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: Provided is a liquid tank, including: a cylindrical seamless tank body having both end portions being reduced in diameter toward respective end sides; and a plurality of annular baffles provided inside the tank body and arranged at intervals in an axial direction of the tank body, in which at least one of the plurality of baffles is held on an inner peripheral surface of the tank body.

Abstract: A road surface friction coefficient estimation apparatus for a vehicle includes: a first estimator; a second estimator; and a third estimator. The first estimator estimates a first road surface friction coefficient on a basis of a vehicle information acquired from the vehicle. The second estimator estimates a second road surface friction coefficient on a basis of an external information acquired from an outside of the vehicle. The third estimator estimates a road surface friction coefficient from the first road surface friction coefficient and the second road surface friction coefficient on a basis of a first reliability degree and a second reliability degree, the first reliability degree indicating a reliability of the first road surface friction coefficient, the second reliability degree indicating a reliability of the second road surface friction coefficient.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a control unit and an onboard communication device. The control unit includes a memory and is configured to store a program and a first version identifier in the memory. The program is updated at any program update timing. The first version identifier is directed to identifying of a version of the updated program. The onboard communication device is configured to hold information relating to memory addresses of the memory and hold a second version identifier that is updated at predetermined timing independent of the program update timing. The onboard communication device is configured to obtain, at the predetermined timing, the first version identifier in the memory from the control unit and to update the information relating to the memory addresses by communicating with the management server when the first version identifier in the memory does not agree with the second version identifier in the onboard communication device.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a motor information acquisition unit, a transmitting unit, a receiving unit and a motor controller. The motor information acquisition unit is configured to acquire motor information about a motor for driving a vehicle with the motor being in a predetermined state. The transmitting unit is configured to transmit the acquired motor information to an external server. The receiving unit is configured to receive an adaptive value of a motor control parameter. The adaptive value is adapted by the server on a basis of the motor information. The motor controller is configured to control the motor on a basis of the received adaptive value.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a decider; and a rotation speed controller. The decider is configured to decide on a basis of a traveling state of the vehicle that a wheel which is spun is coupled to a drive source to increase a number of driving wheels. The rotation speed controller is configured to decide increase a rotation speed of the drive source in advance in accordance with an information of a vehicle behavior unstableness degree which is acquired from an outside of the vehicle before the wheel is coupled to the drive source.

Abstract: A charging management system includes a battery, an onboard charger, and an electricity integrator. The battery is chargeable with electricity. The onboard charger is configured to supply electricity wirelessly received to the battery. The electricity integrator is configured to integrate an amount of electricity used for charging the battery.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a slippage determination unit, a control unit, a different-diameter determination unit and a threshold adjuster. The slippage determination unit determines that a drive wheel is slipping when an index value that is correlated with a rotation speed of the drive wheel exceeds a threshold. The control unit controls a driving force of the drive wheel such that the index value matches a target value when it is determined that the drive wheel is slipping. The different-diameter determination unit determines whether a different-diameter tire that has a different diameter from a reference diameter is mounted on the drive wheel. The threshold adjuster adjusts a threshold on the basis of a ratio between a diameter of the tire mounted on the drive wheel and the reference diameter when it is determined that the different-diameter tire is mounted on the drive wheel.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a control unit and an onboard communication device. The control unit includes a memory and is configured to store a program and a first version identifier in the memory. The program is updated at any program update timing. The first version identifier is directed to identifying of a version of the updated program. The onboard communication device is configured to hold information relating to memory addresses of the memory and hold a second version identifier that is updated at predetermined timing independent of the program update timing. The onboard communication device is configured to obtain, at the predetermined timing, the first version identifier in the memory from the control unit and to update the information relating to the memory addresses by communicating with the management server when the first version identifier in the memory does not agree with the second version identifier in the onboard communication device.

Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes a controller configured to cause a transition of distribution of driving forces of front wheels and rear wheels, from first distribution to second distribution at a predetermined time change rate, until the vehicle arrives at a point of change. The point of change is a point at which a friction coefficient of a road surface changes frontward of the vehicle.

Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes a predictor and a controller. The predictor is configured to predict, on the basis of change information, whether or not the vehicle will collide with a frontward obstacle, on the condition that a brake operation by a driver has been performed. The change information is information regarding a change in a friction coefficient of a road surface frontward of the vehicle. The controller is configured to control brake power of the vehicle on the basis of the change information, on the condition that a prediction is made that the vehicle will collide with the obstacle.

