Abstract:
Polycrystalline magnesium silicide containing only carbon as a dopant and having carbon distributed at the crystal grain boundaries and within the crystal grains, a thermoelectric conversion material obtained using the polycrystalline magnesium silicide, a sintered compact, a thermoelectric conversion element, and a thermoelectric conversion module, and methods for producing polycrystalline magnesium silicide and a sintered compact.
Abstract:
A composition for a thermoelectric conversion element that enables a thermoelectric conversion element to fully exhibit excellent thermoelectric conversion characteristics is provided. A composition for a thermoelectric conversion element comprises: metal nanoparticle-supporting carbon nanotubes, a resin component; and a solvent.
Abstract:
Provided is a novel lithium complex oxide containing molybdenum. A complex oxide represented by the following compositional formula: LixMyMozO wherein M is one or two or more selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ru, Sn, Mg, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn; x is in the range of 0.60 to 0.75; y is in the range of 0.15 to 0.25; and z is in the range of 0.075 to 0.20.
Abstract:
Provided are a method for generating mechanical and electrochemical cavitation, a method for changing the geometric shape and the electrochemical properties of a surface of a substance, a method for peeling off a rare metal using the generated mechanical and electrochemical cavitation, a mechanical and electrochemical cavitation generator, and a method for generating a nuclear fusion reaction of deuterium. In the method for generating mechanical and electrochemical cavitation, a water jet is jetted from a jetting nozzle immersed in water, and flow cavitation generated by the jetting of the water jet is irradiated with an ultrasonic wave to generate cavitation MFC having both a functional effect and an electrochemical effect.
Abstract:
A growth enhancer for Lactobacillus murinus, Lactobacillus salivarius, or a bacterium that belongs to the genus Lactobacillus and that has a homology of 16S rDNA of 90% or higher with Lactobacillus murinus or Lactobacillus salivarius includes a β-glucan having a molecular weight of from 0.2 K to 50 K. A regulatory T-cell number increasing agent, a method of enhancing growth of a lactic acid bacterium, a method of increasing the number of regulatory T-cells, a method of evaluating a regulatory T-cell number increasing effect, and a method of evaluating a growth enhancing effect on a lactic acid bacterium are also provided.
Abstract:
A three-dimensional printing system (1) includes: a head (2) to which a first continuous material (FL) including a resin and a second continuous material (FB) including fibers are fed; a platform (3) on which a printing material based on the first and second continuous materials from the head is stacked; a cutting device (10) which is capable of cutting at least fibers; and a controller (5) which controls an operation device including at least one of the head, the platform, and the cutting device.
Abstract:
A control device for a switched reluctance motor includes: a switching controller configured to execute switching control to switch drive control of the switched reluctance motor between a first control mode for reducing torque fluctuations and a second control mode for reducing fluctuations of a radial force based on rotational speed and a torque of the switched reluctance motor; a first controller configured to execute first control to cause an excitation current with a current waveform for reducing the torque fluctuations to flow through the coils; and a second controller configured to execute second control to cause an excitation current with a current waveform for reducing the radial force fluctuations to flow through the coils.
Abstract:
An optical interferometer includes: a light source that emits a coherent first beam and a second beam that has a frequency difference corresponding to the natural frequency of a target molecule; amplitude modulating means that modulates the amplitude of the second beam; splitting means that splits the first beam into a reference beam and a first applied beam; optical path length adjusting means that adjusts the optical path length of the reference beam; and detecting means that detects an interference pattern between the reference beam and the first beam (a signal beam) that has experienced a stimulated Raman loss or gain in accordance with the amplitude modulation as a result of the frequency difference resonating with the target molecule when the first applied beam and a second applied beam (the amplitude modulated second beam) have been applied to a measurement position of an object.
Abstract:
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an anticancer agent for potentiating an antitumor effect, alleviating side effects, and further extending the survival rate by concomitant use with a component having an anticancer effect. An anticancer agent combining arctigenin and a component other than arctigenin that has an anticancer effect, in which the anticancer agent may be a combination drug or may be a kit configured from a formulation containing arctigenin and a formulation containing a component that has an anticancer effect, and the concomitant use of arctigenin and the component having an anticancer effect more strongly inhibits tumor growth and reduces the proportion of cancer stem cells in the tumor, making it possible to extend the total survival time and to alleviate side effects caused by the component having an anticancer effect.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for detecting an interaction, which method can solve not only the problem of false negatives but also the problem of false positives. This method is a method for detecting a protein(s) that interact(s) with a target substance(s), the method comprising repeating a (1) transcription step, (2) assignment step, (3) selection step, and (4) amplification step, wherein: (a) in each of a plurality of times of preparation of a cDNA library among the initial preparation of a cDNA library and the round(s) of preparation of a cDNA library in the later amplification step(s), the cDNA library is prepared using a primer(s) having a sequence(s) specific to the time of preparation; (b) the cDNA libraries prepared using the primers having sequences specific to the times of preparation are mixed, and sequences in the cDNA library mixture are determined; (c) the determined sequences are subjected to measurement of the number(s) of molecules encoding the same candidate protein(s) for each time of preparation based on the sequence(s) specific to the time of preparation; and (d) a candidate protein(s) encoded by a molecule(s) that significantly increase(s) as the preparation rounds proceed is/are detected as the protein(s) that interact(s) with the target substance(s).