Abstract: To provide a novel colitis ameliorating agent. A colitis ameliorating agent comprising a trans-astaxanthin derivative of formula (I), geometric isomers thereof, a mixture of the geometric isomers, an optical isomer thereof, or a salt thereof; (wherein m1, m2, n1, and n2 are each the same or different and mean an integer of 1 to 6).

Abstract: A device information acquirer acquires device information of each electrical device of a plurality of electrical devices from a control apparatus. A device information display associates and displays on a screen an identifier, an expected installation location, and a device state for each electrical device based on the device information of each electrical device acquired by the device information acquirer. The device information acquirer acquires from the control apparatus the device state information of an electrical device of interest newly collected by the control apparatus after the electrical device installed at the expected installation location of the electrical device of interest is operated by the user. The device information display explicitly shows on the screen whether the device state of the electrical device has changed due to the operation by the user based on the device state information of the electrical device of interest acquired by the device information acquirer.

Abstract: A wheel house unit structure is provided which has a wheel house including a curved surface portion, a circular cylindrical suspension tower provided at the curved surface portion, at the vehicle front side, of the wheel house, and a reinforcement member connected to the curved surface portion of the wheel house and to an outer circumference of the suspension tower. The reinforcement member has a ridge which connects the curved surface portion and the outer circumference of the suspension tower in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle, and forms a closed cross section structure with the curved surface portion of the wheel house and the outer circumference of the suspension tower.

Abstract: A resin powder for solid freeform fabrication is provided which maintains the degree of smoothness of a thin layer formed with the resin powder for solid freeform fabrication even when the speed of supplying the resin powder for solid freeform fabrication using a recoater is increased and reduce lowering of the degree of smoothness of the thin layer caused by the resin powder for solid freeform fabrication that has scattered and accumulated on the recoater and others.

Abstract: The present invention provides the compound, 3-[(1S,2S)-1-[5-[(4S)-2,2-Dimethyloxan-4-yl]-2-(4S)-2-(4-fluoro-3,5-dimethylphenyl)-3-[3-(4-fluoro-1-methylindazol-5-yl)-2-oxoimidazol-1-yl]-4-methyl-6,7-dihydro-4H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridine-5-carbonyl]indol-1-yl]-2-methylcyclopropyl]-4H-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-one, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound, as well as a preventative agent or a therapeutic agent for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (Type 2 diabetes) or obesity containing such compound.

Abstract: A radiographic image capturing system is described. If a hardware processor determines that an image processor and an image analyzing unit are capable of sharing image data via an identical memory, the image processor stores image data in the memory and the image analyzing unit analyzes the image data with reference to the memory. If the hardware processor determines that the image processor and the image analyzing unit can send and receive the data via a wired network, the image processor transfers the data to the image analyzing unit, and the image analyzing unit analyzes the data. If the hardware processor determines that the image processor and the image analyzing unit can send and receive the data via a wireless network, the image processor compresses the data or decimates partial data and transfers the data to the image analyzing unit, and the image analyzing unit decompresses and analyzes the data.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device includes: a substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface; a first nitride semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type provided above the first main surface; a second nitride semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type provided above the first nitride semiconductor layer; a first opening which penetrates through the second nitride semiconductor layer to the first nitride semiconductor layer; an electron transport layer provided above the second nitride semiconductor layer and on an inner surface of the first opening; a gate electrode provided above the electron transport layer and covering the first opening; a source electrode connected to the second nitride semiconductor layer; a drain electrode provided on a second main surface-side of the substrate; and a high-resistance layer provided between the second nitride semiconductor layer and the electron transport layer in the first opening, the high-resistance layer including a nitride semiconductor.

Abstract: A settings data storage stores unique serial numbers and information regarding a plurality of patterns for alternately switching between normal operation for operating at high capacity and suppressed operation for operating at low capacity each unit time. A pattern specifier determines information for a pattern set in accordance with even and odd serial numbers. A water-heating heat amount determiner determines a heat amount necessary for water heating. A water heating scheduler establishes a water heating plan based on information regarding the pattern determined by the pattern determiner and the water-heating heat amount as determined by the water-heating heat amount determiner. A water heating controller alternately switches between normal operating and suppressed operation to heat water in accordance with the water heating plan established by the water heating scheduler.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor and accesses a first storage device and a second storage device wherein an access speed of the second storage device is higher than an access speed of the first storage device. The memory stores information relating to a request in a request from the information processing apparatus to the second storage device. The processor, which is connected to the memory, determines a load on the second storage device based on the information relating to the request.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having the basic structure shown by Formula (I) in which the indole ring and the pyrazolopyridine structure is bound through a substituent, a salt thereof or a solvate of either the compound or a salt of the compound, as well as a preventative agent or a therapeutic agent for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (Type 2 diabetes) or obesity containing such compound, salt or solvate as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin powder, including a heat-resistant antistatic agent in an amount of 0.01% by mass or greater but 30.0% by mass or less. Also provided is a resin powder, including resin particles and resin fine particles having a number-based primary particle diameter of 1.50 micrometers or less.

