Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller configured to execute the processing of accepting a request for retrieving a target vehicle body unit that is laid at a specific place, selecting a chassis unit for retrieval from among chassis units in the state separated from any vehicle body unit, the chassis unit for retrieval being a chassis unit to be used to retrieve the target vehicle body unit, and sending a retrieval command to the chassis unit for retrieval, the retrieval command being a command to retrieve the target vehicle body unit.

Abstract: An actuator device includes an electroactive polymer actuator that includes two electrodes, a drive unit, and a waveform editing section. The drive unit is configured to drive the electroactive polymer actuator by repeatedly applying, to a section between the two electrodes, a voltage that changes in correspondence with drive waveform data that indicates voltage changes corresponding, to one cycle The waveform editing section is configured to change edit waveform data in correspondence with an operation performed by a user When the edit waveform data is changed during driving of the electroactive polymer actuator, the actuator device is configured to update the drive waveform data such that the changed edit waveform data becomes new drive waveform data and drive the electroactive polymer actuator using the updated drive waveform data.

Abstract: The coat protein of Mirafiori lettuce virus was purified from highly purified Mirafiori lettuce virus, and its partial amino acid sequences were determined. DNA encoding the coat protein of Mirafiori lettuce virus was cloned by the polymerase chain reaction using primers designed based on the determined amino acid sequence information, and its primary structure was elucidated. Moreover, the present inventors succeeded in isolating a number of DNA molecules encoding coat protein of Mirafiori lettuce virus by carrying out 5? RACE using primers designed based on the obtained sequence information, and in determining the primary structure. The use of these DNA molecules and their primary structures enables the production of plants resistant to Mirafiori lettuce virus, and the diagnosis of Mirafiori lettuce virus infections.

Abstract: The coat protein of Mirafiori lettuce virus was purified from highly purified Mirafiori lettuce virus, and its partial amino acid sequences were determined. DNA encoding the coat protein of Mirafiori lettuce virus was cloned by the polymerase chain reaction using primers designed based on the determined amino acid sequence information, and its primary structure was elucidated. Moreover, the present inventors succeeded in isolating a number of DNA molecules encoding coat protein of Mirafiori lettuce virus by carrying out 5? RACE using primers designed based on the obtained sequence information, and in determining the primary structure. The use of these DNA molecules and their primary structures enables the production of plants resistant to Mirafiori lettuce virus, and the diagnosis of Mirafiori lettuce virus infections.