Abstract: The object of the present invention is to suitably control a charging state of a human body all the time. A charging amount detection device 13 is worn by a human body and measures the surface potential of the human body. A static electricity control device 12 is worn by a human body and generates and discharges ions to the human body and thereby controls the static electricity on the human body. A mobile terminal 11 sets a control pattern of the static electricity on the human body that is suitable for a condition such as temperature and humidity for the static electricity control device 12 via short-range wireless communication. The static electricity control device 12 uses the set control pattern to perform feedback control of the static electricity on the human body by using the surface potential of the human body measured by the charging amount detection device 13.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to suitably control a charging state of a human body all the time. A charging amount detection device 13 is worn by a human body and measures the surface potential of the human body. A static electricity control device 12 is worn by a human body and generates and discharges ions to the human body and thereby controls the static electricity on the human body. A mobile terminal 11 sets a control pattern of the static electricity on the human body that is suitable for a condition such as temperature and humidity for the static electricity control device 12 via short-range wireless communication. The static electricity control device 12 uses the set control pattern to perform feedback control of the static electricity on the human body by using the surface potential of the human body measured by the charging amount detection device 13.

Abstract: Generation apparatus includes: a knowledge estimation unit estimating user knowledge in accordance with a knowledge estimation rule for estimating that a user has knowledge; a sentence obtainment unit obtaining a sentence to be summarized; a sentence summarization unit summarizing the sentence obtained by the sentence obtainment unit to obtain a summary candidate word as a result of the summarization; and a summary word generation unit generating a summary word to be output to the user in accordance with the user knowledge estimated by the knowledge estimation unit and the summary candidate word obtained by the sentence summarization unit.

Abstract: An object includes: a first communication interface unit configured to communicate with a first apparatus; a second communication interface unit configured to communicate with a second apparatus; and a control unit configured to perform control to transmit second information based on first information received from the first apparatus via the first communication interface unit to the second apparatus via the second communication interface unit, and, in a case that communication with the first apparatus via the first communication interface unit ends, perform control to transmit request information for requesting deletion of the second information transmitted to the second apparatus to the second apparatus.

Abstract: A fake nail including an electronic paper as a display member and having a simple structure, which can easily update a display, is provided. A fake nail 1 including the electronic paper as the display member is mounted on a nail of a user using a fixing member 2 such as an electrically-conductive binding material and the like. In a state wherein the fake nail 1 is mounted, a display update device 3 generates an ion wind, and the generated ion wind is blown onto the fake nail 1. By electrical charging caused by the ion wind, an electric potential is applied to the electronic paper contained in the fake nail 1, and the display of the electronic paper is updated to a color according to the electric potential.

Abstract: An information processing device that is connectable to an electronic apparatus, the information processing device includes: a connection unit that detects connection of the electronic apparatus; a storage unit that stores first identification information or second identification information of the electronic apparatus; and a provision unit that provides any one of the first identification information and the second identification information according to a request of the electronic apparatus. The provision unit provides the second identification information to the electronic apparatus in a case that the first identification information according to the request has not been stored in the storage unit or in a case that the first identification information is unable to be acquired.

Abstract: An information processing device that is connectable to an electronic apparatus, the information processing device includes: a connection unit that detects connection of the electronic apparatus; a storage unit that stores first identification information or second identification information of the electronic apparatus; and a provision unit that provides any one of the first identification information and the second identification information according to a request of the electronic apparatus. The provision unit provides the second identification information to the electronic apparatus in a case that the first identification information according to the request has not been stored in the storage unit or in a case that the first identification information is unable to be acquired.

