Abstract: A transport device includes a transporting belt capable of transporting a medium, a cleaning unit capable of cleaning the transporting belt with liquid, and a sound collecting unit configured to collect a sound generated by operation of the cleaning unit.

Abstract: A method for producing an aggregated boron nitride particle, containing: a nitriding step of nitriding a particle containing boron carbide to obtain a particle containing boron carbonitride; and a decarburizing step of decarburizing the particle containing boron carbonitride to obtain an aggregated boron nitride particle, wherein, in the nitriding step, nitriding is performed so that boron carbide remains inside the particle containing boron carbonitride, and wherein, in the decarburizing step, the boron carbide remaining inside the particle containing boron carbonitride is removed.

Abstract: A multicore fiber includes: a cladding; a center core at a center of the cladding; and seven or more outer cores disposed at rotationally asymmetric positions on a circumference centered at the center of the cladding. Angles formed by adjacent ones of lines connecting the center core and respective ones of the outer cores are all 60° or less.

Abstract: A multicore fiber includes: a cladding; and three or more and five or less cores disposed at rotationally asymmetric positions on a circumference centered at a center of the cladding. No core is disposed at the center of the cladding. Angles formed by adjacent ones of lines connecting the center of the cladding and respective ones of the cores are all larger than 60°.

Abstract: A method of producing a resin sheet, including: mixing blocky boron nitride particles A, blocky boron nitride particles B, and a resin composition, and molding the resin composition to a sheet form and pressurizing the sheet form resin composition, the boron nitride primary particles a having a length in a shorter direction of 0.7 ?m or less, the boron nitride primary particles b having a length in a shorter direction of 1 ?m or more, the blocky boron nitride particles A having an average particle diameter of 30 ?m or more, the blocky boron nitride particles B having an average particle diameter that is smaller than the average particle diameter of the blocky boron nitride particles A, the compressive strengths ratio of the blocky boron nitride particles A to the blocky boron nitride particles B being 1.2 or more. Thus, the thermal conductivity of a resin sheet can be enhanced.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a detection section, a control section. The detection section is configured to detect vehicle information including a vehicle speed of a vehicle driven by an electric motor and drive torque of the electric motor. The control section is configured to moderate a rate of increase in the drive torque at the time of acceleration with respect to a rate of increase set in advance on the basis of a detection result of the detection section on condition that the vehicle speed of the vehicle is less than or equal to a predetermined speed and the drive torque is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a non-woven fabric for a sterilization packaging material, the non-woven fabric being capable of being compatible with all sterilization treatment methods and maintaining a sterile state in the interior without breaking even in a variety of environments in which the non-woven fabric can be assumed to be used as a sterilization packaging material; and a non-woven fabric for a sterilization packaging material, the non-woven fabric achieving both easy-peel properties that enable easy handling without breakage and barrier properties for retaining the sterile state in the interior. The non-woven fabric for a sterilization packaging material according to the present invention is characterized in having, as an obverse-layer heat seal surface, a fiber layer (I) that has a void ratio of 30-60% inclusive, and having, as a barrier layer, a fiber layer (II) that has a fiber specific surface area ranging from 1.

Abstract: A capacitor that comprises a capacitor element is provided. The capacitor element comprises a deoxidized and sintered anode body that is formed from a powder having a specific charge of about 35,000 ?F*V/g or more. Further, a dielectric overlies the anode body and a solid electrolyte overlies the dielectric. The capacitor also exhibits a normalized aged leakage current of about 0.1% or less.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a boron nitride powder composed of aggregates of primary particles of boron nitride, wherein the boron nitride powder has an average diameter of 40 ?m or more and an average sphericity of less than 0.70.

