Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus includes a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, and a device driving portion having drive transistors. The first light-emitting device includes a first electrode, first light-emitting unit, second electrode, second light-emitting unit, and third electrode. The second light-emitting device includes a third light-emitting unit, fourth electrode, fourth light-emitting unit, and fifth electrode. The light-emitting units are formed in the same step and each have a light-emitting layer that emits a first color light. The second electrode and the fourth electrode are formed in the same step. The light-emitting units are formed in the same step and each have a light-emitting layer that emits a second color light. A first drive transistor is electrically connected to the first electrode while a second drive transistor is electrically connected to the fourth electrode.

Abstract: A polynucleotide is provided that encodes a protein having activity that transfers a sugar to the hydroxyl group at the 4?-position of a flavone. The polynucleotide is selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polynucleotide composed of the base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) a polynucleotide that hybridizes under stringent conditions with a polynucleotide composed of a base sequence complementary to the base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, and encodes a protein having activity that transfers a sugar to the hydroxyl group at the 4?-position of a flavone; (c) a polynucleotide encoding a protein composed of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; and, (d) a polynucleotide encoding a protein composed of an amino acid sequence in which one or a plurality of amino acids have been deleted, substituted, inserted and/or added in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, and having activity that transfers a sugar to the hydroxyl group at the 4?-position of a flavone.

Abstract: A fuel cell system of the present invention comprises a fuel cell (101); a first heat medium path through which a first heat medium for cooling the fuel cell (101) flows; a first flow control device (107) configured to flow the first heat medium in the first heat medium path; an abnormality detector configured to detect an abnormality; and a controller (110) configured to control the first flow control device (107) such that the fuel cell (101) after shut-down of power generation is cooled with a higher rate in an abnormal shut-down process performed after the abnormality detector detects the abnormality, than in a normal shut-down process.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a method for producing a chrysanthemum plant having delphinidin-containing petals using a transcriptional regulatory region for a chrysanthemum-derived flavanone 3-hydroxylase (F3H) gene; and a chrysanthemum plant, a progeny or a vegetative proliferation product of the plant, or a part or a tissue of the plant, the progeny or the vegetative proliferation product, and particularly a petal or a cut flower of the plant. In the method for producing a chrysanthemum plant having delphinidin-containing petals, a flavonoid 3?,5?-hydroxylase (F3?5?H) is caused to be expressed in a chrysanthemum plant using a transcriptional regulatory region for a chrysanthemum-derived flavanone 3-hydroxylase (F3H) gene.

Abstract: A non-transitory recording medium stores a print job creating program, which when executed by a processor causes a computer to execute a process. The process includes generating with a first print job generator a temporary print job based on a change of a setting value associated with printing received from a user, determining with a line breaking rule check unit whether execution of a post-process recorded in the temporary print job is acceptable in a printer, based on a definition of a line breaking rule representing acceptability of the post-process according to a combination of setting values that are not processed by the printer, presenting with a line breaking rule check result presenting unit a result of the determination to the user, and generating with a second print job generator a print job based on determination of a setting value associated with the printing received from the user.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel compound contained in blue rose. This novel compound, which is contained in blue rose, has a chemical structure represented by general formula (I): [wherein R1 is a group as set forth in claim 1; and R2 represents —OH, or R1 and R2 together form —O—]. Also disclosed are a rose plant containing the aforesaid compound, and a part of the same.

Abstract: A seat cushion airbag apparatus is applied to a vehicle seat including a seat unit having a seat cushion supported, from a lower side thereof, by a supporting portion of a seat frame, and an air blowing duct having a blow-out port below the seat cushion, wherein a conditioning air flowing through the air blowing duct is blown out upward from the blow-out port. An inflator is disposed at a location, which is spaced from the blow-out port in a front and rear direction of a vehicle, and an airbag is inflated between the supporting portion and the seat cushion by an inflation gas supplied from the inflator so that a seat face of the seat unit is raised to prevent a subject to be restrained on the seat unit from being moved forward.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a voltage-dividing resistor circuit including first and second resistors connected in series between a power supply potential and a reference potential and outputting a potential at a point of connection between the first and second resistors; a transient response detection circuit including a third resistor having a first end connected to the power supply potential and a capacitor connected between a second end of the third resistor and the reference potential, and outputting a potential at a point of connection between the third resistor and the capacitor; an AND circuit ANDing an output signal of the voltage-dividing resistor circuit and an output signal of the transient response detection circuit; and an output circuit, wherein switching of the output circuit is controlled by an output signal of the AND circuit.

Abstract: A disposable wearing article has a skin-contactable sheet moveable relative to a chassis. The chassis includes an inner sheet, an outer sheet and a liquid-absorbent panel interposed between these inner and outer sheets. The absorbent panel lies at least in the crotch region and extends into the front and rear waist regions in the longitudinal direction. In the rear waist region, a skin-contactable sheet adapted to come in contact with the wearer's skin is attached to the inner surface of the inner sheet. The skin-contactable sheet has front and rear ends extending in the transverse direction and lateral portions extending in the longitudinal direction and only the lateral portions are bonded to the inner sheet.

