Abstract: A method for detecting a kidney dysfunction diagnostic marker, the method including measurement of an expression amount of MUC1 and/or MGAM in urinary extracellular vesicles derived from a subject.

Abstract: A novel amino acid derivative is provided, wherein the amino acid derivative is expected to improve binding affinity of polypeptides comprising the derivative the rein.

Abstract: Crystals of the compound represented by formula (1), a method for the production thereof, and a method for producing an antibody-drug conjugate using the crystals.

Abstract: This plasma processing method comprises: arranging a substrate in a region away from a microwave plasma generation region in a chamber; setting the pressure in the chamber to 1 Torr or higher; introducing microwaves from a microwave plasma source in the chamber, generating microwave plasma by introducing a processing gas containing a reducing gas, and diffusing active species from the microwave plasma in the microwave plasma generation region to the substrate side; and applying high-frequency power to the substrate to generate cathode-coupled plasma near the substrate and attract ions near the substrate to the substrate.

Abstract: A film forming method of forming a film on a substrate by using a film forming apparatus including a processing container, and a stage provided in an interior of the processing container to place the substrate thereon and in which aluminum is contained, includes: forming a film continuously on one substrate or on a plurality of substrates by supplying a gas for film formation to the interior of the processing container while heating the substrate placed on the stage; cleaning the interior of the processing container with a fluorine-containing gas in a state in which the substrate is unloaded from the processing container; and performing a post-process by generating plasma of an oxygen- and hydrogen-containing-gas in the interior of the processing container, wherein the forming the film, the cleaning the interior of the processing container, and the performing the post-process are repeatedly performed.

Abstract: A film forming method includes: placing a substrate on which a pattern, which includes a plurality of convex and concave portions, is formed on a stage disposed inside a chamber; and selectively forming a silicon-containing film on the plurality of convex portions of the pattern by applying a bias power to the stage and introducing microwaves into the chamber while supplying a processing gas containing a silicon-containing gas and a nitrogen-containing gas into the chamber to generate plasma, wherein the selectively forming the silicon-containing film includes a first film formation of forming a silicon-containing film around upper sides of the plurality of convex portions and a second film formation of forming a silicon-containing film on upper portions of the plurality of convex portions.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of accurately estimating SOH without relying on a calculation standard of a capacity change when obtaining the SOH. The battery state estimation device according to the present invention specifies a first period and a second period in a stop period after a battery has completed charging or discharging and refers to the relationship between an estimated value of the state of health of the battery and a measured value of the state of health, thereby estimating the measured value, said estimated value being obtained using the difference between the output voltages in the second period (refer to FIG. 5A).

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a technology capable of estimating a battery condition in conjunction with charging/discharging operations of a battery, without employing dedicated equipment for estimating the condition of the battery. A battery management device according to the present invention identifies a first period and a subsequent second period in a rest period after a battery finishes discharging or charging, and uses an output voltage difference in the second period to estimate the condition of the battery (see FIG. 1).

Abstract: An in-vehicle network system deployed in a vehicle includes a plurality of first nodes configured to perform an operation relevant to a first function in the vehicle, a second node configured to perform an operation relevant to a second function different from the first function in the vehicle; and a relay device configured to relay communication between the first nodes and the second node. The relay device is configured to start relay of communication between the first nodes earlier than the relay of communication between the first node and the second node at a time of startup.

Abstract: The internal resistance and state of health of a battery is measured at the same time in a short time by a simple method. A battery management device acquires a first difference between a voltage at a first start time point after an end time point when charging or discharging is ended and the voltage at a first time point when a first period elapses after the first start time point, further acquires a second difference between the voltage at a second start time point after the first time point and the voltage at a second time point when a second period elapses after the second start time point, estimates an internal resistance according to a relationship between the first difference and the internal resistance of the battery, and estimates a state of health according to a relationship between the second difference and the state of health of the battery.

Abstract: A method to exchange medical data between a cloud repository on a cloud server and a plurality of local repositories on a plurality of local servers connected to the cloud server. The plurality of local servers comprises a first local server and the plurality of local repositories comprises a first local repository on the first local server. The method includes, causing the first local server to: transmit an image retrieval request to the cloud server, receive the medical image generated by the cloud server or an instruction from the cloud server to generate the medical image locally, and display the generated medical image on a display. The image retrieval request causes the cloud server to determine whether raw image data associated with the image retrieval request is stored in the cloud repository or locally in the first local repository.

