Abstract: A vehicle management apparatus is configured to manage a vehicle for delivery loaded with one or more packages. The vehicle management apparatus includes a controller configured to, upon detecting that the vehicle has stopped, determine, based on vehicle data indicating a status of the vehicle, whether a driver of the vehicle is making a delivery, and control a door of the vehicle to lock in a case in which it has been determined that the driver is making a delivery.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to extract roads that are difficult for a particular truck to travel based on a travel history of one or more trucks and generate route guidance such that roads that are easy for the particular truck to travel are given priority by avoiding at least one road among the extracted roads.

Abstract: A delivery support apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a controller configured to acquire information about a vehicle used for delivery of a package, the information having been acquired on the vehicle, determine, based on the information about the vehicle, a loading/unloading location at which the package was loaded or unloaded, and generate, based on the loading/unloading location, information about a location at which packages can be loaded/unloaded.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a superconducting coil apparatus comprising at least one superconducting coil formed of a plurality of turns under a definition that one turn is a portion of a superconducting wire annularly wound for one round, wherein: the superconducting coil has a shape along an outer peripheral surface of a tubular structure having a tubular shape; each of the plurality of turns has a coil longitudinal portion extending along an axial direction of the tubular structure; arrangement form of the coil longitudinal portion is different between a main magnetic field generation region configured to generate a main magnetic field and a magnetic field correction region configured to generate a correction magnetic field.

Abstract: [Object] Provided is a method of producing a nerve fascicle including efficiently extending axons of neural cells. [Solution] Neural cells are cultivated in the presence of feeder cells including at least one type of cells selected from the group consisting of vascular component cells, perivascular cells, and oligodendrocytes.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus includes: light source that emits exposure light; exposure pattern forming apparatus including a plurality of exposure elements and disposed on an optical path of at least part of exposure light; and control unit electrically connected to exposure pattern forming apparatus, in which control unit controls whether workpiece is irradiated with exposure light via each of exposure elements by switching each of exposure elements to a first or second state, and integrates exposure amount in predetermined region of scheduled exposure region by sequentially irradiating predetermined region with light of part of exposure light via a first exposure element in first state among plurality of exposure elements and light of part of exposure light via second exposure element in the first state different from the first exposure element among the plurality of exposure elements in accordance with a relative movement of the workpiece and the exposure pattern forming apparatus.

Abstract: Problem to be Solved A traverse that is percutaneously provided and a surgical instrument for percutaneously providing the transverse are provided. Solution A rod 10 is placed in each of two rod openings 113, 123 and a transverse bar 130 is inserted in two bar holes 111, 121. Set screws 140, 150 are screwed in screw holes 114, 124. The set screws 140, 150 press the transverse bar 130, thereby restraining the transverse bar 130 in the longitudinal direction. Since portions of the bar holes 111, 121 adjoin the rod openings 113, 123, the pressed transverse bar 130 contacts the rods 10 and pushes the rods 10 against the rod openings 113, 123. A protrusion 127 engages with the rods 10 to restrain hooks 110, 120 in the longitudinal direction and circumferential direction of the rods 10.

Abstract: A method of treating cancer comprises administering: (a) a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and (b) a therapeutically effective amount of an additional anti-cancer agent, to a subject in need of such treatment, the compound of Formula (I) being: where X, R1, R2, ring A, L1, L2, L3, and R5 are as defined in this disclosure.

Abstract: Provided is a gas leak locating material used for locating a gas leaking position by application thereof at a position suspected to have a gas leak. The gas leak locating material satisfies the following formula: A/B?21.0, where A represents a viscosity (Pa·s) of the gas leak locating material at 25° C. at a shear rate of 0.1 s?1 and B represents a viscosity (Pa·s) of the gas leak locating material at 25° C. at a shear rate of 10 s?1. The gas leak locating material has an elastic modulus E? of 10 MPa or higher at 50° C. after being cured.

Abstract: The photodetector includes a light receiving element and a package. The package has an accommodation member formed of a ceramic, a wiring including a pad connected to a terminal of the light receiving element by a wire, and a light transmitting member. A bottom wall of the accommodation member has a placement surface to which the light receiving element is attached by an adhesive member. The bottom wall or a side wall of the accommodation member has a pad surface on which the pad is disposed, the pad surface positioned on an opening side of the accommodation member with respect to the placement surface. The side wall has a through hole. At least a portion of an inner end portion of the through hole is positioned on the opening side with respect to a surface of the light receiving element on the opening side.

Abstract: Methods for producing a composition containing a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound are described which involve Step (1), including Step (1-1) for preparing a material comprising: (A) a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound, (B) a polyol, and (C) an aqueous medium, where a content of the (A) hardly water-soluble aromatic compound in the material for heating is below a saturation solubility of the (A) hardly water-soluble aromatic compound in a solvent having the same composition at 25° C. The obtained solution is then heated in Step (1-2) at normal pressure at a temperature of less than 100° C., to obtain a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound solution 1. Step (2) includes adding water to the hardly water-soluble aromatic compound solution 1 such that the resulting hardly water-soluble aromatic compound solution 2 has a concentration of the (A) hardly water-soluble aromatic compound above a saturation solubility at 25° C.

