Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a top coating agent which forms a protective film demonstrating a beautiful silvery-white appearance, can be adjusted to suppress increases in the friction coefficient even when heat-treated at a high temperature, stabilizes sliding, is strong, and has excellent water resistance, corrosion resistance, and the like; and a fastening member having the protective film formed using said top coating agent. The present invention provides: a top coating agent that includes a polyoxyalkylene amine-based surfactant, a water-soluble modified organopolysiloxane, aluminum flake, and a diluent containing water; and a silvery-white fastening member having a protective film formed using said top coating agent.

Abstract: A cell detachment method for detaching a cell from a substrate by applying vibration to the cell adherent to the substrate includes an incubation step of incubating the cell after bringing a cell detachment liquid containing substantially no proteolytic enzyme into contact with the cell, an information acquisition step of acquiring information relating to the incubated cell, a determination step of determining a time when vibration is applied to the incubated cell in accordance with the information relating to the cell, and a detachment step of applying vibration to the incubated cell.

Abstract: A passage timing calculation device includes a processor and a memory encoded with instructions executed by the processor, wherein the instructions causing the processor to perform operations comprising calculating a time change in an area occupied by an extraction target region that is a region in which a striated pattern appears from a plurality of images of pluripotent stem cells captured at different times, detecting a change point of the time change in an area occupied by the extraction target region, and calculating a passage timing of the pluripotent stem cells on the basis of the change point.

Abstract: A vehicle power supply system includes a first secondary battery, a second secondary battery whose output voltage is lower than that of the first secondary battery, a power conversion device configured to convert an input AC voltage into a DC voltage and output the DC voltage, a battery pack configured to receive the DC power output from the power conversion device and charge the first secondary battery, DC/DC converters configured to step down an input DC voltage to output the stepped-down DC voltage, and a power control unit configured to control the battery pack. The first secondary battery is connected to input ports of the DC/DC converters via the battery pack. An output port of the DC/DC converter is connected to a video media control unit, and the DC/DC converter is provided separately from the video media control unit. An output port of the DC/DC converter is connected to the second secondary battery.

Abstract: A passage timing calculation device includes a processor and a memory encoded with instructions executed by the processor, wherein the instructions causing the processor to perform operations comprising calculating a time change in an area occupied by an extraction target region that is a region in which a striated pattern appears from a plurality of images of pluripotent stem cells captured at different times, detecting a change point of the time change in an area occupied by the extraction target region, and calculating a passage timing of the pluripotent stem cells on the basis of the change point.

Abstract: A nucleoside phosphoramidite identifying system for improving a nucleoside phosphoramidite identification accuracy includes a memory unit configured to store spectra of solutions of a plurality of different nucleoside phosphoramidites, a detecting unit configured to detect a spectrum of a solution of a nucleoside phosphoramidite, and an identifying unit configured to identify the nucleoside phosphoramidite based on cosine similarity between the spectra stored in the memory unit and the spectrum detected by the detecting unit.

Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for oral administration in which the solubility and/or dissolution properties of enzalutamide are improved and supersaturation is maintained. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition for oral administration in which the oral absorbability of enzalutamide is improved. The pharmaceutical composition for oral administration comprises enzalutamide and polyvinyl alcohol.

Abstract: This nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided with an electrode body that is obtained by alternately laminating a plurality of positive electrodes and a plurality of negative electrodes, with separators being interposed therebetween. Each separator is configured of a porous resin substrate and a porous heat-resistant layer that is formed on one surface of the resin substrate and has a larger surface roughness than the resin substrate. The electrode body comprises: bonding particles that bond a negative electrode and a heat-resistant layer with each other; and bonding particles that bond a positive electrode and a resin substrate with each other. The mass of the bonding particles per unit area in a first interface between the negative electrode and the heat-resistant layer is larger than the mass of the bonding particles per unit area in a second interface between the positive electrode and the resin substrate.

Abstract: A lens apparatus includes an optical system including a front lens group having a positive refractive power and configured to move to an object side during focusing from infinity to a close-distance object, and a rear lens group arranged on an image side of the front lens group and configured to be immovable during focusing, a motor configured to move the front lens group, and a holding member including a flange portion, on the object side, extending in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical system and configured to hold at least part of the rear lens group, wherein the motor includes a coil, a casing housing the coil, and a shaft portion extending from the casing in an optical-axis direction of the optical system, and arranged at a position at which an end surface on the image side of the casing is on the object side with respect to the flange portion in the optical-axis direction.

Abstract: Provided is an image blur correction device, including a driven member configured to hold a correction target member; a plurality of actuators configured to move a driven member within a plane; a first movable member configured to guide a movement of the driven member in a first direction; a second movable member configured to guide a movement of the driven member in a second direction different from the first direction; and a fixing member configured to movably hold the driven member, the first movable member, and the second movable member, wherein the fixing member is sandwiched at least between the driven member and the first movable member or between the driven member and the second movable member.

