Abstract: Provided is a method for treating wastewater, the method being capable, even during low water temperature periods, of efficiently purifying organic wastewater that experiences large temperature differences in a year. A method for treating organic wastewater uses a device including a predetermined reaction tank containing activated sludge and a culture tank and includes the steps of: culturing, in the culture tank, a microorganism contained in the activated sludge, while maintaining a temperature of a content of the culture tank at a temperature that is at least 5° C. lower than a water temperature of the organic wastewater at a start of culturing of the microorganism and not lower than ?1° C. and not higher than 10° C.; and then introducing the microorganism into the reaction tank.

Abstract: To appropriately infer changes over time in transmembrane pressure to perform an appropriate membrane filtration operation, without being bound by typical approach regarding the diffused air volume control.

Abstract: Provided is an acoustic reproduction device that includes a first acoustic reproduction unit, and a second acoustic reproduction unit, in which the first acoustic reproduction unit includes a housing having a cylindrical shape and a vibration exciter that vibrates an end surface of one end of the housing. The second acoustic reproduction unit includes a speaker unit and a diffuser that changes a radiation direction of sound reproduced by the speaker unit. The housing, the speaker unit, and the diffuser are arranged so as to be substantially coaxial with a predetermined axis, and the diffuser causes a radiation direction of sound reproduced by the speaker unit and a radiation direction of sound from the first acoustic reproduction unit to be substantially a same.

Abstract: A sound output device including: an actuator that outputs a driving force in response to a drive signal; a vibrating body that includes a plurality of receiving parts and is vibrated by a driving force transmitted from the actuator; a transmission plate that is provided with a plurality of pressing parts that press the plurality of receiving parts, respectively; a coil spring that applies a biasing force to the transmission plate to press the plurality of pressing parts against the plurality of receiving parts, respectively; and a base body that receives one end face of the actuator, in which the vibrating body is pressed against another end face of the actuator by a biasing force of the coil spring applied via the plurality of pressing parts and the plurality of receiving parts.

Abstract: An object is to provide an image output apparatus, image output method, and storage medium capable of suppressing a decrease in print efficiency. To this end, print jobs are printed in such an order that the closer the temperature condition is to the temperature of a fixing unit, the earlier the print job is printed.

Abstract: A future state of a separation membrane is inferred to perform a stable membrane filtration operation. A learning model generation device (1) includes: an input data acquisition section (21) configured to acquire input data derived from operation data that is measured during a membrane filtration operation, the operation data including a membrane filtration pressure and a diffused air volume; and a learning section (13) configured to generate a learning model (31) for inferring the state of the separation membrane, by means of machine learning using the acquired input data as an input.

Abstract: A management device for a water treatment facility includes: a transmembrane pressure difference prediction unit configured to predict a general trend in a transmembrane pressure difference in a water treatment system based on an operation information, the operation information being related to the water treatment system including a membrane separation device installed therein; a chemical solution cleaning planning unit configured to devise such a chemical solution cleaning plan that chemical solution cleaning is performed before a period when a value of the transmembrane pressure difference predicted reaches a specified value; and a chemical solution order placement information generation unit configured to generate chemical solution order placement information based on the and the cleaning chemical solution stock information.

Abstract: Provided is an acoustic reproduction device including: a first acoustic reproduction unit; and a second acoustic reproduction unit, in which the first acoustic reproduction unit includes: a housing having a cylindrical shape; and a vibration exciter that vibrates an end surface of one end of the housing, the second acoustic reproduction unit includes: a speaker unit; and a diffuser that changes a radiation direction of sound reproduced by the speaker unit, the housing, the speaker unit, and the diffuser are arranged so as to be substantially coaxial with a predetermined axis, and the diffuser causes a radiation direction of sound reproduced by the speaker unit and a radiation direction of sound from the first acoustic reproduction unit to be substantially a same.

Abstract: A temperature detection circuit (1) includes a first transistor (Q1) of a bipolar type, and a second transistor (Q2) of a bipolar type, wherein the first transistor (Q1) and the second transistor (Q2) form a current mirror circuit (10), and the temperature of the amplifier circuit (30) is detected based on a temperature change of the first transistor (Q1) and the second transistor (Q2).

Abstract: An edge including an inner notch extending in a diaphragm-side region, and an outer notch extending in a frame-side region near the inner notch, in which the inner notch and the outer notch have a depression with a depth equal to or larger than a thickness, and an angle B formed by an extending direction of the outer notch with respect to a line radially extending from an edge center is larger than an angle A formed by an extending direction of the inner notch with respect to the line.

Abstract: Generation of a secondary sound source is inhibited, and a sound quality is improved. Included are a support fixed to a mount base, a speaker unit including a portion to be fixed, and a base casing holding the speaker unit, and the speaker unit is fixed to the support and the base casing with the portion to be fixed being sandwiched between the support and the base casing. With this configuration, the speaker unit will be held stably, a great oscillation from a diaphragm of the speaker unit is less transmitted to the parts other than the diaphragm of the speaker unit, to the member holding the speaker unit, or the like. Generation of a secondary sound source is inhibited, and a sound quality can be improved.