Abstract: An object includes: a first communication interface unit configured to communicate with a first apparatus; a second communication interface unit configured to communicate with a second apparatus; and a control unit configured to perform control to transmit second information based on first information received from the first apparatus via the first communication interface unit to the second apparatus via the second communication interface unit, and, in a case that communication with the first apparatus via the first communication interface unit ends, perform control to transmit request information for requesting deletion of the second information transmitted to the second apparatus to the second apparatus.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to establish means for reliably incorporating a poorly soluble UV-absorbing agent into a hair cosmetic composition, to thereby provide a hair cosmetic composition which has excellent effect of preventing UV-hair damage and which exhibits favorable sensation in use thereof. Specifically, the object can be attained through provision of a hair cosmetic composition including the following ingredients (1) and (2): (1) a polyoxy(lower alkylene) addition compound represented by formula (I): wherein R represents a phytosterol residue or a phytostanol residue; m is a number from 0 to 100; and n is a number from 5 to 100, and (2) a UV-absorbing agent having a triazine group.

Abstract: The present invention provides a microgel having a mean particle size of 0.1-1,000 ?m, the microgel being produced from a gel which is formed by use of a hydrophilic compound capable of forming a gel. An external composition containing the microgel provides an excellent sensation during use; i.e., the composition provides neither sticky sensation during use nor frictional sensation. Furthermore, even when a large amount of a pharmaceutical ingredient, such as a whitening ingredient, or a salt is incorporated into the composition, the viscosity of the composition is not lowered, and the composition exhibits excellent viscosity increasing property. In addition, the composition exhibits long-term stability, without inviting separation of water.

Abstract: A cleansing composition including water and a surfactant, the content of the surfactant in the cleansing composition being more than or equal to 0.4% by weight and less than or equal to 12% by weight, the viscosity of the cleansing composition at 30° C. being more than or equal to 5 mPa·s and less than or equal to 1500 mPa·s, the foam viscosity of foam at 30° C. at 10 seconds after the foam is generated by mixing the cleansing composition with air being more than or equal to 40 mPa·s and less than or equal to 100 mPa·s, and the average diameter of bubbles included in the foam at 30 seconds after the foam is generated by mixing the cleansing composition with air being more than or equal to 10 ?m and less than or equal to 100 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a new compound having a rough skin improving effect, excellent in safety, excellent in texture in use, especially free of sticky feeling, excellent in refreshing feeling, and capable to improve the base agent stability as a component. An alkylene oxide derivative is characterized by being represented by the below-described general formula (I): (formula I) Z—{O-[(AO)a-(EO)b]-R}2??(I) (In the formula, Z is the residue obtained by removing hydroxyl groups from the dimer diol, EO is an oxyethylene group, AO is an oxyalkylene group having 3 to 4 carbon atoms, and the addition form is block-type. The symbols a and b are the average addition mole numbers of the above-described oxyalkylene group and the oxyethylene group, respectively, and they are 1?2 a?150 and 1?2 b?150. The percentage of the oxyethylene groups with respect to the sum of the oxyalkylene groups having 3 to 4 carbon atoms and the oxyethylene groups is 10 to 99 mass %.

Abstract: An emulsified composition for hair, which contains a nonionic surfactant that is a solid at normal temperature and has a Krafft point of at least 40° C., an oil component, and water, and which has an average emulsified particle size of 0.5 ?m or less, provides long-lasting luster. Further, an emulsified composition for hair, which is an water-in-oil emulsified composition and which contains the following two types of oil phase as the oil phase, improves the feel of hair immediately after use: 1) an oil phase with an average particle size of 0.5 ?m or less, formed with a nonionic surfactant that is a solid at normal temperature and has a Krafft point of at least 40° C., and 2) an oil phase with an average particle size of 0.5 to 100 ?m, formed with a surfactant and/or an alkyl-modified carboxyvinyl polymer.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to establish means for reliably incorporating a poorly soluble UV-absorbing agent into a hair cosmetic composition, to thereby provide a hair cosmetic composition which has excellent effect of preventing UV-hair damage and which exhibits favorable sensation in use thereof. Specifically, the object can be attained through provision of a hair cosmetic composition including the following ingredients (1) and (2): (1) a polyoxy(lower alkylene) addition compound represented by formula (I): wherein R represents a phytosterol residue or a phytostanol residue; m is a number from 0 to 100; and n is a number from 5 to 100, and (2) a UV-absorbing agent having a triazine group.

