Abstract: A snap button can include a snap button body and a fastener connected to the snap button body with a cloth interposed between them, wherein the snap button body includes a button member including a base; and a metal eyelet attached to an inner surface of the base, the inner surface being placed to face the cloth, wherein the button member includes an engaging portion provided on an outer surface opposite to the inner surface of the base, wherein the fastener includes a fastener base and a pin to be swaged, which protrudes from an inner surface of the fastener base, the inner surface being placed to face the cloth, and wherein the eyelet includes a cylindrical portion receiving the pin, the cloth being pierced by the pin, and the pin being swaged on the inner surface of the base of the button member.

Abstract: A separation device for separating a solid separation target contained in a suspension obtained by suspension culture of adherent cells by using a fine scaffold material, and a separation method. The separation device has a separation chamber having a first chamber and a second chamber, and the first chamber and the second chamber are divided by a mesh structure for separation. The mesh structure for separation has mesh-holes with a predetermined size to suppress passage of the separation target, and a mesh structure for separation is configured in the separation chamber such that the liquid in the aforementioned suspension has a vertically upward directional component in the advancing direction of the liquid when the liquid passes through the mesh-holes.

Abstract: The present invention is a wafer temperature control device for controlling the temperature of a wafer by regulating the pressure of a heat transfer gas, the wafer temperature control device being capable of estimating the temperature of the wafer with sufficient accuracy and controlling the temperature of the wafer to a target temperature, and including: a pressure regulator configured to regulate the pressure of the heat transfer gas; a nearby temperature sensor configured to measure a nearby temperature of the wafer, a temperature estimation observer configured to estimate the temperature of the wafer based on the nearby temperature measured by the nearby temperature sensor and a manipulated pressure variable input to the pressure regulator or the pressure regulated by the pressure regulator, and a controller configured to control the manipulated pressure variable based on a temperature setting and an estimated wafer temperature estimated by the temperature estimation observer.

Abstract: An amplification device includes a pulse signal acquisition part, a dummy signal generation part, a combination part, an amplifier and a separation part. The pulse signal acquisition part acquires a desired signal that is a pulse signal to be amplified. The dummy signal generation part generates a dummy signal. The combination part adds the dummy signal before and after the desired signal and outputs a composite signal. The amplifier amplifies the composite signal and outputs an amplified composite signal. The separation part extracts an amplified desired signal that is a signal resulting from amplification of the desired signal, from the amplified composite signal and outputs the amplified desired signal. Power of the composite signal is power that makes the amplification part operate nonlinearly.

Abstract: An information processing system includes one or more vehicles, and a server communicable with the one or more vehicles. The vehicle acquires an image obtained by imaging a road on which a host vehicle is located. The vehicle or the server determines a degree of difficulty in traveling on the road due to snow cover from the image. The server stores the degree of difficulty in traveling for each of one or more roads, and provides information to a client by using the stored degree of difficulty in traveling for each of one or more roads.

Abstract: A measurement part controls power supplied to a heater such that a temperature of the heater becomes constant by using a heater controller, and measures the supplied power in an unignited state in which plasma is not ignited and a transient state in which the power supplied to the heater decreases after plasma is ignited. A parameter calculator performs fitting on a calculation model, which includes a heat input amount from the plasma as a parameter, for calculating the power supplied in the transient state by using the power supplied in the unignited state and the transient state and measured by the measurement part, and calculates the heat input amount. An output part configured to output information based on the heat input amount calculated by the parameter calculator.

Abstract: Provided is a technique capable of more accurately determining a solder protruding defect in an appearance inspection device that acquires an image of an inspection region of an inspection target and measures a height of a predetermined place in the inspection region with a height measurement device. The appearance inspection device includes: an imaging unit (3); a height measurement unit (20); a moving mechanism (5) that moves the imaging unit (3) and the height measurement unit (20). When a restricted region (M) in the inspection target is irradiated with the measurement light emitted from the height measurement unit (20), the determination unit restricts defect determination based on the information on the height of the predetermined place measured by the height measurement unit (20).

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a polymerizable liquid crystal compound used for formation of an optically anisotropic film having excellent reciprocal wavelength dispersion and moisture-heat resistance, a polymerizable liquid crystal composition, an optically anisotropic film, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The polymerizable liquid crystal compound of the present invention is a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (1), in which a Clog P value of a group represented by Ar in Formula (1) is 4.3 or more and less than 7.0.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire three-dimensional thermographic image data by imaging a subject irradiated with infrared rays. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a plurality of items of projection data by imaging the subject with tomosynthesis. The processing circuitry is configured to execute reconstruction based on the plurality of items of projection data and the three-dimensional thermographic image data.

Abstract: A substrate-floatation-type laser processing apparatus and a method for measuring a floating height, capable of improving performance of laser processing are provided. A substrate-floatation-type laser processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a stage configured to float and convey a substrate, and a floating-height measurement apparatus configured to measure a floating height H of the substrate. Note that a distance between the floating-height measurement apparatus and the substrate can be automatically adjusted according to the measured floating height H. The floating height H of the substrate is measured by applying laser light to the substrate and the stage. The distance between the floating-height measurement apparatus and the substrate is adjusted by using a feedback mechanism in which the measured floating height of the substrate is used as an input.

