Abstract: According to the present invention, a liquid crystal aligning agent is configured to contain a polymer (P) which has at least one partial structure selected from the group consisting of a partial structure represented by formula (1) and a partial structure represented by formula (2). In formula (1) and formula (2), X1 represents a tetravalent organic group that has a cyclobutane ring structure, while having at least one substituent in the ring portion of the cyclobutane ring; X2 represents a divalent organic group of a specific structure which has an aliphatic structure and a divalent nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group; and each of R5 and R6 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1-6 carbon atoms.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sizing agent composition that gives a carbon fiber from which a carbon fiber-reinforced composite material having excellent adhesion between a resin and the carbon fiber and having excellent mechanical properties can be formed. The sizing agent composition of the invention is a sizing agent composition comprising (A) a blocked isocyanate, and (B) a compound containing at least one polar group and at least one unsaturated group per molecule. In the invention, the mixing ratio (mass ratio) of the blocked isocyanate (A) and the compound (B) containing at least one polar group and at least one unsaturated group per molecule (A/B) is preferably 95/5 to 5/95. In the invention, the blocked isocyanate (A) is preferably a compound having an aliphatic skeleton.

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: 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 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: 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 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: 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: 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: According to the present invention, a liquid crystal aligning agent is configured to contain a polymer (P) which has at least one partial structure selected from the group consisting of a partial structure represented by formula (1) and a partial structure represented by formula (2). In formula (1) and formula (2), X1 represents a tetravalent organic group that has a cyclobutane ring structure, while having at least one substituent in the ring portion of the cyclobutane ring; X2 represents a divalent organic group of a specific structure which has an aliphatic structure and a divalent nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group; and each of R5 and R6 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1-6 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A fuel property determining device for an engine is provided, the device retarding a fuel injection timing and determining a fuel property based on a combustion variation of the engine caused by the retarding. The device includes a processor configured to control a parameter related to combustibility so as to degrade a combustion state before the fuel injection timing is retarded, the parameter being different from the fuel injection timing.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a heterodimer protein composition that is composed of a first polypeptide comprising an immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region and a second polypeptide comprising CL-Fc prepared by fusion of an immunoglobulin light chain constant region (CL) and Fc region, and also has a deletion or substitution of Cys residues involved in disulfide bonds between CL and CH1, a purification method of the protein composition thereof, a preparation method of the protein composition thereof, a DNA and a vector encoding the protein composition thereof are provided.

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: There is provided a lighting circuit configured to drive a light source including a plurality of light emitting units connected in series. The lighting circuit includes a converter which is configured to supply a drive current to the light source, a plurality of high-side switches, each of which is provided between one end of a corresponding light emitting unit and one output of the converter, and a plurality of low-side switches, each of which is provided between another end of the corresponding light emitting unit and another output of the converter.

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 reciprocating pump includes: a housing with a fluid channel that includes a pump chamber; a reciprocated member that is disposed in the housing to form the pump chamber, and reciprocable for suction and discharge of fluid; 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 fluid channel via the pressure receiving portion. The housing includes an inner wall facing the fluid channel, and a flexible, membranous portion placed continuously next to the inner wall to face the fluid channel. The pressure gauge is attached to the housing such that the membranous portion is sandwiched between the pressure receiving portion and the fluid channel.

Abstract: There is provided a lighting circuit configured to drive a light source including a plurality of light emitting units connected in series. The lighting circuit includes a converter which is configured to supply a drive current to the light source, a plurality of high-side switches, each of which is provided between one end of a corresponding light emitting unit and one output of the converter, and a plurality of low-side switches, each of which is provided between another end of the corresponding light emitting unit and another output of the converter.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and the like capable of reducing labor of associating an item for sale with a category. The information processing device acquires an image specified by a user. The information processing device extracts a feature value of the specified image. The information processing device acquires category information corresponding to an item for sale represented by the specified image. The information processing device searches for images similar to the specified image, based on the extracted feature value. The information processing device causes at least one of the found images to be displayed as a search result. The information processing device, when the user has selected any one image from the displayed search result, makes a storage unit store the acquired category information in association with sale item identification information corresponding to the selected image.

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 vehicle lamp system includes a lamp unit and a lamp control unit. The lamp unit includes a plurality of LEDs and forms a high-beam light-distribution pattern. The lamp control unit controls the on/off of each of the plurality of LEDs. The lamp control unit controls each LED in the following manner. Specifically, the luminance is gradually lowered in a first period when the luminance is lowered to a level at which the LED remains on at reduced luminance. The luminance is gradually lowered in a second period, which is shorter than the first period, when the luminance is lowered to a level at which the LED is off.