Abstract: The present invention provides a modified atrial natriuretic peptide that exhibits prolonged duration in blood and maintains cGMP elevating activity. The present invention provides a modified peptide in which at least one sugar substance is linked directly through a glycosidic bond or via a linker structure to at least one hANP peptide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a medicament comprising the modified peptide or the salt thereof as an active ingredient, etc.

Abstract: Based on a count value held by a transmission counter, an information multiplex apparatus forms multiplexed transmission data by selecting or dividing at least part of each of two or more information items, based on the respective sizes of the two or more information items, a counter period of the transmission counter, and a transmission margin degree.

Abstract: A plurality of pieces of serial data are supplied to a liquid crystal display device from an outside. An SI signal selection circuit switches processing target data to be captured between one piece of serial data included in the plurality of pieces of serial data and the plurality of pieces of serial data in accordance with a serial data selection signal. The processing target data captured by the SI signal selection circuit is converted into parallel data by a data conversion circuit. In accordance with one clock pulse of a serial clock, serial-parallel conversion processing is performed in parallel on a plurality pieces of serial data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a modified atrial natriuretic peptide that exhibits prolonged duration in blood and maintains cGMP elevating activity. The present invention provides a modified peptide in which at least one sugar substance is linked directly through a glycosidic bond or via a linker structure to at least one hANP peptide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a medicament comprising the modified peptide or the salt thereof as an active ingredient, etc.

Abstract: A substrate processing method includes a substrate rotating step of rotating a substrate in a horizontal posture, a processing liquid supplying step of supplying a processing liquid to an upper surface of the substrate which is being rotated in the substrate rotating step, a liquid film state monitoring step of monitoring a state of a liquid film formed on the upper surface of the substrate by the processing liquid supplied to the upper surface of the substrate, and a substrate rotational speed changing step of changing rotational speed of the substrate in accordance with the state of the liquid film monitored in the liquid film state monitoring step during execution of the processing liquid supplying step.

Abstract: A radar detection system according to the present disclosure is a radar detection system that detects an obstacle to an aircraft in an airport. The radar detection system includes a radar apparatus, and a control apparatus. The radar apparatus detects an obstacle by transmitting and receiving a radar signal, and acquires obstacle information regarding the obstacle detected based on the received radar signal. The control apparatus switches the operation of the radar apparatus according to the aircraft state of the aircraft. The control apparatus turns off the radar apparatus when the aircraft takes off, and turns on the radar apparatus when the aircraft makes a landing.

Abstract: Provided is a room temperature moisture-curable silicone gel composition containing: (A) diorganopolysiloxane, both terminals of which are blocked by silanol groups; (B) hydrolysable organosilicon compound represented by Formula (2) and/or a partial hydrolysate thereof (where R2 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, R3 is an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group, and a is 2 or 3.); (C) a curing catalyst; and (D) a heat-resistant aid containing a homogeneous mixture of (D-a), (D-b), and (D-c) (where (D-a) is organopolysiloxane having a viscosity of 10-10,000 mPa·s at 25° C., (D-b) is carboxylate of cerium, and (D-c) is a titanium compound and/or a partial hydrolytic condensate thereof). This room temperature moisture-curable silicone gel composition can be a silicone gel cured product which has a small variation rate of low-stress properties evaluated by the index such as penetration even under heat-resistant conditions exceeding 230° C. and which has excellent heat-resistance.

Abstract: The communication apparatus installed in an aircraft can communicate wirelessly with another communication apparatus. The communication apparatus comprises a controller (110) and a transmitter (106). The controller (110) acquires altitude information of the aircraft and determines transmission power according to the altitude information. The transmitter (106) transmits transmission data to another communication apparatus using the determined transmission power.

Abstract: The communication device is installed in an aircraft and is capable of radio communication with a base station on the ground. The communication device comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and a controller. The controller acquires location information of the aircraft at a predetermined time, and communicates with the base station using an allocation pattern of communication resources according to the location information of the aircraft.

Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes pixel lines disposed in a display area and connected to pixels, respectively, a signal input section for inputting a signal to the pixel lines, and connection lines connected to the signal input section and the pixel lines. The pixel lines include a short pixel line having a smaller line length than other pixel lines. The connection lines include a short pixel connection line connected to the short pixel line and other connection lines connected to the other pixel lines, one connection line of the short pixel connection line and the other connection lines includes a line resistance adjusting section that adjusts a line resistance of the one connection line according to an electric resistance of the pixel line connected to the one connection line.

Abstract: A management method manages a plurality of devices provided in a structure, a server includes storage storing operation information related to a plurality of devices and time information of a time at which it is expected that no one is present. The method specifies, for each device, operation times at which an operation is performed, operation information, specifying in-structure-absence times when it is expected that no one is present, both in accordance with the time information. For each device, time differences for the specified operation times are calculated. For each device, a performed certain operation is a behavior pattern correlated to a behavior when the person continues being present when a ratio of a frequency of the calculated time differences regarding the corresponding device, which is lower than a particular value, is equal to or lower than an other value.

