Abstract: A claw gaming machine may comprise a cabinet, a claw assembly, prize objects, and a shooter unit. The machine may be configured to: determine an outcome of a claw game; allow an input device to control the claw assembly; end the claw game when the claw assembly does not pick up a prize object and the determined outcome is a losing outcome; cause the claw assembly to move and release the picked-up object away from the shooter unit when the claw assembly does pick-up a prize object and the determined outcome is a losing outcome, cause the claw assembly to drop the picked-up object on the shooter unit when the claw assembly picks-up the object and the determined outcome is a winning outcome; and cause a winning game presentation display when the claw assembly does not pick up a prize object and the determined outcome is a winning outcome.

Abstract: A DBMS includes a first node and a plurality of second nodes. The first node manages a state of each second node. When a first DB of the first node is updated, the update is reflected in a second DB of each second node. The first node changes a state of each of a fixed number of the second nodes to “retrieval stop” (a retrieval TX cannot be received). When each of the fixed number of the second nodes is not executing the retrieval TX, a reference destination is defined as data in the updated second DB, and the first node changes the state of the second node to “normal” (the retrieval TX can be received). When the retrieval TX is received, the first node allocates the retrieval TX to the “normal” second node.

Abstract: Methods for preparing a variety of bryostatin compounds are provided. The subject methods provide for preparation of bryostatin 1 in multi-gram quantities in a low and unprecedented number of convergent synthetic steps from commercially available materials. The subject methods are scalable with low estimated material costs and can provide enough material to meet clinical needs. Also provided are a variety of bryostatin analog compounds, and prodrug forms thereof, which are synthetically accessible via the subject methods and pharmaceutical compositions including the same.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for increasing a recognition rate of an optical character recognition (OCR) system is provided. The method includes preprocessing by receiving an image, and extracting all vertical lines from the image. The method includes adding vertical lines at character areas of the image, extracting all horizontal lines from the image, and creating an unlined image removing all the vertical/horizontal lines from the image. The method further includes determining a border of a vertical direction of the unlined image based on the total of pixels of rows in each column, and adding vertical/horizontal auxiliary lines between characters of the unlined image. The method also includes postprocessing by receiving garbled words of OCR output, removing noise after morphologically analyzing, replacing garbled letters with correct ones based on a frequent edit operation, and outputting the correct word, weighting results of image distance calculations based on machine learning.

Abstract: A database management system (DBMS) performs, in response to a conversion request to convert a store format of a table in a database, a process (base type change process) for changing a store format indicated by information (base type) indicating the store format of the table to a store format according to the conversion request, and performs a data conversion process asynchronously with the aforementioned process. In an import process after the base type change process, the DBMS imports, into the table, a chunk in the store format indicated by the base type after change. In the data conversion process, the DBMS converts a chunk in a store format different from the store format indicated by the base type into a chunk in the store format indicated by the base type.

Abstract: There is provided a method of forming a carbon film on a workpiece, which includes: loading the workpiece into a process chamber; supplying a gas containing a boron-containing gas into the process chamber to form a seed layer composed of a boron-based thin film on a surface of the workpiece; and subsequently, supplying a hydrocarbon-based carbon source gas and a pyrolysis temperature lowering gas containing a halogen element and which lowers a pyrolysis temperature of the hydrocarbon-based carbon source gas into the process chamber, heating the hydrocarbon-based carbon source gas to a temperature lower than the pyrolysis temperature to pyrolyze the hydrocarbon-based carbon source gas, and forming the carbon film on the workpiece by a thermal CVD.

Abstract: Methods for preparing a variety of bryostatin compounds are provided. The subject methods provide for preparation of bryostatin 1 in multi-gram quantities in a low and unprecedented number of convergent synthetic steps from commercially available materials. The subject methods are scalable with low estimated material costs and can provide enough material to meet clinical needs. Also provided are a variety of bryostatin analog compounds, and prodrug forms thereof, which are synthetically accessible via the subject methods and pharmaceutical compositions including the same.

Abstract: The present invention is a sealing sheet for a back surface of a solar cell comprising only one polyester film, wherein the polyester film is composed of at least the layer A and the layer B, or the layer A, the layer B and the layer C described below, wherein the polyester film has a given whiteness and a given average reflectance of the polyester film, a given acid value of the polyester, a given thickness of the whole polyester film, a given thickness of the A layer and the B layer, and a given content of the inorganic fine particles in the whole polyester film. Layer A: a polyester resin layer in which the content of the inorganic fine particles is 10 to 35% by mass Layer B: a polyester resin layer in which the content of the inorganic fine particles is 0 to 8% by mass, which is the smallest among the contents of the inorganic fine particles in the layer A, the layer B and the layer C Layer C: a polyester resin layer in which the content of the inorganic fine particles is 0.4 to 10% by mass.

Abstract: Provided is a prepreg capable of attaining thermal expansion coefficient reduction and elastic modulus increase without increasing the filling ratio of an inorganic filler therein and/or without using a resin having a low thermal expansion coefficient, and thereby capable of reducing warpage thereof. Specifically, provided is a prepreg containing glass fibers and a thermosetting resin composition, and containing a layer of plural glass fiber filaments aligned to run nearly parallel to each other in one direction. Also provided are a production method for the prepreg, a laminate containing the prepreg and its production method, a printed circuit board containing the laminate, and a semiconductor package having a semiconductor device mounted on the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A shared resource update apparatus includes: a processor unit including at least one processor having a plurality of processor cores that respectively execute a plurality of threads; and a storage unit storing a program that executes conflict avoidance control by being executed by the processor unit. A shared resource for the plurality of threads comprises a plurality of shared resource parts which are logically or physically partitioned. Each first thread among the plurality of threads is an update thread which updates an allocated shared resource part in response to an update request. Each second thread among the plurality of threads is a reference thread which issues an update request and references a shared resource part. Conflict avoidance control includes allocation of different shared resource parts to different update threads at a ratio of 1:n or 1:1, where n is an integer equal to or larger than 2.

