Abstract: The present invention provides an immunoassay method for detecting a protein with an isoelectric point of 9.5 or higher, comprising a step of bringing a sample containing the protein with an isoelectric point of 9.5 or higher into contact with a glass material in the presence of a cationic substance, and an immunochromatography kit for detecting a protein with an isoelectric point of 9.5 or higher, comprising a specimen diluent and an immunochromatography test strip.

Abstract: A manufacturing process for a three-dimensional structure device having stacked channels in which channels having a shape of a thin line or a sheet are stacked in a direction vertical to a substrate, a work function control metal is separately formed without expanding a space between FETS having different threshold voltages, and including a first step of performing anisotropic etching to open the mask material until the work function control metal film is exposed; a second step of depositing a protective film; a third step of performing anisotropic etching to remove the protective film while remaining the protective film deposited on sidewalls of the mask material opened in the first step; and a fourth step of performing isotropic etching to selectively remove the mask material between the channels relative to the protective film and the work function control metal film are executed.

Abstract: A digital camera with a printer includes an imaging unit, a print unit that prints an image on a medium and discharges the printed medium, a display unit, a first operation member that is rotated from a first position in a first direction around a rotation axis against biasing force, and is rotated in a second direction opposite to the first direction by the biasing force to be returned to the first position in a case in which the first operation member is released, and a processor. The processor performs specific control in accordance with operation of the first operation member.

Abstract: A decorative panel in which a touch sensor member can be disposed with a large degree of freedom even in a relatively large electronic device is provided. The decorative panel includes a cover panel member that has an opening portion; a touch sensor member that is disposed at the opening portion; and a design film that covers the cover panel member and the touch sensor member, and that has a movable portion that supports the touch sensor member so that the touch sensor member is displaceable with respect to the cover panel member.

Abstract: An X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an X-ray generator configured to emit X-rays; an X-ray detector having a detection surface parallel to a first direction and being movable in the first direction and in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and parallel to the detection surface; and processing circuitry configured to set a plurality of imaging ranges touching each other on the basis of reference information, to cause the X-rays to be emitted from the X-ray generator to each of the plurality of imaging ranges while sequentially moving the X-ray detector, and to generate X-ray images respectively corresponding to the plurality of imaging ranges, on the basis of a detection signal resulting from the X-ray detector detecting the X-rays.

Abstract: A sensor includes a base member and a sensor sheet, and the sensor sheet includes a sensor main body including sensor electrodes and a tail portion that includes wiring lines electrically connected to the sensor electrodes and that projects and extends with respect to the base member. The base member includes a joint surface portion that is fixed to the sensor main body and a separation portion that is disposed at a position facing a tail support portion of the tail support portion to which the tail portion is connected and that is not fixed to the tail support portion.

Abstract: A decorative panel in which a touch sensor member can be disposed with a large degree of freedom even in a relatively large electronic device is provided. The decorative panel includes a cover panel member that has an opening portion; a touch sensor member that is disposed at the opening portion; and a design film that covers the cover panel member and the touch sensor member, and that has a movable portion that supports the touch sensor member so that the touch sensor member is displaceable with respect to the cover panel member.

Abstract: To provide a touch sensor including a tail having a terminal protective layer that allows smooth insertion into or removal from a circuit board without causing any problem, which is likely to occur in a typical terminal protective layer provided on a terminal at a distal end of a tail of a touch sensor used for, for example, input operations of various electronic devices. A touch sensor having a plurality of sensor electrodes and a plurality of wires on a single substrate film includes a body including a flat portion and a deformed portion, which is three-dimensionally shaped relative to the flat portion surrounding the deformed portion and has an operation surface having the sensor electrodes, and a tail projecting from the body and having a terminal to connect the wires to a circuit board. The terminal has a terminal protective layer protecting the wires.

Abstract: To provide a touch sensor including a tail having a terminal protective layer that allows smooth insertion into or removal from a circuit board without causing any problem, which is likely to occur in a typical terminal protective layer provided on a terminal at a distal end of a tail of a touch sensor used for, for example, input operations of various electronic devices. A touch sensor having a plurality of sensor electrodes and a plurality of wires on a single substrate film includes a body including a flat portion and a deformed portion, which is three-dimensionally shaped relative to the flat portion surrounding the deformed portion and has an operation surface having the sensor electrodes, and a tail projecting from the body and having a terminal to connect the wires to a circuit board. The terminal has a terminal protective layer protecting the wires.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray mammography apparatus includes a breast support, a compression plate, and a compression controller. The breast support where the breast is placed. The compression plate is arranged such that the breast is sandwiched between the breast support and the compression plate. The compression controller is configured to control the breast support to move toward the compression plate so as to compress the breast from below between the breast support and the compression plate.

