Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide sperm having high motility. The present invention is a composition for treating sperm that comprises medium for mesenchymal stem cells. This composition for treating sperm is used as a sperm preparing solution, a sperm diluting solution, a sperm storage solution, an artificial insemination solution, an in vitro fertilization solution, a solution for improving sperm motility, or a solution for retaining sperm fertilizing capabilities. Additionally, the medium for mesenchymal stem cells contained in the composition for treating sperm is preferably a serum-free medium.

Abstract: Provision of a cell production method, in particular, a method in which carriers are suspended and oscillated in a culture fluid, which is capable of reducing physical stress imposed on animal cells or a transfection reagent and improving cell culture efficiency or transfection efficiency. The cell production method includes a culturing step for culturing cells in a culture vessel 2, which holds at least cells, a culture fluid, and a carrier C while the vessel is oscillated on an oscillation plate 102, in which the oscillation plate 102 is tilted only in one direction with respect to a horizontal state.

Abstract: A battery module in which plural battery cells that are laminated to each other are accommodated inside a module case, and the plural battery cells are electrically connected to each other, wherein: each battery cell includes a first side surface portion that is an embossed surface forming a housing space at an interior of the battery cell, and a planar second side surface portion, which are arranged so as to face each other in a lamination direction, and an electrode lead is provided along the second side surface portion and protrudes from width direction end portions of the battery cell, and the battery module includes at least one first connection portion that arranges second side surface portions of two adjacent battery cells so as to face each other, brings electrode leads of the two adjacent battery cells close to each other, and is connected to the bus bar.

Abstract: A user state determination device that can simply determine a location at which a user has fallen into a user state in which the user has lost an article or the like is provided. The user state determination device 100 includes: a user information acquiring unit 101 configured to acquire moving history information of a user; and a state determining unit 102 configured to determine that one spot (one location) serving as a start point of a predetermined moving pattern is likely to be a specific spot (a specific location) at which the user has fallen into a predetermined state (a state in which the user has lost an article) when the moving history information indicates the moving pattern. The predetermined state of a user refers to a state in which an article has been lost and is a state in which the user needs to perform a non-purposeful visit to the one spot (a visit to retrieve the lost article).

Abstract: In a steering device (PS1) according to the present embodiment, a preload applying mechanism (6) provides a rotation torque to one side in a rotation direction of a ball nut (4) by a reaction force generated by elastic abutment of a plunger (61) on a tooth tip of a first sector tooth (321) of a sector gear (32). Therefore, in the steering device (PS1), unlike conventional steering device, there is no need to provide a pressed portion to be pressed by the plunger (61) separately from the sector gear (32). Increase in size of a sector shaft (3) due to formation of the pressed portion can therefore be suppressed.

Abstract: A wearable image pickup apparatus that eliminates manual change of an image pickup direction during picking up an image and can easily obtain an image that records experience while focusing attention on the experience. An image pickup apparatus includes an observation direction detection unit that is worn on a body other than a head of a user, an image pickup unit that is worn on the body of the user, a memory device that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to: detect an observation direction of the user by the observation direction detection unit, pick up an image by the image pickup unit, and output an output image corresponding to the observation direction based on the image picked up by the image pickup unit.

Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam apparatus capable of realizing a highly reliable insulating structure. This charged particle beam apparatus emits a charged particle beam from a charged particle beam emission device onto a sample, detects charged particles generated from the sample, and creates a sample image or processes the sample. The charged particle beam emission device is provided with a charged particle source and a shield arranged in an interior of a metal housing that is filled with an insulating gas, and an acceleration electrode arranged below the charged particle source, power being supplied to the acceleration electrode via the shield.

Abstract: An image inspection system includes a processor and an inspection execution unit that performs an image inspection of a printed matter, in which the processor is configured to acquire first position information that is information on a position of the image inspection set in image data and to acquire second position information that is information on positions of the respective image data in data for printing in which the plural image data are arranged, and the inspection execution unit performs the image inspection of a printed matter on which the data for printing are printed using the first position information and the second position information.

Abstract: A split screen includes first, second and third split regions, lined up sequentially. The screen generating unit enlarges a size of the first split region and reduces a size of the third split region in response to a drag operation, in the direction of the second split region and the third split region, on a first operable region that is located on a boundary line between the first split region and the second split region. The screen generating unit also enlarges a size of the first split region and reduces a size of the second split region in response to a drag operation, in the direction of the second split region and the third split region, on a second operable region that is different from the first operable region and that is located on the boundary line between the first split region and the second split region.

