an air outlet port.

Abstract: The present invention provides a test method which enables specific diagnosis of early-stage pathology of diabetic nephropathy. There is provided a method of detecting onset or a risk of onset of diabetic nephropathy, comprising measuring IgG4 in a biological sample derived from a subject. This method may further comprise measuring Smad1 in the biological sample derived from the subject. Preferably, both IgG4 and Smad1 are measured.

Abstract: There is provided with an information processing apparatus. An acquisition unit acquires a captured image. A human body detection unit detects a human body area from the image. A first exposure determination unit determines exposure based on luminance of the human body area detected by the human body detection unit. A face detection unit detects a face area from an image captured at the exposure determined by the first exposure determination unit. A second exposure determination unit determines exposure based on luminance of the face area detected by the face detection unit and to maintain the exposure until a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Abstract: The present invention provides mammalian cell expression vectors that impart to mammalian host cells an ability to produce high levels of foreign gene-derived proteins. A ubiquitously acting chromatin opening element (UCOE) is introduced into an expression vector that has a plasmid DNA integrated into a transcriptional hot spot on the chromosome of a dihydrofolate reductase gene-deficient host cell so that it allows for selection of strains that grow in hypoxanthine-thymidine (hereinafter denoted as HT)-free medium, whereby transformants will produce a protein of interest in increased amounts.

Abstract: A camera actuator comprises: a fixed-side member; a movable-side member provided so as to be displaced in relation to the fixed-side member, the movable-side member holding a lens unit; and a drive unit that generates drive force to displace the movable-side member within a plane including a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the drive unit generating as drive force a combined force obtained by combining a propulsion force that displaces the movable-side member in a specified direction that is either the first direction or the second direction, and a resistance force that resists an external force acting so as to cause the movable-side member to deviate from the specified direction.

Abstract: A harmonic current compensating device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a harmonic current compensating device including a power converter including at least a pair of arms each including a switching element, the harmonic current compensating device being configured to drive the switching element and supply compensating current to load current flowing between a system power source and a harmonic generating load, in which the switching element includes a unipolar device using a wide bandgap semiconductor.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a heat-exchange unit. The heat-exchange unit has a pair of heat exchangers, and a partition plate disposed in such a state that a first region located on the inside of a space between the pair of heat exchangers and a second region located on the outside of the space are formed. The heat-exchange unit is disposed in such an orientation that one of the pair of heat exchangers is provided adjacent to and above the other heat exchanger and that the second region of the partition plate is located on the downstream side of the first region. The second region of the partition plate is provided with an inlet of a drain path.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit, a generation unit, and a combining unit. The extraction unit extracts a foreground object region from a captured image captured by an image capturing unit. The generation unit generates a mask image corresponding to the foreground object region in the captured image, and having colors different depending on luminance of the foreground object region. The combining unit combines a mask image generated by the generation unit and a predetermined image to generate an output image.

Abstract: A hydrogen system includes: a compressor in which protons extracted from an anode fluid supplied to an anode move to a cathode through an electrolyte membrane and compressed hydrogen is generated; and a first eliminator including: a water-permeable membrane; a cathode gas flow path through which a cathode gas discharged from the cathode of the compressor flows, the cathode gas flow path being provided on one main surface of the water-permeable membrane; and an accommodation portion provided on the other main surface of the water-permeable membrane and filled with a liquid at a pressure lower than that of the cathode gas. The first eliminator removes moisture contained in the cathode gas.

Abstract: A drive method according to the disclosure present invention includes a target row determination step of determining a target row to which a target pixel for which a characteristic of at least one of a drive transistor and an electro-optical element is detected belongs, a luminance calculation step of calculating a representative luminance of a pixel in the target row, and a detection determination step of performing a characteristic detection step of detecting monitoring data indicating the characteristic of at least one of the drive transistor and the electro-optical element of the pixel belonging to the target row in a case where the representative luminance is greater than or equal to a threshold, and skipping the characteristic detection step in a case where the representative luminance is less than the threshold.

Abstract: A liquid crystal panel (a display device) 10 includes pixel sections PX, a black matrix (a pixel in-between light blocking section) 10i disposed to define each of the pixel sections PX that are adjacent to each other, TFTs (switching components) 11 connected to the pixel sections PX and configured to drive the pixel sections PX, respectively, and a divisional light, blocking section 22 disposed to divide the pixel section PX into divided pixels PPX.

Abstract: A wiring board includes a plurality of first pads provided in a mounting area on which an electronic component that has a plurality of electrodes is mounted and coupled to the plurality of electrodes; and a plurality of second pads provided in the mounting area and not coupled to the plurality of electrodes, wherein a length of a gap between adjacent pads, among the first pads and the second pads, is 0.18 mm or more and 0.56 mm or less.

Abstract: An air-conditioning system includes two or more air-conditioning devices A, each of which in turn includes a fan adapted to adjust a volume of air blown out into a space to be air-conditioned, an airflow direction adjuster adapted to adjust an airflow direction of outlet air blown out by the fan, a human detection sensor adapted to detect human presence, an inlet air temperature sensor adapted to detect temperature of inlet air sucked in by the fan, a position setting device used to set an installation location of each of the air-conditioning devices, and a controller, in which a positional relationship with an adjacent air-conditioning device is calculated based on data from the position setting device and furthermore a human detection area overlap with the adjacent air-conditioning device is calculated.