Abstract: A method for producing a group III nitride semiconductor includes a loading step (S1), a decompression step (S2), a heating step (S3), an excitation gas supply step (S5), and an organometallic gas supply step (S6). In the loading step (Si), a substrate is loaded into a chamber. In the decompression step (S2), a suction part reduces a pressure inside the chamber. In the heating step (S3), a heater provided inside the chamber heats the substrate. In the excitation gas supply step (S5), a first gas that contains nitrogen without containing hydrogen is supplied to a plasma generator, and an excitation gas obtained by turning the first gas into plasma by the plasma generator is supplied to the substrate inside the chamber. In the organometallic gas supply step (S6), a second gas that is an organometallic gas that contains a group III element is supplied to the substrate inside the chamber.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller configured to execute the processing of accepting a request for retrieving a target vehicle body unit that is laid at a specific place, selecting a chassis unit for retrieval from among chassis units in the state separated from any vehicle body unit, the chassis unit for retrieval being a chassis unit to be used to retrieve the target vehicle body unit, and sending a retrieval command to the chassis unit for retrieval, the retrieval command being a command to retrieve the target vehicle body unit.

Abstract: A navigation control system includes an obstacle detector on a hull to detect a distance from a hull to an obstacle on a water surface and a position of the obstacle, a thruster on the hull to generate a propulsive force, a steering to steer the thruster to right and left sides of the hull, and a controller configured or programmed to perform a control to determine an obstacle avoidance route based on a route function including at least an indicator of a lateral acceleration that acts on the hull during steering of the thruster when the obstacle is detected by the obstacle detector.

Abstract: A marine propulsion system includes a controller configured or programmed to perform a marine vessel traveling direction control such that a traveling direction of a marine vessel is changed to a predetermined angle equal to or greater than a first angle with respect to a traveling direction of waves toward the marine vessel when the traveling direction of the marine vessel is less than the first angle with respect to the traveling direction of the waves toward the marine vessel.

Abstract: A drive shaft includes a first annular wall and a second annular wall joined together via a friction-welded portion. The first annular wall and the second annular wall have outer diameters of 30 to 50 mm and wall thicknesses of 3 to 5 mm. A burr created at the friction-welded portion has a connection radius of greater than or equal to 0.5 mm, a base radius of greater than or equal to 0.5 mm, a burr base angle of less than or equal to 40°, and a burr slope length of 0.2 to 5 mm.

Abstract: A dynamo-electric machine comprising: a stator core with plurality of slots, a coil covered with insulated conductor wire, wherein the coil comprising plurality of storages stored in the slots and plurality of coil ends that are outside of the slots, conductor of coil end close to the conductor of the heterophase coil having insulating materials at only one of the surfaces, either the inner diameter surface close to the conductor of the heterophase coil or outer diameter surface of the heterophase coil.

Abstract: A marine vessel maneuvering system includes a controller configured or programmed to perform a water entry determination control to determine whether or not water behind a hull that rises above a water surface due to deceleration of the hull may enter the hull when the hull is decelerating.

Abstract: A method for improving repeatability of a nucleic acid amplification method is provided by the present invention, the method including performing a nucleic acid amplification reaction using a reaction composition containing water, an amplification target nucleic acid at a concentration of not more than 10,000 copies/mL, and one or more polymers selected from the following group A at a concentration of 0.005 to 0.5 w/v %: [group A] (A1) a polymer consisting of a constitutional unit derived from 2-(meth)acryloyloxyethylphosphorylcholine (A2) a copolymer containing a constitutional unit derived from 2-(meth)acryloyloxyethylphosphorylcholine and a constitutional unit derived from (meth)acrylic acid.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sensitizer for nucleic acid amplification which is a polymer containing a constitutional unit derived from a monomer represented by the following formula (1): wherein symbols are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: Provided is a radio communication base station device which can prevent lowering of use efficiency of a channel communication resource for performing a frequency diversity transmission when simultaneously performing a frequency scheduling transmission and the frequency diversity transmission in a multicarrier communication. In the device, a modulation unit (12) executes a modulation process on Dch data after encoded so as to generate a Dch data symbol. A modulation unit (22) executes a modulation process on the encoded Lch data so as to generate an Lch data symbol. An allocation unit (103) allocates the Dch data symbol and the Lch data symbol to respective subcarriers constituting an OFDM symbol and outputs them to a multiplexing unit (104). Here, when a plurality of Dch are used for a Dch data symbol of one mobile station, the allocation unit (103) uses Dch of continuous channel numbers.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine (1000) including: a rotor (200); a stator (100) surrounding a periphery of the rotor (200); a first recessed portion (133) disposed in an inner circumferential surface of a back yoke (130) of the stator (100), and extending in an axial direction of the stator (100); and a tooth (120) having one end fitted in the first recessed portion (133), a clearance formed between the first recessed portion (133) and the one end of the tooth (120) fitted in the first recessed portion (133) being smaller in a circumferential direction of the stator (100) than in a radial direction of the stator (100).

