Abstract: The present invention relates to promoters for differentiation into chondrocytes, chondrocyte proliferation promoter, and cartilaginous matrix production promoter, each containing a glycoside of liquiritigenin. According to the present invention, promoters for differentiation into chondrocytes, promoters for proliferation of chondrocytes, and promoters for cartilaginous matrix production, that are superior in the stability and safety, have a superior promoting action on differentiation into chondrocytes, a superior promoting action on proliferation of chondrocytes, and a superior promoting action on cartilaginous matrix production, and effective for regeneration of cartilage and further, prophylaxis or improvement of symptoms and diseases caused by the damage and inflammation of cartilage, or symptoms and diseases showing the loss of cartilage such as osteoarthritis and the like.

Abstract: A signal processor includes an image obtainer, an estimator, and an outputter. The image obtainer obtains a performance image including playing of a drum. The estimator estimates a degree of attention attracted by the playing of the drum included in the performance image by inputting the performance image into a learning model. The learning model has been subjected to machine learning to estimate the degree of attention based on a feature quantity related to the playing of the drum. The outputter outputs the degree of attention estimated by the estimator.

Abstract: A chip on submount includes: a submount including a first surface directed in a first direction; a covering layer mounted on the first surface, extending to intersect the first direction, and including a second surface directed in the first direction; a laser element mounted on the second surface and including: a third surface directed in the first direction; and a light emission unit positioned at an intermediate portion of the laser element along a second direction intersecting the first direction, extending in a third direction intersecting the first direction and second direction, and configured to output laser light in the third direction; and a bonding wire attached onto the third surface and configured to exert a pressing force on the laser element, the pressing force including a component force directed in a direction opposite to the first direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a preventing or improving agent that can favorably promote bone formation, is effective in preventing or improving osteoporosis or a decrease in bone strength, has high safety, and is suitable for long-term continuous ingestion or administration, by forming a bone remodeling accelerator comprising one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of flavanone and a glycoside thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a package for an optical device and an optical device module that can reduce or prevent damage occurrence in an optical fiber optically coupled to an optical device while ensuring a good airtightness. A package for an optical device includes a package main unit that accommodates an optical device; a pipe portion that is provided in the package main unit and through which an optical fiber optically coupled to the optical device is inserted; and a fixing portion that is provided in the package main unit and to which one end of the optical fiber is fixed, and the pipe portion includes a first pipe section having a base end fixed to the package main unit and a second pipe section joined to a tip of the first pipe section, having a higher thermal expansion coefficient than the first pipe section, to be sealed by a sealing material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a preventing or improving agent that can favorably promote bone formation, is effective in preventing or improving osteoporosis or a decrease in bone strength, has high safety, and is suitable for long-term continuous ingestion or administration, by forming a bone remodeling accelerator comprising one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of flavanone and a glycoside thereof.

Abstract: A non-plated region is formed in a certain range from an end of a submount. The non-plated region is a portion where a plating layer is not provided, and thus a substrate of the submount is exposed. An intermediate layer is formed on the plating layer. Furthermore, a plating layer is formed on the intermediate layer. A semiconductor laser is formed on the plating layer. The position of an end of the semiconductor laser substantially coincides with the position of an end of the plating layer (the intermediate layer). That is, even in a case where there is a deviation between an end face of the intermediate layer and an end face of the semiconductor laser, the amount of this deviation is sufficiently smaller than the amount by which the intermediate layer is set back from an end face of the submount.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser module includes a semiconductor laser that outputs laser light; an optical fiber that guides the laser light; a lens that couples the laser light, which is output from the semiconductor laser, with the optical fiber; a base that is substantially tabular in shape and that has the semiconductor laser, the optical fiber, and the lens fixed thereon either directly or indirectly; and a housing which houses the base and fixes the base either directly or indirectly. Among faces of the base, a face on a side that is fixed either directly or indirectly to the housing includes a junction plane that is joined to the housing either directly or indirectly, and a detachment plane that is detached to remain unfixed from the housing.

Abstract: An optical fiber fixing structure includes: a cylindrical member; an optical fiber inserted into a hole of the cylindrical member; and a fixing material configured to fix the cylindrical member and the optical fiber, wherein the optical fiber is a polarization maintaining optical fiber having a polarization axis, and a center of the optical fiber is arranged so as to be eccentric to a center of the hole, and an angle formed by an eccentric direction connecting the center of the hole and the center of the optical fiber and the polarization axis is ?22.5° to 22.5°, or 67.5° to 112.5°.