Abstract: A zoom lens system (10) for imaging, includes, in order from an object side (11); a first lens group (G1) with negative refractive power that moves at the time of zooming; a second lens group (G2) with a positive refractive power that moves at the time of zooming, the second lens group including an aperture stop (St); a third lens group (G3) with a positive refractive power, the position of which is fixed relative to the image plane. The second lens group includes: a first sub-lens group (S1) with a positive refractive power arranged on the object side and having the aperture stop; and a second sub-lens group (S2) with a negative refractive power arranged on the image plane side and configured to move independently of the first sub-lens group at the time of focusing.

Abstract: [Object] Provided is a method of producing a nerve bundle including efficiently extending axons of neural cells. [Solution] Neural cells are cultivated in the presence of feeder cells including at least one type of cells selected from vascular component cells and perivascular cells.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid leakage repair material, including: a curable composition, wherein a liquid absorption rate of the liquid leakage repair material after cured is lower than 10%.

Abstract: A zoom lens system (10) for imaging, includes, in order from an object side (11); a first lens group (G1) with negative refractive power that moves at the time of zooming; a second lens group (G2) with a positive refractive power that moves at the time of zooming, the second lens group including an aperture stop (St); a third lens group (G3) with a positive refractive power, the position of which is fixed relative to the image plane. The second lens group includes: a first sub-lens group (S1) with a positive refractive power arranged on the object side and having the aperture stop; and a second sub-lens group (S2) with a negative refractive power arranged on the image plane side and configured to move independently of the first sub-lens group at the time of focusing.

Abstract: Problem to be Solved A traverse that is percutaneously provided and a surgical instrument for percutaneously providing the transverse are provided. Solution A rod 10 is placed in each of two rod openings 113, 123 and a transverse bar 130 is inserted in two bar holes 111, 121. Set screws 140, 150 are screwed in screw holes 114, 124. The set screws 140, 150 press the transverse bar 130, thereby restraining the transverse bar 130 in the longitudinal direction. Since portions of the bar holes 111, 121 adjoin the rod openings 113, 123, the pressed transverse bar 130 contacts the rods 10 and pushes the rods 10 against the rod openings 113, 123. A protrusion 127 engages with the rods 10 to restrain hooks 110, 120 in the longitudinal direction and circumferential direction of the rods 10.

Abstract: To provide a new method for producing a composition containing a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound, the composition having outstanding hardly water-soluble aromatic compound. A method for producing a composition containing a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound, comprising: Step (1) of obtaining a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound solution Step (1) comprising Step (1-1) of preparing a material for heating comprising (A) a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound, (B) a polyol, and (C) an aqueous medium, and Step (1-2) of obtaining a heated solution containing a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound by heating the material for heating at normal pressure at a temperature of less than 100° C.

Abstract: Problem to be Solved A traverse that is percutaneously provided and a surgical instrument for percutaneously providing the transverse are provided. Solution A rod 10 is placed in each of two rod openings 113, 123 and a transverse bar 130 is inserted in two bar holes 111, 121. Set screws 140, 150 are screwed in screw holes 114, 124. The set screws 140, 150 press the transverse bar 130, thereby restraining the transverse bar 130 in the longitudinal direction. Since portions of the bar holes 111, 121 adjoin the rod openings 113, 123, the pressed transverse bar 130 contacts the rods 10 and pushes the rods 10 against the rod openings 113, 123. A protrusion 127 engages with the rods 10 to restrain hooks 110, 120 in the longitudinal direction and circumferential direction of the rods 10.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a solid dispersion that can improve solubility of a hardly soluble polyphenol in water. Specifically, provided is a method of producing a solid dispersion containing an amorphous hardly soluble polyphenol, the method including the steps of: mixing (A) a hardly soluble polyphenol, (B) at least one selected from the group consisting of a plant-derived polysaccharide, a seaweed-derived polysaccharide, and a microorganism-derived polysaccharide, a plant-derived polypeptide, and a microorganism-derived polypeptide, and (C) at least one selected from the group consisting of a monosaccharide and a disaccharide, followed by melting of the mixture by heating; and solidifying the molten product by cooling.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a plurality of high-sensitivity pixels that are arranged in a matrix, and perform a photoelectric conversion at a predetermined sensitivity; a plurality of low-sensitivity pixels that are arranged in a matrix in gaps between the plurality of high-sensitivity pixels, and perform a photoelectric conversion at a lower sensitivity than the predetermined sensitivity; and a signal processor that generates a pixel signal by (i) detecting a difference signal between a signal from the plurality of high-sensitivity pixels and a signal from the plurality of low-sensitivity pixels, and (ii) correcting the signal from the plurality of high-sensitivity pixels using the difference signal.