Abstract: An antireflection plate has a structure in which a hard coat layer, an antireflective layer having a low refractive index layer, a protective layer, and an overcoat layer are laminated in this order on a transparent resin substrate. The low refractive index layer is a cured body of a curable composition containing 50 to 200 parts by mass of (B-2) hollow silica fine particles, and the low refractive index layer has a refractive index of 1.20 to 1.45. The protective layer is a cured body of a curable composition containing 7.5 to 35 parts by mass of (B-3) spherical silica fine particles, and the protective layer has a thickness of 10 to 15 nm and a refractive index of 1.45 to 1.50. The overcoat layer includes a polymer of a fluorine-containing silicon compound.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polymerizable liquid crystal composition used for formation of an optically anisotropic film having excellent moisture-heat resistance and an excellent surface condition, an optically anisotropic film, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition of an embodiment of the present invention is a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound and a compound represented by Formula (1): L1-SP1-(E3-A1)m-E1-G1-C(?O)—O—C(?O)-G2-E2-(A2-E4)n-SP2-L2, in which a content of the compound represented by Formula (1) is 0.01 to 5 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound.

Abstract: A substrate-floatation-type laser processing apparatus and a method for measuring a floating height, capable of improving performance of laser processing are provided. A substrate-floatation-type laser processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a stage configured to float and convey a substrate, and a floating-height measurement apparatus configured to measure a floating height H of the substrate. Note that a distance between the floating-height measurement apparatus and the substrate can be automatically adjusted according to the measured floating height H. The floating height H of the substrate is measured by applying laser light to the substrate and the stage. The distance between the floating-height measurement apparatus and the substrate is adjusted by using a feedback mechanism in which the measured floating height of the substrate is used as an input.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes an external circuit electrically connected through a line to an electrical component in a processing chamber and a filter provided on the line to attenuate or block noise introduced into the line from the electrical component toward the external circuit. The filter includes a coil having constant diameter and coil length; a tubular outer conductor accommodating the coil and forming a distributed constant line in which parallel resonance occurs at multiple frequencies in combination with the coil; and a movable member for changing each winding gap of the coil and provided in an effective section where a specific one or a plurality of parallel resonance frequencies is shifted to a higher frequency side or a lower frequency side in frequency-impedance characteristics of the filter by changing the winding gap of the coil in the effective section in a longitudinal direction of the coil.

Abstract: Provided is a polymerizable liquid crystal composition used for formation of an optically anisotropic film having excellent durability, an optically anisotropic film, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition contains a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (1) and an acidic compound, in which a pKa of the acidic compound is more than ?10 and 5 or less, and a content of the acidic compound is 20 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound.

Abstract: A weather strip couples to a flange with curved parts of a sliding door of an automobile. The weather strip includes an installation base member, a hollow part, and an insert. The installation base member couples to the flange and includes an inner-cabin side wall, a first outer-cabin side wall, and a connecting wall. Part of the installation base member is cut out, to provide a cut-out part. The part couples to the curved parts. The cut-out part is subjected to die molding, to provide a die-molded part. The hollow part is integrally formed with the installation base member by extrusion molding. The insert is shaped in conformance with the curved parts and is embedded in the die-molded part with a plurality of concave shaped parts of the insert abutted with a plurality of pins of a die under the die molding.

Abstract: An image data processing device and a system capable of efficiently detecting a face from an image including a plurality of faces are provided. A processor executes at least following processes including detecting a face of a person from an image represented by image data by using a first discrimination model and discriminating an attribute of the detected face, clustering an area where the face is detected in the image represented by the image data according to a type of the attribute of the face, selecting a second discrimination model to be applied to the area based on information on the type of the attribute of the face in the clustered area, and detecting a face of a person from an image of each area by using the second discrimination model applied to the area and discriminating an attribute of the detected face.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for forming a thermally conductive material, from which a thermally conductive material having excellent thermally conductive properties can be obtained. In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a thermally conductive material formed of the composition for forming a thermally conductive material, a thermally conductive sheet, and a device with a thermally conductive layer.

Abstract: An image data processing device and an image data processing system are provided. An image data processing device performs a process of inputting a plurality of image data items in which imaging ranges at least partially overlap, detecting a face of a person in an image indicated by the image data, and recognizing a personal attribute of the person on the basis of the detected face for each of the image data items, a process of generating map data, in which the recognized personal attribute has been recorded in association with a position of the person in the image indicated by the image data, for each of the image data items, a process of interpolating the personal attribute of the person who overlaps between a plurality of the map data items, and a process of combining the plurality of map data items after the interpolation to generate composite map data.

Abstract: Provided are a polymer film including a particle-containing layer that contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a liquid crystal polymer, a polysulfone resin, a polyethersulfone resin, and a polyphenylene sulfide resin, and liquid crystal polymer particles, in which a content of the liquid crystal polymer particles in the particle-containing layer is 40% by volume or greater, and a method of producing the same, and a laminate formed of the polymer film and a method of producing the same.