Abstract: Provided is a package for an optical device and an optical device module that can reduce or prevent damage occurrence in an optical fiber optically coupled to an optical device while ensuring a good airtightness. A package for an optical device includes a package main unit that accommodates an optical device; a pipe portion that is provided in the package main unit and through which an optical fiber optically coupled to the optical device is inserted; and a fixing portion that is provided in the package main unit and to which one end of the optical fiber is fixed, and the pipe portion includes a first pipe section having a base end fixed to the package main unit and a second pipe section joined to a tip of the first pipe section, having a higher thermal expansion coefficient than the first pipe section, to be sealed by a sealing material.

Abstract: A non-plated region is formed in a certain range from an end of a submount. The non-plated region is a portion where a plating layer is not provided, and thus a substrate of the submount is exposed. An intermediate layer is formed on the plating layer. Furthermore, a plating layer is formed on the intermediate layer. A semiconductor laser is formed on the plating layer. The position of an end of the semiconductor laser substantially coincides with the position of an end of the plating layer (the intermediate layer). That is, even in a case where there is a deviation between an end face of the intermediate layer and an end face of the semiconductor laser, the amount of this deviation is sufficiently smaller than the amount by which the intermediate layer is set back from an end face of the submount.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser module includes a semiconductor laser that outputs laser light; an optical fiber that guides the laser light; a lens that couples the laser light, which is output from the semiconductor laser, with the optical fiber; a base that is substantially tabular in shape and that has the semiconductor laser, the optical fiber, and the lens fixed thereon either directly or indirectly; and a housing which houses the base and fixes the base either directly or indirectly. Among faces of the base, a face on a side that is fixed either directly or indirectly to the housing includes a junction plane that is joined to the housing either directly or indirectly, and a detachment plane that is detached to remain unfixed from the housing.

Abstract: An optical fiber fixing structure includes: a cylindrical member; an optical fiber inserted into a hole of the cylindrical member; and a fixing material configured to fix the cylindrical member and the optical fiber, wherein the optical fiber is a polarization maintaining optical fiber having a polarization axis, and a center of the optical fiber is arranged so as to be eccentric to a center of the hole, and an angle formed by an eccentric direction connecting the center of the hole and the center of the optical fiber and the polarization axis is ?22.5° to 22.5°, or 67.5° to 112.5°.

Abstract: A game device capable of controlling a game without a special game operation is provided. A controller 7 which is means for inputting game operation to a game device 3 comprises an acceleration sensor 73 detecting vibration applied to the input means. Control means for controlling the game in the game device 3 comprises means for determining an intensity level of a vibration value of vibration generated by a tap motion of a player when the controller 7 transmits a measured value of the vibration, and means for determining whether or not an array pattern of the determined intensity levels in time series order matches a previously-set command. The control means comprises means for, if it matches the previously-set command, executing special game control set corresponding to the matched command.

Abstract: A video game apparatus, which generates, based on data obtained by a communication part via a server on a network, game data for causing a game to proceed, includes a control part converting the data obtained from the server on the network into one of a numeric value and a character code string and changing the game data based on the one of the numeric value and the character code string.

Abstract: A video game apparatus, which generates, based on data obtained by a communication part via a server on a network, game data for causing a game to proceed, includes a control part converting the data obtained from the server on the network into one of a numeric value and a character code string and changing the game data based on the one of the numeric value and the character code string.

Abstract: An input unit includes a transparent touch panel wherein a fixed electrode supporting body having a fixed electrode formed on one surface thereof and a film having a movable electrode formed on one surface thereof are arranged so that the respective electrodes face each other and are spaced apart. The input also includes an input pen having an end thereof formed of polyolefin resin.

Abstract: For stripping or peeling electrorefined or otherwise purified metal, which have been deposited on a set of cathode sheets, off the opposite faces of the sheets, these sheets are transported from an electrolytic cell into a rack and are therein held in side-by-side relationship with preassigned spacings therebetween. A plurality of stripper assemblies each comprising a pair of stripper plates normally held in face-to-face relationship with each other are disposed in coplanar relationship to respective cathode sheets within the rack and are moved into and out of the rack. When each stripper assembly is moved into the rack, as by a hydraulic cylinder, its pair of stripper plates slide over the opposite faces of the corresponding one of the cathode sheets thereby peeling off the high-purity metal.