Abstract: A blood pressure controlling apparatus includes an acquiring part configured to acquire biological information indicating blood pressure of a subject, a producing part configured to produce a frequency modulated pulse train on the basis of the biological information, and a supplying part configured to supply an electrical current on the basis of the frequency modulated pulse train, to an electrode attached on the subject. The electrical current stimulates baroreceptor afferent nerves of the subject.

Abstract: A method of cultivating a plant including a step of seeding a seed of the plant on a transparent medium and germinating and a step of evaluating and sorting the seed of the plant after a start of the germinating according to a germinating state, and a plant cultivation apparatus that can be used for the method of cultivating a plant.

Abstract: A method of cultivating a fruit vegetable plant, including raising seedlings of the fruit vegetable plant by a flooded hydroponic method using a culture solution having a dissolved oxygen concentration of 3.2 mg/l or more in an environment in which one or more conditions selected from the group consisting of temperature, relative humidity, and light are controlled.

Abstract: A method of cultivating a fruit vegetable plant, in which at least two parts of a plurality of ground parts generated from one plant seedling of the fruit vegetable plant are cultivated in different environments, and a tomato fruit.

Abstract: Provided is a tomato plant that satisfies Formula (1) and the application: 6.0?L/X?30.0??(1) wherein, in the formula, in a case where the tomato plant does not have a side branch, L represents a length in cm unit from a planting surface to a growth point of a main branch, and X represents a sum of the number of flower clusters and fruit clusters of the main branch, and in a case where the tomato plant has a side branch, L represents a length in cm unit from the planting surface to the growth point of one main branch or side branch, and X represents a sum of the number of flower clusters and fruit clusters of the one main branch or side branch, and where X is an integer of 2 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a biocompatible material capable of forming a gel having excellent retention and scratch resistance. The biocompatible material according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an alginate having a weight-average molecular weight of 1 million or more, an aluminum compound, a carboxyvinyl polymer, and an oil-based base material. However, the biocompatible material is substantially free of water.

Abstract: A battery, in which a damage on an electrode tab group is suitably inhibited, is provided. The herein disclosed battery satisfies D1>D2 in the case where a length of an interval from a first end part existing in a surface direction along the first side wall to a positive electrode tab join part is treated as D1 and a length of an interval from a second end part to a negative electrode tab join part in the above described surface direction is treated as D2.

Abstract: This secondary battery is provided with an electrode body formed by laminating a positive electrode and a negative electrode with a separator interposed therebetween. The separator includes a first layer and a second layer having a lesser thermal shrinkage than the first layer, and has a tubular part that is formed in a tubular shape and that constitutes the outermost surface of the electrode body. The tubular part, of the separator, that constitutes the outermost surface of the electrode body has a tape stuck thereto in at least one end portion in the axial direction, the tape pressing the one end portion in the axial direction from one side to the other side in the lamination direction of the electrode body.

Abstract: This non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises an electrode body in which a first separator, a positive electrode plate, a second separator, and a negative electrode plate are layered and coiled for 10 or more turns. The electrode body includes: a flat section in which the outer peripheral surface is flat; and two curved surface sections which are disposed at both ends in a first direction of the flat section and in which the outer peripheral surface is curved. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a winding-end tape that is adhered to the outermost peripheral surface of the electrode body; and a positive electrode protective tape that is adhered to a winding-start-side end section on the inner peripheral side of the positive electrode plate. The winding-end tape is disposed on one of the two curved surface sections.

Abstract: This secondary battery comprises an electrode body obtained by laminating positive electrodes and negative electrodes with a separator interposed therebetween. The separator includes a first layer and a second layer having lower thermal shrinkage than the first layer, and has a tubular section that is formed into a tube shape and constitutes the outermost surface of the electrode body. The separator is arranged such that, in the tubular section thereof, the first layer faces the inside and the second layer faces the outside.

