Abstract: An electrochemical measurement apparatus includes: a tank containing electrolytic solution and a sample that generates or consumes measurement target substances in the electrolytic solution; a plurality of uniformly mixed working electrodes; and a counter electrode; the apparatus adapted to simultaneously apply a voltage between each of the working electrodes and the counter electrode; and the apparatus configured to measure a current that flows between each of the working electrodes and the counter electrode; wherein any two working electrode groups are mutually different in at least any of the determined voltage, presence/absence of a molecular modification of an electrode surface, and a species of the molecular modification; and whereby a distribution in measurement area of the currents that flow through the working electrodes is acquired.

Abstract: An electrochemical measurement apparatus includes: a tank containing electrolytic solution and a sample that generates or consumes measurement target substances in the electrolytic solution; a plurality of uniformly mixed working electrodes; and a counter electrode; the apparatus adapted to simultaneously apply a voltage between each of the working electrodes and the counter electrode; and the apparatus configured to measure a current that flows between each of the working electrodes and the counter electrode; wherein any two working electrode groups are mutually different in at least any of the determined voltage, presence/absence of a molecular modification of an electrode surface, and a species of the molecular modification; and whereby a distribution in measurement area of the currents that flow through the working electrodes is acquired.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball travelling a great flight distance on driver shots, exhibiting an excellent spin performance on approach shots under a dry condition and a wet condition, and showing an excellent shot feeling and durability. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body having a spherical core, an intermediate layer and a cover, and a paint film composed of two or more layers, wherein a 10% elastic modulus difference (Min?Mout) between an innermost layer and an outermost layer of the paint film is 25 kgf/cm2 or more.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic device includes preparing a chip component with a terminal electrode. A terminal plate is prepared. A connection member is placed between an end surface of the terminal electrode and an inner surface of the terminal plate. The terminal plate and the terminal electrode are joined using the connection member by bringing a press head into contact with an outer surface of the terminal plate and pressing and heating the terminal plate against the terminal electrode.

Abstract: A vital information measuring apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a vital information measuring apparatus for measuring vital information by compressing a measurement site of a subject with a cuff, and includes a fluid supply unit configured to supply a fluid to the cuff, and a first fluid supply controller configured to control, when a situation of the subject satisfies a first condition in which measurement of the vital information is recommended, a supply of the fluid to the cuff by the fluid supply unit to compress the measurement site in a first compression mode for informing the subject that the first condition is satisfied.

Abstract: According to a first aspect of the invention, an information processing apparatus includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire first blood pressure information and second blood pressure information that is information earlier than the first blood pressure information, a blood pressure fluctuation detector configured to detect a blood pressure fluctuation exceeding a first reference value from the first and second blood pressure information, and a fluctuation information output unit configured to output blood pressure fluctuation information that reports the blood pressure fluctuation.

Abstract: An information processing device according to one aspect of the present invention includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire user data including physiological indicator data that are measurement data relating to a physiological indicator of a user and position data that are measurement data relating to a position of the user, a time identification unit configured to identify a time when fluctuations in the physiological indicator satisfying a predetermined condition have occurred, based on the physiological indicator data, a position identification unit configured to identify a position where the user has been present at the identified time, based on the position data, and an observed region determination unit configured to determine a local region including the identified position as an observed region for performing an attention alert relating to an occurrence of fluctuations in the physiological indicator.

Abstract: An apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an acquisition unit is configured to acquire a blood pressure value of a subject measured by a blood pressure measurement unit, a first pulse rate of the subject at a normal time, and a second pulse rate of the subject in a time period in which the blood pressure value is measured, a calculation unit is configured to calculate a first tension degree of an autonomic nerve of the subject based on the first pulse rate and to calculate a second tension degree of the autonomic nerve of the subject based on the second pulse rate, and a determination unit is configured to determine a type of blood pressure of the blood pressure value based on the blood pressure value, the first tension degree, and the second tension degree.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a signal acquisition unit that acquires a signal representing a movement of a subject from a sensor that detects the movement of the subject, a measurement unit that measures at least one of an activity amount and a number of steps of the subject based on the signal representing the movement of the subject, and an estimation unit that estimates a situation of the subject based on at least one of the activity amount or the number of steps.

Abstract: The present invention automatically acquires information about a living body at a time at which an effect of a medicine is generated. The present invention includes an acquisition control unit configured to acquire information about a medicine and time information about when the medicine is to be taken, a calculation control unit configured to calculate an effect generation time period in which an effect of the medicine is estimated to be generated, based on the information about the medicine and the time information, and a biological information acquisition control unit configured to perform processing for acquiring information about a living body, based on the effect generation time period.

Abstract: A lifestyle habit management device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a biological information acquisition unit configured to acquire a measurement result of biological information about a user, a biological information fluctuation detection unit configured to detect fluctuations in the biological information caused by a lifestyle habit to be managed, and a lifestyle habit information generation unit configured to generate lifestyle habit information indicating a history in which the user has performed the lifestyle habit, based on a detection result of the fluctuations in the biological information.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic device includes preparing a chip component with a terminal electrode. A terminal plate is prepared. A connection member is placed between an end surface of the terminal electrode and an inner surface of the terminal plate. The terminal plate and the terminal electrode are joined using the connection member by bringing a press head into contact with an outer surface of the terminal plate and pressing and heating the terminal plate against the terminal electrode.

Abstract: A platinum core-shell catalyst that uses palladium (Pd) as a core metal, or a platinum catalyst containing platinum and a metal besides platinum is manufactured industrially on a mass scale. The platinum catalyst is supported on carbon and has excellent oxygen reduction activity. The platinum catalyst is made for a fuel cell by bringing about the presence of a chemical species imparting higher potential than the initial oxide formation potential of the platinum of the platinum catalyst, and by bringing about the presence of a chemical species imparting lower potential than the initial oxide formation potential of the platinum of the platinum catalyst. The manufacture is carried out in a dispersion solution of the platinum catalyst dispersed in an acidic solution containing protons.

Abstract: An electrochemical measurement method is provided in which a working electrode and a counter electrode are provided in an electrolytic solution containing the measurement target and a measuring voltage is applied between the working electrode and the counter electrode to measure a current flowing between the working electrode and the counter electrode in proportion to the amount of the measurement target. A measurement target eliminating thin-wire electrode made of thin wire stretched in such a shape that extends from one point on the bottom into space in the electrolytic solution well and back to another point on the bottom is provided. The electrochemical measurement method includes: eliminating the measurement target by applying an eliminating voltage having the same polarity as the measuring voltage between the measurement target eliminating thin-wire electrode and the counter electrode; and diffusing a new measurement target after stopping the application of the eliminating voltage.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide ASO that can effectively suppress a formation of RNA foci spontaneously occurring in neurons having SCA36 mutation, without inducing the cleavage of NOP56 pre-mRNA. The present invention provides an oligonucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence in which one or more nucleotide sequences represented by SEQ ID NO: 2 are consecutively connected and is complementary to pre-mRNA of NOP56 gene, wherein a structure formed by the hybridization of the oligonucleotide to the pre-mRNA is resistant to RNaseH.