Abstract: According to an embodiment, a diagnostic apparatus includes a sound-emitting unit, at least one measurement unit, and a processor. The sound-emitting unit includes a plurality of speakers arranged at equal angular intervals on a circumference of a circle, and is configured to emit a first vibration sound to a target by using the speakers. The at least one measurement unit is arranged on a central axis of the circle, and is configured to measure a vibration of the target generated in response to the first vibration sound, or a second vibration sound radiated from the target due to the vibration. The processor is configured to diagnose the target based on an output from the at least one measurement unit.

Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet having extremely good bleed-out suppression and long-term weather resistance maintenance.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a noise reduction system includes a microphone, a loudspeaker, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry switches an operating mode between a control mode and a path characteristic measurement mode, includes a control filter that generates a control signal that causes the loudspeaker to output a control sound for reducing noise, based on a detection signal obtained by detecting a first sound including the noise with the microphone, measures a path characteristic including an acoustic characteristic between the loudspeaker and the microphone, and generates the control filter by using a measurement result of the path characteristic and a noise feature signal including a feature of the noise.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus and a method for communicating with a base station apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling and a first DCI format addressed to a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI); determining a first priority of a first uplink grant based on a priority field in the RRC signaling; and transmitting a first Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) scheduled by the first uplink grant and a second PUSCH scheduled by a second uplink grant. The first uplink grant is a configured uplink grant notified by the RRC signaling. The second uplink grant is notified by the first DCI format.

Abstract: Provided is a group III nitride laminate for improving device characteristics, including: an underlying substrate; a first layer that is formed on the underlying substrate and is made of aluminum nitride; and a second layer that is formed on the first layer and is made of gallium nitride, wherein the first layer has a thickness of more than 100 nm and 1 ?m or less, a full width at half maximum of (0002) diffraction determined through X-ray rocking curve analysis is 250 seconds or less, and a full width at half maximum of (10-12) diffraction determined through X-ray rocking curve analysis is 500 seconds or less.

Abstract: A position estimation system includes: a reference image database configured to store a reference image and information indicating a position in a state in which they are associated with each other; an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image for estimation which is a position estimation target; an estimation unit which performs comparison of the reference image with the image for estimation, estimate the position related to the image for estimation from the information indicating the position associated with the reference image, and calculate a reliability of the estimated position; and an update unit configured to update the reference image using the image for estimation on the basis of the reliability.

Abstract: A positioning system includes a first storage unit that stores global map data in which image data outside a vehicle is associated with global position information and local map data in which image data inside the vehicle is associated with local position information, a division unit that divides image data into an image area outside the vehicle and an image area inside the vehicle, a global position estimation unit that performs matching of the global map data with the image area outside the vehicle, and estimates global position information, and a local position estimation unit that performs matching of the local map data with the image area inside the vehicle and estimates local position information.

Abstract: A decorative sheet having a surface protective layer on substrate, wherein the surface protective layer is obtained by crosslinking and curing composition A containing an ionizing radiation-curable resin composition and radical scavenger; the radical scavenger contains radical scavenger i which includes ethylenic double bond polymerizable with ionizing radiation-curable resin composition and radical scavenger ii which does not include ethylenic double bond polymerizable with ionizing radiation-curable resin composition; a content of radical scavenger in composition A is not less than 0.5 parts by mass and less than 10.0 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the ionizing radiation-curable resin composition; and a water vapor transmission rate of the decorative sheet when measured in accordance with Testing Methods for Determination of the Water Vapor Transmission Rate of Moisture-Proof Packaging Materials (Dish Method) defined in JIS Z0208:1976 is not less than 0.

Abstract: A locking member of a suture locking device includes a loop portion formed in an ?-shape when viewed from a width direction, and a pair of extensions extending from the loop portion towards a distal side, and an intersection portion in which the pair of extensions intersect is formed at a distal end of the loop portion. The loop portion is inserted into the hollow portion from the distal side with the thread being inserted through an inner space of loop portion, and the thread is pulled from a proximal side towards the intersection portion in the inner space of the loop portion so that the thread is locked to the loop portion.

Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet comprising a base material layer, a transparent resin layer and a surface protection layer in the presented order, wherein at least one of the base material layer and the transparent resin layer is constituted by a resin composition comprising a resin having an ultraviolet absorption wavelength at least at 270 to 300 nm; absorbance All of the surface protection layer at wavelengths from 270 to 300 nm is 0.6 or more; and absorbance A12 of the transparent resin layer and the surface protection layer at wavelengths from 270 to 300 nm is 2.7 or more, and wherein the decorative sheet can suppress time-dependent degradation caused by ultraviolet ray, and has excellent weather resistance. Also provided is a decorative material obtained using the decorative sheet.

