Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cacao bean-derived food material showing little oil seepage and various foods using the same. A composition having a particle size distribution in the range of 10 ?m to 1.5 mm and containing undisrupted cacao bean cells is provided. A composition containing undisrupted cacao bean cells, which has a free fat content ratio of 60% by weight or lower based on oil content is also provided. A composition containing 30% or more of undisrupted cells in cacao bean cells is further provided. A composition containing undisrupted cacao bean cells, which has a breaking strength of 3 kgf or lower is further provided.

Abstract: A terminal control program according to the present disclosure causes a terminal apparatus to perform: receiving model information and version information that have been automatically transmitted from a fishing electric reel in response to a first request transmitted according to a user's operation; storing a reel control program of a latest version of the fishing electric reel of a model indicated by the model information; transmitting the reel control program of the latest version to the fishing electric reel, in a case where a version indicated by the received version information does not match the latest version; and changing a screen for setting or displaying reel information to the screen that corresponds to the reel control program of the latest version.

Abstract: Vehicles, and particularly vehicles configured for high speeds and competitive racing, generally employ aerodynamic elements to provide downforce at increased speeds to improve vehicle safety and performance. The present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus, and system of providing aerodynamic lift forces and downforces on a vehicle, including generating lift forces and downforces in response to air flowing over a bi-directional splitter from a fore end to an aft end, where the bi-directional splitter includes a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface; generating, from the first surface of the bi-directional splitter, a lift force in response to the air flowing over the first surface; and generating, from a second surface and a third surface, downforce in response to the air flowing over the second and third surfaces, where the first surface is disposed between the second surface and third surface.

Abstract: The invention provides a composition for forming a coating film which comprises (1) a polymer of a monomer mixture containing monomers represented by the following formulae (A) to (D): (wherein Ta, Tb, Tc, Td, Ua1, Ua2, Ub1, Ub2, Ub3, Qa, Qb, Qc, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, An?, m and n are as defined herein), where a ratio of a total of the anionic monomer represented by the above-mentioned formula (A) and the cationic monomer represented by the above-mentioned formula (B) based on total monomers contained in the monomer mixture is 40 mol % or more, and (2) a polycarbodiimide containing a structure represented by the following formula (E): —N?C?N—??(E) a coating film which is a cured product thereof and a process for producing the same, and a cured product and a process for producing the same.

Abstract: The present application relates an impeller and a pump. The impeller includes a shaft insertion hole, a fastening hole having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the shaft insertion hole, and a sleeve insertion hole having a diameter larger than a diameter of the shaft insertion hole.

Abstract: A YAG ceramic bonded body in which a YAG ceramic and a YAG ceramic or optical glass are bonded, wherein the YAG ceramic bonded body comprises glass as a bonding layer, and has a rate of change of transmittance that is within 7%. An object of this invention is to provide a bonded body in which a YAG ceramic and a YAG ceramic are bonded, or a bonded body in which a YAG ceramic and optical glass are bonded, and which is capable of suppressing the reflection of light at the bonded interface, as well as the production method thereof.

Abstract: A motor control device includes: a target value acquisition part acquiring a target value of a control parameter of a motor; an operation amount calculation part calculating an operation amount; an output acquisition part acquiring an output of the control parameter; and a deviation calculation part calculating a deviation between the target value and the output. The operation amount calculation part includes: a first calculation part calculating a first value corresponding to the deviation; a second calculation part calculating a second value in a range not exceeding a predetermined upper limit value based on an integrated value of the deviation; and a third calculation part calculating the operation amount in a range not exceeding an operation amount upper limit value based on the first and second values. The predetermined upper limit value is larger than a value obtained by subtracting the first value from the operation amount upper limit value.

