Abstract: A management server performs processing including registering reservation information when it accepts the reservation information, when a period of use covers all time frames of a DR request, when an intention to participate in DR is indicated, and when a reservation can be made, canceling a tentative reservation when the reservation cannot be made but when a reservation can be made in a tentative reservation time slot, and registering tentative reservation information when the intention to participate in DR is not indicated and when a reservation can be made.

Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of formula (1): or a stereoisomer or tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing, wherein X1, X2, Ry, Rz, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined herein. Also provided herein is a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising a compound of formula (I), or a stereoisomer or tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing. Also provided herein are methods of using a compound of formula (I), or a stereoisomer or tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing, to treat various diseases, disorders, and conditions responsive to the modulation of the contractility of the skeletal sarcomere.

Abstract: A method for controlling a mobile shop includes: determining a selling situation of a plurality of items using information about an inventory status of the plurality of items and information about a well-selling time of the plurality of items; setting a charging schedule for a battery (secondary battery) based on the selling situation; and causing the mobile shop to move to EVSE (charging facility) according to the charging schedule.

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: Provided is a press-forming method including three steps for preventing spring-back in a hat-shaped cross section shape of a final formed article. In the first step, from a blank, a preformed article in a first form is obtained, the preformed article including a top surface, left and right vertical walls, and left and right tapered portions extending outward from lower ends of the left and right vertical walls, respectively, of a final formed article having a hat-shaped cross section. In the second step, the compression can be applied to the entirety of the top surface, the left and right vertical walls, and the left and right flanges of the final formed article having the hat-shaped cross section, whereby the spring-back can be sufficiently prevented. In the third step, obtain the final formed article having the hat-shaped cross section.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a communication interface that receives instructions including a command to control an instrument; a storage that stores a rule of an execution procedure of the command; a CPU that verifies the instructions; and an output interface that outputs a verification result of the instructions. The CPU acquires the instructions through the communication interface, reads the rule from the storage, and detects a defect of the instructions by comparing an execution procedure of the command included in the instructions with the rule. The output interface outputs a detection result of the defect.

Abstract: A first-face forming portion of a workpiece and a second-face forming portion spaced apart from it by the length of an intermediate portion are clamped with a first-face forming die and a second-face forming die, respectively. The first-face forming die is moved either upward or downward and the second-face forming die is moved in a direction toward the first-face forming die, and the second-face forming die is pressed against the first-face forming die to shape the upright wall portion.

Abstract: A first-face forming portion of a workpiece and a second-face forming portion spaced apart from it by the length of an intermediate portion are clamped with a first-face forming die and a second-face forming die, respectively. The first-face forming die is moved either upward or downward and the second-face forming die is moved in a direction toward the first-face forming die, and the second-face forming die is pressed against the first-face forming die to shape the upright wall portion.

Abstract: A shoe comprising a retractable lace protector for protecting the laces thereon. The lace protector has a deployed and a stowed position. In a deployed position, the lace protector can be disposed in a substantially parallel manner and adjacent to the upper side of the tongue of the shoe and in a substantially overlying manner to the laces thereof. In a stowed position, the lace protector can be disposed in a substantially parallel manner and adjacent to the lower side of the tongue of the shoe. The shoe can further comprise one or more fastening elements to detachably affix the lace protector in one or both of the deployed position and the stowed position. The shoe can further comprise a lace guard pocket for storing the lace protector in the stowed position.

Abstract: A multi-functional apparatus of all-in-one type has a plurality of functions and comprises a plurality of devices having respective functions, a designation device for designating one of the functions, where each function utilizes at least one of the plurality of devices, and a controller for controlling at least one of the plurality of devices for execution of the designated one function. A management device manages information that specifies an external apparatus from which an extension program is to be acquired for execution of the designated one function, and an acquisition device acquires the extension program from the specified external apparatus based on the managed information for extension of the functions of the multi-functional apparatus.

Abstract: A remote monitor disposed adjacently to a site having at least one server and monitoring the operating state of the site and the server comprises a first communication processing section connected with a global IP region and communicating with a monitor center through the global IP region at a first encrypted security level, and a second communication processing section connected with a local IP region and communicating with a server through the local IP region at a security level lower than the first security level Specified data is generated according to a monitoring item of the operating state of the server and transmitted, and the data on the monitoring of the operating state of the site is received. Data on the operating state is generated therefrom and sent to the monitor center through the first communication processing section.

Abstract: A scanning exposure apparatus in which a mask and a substrate are moved in a first direction while images of patterns of the mask are exposed onto the substrate includes at least a pair of projection optical systems that are spaced from each other in the first direction by a predetermined distance. The pair of projection optical systems also are displaced from each other in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction such that at least portions of projection areas where the images of the pattern are projected by the pair of projection optical systems onto the substrate overlap each other. The scanning exposure apparatus also includes a shifter that shifts the images of the overlapping projection areas on the substrate in the second direction. This enables the measurement of the flatness tolerance of long planar mirrors that are used in controlling the positions of the mask and the substrate to be easily made.

