Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a force measurement method including a first acquisition step in which, among data included in time course data indicating a movement trajectory of cargo acquired in a non-invasive manner, first data indicating a temporal change of a position of the cargo during a period in which the displacement of the cargo per unit time is substantially constant is acquired, a fluctuation value calculation step in which, based on a first probability distribution indicating a distribution of a probability that the amount of change at a predetermined position of the cargo per unit time is a predetermined amount, which is a probability distribution based on the first data, a fluctuation value proportional to a force applied to the cargo by motor proteins that transport the cargo is calculated, and a force calculation step in which the force is calculated based on the calculated fluctuation value.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel modified protein which is to be used, as a novel detection tool relating to gene expression, for detecting a chromatin open structure more easily at a higher sensitivity than by the conventional technique. The present invention relates to: a nucleic acid binding fluorescent protein, said protein containing a DNA binding domain in which 3 or more TAL-repeats are repeatedly connected, characterized by binding independently from base sequences; and a method for fluorescent labeling of an open chromatin in a vital cell, said method comprising a step for transferring a gene encoding a nucleic acid binding protein into the vital cell, characterized in that the nucleic acid binding protein is a protein comprising a DNA binding domain, in which 3 or more TAL-repeats are repeatedly connected, and a fluorescent protein directly or indirectly bound thereto and the DNA binding domain binds to a nucleic acid independently from base sequences.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorogenic RNA capable of visualizing mRNA in cells, particularly, living mammalian cells, and a target RNA fluorescent labeling method using the fluorogenic RNA. The present invention provides a fluorogenic nucleic acid molecule containing a base sequence having two or more fluorescent molecule-binding regions linked via a linker sequence, in which one or more fluorescent molecule-binding aptamer sequences are inserted into a scaffold sequence of each of the fluorescent molecule-binding regions.

Abstract: A brake device for a vehicle, including: a rotary body; a friction member; an actuator including a piston and an electric motor; a piston-retracting prohibiting mechanism including a toothed wheel having ratchet teeth, a stopper configured to lock the ratchet teeth, a stopper biasing mechanism configured to bias the stopper in a direction in which the stopper moves from a locking position to a non-locking position, and a stopper keeping device configured to keep the stopper positioned at the locking position by an electric current supplied thereto, the prohibiting mechanism being configured to prohibit the piston from being retracted in a state in which the stopper locks the ratchet teeth; and a controller configured to control supply of an electric current to the electric motor and supply of the electric current to the stopper keeping device, wherein an electricity storage device is provided in parallel with the stopper keeping device.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a force measurement method including a first acquisition step in which, among data included in time course data indicating a movement trajectory of cargo acquired in a non-invasive manner, first data indicating a temporal change of a position of the cargo during a period in which the displacement of the cargo per unit time is substantially constant is acquired, a fluctuation value calculation step in which, based on a first probability distribution indicating a distribution of a probability that the amount of change at a predetermined position of the cargo per unit time is a predetermined amount, which is a probability distribution based on the first data, a fluctuation value proportional to a force applied to the cargo by motor proteins that transport the cargo is calculated, and a force calculation step in which the force is calculated based on the calculated fluctuation value.

Abstract: A brake device for a vehicle, including: a rotary body; a friction member; an actuator including a piston and an electric motor; a piston-retracting prohibiting mechanism including a toothed wheel having ratchet teeth, a stopper configured to lock the ratchet teeth, a stopper biasing mechanism configured to bias the stopper in a direction in which the stopper moves from a locking position to a non-locking position, and a stopper keeping device configured to keep the stopper positioned at the locking position by an electric current supplied thereto, the prohibiting mechanism being configured to prohibit the piston from being retracted in a state in which the stopper locks the ratchet teeth; and a controller configured to control supply of an electric current to the electric motor and supply of the electric current to the stopper keeping device, wherein an electricity storage device is provided in parallel with the stopper keeping device.

Abstract: A decrease in a terminal voltage of a battery is suppressed in a vehicle control device having a function of driving a pump motor to operate an automatic brake, and a function of driving an EPB motor to operate an EPB. When a brake ECU receives an EPB request during the operation of the automatic brake, and an elapsed period after a start of the automatic brake becomes more than a first set period t1, the brake ECU starts the EPB motors. Moreover, when the brake ECU receives an automatic brake request during the operation of the EPB, and an elapsed period after a start of the EPB is not more than a second set period t2, the brake ECU suspends the operation of the EPB, and starts the automatic brake.

Abstract: A fiber-reinforced polypropylene-based resin composition including 53 mass % to 74.5 mass % of a component (A); 10 mass % to 20 mass % of a component (B); 15 to 25 mass % of a component (C); and 0.5 to 2 mass % of a component (D), where a sum of the components (A), (B), (C), and (D) is 100 mass %. The components (A), (B), (C), and (D) satisfy specific conditions. The composition further includes 0.05 to 0.15 pts.mass of a component (E) relative to 100 pts.mass of the sum of the components (A), (B), (C), and (D). The component (E) satisfies a specific condition.

Abstract: A decrease in a terminal voltage of a battery is suppressed in a vehicle control device having a function of driving a pump motor to operate an automatic brake, and a function of driving an EPB motor to operate an EPB. When a brake ECU receives an EPB request during the operation of the automatic brake, and an elapsed period after a start of the automatic brake becomes more than a first set period t1, the brake ECU starts the EPB motors. Moreover, when the brake ECU receives an automatic brake request during the operation of the EPB, and an elapsed period after a start of the EPB is not more than a second set period t2, the brake ECU suspends the operation of the EPB, and starts the automatic brake.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic device that includes: a main body; an information processing device housed in the main body, the front face of a housing of the information processing device being installed on the back side of a panel of the main body; and a duct that leads the external air of the main body to the information processing device. The information processing device includes a fan that takes the external air from the back face opposite from the front face into the inside and discharges the air taken in to the outside from the front face. The duct is an air passage that leads the air from the outside of the panel of the main body to the back face of the housing of the information processing device.

