Abstract: A movement control system includes a traveling controller configured to control, based on traveling route information, traveling of a moving object which a person is able to get on and off while the moving object is traveling, an output unit configured to output, to an occupant, information about a facility based on a traveling area of the moving object, a receiver configured to receive an inputting operation performed by the occupant for use or purchase of a service or a product provided in the facility, an acquisition unit configured to acquire destination information of the occupant getting on the moving object, and a deriving unit configured to derive traveling route information based on the acquired destination information.

Abstract: A mobile unit control system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire operation information on transportation located around the traveling area of a mobile unit that a user gets on and off while the mobile unit is traveling and a setting unit configured to set the traveling route or the traveling speed of the mobile unit based on the operation information on transportation.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a method and a reagent for measuring the uptake capacity of a lipoprotein with higher accuracy. This problem is solved by preparing a lipoprotein incorporating a labeled sterol, by mixing the lipoprotein in a sample and the labeled sterol in the presence of a surfactant having no cyclic structure, and measuring the uptake capacity of the labeled sterol of the lipoprotein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for measuring the cholesterol uptake capacity of lipoproteins. The present invention also relates to a reagent kit for measuring the cholesterol uptake capacity of lipoproteins. The present invention further relates to a tagged cholesterol which can be used in the method and the reagent kit.

Abstract: A method for producing a silica sol containing a small amount of metal impurities and in which colloidal silica having an elongated particle shape dispersed in a solvent, includes: preparing a raw material liquid by adding a compound as an anion source selected from inorganic acids, organic acids, and their ammonium salts, and ammonia to a colloidal aqueous solution of activated silica having an SiO2 concentration of 1 to 6% by mass and a pH of 2 to 5 so that the mass ratio of the compound to SiO2 is 3.0 to 7.0%; and heating the raw material liquid at 80 to 200° C. for 0.5 to 20 hours. The elongated colloidal silica particles exhibit a DL/DB ratio of 2.5 or more. DL is an average particle diameter as measured by the dynamic light scattering method. DB is a primary particle diameter as measured by the nitrogen gas adsorption method.

Abstract: A method for producing a silica sol containing a small amount of metal impurities and wherein colloidal silica having an elongated particle shape is dispersed in a solvent, by addition of a compound as an anion source and ammonia as an alkali source and heating of the resultant mixture at a predetermined temperature, includes the following steps: (a) preparing a raw material liquid by adding at least one compound as an anion source selected from the group of inorganic acids, organic acids, and ammonium salts of these acids, and ammonia to a silica sol as a raw material having SiO2 of 1% by mass to 30% by mass and a pH of 2 to 5 so the mass ratio of the compound to SiO2 is 0.5% to 1.9%; and (b) heating the raw material liquid prepared in step (a) at 80° C. to 200° C. for 0.5 hours to 20 hours.

Abstract: A motion sickness estimation device includes: a line-of-sight oscillation detector to detect oscillation of a line of sight of an occupant by using an imaging device; an object oscillation detector to detect oscillation of an object located in the line of sight; an oscillation comparator to calculate an oscillation difference from the oscillation of the line of sight and the oscillation of the object; and a motion sickness determiner to determine, on a basis of the oscillation difference, whether the occupant is in a motion sickness state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for measuring the cholesterol uptake capacity of lipoproteins. The present invention also relates to a reagent kit for measuring the cholesterol uptake capacity of lipoproteins. The present invention further relates to a tagged cholesterol which can be used in the method and the reagent kit.

Abstract: An optical module includes a photoelectric converter configured to receive an optical signal having an intensity that changes at one of a first frequency or a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency, and convert the optical signal into a current signal corresponding to the intensity of the optical signal; a signal processor configured to acquire, when the optical signal has the intensity that changes at the first frequency, wavelength information set on a transmitting side based on a ratio between a plurality of signal intensities included in the current signal relating to the optical signal having the intensity that changes at the first frequency; and a decoder configured to generate, when the optical signal has the intensity that changes at the second frequency, communication data from the current signal relating to the optical signal having the intensity that changes at the second frequency.

Abstract: A reciprocating pump includes: a housing with a suction port and a discharge port; a reciprocated member disposed in the housing to form a pump chamber and reciprocable such that fluid is sucked into the pump chamber through the suction port and then discharged from the pump chamber through the discharge port; an actuator configured to reciprocate the reciprocated member; and a pressure gauge with a pressure receiving portion, configured to detect pressure of the fluid in the pump chamber through the pressure receiving portion, and coupled to the reciprocated member to be reciprocated by the actuator integrally with the reciprocated member.

Abstract: A parallel veneer standby step, a cross veneer moving step, a cross veneer positioning step, a cross veneer standby step, a parallel veneer returning step, a parallel veneer positioning step, a superimposing step, and a superimposed veneer gluing step are included. Accordingly, a superimposed veneer is obtained in which the parallel veneer and the cross veneer are bonded with a high degree of adhesion and corresponding edges of the parallel veneer and the cross veneer substantially align with each other.