Abstract: The disclosed silicon epitaxial substrate production method and silicon epitaxial substrate prevent the occurrence of stacking fault. The method includes growing a silicon single crystal to which phosphorus is added as a dopant and of which the electrical resistivity is adjusted to 0.6 to 1.0 m?·cm using the Czochralski method. The silicon single crystal is monitored for a 700-600° C. passage time during cooling. The silicon single crystal is sliced and the sliced product is placed in an epitaxial growth furnace. The method further includes retaining the furnace temperature of the epitaxial growth furnace for 120 seconds to 300 seconds at a temperature ranging from 750° C. to 900° C. inclusive when the 700-600° C. passage time is less than 300 minutes and at a temperature ranging from 900° C. to 1000° C. inclusive when the 700-600° C. passage time is 300 minutes or more. Epitaxial growth is performed following the retention step.

Abstract: The battery cell includes an electrode body in which electrodes and separators are alternately stacked, a battery case in which the electrode body is accommodated, and an electrode lead in which one end is connected to the electrode body inside the battery case and the other end protrudes from an end portion in the width direction of the battery case and is folded back toward the battery case.

Abstract: The battery module includes a plurality of battery cells stacked on each other, an electrode lead protruding from the battery cell, and a bus bar electrically joined to the electrode lead via a welded portion, the welded portion being formed so as to straddle the end portions of the plurality of electrode leads on a surface where the end portions of the plurality of electrode leads approach each other.

Abstract: A programming assistance apparatus assists programming with respect to a program that operates two or more devices including at least a robot in parallel. The programming assistance apparatus includes a device extractor, a determiner, and an alerter. The device extractor extracts an identification name of a device to which an operation command is issued per unit of parallel operation based on a description content of the program. The determiner determines whether there is a shared target device, to which operation commands targeting a same device in two or more parallel operations are issued. The alerter outputs an alert when it is determined that there is the shared target device.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage unit that stores first information indicating at least one of a structure or a physical property of a first object obtained by capturing a real physical body into a virtual space; and a specifying unit that specifies an arrangement of a second object indicating a virtual object in the virtual space so that the arrangement is capable of expressing an interaction with the first object, based on an arrangement condition of the second object and on the first information.

Abstract: A template AR content can be favorably used in an application scene different from the scene at the time of creation. An environment map of an augmented reality application scene is generated. An abstract representation of the augmented reality application scene is generated on the basis of the environment map of the augmented reality scene. The abstract representation of the augmented reality application scene is compared with an abstract representation of a template augmented reality generated on the basis of a template augmented reality environment map, and template augmented reality content is mapped to the augmented reality application scene on the basis of a result of the comparison. Thus, augmented reality content for display is generated. For example, the abstract representation of the augmented reality application scene or the abstract representation of the template augmented reality can be edited.

Abstract: A component for a plasma processing apparatus includes a substrate and a film on at least a part of the substrate. The film includes an oxide, a fluoride, an oxyfluoride, or a nitride of a rare earth element. A ratio ?22/?11 of a compressive stress ?11 to occur across a surface of the film to be exposed to plasma and a compressive stress ?22 to occur across the surface in a direction perpendicular to the compressive stress ?11 is 5 or less. A plasma processing apparatus includes the above component.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a conductive layer, a semiconductor portion, a first source electrode, a second source electrode, a first control electrode, and a first control electrode. The semiconductor portion is provided on the conductive layer. The semiconductor portion has a first element region and a second element region. A first end portion of the conductive layer is located inside a second end portion of the semiconductor portion in a plan view. An outer periphery formed by the first end portion surrounds both at least a part of a third end portion of the first element region and at least a part of a fourth end portion of the second element region.

Abstract: A control device that generates a screen displayed on a display device in a vehicle and a screen corresponding to the screen of the display device to an external device, wherein the control device includes: a selection unit for selecting the display device or the external device; a setting unit for setting an area for executing processing based on an operation input to the selected device, and for suppressing processing based on an operation input to a device other than the device selected by the selection unit; a processing unit for generating a screen based on operations associated with each area in the screen that are received by devices selected by the selection unit; and a display control unit for displaying the screen generated by the processing unit on the display device and providing a screen corresponding to the screen of the display device to the external device.

Abstract: A terminal device including: a memory configured to be capable of storing a first application and a second application to assist care for a care receiver, the first application being different from the second application; and a controller configured to execute the first application or the second application, wherein the controller is configured to: execute the first application, if the first application is activated after authentication processing of the care receiver has been executed, using an authentication result of the care receiver, and execute the second application, if the second application is activated after the first application has finished, in a state where the authentication result of the care receiver is maintained.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus including: a receiver configured to acquire sensor information received from a wearable device and location information identifying a location of a communication device which receives the sensor information; and a controller configured to execute, based on the location information and the sensor information, an evaluation processing to evaluate a risk of a user who wears the wearable device, wherein the evaluation processing being configured to be changed based on the location information.