Abstract: A management device for a water treatment facility includes: a transmembrane pressure difference prediction unit configured to predict a general trend in a transmembrane pressure difference in a water treatment system based on an operation information, the operation information being related to the water treatment system including a membrane separation device installed therein; a chemical solution cleaning planning unit configured to devise such a chemical solution cleaning plan that chemical solution cleaning is performed before a period when a value of the transmembrane pressure difference predicted reaches a specified value; and a chemical solution order placement information generation unit configured to generate chemical solution order placement information based on the and the cleaning chemical solution stock information.

Abstract: An edge including an inner notch extending in a diaphragm-side region, and an outer notch extending in a frame-side region near the inner notch, in which the inner notch and the outer notch have a depression with a depth equal to or larger than a thickness, and an angle B formed by an extending direction of the outer notch with respect to a line radially extending from an edge center is larger than an angle A formed by an extending direction of the inner notch with respect to the line.

Abstract: A sound conversion efficiency and a sound quality is improved. Included are an oscillating element that is expanded and contracted in response to a drive signal, two oscillating bodies that are positioned on opposite sides across the oscillating elements, have end faces arranged respectively in contact with both ends of the oscillating element in an expanding and contracting direction, and are oscillated by expansion and contraction of the oscillating element, and an urging spring that urges the two oscillating bodies and press the end faces against both the ends, respectively. Thus, the oscillating element is expanded and contracted, and the oscillating bodies are oscillated with the end faces of the oscillating bodies urged by the urging spring being in contact with both the ends of the oscillating element in the expanding and contracting direction of the oscillating element.

Abstract: To reduce the driving loss in the diaphragm, and to ensure a good sound output in the wide bandwidth. It includes a circular coil bobbin at least partly disposed between a yoke and a magnet, a coil wound around the coil bobbin, the coil being configured to be moved with the coil bobbin where a driving current is supplied to the coil, a piezoelectric element having one end coupled to one end of the coil bobbin in a movement direction, the piezoelectric element being configured to be expanded and contracted and moved in a direction same as the movement direction where an electric current is supplied to the piezoelectric element, and a diaphragm having an inner circumference part coupled to another end of the piezoelectric element, and a coupled part of the diaphragm to the piezoelectric element and a coupled part of the piezoelectric element to the coil bobbin are positioned on a straight line in the movement direction.

Abstract: A sound output apparatus includes a diaphragm having a predetermined plane positioned at a rear surface side of a light provision unit, and a vibrator for providing vibration in a direction substantially orthogonal to the predetermined plane.

Abstract: Generation of a secondary sound source is inhibited, and a sound quality is improved. Included are a support fixed to a mount base, a speaker unit including a portion to be fixed, and a base casing holding the speaker unit, and the speaker unit is fixed to the support and the base casing with the portion to be fixed being sandwiched between the support and the base casing. With this configuration, the speaker unit will be held stably, a great oscillation from a diaphragm of the speaker unit is less transmitted to the parts other than the diaphragm of the speaker unit, to the member holding the speaker unit, or the like. Generation of a secondary sound source is inhibited, and a sound quality can be improved.

Abstract: A sound conversion efficiency is improved, and a sound quality is improved. Included are an oscillating element that is expanded and contracted in response to a drive signal, two oscillating bodies that are positioned on opposite sides across the oscillating elements, have end faces arranged respectively in contact with both ends of the oscillating element in an expanding and contracting direction, and are oscillated by expansion and contraction of the oscillating element, and an urging spring that urges the two oscillating bodies and press the end faces against both the ends, respectively. Thus, the oscillating element is expanded and contracted, and the oscillating bodies are oscillated with the end faces of the oscillating bodies urged by the urging spring being in contact with both the ends of the oscillating element in the expanding and contracting direction of the oscillating element. As a result, the sound conversion efficiency can be improved, and the sound quality can be improved.

Abstract: To reduce the driving loss in the diaphragm, and to ensure a good sound output in the wide bandwidth. It includes a circular coil bobbin at least partly disposed between a yoke and a magnet, a coil wound around the coil bobbin, the coil being configured to be moved with the coil bobbin where a driving current is supplied to the coil, a piezoelectric element having one end coupled to one end of the coil bobbin in a movement direction, the piezoelectric element being configured to be expanded and contracted and moved in a direction same as the movement direction where an electric current is supplied to the piezoelectric element, and a diaphragm having an inner circumference part coupled to another end of the piezoelectric element, and a coupled part of the diaphragm to the piezoelectric element and a coupled part of the piezoelectric element to the coil bobbin are positioned on a straight line in the movement direction.