UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA

An object is to provide an electrode active material having a novel structure, said electrode active material enabling Li 2 S to be used as an electrode. The problem is solved by a solid solution with an antifluorite crystal structure comprising Li, Cu, and S as main constituents.

A fluidic device according to the present invention includes a base and a lid member. The base and the lid member are configured to form a first flow path, a second flow path, and a third flow path between the base and the lid member, the base and the lid member being bonded to each other, the first flow path communicating with the second flow path through the third flow path. The third flow path has a first accommodation section for detachably accommodating a first cell culture module. The second flow path has a second accommodation section for detachably accommodating a second cell culture module. The first cell culture module contains first cells having a barrier function and a first culture gel. The second cell culture module contains second cells and a second culture gel. The first accommodation section is configured in such a manner that the first cell culture module blocks the third flow path.

A stereoscopic display device includes an optical element configured to restrict a (2h−1) th image for a right eye of an h th (h: a natural number) observer and a 2h th image for a left eye of the h th observer to a position where visual recognition is possible and a display having a display surface including a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction and configured to display the (2h−1) th image and the 2h th image. A control process is performed so that at least one of a (2h−1) th viewpoint region where the (2h−1) th image is visually recognizable and a 2h th viewpoint region where the 2h th image is visually recognizable is wider than a distance between the eyes of the observer, the (2h−1) th image is displayed on (n (2h−1) ) pixels, the 2h th image is displayed on (n (2h) ) pixels, and a position of at least one of a (2h−1) th interocular boundary that is a boundary between the right eye and the left eye of the h th observer and a (2h−1) th interobserver boundary that is a boundary between the h th observer and an (h+1) th observer is moved on the basis of position data indicating positions of the eyes of the h th observer.

A substrate ( 1 ) for a semiconductor device of the present invention includes a diamond substrate ( 10 ) and a silicon carbide layer ( 20 ) located on a part or all of one surface ( 10 a ) of the diamond substrate ( 10 ), wherein the silicon carbide layer ( 20 ) has a thickness of 20 nm or less, and wherein a surface ( 20 a ) of the silicon carbide layer ( 20 ) has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.5 nm or less.

Provided is a method for producing a heterodimeric protein such as a bispecific antibody with which a heterodimeric protein composed of only domains having natural amino acid sequences can also be produced. A production method of the present invention is a method for producing a heterodimeric protein. The production method includes a production step of producing a heterodimeric protein by reacting a dimeric protein having a reaction tag with a modification protein for modifying the dimeric protein. The dimeric protein having a reaction tag includes a first monomeric protein and a second monomeric protein. The first monomeric protein includes a first reaction tag and a first dimer formation domain capable of forming a dimer in this order. The first reaction tag includes a binding tag and a first C intein. The second monomeric protein includes a second reaction tag and a second dimer formation domain capable of forming a dimer together with the first dimer formation domain in this order. The second reaction tag includes a binding partner capable of binding to the binding tag, and a second C intein. The modification protein includes a first modification protein and a second modification protein. The first modification protein includes a first N intein capable of reacting with the first C intein, and a first addition component to be added to the first monomeric protein. The second modification protein includes a second N intein capable of reacting with the second C intein, and a second addition component to be added to the second monomeric protein. The first addition component and the second addition component are different addition components. The first monomeric protein and the second monomeric protein form a dimer. In the production step, the first N intein of the first modification protein reacts with the first C intein of the first monomeric protein, and then the first addition component of the first modification protein is linked to the first monomeric protein, and the second N intein of the second modification protein reacts with the second C intein of the second monomeric protein, and then the second addition component of the second modification protein is linked to the second monomeric protein.

A subject is to provide a method for manufacturing a solid electrolyte material having an α-Li 3 PS 4 phase. The subject is addressed by a method for manufacturing a solid electrolyte material having the α-Li 3 PS 4 phase, comprising heating a Li ion conductive sulfide material to a temperature within a range from 230° C. to 350° C., the Li ion conductive sulfide material containing Li, P and S but free of F and Cl and having no α-Li 3 PS 4 phase, wherein a temperature increase rate at 200° C. is 100° C./min or more.

The present invention provides a method to quickly and accurately estimate an estimation target within an analysis condition. This method includes: measuring data at least one measurement point; performing a first analysis using an analysis condition with the estimation target to obtain a result; performing a second analysis by applying perturbation to the estimation target value used in the first analysis to obtain a result; and calculating a sensitivity matrix based on the first and second analysis results, calculating the error between the first analysis result and the measurement data or data derived from it, and determining the amount to adjust the estimation target value from the sensitivity matrix and error.

An electrode active material that can provide an alkali metal battery having a longer charge/discharge life and a higher capacity is provided. The electrode active material for an alkali metal battery is represented by formula: Aa1MSa2Xa3 wherein A is selected from Li and Na; M is selected from V, Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr, Hf, Cr, Mo, and W; X is selected from F, Cl, Br, I, CO3, SO4, NO3, BH4, BF4, PF6, CIO4, CF3SO3, (CF3SO2) 2N, (C2F5SO2) 2N, (FSO2) 2N, and [B(C2O4)2]; a1 is 1 to 9; a2 is 2 to 6; when a3 is 3 and a3 is 0, a2 is not 4; and when M does not include V, a3>0.

Provided is a kit for detecting a glycoprotein contained in a sample using an optical condensation system, the kit comprising microparticles modified by host molecules and a dilution solution for diluting the sample, in which each of the host molecules binds specifically to the glycoprotein, the dilution solution comprises a blocking agent and a buffering agent, the pH value of the dilution solution is higher than the isoelectric point of the glycoprotein, the concentration of the blocking agent is lower than a concentration at which the non-specific adsorption between the host molecules is inhibited in an environment where a light-induced force does not act on the host molecules, and the salt concentration in the dilution solution is a concentration at which the microparticles modified by the host molecules cannot be precipitated by salting out.

The present invention provides an electrochemical device utilizing microorganisms and capable of outputting sufficient power in a short time after boot-up, by means of an electrochemical device comprising a first electrode comprising a surface layer portion having at least one pore with an opening, wherein the pore has a conductive section at least on an inner face thereof, the first electrode has a conduction path that electrically connects the conductive sections of the pores to each other, and each pore carries electron-donating microorganisms of different classifications or different electron-donating microorganisms of the same classification, or electron-donating microorganisms with average particle sizes significantly different from each other; and a method of producing the same.