Abstract: An airbag of a head-protecting airbag device includes a bag body, a plurality of mounting tabs for mounting an upper edge of the bag body on the vehicle body, and a tension cloth. The bag body includes at its terminal region in a front and rear direction where the tension cloth is located a terminal inflatable portion that is partitioned from a remaining general inflatable portion by a terminal partitioning portion. The terminal inflatable portion is so deployable that its upper end region be deployed on an inboard side of a pillar. The mounting tabs include a terminal mounting tab located at the terminal region where the terminal inflatable portion is located and a general mounting tab located at the general inflatable portion. An upward protruding amount of the terminal mounting tab out of the bag body in an unfolded state is greater than that of the general mounting tab.

Abstract: An airbag of a head-protecting airbag device includes a bag body, a plurality of mounting tabs for mounting an upper edge of the bag body on the vehicle body, and a tension cloth. The bag body includes at its terminal region in a front and rear direction where the tension cloth is located a terminal inflatable portion that is partitioned from a remaining general inflatable portion by a terminal partitioning portion. The terminal inflatable portion is so deployable that its upper end region be deployed on an inboard side of a pillar. The mounting tabs include a terminal mounting tab located at the terminal region where the terminal inflatable portion is located and a general mounting tab located at the general inflatable portion. An upward protruding amount of the terminal mounting tab out of the bag body in an unfolded state is greater than that of the general mounting tab.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic device that includes: a main body; an information processing device housed in the main body, the front face of a housing of the information processing device being installed on the back side of a panel of the main body; and a duct that leads the external air of the main body to the information processing device. The information processing device includes a fan that takes the external air from the back face opposite from the front face into the inside and discharges the air taken in to the outside from the front face. The duct is an air passage that leads the air from the outside of the panel of the main body to the back face of the housing of the information processing device.

Abstract: A molded article having both of sufficient strength and peel resistance, especially a heat insulating material for a high temperature furnace, is provided. A carbon fiber-containing stacked molded article 1 comprises a substrate 10 composed of first carbon fibers piled, and a woven fabric layer 20 located on at least one surface of the substrate 10, and composed of carbon fiber spun yarns 21 including second carbon fibers 22 having an average fiber diameter of 12 ?m or less, and third carbon fibers 23 having an average fiber diameter in excess of 12 ?m.

Abstract: Failures can be detected with high accuracy even the ambient temperature changes or background vibration is applied.

Abstract: A conduction breaking device includes a movable member accommodated in an accommodation chamber of a case. A cutter portion projects from an advancing side of the movable member in the moving direction. A gas generator is arranged on the trailing side of the movable member in the moving direction. A conduction member extends to connect a pair of external connection portions and includes a pair of base portions and a breakable portion. The base portions are located in the side wall of the case and extend along the moving direction of the movable member. The breakable portion is shaped to connect the base portions to each other and to block the advancing side of the movable member in the moving direction. Step portions are formed in the breakable portion. Engaging portions that are engageable with the step portions are formed in the case.

Abstract: A polypropylene-based resin composition suitable for molding of especially an automobile bumper having good formability, high rigidity, excellent appearance, and high surface impact strength is provided. This composition includes: 30-62 wt. % of a propylene copolymer having an MFR of 40-70 g/10 min.; 5-20 wt. % of a propylene-based block copolymer including a crystalline polypropylene part having a high MFR and a specific ethylene-propylene copolymer part and having an MFR of 100-130 g/10 min; 10-20 wt. % of two types of ethylene-?-olefin copolymer elastomers each having a specific MFR and a specific density; and 23-30 wt. % of talc having a specific particle size.

Abstract: An airbag apparatus is mounted on a vehicle as housed in a housing and includes an airbag inflatable with inflation gas for catching an object of protection. The airbag includes a sheet-shaped circumferential wall made from synthetic resin. The circumferential wall is plastically deformable in such a manner as to be elongated due to increase of internal pressure caused by being pressed by the object of protection when arresting the object of protection at full inflation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an angular velocity measuring device including: first and second oscillators elastically supported on a substrate; an elastic connecting beam elastically connecting the first and the second oscillator; and an oscillating means for oscillating the first and the second oscillator for differential oscillation, wherein a viscous force generating means for suppressing in-phase oscillation of the first and the second oscillator is incorporated into the elastic connecting beam.

Abstract: A side airbag apparatus includes an airbag 50 that is inflated and deployed in a space between an occupant seated in a vehicle seat 12 and a vehicle body side portion by inflation gas that is supplied from an inflator 41 in response to an impact applied to the vehicle from a side. The airbag 50 has a lumbar region protecting portion 54 that is inflated and deployed beside at least the lumbar region PP of the occupant, thereby protecting the lumbar region PP. In the side airbag apparatus, the lumbar region protecting portion 54 has a part A at which the thickness in the vehicle widthwise direction is the greatest. The position in the vertical direction of the part A is lower than a highest point B in a front portion of the seat cushion 13 of the vehicle seat 12. These settings allow the part A to be inflated and deployed at a position that is spaced downward from the upper end 63U of an ilium of the occupant P.