Abstract: An AE signal is acquired from an AE sensor disposed on a fixed part of the rotating machine, and the presence or absence of rubbing in the rotating machine is determined, based on the AE signal. As a result, if the rubbing is determined to be present, a rubbing suppression operating condition imposed on control of the rotating machine is decided to suppress the rubbing.

Abstract: An electrochromic element including: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed to face the first electrode with a gap between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first electrochromic layer disposed on or above the first electrode, including conductor or semiconductor nano-structures and an electrochromic compound; and an electrolyte layer including an electrolyte, disposed between the first electrochromic layer and the second electrode, wherein the electrochromic compound is a compound represented by General Formula 1, and an anion of the electrolyte is a monovalent anion having oxidation potential higher than reduction potential of a dication of General Formula 1 by 3.1 V or greater, where X? is a monovalent anion having oxidation potential higher than reduction potential of the dication of General Formula 1 by 3.

Abstract: A ship monitoring system includes: a shipboard information processing apparatus and including a shipboard communication unit and an information acquisition unit; and a support information processing apparatus and including: a support side communication unit capable of communicating with the shipboard communication unit; a time lag identification unit; and a state prediction unit. The time lag identification unit identifies a time from transmission of the ship motion information from the shipboard communication unit to reception of the ship motion information by the support side communication unit as a reception time lag. The state prediction unit inputs the ship motion information and the reception time lag to a ship motion model related to the ship motion of the ship to predict a motion state of the ship ahead of a motion state of the ship indicated by the ship motion information by a period of time based on the reception time lag.

Abstract: In a ship control system of one embodiment, a main engine controller performs, when controlling the rotational frequency of a main engine based on a target ship speed of a ship, feedback control of an actual ship speed of the ship to perform ship speed control for bringing the actual ship speed closer to the target ship speed. A turning judgment unit judges whether or not the ship will turn. A control change unit performs, when the turning judgment unit has judged that the ship will turn, lowering processing for lowering the responsiveness of the ship speed control.

Abstract: In a ship control system of one embodiment, a route command unit outputs a route command including a target ship position and a target bow direction of a ship. An information detector detects ship information including an actual ship position and an actual bow direction of a ship. An external force vector estimation unit estimates an external force vector received by a ship, using the ship information and a hull motion model related to a hull motion of the ship. A control command unit controls both rotational frequency of a main engine and a rudder angle of a ship, based on the route command, the ship information, and the external force vector.

Abstract: A circuit board having a circuit pattern on a base plate and an additional metal layer laid and bonded on the circuit pattern, wherein the additional metal layer comprises an attachment plane portion configured to fix a semiconductor chip using solder, and an engagement uneven portion provided adjacent to the attachment plane portion, wherein the attachment plane portion is a face having unevenness smaller than the engagement uneven portion.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a coil spring is formed of a wire which is helically wound, and includes an end turn portion and an effective portion, and a surface of the wire in the end turn portion includes an area which is softer than a surface of the wire in the effective portion.

Abstract: Provided are a PCCT apparatus and a control method of the same capable of detecting an abnormality occurring in a photon counting type detector. There is provided a PCCT apparatus including a photon counting type detector that counts X-ray photons, the PCCT apparatus including: a spectrum generation unit that generates a spectrum which is a distribution of photon counts for each energy bin; a calculation unit that calculates a photon count change rate for each energy bin from a spectrum at a first time and a spectrum at a second time; and a determination unit that determines presence or absence of an abnormality in the photon counting type detector based on the photon count change rate.

Abstract: An audio signal processing method includes receiving an audio signal corresponding to a voice of a talker, obtaining an image of the talker, estimating posture information of the talker using the image of the talker, generating a correction filter according to the estimated posture information, performing filter processing on the audio signal using the generated correction filter, and outputting the audio signal on which the filter processing has been performed.

Abstract: A recording medium includes a substrate, a first ink-receiving layer, and a second ink-receiving layer adjacent to the first ink-receiving layer, in this order. The first ink-receiving layer has a positive surface zeta potential, and the second ink-receiving layer has a negative surface zeta potential. The thickness of the second ink-receiving layer is 2 ?m to 15 ?m.

