Abstract: A wireless transmitting device includes a receiving circuit configured to receive a reception frame from another device, and a transmitting circuit configured to transmit a broadcast transmission frame while the receiving circuit is not receiving the reception frame, and controls the transmitting circuit to delay transmission of the broadcast transmission frame for a waiting period that starts from an end of reception of the reception frame according to a frame type of the transmission frame, including a broadcast frame, a unicast frame, and a reception acknowledgement response frame, wherein the waiting period for the broadcast frame is shorter than the waiting period for the unicast frame and longer than the waiting period for the reception acknowledgement response frame.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information retrieval apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to identify at least one first similar process similar to a process of interest corresponding to a certain design phase in design of a new plant, among processes of existing plants, based on a design document of the process of interest and design documents of individual processes of each of existing plants, identify at least one first subsequent process, a process after the first similar process, based on a design flow indicating a sequence of processes in an existing plant including the first similar process and retrieve a case corresponding to the first similar process and a case corresponding to the first subsequent process from a case database storing cases of troubles.

Abstract: A signal transmission device includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a demodulation device, and a fixing member. The first antenna transmits radio waves containing a signal modulated at a first frequency. The second antenna receives the radio waves containing the signal via a medium. The demodulation device demodulates the signal and connected to the second antenna. The fixing member fixes the first antenna and the second antenna to the medium.

Abstract: A communication device includes a first module, a communication portion communicating with a second module, a memory, and a processor that executes instructions stored in the memory. The instructions cause the processor to perform: executing a processing of changing a first radio communication to a non-restrictive state when a first signal is received from the second module in a state that the first radio communication is in a restrictive state; and executing a first processing of transmitting a second signal for changing a second radio communication to the non-restrictive state to the second module and a second processing of changing the first radio communication to the restrictive state when the priority signal using the first channel is detected in a state that the first radio communication is in the non-restrictive state.

Abstract: There are included: a switching parameter detecting unit (21) that detects a switching voltage of a switching element (Q1); and an abnormality detecting unit (a first comparing unit (264a) and an abnormality determining unit (265)) that detects an abnormality caused by foreign matter, on the basis of a result of the detection by the switching parameter detecting unit (21).

Abstract: A control device includes a memory that stores instructions and a processor that executes the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to perform: controlling, based on a first number of communication terminals to which a first module performs radio communication and a second number of communication terminals to which a second module performs radio communication, whether to permit the communication terminal having made a request for connection to the first module to connect to the first module or not.

Abstract: A disinfection apparatus includes an installation member. The installation member includes a sealing member configured to seal a hole located in a ceiling, a nozzle configured to be placed in a ceiling space through the hole and spray a chemical solution to disinfect the ceiling space, a mount member configured to place the nozzle above the sealing member, and a fixing member configured to maintain a state in which the sealing member seals the hole.

Abstract: The present invention provides a preventing or improving agent that can favorably promote bone formation, is effective in preventing or improving osteoporosis or a decrease in bone strength, has high safety, and is suitable for long-term continuous ingestion or administration, by forming a bone remodeling accelerator comprising one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of flavanone and a glycoside thereof.

Abstract: A game apparatus comprises a control section, a storing section, and a display section. The control section executes a program stored in the storing section to thereby realize a symbol display function, a blocking function, and a moving function. The symbol display function sequentially displays a different plurality of symbols in a plurality of display regions provided in the display section to thereby change the display of the symbols in the plurality of display regions, and stops the change of the display of the symbols at predetermined timing. The blocking function displays a blocking image for blocking display of a symbol in a position corresponding to a first instruction during the change of the display of the symbols. The moving function moves a position of the displayed blocking image according to a second instruction.

Abstract: A gaming device comprises a control unit and a storage unit. The control unit is configured to sequentially display symbols included in a first set of a plurality of symbols comprising a specific symbol in each of a plurality of display areas to change displays of the symbols in the plurality of display areas, and stop the changes of the displays of the symbols at a predetermined timing; sequentially display symbols included in a second set of a plurality of symbols comprising the specific symbol in a higher proportion than in the first set of symbols in each of the plurality of display areas to change displays of the symbols in the plurality of display areas, and stop the changes of the displays of the symbols at a predetermined timing; and execute a predetermined performance when the symbols included in the second set of symbols are sequentially displayed.

Abstract: A communication device includes a first module, a communication portion communicating with a second module, a memory, and a processor that executes instructions stored in the memory. The instructions cause the processor to perform: executing a processing of changing a first radio communication to a non-restrictive state when a first signal is received from the second module in a state that the first radio communication is in a restrictive state; and executing a first processing of transmitting a second signal for changing a second radio communication to the non-restrictive state to the second module and a second processing of changing the first radio communication to the restrictive state when the priority signal using the first channel is detected in a state that the first radio communication is in the non-restrictive state.

