Abstract: An aqueous dispersion including a nonionic surfactant, an anionic surfactant, and a wax dispersed in water, where the wax includes an ester compound having a fatty acid-derived structural moiety and an aliphatic alcohol-derived structural moiety, and the content of the nonionic surfactant is 40 to 99 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total of the nonionic surfactant, the anionic surfactant, and the wax, and is 5 to 50 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total of the nonionic surfactant, the anionic surfactant, the wax, and the water.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof has an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity, and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of narcolepsy.

Abstract: An optical device includes: a first mirror having a first reflecting surface extending in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a second mirror having a second reflecting surface; an optical waveguide layer that is located between the first and second mirrors and propagates light in the first direction; and an optical element that is disposed on the first mirror and emits incident light in a direction different from an incident direction. The optical element emits (1) incident light entering from the optical waveguide layer through the first mirror in a direction whose first direction component is smaller than that of an incident direction of the incident light by refraction and/or diffraction or (2) incident light entering from the outside in a direction whose first direction component is larger than that of an incident direction by refraction and/or diffraction.

Abstract: A projection device includes a first dichroic mirror configured to transmit light of a first wavelength and reflect light of a second wavelength, a second dichroic mirror configured to transmit the light of the first wavelength and reflect light of a third wavelength, a first self-luminous display device configured to use the light of the first wavelength to emit first image light, a second self-luminous display device configured to use the light of the second wavelength to emit second image light, a third self-luminous display device including a plurality of third light-emitting elements configured to emit the light of the third wavelength, and a projection optical system configured to project, onto a projection target, image light obtained by being combined by the first dichroic mirror and the second dichroic mirror.

Abstract: A projection device includes a dichroic prism, a first self-luminous display device, a second self-luminous display device, a third self-luminous display device, and a projection optical system. The dichroic prism has a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, and a fourth surface, and is configured to emit combined image light from the fourth surface. The first self-luminous display device is configured to use light of a first wavelength to emit first image light to the first surface. The second self-luminous display device is configured to use light of a second wavelength to emit second image light to the second surface. The third self-luminous display device is configured to use light of a third wavelength to emit third image light to the third surface. The projection optical system is configured to project, onto a projection target, the combined image light emitted from the dichroic prism.

Abstract: In order to determine, in a cancer test using nematodes, whether or not the nematodes used in the cancer test are adequate, the present invention is characterized in that after a plate on which a urine from a subject and the nematode are set is placed, a cancer test apparatus performs imaging for quality assay of the nematode during the initial two minutes; an analysis apparatus determines a quality of the nematode using the imaging result; after taxis of the nematode is completed, the cancer test apparatus performs imaging for cancer test assay by the nematode; and the analysis apparatus determines the presence or absence of a cancer in the subject using the imaging result.

Abstract: An energy storage device (10) includes: an electrode assembly (400) which includes a positive electrode plate (410) and a negative electrode plate (420), wherein the positive electrode plate (410) includes: a positive electrode substrate (411) which is electrically conductive; a positive electrode composite layer (414) which is formed on the positive electrode substrate (411), and an insulating layer (415), at least a part of the insulating layer being continuously formed on the positive electrode substrate (411) and an edge portion (414a) which is a portion including an edge of the positive electrode composite layer (414), and wherein an uneven portion (415a) is formed in the insulating layer (415) above the edge portion (414a) of the positive electrode composite layer (414).

Abstract: A cancer analysis system includes, so as to perform an efficient image analysis in a cancer screening test using nematodes: a light source unit that irradiates a plate on which nematodes and a urine sample are plotted, from below; a photographing unit that takes an image of the plate irradiated by the light source unit; and an analyzer that analyzes the image taken by the photographing unit. The analyzer: couples a prescribed number of pixels in the image into a larger number of pixels thereof; and performs a chemotaxis assay of the nematodes based on a time variation of information on a luminous center of gravity of the image.

Abstract: A cancer screening processor includes a database which stores a sample information database storing information on a number of dispensed samples of urine sent from subjects; the sample dispensed for a cancer type which the subject desire a screening, a center selection unit which selects an analysis center C2 for each of cancer type to be analyzed by using a urinary tumor marker; the analysis center C2 receiving a sample container including dispensed sample on the basis of the cancer type and information from analysis centers, and a processing unit which counts a number of the sample containers on the basis of the sample information database, and performs a process step of sending the sample container to the analysis center when the number of the sample containers becomes equal to a number in the information from the analysis center.

Abstract: There is the problem that a liquid culture medium fed by a pump has a high frequency of contact with a gas during movement in a tube, and the pH value of the liquid culture medium before and after feeding changes easily. In a liquid feeder and a cell culture apparatus provided therewith, a feed pipe 7 is connected with a gas bag 14, the liquid to be fed into the feed pipe 7 is fed so as to be sandwiched by a gas for suppressing the qualitative changes of the liquid. Furthermore, the gas bag is connected with a container 8 for holding a liquid, and holds the gas for suppressing qualitative changes of the liquid in a gas phase of the container.

