Abstract: This invention is intended to evaluate smut resistance with higher accuracy using a marker associated with sugarcane smut resistance, which consists of a continuous nucleic acid region existing in a region between the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 6, a region between the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 135 and the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 143, or a region between the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 144 or 145 and the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 151 of a sugarcane chromosome.

Abstract: To produce a silicon oxide-based negative electrode material containing Li and having uniform distribution of a Li concentration both inside particles and between particles although a C-coating film is formed on a surface, and yet in which generation of SiC is suppressed. A SiO gas and a Li gas are simultaneously generated by heating a Si-lithium silicate-containing raw material under reduced pressure. The Si-lithium silicate-containing raw material includes Si, Li, and O, in which a part of the Si is present as a Si simple substance and the Li is present as lithium silicate. By cooling the generated gases, Li-containing silicon oxide having an average composition of SiLixOy (0.05<x<y and 0.5<y<1.5 are satisfied) is prepared. After adjusting the particle size, a C-coating film having an average film thickness of 0.5 to 10 nm is formed on a surface of particles at a treatment temperature of 900° C. or less.

Abstract: Provided is a washing device that has a small device configuration, is excellent in maintainability, and further has a high productivity. The washing device performs development using a washing solution while transporting an imagewise exposed flexographic printing plate precursor. The washing device has a transporting unit that transports the flexographic printing plate precursor along a transport path having a curved transport passage and a linear transport passage, using a leader and a developing portion that performs development by removing an unexposed portion of the flexographic printing plate precursor. The transporting unit transports the flexographic printing plate precursor using a winding transmission method or transports the flexographic printing plate precursor using a method of winding a traction member provided at the leader.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a frequency deviation estimation device for estimating a frequency deviation upon receiving a digitally modulated non-repetitive signal. The frequency deviation estimation device is equipped with an instantaneous frequency measurement module, a minimum frequency detection module, and a frequency deviation calculation module. The instantaneous frequency measurement module measures the instantaneous frequency of the received communication signal. The minimum frequency detection module detects the minimum frequency of the instantaneous frequency. The frequency deviation calculation module calculates the frequency deviation between the received communication signal and the reference signal for coarse adjustment using the reference minimum frequency and the minimum frequency when the frequency deviation is zero Hertz.

Abstract: An active noise control system (500) includes a structure (80) and a plurality of piezoelectric speakers (10). The piezoelectric speakers (10) are disposed on a surface (80s) of the structure (80). The piezoelectric speakers (10) each have a radiation surface extending along a first direction (D1) and a second direction (D2). The first direction (D1) is a direction along which centers of the radiation surfaces of the piezoelectric speakers (10) are arranged so that the piezoelectric speakers (10) are adjacent to each other. The second direction (D2) is a direction orthogonal to the first direction (D1). The radiation surface of each of the piezoelectric speakers (10) is shorter in a dimension (L1) in the first direction (D1) than in a dimension (L2) in the second direction (D2).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a piezoelectric film including an electrode layer on each of both surfaces of a piezoelectric layer, and a protective layer provided on the surface of the electrode layer and having a low connection resistance between the electrode layer and a lead wire. The object is achieved by providing the piezoelectric film including a piezoelectric layer, an electrode layer provided on each of both surfaces of the piezoelectric layer, a protective layer provided to cover the electrode layer and having through-holes, a conductive filling member with which the through-holes are filled, and a lead wire provided in contact with the filling member, in which in at least one of the lead wires, in a case where a length of a region in contact with the filling member in a plane direction is defined as A, and a length of the surface with respect to the length A in the plane direction is defined as B, B/A is 1.5 or greater.

Abstract: An optical device includes: a case; a wiring substrate that passes through the case and that includes an insulating member and a conductor; at least one of components including a first component configured to perform at least one of: outputting a light; receiving a light; and varying optical properties, and a second component configured to electrically control the first component, the at least one of components being housed in the case and flip-chip mounted on the wiring substrate.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a communication device and a communication method capable of realizing more efficient communication. There is provided a communication device including a base station including a control section configured to determine whether an existing standard-compliant terminal is connected to the base station in a usage frequency band that is a frequency band to be used by the base station on the basis of existing standard-compliant terminal connection information that indicates whether the existing standard-compliant terminal is connected to the base station in a predetermined frequency band and that is received from another base station. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a wireless LAN system.

Abstract: An estimation device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: generate a plurality of extraction regions by adding a perturbation to an extraction region of a partial image determined based on positions of feature points extracted from a face image; estimate a plurality of directions of at least one of a face and a line of sight and a reliability of each of the plurality of directions based on a plurality of partial images in the plurality of extraction regions of the face image; and calculate an integrated direction obtained by integrating the plurality of directions based on the estimated reliability.

Abstract: A light-receiving apparatus (1a) includes a counting unit (11), a setting unit (12), and an acquiring unit (13). The counting unit is configured to measure a detection number of times that represents the number of times incidence of a photon to a light-receiving element has been detected within an exposure period and to output a counted value. The setting unit is configured to set a cycle of updating time information in accordance with an elapsed time during the exposure period. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire the time information indicating a time at which the counted value reaches a threshold before the exposure period elapses.