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: The present invention provides recombinant DNA constructs, vectors and molecules comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding a florigenic FT protein operably linked to a vegetative stage promoter, which may also be a meristem-preferred or meristem-specific promoter. Transgenic plants, plant cells and tissues, and plant parts are further provided comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding a florigenic FT protein. Transgenic plants comprising a florigenic FT transgene may produce more bolls, siliques, fruits, nuts, or pods per node on the transgenic plant, particularly on the main stem of the plant, relative to a control or wild type plant. Methods are further provided for introducing a florigenic FT transgene into a plant, and planting transgenic FT plants in the field including at higher densities. Transgenic plants of the present invention may thus provide greater yield potential than wild type plants and may be planted at a higher density due to their altered plant architecture.

Abstract: An environment control system that controls an environment of a subject is provided. The environment control system includes an actuator configured to control an environment of a subject, and a controller configured to control an operation of the actuator. The environment control system includes an inference unit that includes a first learned model and a second learned model. The first learned model has been trained by associating environmental information indicating an environment of a subject with data correlating with one of sleep, excretion, movement, skin, and stress conditions of the subject. The second learned model has been trained by associating the data correlating with one of the sleep, excretion, movement, skin, and stress conditions of the subject with data correlating with a magnitude of one or more risks that may occur with respect to the subject in a future period of time.

Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam device capable of reducing scattering of a foreign substance collected by a foreign substance collecting unit. The charged particle beam device includes: a sample chamber in which a sample is to be disposed; and a charged particle beam source configured to irradiate the sample with a charged particle beam. The charged particle beam device further includes: a foreign substance attachment/detachment unit from or to which a foreign substance is to detach or attach; and a foreign substance collecting unit provided in the sample chamber and configured to collect a foreign substance dropped from the foreign substance attachment/detachment unit. An opening through which the foreign substance passes is provided in an upper end portion of the foreign substance collecting unit. An area of the opening is smaller than a horizontal cross-sectional area of an internal space of the foreign substance collecting unit.

Abstract: A motor control device includes an MCU and a predriver configuring at least a part of a circuit for controlling driving of a motor. The MCU includes a communication timing judgment portion, judging whether or not a timing is to execute a communication between the MCU and the predriver and outputting a communication execution command when the timing is judged to be a timing to execute the communication between the MCU and the predriver; and a communication portion, executing the communication between the MCU and the predriver when the communication execution command is input. The communication timing judgment portion judges a timing that does not overlap with a timing at which noise occurs due to a factor other than the communication between the MCU and the predriver as the timing to execute the communication between the MCU and the predriver.

Abstract: A motor control device includes an MCU and a predriver configuring at least a part of a circuit for controlling driving of a motor. The MCU includes a communication timing judgment portion, outputting a communication verification command when a diagnostic signal including information indicating whether the mechanism or equipment to be controlled by a combination of the MCU and the predriver is in a fail state is input from the predriver to the MCU; a signal content judgment portion, judging whether a content of the diagnostic signal is in the fail state when the communication verification command is input and outputting a communication execution command when the content of the diagnostic signal indicates the fail state; and a communication portion, executing a communication between the MCU and the predriver for reading fail information of the predriver when the communication execution command is input.

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: A backstop to prevent contact between a spacer and a peripheral member includes a rear jib backstop for a crane, having an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder, a spacer, a spacer holder and a lock mechanism. The spacer holder supports the spacer pivotally and swingably about an axis thereof and allows the spacer to fit on the inner cylinder, to keep the rear jib backstop from contracting in accordance with a change in a posture of the rear jib backstop when a boom rises. The lock mechanism enables locking of the spacer in such a manner as to keep the spacer from swinging about a swing central axis in a state where the spacer is located away from an outer surface of the inner cylinder.

Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a light source device configured to a light containing a first color light, a second color light, and a third color, and a polarization converter converting a first polarized light of the light emitted from the light source device into a second polarized light, wherein the polarization converter has a polarization separation part separating the light emitted from the light source device into the first polarized light and the second polarized light, and a wave plate converting the first polarized light into the second polarized light, 80% or more of the first color light output from the light source device is the second polarized light, and a wavelength at which polarization rotation efficiency of the wave plate is the highest is longer than a peak wavelength of the second color light and shorter than a peak wavelength of the third color light.