Abstract: A compound peripheral device which is connected to a computer and executes different function processes comprises a plurality of function processing means for executing predetermined different function processes, a communication unit for communicating through a telephone line with a server computer in which a plurality of closed application programs have previously been stored, a memory such as internal or external memory medium for down loading each of the closed application programs stored in the server computer by the communication unit and for storing, an instructing unit for instructing the selection and execution of either one of the application programs stored in the memory, a program executing unit for executing either one of the application programs read out from the memory on the basis of the selection execution instruction by the instructing unit, an application selecting unit for selecting and instructing either one of the application programs to be down loaded from the server computer, and a tran

Abstract: A multi-function peripheral is connected to a computer and has a plurality of devices with respective functions, the plurality of devices including a printing unit. A designation means of the peripheral designates one of the functions of the peripheral, and a sending means of the peripheral sends a request to download, from the computer to the peripheral, a program for controlling at least one of the devices. A memory means of the peripheral stores a plurality of programs downloaded from the computer, an instruction means selects and executes one of the stored programs, and a control means controls the functioning of a device of the peripheral by executing the selected program in the peripheral in response to an instruction received from the instruction means.

Abstract: A compound peripheral device which is connected to a computer and executes different function processes comprises a plurality of function processing means for executing predetermined different function processes, a communication unit for communicating through a telephone line with a server computer in which a plurality of closed application programs have previously been stored, a memory such as internal or external memory medium for down loading each of the closed application programs stored in the server computer by the communication unit and for storing, an instructing unit for instructing the selection and execution of either one of the application programs stored in the memory, a program executing unit for executing either one of the application programs read out from the memory on the basis of the selection execution instruction by the instructing unit, an application selecting unit for selecting and instructing either one of the application programs to be down loaded from the server computer, and a tran

Abstract: A scanning exposure apparatus in which a mask and a substrate are moved in a first direction while images of patterns of the mask are exposed onto the substrate includes at least a pair of projection optical systems that are spaced from each other in the first direction by a predetermined distance. The pair of projection optical systems also are displaced from each other in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction such that at least portions of projection areas where the images of the pattern are projected by the pair of projection optical systems onto the substrate overlap each other. The scanning exposure apparatus also includes a shifter that shifts the images of the overlapping projection areas on the substrate in the second direction. This enables the measurement of the flatness tolerance of long planar mirrors that are used in controlling the positions of the mask and the substrate to be easily made.

Abstract: A laser interferometer for detecting the position of a moving object in a Y-direction when the object moves in an X-direction has a separating optical system that moves in the X-direction at a speed different from that of the moving object. A laser beam is separated by the separating optical system into a reference beam and a measurement beam, which are individually directed toward a reference mirror and a moving mirror on the moving object. The light of the measurement beam reflected from the moving mirror, and the light of the reference beam reflected from the reference mirror are received by a photodetector via the separating optical system, and the photoelectric conversion signal of the interference light is output as information concerning the position of the moving object in the Y-direction. A fixed mirror that is shorter than the moving object can be used because the separating optical system also moves in the X-direction.

Abstract: An exposure method, exposure apparatus and mask are suitable for manufacturing an active matrix liquid crystal display including, for example, a gate electrode layer and a source/drain electrode layer. A stitching portion between unit patterns in a second layer is offset from the stitching portion in a first layer by a predetermined distance. The stitching portions of the second layer are always positioned over unit patterns of the first layer. Accordingly, the contrast gap that occurs at the stitching portion as a boundary is defined only by an error in the exposure position of the second layer. The contrast gap is not affected by an error in the exposure position of the first layer, unlike the conventional method. Because the contrast gap caused by the error in the exposure position of the first layer is eliminated, the total contrast gap that occurs at the stitching portion as a boundary is significantly reduced.

Abstract: A sole of a baseball spiked shoe has a toe portion projection, a first metatarsal head projection, a stepping portion projection, and a fifth metatarsal head projection provided at a fore foot portion at the bottom plane of the shoe sole, and a heel medial projection, a heel anterior projection, a heel posterior projection, and a heel lateral projection provided at the heel portion. Each projection is provided at an appropriate angle with respect to the longitudinal line of the foot.

Abstract: A sole of a baseball spiked shoe has a toe portion projection, a first metatarsal head projection, a stepping portion projection, and a fifth metatarsal head projection provided at a fore foot portion at the bottom plane of the shoe sole, and a heel medial projection, a heel anterior projection, a heel posterior projection, and a heel lateral projection provided at the heel portion. Each projection is provided at an appropriate angle with respect to the longitudinal line of the foot.