Abstract: A cancer analysis system includes, so as to perform an efficient image analysis in a cancer screening test using nematodes: a light source unit that irradiates a plate on which nematodes and a urine sample are plotted, from below; a photographing unit that takes an image of the plate irradiated by the light source unit; and an analyzer that analyzes the image taken by the photographing unit. The analyzer: couples a prescribed number of pixels in the image into a larger number of pixels thereof; and performs a chemotaxis assay of the nematodes based on a time variation of information on a luminous center of gravity of the image.

Abstract: The liquid feeder includes a liquid feeding pipe having a liquid introduce port and a liquid discharge port, a housing container which holds liquid to be introduced from the liquid introduce port, a liquid feed mechanism which feeds the liquid in the liquid feeding pipe to the liquid discharge port, a gas introduce unit which introduces gas into the liquid feeding pipe, and a liquid level detection unit which detects an advancing liquid level of the liquid to be fed in the liquid feeding pipe. The gas introduce unit is connected to a branch part provided in the liquid feeding pipe on the upstream side of the liquid feed mechanism. The liquid level detection unit is provided on the downstream side of the branch part.

Abstract: An automatic culture device which employs closed-system culture vessels and in which, when a passage part (2) and a rotational valve mechanism (3) are configured, the multiple culture vessels in a culture vessel part (1) can be rendered equal in liquid-feeding conditions by, for example, regulating the length of each passage. As a result, the evenness in quality of cells incubated in the multiple culture vessels is rendered possible. Furthermore, by providing a mechanism which enables a user to normally set passages in the device, the evenness in quality of the cells is rendered possible likewise.

Abstract: In order to determine, in a cancer test using nematodes, whether or not the nematodes used in the cancer test are adequate, the present invention is characterized in that after a plate on which a urine from a subject and the nematode are set is placed, a cancer test apparatus performs imaging for quality assay of the nematode during the initial two minutes; an analysis apparatus determines a quality of the nematode using the imaging result; after taxis of the nematode is completed, the cancer test apparatus performs imaging for cancer test assay by the nematode; and the analysis apparatus determines the presence or absence of a cancer in the subject using the imaging result.

Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition excellent in weather resistance.

Abstract: In culture vessels for producing biological samples, it is possible to prevent decrease in a temperature at the time of taking out the culture vessels from an automatic culture apparatus and during delivery of the culture vessels which have been taken out from the automatic culture apparatus. This invention includes a culture vessel 201 holding a biological sample therein, a heat storage portion 701 holding the culture vessel, and a heat insulation portion 601 surrounding the heat storage portion. The whole circumference or a part of 609, 610, and 611 of the heat insulation portion 601 is removable depending on an arrangement environment.

Abstract: Provided is an energy storage device including a container with high productivity and satisfactory corrosion resistance. In the energy storage device including the container housing an electrode assembly having a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and electrolyte solution, the container is made of stainless steel including 0.09% by weight or more aluminum and has welded portions and where the stainless steel is welded.

Abstract: There is the problem that a liquid culture medium fed by a pump has a high frequency of contact with a gas during movement in a tube, and the pH value of the liquid culture medium before and after feeding changes easily. In a liquid feeder and a cell culture apparatus provided therewith, a feed pipe 7 is connected with a gas bag 14, the liquid to be fed into the feed pipe 7 is fed so as to be sandwiched by a gas for suppressing the qualitative changes of the liquid. Furthermore, the gas bag is connected with a container 8 for holding a liquid, and holds the gas for suppressing qualitative changes of the liquid in a gas phase of the container.

Abstract: A connecting body for electrically connecting a power generating element and an electrode terminal positioned on a surface of a device container for housing the power generating element, the connecting body including: a plate portion positioned on the surface of the device container; and a protruding portion being in a position on a surface of the plate portion and displaced from a position of the electrode terminal, and having a tip end protruding to face the power generating element and a base with a peripheral edge surrounded with a principal face of the plate portion.

Abstract: An antistatic agent for an ABS resin includes an ionically bonded salt where R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted straight, branched or cyclic C1 to C30 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C30 aryl group+ or a substituted or unsubstituted C7 to C30 arylalkyl group, A is a straight or branched C2 to C4 alkylene group, n is an integer from 0 to 50, and Q1 is a secondary or tertiary ammonium ion, or where R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted straight, branched or cyclic C1 to C30 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C30 aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted C7 to C31 arylalkyl group, A is a straight or branched C2 to C4 alkylene group, and Q2 is a secondary or tertiary ammonium ion.