Abstract: An anthraquinone compound represented by formula (1): (where R1 and R4 represent —H, a C1-C12 alkyl group, a C1-C12 alkyl group, a halogen atom, —CO2R9, —OCOR9, —COR9, a cyano group, or —CF3, R2, R3, R5 and R6 represent —H, a C1-C4 alkyl group, a C1-C4 alkoxy group, a halogen atom, —CO2R9, —OCOR9, —COR9, a cyano group, or —CF3. R7 and R8 represent —H, a C1-C12 alkyl group, or a C1-C12 alkoxy group. R9 represents a C1-C12 alkyl group, or a substituent represented by formula (a) (where R10 represents —H, a C1-C8 alkyl group, or a C1-C8 alkoxy group) or formula (b) (where R11 represents —H or a C1-C8 alkyl group); however, at least one of R1 through R6 represents a halogen atom, —CO2R9, —COR9, a cyano group, or —CF3).

Abstract: An anthraquinone compound represented by formula (1) (In the formula, R1 and R4 represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-12 alkyl group, a C1-12 alkoxy group, a halogen atom, —CO2R9, —OCOR9, —COR9, a cyano group, or a trifluoromethyl group. R2, R3, R5, and R6 represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-4 alkyl group, a C1-4 alkoxy group, a halogen atom, —CO2R9, —OCOR9, —COR9, a cyano group, or a trifluoromethyl group, R7 and R8 represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-8 alkyl group. R9 represents a C1-12 alkyl group, a substituent represented by formula (a) (in the formula, R10 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-8 alkyl group, or a C1-8 alkoxy group), or a substituent represented by formula (b) (in the formula, R11 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-8 alkyl group)).

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel anthraquinone compound, and to provide: a dichroic dye constituted of the novel anthraquinone compound; a liquid crystal composition which contains the dichroic dye; and preferably a dimming element having excellent contrast and light resistance and containing said composition. The present invention discloses an anthraquinone compound represented by formula A below (wherein R1 represents a C3-16 branched alkyl group, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-8 straight-chain or branched alkyl group, or a C1-8 straight-chain or branched alkoxy group). In addition, the present invention discloses a liquid crystal composition including the anthraquinone compound and a liquid crystal material, and a dimming element containing said composition.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to: a liquid crystal composition for controlling light that contains, as a dichroic dye, an anthraquinone compound having a specific structure; and a light-controlling element that contains a cured product of said liquid crystal composition for controlling light and exhibits excellent contrast, light-blocking performance, lightfastness, and heat tolerance during current supply. More specifically, the present invention pertains to: a liquid crystal composition for controlling light that contains a compound represented by formula (A) (in the formula. R1 represents a C1-12 alkyl group or a C1-12 alkoxy group, and each R2 independently represents a C1-8 alkyl group), a liquid crystal material, a photocurable compound, and a photoinitiator; and a light-controlling element that is formed by sandwiching a photocured product of said composition between a pair of substrates.

Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes a housing in which a paper feeding port is provided, a paper feeding roller configured to convey paper through the paper feeding port, a drive shaft to which the paper feeding roller is attached, the drive shaft extending in a ±Y direction intersecting a conveying direction of the paper, and an elastic roller attached to the drive shaft and configured to prevent sound occurring on the inside of the housing from leaking to the outside of the housing through the paper feeding port. The elastic roller comes into contact with the paper conveyed by the paper feeding roller and removes electric charges of the paper.

Abstract: Provided are a novel composition and others. The composition at least comprises caryophyllene, and menthol and/or a fat or oil.

Abstract: In a mounting structure for a fuel cell drive system, a mount member includes a first mount and a second mount. The first mount connects the first end of a stack case to the first frame. The second mount connects the second end of an auxiliary device case to the second frame. The fuel cell drive system includes a first connecting member and a second connecting member. The first connecting member connects the stack case and a motor to each other. The second connecting member connects the auxiliary device case and a speed reducer to each other.

Abstract: A vehicle control device including a communication section, a first microcomputer that can communicate with an exterior via the communication section and a second microcomputer that cannot communicate directly with the exterior and can communicate with the first microcomputer. The communication section receives a control signal from the exterior, based on the control signal received by the communication section, the first microcomputer controls operation of an object of control, and outputs the control signal to the second microcomputer. In a case in which a state of the object of control that corresponds to the control signal and a state exhibited by the object of control differ, the second microcomputer effects control so as to stop operation of the communication section.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to: a liquid crystal composition for controlling light that contains, as a dichroic dye, an anthraquinone compound having a specific structure; and a light-controlling element that contains a cured product of said liquid crystal composition for controlling light and exhibits excellent contrast, light-blocking performance, lightfastness, and heat tolerance during current supply. More specifically, the present invention pertains to: a liquid crystal composition for controlling light that contains a compound represented by formula (A) (in the formula, R1 represents a C4-12 alkyl group or a C4-12 alkoxy group, and each R2 independently represents a C6-12 alkyl group), a liquid crystal material, a photocurable compound, and a photoinitiator; and a light-controlling element that is formed by sandwiching a photocured product of said composition between a pair of substrates.