Abstract: Provided is a soundproof structure that is small and light and can sufficiently reduce noise with a high natural frequency of a sound source. There is provided a soundproof structure including a frame having an opening, and at least one membrane-like member fixed to an opening surface where the opening of the frame is formed, in which a rear surface space is formed to be surrounded by the frame and the membrane-like member, and a sound is absorbed due to vibration of the membrane-like member, and a sound absorption coefficient of the vibration of the membrane-like member at a frequency in at least one high-order vibration mode existing at frequencies of 1 kHz or higher is higher than a sound absorption coefficient at a frequency in a fundamental vibration mode.

Abstract: A decrease in energy density of a battery is suppressed, and the occurrence of internal short circuit between a positive plate and a negative plate located at the innermost circumference of a curved portion of a flat electrode assembly, where the curvature of the curved portion is greatest, is suppressed. In a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a flat wound electrode assembly (14), the electrode assembly (14) has a pair of curved portions (20A, 20B) located at either end and a flat portion (21) located between the pair of curved portions. In at least one of the curved portions, at least two layers of a second electrode plate are disposed on an inner side of a curved portion of a first electrode plate located at an innermost circumference.

Abstract: Provided is a silencing member for an electrified vehicle, which can suitably reduce a narrow band sound generated by a motor or the like, can handle a plurality of frequencies, can prevent generation of a wind noise, and can be miniaturized and thinned.

Abstract: A film includes a polymer having a weight-average molecular weight equal to or more than Mf1 represented by the following Formula (1), Mf1=6.60×10(4+Me/11,400) (1), in which, in the Formula (1), Me represents an entanglement molecular weight of the polymer, in which a glass transition temperature of the polymer is 60° C. or higher, and a content of fine particles having a particle diameter of from 10 nm to 10 ?m in the film is 40 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymer.

Abstract: Provided is a biocompatible material capable of forming a gel having excellent retention and scratch resistance. The biocompatible material according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an alginate having a weight-average molecular weight of 1 million or more, an aluminum compound, a carboxyvinyl polymer, and an oil-based base material. However, the biocompatible material is substantially free of water.

Abstract: Provided is a soundproof structure that is small and light and can sufficiently reduce noise with a high natural frequency of a sound source. There is provided a soundproof structure including a frame having an opening, and at least one membrane-like member fixed to an opening surface where the opening of the frame is formed, in which a rear surface space is formed to be surrounded by the frame and the membrane-like member, and a sound is absorbed due to vibration of the membrane-like member, and a sound absorption coefficient of the vibration of the membrane-like member at a frequency in at least one high-order vibration mode existing at frequencies of 1 kHz or higher is higher than a sound absorption coefficient at a frequency in a fundamental vibration mode.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a plant in order to obtain a plant having a high content of a caffeoylquinic acid compound. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a processed plant product. The method for producing a plant according to the present invention includes a step of growing at least one plant selected from the group consisting of a tuber other than a sweet potato, a plant belonging to the family Convolvulaceae, and a plant belonging to the family Asteraceae; and a step of subjecting the grown plant to nutriculture using a culture solution which is substantially free of a nitrate ion and a phosphate ion.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer obtained by homopolymerizing a lactone monomer. The polymer contains a structural unit having a lactone ring containing three or more carbon atoms, wherein at least one of the carbon atoms, except for C of —C(?O)O—, of the lactone ring forms a part of a main chain; and wherein at least one of the carbon atoms, except for C of —C(?O)O—, which forms the lactone ring and is other than the carbon atom(s) forming a part of the main chain is bridged with an atom of the main chain.

Abstract: A resin composed of a particular polymer, the particular polymer including a repeating unit containing a structure derived from a dehydroabietic acid, a specific structural unit, and a specific aromatic ring-containing structural unit in the main chain.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer obtained by homopolymerizing a lactone monomer. The polymer contains a structural unit having a lactone ring containing three or more carbon atoms, wherein at least one of the carbon atoms, except for C of —C(?O)O—, of the lactone ring forms a part of a main chain; and wherein at least one of the carbon atoms, except for C of —C(?O)O—, which forms the lactone ring and is other than the carbon atom(s) forming a part of the main chain is bridged with an atom of the main chain.