Abstract: A lens holder driving device includes a fixed-side member; a first lens holder configured to hold a first lens body; a second lens holder configured to hold a second lens body; a first movable-side member including the first lens holder; a second movable-side member including the second lens holder; a first piezoelectric driver that moves the first lens holder in an optical axis direction by a motion of a first piezoelectric device; and a second piezoelectric driver that moves the second lens holder in the optical axis direction by a motion of a second piezoelectric device. The second movable-side member is included in the first movable-side member and is movable in the optical axis direction with respect to the first lens holder. The first piezoelectric driver is provided in the fixed-side member, and the second piezoelectric driver is provided in the second movable-side member.

Abstract: A chalcogenide perovskite, having a crystallite size T1 of less than 40 nm, calculated by Scherrer equation based on the diffraction peak having the largest peak height in the X-ray diffraction spectrum obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement, and a proportion of a total area occupied by particles having a particle diameter of 10 ?m or more measured by microscopy to a total area occupied by particles existing in a captured image range in an image range captured by a microscope of 10% or less.

Abstract: To provide a calculation method that enables a heating plan for approximating a plate to an intended shape to be calculated in a short period of time. A calculation method according to the present invention is a calculation method of a heating plan for deforming a plate by heating, the calculation method including: a Bayesian optimization step of performing a Bayesian optimization by inputting a training data group including a plurality of combinations of heating conditions that include a heating shape having been set at an arbitrary location of an analysis model for an original shape being a shape of the plate and a shape that has been calculated based on the heating conditions and determining a heating conditions candidate; and a finite element analysis step of converting the heating conditions candidate into strain data and performing a structural analysis based on a finite element method by inputting the strain data to output a shape candidate.

Abstract: A color conversion particle includes a core; and a shell that contains the core and absorbs excitation light, and emits light at the core or at an interface between the core and the shell upon receiving the irradiated excitation light. The shell is composed of a chalcogenide perovskite, and the core and the shell have band alignment that induces a Stokes shift.

Abstract: A color conversion particle includes a core; and a shell that contains the core and absorbs excitation light, and emits light at the core or at an interface between the core and the shell upon receiving the irradiated excitation light. The core is composed of a chalcogenide perovskite, and the core and the shell have band alignment that induces a Stokes shift.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the intake efficiency of cannabidiol (CBD). The above object can be achieved by a seamless soft capsule comprising a capsule film, and a content enclosed in the capsule film, wherein the content contains cannabidiol.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the technique of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of displaying substrate arrangement data, including: (a) setting each of a transport parameter for determining at least an arrangement of substrates to be loaded into a substrate retainer and carrier information of a carrier storing the substrates to be loaded into the substrate retainer; (b) creating the substrate arrangement data of a case where the substrates are loaded into the substrate retainer based on the transport parameter and the carrier information set in (a); and (c) displaying the substrate arrangement data at least comprising data representing the arrangement of the substrates in a state where the substrates are loaded in the substrate retainer.

Abstract: A viewing system provides a viewing user with an experience of viewing a content that presents a character whose behaviors are controlled based on physical motions of a performer, the content being a binocular stereopsis content that presents staging in a 3D space in which a first character associated with a first performer and a second character associated with a second performer are arranged. The first character is arranged in a first region in the space, a viewpoint associated with the viewing user and the second character are arranged in a second region in the space. The system controls behaviors of the first character based on first motion information of the first performer, and controls behaviors of the second character based on at least one of second motion information of the second performer and information of an operational input performed by the viewing user.

Abstract: A sealing apparatus includes: an annular reinforcement ring around an axis; and an annular elastic body part around the axis, which is attached to the reinforcement ring and is formed of an elastic body. The elastic body part has: a side lip, an intermediate lip, and a grease lip. A grease as a lubricant is applied to respective inner peripheral side surfaces of the side lip, the intermediate lip, and the grease lip. A thickener of the grease includes no urea-based thickener. In a usage state of the sealing apparatus, a cross sectional area of an inter-lip space enclosed by the side lip, the intermediate lip, and a hub ring is equal to or greater than 3.5 mm2.

Abstract: A viewing system provides a viewing user with an experience of viewing a content that presents a character whose behaviors are controlled based on physical motions of a performer, the content being a binocular stereopsis content that presents staging in a 3D space in which a first character associated with a first performer and a second character associated with a second performer are arranged. The first character is arranged in a first region in the space, a viewpoint associated with the viewing user and the second character are arranged in a second region in the space. The system controls behaviors of the first character based on first motion information of the first performer, and controls behaviors of the second character based on at least one of second motion information of the second performer and information of an operational input performed by the viewing user.

