Abstract: A cell population comprising Corin- and/or Lrtm1-positive cells was produced by the following steps (1) and (2), from which Corin positive and/or Lrtm1 positive cells are collected using a substance that binds to Corin and/or a substance that binds to Lrtm1, and dopaminergie neuron progenitor cells are produced by performing suspension culture of the Corin positive and/or Lrtm1 positive cells in a culture solution containing one or more nutritional factors: (1) a step of performing adhesion culture of pluripotent stem cells in a medium for maintaining undifferentiated state containing a Sonic hedgehog (SHH) signal stimulant, and an undifferentiated state-maintaining factor in the absence of feeder cells but in the presence of an extracellular matrix, and (2) a step of culturing the cell population obtained in the step (1) in a culture solution containing one or more differentiation-inducing factors.

Abstract: A deterioration prediction system for a semiconductor manufacturing equipment or a semiconductor inspection equipment, including: an input device receiving, as an input, time series data indicating a state of the equipment; a deterioration prediction device having an estimation unit discriminating fluctuation in the time series data into fluctuation caused by changing setting of the equipment and fluctuation caused by deterioration of the equipment and estimating a time point when the setting is changed, a division unit dividing the time series data into the plurality of periods bounded by the time points, a discrimination unit discriminating at least a trend component from the fluctuation in the time series data in the period, and a prediction unit predicting the deterioration of the equipment based on at least the trend component; and an output device outputting a result of the prediction.

Abstract: An exclusion module (21) is configured to calculate a coating amount of each component whose measurement element is not contained in the base layers, for each of corresponding measurement lines, on an assumption that that component solely makes up the thin film and to adopt a maximum coating amount as an initial value of the coating amount of that component; and to calculate a coating amount of each component whose measurement element is contained in the base layers, for each of corresponding measurement lines, on the basis of initial values of coating amounts of individual components whose measurement elements are not contained in the base layers, if calculation results for all the corresponding measurement lines give errors, to exclude that component from analysis targets as an unquantifiable component, and in other cases, to adopt a maximum coating amount as an initial value of the coating amount of that component.

Abstract: A hot-stamped product with improved delayed-fracture resistance is provided. The hot-stamped product 1 includes: a steel substrate 10; and an Al film 20 formed on the steel substrate 10, the Al film 20 including: an interface layer 21 located at the interface with the steel substrate 10 and with part of the ?Fe substituted by Al and Si; an intermediate layer 22 formed on the interface layer 21; and an oxide layer formed on the intermediate layer, the intermediate layer 22 including an Fe—Al—Si phase 22a with part of the ?Fe substituted by Al and Si, the Fe—Al—Si phase 22a including one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Zr, Ce, Y, Ta, Ni, Cu, Nb, Cr, Co, V and Ti, the oxide layer 23 including one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc and Zn.

Abstract: An information processing device according to the present application includes an obtaining unit, a reception unit, and a provision unit. The obtaining unit obtains a base image, the base image being an image that includes a transaction target specified by a user. The reception unit receives editing performed by the user on an illustration image that includes an illustration-prepared transaction target obtained by preparing an illustration of a transaction target included in the base image. The provision unit provides an edited illustration image to a search server that conducts an image search, the edited illustration image being the illustration image that has been edited by the user.

Abstract: A gas atomization nozzle includes a through-hole formed along a center line; a nozzle portion configured of a Laval nozzle which is disposed around the center line and provided to be inclined at a predetermined angle toward the center line; and swirling motion imparting means for imparting a swirling flow around the center line to gas which is injected from the nozzle portion. The nozzle portion is formed in a ring shape which is continuous around the center line, and the swirling motion imparting means is configured as a fin provided in the nozzle portion to impart a swirling flow.

Abstract: A gas atomization nozzle includes a through-hole formed along a center line; a nozzle portion configured of a Laval nozzle which is disposed around the center line and provided to be inclined at a predetermined angle toward the center line; and swirling motion imparting means for imparting a swirling flow around the center line to gas which is injected from the nozzle portion. The nozzle portion is formed in a ring shape which is continuous around the center line, and the swirling motion imparting means is configured as a fin provided in the nozzle portion to impart a swirling flow.

Abstract: The invention provides an efficient process for producing alkylated aromatic compounds such as cumene in a compact reactor. The invention also provides a process for producing phenol which includes a step of producing cumene by the above process. The process for producing alkylated aromatic compounds of the invention includes feeding raw materials including an aromatic compound and an alcohol in a gas-liquid downward concurrent flow mode to a fixed-bed reactor packed with a solid acid catalyst thereby to produce an alkylated aromatic compound, wherein the raw materials are fed to the reactor in a stream of a gas, and the reaction gas flow rate defined by the equation below is not less than 0.05 at an entrance of a solid acid catalyst layer: ?g·ug·[?air·?water/(?g·?l)]1/2(kgm?2s?1).

Abstract: The invention provides processes for producing 2-propanol with higher purity than heretofore possible while suppressing the by-production of impurities. A process of the invention produces 2-propanol by reacting acetone with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the process includes reacting a raw material mixture containing water and acetone, with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, and the raw material mixture contains water at 1.2 to 4.0 wt % based on 100 wt % of the total of the water and the acetone.