Abstract: Provided are: a decorative sheet and a decorative material having bleed-out suppression and long-term weather resistance maintenance, and a resin composition for surface protective layer. The decorative sheet has at least a substrate layer and a surface protective layer, wherein in the surface protective layer, the content of all the UV absorbents relative to 100 parts by mass of the resin therein is 10 parts by mass or less, and the surface protective layer satisfies the following: The layer contains a hydroxyphenyltriazine compound represented by general formula (I) and a hydroxyphenyltriazine compound represented by general formula (II) as UV absorbents, and the content of the hydroxyphenyltriazine compound represented by general formula (II) is 50% by mass or less relative to 100% by mass of the total of the content of the hydroxyphenyltriazine compound represented by general formula (I) and the content of the hydroxyphenyltriazine compound represented by general formula (II).

Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet having extremely good bleed-out suppression and long-term weather resistance maintenance.

Abstract: The polishing composition provided by the present invention contains an abrasive, a polyvinyl alcohol polymer as a water-soluble polymer, a basic compound, and water, and further contains a trivalent or higher polyvalent organic acid (salt).

Abstract: A security apparatus identifies a first user associated with a first terminal apparatus within an area of a house to which entry is limited by a lock apparatus, and a second user associated with a second terminal apparatus approaching the house. The security apparatus determines a requirement for unlocking for the second user, based on a relationship of the second user with respect to the first user, and then determines whether the requirement for unlocking is satisfied. When the requirement for unlocking is satisfied, the security apparatus controls unlocking of the lock apparatus.

Abstract: A locking member of a suture locking device includes a loop portion formed in an ?-shape when viewed from a width direction, and a pair of extensions extending from the loop portion towards a distal side, and an intersection portion in which the pair of extensions intersect is formed at a distal end of the loop portion. The loop portion is inserted into the hollow portion from the distal side with the thread being inserted through an inner space of loop portion, and the thread is pulled from a proximal side towards the intersection portion in the inner space of the loop portion so that the thread is locked to the loop portion.

Abstract: Provided is a group III nitride laminate for improving device characteristics, including: an underlying substrate; a first layer that is formed on the underlying substrate and is made of aluminum nitride; and a second layer that is formed on the first layer and is made of gallium nitride, wherein the first layer has a thickness of more than 100 nm and 1 ?m or less, a full width at half maximum of (0002) diffraction determined through X-ray rocking curve analysis is 250 seconds or less, and a full width at half maximum of (10-12) diffraction determined through X-ray rocking curve analysis is 500 seconds or less.

Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet comprising a base material layer, a transparent resin layer and a surface protection layer in the presented order, wherein at least one of the base material layer and the transparent resin layer is constituted by a resin composition comprising a resin having an ultraviolet absorption wavelength at least at 270 to 300 nm; absorbance All of the surface protection layer at wavelengths from 270 to 300 nm is 0.6 or more; and absorbance A12 of the transparent resin layer and the surface protection layer at wavelengths from 270 to 300 nm is 2.7 or more, and wherein the decorative sheet can suppress time-dependent degradation caused by ultraviolet ray, and has excellent weather resistance. Also provided is a decorative material obtained using the decorative sheet.

Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet having a layer constituted by a resin composition comprising a resin having an ultraviolet absorption wavelength at least at 360 to 380 nm, wherein the decorative sheet can suppress time-dependent degradation caused by ultraviolet ray, and has excellent weather resistance. Also provided is a decorative material obtained using the decorative sheet. The present invention provides a decorative sheet comprising a base material layer, a transparent resin layer and a surface protection layer in the presented order, wherein at least one of the base material layer and the transparent resin layer is constituted by a resin composition comprising a resin having an ultraviolet absorption wavelength at least at 360 to 380 nm; and the surface protection layer as well as the transparent resin layer and the surface protection layer have a predetermined absorbance, and a decorative material obtained using the decorative sheet.

Abstract: A position estimation system includes: a reference image database configured to store a reference image and information indicating a position in a state in which they are associated with each other; an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image for estimation which is a position estimation target; an estimation unit which performs comparison of the reference image with the image for estimation, estimate the position related to the image for estimation from the information indicating the position associated with the reference image, and calculate a reliability of the estimated position; and an update unit configured to update the reference image using the image for estimation on the basis of the reliability.

Abstract: A user apparatus has a determiner configured to determine whether a relationship degree indicative of a degree of depth of relationship between a first user who manages the user apparatus and a second user who manages an external apparatus that is located within a predetermined range from the user apparatus is at or above a threshold; an acceptor configured to, when a determination result by the determiner is affirmative, accept an input of an instruction that permits lending to the second user a usage authorization to use a service that is available to the first user on the user apparatus; and a lender configured to, when the acceptor accepts the input of the instruction, provide the external apparatus with authorization information to enable the service to be used on the external apparatus.