Abstract: A 0-1 combinatorial-optimization-problem is solved under constraint-conditions expressed using inequality expressions. A solution-finding device includes an updating-unit and an output-unit. For each of plural elements associated with first- and second-variables, the updating-unit sequentially updates, for each unit-time between initial-timing and end-timing, the first-variable and the second-variable alternatively. The output-unit outputs the solution of the 0-1 combinatorial-optimization-problem based on the first-variable of each of the plural elements at the end-timing.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoconductor including a sequentially-provided conductive substrate, an undercoat layer, and a photosensitive layer. Photosensitive layer is a negatively-charged stacked type including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer. Undercoat layer contains a resin binder and a first filler, the first filler including a zinc oxide particle surface-treated with an N-acylated amino acid or an N-acylated amino acid salt, and the charge generation layer containing an adduct compound of titanyl phthalocyanine and butanediol.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10) includes a first acquisition unit (111), a second acquisition unit (111), and an estimation unit (112). The first acquisition unit (111) acquires first sensing information obtained by capturing an image of a subject using a first sensor (20A) including a single-plate image sensor. The second acquisition unit (111) acquires second sensing information obtained by sensing a direction different from a direction of the first sensor (20A) using second sensor (20B). The estimation unit (112) estimates the spectral reflectance of the subject based on the first sensing information and the second sensing information.

Abstract: Detection of a spectral distribution of a light source is simplified. An image processing device according to the present disclosure includes a specific region detection unit, a chromaticity information detection unit, and a light source spectral information generation unit. The specific region detection unit detects a specific region that is a region of an image of a specific object from an image of a subject to which light from a light source is emitted. The chromaticity information detection unit detects light source color information on the basis of a plurality of image signals of the detected specific region. The light source spectral information generation unit generates light source spectral information, which is information of a spectrum of the light source, on the basis of the detected light source color information.

Abstract: A gas-liquid separator comprises a pipe member through which a gas-liquid two-phase fluid flows, the gas-liquid two-phase fluid comprising gas and liquid, and a swirling flow generator within the pipe member, the swirling flow generator being configured to swirl the gas-liquid two-phase fluid to separate the gas and the liquid therefrom. The swirling flow generator comprises blades that extend spirally about a central axis of the pipe member. Each of the blades comprises a distal end in a pipe radial direction of the pipe member. The distal ends are continuous over an entire circumference of the pipe member when the pipe member is viewed from an axial direction thereof. A communication portion is provided between the pipe member and the swirling flow generator. The communication portion is configured to communicate a first space upstream of the swirling flow generator with a second space downstream of the swirling flow generator.

Abstract: A specific-type of simple-closed circuit in a directed graph is detected. A path detection device includes a strongly-connected-component-detection unit, a problem-generation unit, a solution acquisition unit, and a simple-closed-circuit-detection unit. The strongly-connected-component-detection unit detects a strongly-connected-component in the directed graph. The problem-generation unit generates a QUBO problem for the strongly-connected-component. The solution-acquisition unit acquires a solution of the QUBO problem for the strongly-connected-component. The simple-closed-circuit-detection unit detects a simple-closed circuit in a partial graph for the strongly-connected-component. Decision variables in an objective function in the QUBO problem correspond to nodes or edges in the strongly-connected-component. The partial graph may be a part including two or more nodes or two or more edges selected based on the solution in the strongly-connected-component.

Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, a named-entity extraction apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an unit extracting, using an extraction dictionary, named entities and relations from extraction document data; a unit designating character strings corresponding to the named entities extracted among character strings in learning document data; a generator generating, by applying a relation extraction rule, a learning document in which relations between named entities belonging to the categories of the relation extraction rule among the named entities designated; and a unit learning the extraction dictionary based on the learning document.

Abstract: A good solution is efficiently calculated. The solver apparatus calculates a solution to a problem minimizing an objective function as a non-convex quadratic function under a condition satisfying J simultaneous-linear-equations and satisfying K simultaneous-linear-inequalities. The solver apparatus includes an acquisition unit, an update unit, and an output unit. The update unit repeats, in predetermined order, first-processing of acquiring candidate values of solutions of the I-decision-variables minimizing a first function including the I-decision-variables generated using an augmented-Lagrange function, second-processing of acquiring candidate values of solutions of the K dependent-variables minimizing a second function including K dependent-variables generated using the augmented-Lagrange function, and the coefficient-processing of updating a coefficient included in the augmented-Lagrange function.

Abstract: Disclosed is a service providing system capable of providing an information processing function effective for a variety of system constructions as a service. The service providing system of the present embodiment realizes an information retrieval function, a knowledge base construction function, and a knowledge presentation function. The information retrieval function retrieves information on an analysis target and information indicating a condition of the analysis target; the knowledge base construction function constructs a knowledge database for acquiring knowledge corresponding to the condition of the analysis target based on the information retrieved by the information retrieval function. The knowledge presentation function presents knowledge corresponding to the condition of the analysis target from the knowledge database.