Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that is to be connected to a controller apparatus including a push-button, a force sense presentation section, and the push-button. The push-button moves between a first position and a second position when depressed by a finger of a user. The force sense presentation section presents a force sense to the push-button. The information processing apparatus determines, according to a prescribed force sense setting, the aspect of a force sense to be imparted to the push-button, and controls the force sense presentation section of the controller apparatus, according to the determination. Each time a predefined operation is performed, the information processing apparatus changes the force sense setting from a current force sense setting to a different force sense setting.

Abstract: [Object] This invention, on an assumption that the environmental situation must be considered, reduces the brake noise, prevents the reduction of the braking effectiveness in the high temperature range, and improves the wear resistance. [Means to Resolve] In the NAO friction material composition that does not practically contain a copper component, this invention contains the first substance made of such as the calcium carbonate that is the substance which becomes the sintered body during braking and is the precursor of the sintered body which keeps the powder generated from the disc rotor, and the second substance made of such as the fluoropolymer that is the sintering additive which aids sintering of the first substance.

Abstract: Enantiomers may be analyzed by: (1) reacting a mixture of a first compound and a second compound that are a pair of enantiomers with an axially chiral compound that is one of a pair of axially chiral isomers, to generate a derivative mixture containing a first derivative obtained by a reaction of the first compound with the axially chiral compound and a second derivative obtained by a reaction of the second compound with the axially chiral compound; (2) separating the first derivative and the second derivative in the derivative mixture; and (3) detecting the separated first derivative and second derivative by mass spectrometry.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a pump configured to discharge a fuel by reciprocating a plunger, a rail configured to store the fuel discharged from the pump, and a fuel injection valve configured to inject the fuel supplied from the rail. A controller for the vehicle includes a waveform obtaining unit and a phase shift obtaining unit. The waveform obtaining unit is configured to obtain a waveform of a fuel pressure in the rail as a function of time in a predetermined period. The phase shift obtaining unit is configured to obtain a phase shift based on the waveform obtained by the waveform obtaining unit. The phase shift is an offset between a timing the plunger reciprocated in the pump arrives at a first position and a timing a piston reciprocating in an internal combustion engine arrives at a second position.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a pump configured to discharge a fuel by reciprocating a plunger, a rail configured to store the fuel discharged from the pump, and a fuel injection valve configured to inject the fuel supplied from the rail. A controller for the vehicle includes a waveform obtaining unit and a phase shift obtaining unit. The waveform obtaining unit is configured to obtain a waveform of a fuel pressure in the rail as a function of time in a predetermined period. The phase shift obtaining unit is configured to obtain a phase shift based on the waveform obtained by the waveform obtaining unit. The phase shift is an offset between a timing the plunger reciprocated in the pump arrives at a first position and a timing a piston reciprocating in an internal combustion engine arrives at a second position.

Abstract: A treatment system for evaluating boron sources for boron neutron cancer therapy (BNCT) has a substantially square secondary moderator having a central treatment chamber for a subject; and four substantially identical neutron generators positioned around the substantially square secondary moderator with the axis of each acceleration chamber passing through the center of the treatment chamber.

Abstract: A Boron neutron cancer treatment system has a secondary moderator having a central treatment chamber for a subject, and eight substantially identical neutron generators, each comprising a pre-moderator block. The eight neutron generators are positioned around the secondary moderator with the axis of each acceleration chamber passing through the center of the treatment chamber, and with the angled sides of the neutron generators fully adjacent.

Abstract: A Boron neutron cancer treatment system has a central treatment chamber for a subject, with six substantially identical neutron generators each having an acceleration chamber, the generators positioned around a secondary moderator with the axis of each acceleration chamber passing through center of the treatment chamber, and with angled sides of the neutron generators fully adjacent.

Abstract: A Boron neutron cancer treatment system has a moderator chamber filled with liquid or granular moderator material except for a central treatment chamber, the moderator chamber having parallel upper and lower surfaces, and a plurality of modular neutron generators fully immersed in the liquid or granular moderator material of the moderator chamber.

Abstract: A Boron neutron cancer treatment system has a secondary moderator having a central treatment chamber for a subject, and eight substantially identical neutron generators, each comprising a pre-moderator block. The eight neutron generators are positioned around the secondary moderator with the axis of each acceleration chamber passing through the center of the treatment chamber, and with the angled sides of the neutron generators fully adjacent.

Abstract: A Boron neutron cancer treatment system has a secondary moderator having a central treatment chamber, and several generators, each comprising a pre-moderator block, an acceleration chamber, a vacuum pump engaging the acceleration chamber at a right angle, a plasma ion chamber opening into the acceleration chamber, a gas source providing deuterium gas to the plasma ion chamber, a microwave energy source ionizing the gas in the plasma ion chamber, a cylindrical primary isolation well extending into the pre-moderator block, a secondary isolation well surrounding the primary isolation well, and a water-cooled titanium target disk at a lower extremity of the isolation well. The neutron generators are positioned around the secondary moderator with the axis of each acceleration chamber passing through the center of the treatment chamber, and with the angled sides of the neutron generators fully adjacent.

