Abstract: A transporter for transporting an object includes a compartment to accommodate the object; an opening portion connectable to a processing apparatus for a substrate; a gate valve to open and close the opening portion; a robotic arm including an end effector, the robotic arm to transfer the object with the end effector to and from the processing apparatus through the opening portion; a first connector structure including a first connector to receive power supplied to the transporter from an external apparatus external to the transporter; a drive to advance the first connector structure toward a second connector structure in the external apparatus to connect the first connector structure to the second connector structure; mover to move the transporter; and controller circuitry to control the drive, and cause the drive to connect the first connector structure to the second connector structure before the opening portion is connected to the processing apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a system failure monitoring device capable of easily estimating a root cause of a system. A data collection unit acquires pod/calculation node information, which is configuration information regarding a pod that executes a process according to a request, and tracing data regarding the request processed by the pod. A determination unit including a processing time calculation unit and an abnormality degree calculation determination unit determines, for each of the requests, whether the request is an abnormal request relevant to an abnormality of a monitoring target system, based on the tracing data and the pod/calculation node information. A presentation unit including an abnormal request distribution calculation unit and an abnormal request visualization unit generates and presents visualized data indicating an abnormal request distribution obtained by plotting the abnormal request in a request space defined by a coordinate axis related to the requests.

Abstract: A reading apparatus includes a mechanism to move an antenna between first and second positions, and a controller configured to: (a) control the antenna to transmit radio waves to wireless tags each attached to an object when the antenna is between the first and second positions; acquire, from response waves, information registered in each tag and indicating attributes of the object and the tag, and signal values of the response waves; and calculate an estimated position of each tag and a reliability level thereof based on the values. When the level of the position of a tag is less than a threshold or when the information of a tag indicates an attribute that can affect radio communications, the controller performs step (a) again, acquires signal values of response waves received from the tag, and calculates an estimated position of the tag and a reliability level thereof based on the values.

Abstract: A radio frequency module includes a first semiconductor component connected to a first digital control terminal; a second semiconductor component connected to a second digital control terminal and including first and second low-noise amplifiers; a first filter with a pass band including a TDD band; a second filter connected to the second low-noise amplifier and has a pass band including a reception band of an FDD band; a first switch circuit including a common terminal connected to an antenna connection terminal and first and second selection terminals connected, respectively, to the first and second filters; and a second switch circuit including a common terminal connected to the first filter and the third and fourth selection terminals connected, respectively, to a power amplifier and the first low-noise amplifier. The second semiconductor component is also connected to the first digital control terminal via the first semiconductor component.

Abstract: Disclosed are improved methods of making liver organoids, and methods of making population organoid panels which can be used, for example, for genotype-phenotype analysis or screening of test compounds. Also disclosed are methods of assessing the risk/prognosis of fatty acid liver disease in subjects having a SNP variant GCKR-rs1260326, as well as novel methods of treating such subjects.

Abstract: Disclosed are digitized organoids comprising a detectable sensor, such as, for example, a Radio frequency identification (RFID) based sensor. Further disclosed are methods for making the digitized organoids. The disclosed methods allow for self-assembly mediated incorporation of ultracompact RFID sensors into organoids. Methods of using the digitized organoids are also disclosed.

Abstract: A wireless tag reading system includes wireless tag reading devices each configured to, when communicating with a wireless tag, instruct the wireless tag to transmit a response wave in a certain response format, and a management device including: a network interface configured to communicate with the reading devices, a memory that stores setting data that associates each of the reading devices with a different response format, and a processor configured to: upon receipt of a notification from a first reading device, search the memory for a first response format corresponding to the first reading device, and control the network interface to transmit, to the first reading device, information indicating the first response format. The first reading device, when communicating with a wireless tag, instructs the wireless tag to transmit a response wave in the first response format.

Abstract: A wireless tag reading apparatus includes an antenna, a driving mechanism configured to move the antenna to multiple positions, and a controller configured to: upon receipt of a radio wave from a wireless tag via the antenna at each of the multiple positions, obtain tag information stored in the wireless tag and radio wave information related to the radio wave, determine whether the wireless tag is a reading target based on positional information indicating a position of the wireless tag that is output from a model in response to an input of the radio wave information, and issue a notification when a reliability level of the positional information output from the model is less than a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: Provided is a system failure monitoring device capable of easily estimating a root cause of a system. A data collection unit acquires pod/calculation node information, which is configuration information regarding a pod that executes a process according to a request, and tracing data regarding the request processed by the pod. A determination unit including a processing time calculation unit and an abnormality degree calculation determination unit determines, for each of the requests, whether the request is an abnormal request relevant to an abnormality of a monitoring target system, based on the tracing data and the pod/calculation node information. A presentation unit including an abnormal request distribution calculation unit and an abnormal request visualization unit generates and presents visualized data indicating an abnormal request distribution obtained by plotting the abnormal request in a request space defined by a coordinate axis related to the requests.