Abstract: A vehicle control device having a prime mover, a first rotating member which is rotated by power of the prime mover, and a second rotating member which is connected to the first rotating member and which rotate a drive wheel, includes a deriving unit which derive a prime mover request output that is an output requested by the prime mover in accordance with a request output to the drive wheel, and a control unit which increase or decrease a rotation speed of the prime mover between a lower limit rotation speed and an upper limit rotation speed in accordance with a change in a rotation speed of the drive wheel. The control unit increases or decreases the rotation speed of the prime mover without changing a power output by the prime mover or an output of the first rotating member in accordance with the prime mover request output.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a medicinal composition and a drug combination by which nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis can be prevented and/or treated. The present invention provides a combination of a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) ? agonist with a sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, which is to be used for preventing and/or treating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting element layer on the substrate and having a display area for displaying images, and a sealing layer covering the light-emitting element layer. The sealing layer includes a first inorganic film, an organic film on the first inorganic film, a second inorganic film on the organic film, and a third inorganic film. The first inorganic film and the second inorganic film are in contact with each other around the organic film. The third inorganic film, without overlapping with the display area, covers a peripheral portion of the organic film.

Abstract: The development of a new, targeted drug delivery paradigm coupled to improved PI3K inhibitors (e.g., PI3K? inhibitors) represents a significant advance in cancer therapy. Provided herein are compounds, such as compounds of Formula (I) and (II), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, and prodrugs thereof. The compounds provided herein are PI3K (e.g., PI3K?) inhibitors and are therefore useful for the treatment and/or prevention of various diseases (e.g., proliferative diseases such as cancer). Also provided herein are nanoparticles and nanogels (e.g., P-selectin targeting nanoparticles) comprising PI3K inhibitors, such a compound described herein. In certain embodiments, a nanoparticle or nanogel described herein encapsulates a compound described herein for targeting delivery to cancer cells or tumors.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a structure is detachably attached to a bed apparatus. The bed apparatus includes a holder and a first frame that includes a portion extending in a first direction. The structure includes: a first portion of a columnar shape extending in a second direction that intersects the first direction; and a second portion continuous to the first portion and including a portion extending in a third direction that intersects the second direction. The first portion is inserted in the holder so that the holder holds the structure. When the structure is attached to the bed apparatus, an angle between the first direction and the third direction is variable. The structure that can facilitate aid of bed departure can be provided.

Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting element layer on the substrate and having a display area for displaying images, and a sealing layer covering the light-emitting element layer. The sealing layer includes a first inorganic film, an organic film on the first inorganic film, a second inorganic film on the organic film, and a third inorganic film. The first inorganic film and the second inorganic film are in contact with each other around the organic film. The third inorganic film, without overlapping with the display area, covers a peripheral portion of the organic film.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compound (I) or a salt thereof which has a ROR?t inhibitory action. In the formula (I), each symbol is as defined in the specification.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a bed apparatus includes a frame, a side rail, and a holder. The holder is secured to the frame. The holder holds the side rail to make the side rail switchable between a first position state where the side rail is in a first position and a second position state where the side rail is in a second position lower than the first position. The holder includes: a lock portion to lock the side rail in the first position state; a cover portion to cover at least part of the lock portion; a lever portion to be operated to release lock of the lock portion; and a stopper portion to make it difficult for the lever portion to operate to release the lock. The bed apparatus that can prevent erroneous release of the lock can be provided.

Abstract: A firewall device comprises a storage unit that stores therein one or more rules related to blocking a request for each of a plurality of WEB servers independently of the rule for another WEB server; a feature-amount calculating unit that calculates a feature amount for each of the WEB servers based on a number of detections with regard to each index in each of the WEB servers; and a rule updating unit that updates a rule stored in the storage unit for each of the WEB servers based on the feature amount calculated by the feature-amount calculating unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compound (I) or a salt thereof which has a ROR?t inhibitory action. In the formula (I), each symbol is as defined in the specification.

Abstract: An image blur correction device capable of reducing its size in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis. A holding frame holding an image capture device is held movable in an X-axis direction, a Y-axis direction, and a rotational direction about an axis extending in a Z-axis direction. A first guide member, a second guide member, and a third guide member guide the holding frame in the X-axis direction, Y direction-axis, and in the rotational direction, respectively. A first vibration actuator drives the first guide member, a second vibration actuator drives the second guide member, and a third vibration actuator drives the third guide member. The third vibration actuator is arranged at a location more remote from the rotation center of the third guide member than at least one of the first and second vibration actuators, as viewed from the Z-axis direction.