Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery includes a laminate which includes a plurality of positive electrode layers each having a positive electrode active material layer, a plurality of negative electrode layers each having a negative electrode active material layer, and a plurality of solid electrolyte layers each containing a solid electrolyte, and in which the positive electrode layers and the negative electrode layers are alternately laminated with the solid electrolyte layers interposed therebetween, and the plurality of solid electrolyte layers include an outermost solid electrolyte layer disposed on both end sides of the laminate in a lamination direction and being thinnest among the plurality of solid electrolyte layers, and an inner solid electrolyte layer disposed inward relative to the outermost solid electrolyte layer and being thicker than the outermost solid electrolyte layer.

Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery includes a laminate which includes a plurality of positive electrode layers each having a positive electrode active material layer, a plurality of negative electrode layers each having a negative electrode active material layer, and a plurality of solid electrolyte layers each containing a solid electrolyte, and wherein the positive and negative electrode layers are alternately laminated with the solid electrolyte layers interposed therebetween, wherein the plurality of solid electrolyte layers includes a first and a second outer solid electrolyte layer disposed on both end portion sides of the laminate in a lamination direction, and an inner solid electrolyte layer disposed between the first and second outer solid electrolyte layers, and both the first and second outer solid electrolyte layers are a thick-film outer solid electrolyte layer having a thickness more than that of the inner solid electrolyte layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of preparation and method of application of a circadian rhythm regulatory agent having as an active ingredient an alkylresorcinol represented by general formula (I) below and a circadian rhythm regulatory agent containing as an active ingredient an alkylresorcinol-containing extract from a cereal or a nut containing an alkylresorcinol of the following general formula (I). In the following general formula (I), R1 is a saturated or unsaturated alkyl group; and R2 is hydrogen or methyl. In general formula (I), R1 is preferably at the para-position with respect to R2, and R1 is preferably a saturated or unsaturated alkyl group having 15 to 27 carbon atoms. [Chem.

Abstract: There is provided an air conditioning register which can prevent or effectively suppress a reduction in an effective opening surface area at an air-conditioned air blow-out portion, and which has good blow-out efficiency of air-conditioned air. A first flow path 42 and a second flow path 44, whose directions toward a blow-out bezel 26 differ, are formed within a retainer 12 of an air conditioning register 10. A first damper 52 and plural second dampers 58, which are interlocked with one another, are provided at the retainer 12. The first damper 52 opens and closes the first flow path 42, and the second dampers 58 open and close the second flow path 44. The first damper 52 and the second dampers 58 are operated such that either one of the first flow path 42 and the second flow path 44 is opened and the other is closed, and the flow path of the air-conditioned air is switched.

Abstract: Provided is a method of detecting or quantifying a wheat species-specific DNA in a test sample by polymerase chain reaction. The method comprises a step of amplifying a nucleic acid molecule having a partial sequence of a nucleotide sequence identified as SEQ ID NO: 1 using a nucleic acid molecule in the test sample or a nucleic acid molecule extracted from the test sample as the template and using a primer pair capable of amplifying the partial sequence and a step of detecting or quantifying the amplified nucleic acid molecule.

Abstract: Provided is a method of detecting or quantifying a wheat species-specific DNA in a test sample by polymerase chain reaction. The method comprises a step of amplifying a nucleic acid molecule having at partial sequence of a nucleotide sequence identified as SEQ ID NO: 1 using a nucleic acid molecule in the test sample or a nucleic acid molecule extracted from the test sample as the template and using a primer pair capable of amplifying the partial sequence and a step of detecting or quantifying the amplified nucleic acid molecule.

Abstract: Provided is a method of detecting or quantifying a wheat species-specific DNA in a test sample by polymerase chain reaction. The method comprises a step of amplifying a nucleic acid molecule having a partial sequence of a nucleotide sequence identified as SEQ ID NO: 1 using a nucleic acid molecule in the test sample or a nucleic acid molecule extracted from the test sample as the template and using a primer pair capable of amplifying the partial sequence and a step of detecting or quantifying the amplified nucleic acid molecule.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of preparation and method of application of a circadian rhythm regulatory agent having as an active ingredient an alkylresorcinol represented by general formula (I) below and a circadian rhythm regulatory agent containing as an active ingredient an alkylresorcinol-containing extract from a cereal or a nut containing an alkylresorcinol of the following general formula (I). In the following general formula (I), R1 is a saturated or unsaturated alkyl group; and R2 is hydrogen or methyl. In general formula (I), R1 is preferably at the para-position with respect to R2, and R1 is preferably a saturated or unsaturated alkyl group having 15 to 27 carbon atoms. [Chem.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a method for detecting common wheat among from wheat varieties contained in a sample of interest such as a food raw material or a processed food specifically, with high sensitivity, and in a qualitative and/or quantitative manner; a method for discriminating between common wheat and a wheat variety other than common wheat (e.g., durum wheat) contained in a food raw material or a processed food and detecting the common wheat in a qualitative and/or quantitative manner; and a primer set, a nucleic acid probe, and a detection kit, each of which can be used in the methods employing a PCR method.

