Abstract: An arithmetic method executed by a computer includes: a first processing of repeating generation evolution by a first optimization algorithm that causes generation evolution by a genetic algorithm such that an objective function satisfies a predetermined condition by giving variations to an input variable for each individual; and a second processing of repeating generation evolution by a second optimization algorithm that repeats to give variations to an input variable for each individual after a predetermined generation obtained by the first processing to obtain an individual a plurality of times, and causes generation evolution by a genetic algorithm such that a statistical value of an objective function of each individual obtained satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a display apparatus that can achieve enhancement in display performance of a screen and higher definition. [Solution] There is provided a display apparatus. The drive circuit includes a drive transistor configured to control the light emitting unit, a video signal writing transistor configured to control writing of a video signal, and a capacitative element. In the drive transistor, one source/drain region is connected to a current supply line, another source/drain region is connected to the light emitting unit and a first node of the capacitative element, and a gate electrode is connected to a second node of the capacitative element. In the video signal writing transistor, one source/drain region is connected to a data line, another source/drain region is connected to the gate electrode of the drive transistor and the second node of the capacitative element, and a gate electrode is connected to a scanning line.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: a vehicle body; front and rear wheels configured to move the vehicle body; and a road surface condition detector configured to detect road surface conditions in front of each of the front wheels, wherein the road surface condition detector is positioned in front of each of the front wheels, and a direction of radiating laser beams by the road surface condition detector for detecting a detection point on a road surface is inclined in a direction of a tangent to an arc, about a pitch center of the vehicle body and running through the detection point, at the detection point, when the vehicle body is viewed laterally.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising an oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode, a first insulating film, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a second insulating film is provided. Each of a top surface of the gate electrode, a top surface of the source electrode, and a top surface of the drain electrode comprises a region in contact with the second insulating film. A top surface of the first insulating film comprises a region in contact with the gate electrode and a region in contact with the second insulating film and overlapping with the oxide semiconductor film in a cross-sectional view of the oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film comprises a region in contact with the first insulating film and a region in contact with the second insulating film and adjacent to the region in contact with the first insulating film in the cross-sectional view.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine capable of reducing an amount of dust taken from an outside air intake opening, with a simple configuration. The internal combustion engine includes a crankshaft, a cooling air intake device that houses a cooling fan coupled to the crankshaft and that includes a cooling air intake port, and an air cleaner device that feeds outside air to an air suction port to a cylinder, and the air cleaner device includes an outside air intake opening that opens toward the cooling air intake port.

Abstract: A sensor device includes a sensor element, a supporting member, a substrate, and a bonding wire. The supporting member is electrically connected to the sensor element. The substrate is electrically connected to the supporting member. The bonding wire forms at least part of a connection path that electrically connects the sensor element and the supporting member together. The substrate and an installation member on which the sensor element is installed intersect with each other. The sensor element and the supporting member are separated from each other.

Abstract: The present inventors identified many nuclear proteins contained in the extract of skin tissue by mass spectrometry, randomly selected multiple partial amino acid sequences of the nuclear proteins, chemically synthesized peptides consisting of the partial amino acid sequences, and examined their activity of mobilizing mesenchymal stem cells. As a result, it was found that these multiple peptides show the activity of mobilizing mesenchymal stem cells into peripheral blood, even though their amino acid sequences are completely different from each other. The inventors also found that fragment peptides of the nuclear proteins have therapeutic effects on diseases characterized by inflammation and abnormalities of the immune system (e.g., inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis). Based on these findings, a new regenerative medicine technology that can overcome the problems of cell transplantation therapy is provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with little variation in transistor characteristics is provided. First to third oxide films, a first conductive film, a first insulating film, and a second conductive film are sequentially formed. Shaping them into island-like shapes. An insulator is formed over the island-like shapes and an opening is formed in the insulator and a part of the island-like shapes. Another oxide film, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode are formed in the opening in this order to form the transistor.

Abstract: An information display device includes a display unit configured to display information about an object such that the information about the object at least partially overlaps with forward view of a user, and a controller configured to control display of the display unit. The controller is configured to estimate or acquire a prospective moving direction of the object, acquire a sight-line frequency representing a frequency with which a sight-line of the user is directed to the object within a prescribed period, determine whether the sight-line frequency is equal to or more than a prescribed frequency threshold, and cause the display unit to display the prospective moving direction of the object at least on condition that the controller determines that the sight-line frequency is less than the frequency threshold.

Abstract: The server device includes a communication unit and a control unit that performs communication using the communication unit, and the control unit is configured to provide power when power is supplied to the power-supplied vehicle from a terminal device within a predetermined range including the power-supplied vehicle. When information requesting a possible service is received, a power supply vehicle that can provide the service and can supply power to the power supplied vehicle is instructed to move for power supply.

