Abstract: A metal oxide film including a crystal part and having highly stable physical properties is provided. The size of the crystal part is less than or equal to 10 nm, which allows the observation of circumferentially arranged spots in a nanobeam electron diffraction pattern of the cross section of the metal oxide film when the measurement area is greater than or equal to 5 nm? and less than or equal to 10 nm?.

Abstract: To provide an automatic analyzer and a sample aspiration method in an automatic analyzer capable of analyzing a sample of further minute amount compared than before. In aspirating the sample, a sample dispensing mechanism 13, 14 is controlled so as to detect the liquid level L1, to thereafter allow a dispensing probe 13a, 14a of the sample dispensing mechanism 13, 14 to be dropped and stopped below the liquid level L1, to thereafter allow the dispensing probe 13a, 14a of the sample dispensing mechanism 13, 14 to be elevated and stopped, and to thereafter allow the dispensing probe 13a, 14a of the sample dispensing mechanism 13, 14 to be further dropped while aspirating the sample.

Abstract: A processing device is provided for processing an image obtained by imaging the inside of the oral cavity for use in diagnosis of the inside of the oral cavity. The processing device includes at least one processor. The at least one processor performs processing for acquiring one or more determination images of a subject through a camera for capturing an image of the subject including at least a part of a user's oral cavity, determining a possibility of contracting a predetermined disease based on a trained determination model stored in a memory to determine the possibility of contracting the predetermined disease and the one or more acquired determination images, and outputting information indicating the determined possibility of contracting the predetermined disease.

Abstract: An information processing device includes processing circuitry configured to acquire feature measurement information indicating locations of features including a road having a boundary and trajectory information indicating a trajectory along the road. Additionally, the processing circuitry is further configured to generate candidate location information indicating locations of candidate elements for the boundary, based on the acquired feature measurement information. Further, the processing circuitry is configured to select candidate elements from among the candidate elements indicated by the generated candidate location information, based on the acquired trajectory information. Finally, the processing circuitry is configured to generate boundary location information indicating determined locations of the boundary, using the selected candidate elements.

Abstract: A compound has a tetra-hydroquinoline skeleton, the compound having inhibitory action against ferroptosis, and exerting therapeutic or preventive effect on diseases, disorders or syndromes related to ferroptosis inhibition, such as multiple sclerosis.

Abstract: A management system includes a plurality of resources configured to be electrically connected to an external power supply, and a management device configured to manage the resources. The management device includes a planning unit and a management unit. The planning unit is configured to determine a power balancing plan of each of the resources by using first information on a use schedule of each of the resources and second information indicating a magnitude of an environmental load in a process of generating electric power to be supplied by the external power supply. The management unit is configured to manage the resources to cause each of the resources to operate according to the power balancing plan or a modified power balancing plan in power balancing of the external power supply.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion device that includes an element body including a plurality of stacked; and a meandering wire inside the element body and that has a stacked structure. The meandering wire includes a thermoelectric material that has an anomalous Nernst effect, and a thermal conductivity of the plurality of stacked substrates is lower than that of the thermoelectric material. A thermoelectric conversion device that includes a winding core; and a winding wire wound around the winding core. The winding wire consists only of a thermoelectric material that has an anomalous Nernst effect. A thermoelectric conversion device that includes a plurality of substrates and meandering wires on main surfaces of the respective substrates. The meandering wires include a thermoelectric material that has an anomalous Nernst effect, and the substrates adjacent to each other are arranged at an angle that is larger than 0 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees.

Abstract: A material discharge device includes: a drive motor; a screw having a groove formation surface and configured to rotate; a barrel having a facing surface and formed with a communication hole through which a plasticized material flows; a heating unit configured to heat the material; a nozzle from which the material is injected to an outside; and a plurality of measurement units configured to measure a pressure or a temperature of the material. The measurement units are disposed at an outer periphery of a nozzle channel wall, and a thickness of the nozzle channel wall satisfies the following (1) or (2): (1) when the nozzle channel wall is made of a material containing iron as a main component, the thickness of the nozzle channel wall is 0.2 mm or more and 2.5 mm or less; and (2) when the nozzle channel wall is made of a material containing aluminum as a main component, the thickness of the nozzle channel wall is 0.2 mm or more and 4 mm or less.

Abstract: The server includes a communication unit that acquires, by communication, information related to a performance in power control of electrified vehicle. In addition, the server includes a processor (control unit) that performs control to provide a privilege related to the communication service to the user of electrified vehicle based on the acquired information related to the track record.

Abstract: A server includes a determination unit that determines a state of congestion at an EVSE unit by a plurality of electrified vehicles responding to a request for execution of electric power control, and a setting unit that sets an incentive for each of the electrified vehicles to perform the electric power control at another EVSE unit when the determination unit determines that congestion is occurring at the EVSE unit.

Abstract: When an operation for reserving a rental car is performed on a communication terminal, reservation information is transmitted from the communication terminal to the management server. The management server extracts a reservation period included in the reservation information, issues an incentive based on the reservation period, and notifies the incentive. When the user applies an incentive to the communication device to confirm the reservation, the operation information is sent to the management server, and the management server confirms the reservation. When the reservation confirmation is notified, the communication terminal sets the reservation period as VPP participation period of the electrified vehicles, and transmits the participation information including the information of VPP participation period to HEMS controllers. HEMS controllers register the electrified vehicles as power resources in the period specified by VPP participation period.

