Abstract: The present invention relates to the provision of a pharmaceutical composition useful in the treatment of Alport syndrome. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition useful in the treatment of Alport syndrome, comprising a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A is a C6-C10 aryl group or a heteroaryl group, wherein at least one hydrogen atom of the aryl group or the heteroaryl group is optionally replaced with a substituent selected from a predetermined group, R is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group, R1 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, and Y is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom or a hydroxy group.

Abstract: A method for producing a piezoelectric actuator including forming a vibration plate, forming a first electrode on the vibration plate, forming a piezoelectric layer on the first electrode, and forming a second electrode on the piezoelectric layer, wherein the forming the vibration plate has a single layer forming step including forming a metal layer containing zirconium by a gas phase method, and forming a metal oxide layer by firing the metal layer, the single layer forming step is repeated, thereby forming the vibration plate in which the metal oxide layers are stacked, and the metal oxide layer has a thickness less than 200 nm.

Abstract: A disinfection system disinfects an inside of a building or a moving body. The disinfection system includes an ultraviolet irradiator, a recognition sensor that recognizes a situation of the inside of the building or the moving body, and a control device configured to automatically control the ultraviolet irradiator based on the situation of the inside of the building or the moving body, which is recognized by the recognition sensor, to disinfect the inside of the building or the moving body.

Abstract: An electronic component package includes a base tape having an elongated shape and including housing portions, each of which houses an electronic component, and a cover tape covering the base tape. The electronic component package includes first and second seal portions welded to sandwich the housing portions between the first and second seal portions and be parallel or substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction x of the electronic component package. A peeling strength of the first seal portion between the base tape and the cover tape is higher than a peeling strength of the second seal portion between the base tape and the cover tape.

Abstract: A capacitor that includes: a substrate with conductivity; a plurality of fiber-shaped conductive members on the substrate and electrically connected to the substrate; a dielectric layer covering a surface of the plurality of fiber-shaped conductive members; and a conductor layer covering a surface of the dielectric layer, where the plurality of fiber-shaped conductive members includes a proximal half present proximally to the surface of the substrate and a distal half present distally to the surface of the substrate, and one of the proximal half and the distal half is higher in the number density of the plurality of fiber-shaped conductive members and larger in the thickness of the dielectric layer than the other of the proximal half and the distal half.

Abstract: A base tape includes a tape main body including a pair of main surfaces opposed to each other and extending in a length direction with a longitudinal direction of the base tape being defined as the length direction and a direction of a short side being defined as a width direction, the tape main body including a plurality of component accommodation portions located at a predetermined distance from each other in the length direction, each of the plurality of component accommodation portions defining and functioning as an accommodation area of an electronic component.

Abstract: An optical member that includes: a first optical element including a first medium and a first plurality of fillers in the first medium and having a non-spherical shape that changes a traveling direction of light passing through the first medium; and a holding portion configured to hold an optical fiber such that the light emitted from the first optical element enters an end surface of the optical fiber.

Abstract: A glass run has a basic framework with a bottom wall, a vehicle outer side wall, and a vehicle inner side wall, the basic framework being attached to a door frame, and the glass run guides an up and down movement of a door glass, wherein the bottom wall has a door glass lip which protrudes from a door glass surface of the bottom wall and a door glass bulge which is interposed between the bottom wall and the door glass lip, and at least one of the door glass lip and the door glass bulge is harder than the bottom wall.

Abstract: An electronic component carrier tape has an elongated shape, and includes a plurality of recessed pockets at equal or substantially equal intervals in a longitudinal direction and each accommodating a respective one of the plurality of electronic components. The electronic component carrier tape includes a flat plate-shaped core at one end portion in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: The glass run includes at least one of a vehicle outer seal lip extending from the vehicle outer side wall toward the bottom wall to slide with a vehicle outer surface of the door glass, and a vehicle inner seal lip extending from the vehicle inner side wall toward the bottom wall to slide with a vehicle inner surface of the door glass. The vehicle outer seal lip or the vehicle inner seal lip has a door glass side tip to slide with the door glass, and the door glass side tip abuts the door glass at a distance of from one-half or more of a thickness of the door glass to 8 mm or less from a tip of the door glass.

Abstract: A carrier tap has a belt shape and includes material forming layers laminated in a lamination direction, a front surface and a back surface opposed to each other in a height direction corresponding to the lamination direction, and accommodating portions that each accommodate a component. The accommodating portions are each adjacent to the front surface and each aligned along a length direction with a partition wall interposed therebetween. The partition wall includes a top lower in height than a top of the front surface.