Abstract: Disclosed are digitized organoids comprising a detectable sensor, such as, for example, a Radio frequency identification (RFID) based sensor. Further disclosed are methods for making the digitized organoids. The disclosed methods allow for self-assembly mediated incorporation of ultracompact RFID sensors into organoids. Methods of using the digitized organoids are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions, in particular, organoid compositions, derived from more than one donor cell. Further disclosed are methods of making compositions, for example, organoid compositions, that comprise a differentiated cell population derived from more than one donor cell. Donor cells may include, for example, a precursor cell such as an embryonic stem cell or other precursor cell. The disclosed methods use synchronization conditions to produce a synchronized pooled-precursor cell population, which may then be differentiated into an organoid composition. Methods of using the compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: A connector assembly comprises a first connector and a second connector mateable with each other. The first connector comprises a first shell which has a first mateable portion and a first key. The first key is located outward of the first mateable portion. The second connector comprises a second shell which has a second mateable portion and comprises a housing which has a projecting end and a second key. The projecting end faces the first connector when the first connector and the second connector are under a separated state where they are separated from each other. The second key is a groove which extends from the projecting end. When the first connector and the second connector are mated with each other, the second mateable portion is received in the first mateable portion, and the first key is received in the second key.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of transferring exogenous material using platelets. The methods comprise administering the platelets with the exogenous material to a recipient. The platelets may be obtained by directly contacting the platelets, or contacting megakaryocytes that produce the platelets.

Abstract: A first filter is prevented from being affected by the coplanarity of a mounting substrate and a degradation of the filter characteristics of the first filter is reduced. A first filter, a second filter, a third filter, and a first switch are mounted on a first principal surface of a mounting substrate. The first filter passes a first high-frequency signal and a second high-frequency signal, the second filter passes a third high-frequency signal, and the third filter passes a fourth high-frequency signal. The first switch is capable of simultaneously connecting the first filter and the second filter to an antenna terminal. In a plan view from a thickness direction of the mounting substrate, the first filter is larger than the second filter and the third filter and located between the second filter and the third filter. A first wire and a second wire are each shorter than a third wire.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions, in particular, organoid compositions, derived from more than one donor cell. Further disclosed are methods of making compositions, for example, organoid compositions, that comprise a differentiated cell population derived from more than one donor cell. Donor cells may include, for example, a precursor cell such as an embryonic stem cell or other precursor cell. The disclosed methods use synchronization conditions to produce a synchronized pooled-precursor cell population, which may then be differentiated into an organoid composition. Methods of using the compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: A wireless tag reading system includes wireless tag reading devices each configured to, when communicating with a wireless tag, instruct the wireless tag to transmit a response wave in a certain response format, and a management device including: a network interface configured to communicate with the reading devices, a memory that stores setting data that associates each of the reading devices with a different response format, and a processor configured to: upon receipt of a notification from a first reading device, search the memory for a first response format corresponding to the first reading device, and control the network interface to transmit, to the first reading device, information indicating the first response format. The first reading device, when communicating with a wireless tag, instructs the wireless tag to transmit a response wave in the first response format.

Abstract: A radio frequency module includes a substrate having a mounting surface, components for transmission and a component for transmission and reception that are disposed on the mounting surface, acoustic wave filters disposed between each of the components for transmission and the component for transmission and reception, and shield electrodes each formed on a corresponding one of side surfaces of the acoustic wave filters.

Abstract: A wireless tag reading apparatus includes an antenna, a driving mechanism configured to move the antenna to multiple positions, and a controller configured to: upon receipt of a radio wave from a wireless tag via the antenna at each of the multiple positions, obtain tag information stored in the wireless tag and radio wave information related to the radio wave, adjust the radio wave information based on the tag information, and determine whether the wireless tag is a reading target based on information indicating a position of the wireless tag that is output from a model in response to an input of the adjusted radio wave information.

Abstract: A wireless tag reading apparatus for reading tag information stored in a wireless tag attached to an item, includes a stage on which the item can be placed, one or more antennas movable between first and second positions, a camera facing the stage, and a controller configured to control the camera to capture images and detect an object therein, control the antennas to transmit radio waves to a wireless tag and move the antennas, wherein the transmitting and the moving are repeated while the antennas move from the first position to the second position during a tag reading period, acquire tag information from response waves transmitted by the wireless tag in response to the radio waves, based on the captured images, determine whether the object has moved during the tag reading period, and upon determining that the object has moved during the tag reading period, issue a notification.