Abstract: Provided is a radiation detecting element that has high adhesion between electrode portions and a substrate and does not suffer from performance failures due to insufficient insulation between the electrode portions, even if a distance between the electrode portions is narrower in order to obtain a high-definition radiation drawn image. The radiation detecting element includes: a plurality of electrode portions; and an insulating portion provided between the electrode portions on a surface of a substrate made of a compound semiconductor crystal containing cadmium telluride or cadmium zinc telluride, wherein an intermediate layer containing tellurium oxide is present between each of the electrode portions and the substrate, and wherein tellurium oxide is present on an upper portion of the insulating portion, and the tellurium oxide on the upper portion of the insulating portion has a maximum thickness of 30 nm or less.

Abstract: At least one processor of a sentence extraction system specifies at least one candidate sentence based on a predetermined extraction condition, the candidate sentence being a candidate for a sentence to be extracted from among a plurality of sentences; specifies at least one linked sentence that has a link to the at least one candidate sentence; and determines whether to extract the at least one linked sentence, based on whether to extract the at least one candidate sentence.

Abstract: The present invention mainly addresses the problem of providing an antibody against semaphorin 3A protein, said antibody enabling effective prevention and/or treatment of a disease, in which Sema 3A protein participates, such as a neurodegenerative disease, autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, cancer, infectious disease, etc. or disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome. An anti-Sema 3A antibody comprising CDRs having specific amino acid sequences (SEQ ID NOS: 1-6, 60-62, 64-66, 68-70, 72-74, 76-78, 80-82, 84-86 and 88-90) enables effective prevention and/or treatment of a disease, in which Sema 3A protein participates, such as a neurodegenerative disease, autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, cancer, infectious disease, etc. or disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome and, therefore, remarkably ameliorates symptoms associated with such a disease.

Abstract: An engine control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform a spark discharge with an ignition plug for each cylinder by cutting off energization after elapse of a predetermined period from start of energization to an ignition coil for each cylinder of the engine, to stop the spark discharge caused by the ignition plug for each cylinder after supply of fuel to the engine is stopped when operation of the engine is stopped, and to control an ignition plug so as to stop the spark discharge caused by the ignition plug from a cylinder after a rotation speed of a crankshaft decreases gradually and the rotation speed of the crankshaft reaches a preset threshold value or less, after the stop of the supply of fuel to the engine.

Abstract: A text extracting system includes at least one processor configured to obtain a plurality of texts, specify at least one characteristic expression included in the plurality of texts, and extract, based on the at least one characteristic expression, at least one text to be entered into a question sentence generator from the plurality of texts, where the question sentence generator generating a question sentence from an input sentence.

Abstract: A drive control section automatically stops an engine by stopping fuel injection and by closing a throttle valve that adjusts the amount of intake air when a predetermined specified condition is satisfied. A stopping-angle detection section detects a crank angle when the engine is automatically stopped as a stopping angle. The drive control section cranks the engine before an in-cylinder negative pressure period, in which pressure in a cylinder of the engine is negative pressure, elapses after starting to automatically stop the engine if the stopping angle is outside an allowable crank-angle range in which it is possible to restart the engine by cranking the engine by the motor generator.

Abstract: A sentence conversion system includes at least one processor that obtains data including a first type sentence and a second type sentence in association with each other, the second type sentence being a sentence obtained by converting the first type sentence into a second type in a same language, creates at least one converter that converts a sentence type in the same language based on the data and a machine translator that translates a first language into a second language, inputs the first type sentence in the at least one converter, and obtains a sentence converted by the at least one converter into the second type in the same language.

Abstract: An engine control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform a spark discharge with an ignition plug for each cylinder by cutting off energization after elapse of a predetermined period from start of energization to an ignition coil for each cylinder of the engine, to stop the spark discharge caused by the ignition plug for each cylinder after supply of fuel to the engine is stopped when operation of the engine is stopped, and to control an ignition plug so as to stop the spark discharge caused by the ignition plug from a cylinder after a rotation speed of a crankshaft decreases gradually and the rotation speed of the crankshaft reaches a preset threshold value or less, after the stop of the supply of fuel to the engine.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a motor generator, a main battery, a DC-DC converter, a sub-battery, a starter, and an electronic control unit. The DC-DC converter is a bidirectional converter configured to convert a voltage of electric power from the sub-battery and output the electric power to the motor generator. The electronic control unit is configured to control the DC-DC converter such that the sub-battery outputs electric power to the motor generator when a first available electrical energy of the main battery is smaller than a required electrical energy at the time when the engine is started with the use of the motor generator.

Abstract: A battery discharge controller configured to control a hybrid system having first and second batteries includes a charged electric charge amount calculating section and a discharge controlling section. The discharge controlling section controls the DC/DC converter such that the first battery and the second battery are both discharged when a first reserve electric charge amount, which is a value obtained by subtracting a predetermined first lower limit electric charge amount from the charged electric charge amount of the first battery, has a positive value, a second reserve electric charge amount, which is a value obtained by subtracting a predetermined second lower limit electric charge amount from the charged electric charge amount of the second battery, has a positive value, and an absolute value of a difference between the first reserve electric charge amount and the second reserve electric charge amount is less than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A vehicle power supply device includes a relay controller. When a low voltage switching request is made to set a mode for supplying electric power from a switching module group to a low voltage power supply, the relay controller is configured to perform in sequence a first process of switching a first main relay and a second main relay to an open state, a second process of connecting a first switching relay to a second electrode terminal of the low voltage power supply and switching a second switching relay to a closed state, a third process of switching a precharge relay to a closed state and switching a third switching relay to a closed state, a fourth process of switching the second main relay to a closed state, and a fifth process of switching the precharge relay to an open state.

