Abstract: The polyester-based resin composition according to the invention is a polyester resin composition, containing: at least a polyester resin (A); and a surfactant (B), in which the polyester resin (A) is a copolymer of a compound having a polyalkylene glycol with from 3 to 50 repeating units as a structure as a constituent component, the surfactant (B) is a nonionic surfactant having a structure of a polyalkylene glycol, and the contact angle of water is 30° or less.

Abstract: A communication device includes a first communicator, a second communicator, an identifier acquirer, an identifier transmitter, a communication program acquirer, and a communication program executor. The first communicator communicates with a device. The second communicator communicates with a server. The identifier acquirer acquires from the device via the first communicator an identifier for identifying the device. The identifier transmitter transmits to the server the identifier acquired by the identifier acquirer. The communication program acquirer acquires from the server via the second communicator the communication program associated with the identifier transmitted by the identifier transmitter. The communication program executor executes the communication program acquired by the communication program acquirer.

Abstract: Provided is a sulfide-based solid electrolyte which is capable of suppressing the generation of hydrogen sulfide caused by reaction with moisture even when in contact with dry air in a dry room or the like, and capable of maintaining lithium ion conductivity. Proposed is a sulfide-based solid electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, wherein the surface of a compound containing lithium, phosphorus, sulfur, and halogen, and having a cubic argyrodite-type crystal structure is coated with a compound containing lithium, phosphorus, and sulfur, and having a non-argyrodite-type crystal structure.

Abstract: Crystals of [8-chloro-3-(4-chlorobenzyl)-4-difluoromethoxy-2-ethylquinolin-5-yloxy]acetic acid L-lysine salt, i.e., a crystal A which has peaks at diffraction angles 2?=6.0°, 10.0°, 10.7°, 12.1°, 18.4°, 19.2° and 20.1° in powder X-ray diffraction spectra and a crystal B which has peaks at diffraction angles 2?=6.0°, 11.7°, 12.4°, 15.2°, 16.4°, 20.3° and 22.6° in powder X-ray diffraction spectra. These crystals are chemically stable and have excellent thermal stability and physical properties, and are therefore suitable as medicinal substances.

Abstract: Providing a stent which can easily be indwelled in a blood vessel in a state such that a catheter can be projected toward an inside of aneurysm. The stent is a stent for use in medical treatment of an aneurysm (1) and includes a cylindrical stent body (10) provided on a peripheral wall and having a plurality of insertion portions (11) through each of which a catheter (7) is insertable and a plurality of valving elements (20) provided in the insertion portions (11) respectively. Each valving element (20) is opened when the catheter (7) is inserted through one of the insertion portions (11). Each valving element (20) is closed when the catheter (7) is pulled out of the insertion portion (11). This suppresses an outflow into a blood vessel of a coil (9) placed in the aneurysm (1).

Abstract: A vehicular electric power supply system that is mounted in a vehicle includes: a load is configured to be supplied with electric power from one or both of a first-series electric power supply line and a second-series electric power supply line that are provided independently of each other; a first battery; a second battery; and a connection control device is configured to control connection of the first battery and the second battery to the first-series electric power supply line and the second-series electric power supply line, based on a state of the vehicle.

Abstract: Electrons excited by irradiation of a visible light to a sample is at an energy level lower than a vacuum level, thus photoelectrons are not emitted from the sample and energy of excited electrons cannot be measured. The visible light is irradiated to the sample through a mesh electrode. A surface film for reducing the vacuum level is formed on a surface of the sample. With the surface film being formed, photoelectrons are obtained by the visible light, and these photoelectrons are accelerated by the mesh electrode toward a photoelectron spectrometer. Ultraviolet light may be irradiated to the sample and metal having same potential therewith. In this case, the mesh electrode is set at a retracted position to prohibit interaction of the mesh electrode and the ultraviolet light. A difference between the valence band and the Fermi level of the sample can be measured.

Abstract: An AD conversion apparatus includes an AD conversion unit; a reference voltage switching unit that is disposed between an output of a sensor and an analog input terminal of the AD conversion unit and is connectable to the output of the sensor and a plurality of reference voltage lines; and a control unit to control switching the reference voltage input to the AD conversion unit by connecting the reference voltage switching unit to one of the reference voltage lines and to the output of the sensor. An analog output value of the sensor is input to the analog input terminal of the AD conversion unit via the reference voltage switching unit and is converted into a digital value.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for methods of treating cancer (e.g., leukemia), pharmaceutical compositions for treating cancer, methods of modulating cancer progression and development, and the like.