Abstract: The process for producing alkylated aromatic compounds includes feeding raw materials including an aromatic compound, a ketone and hydrogen in a gas-liquid downward concurrent flow mode to a fixed-bed reactor packed with a catalyst thereby to produce an alkylated aromatic compound, wherein the catalyst includes a solid acid component and a metal component, the catalyst is loaded in the fixed-bed reactor such that the catalyst forms a catalyst layer, and the reaction gas flow rate defined by Equation (1) below is not less than 0.05 at an entrance of a layer containing the solid acid: ?g·ug·[?air·?water/(?g·?l)]1/2 (kgm?2s?1).

Abstract: By forming a bone-compatible implant wherein a groove or hole has been formed in the surface of a base material made of titanium metal or a titanium alloy at its joint with a bone tissue and the groove or hole has on the inner surface thereof an oxide film formed by heating in an oxygen-containing atmosphere, apatite is allowed to deposit on the inner surface of the groove or hole easily. Thus, an implant is provided which can be attached to a bone within a relatively short period of time even without resorting to bone cement.

Abstract: Provided is a process for producing a cycloolefin resin composition, comprising a step of hydrogenating a resin composition. The resin composition before hydrogenation, which is used in the above step, includes 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of an unsaturated hydrocarbon compound having a boiling point of 50° C. or higher, for example, a monomer employed in polymerization, per 100 parts by weight of the resin composition.

Abstract: The invention provides processes for producing 2-propanol with higher purity than heretofore possible while suppressing the by-production of impurities. A process of the invention produces 2-propanol by reacting acetone with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the process includes reacting a raw material mixture containing water and acetone, with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, and the raw material mixture contains water at 1.2 to 4.0 wt % based on 100 wt % of the total of the water and the acetone.

Abstract: A backlight unit arranged at the rear side of a liquid crystal panel for illuminating the liquid crystal panel. The backlight unit includes a light source for emitting light and a light guide plate. The light guide plate includes a light incident surface on which the light emitted from the light source is incident, a main reflection surface for internally reflecting the light incident on the light incident surface and a light launching surface from which the light reflected by the main reflection surface is launched toward the liquid crystal panel. The backlight unit further includes a frame for supporting the light guide plate and a substrate arranged at the opposite side of the frame from the liquid crystal panel and mounted with electronic parts. The light source is mounted to the substrate.

Abstract: The invention provides an efficient process for producing alkylated aromatic compounds by directly reacting an aromatic compound with a ketone and hydrogen in a compact reactor. The invention further provides a process for producing phenol which includes a step of producing cumene by the above alkylation process. The process for producing alkylated aromatic compounds includes feeding raw materials including an aromatic compound, a ketone and hydrogen in a gas-liquid downward concurrent flow mode to a fixed-bed reactor packed with a catalyst thereby to produce an alkylated aromatic compound, wherein the catalyst includes a solid acid component and a metal component, the catalyst is loaded in the fixed-bed reactor such that the catalyst forms a catalyst layer, and the reaction gas flow rate defined by Equation (1) below is not less than 0.

Abstract: The invention provides an efficient process for producing alkylated aromatic compounds such as cumene in a compact reactor. The invention also provides a process for producing phenol which includes a step of producing cumene by the above process. The process for producing alkylated aromatic compounds of the invention includes feeding raw materials including an aromatic compound and an alcohol in a gas-liquid downward concurrent flow mode to a fixed-bed reactor packed with a solid acid catalyst thereby to produce an alkylated aromatic compound, wherein the raw materials are fed to the reactor in a stream of a gas, and the reaction gas flow rate defined by the equation below is not less than 0.05 at an entrance of a solid acid catalyst layer: ?g·ug·[?air·?water/(?g·?l)]1/2(kgm?2s?1).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition comprising at least a thermoplastic elastomer (a), a photopolymerizable unsaturated monomer (b), and a photopolymerization initiator (c), characterized in that the thermoplastic elastomer (a) comprises at least vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon units, butadiene units, and alkylene units and contains alkylene units not less than 5 wt % and not more than 80 wt % with respect to the total amount of butadiene units and alkylene units. The present invention provides a photosensitive resin composition that simultaneously achieves excellent fine line reproducibility, ester solvent resistance, and prevention of cracks occurring on plate surface.

Abstract: Provided is a process for producing a cycloolefin resin composition, comprising a step of hydrogenating a resin composition. The resin composition before hydrogenation, which is used in the above step, includes 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of an unsaturated hydrocarbon compound having a boiling point of 50° C. or higher, for example, a monomer employed in polymerization, per 100 parts by weight of the resin composition.

Abstract: An electronic security system is provided with an electronic key and an electronic locking apparatus. The electronic key includes an identification data registry for storing one or more identification data for locking and unlocking. The electronic locking apparatus includes a key data registry for storing a key data having a predetermined relationship with an identification data of an electronic key corresponding to the electronic locking apparatus. The system includes with a reader/writer for reading and writing the identification data in and from the identification data registry. This system ensures an improved convenience by making a single key compatible with a plurality of objects.

Abstract: By forming a bone-compatible implant wherein a groove or hole has been formed in the surface of a base material made of titanium metal or a titanium alloy at its joint with a bone tissue and the groove or hole has on the inner surface thereof an oxide film formed by heating in an oxygen-containing atmosphere, apatite is allowed to deposit on the inner surface of the groove or hole easily. Thus, an implant is provided which can be attached to a bone within a relatively short period of time even without resorting to bone cement.