Abstract: There is provided a novel Campanula flavonoid 3?,5?-hydroxylase gene, and a plasmid comprising the gene under the control of the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which has stored thereon Japanese hyphenation processing programs is disclosed.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium in which information can be recorded using a heat-assisted magnetic recording method comprises a recording layer formed on a substrate. The recording layer has a plurality of magnetic recording bit regions and a plurality of high thermal conductors each extending inside a corresponding one of the bit regions. The high thermal conductors have a thermal conductivity higher than that of the recording layer and assist in dissipating heat energy imparted to the bit regions during the recording of information.

Abstract: A touch sensor comprises a substrate capable of propagating acoustic waves and includes a first surface having a touch sensitive region. A first sidewall intersects the first surface along a first edge. The first edge is configured to propagate a first acoustic wave along the first edge. The first acoustic wave may be a one-dimensional edge wave. A wave converter converts the first acoustic wave to a second acoustic wave, and the first surface is configured to propagate the second acoustic wave across the touch sensitive region.

Abstract: A novel promoter useful for altering the color of flowers of a plant, which is selected from the group consisting of: (1) a nucleic acid which comprises the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 20, SEQ ID NO: 12 or SEQ ID NO: 21; and (2) a nucleic acid which maintains the same promoter activity as that of the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 20, SEQ ID NO: 12 or SEQ ID NO: 21, and which comprises a nucleotide sequence that is produced by modifying the original nucleotide sequence by the addition, deletion and/or substitution of one or several nucleotide sequences, or can hybridize with a nucleotide acid comprising a nucleotide sequence complementary to the original nucleotide sequence under highly stringent conditions, or has a 90% or more sequence identity to the original nucleotide sequence.

Abstract: A hydrogen generator includes: a reformer (102) configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas by a reforming reaction using a raw material; a combustor (104) configured to heat the reformer; an air supplying device (106) configured to supply combustion air to the combustor; a first heat exchanger (108) configured to recover heat from a flue gas discharged from the combustor; a first heat medium passage (110) through which a first heat medium flows, the first heat medium receiving the heat recovered from the flue gas in the first heat exchanger; a first pump (112) configured to cause the first heat medium in the first heat medium passage to flow; a heat accumulator (140) configured to store the heat recovered by the first heat medium; and a controller (114) configured to cause the first pump to operate in a cooling step that is a step of cooling down at least the reformer by supplying the air from the air supplying device to the combustor in a state where the combustor is not carrying out combustion during

Abstract: A U-shaped groove and a V-shaped groove are formed onto a cladding disposed on a substrate, a core and a metal structure are formed inside the grooves, respectively, and then the substrate surface is planarized. Further, after a cladding is formed again, the substrate is cut and the cut surface is polished such that the metal structure inside the V-shaped groove has a predetermined thickness, thereby forming a scattering body.

Abstract: A solid-state image capture device including: at least one photoelectric converter at an image capture surface of a substrate; at least one on-chip lens at the image capture surface of the substrate and above a light-receiving surface of the photoelectric converter; and an antireflection layer on an upper surface of the on-chip lens. The antireflection layer contains a binder resin having a lower refractive index than that of the on-chip lens and low-refractive-index particles having a lower refractive index than that of the binder resin.

Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to prove a medicament for decreasing body weigh, a medicament for decreasing visceral fat, a medicament for decreasing triglyceride in the liver, and a method for screening a medicament for ameliorating obesity and fatty liver. The problem is solved by a method comprising measuring an activity of a candidate material for inhibiting a sphingomyelin synthetase wherein if the candidate material has an activity for inhibiting a sphingomyelin synthetase, the candidate material is judged to have at least one function selected from the consisting of an anti-obesity drug, a drug for decreasing visceral fat, a drug for treating fatty liver and an agent for increasing adiponectin expression.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for controlling flavonoid synthesis in a chrysanthemum plant or non-chrysanthemum plant by genetic recombination technology using a transcriptional regulatory region useful for altering flower color, a method for modifying anthocyanins, a method for producing a chrysanthemum plant or non-chrysanthemum plant containing modified anthocyanins in the petals thereof, and a chrysanthemum plant or non-chrysanthemum plant, progeny thereof, or vegetatively propagated products, part or tissue thereof transformed with the regulatory region. In the method according to the present invention, an expression vector or expression cassette containing a transcriptional regulatory region of perilla anthocyanin 3-acyltransferase gene, such as a nucleic acid containing the nucleotide sequence indicated in SEQ ID NO. 1, or a transcriptional regulatory region of pansy F3?5?H gene, such as the nucleotide sequence indicated in SEQ ID NO. 15, is used.

Abstract: Included are: a basic operation plan creating section 2 configured to create a basic operation plan based on durable years (e.g., 10 years) and a durable operating time (e.g., 40000 hours) of a fuel cell 1, such that the fuel cell 1 is operated within the range of at least one of a first allowable operating time (e.g., 11 hours) per predetermined unit period (e.g., per day) and the number of durable start-ups (e.g., 4000 times) per predetermined unit period; a special operation plan creating section 3 configured to create a special operation plan such that the fuel cell 1 is operated within the range of at least one of a second allowable operating time (e.g., 20 hours) per predetermined unit period (e.g.