Abstract: A vehicle battery pack includes: a battery cell; a casing that has a heat dissipation property for discharging heat outside the casing and houses the battery cell in a housing space; a first solid-liquid phase change material that directly comes in contact with the battery cell and fills the housing space; a second solid-liquid phase change material that has a heat storage property and has a second phase change temperature higher than a first phase change temperature of the first solid-liquid phase change material; and a heat storage container that has thermal conductivity and has an internal space filled with the second solid-liquid phase change material. The heat storage container is housed in the housing space of the casing, and has an outer wall surface that comes in contact with an inner wall surface of the casing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pentosan polysulfate having a uronic acid content of 0.0% by mass to 6.0% by mass, preferably a pentosan polysulfate having a structure represented by Formula I: wherein each R represents a hydrogen atom, —COCH3 or —SO3X, and at least one R represents —SO3X, wherein X represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent or divalent metal, and n represents an integer of 1 or more and 30 or less; a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate of the pentosan polysulfate or of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention further provides a method for producing pentosan polysulfate, the method comprising the steps of depolymerizing a plant-derived raw material to obtain neutral xylooligosaccharide and sulfating the neutral xylooligosaccharide, in this order.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing pentosan polysulfate, the method including a first step of obtaining an acidic xylooligosaccharide from a plant-derived raw material, and a second step of obtaining pentosan polysulfate from the acidic xylooligosaccharide. The first step includes a step of depolymerizing the plant-derived raw material. The second step includes a step of sulfating the acidic xylooligosaccharide. The method further includes a deacetylation step of adding a base to achieve a pH of 11 or higher. The deacetylation step is a step performed after the depolymerization step. The production method of the present invention can provide pentosan polysulfate having a low acetyl group content, and also produce pentosan polysulfate with a high yield inexpensively and efficiently.

Abstract: The present invention provides a reduced-cost method for producing an acidic xylooligosaccharide, the method including a depolymerization step of depolymerizing a plant-derived raw material and a deacetylation step of adding a base to a solution of the product of the depolymerization step to achieve a pH of 11 or higher. The present invention further provides an acidic xylooligosaccharide having an acetyl group content of 0 to 5.0 mass %. The acidic xylooligosaccharide of the present invention, which has an acetyl group content of 0 to 5.0 mass %, can be used as a starting material in a production method to thereby obtain pentosan polysulfate with a high yield.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel topical moisturizing preparation containing as an active ingredient at least one selected from pentosan polysulfate; pharmaceutically acceptable salts of pentosan polysulfate; and pharmaceutically acceptable solvates thereof. The topical moisturizing preparation of the present invention, which contains a substance free of animal-derived components as an active ingredient, can be produced as a topical moisturizing preparation free of animal-derived components, as needed.

Abstract: The present invention provides pentosan polysulfate having a weight average molecular weight of 5000 or less and a content of acetyl groups of 0% to 2.0% by mass, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate thereof. The pentosan polysulfate of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate thereof exhibits an anti-Xa activity and an anti-Xa/anti-IIa activity ratio, which are suitable for practical use, and is useful as a pharmaceutical composition such as an anticoagulant.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a heat conductive member that has heat conductivity and is provided between a plurality of battery modules which are adjacent to each other in a width direction. A heat dissipation unit dissipates heat conducted to the heat conductive member. A bus bar for modules is provided on one side of the battery modules in a height direction. The heat conductive member includes a contact portion and an extended portion. The contact portion is in contact with the plurality of battery modules which are adjacent to each other in the width direction. The extended portion extends from a side opposite to the bus bar for modules of the battery modules in a height direction and is connected to the heat dissipation unit.

Abstract: A sealing device seals a gap between an inner member and an outer member that rotate relative to each other. The sealing device includes a sealing member. The sealing member includes a rigid ring including a sleeve part and a flange part, and an elastic ring adhering closely to both surfaces of the flange part. The elastic ring includes an annular circular part and water-discharging protrusions on a side of the sleeve part of the rigid ring. The elastic ring includes an annular part on a side opposite the sleeve part. A mold for manufacturing the sealing member includes a first mold including a cylindrical cavity in which the sleeve part is supported, an annular circular cavity for forming the circular part, protrusion cavities for forming the water-discharging protrusions, and posts disposed in the circular cavity and being brought into contact with the flange part of the rigid ring.

Abstract: Provided is a battery pack in which a bus bar for modules is provided on one side of a plurality of battery modules in a height direction, and connects the battery modules that are adjacent to each other among the plurality of battery modules, in series. In addition, the bus bar for modules includes a first bus bar piece that is provided in a battery module on one side between the battery modules that are adjacent to each other, and a second bus bar piece that is provided in a battery module on the other side and is different from the first bus bar piece, and a connection portion that connects the first bus bar piece and the second bus bar piece.

Abstract: A DDS preparation of a platinum complex, which exhibits a superior antitumor effect required as a medicine and reduced side effects, that is, a clinically usable DDS preparation of a platinum complex, which is conjugated to a polymer carrier that is different from conventional carriers, is desired. Provided is a polymer conjugate of a platinum(II) complex, the polymer conjugate including: a block copolymer having a polyethylene glycol structural moiety and a polyaspartic acid moiety or a polyglutamic acid moiety; a sulfoxide derivative introduced into a side-chain carboxyl group of the block copolymer; and a platinum(II) complex coordinate-bonded to a sulfoxide group of the sulfoxide derivative.