Abstract: An operation status reproducing device includes an onboard information obtaining unit that obtains onboard information corresponding to date and time from an onboard device mounted on a designated train being a train specified by a train number and the date and time externally designated, a specific event detecting unit that specifies time at which a specific event occurs by analyzing the onboard information, a ground information obtaining unit that obtains ground information in a certain period including the time at which the specific event occurs from a ground device, an external information obtaining unit that obtains external information including weather information in a certain period including the time at which the specific event occurs, and a reproduction image generating unit that generates a reproduction image illustrating a past operation status of the designated train based on the onboard information, the ground information, and the external information.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of predicting responsiveness of a cancer cell to a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, and methods of predicting the risk of progression of a cancer cell to a more aggressive form. Also provided are methods of reducing proliferation or promoting differentiation of a cancer cell having reduced level of Numb or increased level of Msi. Further disclosed are methods of treating a mammalian subject having cancer and methods of assessing an agent for chemotherapeutic potential.

Abstract: An equipment manager manages connected equipment. A Web server is able to provide Web contents that include a monitoring program for monitoring the states of equipment managed by plural equipment management devices. A Web-contents-display controller acquires the Web contents that are transmitted from the Web server, executes the monitoring program, acquires an equipment-management-device-address list, uses the acquired equipment-management-device-address list to connect to each of the plural equipment management devices, acquires equipment data that is managed by each of the equipment management devices, and displays that equipment data on one screen of the Web browser.

Abstract: Provided is a novel pressure pulsation reducing device of a hydraulic system that reduces a stress generated in a metal diaphragm and is excellent in durability. A plurality of concentric recess portions projecting toward an interior space of a pulsation damping member is formed on one of metal diaphragms, and a plurality of concentric recess portions projecting toward the interior space of the pulsation damping member is formed on the other metal diaphragm likewise. When a predetermined pressure is applied to the metal diaphragms, at least one recess portion of one of the metal diaphragms and at least one recess portion of the other metal diaphragm are in contact with each other.

Abstract: A columnar laminar flow generation device includes: a placement part on which to place a processing target; a gas blow-out part having an opening; and a gas suction path; wherein the placement part is positioned in a space whose outer periphery surface is constituted by extending the interior wall of the opening in the direction vertical to the opening; the opening has, in its interior wall, a gas blow-out port through which a gas is blown out in one direction vertical to the opening; and the gas suction path is formed in such a way that it suctions the gas in the direction opposite to the one in which the gas is blown out. The columnar laminar generation device is capable of generating columnar laminar flows.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a switching device may include: forming a plurality of trenches in an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate, the plurality of trenches extending in parallel to each other at the upper surface; forming a mask including a masking portion and an opening portion, the masking portion and the opening portion being arranged on each of the trenches alternately and repeatedly along a longitudinal direction of the trenches; and implanting p-type impurities to a bottom surface of each of the trenches through the mask so as to form a plurality of bottom p-type regions.

Abstract: An elevator control device includes a filter to remove a direct current component and a torque component derived from rope imbalance from a torque command value applied to a drive motor, and an inertia identifying mechanism to identify an inertia value of an elevator based on an output obtained when a speed detection signal is input into the filter, and an acceleration converting mechanism, which are connected in series, and an output obtained when the torque command value is input into the filter. As a result, the inertia value of a high-lift elevator can be calculated accurately.

Abstract: A molding packaging material excellent in interlaminar lamination strength is provided, in which it is possible to prevent deterioration of the interlaminar strength due to influences of electrolytes and also possible to prevent deterioration of the interlaminar strength due to influences of heat generation and/or expansion/contraction of the packaging material caused by repetition of charging/discharging.

Abstract: Electrons excited by irradiation of a visible light to a sample is at an energy level lower than a vacuum level, thus photoelectrons are not emitted from the sample and energy of excited electrons cannot be measured. The visible light is irradiated to the sample through a mesh electrode. A surface film for reducing the vacuum level is formed on a surface of the sample. With the surface film being formed, photoelectrons are obtained by the visible light, and these photoelectrons are accelerated by the mesh electrode toward a photoelectron spectrometer. Ultraviolet light may be irradiated to the sample and metal having same potential therewith. In this case, the mesh electrode is set at a retracted position to prohibit interaction of the mesh electrode and the ultraviolet light. A difference between the valence band and the Fermi level of the sample can be measured.

Abstract: A measuring apparatus of the present invention includes a stage on which a measured object is placed, a measurement head having an information obtainer obtaining an image of the object, and a vertical driver supporting the measurement head so as to allow movement in a vertical direction. The vertical driver includes a counterbalance mechanism having a hanger of the measurement head, a pulley winding up and withdrawing the hanger by rotation, a spring increasing elastic force by stretching the spring when the measurement head displaces downward, and a cam rotating in conjunction with the pulley and having a cam shape decreasing rotational torque provided to the pulley by the elastic force as a stretching amount of the spring increases.

Abstract: An electrode tip including one auxiliary cell and a plurality of measurement cells on a substrate, where the auxiliary cell includes a reference electrode, a counter electrode, and an auxiliary cell-side working electrode, the measurement cell includes a driving electrode and a measurement cell-side working electrode, and the auxiliary cell-side working electrode and the measurement cell-side working electrode are electrically connected.