Abstract: This external stimulus application system is structured so as to comprise: an external stimulus unit that applies an external stimulus to a target area of a user's body; a detection unit that detects changes in a detected area of the user's body during an action of the user; a control unit that causes the external stimulus unit to produce a stimulus if a detected value detected by the detection unit satisfies a prescribed condition; and a storage unit that stores the detected value.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable and which includes an accommodating portion and a replenishment port, a transfer portion configured to transfer a developer image on an image bearing member onto a recording material, a supporting tray including a supporting surface configured to support the recording material thereon, and a discharge portion configured to discharge the recording material, onto which the developer image has been transferred, on the supporting surface, wherein the supporting surface has an opening portion opening such that the replenishment port is exposed through the supporting surface, and wherein an opening/closing member configured to be movable between a closed position where the opening/closing member covers the replenishment port and serves as a part of the supporting surface and an open position where the replenishment port is exposed is provided.

Abstract: A method of assessing a probe by measuring a known sample whose shape is known with the probe in an electronic microscope, the known sample having a projection part on a surface thereof, and the projection part having a shape tapered toward a vertex thereof, the method comprising a step of measuring circle equivalent radius of the projection part, a step of comparing the circle equivalent radius with a first threshold value, and a step of determining that the probe is satisfactory when the width is less than the first threshold value, and a step of determining that the probe is unsatisfactory when the width is equal to or greater than the first threshold value.

Abstract: An object is to provide a circuit board that includes a built-in semiconductor device and has a configuration that prevents cracking and has excellent reliability in operation over a wide temperature range. As a solution, a circuit board (10A) has a configuration in which a first insulating substrate (1) is laminated on a second insulating substrate (2) while interposing a first adhesive layer (7a), and a semiconductor device (9) is embedded in an embedment portion (1c) formed in the first insulating substrate (1).

Abstract: A circuit board includes a plurality of first insulating base materials and a plurality of second insulating base materials that are alternately laminated, a first metal layer being formed into a pattern shape on a first surface of the first insulating base material, and a second metal layer being formed into a pattern shape on a second surface of the first insulating base material. The first metal layer is formed into a trapezoidal shape that is large in diameter on a first surface side of the first insulating base material. The second metal layer is formed into a trapezoidal shape that is large in diameter on a second surface side of the first insulating base material. The first metal layers and the second metal layers are laminated in such a manner that the trapezoidal shapes are alternately oriented.

Abstract: In order to provide authentication technology having enhanced convenience and safety, and a reduced throughput, a mobile terminal device comprises: an acquisition unit which acquires action history information indicating an action history of a subject and input information indicating input content input to questions pertaining to the action of the subject; and an authentication data generation unit which generates authentication data pertaining to the subject with reference to the action history information and the input information.

Abstract: An authentication device includes a comparison unit and a determination unit. The comparison unit compares, with feature value master data for authentication, each feature value needed for authentication that has been extracted from a plurality of pieces of acquired biometric information. The determination unit determines not to provide authentication when, as a result of comparison by the comparison unit, there is no difference in each of the feature values that resulted in a mismatch.

Abstract: In the vehicle seat, rear suspension members are provided at two positions spaced away from each other in a lateral direction on an edge of a seat cushion near a seatback, and support the seat cushion while the seat cushion is suspended from a seat cushion support frame so that the seat cushion is movable in the lateral direction. A front suspension member is provided at one position or two positions spaced away from each other in the lateral direction on ahead of the rear suspension members, and supports the seat cushion while the seat cushion is suspended from the seat cushion support frame so that the seat cushion is movable in the lateral direction.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a circuit board, includes obtaining a second laminated body by laminating, in this order, an uncured second insulating substrate and a resin film on a second surface opposite to a first surface of a cured first insulating substrate of a first laminated body, and performing thermocompression bonding thereon. The first laminated body includes the first insulating substrate and a metal layer that is formed into a pattern shape on the first surface of the first insulating substrate. A third laminated body is obtained by forming a hole that reaches the metal layer, in the resin film, the second insulating substrate, and the first insulating substrate, from a resin film side of the second laminated body, filling conductive paste into the hole, and then peeling off the resin film. Thermocompression bonding is performed by stacking one third laminated body and another third laminated body.

Abstract: The invention provides a notification apparatus 1 including an alarm sound generating unit 2 for generating alarm sounds, a location information obtaining unit 3 for obtaining location information, an activating unit 4 for activating the alarm sound generating unit 2 and the location information obtaining unit 3, a communication unit 5 for performing low-power wide-area wireless communication, and a control unit 6 for transmitting notification information via the communication unit 5 if the control unit 6 fails to obtain the location information from the location information obtaining unit 3 after the activating unit 4 activated the alarm sound generating unit 2, the notification information including notification apparatus identifying information identifying the notification apparatus a and notification occurrence information indicative of occurrence of notification.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an antibody specifically binding to GPR20-positive tumor cells such as GIST, a pharmaceutical product comprising the antibody and having therapeutic effects on a tumor, a method for treating a tumor using the aforementioned pharmaceutical product, and the like. It is another object of the present invention to provide an anti-GPR20 antibody having internalization activity, an antibody-drug conjugate containing the antibody, and the like.