Abstract: This invention has an objective to increase the collected amounts of lithium contained in a lithium-ion battery. A recycling method for a lithium-ion battery comprising: a first discharging step, which increases an amount of lithium included in a cathode active material by discharging the lithium-ion battery via a load with a first resistance value; a second discharging step, which further increases the amount of lithium included in the cathode active material by discharging the lithium-ion battery via a load with a second resistance value lower than the first resistance value; and a collecting step, which collects the cathode active material from the lithium-ion battery after the second discharging step.

Abstract: A SiN film embedding method includes: an operation of adsorbing an aminosilane-based precursor inside a recess formed on a surface of a substrate; an operation of forming a SiN film inside the recess by plasmarizing and supplying a nitrogen gas into the recess to nitride the aminosilane-based precursor; and an operation of forming an adsorption-inhibiting region for the aminosilane-based precursor on an upper portion inside the recess by plasmarizing and supplying a non-halogen gas substantially more to the upper portion than a lower portion inside the recess.

Abstract: A water heater connectable to an external air supply and exhaust pipe includes a housing that houses a combustion device, a connecting portion, a first air supply and exhaust pipe, and a second air supply and exhaust pipe. The connecting portion includes an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder projecting upward from an upper surface of the housing. The first air supply and exhaust pipe and the second air supply and exhaust pipe are selectively connectable to the connecting portion. The first air supply and exhaust pipe is connectable to the connecting portion by interpolating a first air supply pipe into the outer cylinder and interpolating a first exhaust pipe into the inner cylinder, and the second air supply and exhaust pipe is connectable to the connecting portion by externally fitting a second air supply pipe onto the outer cylinder and interpolating a second exhaust pipe into the inner cylinder.

Abstract: Authentication is performed by confirming that the true operator presents his/her own biometric authentication information at a common portable information terminal. The biometric authentication system has an image capture unit that acquires first and second image data of different biometric areas of an operator during a predetermined period, a display that displays a guide to guide the operator to the location of the biometric area in order to capture different biometric areas of the operator, and a memory that stores biometric authentication information of the operator in advance. Furthermore, the first vital information and the second vital information are extracted from the image data of the different biometric areas, respectively, the identity of the operator is determined based on the first vital information and the second vital information, and if the identity of the operator is confirmed, the biometric authentication is performed.

Abstract: An air filter medium includes a porous fluorine resin membrane, and further includes, a collection layer, an air-permeable adhesive layer, and an air-permeable supporting layer. The collection layer, the air-permeable adhesive layer, the air-permeable supporting layer, and the porous fluorine resin membrane are placed in this order from upstream to downstream of the air filter medium configured to allow an air flow to pass through the air filter medium. The collection layer is formed of a fibrous material having an average fiber diameter of 5 µm or less. The air-permeable adhesive layer has a grammage of 5.5 g/m2 or more. The air-permeable supporting layer is formed of a fibrous material having an average fiber diameter of more than 5 µm. This air filter medium is suitable for reducing a pressure drop increase even in an environment including liquid particles such as oil mist.

Abstract: The present invention provides epitope peptides which are derived from SARS-CoV-2 proteins and have the ability to induce cytotoxic T cells. The present invention also provides polynucleotides encoding the peptides, antigen-presenting cells that present the peptides, and cytotoxic T cells that target the peptides, and methods of inducing the antigen-presenting cells or CTLs. The present invention further provides compositions and pharmaceutical compositions containing them as active ingredients. Moreover, the present invention provides methods of treating and/or preventing coronavirus infectious diseases, and/or suppressing the aggravation of coronavirus infectious diseases by using the peptides, polynucleotides, antigen-presenting cells, cytotoxic T cells, or pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention. The present invention also provides methods of inducing an immune response against coronavirus infection.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a new nucleic acid molecule for suppressing expression of the target gene, which (1) has a gene expression suppressing activity equivalent to or higher than that of siRNA, (2) shows no off-target effect of the sense strand, and (3) makes it possible to design a wider range of antisense strand sequences (extends the range of targetable sequences). Since the nucleic acid molecule of the following formula: wherein each symbol is as defined in the DESCRIPTION, has the superior properties of the above-mentioned (1) to (3), it is extremely useful as a novel gene expression inhibitor that replaces conventional siRNA.

Abstract: A software update device is configured to control software update of an electronic control unit mounted on a vehicle. The software update device includes: one or more storage devices configured to store first software and second software for downloading update data of the electronic control unit from a server, the first software and the second software being different from each other; and one or more processors configured to download the update data from the server by executing any of the first software and the second software.

Abstract: A thin image display device is provided which is free from display defects caused by the deformation of an image display part and can display high brightness and high contrast images. The image display device includes an image display part, a light-transmitting protective part arranged on the image display part, and a cured resin layer interposed between the image display part and the protective part. The cured resin layer has a light transmittance in the visible region of 90% or more and a refractive index (nD) of 1.45 or more and 1.55 or less.

Abstract: A display device, a method of manufacturing a display device, and an electronic device excellent in light extraction efficiency and viewing angle characteristic are provided. A display device includes: a substrate; a light emitting element attached to the substrate; and a sealing layer that seals the light emitting element, in which an uneven portion having a plurality of concave portions and a plurality of convex portions is provided on a light emitting surface of the light emitting element, and a low refractive index portion having a refractive index lower than that of the sealing layer is formed at a periphery of an immediately above portion above the light emitting element in the sealing layer.