Abstract: To provide an advertisement distribution method of determining a distribution destination of an advertisement of a product that has a low direct relevance to execution pieces of information collected from home appliances. The advertisement distribution method includes: a collecting step of collecting, from each of one or more of home appliances owned by each of users, one or more pieces of execution information each indicating a function that has been executed by the home appliance; a detecting step of, with respect to each user, detecting an unused function that has not been used in each home appliance by analyzing the collected pieces of execution information and functions of the home appliance; and a transmitting step of extracting a user who is expected to purchase a product based on a detection result, and transmitting an advertisement to one or more of the home appliances owned by the extracted user.

Abstract: The connector comprises an inner structure and an outer housing. The inner structure comprises a fit portion, which is fit to a mating fit portion of a mating connector under a mated state, and a cable-holding portion configured to hold a jacket of a cable. The fit portion comprises terminals, a holding member holding the terminals and a shell enclosing the terminals and the holding member. The cable-holding portion is located rearward of the fit portion in a front-rear direction (X-direction). The outer housing has a front holding portion and a rear holding portion. The front holding portion holds the shell to prevent a movement of the fit portion in a perpendicular plane (YZ-plane) perpendicular to the front-rear direction. The rear holding portion is located rearward of the front holding portion and holds the cable-holding portion to prevent a movement of the cable-holding portion in the perpendicular plane.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a liquid pharmaceutical preparation containing teriparatide or a salt thereof having excellent physical properties, the liquid pharmaceutical preparation containing teriparatide or a salt thereof, and at least one or more members of inorganic salts and/or organic salts is provided.

Abstract: The substrate processing apparatus includes common piping which guides a processing liquid to a branching portion, supply piping which guides the processing liquid from the branching portion to a chemical liquid nozzle, return piping which guides the processing liquid from the branching portion, and a discharge valve which changes a flow rate of the processing liquid supplied from the common piping to the branching portion. The discharge valve makes a valve element stationary at a plurality of positions including a discharge execution position at which the processing liquid is supplied from the common piping to the branching portion at a flow rate larger than a maximum value of a suction flow rate and a discharge stop position at which the processing liquid is supplied from the common piping to the branching portion at a flow rate smaller than the maximum value of the suction flow rate.

Abstract: An intermediation method used in an intermediation system that includes an intermediation device determining a permission for application services requiring user authentication on a network, where in response to a user request, a first account used for a first service and a second account used for a second service, and a registration request for using the linking service linking the first application service and the second application service are associated with each other, when the two accounts are valid, as accounts usable in a linking service, an association between the first and second services is stored in the intermediation device, and when the user makes a request to use the linked services, that use is controlled by a query to the intermediation device regarding whether the account is associated as able to use the linking service.

Abstract: An input display device includes: a processor to execute a program; and a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, results in performance of steps including: acquiring a character string; receiving a touch drawing operation; detecting a state of the touch drawing operation; generating a track image showing the track, the track image having a line width corresponding to the state of the touch drawing operation; displaying the generated track image on a display; and superimposing the acquired character string on the displayed track image in accordance with a character size corresponding to the line width of the track image.

Abstract: A commodity layout database retains commodity arrangement information in which a plurality of kinds of commodity identification information for identifying a plurality of commodities arranged indoors and indoor arrangement positions of the plurality of commodities are associated with each other. A photographing unit photographs the periphery of an indoor. A commodity specifying unit analyzes a photographed image and specifies commodity identification information included in the photographed image. A guidance information creating unit specifies an indoor arrangement position of a registered commodity registered in advance by the user on the basis of the specified commodity identification information, the commodity arrangement information, and registered commodity identification information for identifying the registered commodity, and creates guidance information for guiding the user to the specified arrangement position of the registered commodity. A display unit presents the created guidance information.

Abstract: Provided is a multilayer sheet which can provide a color and a metallic luster favorably, while leaving design of a surface of a fiber substrate. The multilayer sheet according to the present invention is a multilayer sheet including a fiber substrate and a color tone adjusting layer disposed on a surface of the fiber substrate. The multilayer sheet includes a first surface and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface. The fiber substrate is disposed on a side the first surface of the multilayer sheet, and the color tone adjusting layer is disposed on a side the second surface of the multilayer sheet. The color tone adjusting layer is a layer having a property that makes a color tone of the second surface of the multilayer sheet different from a color tone of the surface of the fiber substrate. The color tone adjusting layer has optical transparency.

Abstract: Driving assistance systems, methods, and programs accept an inputted planned travel route from the route guidance system, provide driving assistance of the vehicle on the planned travel route, based on driving assistance map data, and obtain, when versions of the route guidance map data and the driving assistance map data do not match each other, the driving assistance map data whose version matches the version of the route guidance map data from a map provider. Route guidance systems search for a planned travel route based on route guidance map data, provide guidance on the planned travel route, output the planned travel route to the driving assistance system, and obtain, when versions of the route guidance map data and the driving assistance map data do not match each other, the route guidance map data whose version matches the version of the driving assistance map data from a map provider.