Abstract: The information processing device includes: a cultivation information acquisition unit configured to acquire cultivation information of a cell; and a recommended condition setting unit configured to set a recommended condition for detaching the cell from a to be-processed vessel in which the cell is cultured, the cultivation information including information about the to-be-processed vessel, the recommended condition being a condition for detaching the cell by applying vibration to the to-be-processed vessel, the recommended condition setting unit being configured to set the recommended condition based on the cultivation information, with use of information concerning an association relationship between information about a cultivation condition and information about a detachment condition, the information about the cultivation condition including information about a culture vessel, the information about the detachment condition including information about a condition for applying vibration to the culture vess

Abstract: The information processing device includes: a cultivation information acquisition unit configured to acquire cultivation information of a cell; and a recommended condition generation unit configured to generate a recommended condition for detaching the cell from a to-be-processed vessel in which the cell is cultured, the cultivation information including information about the to-be-processed vessel, the recommended condition being a condition for detaching the cell by applying vibration to the to-be-processed vessel, the recommended condition generation unit being configured to generate the recommended condition based on the cultivation information, with use of a learned model, the learned model being learned with use of information about a cultivation condition and information about a detachment condition, the information about the cultivation condition including information about a culture vessel, the information about the detachment condition including information about a condition for applying vibration t

Abstract: A single cell for a fuel cell in which an air electrode or a fuel electrode includes at least two layers. The air electrode includes an adhering cathode layer formed on one surface of the solid electrolyte layer and configured to show a function to allow the air electrode and the solid electrolyte layer to adhere electrically and mechanically to each other, and an electricity collecting cathode layer formed on the adhering cathode layer and configured to show an electricity collecting function of the air electrode. Alternatively, the fuel electrode includes an adhering anode layer formed on the other surface of the solid electrolyte layer and configured to show a function to allow the fuel electrode and the solid electrolyte layer to adhere electrically and mechanically to each other, and an electricity collecting anode layer formed on the adhering anode layer and configured to show an electricity collecting function.

Abstract: When the emissivity ? on the reverse face of a substrate 10 is measured during annealing processing for the substrate 10, films made from a material that varies the emissivity ?, such as a first DPS film 15 used for forming a plug 15A, a second DPS film 17 used for forming a capacitor lower electrode 17A and a third DPS film 20 used for forming a capacitor upper electrode 20A, are formed on the top face of the substrate 10. On the other hand, no film made from a material that varies the emissivity ?, such as a DPS film, is formed on the reverse face of the substrate 10.

Abstract: A single cell for a fuel cell in which an air electrode or a fuel electrode includes at least two layers. The air electrode includes an adhering cathode layer formed on one surface of the solid electrolyte layer and configured to show a function to allow the air electrode and the solid electrolyte layer to adhere electrically and mechanically to each other, and an electricity collecting cathode layer formed on the adhering cathode layer and configured to show an electricity collecting function of the air electrode. Alternatively, the fuel electrode includes an adhering anode layer formed on the other surface of the solid electrolyte layer and configured to show a function to allow the fuel electrode and the solid electrolyte layer to adhere electrically and mechanically to each other, and an electricity collecting anode layer formed on the adhering anode layer and configured to show an electricity collecting function.

Abstract: A single cell for a fuel cell in which an air electrode or a fuel electrode includes at least two layers. The air electrode includes an adhering cathode layer formed on one surface of the solid electrolyte layer and configured to show a function to allow the air electrode and the solid electrolyte layer to adhere electrically and mechanically to each other, and an electricity collecting cathode layer formed on the adhering cathode layer and configured to show an electricity collecting function of the air electrode. Alternatively, the fuel electrode includes an adhering anode layer formed on the other surface of the solid electrolyte layer and configured to show a function to allow the fuel electrode and the solid electrolyte layer to adhere electrically and mechanically to each other, and an electricity collecting anode layer formed on the adhering anode layer and configured to show an electricity collecting function.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte material contains an A site-deficient complex oxide represented by a chemical formula A1-&agr;BO3-&dgr;, in which a B site contains at least Ga. This solid electrolyte material has stability, high oxide-ion conductivity at low temperature and high toughness. A method of manufacturing the solid electrolyte material, comprises: mixing oxide materials of respective constituent elements; baking temporarily the mixed materials at 1100 to 1200° C. for 2 to 10 hours; grinding the temporarily baked materials to powder; molding the powder; and sintering the molded powder. A solid oxide fuel cell, has: the solid electrolyte material; a cathode electrode formed on one surface of the solid electrolyte material; and an anode electrode formed on the other surface of the solid electrolyte material. The solid oxide fuel cell has a stable and long operation at low temperature.