Abstract: A first terminal includes a to-be-held portion configured to be inserted, in a vertical direction, into a terminal holding hole. The outer surface of the to-be-held portion and the inner surface of the terminal holding hole formed in the first housing include: a contact region where the outer surface of the to-be-held portion and the inner surface of the terminal holding hole are in contact with each other; and a gap region where a reservoir space is formed between the outer surface of the to-be-held portion and the inner surface of the terminal holding hole. The contact region includes a partial region located on an exposed portion's side.

Abstract: A translation assistance system according to one embodiment includes an acquisition unit and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires a target translated text obtained by translating a target source text into a target language, and acquires, as a correct word set, a set containing a reference word n-gram forming a reference text written in the target language and independent of the target source text. The determination unit calculates a degree of matching between one or more translated word n-grams forming the target translated text and the correct word set, and determines adequacy of the target translated text based on the degree of matching.

Abstract: A drive control section automatically stops an engine by stopping fuel injection and by closing a throttle valve that adjusts the amount of intake air when a predetermined specified condition is satisfied. A stopping-angle detection section detects a crank angle when the engine is automatically stopped as a stopping angle. The drive control section cranks the engine before an in-cylinder negative pressure period, in which pressure in a cylinder of the engine is negative pressure, elapses after starting to automatically stop the engine if the stopping angle is outside an allowable crank-angle range in which it is possible to restart the engine by cranking the engine by the motor generator.

Abstract: A regeneration controller that is employed in a hybrid system is configured to control a regenerative braking amount of a motor generator. A hydraulic brake is configured such that a hydraulic braking amount applied to a vehicle is decreased after the depression amount of the brake pedal is decreased by a predetermined first hysteresis amount from the start of a decrease in the depression amount. The regeneration controller is configured to control the motor generator such that, when the depression amount of the brake pedal is decreased, the regenerative braking amount starts decreasing after the depression amount of the brake pedal is decreased by a second hysteresis amount from the start of a decrease in the depression amount. The second hysteresis amount is set to be greater than the first hysteresis amount.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a diesel engine having a throttle valve and a fuel injection valve, an electric driving machine that assists in drive of the engine, and a controller configured to stop the engine automatically when a first condition for automatically stopping the engine is established during an operation of the engine. At this time, the controller is configured to operate the throttle valve to a closing side in response to establishment of a second condition that is established prior to establishment of the first condition, and stop supply of fuel by the fuel injection valve in response to subsequent establishment of the first condition.

Abstract: When an engine is stopped, a rotational position at a time when a crankshaft starts rotating in a reverse direction is predicted based on a rotational position detected by a crank angle sensor. A target rotational position is set within a range of the crankshaft rotational position between a time when the exhaust valve of one of four cylinders in the expansion stroke when the crankshaft starts rotating in the reverse direction is opened and a time when the expansion stroke of the cylinder ends. When the predicted rotational position is behind the target rotational position, a torque applying device applies a positive rotational torque to the crankshaft. At the time when the exhaust valve of the cylinder in the expansion stroke when the crankshaft starts rotating in the reverse direction is opened, application of the positive rotational torque from the torque applying device to the crankshaft is stopped.

Abstract: When the state of charge of a battery is greater than or equal to a lower limit value and less than or equal to an upper limit value, an electronic control unit calculates a charging electric energy transferred between a motor-generator and the battery such that the battery is neither charged nor discharged. When the state of charge is less than the lower limit value, a required torque of the engine is calculated based on the charging electric energy, a power consumption of an auxiliary device, and a driving torque. When the state of charge is greater than or equal to the lower limit value and less than or equal to the upper limit value, the required torque is calculated based on the charging electric energy and the driving torque, without taking the power consumption into consideration.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a motor generator, a main battery, a DC-DC converter, a sub-battery, a starter, and an electronic control unit. The DC-DC converter is a bidirectional converter configured to convert a voltage of electric power from the sub-battery and output the electric power to the motor generator. The electronic control unit is configured to control the DC-DC converter such that the sub-battery outputs electric power to the motor generator when a first available electrical energy of the main battery is smaller than a required electrical energy at the time when the engine is started with the use of the motor generator.

Abstract: An engine control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform a spark discharge with an ignition plug for each cylinder by cutting off energization after elapse of a predetermined period from start of energization to an ignition coil for each cylinder of the engine, to stop the spark discharge caused by the ignition plug for each cylinder after supply of fuel to the engine is stopped when operation of the engine is stopped, and to control an ignition plug so as to stop the spark discharge caused by the ignition plug from a cylinder after a rotation speed of a crankshaft decreases gradually and the rotation speed of the crankshaft reaches a preset threshold value or less, after the stop of the supply of fuel to the engine.