Abstract: A sensor includes a base member and a sensor sheet, and the sensor sheet includes a sensor main body including sensor electrodes and a tail portion that includes wiring lines electrically connected to the sensor electrodes and that projects and extends with respect to the base member. The base member includes a joint surface portion that is fixed to the sensor main body and a separation portion that is disposed at a position facing a tail support portion of the tail support portion to which the tail portion is connected and that is not fixed to the tail support portion.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to specify a position of a pathological abnormality candidate and a pathological abnormality type of a breast of a subject from a plurality of pieces of tomographic images obtained by performing tomosynthesis imaging on the breast. The processing circuitry is configured to, in a two-dimensional image obtained by performing X-ray imaging on the breast, perform image processing on a position corresponding to the position of the specified pathological abnormality candidate in accordance with the pathological abnormality type.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray mammography apparatus includes a breast support, a compression plate, and a compression controller. The breast support where the breast is placed. The compression plate is arranged such that the breast is sandwiched between the breast support and the compression plate. The compression controller is configured to control the breast support to move toward the compression plate so as to compress the breast from below between the breast support and the compression plate.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to specify a position of a pathological abnormality candidate and a pathological abnormality type of a breast of a subject from a plurality of pieces of tomographic images obtained by performing tomosynthesis imaging on the breast. The processing circuitry is configured to, in a two-dimensional image obtained by performing X-ray imaging on the breast, perform image processing on a position corresponding to the position of the specified pathological abnormality candidate in accordance with the pathological abnormality type.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of improving the preservation stability of glutathione in a solid composition containing glutathione and arginine. In particular, glutathione and arginine are made to be coexistent with an organic acid such as citric acid, tartaric acid, ascorbic acid, malic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, fumaric acid, maleic acid and the like. The amount of the organic acid to coexistent with glutathione and arginine is generally 0.1-2 parts by weight relative to 1 part by weight of arginine.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an oral composition useful for promoting collagen synthesis and the like. The present invention can provide an oral composition containing collagen or gelatin or a degradation product thereof, and hydroxyproline or a salt thereof. The weight ratio of alanine and hydroxyproline contained in the amino acids obtained by hydrolyzing the oral composition is preferably 1:1.5-150.

Abstract: The invention provides an easy-to-drink beverage that contains citrulline, wherein the generation of bad odors due to storage or heating is suppressed. In particular, the invention provides a beverage that contains citrulline, citric acid, sodium citrate, water, and one or more supplements that are saccharides, souring agents, preservatives, colorants, flavoring agents, functional ingredients, or carbon dioxide.

Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes a nonmagnetic substrate, and a soft magnetic layer, a first orientation control layer, a second orientation control layer, a nonmagnetic intermediate layer, a magnetic recording layer, and a protective layer layered sequentially on the nonmagnetic substrate. The first orientation control layer includes a thin film having a face-centered cubic (fcc) structure. The magnetic recording layer includes a thin film layer having ferromagnetic crystal grains and nonmagnetic grain boundaries surrounding the ferromagnetic crystal grains, the ferromagnetic crystal grains including a CoPt alloy having ferromagnetic properties, and the nonmagnetic grain boundaries including an oxide or a nitride. The nonmagnetic intermediate layer includes a thin film containing Ru.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of improving the preservation stability of glutathione, which is characterized by allowing glutathione to co-exist with an arginine-acidic amino acid salt. In addition, the present invention relates to a production method of a glutathione preparation, which is characterized by mixing glutathione and an arginine-acidic amino acid salt. By the production method, a glutathione preparation that resists quality deterioration can be provided. Moreover, the present invention relates to a preservation method of glutathione, which is characterized by allowing glutathione to co-exist with an arginine-acidic amino acid salt. By the preservation method, quality deterioration of glutathione during preservation can be suppressed.

Abstract: The invention provides an easy-to-drink beverage that contains citrulline, wherein the generation of bad odors due to storage or heating is suppressed. In particular, the invention provides a beverage that contains citrulline, citric acid, sodium citrate, water, and one or more supplements that are saccharides, souring agents, preservatives, colorants, flavoring agents, functional ingredients, or carbon dioxide.