A method includes a step of introducing a solution between a substrate with a membrane in which the membrane is provided so as to close an opening and a substrate provided with an independent electrode in which the independent electrode is provided, a step of pressure bonding the substrate with the membrane and the substrate with the independent electrode through a partition wall, and a step of forming a sealed liquid tank surrounded by at least the membrane and the partition wall by the pressure bonding, and arraying of a solid-state type nanopore sequencer is simply performed.

A detection method includes calibration mode of calibrating sensor with low-concentration gas being caused to flow along direction from the sensor toward an adsorption part, first detection mode of, after the calibration mode, detecting chemical substance with sample gas being caused to flow along the direction from the sensor toward the adsorption part, first adsorption mode of adsorbing, by the adsorption part, the chemical substance during an execution time period including time period overlapping at least part of an execution time period of the first detection mode, second adsorption mode of, after the first adsorption mode, adsorbing, by the adsorption part, the chemical substance with the sample gas being caused to flow along direction from the adsorption part toward the sensor, and second detection mode of desorbing, from the adsorption part, the chemical substance adsorbed in the first and second adsorption modes and detecting the chemical substance by the sensor.

Various embodiments are described herein for a system and a method for identifying a region of interest in tissue using mass spectrometry. An agent administration component can be provided to administer an exogenous agent to the tissue. A sampling unit can also be provided to acquire a sample from the tissue. The sample can then be provided to a high sensitivity analysis platform, such as a mass analyzer, to analyze the sample and determine a distribution of the exogenous agent or a by-product of the exogenous agent within the tissue based on the analysis. The analysis platform can then identify the region of interest based on the distribution of the exogenous agent or the distribution of the by-product.

Various embodiments are described herein for a system and a method for identifying a region of interest in tissue using mass spectrometry. An agent administration component can be provided to administer an exogenous agent to the tissue. A sampling unit can also be provided to acquire a sample from the tissue. The sample can then be provided to a high sensitivity analysis platform, such as a mass analyzer, to analyze the sample and determine a distribution of the exogenous agent or a by-product of the exogenous agent within the tissue based on the analysis. The analysis platform can then identify the region of interest based on the distribution of the exogenous agent or the distribution of the by-product.

The invention achieves a lower noise of a sense signal of a FET-type hydrogen sensor. For solving the above problem, one aspect of a sensor system of the invention includes a reference device and a sensor device configured using FETs on a substrate, and further, well potentials of the reference device and the sensor device are electrically isolated from each other.

A power reception apparatus includes a secondary coil which receives power in a non-contact state from a power transmission apparatus having a primary coil, while being disposed opposite to the power transmission apparatus, a housing which accommodates the secondary coil to form a space between the secondary coil and the housing, an insulating fluid filled in the space, a measurement unit which measures efficiency of a non-contact power transmission between the primary coil and the secondary coil, and a detection unit which detects damage made to the housing based on a change in the efficiency during the non-contact power transmission.

A power reception apparatus includes a secondary coil which receives power in a non-contact state from a power transmission apparatus having a primary coil, while being disposed opposite to the power transmission apparatus, a housing which accommodates the secondary coil to form a space between the secondary coil and the housing, an insulating fluid filled in the space, a measurement unit which measures efficiency of a non-contact power transmission between the primary coil and the secondary coil, and a detection unit which detects damage made to the housing based on a change in the efficiency during the non-contact power transmission.

A fluid characteristic sensor includes a pressure loss generator to generate a pressure loss when the fluid flows, a first flow path connected to the pressure loss generator and through which the fluid and a working liquid that is a polar solvent flow, a partition wall provided in the first flow path to partition the fluid and the working liquid from each other, and a potential measurer connected to the first flow path to measure a flow potential generated when the working liquid flows.

In at least one illustrative embodiment, a system may include a basin that includes an index plate positioned at a bottom of the basin. The basin is configured to receive a liquid analyte, such as a liquid food product or a nutrient broth. The index plate includes an array of multiple wells. Each well opens into an interior of the basin and is sized to receive a magnetostrictive sensor in a predetermined orientation. One or more sensor coils is positionable beneath each well. The basin may be filled with liquid analyte and magnetostrictive sensors may be positioned in the wells. The liquid analyte may be allowed to incubate at a controlled temperature. A controller may position a sensor coil beneath a well, apply a varying magnetic field to a magnetostrictive sensor in the well, and detect a frequency response of the magnetostrictive sensor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

A sensor for detecting leaked cooling fluid in a battery pack or container. The sensor is part of a sensor wire, where one end of the wire is electrically coupled to the positive terminal or the negative terminal of the battery pack and the other end of the wire is positioned at a location where the leaked cooling fluid may accumulate. A fault isolation detection circuit monitors a voltage output from the sensor and determines that there is a cooling fluid leak if the measured voltage potential is greater than a predetermined voltage threshold.