Abstract: Provided is a method of detecting or quantifying a wheat species-specific DNA in a test sample by polymerase chain reaction. The method comprises a step of amplifying a nucleic acid molecule having a partial sequence of a nucleotide sequence identified as SEQ ID NO: 1 using a nucleic acid molecule in the test sample or a nucleic acid molecule extracted from the test sample as the template and using a primer pair capable of amplifying the partial sequence and a step of detecting or quantifying the amplified nucleic acid molecule.

Abstract: Provided is a method of detecting or quantifying a wheat species-specific DNA in a test sample by polymerase chain reaction. The method comprises a step of amplifying a nucleic acid molecule having at partial sequence of a nucleotide sequence identified as SEQ ID NO: 1 using a nucleic acid molecule in the test sample or a nucleic acid molecule extracted from the test sample as the template and using a primer pair capable of amplifying the partial sequence and a step of detecting or quantifying the amplified nucleic acid molecule.

Abstract: When the amount of heat stored in a heat storage container is greater than or equal to a determination value at the time of initiation of system start-up in a hybrid vehicle, heating by thermal energy stored in the heat storage container is carried out only on an internal combustion engine. This increases the engine temperature to a permitting temperature for intermittent control of the engine or higher, so that the intermittent control is executed at an early stage after the initiation of the system start-up in the hybrid vehicle. Also, oil viscosity in the engine is rapidly lowered to decrease the resistance to operation of the engine. If the amount of the heat stored in the heat storage container is less than the determination value, the heating by the thermal energy stored in the heat storage container is performed on the transaxle under a prescribed condition. As a result, the fuel efficiency of the engine is improved.

Abstract: In the case where a three-dimensional image including a plurality of element figures, such as a quadrangular plane, a curved surface including a ridgeline, and a cylinder, is edited using an image editing apparatus such as a three-dimensional CAD apparatus, when one element figure in the three-dimensional image is specified, other element figures connected to the specified one element figure, or other element figures included in the same three-dimensional image in which the one element figure is included are retrieved, and other element figure in the retrieved other element figures, which was determined as having a specific relationship to the one element figure is related to the one element figure. Then, the specified element figure and the element figures related to the specified element figure are edited collectively based on an operation received by the image editing apparatus.

Abstract: A fuel cell system including a fuel cell, includes: a heater core used by a heating device; a first circulation circuit arranged to circulate a heat medium through the fuel cell; a second circulation circuit arranged to circulate the heat medium through the heater core; a connection channel arranged to connect the first circulation circuit with the second circulation circuit and thereby circulate the heat medium between the first circulation circuit and the second circulation circuit; and a first temperature regulator located on the second circulation circuit and downstream of the heater core and configured to regulate temperature of the heat medium after flowing out of the heater core and before flowing into the fuel cell.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a gel composition which has an excellent skin whitening effect and shows high storage stability even when ascorbic acid, a salt of ascorbic acid, an ascorbic acid derivative, and a salt of an ascorbic acid derivative is blended, and to provide a pack cosmetic using the gel composition. The gel composition, which comprises the following components (A)-(D): (A) a tamarind seed polysaccharide; (B) a polyhydric alcohol; (C) at least one or more of ascorbic acid, a salt of ascorbic acid, an ascorbic acid derivative, and a salt of an ascorbic acid derivative; and (D) water.

Abstract: When there is an extremely low ambient temperature, an electronic control unit controls operation of a circulation path for coolant water in such a manner that, after starting of an engine, the coolant water is supplied from the engine first to a throttle valve and an EGR valve and then to an oil warmer for a transmission. This solves a failure problem in the throttle valve and the EGR valve caused by frost formation at an early stage. As a result, desired operating performance of the vehicle is quickly ensured and heat management in the vehicle is carried out in a desired manner when there is an extremely low ambient temperature.

Abstract: A fuel cell system including a fuel cell, includes: a heater core used by a heating device; a first circulation circuit arranged to circulate a heat medium through the fuel cell; a second circulation circuit arranged to circulate the heat medium through the heater core; a connection channel arranged to connect the first circulation circuit with the second circulation circuit and thereby circulate the heat medium between the first circulation circuit and the second circulation circuit; and a first temperature regulator located on the second circulation circuit and downstream of the heater core and configured to regulate temperature of the heat medium after flowing out of the heater core and before flowing into the fuel cell.

Abstract: In a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition or a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet containing an energy ray-curable polymer, problems associated with the volatilization of a low molecular weight compound contained in the composition are overcome. An energy ray-curable polymer characterized by comprising a radical generating group, which is capable of initiating a polymerization reaction upon excitation with an energy ray, and an energy ray-polymerizable group bonded together in the main or side chain.

Abstract: In a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition or a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet containing an energy ray-curable polymer, problems associated with the volatilization of a low molecular weight compound contained in the composition are overcome. An energy ray-curable polymer characterized by comprising a radical generating group, which is capable of initiating a polymerization reaction upon excitation with an energy ray, and an energy ray-polymerizable group bonded together in the main or side chain.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a method for detecting common wheat among from wheat varieties contained in a sample of interest such as a food raw material or a processed food specifically, with high sensitivity, and in a qualitative and/or quantitative manner; a method for discriminating between common wheat and a wheat variety other than common wheat (e.g., durum wheat) contained in a food raw material or a processed food and detecting the common wheat in a qualitative and/or quantitative manner; and a primer set, a nucleic acid probe, and a detection kit, each of which can be used in the methods employing a PCR method.