Abstract: The present invention identifies a danger spot effectively. In a navigation device 10, a danger spot identification unit 34 identifies a jump-out danger spot on the basis of past information which is acquired by a past information acquisition unit 24 and indicates a situation of a jump-out accident in the past, and surrounding information which is acquired by a surrounding information acquisition unit 32 and indicates a surrounding situation of a vehicle. Here, the past information includes surrounding facility identification information (information related to an identification planimetric feature) used for identifying a jump-out danger spot and information related to a jump-out object. As a result, the danger spot identification unit 34 can identify a danger spot of a jump-out which can occur due to a planimetric feature (a facility) in a jump-out accident. Therefore, the navigation device 10 can identify a jump-out danger spot effectively.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for increasing a recognition rate of an optical character recognition (OCR) system is provided. The method includes preprocessing by receiving an image, and extracting all vertical lines from the image. The method includes adding vertical lines at character areas of the image, extracting all horizontal lines from the image, and creating an unlined image removing all the vertical/horizontal lines from the image. The method further includes determining a border of a vertical direction of the unlined image based on the total of pixels of rows in each column, and adding vertical/horizontal auxiliary lines between characters of the unlined image. The method also includes postprocessing by receiving garbled words of OCR output, removing noise after morphologically analyzing, replacing garbled letters with correct ones based on a frequent edit operation, and outputting the correct word, weighting results of image distance calculations based on machine learning.

Abstract: A database includes a plurality of data blocks. Each of the plurality of data blocks includes a plurality of data pages in which a plurality of column values recorded in one or more records corresponding to the data block are stored. Each of the plurality of data pages has two or more column values in one column corresponding to the data page stored therein. A database server selects a data block from the plurality of data blocks and specifies a data page to be scanned from the selected data block.

Abstract: A method of separating an inorganic material, the method comprising in the following order: a contact process of contacting a processing solution with a composite material, the composite material including a first organic substance that is decomposable by the processing solution, a second organic substance that is not decomposable by the processing solution, and an inorganic material; and a separation process of separating the inorganic material from the processing solution including a decomposition product of the first organic substance and the second organic substance, the contact process and the separation process including adjusting the processing solution to have a temperature that is equal to or greater than a softening point of the second organic substance.

Abstract: A method of separating an inorganic material, the method comprising in the following order: a contact process of contacting a processing solution with a composite material, the composite material including a first organic substance that is decomposable by the processing solution, a second organic substance that is not decomposable by the processing solution, and an inorganic material; a separation process of separating the processing solution including a decomposition product of the first organic substance, from a recovered product including the inorganic material and the second organic substance; and a thermal treatment process of subjecting the recovered product to a thermal treatment at a temperature that is equal to or greater than a temperature at which the second organic substance is eliminated.

Abstract: A data processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention may manage one or more tables and a plurality of archive files including one or more records extracted from the table. Upon receiving a search request for the table, the data processing system may generate a query (first partial query) to search for a record from the table corresponding to a condition specified by the search request, and generate a query (second partial query) to identify the archive file including the record extracted from the table specified as a search target in the search request, and search the identified archive file for the record corresponding to the condition specified by the search request. A query for deriving a union of the output results of the first partial query and the second partial query may be generated, and processing related to the generated query may be executed in parallel.

Abstract: When a DBMS receives a suspend instruction in which a suspend completion time of query processing is a future time and between receipt of the suspend instruction and the suspend completion time, if there is a target object (at least a processing object whose execution is in progress upon receipt of the suspend instruction) whose predicted completion time is at or precedes the suspend completion time, the DBMS changes the state of the target object to a state signifying a snapshot suspend. If there is a processing object whose state signifies a snapshot suspend, the DBMS executes the processing object at or before the suspend completion time.

Abstract: A database management system (DBMS) manages a database existing in a second storage device with an access speed lower than that of a first storage device. In an execution of a query, the DBMS dynamically generates tasks two or more executable tasks in parallel. The DBMS generates task start information which is information representing a content of the execution of the task, manages the task start information, and executes a content represented by the task start information by the task. The task start information includes a data address set existing in the second storage device. The DBMS controls movement of the data address sets between the first storage device and the second storage device based on a management state of the task start information. In addition, the DBMS selects the task start information based on whether or not the data address set exists in the first storage device.

Abstract: A server device efficiently acquires information of a surrounding area of a movable body for updating map information while suppressing communication load. Condition information indicating a condition of autonomous driving is received from a first movable body capable of autonomous driving based on a state of a surrounding area of the first movable body and a map, and a request for state information is transmitted to a second movable body capable of transmitting the state information indicating a state of a place where the first movable body has moved, and when the received condition information indicates that the autonomous driving has been possible, transmission of the request is prevented.

Abstract: There is provided a film forming apparatus for forming a silicon nitride film on a substrate by having a precursor gas containing silicon to react with a reaction gas containing nitrogen, including: a processing container configured to form a vacuum atmosphere; a substrate mounting part installed in the processing container; a precursor gas supply part configured to supply a precursor gas into the processing container; a reaction gas supply part configured to supply a reaction gas containing nitrogen into the processing container; and an ultraviolet irradiating part configured to excite the reaction gas before the reaction gas reacts with the precursor gas, wherein a substrate on the substrate mounting part is not irradiated with an ultraviolet ray emitted from the ultraviolet irradiating part.