Abstract: An electrical power converter includes a three-level inverter and a rotating electrical machine which includes windings. The three-level inverter includes first and second electrical storage devices, and switches. A positive side of the first electrical storage device is connected to a positive terminal of the storage battery. A negative side of the second electrical storage device is connected to a negative terminal of the storage battery. The electrical power converter also includes a connector and a controller. The connector achieves electrical connection of the electrical device with the three-level inverter and also achieves electrical connection of the electrical device with the storage battery through the neutral point. The controller works to control switching operations of the switches to achieve transmission of electrical power between the electrical device and the storage battery with the three-level inverter and the electrical device connected together through the connector.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing a fluorine-containing polymer and a composition containing the fluorine-containing polymer. The present disclosure provides a composition comprising (A) a fluorine-containing polymer comprising as a main component a structural unit containing a fluorine-containing aliphatic ring, and (B) an aprotic solvent, wherein the fluorine-containing aliphatic ring of the fluorine-containing polymer (A) contains one, two, or three etheric oxygen atoms as a ring-constituting atom; when the fluorine-containing aliphatic ring contains a plurality of etheric oxygen atoms, the etheric oxygen atoms are not adjacent to each other; and the fluorine-containing polymer (A) is present in an amount of 20 mass % or more based on the mass of the composition.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a therapeutic method specialized for an inflammatory disease such as intractable vasculitis and an infectious disease, which is different from the previous therapeutic methods, in which a target molecule was not determined, by determining the target molecule useful for treating these diseases. [Solution] According to one aspect of the present invention, a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for an infectious disease or an inflammatory disease which contains an antibody recognizing apolipoprotein A2 (APOA2) as an active ingredient is provided.

Abstract: There is provided a gas-filled container in which the purity of filled (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene is less likely to decrease over a long term. The gas-filled container includes: a filled container filled with (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene. A part in contact with the filled (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene of the filled container is formed of a metal having a copper concentration of less than 0.5% by mass.

Abstract: A cell processing system according to the embodiment includes an introducing device, a culturing device, and an assessing apparatus. The introducing device introduces reprogramming factors into target cells derived from a sample of a donor to develop iPS cells from the target cells. The culturing device cultures the iPS cells developed from the target cells in a culture vessel. The assessing apparatus individually assesses at least an input to and/or an output from the introducing device and an input to and/or an output from the culturing device.

Abstract: A single-stranded oligonucleotide labeled with a fluorescent substance and a quenching substance.

Abstract: The present invention provides a control system of a straddle type vehicle including a front suspension mechanism and a rear suspension mechanism, comprising: a detector configured to detect a stroke speed of the front suspension mechanism; a control unit configured to control a damping force of the rear suspension mechanism; a determination unit configured to determine an operation state of the straddle type vehicle; and a transition unit configured to cause a control mode of the rear suspension mechanism controlled by the control unit to transition from a first mode of changing the damping force of the rear suspension mechanism according to a detection result of the detector to a second mode of fixing the damping force of the rear suspension mechanism, when the determination unit determines that the straddle type vehicle is in a predetermined operation state.

Abstract: A seat system includes a seat including a sensor configured to acquire information for detection of a motion of an occupant seated on a seat body, a terminal device configured to acquire the information from the sensor, and a server capable of communicating with the terminal device. The terminal device executes a game using the sensor based on the information, and acquires an execution result corresponding to the occupant for a game played by the occupant. The server generates integrated data by integrating execution results of the game acquired from another terminal device, and computes a reference value for execution results of the game based on the integrated data. The terminal device or the server assigns a difficulty level of the game for the terminal device based on the execution result corresponding to the occupant and the reference value. The terminal device reflects the difficulty level on the game.

Abstract: The control device of the three-level inverter is applied to a system having a first battery and a second battery, a drive object, and a three-level inverter having switches for three phases. The control device of the three-level inverter includes: a neutral point information acquisition unit that acquires neutral point information, a command voltage acquisition unit that acquires a command voltage vector to control a system output of the drive object to approach a command value, a setting unit that sets output patterns, which are combinations of output voltage vectors, each of the output voltage vectors indicating the phase-voltage for each of the three phases, that can be output by the three-level inverter, based on the command voltage vector, and a control unit that turns each of the switches on and off based on the output voltage vectors included in the output patterns.

Abstract: The present invention provides a copper powder which is capable of fusion bonding with a low energy laser by enabling heat to be efficiently inputted with a high absorption rate for laser irradiation and has high convenience in handling, and provides a method for manufacturing the copper powder. One embodiment of the present invention is a copper powder, having an absorption rate for light having a wavelength ?=1060 nm of 18.9% to 65.0%, and an index, which is indicated by (the absorption rate for light having a wavelength ?=1060 nm)/(an oxygen concentration), of 3.0 or more.