Abstract: A passage timing calculation device includes a processor and a memory encoded with instructions executed by the processor, wherein the instructions causing the processor to perform operations comprising calculating a time change in an area occupied by an extraction target region that is a region in which a striated pattern appears from a plurality of images of pluripotent stem cells captured at different times, detecting a change point of the time change in an area occupied by the extraction target region, and calculating a passage timing of the pluripotent stem cells on the basis of the change point.

Abstract: A lens barrel includes a first guide barrel, a first cam barrel, a linear movement barrel, a second guide barrel configured to guide a linear movement of the linear movement barrel in the optical axis direction, and a second cam barrel movable in the optical axis direction as the second guide barrel moves in the optical axis direction, and rotatable around the optical axis relative to the second guide barrel, and the second cam barrel including a second cam configured to move the linear movement barrel in the optical axis direction by a rotation of the second cam barrel. The linear movement barrel is disposed between the second guide barrel disposed on an outer circumference of the linear movement barrel and the second cam barrel disposed on an inner circumference of the linear movement barrel.

Abstract: An optical image stabilization apparatus includes an image stabilization element, a movable member configured to hold the image stabilization element, a support member configured to movably support the movable member, a coil held by one of the movable member and the support member, and a magnet held by the other of the movable member and the support member and opposite to the coil. The optical image stabilization apparatus drives the movable member by electrifying the coil to correct an image blur, and further includes a nonmagnetic conductor configured to cover a surface different from a magnet opposing surface of the coil that faces the magnet.

Abstract: A motor includes a pressing member pressing a vibrator onto a contacting member, first and second holding members respectively holding the vibrator and a transmission member, which transmits pressing force by the pressing member to the vibrator, and a coupling member coupling the first and second holding members. The vibrator and the contacting member move by vibrations occurring in the vibrator. The coupling member includes a rolling member moving the first and second holding members in a pressing direction of the pressing member, and an urging member, which is held by the second holding member, urging the first and second holding members in parallel with a moving direction of the vibrator and the contacting member. The rolling member is sandwiched between the first and second holding members, and abuts against the first holding member on a center side of the vibrator in the moving direction.

Abstract: Provided is an image blur correction device, including a driven member configured to hold a correction target member; a plurality of actuators configured to move a driven member within a plane; a first movable member configured to guide a movement of the driven member in a first direction; a second movable member configured to guide a movement of the driven member in a second direction different from the first direction; and a fixing member configured to movably hold the driven member, the first movable member, and the second movable member, wherein the fixing member is sandwiched at least between the driven member and the first movable member or between the driven member and the second movable member.

Abstract: An optical image stabilization apparatus includes an image stabilization element, a movable member configured to hold the image stabilization element, a support member configured to movably support the movable member, a coil held by one of the movable member and the support member, and a magnet held by the other of the movable member and the support member and opposite to the coil. The optical image stabilization apparatus drives the movable member by electrifying the coil to correct an image blur, and further includes a nonmagnetic conductor configured to cover a surface different from a magnet opposing surface of the coil that faces the magnet.

Abstract: A lens apparatus includes an optical system including a front lens group having a positive refractive power and configured to move to an object side during focusing from infinity to a close-distance object, and a rear lens group arranged on an image side of the front lens group and configured to be immovable during focusing, a motor configured to move the front lens group, and a holding member including a flange portion, on the object side, extending in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical system and configured to hold at least part of the rear lens group, wherein the motor includes a coil, a casing housing the coil, and a shaft portion extending from the casing in an optical-axis direction of the optical system, and arranged at a position at which an end surface on the image side of the casing is on the object side with respect to the flange portion in the optical-axis direction.

Abstract: This nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided with an electrode body that is obtained by alternately laminating a plurality of positive electrodes and a plurality of negative electrodes, with separators being interposed therebetween. Each separator is configured of a porous resin substrate and a porous heat-resistant layer that is formed on one surface of the resin substrate and has a larger surface roughness than the resin substrate. The electrode body comprises: bonding particles that bond a negative electrode and a heat-resistant layer with each other; and bonding particles that bond a positive electrode and a resin substrate with each other. The mass of the bonding particles per unit area in a first interface between the negative electrode and the heat-resistant layer is larger than the mass of the bonding particles per unit area in a second interface between the positive electrode and the resin substrate.

Abstract: An adhesive contains: (A) a monofunctional epoxy compound having one epoxy group per molecule; (B) a polyfunctional epoxy compound having two or more epoxy groups per molecule; (C) a photo cation generator; (D) an acrylic compound; (E) a photo-radical generator; and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of (F) a monofunctional oxetane compound and (H) a polyfunctional oxetane compound.

Abstract: A lens barrel includes a first guide barrel, a first cam barrel, a linear movement barrel, a second guide barrel configured to guide a linear movement of the linear movement barrel in the optical axis direction, and a second cam barrel movable in the optical axis direction as the second guide barrel moves in the optical axis direction, and rotatable around the optical axis relative to the second guide barrel, and the second cam barrel including a second cam configured to move the linear movement barrel in the optical axis direction by a rotation of the second cam barrel. The linear movement barrel is disposed between the second guide barrel disposed on an outer circumference of the linear movement barrel and the second cam barrel disposed on an inner circumference of the linear movement barrel.