Abstract: An image display device (100A) includes: an icon display section (131) displaying a list of folder icons indicative of the folders, in an icon display area; and a preview slide show executing section (133) displaying a slide show of files stored in a folder, in a preview display area in a screen where the icon display area is present, the folder corresponding to a folder icon selected from among the folder icons displayed by the icon display means (131) in the list in the icon display area. This allows a user to easily make an operation for browsing a file or the like, concurrently with viewing a large preview screen.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a new compound having a rough skin improving effect, excellent in safety, excellent in texture in use, especially free of sticky feeling, excellent in refreshing feeling, and capable to improve the base agent stability as a component. An alkylene oxide derivative is characterized by being represented by the below-described general formula (I): (formula I) Z-{O-[(AO)a-(EO)b]-R}2??(I) (In the formula, Z is the residue obtained by removing hydroxyl groups from the dimer diol, EO is an oxyethylene group, AO is an oxyalkylene group having 3 to 4 carbon atoms, and the addition form is block-type. The symbols a and b are the average addition mole numbers of the above-described oxyalkylene group and the oxyethylene group, respectively, and they are 1?2 a?150 and 1?2 b?150. The percentage of the oxyethylene groups with respect to the sum of the oxyalkylene groups having 3 to 4 carbon atoms and the oxyethylene groups is 10 to 99 mass %.

Abstract: Provided is a hair cosmetic that can exhibit hair styling capability, natural finishing capability, and hair style retentivity respectively at superior levels. The hair cosmetic contains a urethane-modified acrylic polymer having a structure in which a urethane polymer chain is bonded to an acrylic polymer chain through a linkage segment having a silicon-oxygen bond, in which the acrylic polymer chain is a residue of an acrylic polymer derived at least from an acrylic monomer (A) and a compound (B1) and/or a compound (B2), where the compound (B1) has a hydrolyzable silicon-containing group and an ethylenically unsaturated bond-containing group, and the compound (B2) has a hydrolyzable silicon-containing group and a mercapto group, and the urethane polymer chain is a residue of a urethane polymer (C) having a hydrolyzable silicon-containing group. The linkage segment in the urethane-modified acrylic polymer is preferably a silicone polymer chain.

Abstract: The present invention provides a microgel having a mean particle size of 0.1-1,000 ?m, the microgel being produced from a gel which is formed by use of a hydrophilic compound capable of forming a gel. An external composition containing the microgel provides an excellent sensation during use; i.e., the composition provides neither sticky sensation during use nor frictional sensation. Furthermore, even when a large amount of a pharmaceutical ingredient, such as a whitening ingredient, or a salt is incorporated into the composition, the viscosity of the composition is not lowered, and the composition exhibits excellent viscosity increasing property. In addition, the composition exhibits long-term stability, without inviting separation of water.

Abstract: An emulsified composition for hair, which contains a nonionic surfactant that is a solid at normal temperature and has a Krafft point of at least 40° C., an oil component, and water, and which has an average emulsified particle size of 0.5 ?m or less, provides long-lasting luster. Further, an emulsified composition for hair, which is an water-in-oil emulsified composition and which contains the following two types of oil phase as the oil phase, improves the feel of hair immediately after use: 1) an oil phase with an average particle size of 0.5 ?m or less, formed with a nonionic surfactant that is a solid at normal temperature and has a Krafft point of at least 40° C., and 2) an oil phase with an average particle size of 0.5 to 100 ?m, formed with a surfactant and/or an alkyl-modified carboxyvinyl polymer.

Abstract: A hair cosmetic comprises one or more amino-modified or ammonium-modified silicones of wherein each R1 is independently a methyl group, a phenyl group or a hydroxyl group, each R2 is independently R4Z, a is an integer of 0 to 3, each of m and n is a positive integer, a mean value of m+n is a range of from 4000 to 6000, and a mean value of n/m is a range of from 0.002 to 0.03, wherein R4 is C3-C6 alkylene group, and Z is represented by any of the following formulas: wherein each R5 is independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-C30 alkyl group, R6 is a C1-C30 alkyl group, A is a chlorine atom, a bromine atom or an iodine atom, and b is an integer of 2 to 6.