Abstract: An acceptance control unit accepts, after simulation of a state change of a target system, a specified time which is a time in a simulation period being a target of the simulation. A reproduction unit selects a change time corresponding to the specified time from trace data and obtains a state value corresponding to the selected change time from the trace data. The reproduction unit generates a state image indicating a state corresponding to the obtained state value. A display unit displays the generated state image.

Abstract: There are included: a switching parameter detecting unit (21) that detects a switching voltage of a switching element (Q1); and an abnormality detecting unit (a first comparing unit (264a) and an abnormality determining unit (265)) that detects an abnormality caused by foreign matter, on the basis of a result of the detection by the switching parameter detecting unit (21).

Abstract: A control device includes a memory that stores instructions and a processor that executes the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to perform: controlling, based on a first number of communication terminals to which a first module performs radio communication and a second number of communication terminals to which a second module performs radio communication, whether to permit the communication terminal having made a request for connection to the first module to connect to the first module or not.

Abstract: A storage unit stores a trace file obtained by simulating an operation of an object. A reception unit receives a forward direction reproduction instruction. A reproduction unit reads each piece of trace data from the trace file. The reproduction unit determines a timing for updating a graphic display, based on a new display time corresponding to an occurrence time included in new trace data read this time and an old display time corresponding to an occurrence time included in old trace data read last time. A display unit changes a state of the object displayed by the graphic display to a state indicated by a new state value included in the new trace data, at the determined timing.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide: an antibody comprising at least two kinds of Fab, and in particular having restricted light chain-heavy chain combinations; a corresponding antibody composition; and production methods for same. [Solution] The present invention provides production methods for (1) an antibody or (2) an antibody composition, the methods using non-natural disulfide bonds.

Abstract: The present invention provides a honeycomb filter including a honeycomb fired body including porous cell partition walls, exhaust gas introduction cells each having an open end at an exhaust gas inlet side and a plugged end at an exhaust gas outlet side, exhaust gas emission cells each having an open end at the exhaust gas outlet side and a plugged end at the exhaust gas inlet side, and an outer wall on the periphery thereof. The cross-sectional shape of each exhaust gas introduction cell in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof is entirely uniform from the end at the exhaust gas inlet side to the end at the exhaust gas outlet side excluding the plugged portion. The cross-sectional shape of each exhaust gas emission cell in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof is entirely uniform from the end at the exhaust gas inlet side to the end at the exhaust gas outlet side excluding the plugged portion.

Abstract: When an instruction to start voice input is received from the user, a gain controller acquires, from a gain table which defines a correspondence between vehicle speed ranges and gains, a gain corresponding to a vehicle speed range including the vehicle speed of a vehicle detected by a vehicle speed detector, and sets the acquired gain as the gain of an input amplifier that amplifies an input audio signal output by a microphone. As a gain corresponding to each vehicle speed range, the gain table records a gain of the input amplifier corresponding, in an experimentally determined frequency distribution of peak values in the vehicle speed range, to a maximum frequency in the range of magnitude of voice output as an input audio signal by the microphone and to be input to a speech recognition engine as voice having a magnitude within the input range of the speech recognition engine.

Abstract: A honeycomb filter including a honeycomb fired body including porous cell partition walls, exhaust gas introduction cells, exhaust gas emission cells, and an outer wall on the periphery thereof. Provided that the hydraulic diameter is given by the following equation (1) and the area based on the given hydraulic diameter is given by the following equation (2), the ratio of the area based on the hydraulic diameter of an exhaust gas introduction cell to the cross-sectional area of the exhaust gas introduction cell is 0.95 to 0.98, and the ratio of the area based on the hydraulic diameter of an exhaust gas emission cell to the cross-sectional area of the exhaust gas emission cell is 0.7 to 0.9: Hydraulic diameter=(4×cross-sectional area of cell)/Cross-sectional peripheral length of cell (1), Area based on the hydraulic diameter=?×(Hydraulic diameter/2)2(2).

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a transcription support system supports transcription work to convert voice data to text. The system includes a first storage unit configured to store therein the voice data; a playback unit configured to play back the voice data; a second storage unit configured to store therein voice indices, each of which associates a character string obtained from a voice recognition process with voice positional information, for which the voice positional information is indicative of a temporal position in the voice data and corresponds to the character string; a text creating unit that creates the text in response to an operation input of a user; and an estimation unit configured to estimate already-transcribed voice positional information indicative of a position at which the creation of the text is completed in the voice data based on the voice indices.