Abstract: A control method by a computer, the control method acquires work information including information on work performed by a robot arm and information on an article as a target of the work; causes the robot arm to perform an operation of lifting up a predetermined unit of articles based on the work information; determines that there is a possibility that a plurality of articles are packaged together based on sensor data obtained when the operation is being performed; and when it is determined that there is a possibility that a plurality of articles are packaged together, settles a handling method for the article according to the sensor data.

Abstract: A control method includes: acquiring article information including a price of an article to be handled by a robot arm; deciding, based on the article information, a handling method of the article to be handled by the robot arm as a handling method in which as the price of the article is higher, damage prevention of the article is more prioritized; and controlling the robot arm that handles the article based on the handling method.

Abstract: The invention provides an HIF-1 activator for treatment, prevention, alleviation, improvement or recovery from diseases or symptoms associated with reduced HIF-1 activity, as well as a pharmaceutical composition, cosmetic and food composition comprising the activator. Provided is an HIF-1 activator comprising olive leaf extract. Also provided is an HIF-1 activator which is for maintaining the undifferentiated state of stem cells via HIF-1 activation and/or improving dysdifferentiation of stem cells.