Abstract: A filter device includes a piezoelectric substrate, a dielectric layer on the piezoelectric substrate, a first IDT electrode on the dielectric layer, a second IDT electrode positioned on the piezoelectric substrate in an area where the dielectric layer is not provided such that the first and second IDT electrodes are side by side in an acoustic wave propagation direction extending along a principal surface of the piezoelectric substrate, a first reflector on the dielectric layer and adjacent to the first IDT electrode on a side of the second IDT electrode, and a second reflector on the piezoelectric substrate and adjacent to the second IDT electrode on a side of the first IDT electrode. The dielectric layer includes an edge portion between the first and second reflectors in planar view seen from a stacking direction of the piezoelectric substrate and the dielectric layer.

Abstract: Provided is a substance capable of effectively suppressing cancer metastasis or a pharmaceutical composition that effectively acts on an inflammatory disease. The pharmaceutical composition is a pharmaceutical composition containing, as an active ingredient, an antibody or an antibody fragment thereof having antigen-binding activity for an S100A8/A9 heterodimer, and blocks interaction between S100A8/A9 and a group of receptors therefor, to thereby strongly suppress cancer metastasis both in vitro and in vivo, or alleviate inflammation. That is, the anti-S100A8/A9 antibody or the antibody fragment thereof can strongly suppress cancer metastasis or alleviate inflammation, by virtue of its blocking action on the interaction between S100A8/A9 and the group of receptors therefor.

Abstract: A photoelectric fiber includes a fiber including a core through which light is guided; an electrical unit formed continuously with the fiber, the electrical unit being configured to house a photoelectric conversion chip including a photoelectric conversion element; and an external electrode formed on a front surface of at least one of the fiber or the electrical unit, wherein the photoelectric conversion chip is optically connected to the core and electrically connected to the external electrode.

Abstract: A substrate processing method includes: (a) providing a substrate including a first region containing a first material including silicon and a second region containing a second material different from the first material; (b) etching the second region while forming a metal-containing layer on the first region, by a plasma generated from a processing gas including halogen and metal; (c) removing the metal-containing layer with a base.

Abstract: A holding mechanism includes a body having a conduction portion, and a mounting portion on which a mounting body having an end part provided with a conduction portion capable of facing the conduction portion is mounted; a holding member that is provided on the body and has a holding portion displaced between a holding position where the holding portion comes into contact with an end part of the mounting body to hold the end part and a non-holding position where the holding portion avoids the end part not to hold the end part; and a conductive elastic member that is installed between at least the conduction portion of the body and the holding portion at least at the holding position. The end part of the mounting body including the conduction portion at the end part is interposed and held between the holding portion at the holding position and the elastic member in an elastically deformed state.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to measure turbidity based on received light waveforms of light received through a liquid to be measured, acquire waveform data indicating a received light waveform of light received when the measured turbidity rises above a threshold, execute, using the acquired waveform data as input, an identification process for identifying a type of substance mixed in the liquid to be measured to thereby acquire an identification result of the type of substance, and determine the type of substance with reference to the acquired identification result.

Abstract: A housing structure includes an upper housing at an upper side of a device housing, a lower housing at a lower side of the device housing, and a positioner that positions the upper housing on the lower housing. One side surface of the device housing has an opening extending astride the lower housing and the upper housing when the upper housing is positioned on the lower housing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a radio communication device (100) in which two antennas is arranged in the same location. The radio communication device (100) includes a first antenna (4) and a second antenna (7). A second conductor element (8) of the second antenna is configured to overlap with a first conductor element (5) of the first antenna. The second antenna is configured to employ, as a second ground plate (9), the first conductor element of the first antenna. A wiring section (10) of the second antenna is configured to pass through a path that overlaps with a short-circuit section (S) of the first antenna.

Abstract: A bicycle shifting control apparatus comprises a sensing target, a rotational-position sensing unit, and a transmission controller. The sensing target is rotatable with a sprocket assembly. The rotational-position sensing unit is configured to contact the sensing target to sense a rotational position of the sensing target as the rotational position of the sprocket assembly. The transmission controller is configured to control a derailleur based on the rotational position sensed by the rotational-position sensing unit.

Abstract: A bicycle shifting control apparatus comprises a sensing target, a rotational-position sensing unit, and a transmission controller. The sensing target is rotatable with a sprocket assembly. The rotational-position sensing unit is configured to contact the sensing target to sense a rotational position of the sensing target as the rotational position of the sprocket assembly. The transmission controller is configured to control a derailleur based on the rotational position sensed by the rotational-position sensing unit.

Abstract: A communication device configured to enable a setting process, performed with another communication device, for sharing setting information including information for settings of wireless communication to another communication device. The communication device includes a wireless LAN interface, a first wired connector, and an execution module that controls wireless communication with the another communication device and performs the first communication device's operation of the setting process when a second wired connector of the another communication device is connected to the first wired connector.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory comprises: a first conductivity type semiconductor substrate and memory cells each constituted of an island-like semiconductor layer, a charge storage layer and a control gate, the charge storage layer and the control gate being formed to entirely or partially encircle a sidewall of the island-like semiconductor layer, wherein the memory cells are disposed in series, and the island-like semiconductor layer on which the memory cells are disposed has cross-sectional areas in a horizontal direction which vary stepwise.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory comprises: a first conductivity type semiconductor substrate and memory cells each constituted of an island-like semiconductor layer, a charge storage layer and a control gate, the charge storage layer and the control gate being formed to entirely or partially encircle a sidewall of the island-like semiconductor layer, wherein the memory cells are disposed in series, and the island-like semiconductor layer on which the memory cells are disposed has cross-sectional areas in a horizontal direction which vary stepwise.