Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a generator that causes electromagnetic waves to be incident on a sample, a receiver that receives electromagnetic waves reflected by the sample, and a controller that controls the generator and receiver. The sample includes a first layer on which the electromagnetic waves are incident and a second layer stacked on the first layer. The controller detects whether a third layer is present between the first and second layers based on the electromagnetic waves incident on the sample from the generator and the electromagnetic waves received by the receiver. The generator causes the electromagnetic waves to be incident at an angle such that the electromagnetic waves are totally reflected between the first and third layers and/or between the first and second layers.

Abstract: A taxi vehicle management method includes: evaluating, based on DR contribution history information, a degree of contribution to demand response for energy management by a driver of a taxi vehicle, the DR contribution history information indicating a history of contribution to the DR by the driver using a power storage device of the taxi vehicle; and determining a calculation formula of a fare of the taxi vehicle driven by the driver, using a result of evaluation of the degree of contribution by the driver. The determining the calculation formula of the fare includes determining the calculation formula of the fare such that the fare becomes lower as the degree of contribution to the DR by the driver becomes higher.

Abstract: A heater wire that allows for reduced costs by adopting a novel structure capable of preventing localized abnormal temperatures while having a high bending durability and accommodating diameter reduction. The heater wire is provided with a heat-emitting part in which heat-emitting wires are wound in a spiral manner around a fiber core, and a sheath arranged around the heat-emitting part. The heat-emitting wires are configured such that a first heat-emitting wire including a first metal element wire and a second heat-emitting wire including an insulating film provided around a second metal element wire are wound in an alternating manner.

Abstract: An inorganic compound particle supply member includes inorganic compound particles, and the Young's modulus of the inorganic compound particle supply member is lower than the Young's modulus of a supply object to be supplied with the inorganic compound particles.

Abstract: An electric field sensor which measures an electric field generated by a target utilizing an electro-optic effect, the electric field sensor including a light source, an electro-optic crystal on which light in a predetermined polarization state emitted from the light source is incident and which is subjected to the electric field generated by the target, a reference electric field applicator configured to apply an electric field based on a reference signal with a known signal level to the electro-optic crystal, a light receiver configured to receive light emitted from the electro-optic crystal and to convert the received light into an electric signal, and a separation corrector configured to separate the electric signal into a measurement signal based on the electric field generated by the target and the reference signal and to correct a signal level of the measurement signal on the basis of the signal level of the separated reference signal.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus member includes a surface layer containing a Si-atom containing polymer as a major component. The dispersive component of the surface free energy of the surface layer is 25 mN/m or less, the dipole component of the surface free energy of the surface layer is 5 mN/m or less, and the hydrogen bonding component of the surface free energy of the surface layer is 5 mN/m or less.

Abstract: A cab includes: a pillar member; a beam member; and a rib member. The pillar member extends in an up-down direction. The beam member extends in a left-right direction. The beam member is connected to an upper end of the pillar member. The rib member is provided at a corner portion where the pillar member and the beam member intersect with each other. The rib member is connected to the pillar member and the beam member. The rib member is embedded in at least one of the pillar member and the beam member.

Abstract: An endless belt includes a resin, and particles having an average primary particle diameter of 8 nm or more and 20 nm or less. In a volume frequency distribution of the particles determined by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement, the ratio (area B/area A) of graph area B of a particle diameter region of over 35 nm to graph area A of a particle diameter region of 35 nm or less is 0.3 or less.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt includes a single-layer body including a resin layer or a multilayer body including the resin layer serving as a top surface layer. The surface of the resin layer has an arithmetic average surface height Sa of 0.005 ?m or more and 0.020 ?m or less. The surface of the resin layer has a maximum height Sz of 0.050 ?m or more and 0.200 ?m or less. The surface of the resin layer has recesses having a depth of 0.050 ?m or more, the recesses being arranged at a regular interval, and the interval of the recesses is 0.20 ?m or more and 0.80 ?m or less.

Abstract: An hydraulic excavator calculates an estimated excavation volume Va defined by a bucket claw tip position (first position) at an excavation start, a bucket claw tip position (second position) at an excavation end set in advance, a current landform, a first target surface, and a bucket width w. A second target surface is generated at a position superior to the first target surface when the estimated excavation volume Va exceeds a limit volume Vb; and the second target surface is generated at a position at which the excavation volume defined by the first position, the second position, the current landform, the second target surface, and the bucket width is closer to the limit volume Vb. The hydraulic actuators are controlled such that an operating range of a work implement is limited on the second target surface and to an area superior to the second target surface.

Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive power; a second lens group having negative power; a third lens group having positive power; a fourth lens group having positive power; a fifth lens group having negative power; and a sixth lens group having positive power. The fourth lens group includes at least one positive lens that satisfies a conditional formula of vdp?65. A conditional formula of 1.19?f3/ft?4.15 and a conditional formula of 0.51?f4/ft?1.50 are satisfied.