Abstract: A control device includes a model generation unit that generates a control model that formulates a task to be executed, and a task processing unit that causes the vehicle to execute the task by performing model prediction control using the control model. Assuming that a first state space is a state space of the control model used at an execution time of the first task, and a second state space is a state space of the control model used at an execution time of the second task, the task processing unit starts to cause the vehicle to execute the second task, after executing a transition process that is a process of making a value of a state variable that is commonly included in both the first state space and the second state space within a predetermined range that is allowed at the execution time of the second task.

Abstract: Accuracy of results obtained by integrally processing information acquired by different sensors is improved. A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: a first sensor that detects light in a first wavelength band; and a second sensor that detects light of a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, in which the first sensor includes a first pixel (110) that detects light of the first wavelength band in incident light, and the second sensor includes a second pixel (110) that detects light in the second wavelength band that has transmitted through the first pixel among the incident light.

Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a base film for cell culture that enables mass production of homogeneous and high-quality cell aggregates even without the use of a biological serum, and to provide a base film-forming agent for forming the base film, and a substrate for producing cell aggregate. The present inventors provide a base film-forming agent for cell culture including a polymer, a cell adhesive substance, and a solvent, wherein the polymer contains a repeating unit derived from a monomer of formula (I) below: wherein Ua1, Ua2, Ra1, and Ra2 are as described in the specification and the claims.

Abstract: An alkali metal ion conductive solid electrolyte including an organic polymer having an alkali metal sulfonate group, wherein the alkali metal sulfonate group is a part of an alkali metal alkyl sulfonate group represented by a formula: —R—SO3X (where R is an alkylene group and X is an alkali metal atom), the organic polymer may be a derivative of a polysaccharide, and the mass (EW value) of the organic polymer per 1 mol of the alkali metal sulfonate group is 168 g/mol or more and 300 g/mol or less.

Abstract: Provided is a coating film which is obtained by applying a composition for forming a coating film, the composition containing a copolymer, and which is used to suppress adhesion of a biological substance, in which the copolymer is water-insoluble, the copolymer contains a repeating unit (A) represented by the following Formula (A) and a repeating unit (B) represented by the following Formula (B), and a molar ratio (A:B) of the repeating unit (A) to the repeating unit (B) in the copolymer is 89:11 to 50:50. (In the formula, R1 to R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and X1 and X2 each independently represent a single bond, an ester bond, an ether bond, an amide bond, or an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms which may be interrupted by an oxygen atom.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for calibrating a difference in signal intensity ratio between machines in mass spectrometry.

Abstract: A second relative speed where a spindle and a center of a holding surface are brought together in a grinding step is established such that the spindle and the outer circumferential edge of a surrounding region of the holding surface start being brought together other along a first direction and the spindle's rotational shaft and the holding surface's center start being brought together along a second direction simultaneously and that the spindle and the outer circumferential edge of the surrounding region finish being brought together along the first direction and the spindle's rotational shaft and the holding surface's center finish being brought together along the second direction simultaneously. Specifically, the second relative speed is established in view of parameters that are established as desired and the worn-off amount of the grindstones that is grasped prior to or during the grinding step (i.e., a change in thickness of the grindstones).

Abstract: A fixing apparatus includes first and second rotating members, a heater having a heating element and a substrate, and first and second contact members. A direction of a longer side on a surface of the substrate where the heating element is disposed is a longitudinal direction. A direction intersecting the longitudinal direction is a widthwise direction. The first contact member is disposed in a region outside a region where a maximum size recording material conveyed to a nip portion passes through the nip portion on one end side in the longitudinal direction on an outer circumferential surface of the first rotating member, and the second contact member is disposed in the region outside the region where the maximum size recording material conveyed to the nip portion passes through the nip portion on an other end side in the longitudinal direction on an outer circumferential surface of the second rotating member.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a head including a nozzle surface; and a robot changes a relative position of the head with respect to a workpiece, in which a first printing operation of performing printing on the workpiece is executed by causing the head to eject the liquid, and when a timing at which the first printing operation is started is set as a first timing, a timing at which the first printing operation ends is set as a second timing, a timing between the first timing and the second timing is set as a third timing, and a distance between the plurality of nozzles and the workpiece along a normal direction of the nozzle surface is set as an ejection distance, the ejection distance at one or both of the first timing and the second timing is more than the ejection distance at the third timing.

Abstract: A circuit board having a circuit pattern on a base plate and an additional metal layer laid and bonded on the circuit pattern, wherein the additional metal layer comprises an attachment plane portion configured to fix a semiconductor chip using solder, and an engagement uneven portion provided adjacent to the attachment plane portion, wherein the attachment plane portion is a face having unevenness smaller than the engagement uneven portion.

Abstract: In a device (4) for assisting in analytical operations for correctly arranging samples in a plurality of sample-placement portions and implementing multiple protocols in the correct order, a storage section (41) holds sample information and analysis parameters for each protocol as well as the order of implementation. A protocol-selection-input receiver (42) receives an input of the selection of a protocol. A sample-position displayer (43) displays, on a display unit (6), sample information in the selected protocol along with the positions of the sample-placement portions. A protocol-implementation-information collector (45) collects information concerning the state of implementation of the protocols. A determiner (46) determines whether a protocol which must be implemented earlier was already implemented, based on the state of implementation and order of implementation of the protocols.