Abstract: Provided are an information processing method and the like in which it is possible to efficiently obtain a compound capable of having a good property. In the information processing method, includes acquiring a spectral indicator obtained by quantum chemical calculation in a plurality of compounds to be candidates, classifying, on the basis of the acquired spectral indicator, each of the compounds into a group in which the spectral indicator satisfies a predetermined condition and extracting a group in which the spectral indicator does not satisfy the predetermined condition, and a light emitting compound classified into the group in which the spectral indicator satisfies the predetermined condition.

Abstract: A biological signal obtaining device includes: an imaging unit that performs imaging in accordance with an imaging condition, and to output pixel values of a plurality of pixels in each of channels that are included in two or more channels each corresponding to one of two or more wavelengths different from one another; a representative value calculating unit that calculates a representative value of each of the channels from pixel values of a plurality of intra-region pixels in a region showing a biological subject, the pixel values being included in the pixel values of the plurality of pixels; a control unit that sets the imaging condition so that the representative value of each of the channels is greater than, or equal to, a set value of each of the channels; and a biological signal calculating unit that calculates a biological signal from representative values of the two or more channels.

Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition that is for prevention or treatment of urinary tract organ cancer, causes no adverse side effects, can be continuously used for a long time, and is administered to the urinary tract organ by injection into the urinary tract organ cavity. A solution for injection into the urinary tract organ cavity contains D-allose. The inside of the urinary tract organ cavity is the inside of the upper urinary tract and the inside of the bladder. The solution is for injection therapy into the urinary tract organ cavity. The solution uses enhancement of sugar uptake into cancer cells of the urinary tract organ (for example, RT112, 253J, J82) by D-allose. The solution contains D-allose together with a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier. The solution is a pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of urinary tract organ cancer.

Abstract: A radiation-sensitive composition contains a polymer having a partial structure represented by formula (1), and a radiation-sensitive acid generating substance. The radiation-sensitive composition satisfies one or more of requirement 1, requirement 2, and requirement 3. requirement 1: the partial structure represented by the formula (1) has two or more iodine atoms. requirement 2: the radiation-sensitive acid generating substance contains an onium salt having two or more iodine atoms. requirement 3: the partial structure represented by the formula (1) has an iodine atom, and the radiation-sensitive acid generating substance contains an onium salt having an iodine atom. In the formula (1), Y1 represents a divalent group represented by formula (2-1) or formula (2-2).

Abstract: A photosensitive member cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus for forming an image, includes a frame; a photosensitive drum on which and which is provided in the frame; a transfer member for transferring an image formed on the drum onto the sheet; a mounting portion for detachably mounting a developing cartridge including a developer carrying member onto the drum and a memory for storing information; a first electrical contact provided on the frame and electrically connectable with a main assembly electrical contact provided in the main assembly when the cartridge is mounted to the main assembly; and a second electrical contact provided on the frame for electrically connecting the memory and the first electrical contact portion with each other when the developing cartridge is mounted to the mounting portion.

Abstract: An overflow prevention apparatus for blowing air toward a boiling liquid to burst bubbles formed while boiling the liquid includes a housing. A fan is rotatably mounted on the housing, and a motor is mounted in the housing. The motor is operably coupled to the fan, which is configured urge air away from the housing when rotated. A support is coupled to and extending away from the housing and is configured to adjust a position of the fan with respect to a distal end of the support with respect to the housing. A clamp is mounted to the distal end of the support with respect to the housing and is operable to alternately open and close a pair of jaws of the clamp.

Abstract: A method for controlling a surgical scope includes receiving an image feed including a plurality of images from the surgical scope. One or more features or characteristics of the plurality of images are then detected. In response to the one or more features or characteristics, an operating state of the surgical scope is identified in a deployed state wherein the scope is within a patient cavity and alternatively in an undeployed state wherein the scope is outside the patient cavity.

Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a controlling member, an aiding member, a working member and a resilient structure. When the second rail is pulled from a retracted position relative to the first rail, the controlling member and the working member abut against each other to generate an acting force for driving the working member to rotate from a first state to a second state, such that a controlling portion of the controlling member is moved from a locking position relative to a predetermined path structure of the aiding member for allowing the second rail to be opened. The working member returns to the first state from the second state in response to a returning resilient force provided by the resilient structure.