Abstract: A selection device (100) displays objects that are selection subjects on a touch screen, and selects an object according to an operation performed on the touch screen. In this selection device (100), a detector (130) detects a touch operation performed on the touch screen. A divider (150) divides the detection area of the touch screen into a plurality of sections on the basis of the positions of the objects that are currently displayed and the detection position where the detector (130) detected the touch operation. When an operation of selecting one of the sections divided by the divider (150) is detected, a confirmer (160) confirms the selection of the object that corresponds to the selected section.

Abstract: A control apparatus to control a plurality of process executing apparatuses, the control apparatus including: a communication unit; and a processor. The processor transmits a request to execute predetermined processing common to the process executing apparatuses, a request to change to an energy saving mode, and a request to change to a normal mode, to each of the process executing apparatuses via the communication unit, and performs control of transmission of the request to execute the predetermined processing, the request to change to the energy saving mode, and the request to change to the normal mode, such that one of the process executing apparatuses executes the predetermined processing while a rest of the process executing apparatuses is in the energy saving mode, and such that all the process executing apparatuses execute the predetermined processing in sequence.

Abstract: The present invention provides a double-stranded nucleic acid consisting of a sense-strand nucleic acid and an antisense-strand nucleic acid and comprising a double-strand region having at least 11 base pairs, for suppressing expression of APCS gene, in which an oligonucleotide chain having a chain length of at least 17 nucleotides and at most 30 nucleotides in the antisense-strand nucleic acid is complementary to a target APCS mRNA sequence comprising a base sequence set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 1288 to 1930.

Abstract: The electrical apparatus, in which a series connection state and a parallel connection state of an upper cell unit including five battery cells and a lower cell unit can be automatically switched by means of a difference in a terminal shape on the electrical apparatus body side, has a terminal holder and holds apparatus side terminals. The terminal holder, which establishes an electrically connected state with the connection terminals of the battery pack, is provided with two parallel protruding parts that extend in the forward-backward direction, and second rail grooves fitted to the protruding parts on the electrical apparatus side. Due to the fitting, relative movement of the terminal holder and the battery pack in the vertical direction can be suppressed, and wear on the apparatus side terminals can be greatly suppressed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate for a photoelectric conversion element that is low in cost as compared with a conventional ITO/glass substrate, easy to handle, and does not lower the power generation performance of the solar cell. The substrate for a photoelectric conversion element is made of a stainless steel sheet having a passive film on a surface thereof, an atomic ratio Cr/(Fe+Cr) of the passive film on a surface thereof is 0.08 or more.

Abstract: A power transmitting device includes a first rotor and a second rotor rotatably disposed coaxially with a rotational central axis and in facing relation to each other. A first pressing protrusion projecting from the first rotor and a second pressing protrusion projecting from the second rotor are disposed in relative positions on superposed rotation trajectories. A soft rubber member elastically deformable to a large extent and has a small modulus of elasticity and a hard rubber member elastically deformable to a small extent and has a large modulus of elasticity are interposed between the first and second pressing protrusions. While no relative torque load is being applied to the first and second rotors, the soft rubber member is held in contact with both the first and second pressing protrusions, and the hard rubber member is interposed between the first pressing protrusion and the second pressing protrusion with gaps therebetween.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit obtaining data of an image of an object and data of a plurality of annotations attached to the image, an input unit receiving a designation of a display magnification for enlarging or reducing the image, and a generation unit generating display data with which the annotations are displayed in such a way as to be superimposed on the image enlarged at the designated display magnification, wherein the data of the plurality of annotations includes position information indicating a position in the image at which each annotation is attached and information about the display magnification of the image at the time of attachment of each annotation, and the generation unit generates display data with which display modes of annotations are made different between annotations of which the display magnifications of the image at the time of attachment thereof are different.

Abstract: A power transmitting device includes a first rotor and a second rotor rotatably disposed coaxially with a rotational central axis be and in facing relation to each other, a single arc spring that is elastically deformable to a large extent and has a small modulus of elasticity, the arc spring being interposed between the first rotor and the second rotor for urging the first rotor and the second rotor to opposite sides in a ration direction, a first pressing protrusion projecting from the first rotor and a second pressing protrusion projecting from the second rotor, the first pressing protrusion and the second pressing protrusion being disposed in relative positions on superposed rotation trajectories, and a rubber member that is elastically deformable to a small extent and has a large modulus of elasticity, the rubber member being interposed between the first pressing protrusion and the second pressing protrusion with gaps therebetween.

Abstract: An air dryer includes a supporting base, a drying agent container, and an outer cover. The supporting base includes an inlet for receiving compressed air to be subject to a drying process and an outlet for delivering the processed compressed air that has undergone the drying process. The drying agent container is a container supported on the supporting base, contains a drying agent in the interior, and enables the drying process to be performed by passing the compressed air from the inlet through the drying agent. The outer cover surrounds the outer side of the drying agent container on the supporting base and defines a chamber for storing the compressed air between itself and the drying agent container. The supporting base includes first and second mounting surfaces, which are oriented in different directions, and a plurality of inlets, which are oriented in different directions and receive the compressed air.