Abstract: A determination method for a psychiatric disorder includes: acquiring a first reference value, a second reference value, a first comparison value, and a second comparison value, the first reference value being a heart rate variability index of a healthy person under a first sound stimulus environment, the second reference value being a heart rate variability index of the healthy person under a second sound stimulus environment different from the first sound stimulus environment, the first comparison value being a heart rate variability index of a user under the first sound stimulus environment, the second comparison value being a heart rate variability index of the user under the second sound stimulus environment; and executing comparison processing among the first reference value, the second reference value, the first comparison value, and the second comparison value to determine a possibility that the user has a psychiatric disorder.

Abstract: Provided is a noninvasive method for determining the presence of a symptom of a hepatic disease such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with a higher diagnostic accuracy. A method for discriminate between nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), the method comprising: (1) a step of measuring the quantities of marker molecules contained in blood collected from a subject; (2) a step of determining an index value from a normalized score calculated based on the quantities of the marker molecules belonging to the same group; and (3) a step of determining that the subject is possibly affected with NASH in the case that the index value is larger than a reference value.

Abstract: A structure to couple exterior components of a vehicle includes a first exterior component and a second exterior component located apart from the first exterior component, wherein the first exterior component comprises an upper protrusion configured to overlap the second exterior component, and wherein the first exterior component comprises a side protrusion configured to overlap the second exterior component. A method to couple exterior components of a vehicle includes providing a protrusion about at least a portion of a first exterior component, installing the first exterior component proximal to a second exterior component, overlapping the protrusion of the first exterior component about a at least a portion of the second exterior component, interposing an elastic member between a peripheral surface of the first exterior component and an edge of the second exterior component, and positioning the elastic member beneath the protrusion of the first exterior component.

Abstract: A calibration method for an edge inspection apparatus having: a light emitting portion which irradiates light onto an edge of a substrate being inspected; and a detection portion which detects optical characteristics of the light reflected by the edge to detect the defect occurring in the edge based on the optical characteristics, wherein the calibration method including: a pseudo-defect formation step of forming a plurality of pseudo-defects on an edge of a substrate for calibration along a circumferential direction thereof, in which at least one of a position in the thickness direction of the substrate, the shape and the size is set so as to be different between the pseudo-defects; a detection step of irradiating the inspection light onto the respective pseudo-defects, and detecting the optical characteristics of the reflection light by the detection portion; and an adjustment step of calibrating the edge inspection apparatus based on the optical characteristics.

Abstract: A structure to couple exterior components of a vehicle includes a first exterior component and a second exterior component located apart from the first exterior component, wherein the first exterior component comprises an upper protrusion configured to overlap the second exterior component, and wherein the first exterior component comprises a side protrusion configured to overlap the second exterior component. A method to couple exterior components of a vehicle includes providing a protrusion about at least a portion of a first exterior component, installing the first exterior component proximal to a second exterior component, overlapping the protrusion of the first exterior component about a at least a portion of the second exterior component, interposing an elastic member between a peripheral surface of the first exterior component and an edge of the second exterior component, and positioning the elastic member beneath the protrusion of the first exterior component.