Abstract: A malfunction diagnosing system includes a data acquirer, an appropriate range setter, and a malfunction determiner. The data acquirer is configured to acquire traveling environment data and actual traveling result data in association with each other for a target vehicle to be subjected to malfunction diagnosis. The traveling environment data includes at least driving operation data indicating a driving operation. The actual traveling result data indicates an actual traveling result based on the traveling environment data. The appropriate range setter is configured to derive an appropriate range of actual traveling results based on the traveling environment data for vehicles the models of which are identical to a model of the target vehicle. The malfunction determiner is configured to determine whether the target vehicle has a malfunction by determining whether the actual traveling result data falls within the appropriate range.

Abstract: A machine learning system includes: a server holding a common model; and a plurality of clients each holding concealment target data and an individual model, the server transmits the common model to the plurality of clients, each of the plurality of clients: generates a learning result obtained by updating the common model based on the concealment target data and the individual model held by itself; and transmits the generated learning result to the server, and the server updates the common model based on the received learning result.

Abstract: A secondary battery is configured by stacking a plurality of battery cells containing a lithium metal or a lithium-containing alloy as a negative electrode active material on a negative electrode layer. The battery cell has a positive electrode tab connected to the positive electrode collector and exposed to the outside, and a negative electrode tab connected to the negative electrode current collector and exposed to the outside. The positive electrode tab and the negative electrode tab are provided on opposite sides of the center line in the thickness direction of the battery cell, and the positive electrode tab and the negative electrode tab of the adjacent battery cells are arranged and connected so as to face each other.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid epoxy resin composition suitable for use as a mold underfill material for TSV, which composition may provide an electronic component having high wiring density, satisfactorily releasing heat generated during its driving and having high reliability. The liquid epoxy resin composition of the present invention comprises an epoxy resin (A), a curing agent (B), an inorganic filler (C) consisting of a silica filler and an alumina filler and carbon black (D); the epoxy resin (A) comprises a specific aliphatic epoxy resin, the alumina filler has a specific particle size distribution, and the liquid epoxy resin composition gives a cured product having a thermal conductivity within a predetermined range. The liquid epoxy resin composition of the present invention gives a cured product having high thermal conductivity.

Abstract: A resist composition including a base material component (A), an acid generator component (B), and a mixed solvent (S) in which an organic solvent (S1) represented by Formula (s1) is mixed, in which the acid generator component (B) contains a compound (B1) represented by Formula (b1). In the formula, Rb1 represents an aryl group. Rb2 and Rb3 each independently represent an aliphatic hydrocarbon group. Lb1, Lb2, and Lb3 each independently represent a divalent linking group or a single bond. X? represents a counter anion.

Abstract: A vibration measurement device includes an acceleration sensor, an acceleration sensor mounting fixture, a spacer as an insulating member, and a heat shrink tube. The acceleration sensor includes an element. The acceleration sensor mounting fixture is disposed on a side of the acceleration sensor, adjacent to an object under measurement. The spacer is sandwiched between the acceleration sensor and the acceleration sensor mounting fixture so as to be in contact with both the acceleration sensor and the acceleration sensor mounting fixture. The heat shrink tube covers a sensor outer edge and a mounting fixture outer edge. The heat shrink tube includes a region protruding outward of acceleration sensor and the acceleration sensor mounting fixture as viewed from above.

Abstract: A cleaning blade includes an elastic member that includes a front edge surface extending in the longitudinal direction of the elastic member and the thickness direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and a bottom surface extending in the depth direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and the thickness direction, the bottom surface sharing a front edge ridge part with the front edge surface and facing a cleaning target, and a coating layer coating the front edge surface, the front edge ridge part, and the bottom surface, wherein the front edge ridge part coated with the coating layer is in contact with a surface of the cleaning target, and the coating layer has an average thickness that increases with an increase in a distance from the front edge ridge part in the thickness direction on the front edge surface.

Abstract: A video transmission system includes a transmission apparatus, display apparatus, and controller. The transmission apparatus includes a transmitter that divides a second video stream of a second bit rate into a plurality of transmission packets and transmits the plurality of transmission packets to the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a decoder that decodes a video for display from the plurality of transmission packets, and a determiner that determines whether packet loss has occurred. The controller (i) controls the encoding to reduce the second bit rate by a predefined amount or reduce the second bit rate at a transmission rate of a certain proportion when an occurrence of packet loss is indicated, and (ii) causes the transmitter to transmit a plurality of dummy packets, along with the transmission packets, to the display apparatus via a network when no occurrence of packet loss has been indicated for a predetermined time.

Abstract: A semiconductor optical integrated device includes a substrate, an MMI waveguide, an organic insulating layer, and a heater layer. The MMI waveguide is provided on the substrate and is formed of a semiconductor material. The MMI waveguide includes a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface. The organic insulating layer buries the first side surface and the second side surface. The heater layer is capable of heating the organic insulating layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor optical phase modulator includes an optical phase modulation element, a first semiconductor optical amplifier to amplify light input to the optical phase modulation element, and a second semiconductor optical amplifier to amplify modulated signal light output from the optical phase modulation element. A light input end of the semiconductor optical phase modulator is a light input end face of the first semiconductor optical amplifier. A light output end of the semiconductor optical phase modulator is a light output end face of the second semiconductor optical amplifier.