Abstract: A bulk exchange-spring magnet 12, a method of producing the same, and a device 20 incorporating the bulk exchange-spring magnet are disclosed. The magnet includes magnet powders 10 having hard and soft phases, and boron and oxygen atoms which cohere in boundary areas 16 between grains 14 of the densified magnet powders 10. In a production method, the magnet powders 10 are compacted so as to incorporate boron and oxygen atoms into the boundary areas 16 and are heated under a compacted state of the magnet powders at varying operating temperatures for a given time period. This results in formation of a highly densified magnet at a lower potential operating temperature for a shorter time period without the grain growth. The device 20 includes the bulk exchange-spring magnet 12 containing the boron and oxygen atoms cohering between the grains of the densified magnet powders.

Abstract: When the emissivity &egr; on the reverse face of a substrate 10 is measured during annealing processing for the substrate 10, films made from a material that varies the emissivity &egr;, such as a first DPS film 15 used for forming a plug 15A, a second DPS film 17 used for forming a capacitor lower electrode 17A and a third DPS film 20 used for forming a capacitor upper electrode 20A, are formed on the top face of the substrate 10. On the other hand, no film made from a material that varies the emissivity &egr;, such as a DPS film, is formed on the reverse face of the substrate 10.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an enzyme immunoassay method for assaying calcium ion, including putting calcium-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase, namely glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) never expressing its activity in the absence of calcium ion, in contact to the calcium ion in a sample to assay the enzyme activity of the GLDH, the activity changing depending on the calcium ion concentration in the sample; and the invention also relates to an assay reagent for use in the same. Because the reagent is very stable in a solution state under storage, the reagent can be incorporated in a liquid reagent. Thus, the calcium in a biological material or other samples can be assayed in a simple and accurate manner.

Abstract: A regulator protein of a two-component signal transduction system in plants and a nucleic acid coding therefor are disclosed. The present invention provided an isolated protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1 in the Sequence Listing or an amino acid sequence having a homology of not less than 30% to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1, which functions as a regulator protein in a plant, and a nucleic acid coding therefor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an enzyme immunoassay method for assaying calcium ion, including putting calcium-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase, namely glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) never expressing its activity in the absence of calcium ion, in contact to the calcium ion in a sample to assay the enzyme activity of the GLDH, the activity changing depending on the calcium ion concentration in the sample; and the invention also relates to an assay reagent for use in the same. Because the reagent is very stable in a solution state under storage, the reagent can be incorporated in a liquid reagent. Thus, the calcium in a biological material or other samples can be assayed in a simple and accurate manner.

Abstract: A single cell for a fuel cell in which an air electrode or a fuel electrode includes at least two layers. The air electrode includes an adhering cathode layer formed on one surface of the solid electrolyte layer and configured to show a function to allow the air electrode and the solid electrolyte layer to adhere electrically and mechanically to each other, and an electricity collecting cathode layer formed on the adhering cathode layer and configured to show an electricity collecting function of the air electrode. Alternatively, the fuel electrode includes an adhering anode layer formed on the other surface of the solid electrolyte layer and configured to show a function to allow the air electrode and the solid electrolyte layer to adhere electrically and mechanically to each other, and an electricity collecting anode layer formed on the adhering anode layer and configured to show an electricity collecting function.

Abstract: While conventionally, a Co film is deposited by directional sputtering directly on a source/drain diffusion layer formed on the surface of an Si substrate while the substrate is being heated, a thin oxide film is formed on the source/drain diffusion layer and then, the Co film is deposited by directional sputtering while the substrate is being heated. By doing this, an inner Co—Si layer the composition of which is thermally unstable is formed and a Co—Si—O layer is formed on the Co—Si layer. After the remaining unreacted Co film and the Co—Si—O layer are selectively removed, a high-temperature heat treatment is performed, so that the inner Co—Si layer is transformed into a CoSi2 layer to increase the film thickness. The formation of the oxide film curbs the speed of reaction between Co and Si, so that a Co—Si layer of the same thickness as that in the wide region can be formed in the fine region.