Abstract: A panel mounting portion of a grommet includes an annular shaped base portion, a seal portion formed on the base portion, and a groove portion formed between the base portion and the seal portion. The seal portion includes a support portion extending forward from the base portion in a mounting direction to the panel, an extension portion extending outward from the support portion in a radial direction, a lip portion formed on the extension portion such that the lip portion protrudes forward in the mounting direction, and a thin portion formed at a middle portion of the support portion in the mounting direction. The panel mounting portion is pressed against the panel, so that the support portion is elastically deformed at the thin portion. And, the lip portion is in close contact with the panel in a state of protruding forward in the mounting direction.

Abstract: A curable organopolysiloxane composition comprises: (A) an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane; (B) a compound having at least two thiol groups in a molecule; (C) an azo compound and/or an organic peroxide; and (D) at least one type of compound selected from the group consisting of quinone compounds, compounds having one or two aromatic hydroxyl groups in a molecule, compounds having one thiol group in a molecule, nitrosamine compounds, hydroxylamine compounds, and phenothiazine compounds. The curable organopolysiloxane composition can be quickly cured even at a relatively low temperature (e.g. of 80° C. or lower) to form a cured film with excellent adhesion to an object to be coated.

Abstract: An object is to provide a polymer having a high tumor/blood ratio. The present invention provides a polymer represented by the following formula (P1): wherein in the formula (P1), R represents any of a residue derived from a polymerization initiator, or a functional group; A may not be present, and when present, A represents any of a low-molecular compound, a dye, a reporter molecule, a target-binding molecule, a polymer or D; L represents a linker and L may not be present; n1 represents an integer of 1 or more; and D represents a dye backbone of a dye having absorption in the near-infrared region.

Abstract: A semiconductor relay includes: a light-emitting element; and a light-receiving element facing the light-emitting element. The light-receiving element includes: a substrate; a semiconductor layer having a direct transition type, the semiconductor layer being disposed on the substrate and having a semi-insulating property; a first electrode having at least a part in contact with the semiconductor layer; and a second electrode having at least a part in contact with either one of the semiconductor layer and the substrate, in a position separated from the first electrode. The semiconductor layer is reduced in resistance by absorbing light from the light-emitting element.

Abstract: There are provided a reactivity-introduced compound that imparts reactivity capable of bonding of a solid to another material, can perform imparting to a solid with high efficiency, and has high adhesion of bonding, a manufacturing method thereof, a surface-reactive solid using the same, and a manufacturing method of a surface-reactive solid. There are provided a reactivity-introduced compound provided on a surface of the solid for bonding the solid to another material, the reactivity-introduced compound including a triazine ring, an alkoxysilyl group (including a case where an alkoxy group in the alkoxysilyl group is OH), and a diazomethyl group in one molecule, a manufacturing method thereof, a surface-reactive solid using the same, and a manufacturing method of a surface-reactive solid.

Abstract: Provided is a material capable of further extending the life of a cell including a zinc species as a negative electrode active material. The present invention relates to an anion conducting membrane formed using an anion conducting membrane-forming material, the anion conducting membrane-forming material including a conjugated diene based polymer and/or a (meth)acrylic based polymer, and a compound containing at least one element selected from Groups I to XVII of the periodic table, the anion conducting membrane having a cross-section in which a ratio of a combined area of particles of the compound containing at least one element selected from Groups I to XVII of the periodic table to a combined area of the components of the anion conducting membrane-forming material other than the compound (particles of the compound/components of the anion conducting membrane-forming material other than the compound) is 70/30 to 30/70.

Abstract: A sensor core (8) is arranged in a plane (P1), which is positioned on sides of opposite ends of plungers (5a, 5b) from bosses (6a, 6b), and which is perpendicular to a direction of movement of the plungers (5a, 5b). A magnetic sensor (9) is arranged at a position in the plane (P1), the position being apart from a magnetic path (A3) of a leakage flux of a magnetic circuit (A).

Abstract: A method of producing a shaped object includes preparing a formation sheet that includes a base and a thermally expansive layer that is laminated on a first main surface of the base, the thermally expansive layer containing a binder and a thermal expansion material; laminating, onto a second main surface on a side opposite to the first main surface of the base or onto the thermally expansive layer, a thermal conversion layer in predetermined pattern, the thermal conversion layer converting first electromagnetic waves into heat; and causing the thermally expansive layer to expand in a pattern that corresponds to the predetermined pattern by irradiating the formation sheet on which the thermal conversion layer is laminated with the first electromagnetic waves and second electromagnetic waves that cause the binder to become cross-linked.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave detector, which photoelectrically converts and detects an electromagnetic wave incident on a graphene layer, including: a substrate having a front surface and a back surface; a lower insulating layer provided on the front surface of the substrate; a ferroelectric layer and a pair of electrodes provided on the lower insulating layer, the pair of electrodes arranged to face each other with the ferroelectric layer sandwiched therebetween; an upper insulating layer provided on the ferroelectric layer; and a graphene layer arranged on the lower insulating layer and the upper insulating layer to connect the two electrodes. Alternatively, the electromagnetic wave detector includes: a graphene layer provided on the lower insulating layer; and a ferroelectric layer provided on the graphene layer with an upper insulating layer interposed therebetween and a pair of electrodes provided on the graphene layer to face each other with the ferroelectric layer sandwiched therebetween.