Abstract: The invention provides a notification apparatus 1 including an alarm sound generating unit 2 for generating alarm sounds, a location information obtaining unit 3 for obtaining location information, an activating unit 4 for activating the alarm sound generating unit 2 and the location information obtaining unit 3, a communication unit 5 for performing low-power wide-area wireless communication, and a control unit 6 for transmitting notification information via the communication unit 5 if the control unit 6 fails to obtain the location information from the location information obtaining unit 3 after the activating unit 4 activated the alarm sound generating unit 2, the notification information including notification apparatus identifying information identifying the notification apparatus a and notification occurrence information indicative of occurrence of notification.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an anti-GPR20 antibody that can be used in the detection of GPR20, a reagent for GPR20 detection comprising the antibody, a reagent for diagnosis or a composition for testing of a disease related to the expression of GPR20, etc. The present invention provides an antibody specifically binding to a peptide comprising the amino acid sequence at amino acid positions 1 to 48 in SEQ ID NO: 1, or an antigen-binding fragment of the antibody, a chimeric antibody of the antibody, a rabbit type antibody of the antibody, etc. The present invention also provides a composition comprising the antibody, etc.

Abstract: A heating device for being attached to and heating a heated object that requires to be heated and has an uneven exterior shape. The heating device including: a conductive member having thermal conductivity and being configured to be attached to a recess of the heated object; and a heater configured to cover and heat the heated object and the conductive member in a state where the conductive member is attached to the recess of the heated object. The heater has a portion to be in contact with a bulge portion of the heated object in a state where the conductive member is attached to the recess of the heated object and where the heated object and the conductive member are covered with the heater.

Abstract: This external stimulus application system is structured so as to comprise: an external stimulus unit that applies an external stimulus to a target area of a user's body; a detection unit that detects changes in a detected area of the user's body during an action of the user; a control unit that causes the external stimulus unit to produce a stimulus if a detected value detected by the detection unit satisfies a prescribed condition; and a storage unit that stores the detected value.

Abstract: A controller in a vehicle seat system is configured to execute a first pivot control to cause the second seatback to pivot at a first pivoting speed, a second pivot control to cause the second seatback to pivot at a second pivoting speed that is greater than the first pivoting speed, and a first determination process to determine, during execution of a tilt control, whether the second seatback will interfere with the first seatback. If the controller determines, during execution of the tilt control, that the second seatback will interfere with the first seatback, then the controller causes the first seatback to pivot and executes the first pivot control in at least a part of a pivoting process of the second seatback.

Abstract: A knee supporter, including a tubular supporter main body including: a knee anterior surface part; a knee posterior surface part; a femoral side anterior surface part; a femoral side posterior surface part; a tibial side anterior surface part; and a tibial side posterior surface part, wherein elastic moduli, in an axial direction of the tubular supporter main body, when stretched by 80% in the axial direction of the tubular supporter main body, satisfy the following Formula (1) to (3): Formula (1): 0.7?knee posterior surface part/knee anterior surface part; Formula (2): 1<femoral side anterior surface part/femoral side posterior surface part; and Formula (3): 1<tibial side anterior surface part/tibial side posterior surface part.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an antibody specifically binding to GPR20-positive tumor cells such as GIST, a pharmaceutical product comprising the antibody and having therapeutic effects on a tumor, a method for treating a tumor using the aforementioned pharmaceutical product, and the like. It is another object of the present invention to provide an anti-GPR20 antibody having internalization activity, an antibody-drug conjugate containing the antibody, and the like.

Abstract: The invention provides a notification apparatus 1 including an alarm sound generating unit 2 for generating alarm sounds, a location information obtaining unit 3 for obtaining location information, an activating unit 4 for activating the alarm sound generating unit 2 and the location information obtaining unit 3, a communication unit 5 for performing low-power wide-area wireless communication, and a control unit 6 for transmitting notification information via the communication unit 5 if the control unit 6 fails to obtain the location information from the location information obtaining unit 3 after the activating unit 4 activated the alarm sound generating unit 2, the notification information including notification apparatus identifying information identifying the notification apparatus a and notification occurrence information indicative of occurrence of notification.

Abstract: A garment, containing a tubular joint supporter section, the section including: a central region in an axial direction of the tubular joint supporter section, which includes a wear pressure applying region for applying wear pressure to a joint site of a body, a one-end side region positioned at one end, and an other-end side region positioned at another end side, in which the wear pressure of the wear pressure applying region is higher than an average wear pressure of the one-end and other-end side regions, and regions other than the wear pressure applying region in the section include a concave-convex structure region formed from a concave-convex structure; and a knee supporter, in which an average wear pressure A of the knee support section is higher than an average wear pressure B of the thigh side support section and the shin side support section.