Abstract: A secondary battery achieves a reduced internal resistance. The secondary battery includes an electrode wound body, a positive electrode current collector plate, and a battery can. The electrode wound body has a structure in which a positive electrode having a band shape and a negative electrode having a band shape are stacked with a separator interposed therebetween. The battery can contains the electrode wound body and the positive electrode current collector plate. The positive electrode includes, on a positive electrode foil having a band shape, a positive electrode active material covered part covered with a positive electrode active material layer, and a positive electrode active material uncovered part.

Abstract: Provided is a cover ring assembly that allows suppressing a dust generation source and reducing adhesion of particles on a substrate. A cover ring assembly for a substrate processing apparatus, which exposes a substrate to processing particles in an internal space to process the substrate, includes an annular flat plate and a cover ring having an annular shape. The annular flat plate has an inner peripheral upper surface and an outer peripheral upper surface. The inner peripheral upper surface is in contact with an outer peripheral lower surface terminating at an outer surface of the substrate. The outer peripheral upper surface is around the inner peripheral upper surface. The cover ring has a lower portion surface having an abutting surface in contact with the outer peripheral upper surface of the annular flat plate. A thermal spraying film covering a surface exposed to the processing particles is disposed to the cover ring except for the abutting surface.

Abstract: A battery having a low internal resistance is provided. A secondary battery includes an electrode wound body, a positive electrode current collector plate, a negative electrode current collector plate, and an outer package. The electrode wound body has a structure in which a positive electrode having a band shape and a negative electrode having a band shape are stacked with a separator interposed therebetween, and are in a wound configuration. The outer package contains the electrode wound body, the positive electrode current collector plate, and the negative electrode current collector plate. The negative electrode includes, on a negative electrode foil having a band shape, a negative electrode active material covered part covered with a negative electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode active material uncovered part.

Abstract: A management apparatus is configured to adjust an upper limit amount of electric power for charging. The management apparatus may be provided in an electric vehicle or a charging apparatus. The management apparatus may include a dial for adjusting the upper limit amount of electric power, and a user may be able to adjust the upper limit amount of electric power by operating the dial. A user who drives 300 km per week for commute may set the amount of electric power corresponding to 300 km (plus extra travel distance) for the upper limit amount of electric power. The user may connect a battery to the charging apparatus on weekends. When the battery has a capacity to store the amount of electric power corresponding to, for example, 500 km, the management apparatus may stop charging when the battery is charged with the set upper limit amount of electric power.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein G, L1, L2, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are defined in the specification. This disclosure also relates to materials and methods for preparing compounds of Formula 1, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use for treating disorders, diseases, and conditions involving the immune system and inflammation, including rheumatoid arthritis, hematological malignancies, epithelial cancers (i.e., carcinomas), and other disorders, diseases, and conditions for which inhibition of SYK is indicated.

Abstract: A fluidized bed or fluidized bed/spouted bed granulator into which urea seed particles, an aqueous urea solution and air are introduced to produce urea particles with an average particle size of 1 mm or more. The granulator includes a box-shaped granulation chamber with a bottom floor, a top and side surfaces. Inner wall surfaces of the chamber are of a metal plate material, an upper part of the side or top surfaces includes an exhaust outlet, the side surfaces or top surface includes an inlet for introducing the seed particles, the side surfaces include a collection port for the particles, the aqueous urea solution is introduced from the bottom floor or the side surfaces, the air is introduced from the bottom floor or the bottom floor and the side surfaces, and at least a portion of the inner wall surfaces of the granulation chamber is treated by surface roughening.

Abstract: A computer of an auction system presents vehicle body quality information indicating a quality of a vehicle body excluding a battery of an electric vehicle and battery quality information, and receives an electric vehicle bid price, a vehicle body bid price, and a battery bid price. When a total of the vehicle body bid price and the battery bid price exceeds the electric vehicle bid price, the computer determines a battery purchase applicant who presents the battery bid price as a winning bidder of the battery, and a vehicle body purchase applicant who presents the vehicle body bid price as a winning bidder of the vehicle body. When the total is lower than the electric vehicle bid price, the computer determines an electric vehicle purchase applicant who presents the electric vehicle bid price as a winning bidder of the electric vehicle.

Abstract: High-quality video is provided using a small amount of coded bits. The moving picture decoding method performs inter-frame prediction processing. With the aforementioned inter-frame prediction processing, blocks with similar motion vectors from among the motion vectors in multiple blocks that have already been decoded are combined and a combined area is computed. A predicted vector for a target block to be decoded is computed using the motion vector of the aforementioned combined area, and a motion vector for the aforementioned target block is computed based on the aforementioned predicted vector and a difference vector which is included in a coded stream that is input. A predicted image is generated using the aforementioned motion vector, and a difference image which is included in the aforementioned coded stream and the aforementioned predicted image are added to generate a decoded image.

Abstract: A failure detection system detects a failure of a sensor that detects a state of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. The failure detection system includes a generation unit configured to generate times-series data of information on a detection value of the sensor during a determination period, a calculation unit configured to calculate a regression line of the times-series data, and a failure determination unit configured to determine whether the sensor has failed based on a slope of the regression line.