Abstract: A treatment system for evaluating boron sources for boron neutron cancer therapy (BNCT) has a substantially square secondary moderator having a central treatment chamber for a subject; and four substantially identical neutron generators positioned around the substantially square secondary moderator with the axis of each acceleration chamber passing through the center of the treatment chamber.

Abstract: A Boron neutron cancer treatment system has a moderator chamber filled with liquid or granular moderator material except for a central treatment chamber, the moderator chamber having parallel upper and lower surfaces, and a plurality of modular neutron generators fully immersed in the liquid or granular moderator material of the moderator chamber.

Abstract: A Boron neutron cancer treatment system has a central treatment chamber for a subject, with six substantially identical neutron generators each having an acceleration chamber, the generators positioned around a secondary moderator with the axis of each acceleration chamber passing through center of the treatment chamber, and with angled sides of the neutron generators fully adjacent.

Abstract: A color separation processing method includes: preparing one or a plurality of tables including a first color and one or a plurality of second colors obtained by mixing the first color with one or a plurality of added colors; selecting the table including the first color in accordance with a color sample and selecting the second color corresponding to the color sample from the selected table; and obtaining color separation values of the first color and the added color constituting the selected second color.

Abstract: A neutron generator has a pre-moderator block of moderating material, an acceleration chamber, a vacuum pump evacuating the acceleration chamber to a moderately high vacuum, a plasma ion chamber opening into the acceleration chamber through an ion extraction iris, a gas source providing deuterium gas to the plasma ion chamber, a microwave energy source ionizing the gas in the plasma ion chamber, a primary and a secondary isolation well extending into the pre-moderator block, a water-cooled titanium target disk positioned at a lower extremity of the primary isolation well, the target disk biased to a substantial negative DC voltage, and electrically grounded metal cladding covering surfaces of the pre-moderator block. Ions extracted through the ion extraction iris are accelerated to bombard the titanium target producing energetic neutrons that pass through and are moderated by the pre-moderator block.

Abstract: A Boron neutron cancer treatment system has a secondary moderator having a central treatment chamber, and several generators, each comprising a pre-moderator block, an acceleration chamber, a vacuum pump engaging the acceleration chamber at a right angle, a plasma ion chamber opening into the acceleration chamber, a gas source providing deuterium gas to the plasma ion chamber, a microwave energy source ionizing the gas in the plasma ion chamber, a cylindrical primary isolation well extending into the pre-moderator block, a secondary isolation well surrounding the primary isolation well, and a water-cooled titanium target disk at a lower extremity of the isolation well. The neutron generators are positioned around the secondary moderator with the axis of each acceleration chamber passing through the center of the treatment chamber, and with the angled sides of the neutron generators fully adjacent.

Abstract: A neutron generator has a pre-moderator block of moderating material, an acceleration chamber, a vacuum pump evacuating the acceleration chamber to a moderately high vacuum, a plasma ion chamber opening into the acceleration chamber through an ion extraction iris, a gas source providing deuterium gas to the plasma ion chamber, a microwave energy source ionizing the gas in the plasma ion chamber, a primary and a secondary isolation well extending into the pre-moderator block, a water-cooled titanium target disk positioned at a lower extremity of the primary isolation well, the target disk biased to a substantial negative DC voltage, and electrically grounded metal cladding covering surfaces of the pre-moderator block. Ions extracted through the ion extraction iris are accelerated to bombard the titanium target producing energetic neutrons that pass through and are moderated by the pre-moderator block.

Abstract: Enantiomers may be analyzed by: (1) reacting a mixture of a first compound and a second compound that are a pair of enantiomers with an axially chiral compound that is one of a pair of axially chiral isomers, to generate a derivative mixture containing a first derivative obtained by a reaction of the first compound with the axially chiral compound and a second derivative obtained by a reaction of the second compound with the axially chiral compound; (2) separating the first derivative and the second derivative in the derivative mixture; and (3) detecting the separated first derivative and second derivative by mass spectrometry.

Abstract: A data analyzer for analyzing characterization data to form fuel injection control, including a data obtainer that obtains data from a detection signal of a sensor as a time-series data that changes over time. The data analyzer further includes a differentiator that differentiates the time-series data obtained by the data obtainer, a moving averager that calculates a moving average of the differentiated time-series data by the differentiator, an identifier that identifies a waveform of the time-series data based on the moving average calculated by the moving averager, and a data characterizer characterizes the time-series data based on the waveform of the time-series data identified by the identifier. As such, noise is removed as much as possible, and characteristics of time-series data become analyzable.