Abstract: A work machine capable of assisting in an operator's operation to allow a work tool move along a design surface indicating a target shape of an object to be worked irrespectively of an angle of the design surface and a posture of a work implement is provided. A controller determines an excavation actuator in charge of an excavation action and determines an alignment actuator in charge of an alignment action for a work tool out of a plurality of actuators on the basis of the design surface set by a work execution target setting device and the posture of the work implement measured by a work implement posture/position measurement device, determines a target velocity of the excavation actuator on the basis of operation signals outputted from an operation device, and limits a target velocity of the alignment actuator in a direction in which the work tool approaches the design surface.

Abstract: A compressor includes: a compressor; and a motor that is disposed in the compressor housing. The motor has a rotor provided coaxially with respect to a rotary shaft of the compression part, and a stator disposed on an outer peripheral side of the rotor. In the stator, a plurality of large-diameter parts in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the compressor housing and a plurality of small-diameter parts, each of the small-diameter parts having a distance from a rotation center of the motor to an outer peripheral surface, the distance being smaller than the distance of the large-diameter part, are formed in a circumferential direction of the stator. The stator is provided with a plurality of welded parts joining the inner peripheral surface of the compressor housing with the outer peripheral surface of the stator, and the welded parts are provided in the small-diameter part of the stator.

Abstract: A communication system for controlling communication between a terminal apparatus and a counterpart terminal apparatus, includes circuitry that: converts speech data into language information, the speech data representing speech input to the terminal apparatus or speech input to the counterpart terminal apparatus; displays the language information that is converted on an information display screen at the terminal apparatus in a chronological order; displays, on the information display screen, content based on a user operation on the language information displayed in the first area of the information display screen; and transmits information on the content displayed on the information display screen to a counterpart terminal apparatus, to cause the counterpart terminal apparatus to display the content.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a work machine that is capable of flexibly setting an entry-prohibited area for a work device according to an operator's intention. To achieve this, a controller 40 sets, as a first position, the position of a work tool 8 that is located when a setting switch 33 is operated, and sets, as a second position, the position of the work tool 8 that is located when the setting switch 33 is operated after the setting of the first position. Further, the controller 40 sets, as a boundary surface of an entry-prohibited area, a plane 70 that passes through a first reference point A and a second reference point B and that is perpendicular to a ground contact surface of a lower track structure 1. The first reference point A is one of a plurality of reference points 8L and 8R on the work tool 8 located at the first position, the plurality of reference points 8L and 8R being preset on the work tool 8.

Abstract: A work machine includes a work implement provided to a machine body, a posture sensor that senses posture information regarding the work implement, a controller configured to compute a specific position of the work implement on the basis of the posture information, set a limited area that the work implement is prohibited from entering, compute a movable distance as a distance between the limited area and the specific position of the work implement, and limit operation of the work implement according to the movable distance to prevent the work implement from entering the limited area, and an input device for inputting to the controller input information input by an operation of an operator.

Abstract: An inorganic compound particle supply member includes inorganic compound particles, and the Young’s modulus of the inorganic compound particle supply member is lower than the Young’s modulus of a supply object to be supplied with the inorganic compound particles.

Abstract: A main controller of a work machine computes target position information of an entry-prohibited area plane on the basis of operation information of a console switch 11 or a monitor operation device, decides, on the basis of the target position information of the entry-prohibited area plane, whether or not a distance r1 between a target position M of the entry-prohibited area plane and the center O of swing action of an upper swing structure is greater than a threshold value set based on a distance r2 from the center O of swing action of the upper swing structure to a rear end of the upper swing structure, validates the target position information of the entry-prohibited area plane when the distance r1 is greater than the threshold value, and sets the entry-prohibited area plane at the target position M.

Abstract: There are provided a fluorescent compound of the following formula or a salt thereof and a labeled biological substance. Y represents —NR10R11 or —OR12, and R1 to R12, R21 to R23, and Z represent specific groups and satisfy the following regulations. At least one of R21 or R22 is an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group. In a case of R21=an aryl group and R22=an alkyl group or an aryl group, at least R7 and R8, or R10 and R11 are bonded to each other to form a 4-membered ring. A compound of Formula (I) or (II) or a salt thereof satisfies condition ?, and a compound of Formula (III) or (IV) or a salt thereof satisfies condition ?. (Condition ?) In a case where Z is an aryl group, the aryl group has a specific structure. (Condition ?) At least R7 and R8, or R10 and R11 are bonded to each other to form a 4-membered ring.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus according an embodiment includes a first memory, a second memory, a gate device, and one or more hardware processors. The first memory stores information. The second memory stores state information indicating whether or not update on the information of the first memory is allowed. The gate device is provided on a bus and controls whether or not to permit access to the second memory based on a control instruction. In a predetermined mode, the one or more hardware processors output, to the gate device, a control instruction to permit access to the second memory, set the state information of the second memory to indicate an updatable state, and update the information of the first memory.