Abstract: A bulk exchange-spring magnet 12, a method of producing the same, and a device 20 incorporating the bulk exchange-spring magnet are disclosed. The magnet includes magnet powders 10 having hard and soft phases, and boron and oxygen atoms which cohere in boundary areas 16 between grains 14 of the densified magnet powders 10. In a production method, the magnet powders 10 are compacted so as to incorporate boron and oxygen atoms into the boundary areas 16 and are heated under a compacted state of the magnet powders at varying operating temperatures for a given time period. This results in formation of a highly densified magnet at a lower potential operating temperature for a shorter time period without the grain growth. The device 20 includes the bulk exchange-spring magnet 12 containing the boron and oxygen atoms cohering between the grains of the densified magnet powders.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte material contains an A site-deficient complex oxide represented by a chemical formula A1-&agr;BO3-&dgr;, in which a B site contains at least Ga. This solid electrolyte material has stability, high oxide-ion conductivity at low temperature and high toughness. A method of manufacturing the solid electrolyte material, comprises: mixing oxide materials of respective constituent elements; baking temporarily the mixed materials at 1100 to 1200° C. for 2 to 10 hours; grinding the temporarily baked materials to powder; molding the powder; and sintering the molded powder. A solid oxide fuel cell, has: the solid electrolyte material; a cathode electrode formed on one surface of the solid electrolyte material; and an anode electrode formed on the other surface of the solid electrolyte material. The solid oxide fuel cell has a stable and long operation at low temperature.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device including a silicon region and a cobalt silicide film, the cobalt silicide film being in contact with at least a part of the silicon region. The method includes the steps of: doping at least part of the silicon region with boron by setting a doping level of boron in the part at 1.times.10.sup.15 cm.sup.-3 or more; depositing a cobalt film over a surface of the silicon region; conducting a first heat treatment for producing a silicidation reaction in a contact region between the cobalt film and the silicon region and thereby forming the cobalt silicide film; selectively removing unreacted portions of the cobalt film that have not been turned into silicide; and conducting a second heat treatment at a temperature higher than a temperature set for the first heat treatment step, thereby inducing a phase transition in the cobalt silicide film.

Abstract: After forming a polysilicon film to be used as a gate electrode on a semiconductor substrate of silicon, an insulating thin film is deposited on the polysilicon film. Impurity ions are implanted into the polysilicon film through the insulating thin film, so as to form an amorphous layer on the surface of the polysilicon film. After removing the insulating thin film existing on the polysilicon film, a metal film is deposited on the amorphous layer. A reaction is caused between the amorphous layer and the metal film through annealing, so as to form a metal silicide layer on the surface of the polysilicon film.

Abstract: A first metallization layer is locally formed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate thereby leaving portions of the semiconductor substrate's surface exposed. A first silicon oxide layer is then formed in such a manner that it covers the exposed portions of the semiconductor substrate's surface and the first metallization layer. This is followed by the formation of an HMDS molecular layer on the first silicon oxide layer. Then, a second silicon oxide is formed on the molecular layer by means of a CVD process utilizing the chemical reaction of ozone with TEOS. Finally, a second metallization layer is locally formed on the second silicon oxide layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides:a process for producing an alkali metal salt of an arylmercaptan compound, represented by general formula (3): ##STR1## which process comprises reacting a disulfide compound represented by general formula: ##STR2## with a hydroxide of an alkali metal M.sup.1 in the presence of a sulfur compound represented by general formula (2):H.sub.(2-i) S(M.sup.1).sub.i (2)a process for producing an alkoxycarbonylalkylthioaryl compound represented by general formula (5): ##STR3## which process comprises reacting the above-mentioned alkalimetal salt of an arylmercaptan compound with a halogenofattyacid ester compound represented by general formula (4):X.sup.1 R.sup.2 COOR.sup.3 (4)at pH 7-10; and a process for producing the above-mentioned alkoxycarbonylalkylthioaryl compound, which process comprises reacting the above-mentioned disulfide compound with the above-mentioned hydroxide of an alkali metal M.sup.