Abstract: An autonomous traveler 1 includes an information acquisition part 11, a map storage part 12 and a travel control part 7. The information acquisition part 11 acquires information on a traveling area. The map storage part 12 creates and stores a base map, by determining the traveling area on the basis of the information acquired by the information acquisition part 11 at a predetermined timing. The travel control part 7 controls traveling on the basis of a map stored in the map storage part 12. The travel control part 7 controls the traveling on the basis of the base map, even when a traveling obstacle stored in the base map is removed.

Abstract: An in-vehicle network system deployed in a vehicle includes a plurality of first nodes configured to perform an operation relevant to a first function in the vehicle, a second node configured to perform an operation relevant to a second function different from the first function in the vehicle; and a relay device configured to relay communication between the first nodes and the second node. The relay device is configured to start relay of communication between the first nodes earlier than the relay of communication between the first node and the second node at a time of startup.

Abstract: A method to exchange medical data between a cloud repository on a cloud server and a plurality of local repositories on a plurality of local servers connected to the cloud server. The plurality of local servers comprises a first local server and the plurality of local repositories comprises a first local repository on the first local server. The method includes, causing the first local server to: transmit an image retrieval request to the cloud server, receive the medical image generated by the cloud server or an instruction from the cloud server to generate the medical image locally, and display the generated medical image on a display. The image retrieval request causes the cloud server to determine whether raw image data associated with the image retrieval request is stored in the cloud repository or locally in the first local repository.

Abstract: An in-vehicle network system deployed in a vehicle includes a plurality of first nodes configured to perform an operation relevant to a first function in the vehicle, a second node configured to perform an operation relevant to a second function different from the first function in the vehicle; and a relay device configured to relay communication between the first nodes and the second node. The relay device is configured to start relay of communication between the first nodes earlier than the relay of communication between the first node and the second node at a time of startup.

Abstract: An autonomous traveling type vacuum cleaner capable of cleaning an area closely adjacent to an obstacle of a floor surface, and the control method therefor. A main body includes a front face part formed in a linear shape. A detector detects an obstacle in a traveling direction of the main body. A traveling part makes the front face part of the main body face the obstacle and makes the main body travel to the obstacle, on the basis of the result detected by the detector. A cleaning unit, which is disposed on a front portion of the main body, cleans a cleaning-object surface in the state where the traveling part has made the main body travel to the obstacle.

Abstract: An in-vehicle network system includes a plurality of relay devices that is connected to control devices of a vehicle, and communicates with each other and is configured such that each of a plurality of request devices that transmits a response request to the control device is connected to any one of the relay devices, a storage unit that stores a priority of the request devices, a master setter that sets, as the master, the relay device to which the request device having the highest priority has been connected among the relay devices to which any one of the request devices has been connected, and an arbitrator that performs arbitration to prioritize a response request from the request device having the highest priority when the response requests are transmitted from at least two of the request devices when the relay device in which the arbitrator is included is the master.

Abstract: A male connector (1) includes a luer portion (10) connected to the upstream end of a tube (8) used in enteral feeding, and a lock portion (20) that is removably attached to the luer portion. The luer portion (10) includes a tubular male luer (11) in which a channel (17) in communication with the tube (8) is formed. The lock portion (20) has a hollow tubular shape and is open at two ends, and includes female threading (21) that opposes the male luer on the inner circumferential face of the lock portion (20). The male luer (11) is inserted into the lock portion (20). Rotation prevention mechanisms (16, 26) that engage with one another are provided on the luer portion (10) and the lock portion (20) such that the lock portion (20) does not rotate relative to the luer portion (10).

Abstract: A method to exchange medical data between a cloud repository on a cloud server and a plurality of local repositories on a plurality of local servers connected to the cloud server. The plurality of local servers comprises a first local server and the plurality of local repositories comprises a first local repository on the first local server. The method includes, causing the first local server to: transmit an image retrieval request to the cloud server, receive the medical image generated by the cloud server or an instruction from the cloud server to generate the medical image locally, and display the generated medical image on a display. The image retrieval request causes the cloud server to determine whether raw image data associated with the image retrieval request is stored in the cloud repository or locally in the first local repository.

Abstract: An in-vehicle network system includes a plurality of controllers; a plurality of communication lines connected to the controllers, respectively, a relay device connected to the controllers via the communication lines, and a retention determiner configured to determine whether retention of data occurs in the relay device. The relay device is configured to relay data between the communication lines, and configured to preferentially relay data having a priority equal to or higher than a predetermined priority such that the data reaches the controller that is a transmission destination among the controllers within a first predetermined time when the retention determiner determines that the retention occurs.