Abstract: An optical component including: a first block having a first refractive index and a first reflective surface; a first light absorbing member containing a first metal ion that absorbs light having a first specific wavelength and has a second refractive index different from the first refractive index; a first buffer layer between and in contact with each of the first light absorbing member and the first block, and having a third refractive index having a value between the first refractive index and the second refractive index, wherein the first light absorbing member, the first buffer layer, and the first block are arranged in this order in a first direction such that first block reflects light traveling in the first direction in a second direction different from the first direction on the first reflective surface.

Abstract: A display control device is used in a vehicle to control a display of a head-up display The display control device acquires external information based on recognition of a traveling environment around the vehicle, and causes the head-up display to display a superimposition content for providing a route guidance to be superimposed on a foreground in a guidance area. Further, the display control device causes the head-up display to end a display of the superimposition content at a timing based on an end determination using at least the external information.

Abstract: The glass run includes: a bottom wall; a vehicle inner side wall extending from the bottom wall; a vehicle outer side wall extending from the bottom wall; a vehicle inner seal lip connected to the vehicle inner side wall; and a vehicle outer seal lip connected to the vehicle outer side wall, and is configured to guide an up and down movement of a door glass. In the glass run, a hard portion is formed on the vehicle outer side wall, the hard portion having a higher hardness than a material that forms the vehicle outer side wall. The hard portion abuts the vehicle outer seal lip.

Abstract: A case includes a case body including an accommodation space to accommodate electronic components and a discharge portion to accommodate and discharge the electronic components in and from the accommodation space. A label is attachable to the case body. A shutter is slidable relative to the case body to open and close the discharge port. The case body includes, on at least a portion on a surface thereof, a label attaching region including protruding portions to which an attaching surface of the label is attachable.

Abstract: An optical coupler that includes: a first optical member including one or more condensing lenses that concentrate light traveling in a positive direction of an X-axis; a fixing unit that fixes one or more optical fibers; and a support member having a first portion extending in the X-axis direction, a second portion extending in the X-axis direction, and a third portion extending in a Y-axis direction orthogonal to the X-axis direction. The third portion, the first optical member, and the fixing unit are arranged at intervals in this order in a positive direction of an X-axis. The third portion, the first optical member, and the fixing unit are positioned between the first portion and the second portion as viewed in the Z-axis direction. The third portion, the first optical member, and the fixing unit are fixed to the first portion and the second portion.

Abstract: An optical unit includes an optical sensor, a protective cover disposed in a direction of view from the optical sensor, an actuator to drive the protective cover, and a casing including a space between the casing and the protective cover and to which the optical sensor and the protective cover are attached. A first region on the casing adjacent to an outer edge of the protective cover with the space interposed between the casing and the outer edge of the protective cover is a hydrophobic region where a contact angle of a droplet is equal to or larger than a predetermined angle.

Abstract: An optical component including: a first block having a first refractive index and a first reflective surface; a first light absorbing member containing a first metal ion that absorbs light having a first specific wavelength and has a second refractive index different from the first refractive index; a first buffer layer between and in contact with each of the first light absorbing member and the first block, and having a third refractive index having a value between the first refractive index and the second refractive index, wherein the first light absorbing member, the first buffer layer, and the first block are arranged in this order in a first direction such that first block reflects light traveling in the first direction in a second direction different from the first direction on the first reflective surface.

Abstract: A composite capacitor that includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor. Each of plural first columnar conductors and each of plural second columnar conductors have a nano-size outer diameter. The composite capacitor includes a connecting conductor layer and a reinforcement conductor. The reinforcement conductor is located between a first counter electrode layer and a second counter electrode layer of the first capacitor and the second capacitor, respectively, and is connected to each of the first counter electrode layer, the second counter electrode layer, and the connecting conductor layer. The material forming the reinforcement conductor is the same as each of the first counter electrode layer and the second counter electrode layer and is different from the material forming the connecting conductor layer.

Abstract: An alignment device includes a pallet including a flat plate portion and a lateral wall portion defining an alignment area to which chips are supplied, recessed portions defining holding positions in the alignment area to hold the chips in an alignment state, a supply port defined by a portion of the lateral wall portion being open and allowing the chips to be supplied into the alignment area from outside of the lateral wall portion, and a magnet defining a moving holder at least at either one of the flat plate portion or the lateral wall portion to cause each of the chips supplied from the supply port to the alignment area to move to a corresponding one of the recessed portions and hold each of the chips at a corresponding one of the recessed portions.