Abstract: A portable terminal includes a receiving unit which receives content information, an external device communication unit which conducts communication with an external information device, a display unit which displays the content information received by the receiving unit, an acquiring unit which acquires identification information identifying the content information displayed by the display unit, an operation unit which receives an operation indication from a user, and a control unit which conducts control such that if a transmission indication of the identification information is received by the operation unit while the content information is being displayed, the identification information acquired by the acquiring unit is transmitted to the external information device and the display of the content information by the display unit is terminated.

Abstract: A lead-free piezoelectric ceramic composition which includes a primary phase formed of an alkali niobate-based perovskite oxide represented by a compositional formula (A1aM1b)c(Nbd1, Mnd2, M2d3)O3+e (in which element A1 represents at least one species among the alkali metals; element M1 represents at least one species among Ba, Ca, and Sr; element M2 represents at least one species of Ti and Zr; the following conditions: 0<a<1, 0<b<1, a+b=1, 0.80<c<1.10, 0<d1<1, 0<d2<1, 0<d3<1, and d1+d2+d3=1, are satisfied; and e represents a value showing the degree of deficiency or excess of oxygen) and which satisfies the condition: b/(d2+d3)>1.0.

Abstract: A minute transistor is provided that includes a first insulator, a second insulator, a first, conductor, a second conductor, and third conductor, in which an angle is formed between a side surface of the first insulator and a top surface of the first conductor, and a length between the first conductor and a surface of the second conductor closest to the first conductor is at least greater than a length between the first conductor and the third conductor.

Abstract: A preview road surface detection device of a vehicle of the present invention includes: a distance sensor that is disposed in a vehicle member and detects a distance to a measurement point on a road surface nearer to a front part of the vehicle, corresponding to at least a central portion of a contact patch to the road surface of a wheel of the vehicle; and a distance calculator that calculates a road surface distance from the vehicle member to the measurement point, based on a value detected by the distance sensor. A displacement of the road surface nearer to the front part of the vehicle is detected as a road surface condition. The displacement of the road surface is calculated from the road surface distance and a vehicle height of the vehicle member when the distance sensor detects the distance.

Abstract: The present inventors have discovered that a peptide derived from HMGB1 can be used as a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for fatty liver, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and various symptoms accompanied by the fatty liver. On the basis of this discovery, the present application provides a use of the peptide derived from HMGB1 which is different from conventional uses.

Abstract: A metal oxide film includes indium, M, (M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn), and zinc and includes a region where a peak having a diffraction intensity derived from a crystal structure is observed by X-ray diffraction in the direction perpendicular to the film surface. Moreover, a plurality of crystal parts is observed in a transmission electron microscope image in the direction perpendicular to the film surface. The proportion of a region other than the crystal parts is higher than or equal to 20% and lower than or equal to 60%.

Abstract: A suspension device includes: a hydraulic damper including a rod provided with a valve for generating a hydraulic pressure when the rod is displaced between a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber; an electric damper configured to electrically displace the rod by an actuator; and a communication passage that establishes communication between the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber while bypassing the valve during operation of the electric damper.

Abstract: A resonator element includes a base part and a vibrating arm. The vibrating arm includes an arm part and a wide part whose width is larger than that of the arm part. In the arm part, a first groove is formed on the first surface side, and a second groove is formed on the second surface side. 30 ?m?Wa?75 ?m, in which a width of the arm part is Wa, a thickness T between the first surface and the second surface of the arm part satisfies 110 ?m?T?150 ?m. 0.884?(t1+t2)/T?0.990, in which a depth of the first groove is t1, and a depth of the second groove is t2. 0.0056?Wb/T?0.0326, in which a width of the first surface arranged across the first groove and a width of the second surface arranged across the second groove are Wb. A length L1 of the vibrating arm satisfies L1?1000 ?m.

Abstract: In an instrument configured to spectroscopically divide fluorescences emitted from a plurality of capillaries and collectively measure the fluorescences using an image sensor, when the number of pixels of a binning region on the image sensor on which a predetermined wavelength-band component of each fluorescence is projected is denoted by Bm, the number of pixels of hardware binning is denoted by Bh, the number of pixels of software binning is denoted by Bs, Bm=Bh×Bs, the total noise measured in a case where Bm=Bh=Bs=1 is denoted by N, the readout noise is denoted by Nr, the dark-current noise is denoted by Nd, and the shot noise is denoted by Ns, Bm, Bh, Bs, N, Nr, Nd, and Ns satisfy a predetermined relationship, thereby realizing high sensitivity and high dynamic range in fluorescence measurement.

Abstract: A resonator device includes a resonator element, and a base to which the resonator element is fixed via a conductive adhesive. The resonator element includes a base portion, a vibrating arm that is coupled to the base portion and that extends in a first direction, and a support arm that is arranged with the vibrating arm in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, that extends in the first direction, and that is fixed to the base by the conductive adhesive. 0.2×L1?Da?0.4×L1, in which a position at a base end of the support arm is P0, a central position of the conductive adhesive is Pa, and a length between P0 and Pa is Da in the first direction of the support arm.