Abstract: An authentication and verification module for incentivizing green driving includes one or more processors, network interface hardware configured to communicate with a remote server, one or more auxiliary sensors for outputting a verification signal, and one or more memory modules. The one or more memory modules store logic that, cause the authentication and verification module to: receive a diagnostic signal from an onboard diagnostics module of a vehicle, receive the verification signal from the one or more auxiliary sensors, compare the diagnostic signal with the verification signal, and transmit a driving behavior communication with the network interface hardware to the remote server when the verification signal and the diagnostic signal are within a predetermined threshold from one another. The authenticated driving behavior can then be used to calculate and assign appropriate incentives to the vehicle driver.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a gas treatment method including: an absorption step of bringing a gas to be treated, which contains carbon dioxide and a sulfur compound, into contact with an absorption liquid to be phase-separated by carbon dioxide absorption, to cause the absorption liquid to absorb the carbon dioxide and the sulfur compound; and a first release step of heating the absorption liquid brought into contact with the gas to be treated to a temperature equal to or higher than a temperature at which the carbon dioxide absorbed by the absorption liquid is released from the absorption liquid and lower than a temperature at which the sulfur compound absorbed by the absorption liquid is released from the absorption liquid, to release the carbon dioxide from the absorption liquid.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides cellulose/metal composites and their use in removing impurities from liquids, including water. Carboxylated nanocelluloses are combined with metal ions and the resulting composite may be contacted with a liquid, including water, to remove impurities therefrom.

Abstract: A first bright field reticle and a second bright field reticle are utilized for a double exposure EUV photolithography process in which exposure areas of the first and second bright field reticles overlap. The first and second reticles each include, respectively, a substrate, a reflective multilayer on the substrate, a main pattern of absorption material on the reflective multilayer, a black border area, and an additional absorption area of the absorption material between the black border and the main pattern.

Abstract: The disclosure aims to provide a fluororesin for use in electrochemical device binders which enables formation of an electrode mixture sheet with high strength, and an electrochemical device binder, an electrode mixture, an electrode, and a secondary battery. Provided is a fluororesin for use in electrochemical device binders, the fluororesin including a tetrafluoroethylene unit and a hexafluoropropylene unit and being expandable.

Abstract: An organometallic precursor solution comprising an organic solvent, a radiation sensitive organometallic precursor composition with hydrolysable metal ligands, and a radical scavenger additive is described. The radical scavenger additive or a blend of radical scavenger additives can provide for improvements to the stability of an organometallic precursor solution, such as improvements to storage stability, shelf-life, and/or batch-to-batch reproducibility through mitigation of the effects of reactive compounds in the environment, such as oxygen. A structure having a substrate, a radiation patternable organometallic coating composition, and a radical scavenging additive is also described. The radical scavenger additive or a blend thereof can result in patterning improvements, such as by improving coating quality and reducing patterning variability. Methods of using a radical scavenging additive in the formation of a structure comprising a radiation patternable organometallic film are described.

Abstract: A data transfer controller for controlling transfer of a plurality of data items from a first device to a plurality of second devices includes a processor configured to transfer at least one data item of a plurality of data items that is to be transferred from the first device to the plurality of second devices, to at least one first memory, upon occurrence of a condition in which an hourly transfer volume of the plurality of data items transferred from the first device to a switch exceeds a bandwidth between the first device and the switch, and to cause the plurality of second devices to acquire the at least one data item that is stored in the at least one first memory.

Abstract: The disclosure aims to provide a fluororesin for use in electrochemical device binders which enables formation of an electrode mixture sheet with high strength, and an electrochemical device binder, an electrode mixture, an electrode, and a secondary battery. Provided is a fluororesin for use in electrochemical device binders, the fluororesin including a tetrafluoroethylene unit and a chlorotrifluoroethylene unit.

Abstract: A mode transition device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a first dielectric substrate that has a microstrip line that is constituted by a line conductor and a first ground conductor that faces the line conductor, said first dielectric substrate having a first thickness; a second dielectric substrate that has a post wall waveguide that includes a first conductor layer that is connected to the line conductor in the same plane and a second conductor layer that faces the first conductor layer, said second dielectric substrate having a second thickness that is thicker than the first thickness; and a first via that electrically connects the first ground conductor and the second conductor layer.

Abstract: Seamless roaming in seamless mobile domain (SMD) of a wireless network includes receiving from an access point multi-link device (AP MLD) in the wireless network information of one or more candidate target AP MLDs to seamlessly roam to, the information including a seamless roaming domain element that identifies the seamless roaming domain of the one or more candidate target AP MLDs; selecting a target AP MLD from the one or more candidate AP MLDs based on the information; and roaming to the target AP MLD.

Abstract: An antiprotozoal agent targeting a transcription factor is disclosed. A pyrrole-imidazole polyamide (PIPA) specifically binding to a binding region of a protozoa transcription factor is disclosed. A method for producing the PIPA, and a protozoan transcription factor inhibitor that includes the PIPA are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for treating or preventing a disease caused by a protozoon by inhibiting a protozoan morphological change using a PIPA that can function as a competitive pseudo-transcription factor specifically binding to a binding region for a protozoan transcription factor.

Abstract: To provide a composition for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma and a composition or a method for enhancing the uptake of a drug into renal cell carcinoma cells. Provided are a D-allose-containing composition for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma, and a D-allose-containing composition or method for enhancing the uptake of a drug into renal cell carcinoma cells. The composition is a pharmaceutical composition to be administered in an effective amount to patients requiring the treatment of renal cell carcinoma in humans or animals other than humans.