Abstract: A road surface friction coefficient estimation apparatus for a vehicle includes: a first estimator; a second estimator; and a third estimator. The first estimator estimates a first road surface friction coefficient on a basis of a vehicle information acquired from the vehicle. The second estimator estimates a second road surface friction coefficient on a basis of an external information acquired from an outside of the vehicle. The third estimator estimates a road surface friction coefficient from the first road surface friction coefficient and the second road surface friction coefficient on a basis of a first reliability degree and a second reliability degree, the first reliability degree indicating a reliability of the first road surface friction coefficient, the second reliability degree indicating a reliability of the second road surface friction coefficient.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a decider; and a rotation speed controller. The decider is configured to decide on a basis of a traveling state of the vehicle that a wheel which is spun is coupled to a drive source to increase a number of driving wheels. The rotation speed controller is configured to decide increase a rotation speed of the drive source in advance in accordance with an information of a vehicle behavior unstableness degree which is acquired from an outside of the vehicle before the wheel is coupled to the drive source.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a motor information acquisition unit, a transmitting unit, a receiving unit and a motor controller. The motor information acquisition unit is configured to acquire motor information about a motor for driving a vehicle with the motor being in a predetermined state. The transmitting unit is configured to transmit the acquired motor information to an external server. The receiving unit is configured to receive an adaptive value of a motor control parameter. The adaptive value is adapted by the server on a basis of the motor information. The motor controller is configured to control the motor on a basis of the received adaptive value.

Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes a controller configured to cause a transition of distribution of driving forces of front wheels and rear wheels, from first distribution to second distribution at a predetermined time change rate, until the vehicle arrives at a point of change. The point of change is a point at which a friction coefficient of a road surface changes frontward of the vehicle.

Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes a predictor and a controller. The predictor is configured to predict, on the basis of change information, whether or not the vehicle will collide with a frontward obstacle, on the condition that a brake operation by a driver has been performed. The change information is information regarding a change in a friction coefficient of a road surface frontward of the vehicle. The controller is configured to control brake power of the vehicle on the basis of the change information, on the condition that a prediction is made that the vehicle will collide with the obstacle.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a slippage determination unit, a control unit, a different-diameter determination unit and a threshold adjuster. The slippage determination unit determines that a drive wheel is slipping when an index value that is correlated with a rotation speed of the drive wheel exceeds a threshold. The control unit controls a driving force of the drive wheel such that the index value matches a target value when it is determined that the drive wheel is slipping. The different-diameter determination unit determines whether a different-diameter tire that has a different diameter from a reference diameter is mounted on the drive wheel. The threshold adjuster adjusts a threshold on the basis of a ratio between a diameter of the tire mounted on the drive wheel and the reference diameter when it is determined that the different-diameter tire is mounted on the drive wheel.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a standard inter-vehicle distance setting module that sets a standard inter-vehicle distance in accordance with a velocity of a subject vehicle that is equipped with the vehicle control device, an inter-vehicle distance measuring module that measures an inter-vehicle distance between the subject vehicle and a preceding vehicle, an effectiveness ratio setting module that sets an effectiveness ratio on the basis of an inter-vehicle distance difference obtained by subtracting the standard inter-vehicle distance from the inter-vehicle distance, the effectiveness ratio indicating a proportion of an amount of an accelerator operation by a driver to be reflected on a drive control, and a drive control module that performs the drive control on the subject vehicle on the basis of the effectiveness ratio.

Abstract: A vehicle front structure for a vehicle includes: a suspension member integrally assembled to a vehicle body; a first arm member that connects the suspension member to a wheel assembly; and a second arm member that connects the suspension member to the first arm member. The vehicle front structure includes a projection portion placed between a connection portion for the first arm member and a connection portion for the second arm member in a side rail constituting the suspension member and configured to abut with the second arm member deformed due to an input along with a collision caused in a front portion of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a standard inter-vehicle distance setting module that sets a standard inter-vehicle distance in accordance with a velocity of a subject vehicle that is equipped with the vehicle control device, an inter-vehicle distance measuring module that measures an inter-vehicle distance between the subject vehicle and a preceding vehicle, an effectiveness ratio setting module that sets an effectiveness ratio on the basis of an inter-vehicle distance difference obtained by subtracting the standard inter-vehicle distance from the inter-vehicle distance, the effectiveness ratio indicating a proportion of an amount of an accelerator operation by a driver to be reflected on a drive control, and a drive control module that performs the drive control on the subject vehicle on the basis of the effectiveness ratio.