Abstract: A liquid level detector includes: a float; an arm; a holder; a frame having a shaft; a detection part that is provided in the frame and detects a rotation angle of the holder; a ground terminal connected to the detection part; and a conductive part having a first end portion connected to the ground terminal and a second end portion positioned so as to be contactable with respect to the arm, and that is at least partially embedded in the frame, wherein the frame has a pair of first stoppers that come into contact with the distal end side of the arm from a position facing the shaft, thereby restricting a rotation range of the holder, and the second end portion is exposed toward a trajectory of the arm from each of a first stopper surface and a second stopper surface constituting the pair of first stoppers.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a press-formed article (100) includes a first step for forming a base sheet portion, a first rising portion, and a first strip portion from a sheet-shaped workpiece having a first edge portion and a second edge portion; and a second step for forming a second rising portion by causing a strip-shaped first zone including the second edge portion to be disposed between a first upper die and a first lower die from both sides, causing a second zone adjacent to the first zone to be disposed between a second upper die and a second lower die from both sides, and moving the first upper die and the first lower die relative to the second upper die and the second lower die, wherein, in the second step, a part of the second rising portion which is connected to a vertical ridge line (108) is shear-deformed.

Abstract: To provide an ultrasonic transmission instrument that can uniformly transmit ultrasonic waves in each direction around the instrument, even when the instrument is made of a material through which the ultrasonic waves cannot be transmitted. In an ultrasonic transmission instrument according to the invention, a light transmission member is disposed at an emission end of an optical waveguide, and an outer peripheral member covers an outer periphery of the light transmission member and is made of a light absorbing material.

Abstract: A packaging material film according to the present disclosure includes a first resin layer that contains a polyolefin resin and a porous filler. A ratio Y/X of an average particle size Y ?m of the porous filler to a thickness X ?m of the first resin layer is 0.02 to 3.5, and a content percentage of the porous filler in the first resin layer is 0.5 to 30 mass %. A packaging material according to the present disclosure includes a substrate and a packaging material film disposed on the substrate. In the packaging material, the packaging material film is formed of the above packaging material film, and a surface of the first resin layer of the packaging material film on a side opposite from the substrate is exposed.

Abstract: A talker prediction method obtains a voice from a plurality of talkers, records a conversation history of the plurality of talkers, identifies a talker of the obtained voice, and predicts a next talker among the plurality of talkers based on the identified talker and the conversation history.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device is provided, comprising: a first nitride semiconductor layer of a first conductivity-type; a second nitride semiconductor layer of a second conductivity-type provided above the first nitride semiconductor layer; a junction region of a first conductivity-type which is provided to extend in a direction from a front surface of the second nitride semiconductor layer to the first nitride semiconductor layer and has a doping concentration NJFET equal to or higher than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer; and a source region of a first conductivity-type which is provided more shallowly than the junction region and has a doping concentration equal to or higher than the doping concentration NJFET, wherein a dopant of the source region is an element with an atomic weight larger than that of a dopant in the junction region.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a nitride semiconductor device includes: selectively ion-implanting an element that is other than p-type impurities and n-type impurities into a first region in a first primary surface of a gallium nitride layer so as to generate crystal defects in the first region; selectively ion-implanting a p-type impurity into a second region in the gallium nitride layer, the second region being shallower than the first region in a depth direction and being within the first region in a plan view; and thermally treating said gallium nitride layer that has been ion-implanted with said element and said p-type impurity so as to thermally diffuse said p-type impurity in the second region into a third region that is within the first region and that surrounds a bottom and sides of the second region.

Abstract: A resin composition, including a cellulose acylate (A), a polyester resin (B), and a cardanol composition (C) containing a cardanol-based compound having an epoxy group.

Abstract: A seat frame includes: a plate member; and a bar member joined to the plate member, the bar member including a planar portion on at least part of a side surface of the bar member, wherein the plate member and the bar member are joined to each other by a welded portion including a base portion configured to: extend in a longitudinal direction of the bar member; and have a central line positioned closer to a position at which a load from a user is applied upon use of the seat frame than a central portion of the bar member, the central portion being at a center of a length of the bar member, the length being orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the bar member, the position being in an area of contact between the plate member and the planar portion.

Abstract: Provided is a carbon fiber composite material having an electromagnetic wave shielding property and an excellent impact resistance. The carbon fiber composite material has one or more carbon fiber layers and one or more carbon nanotube unwoven cloth layers, wherein at least one of the carbon fiber and carbon nanotube unwoven cloth layers in the carbon fiber composite material is impregnated with a heat-curable resin or has a heat-curable resin film laminated thereon.