Abstract: Provided is a separation and recovery apparatus for continuously separating and recovering, from a resin mixture containing a resin containing a hydrolyzable polymer and a resin containing a nonhydrolyzable polymer, a hydrolytic component a of the hydrolyzable polymer A and the nonhydrolyzable polymer B, the apparatus including: a crushing unit that crushes the resin mixture a melting/discharging unit that melts a crushed product obtained by the crushing unit to form a fluid and discharges the fluid at a high pressure; and a hydrothermal reaction treatment unit that continuously subjects the fluid discharged from the melting/discharging unit to a hydrothermal reaction treatment, wherein, in the melting/discharging unit, the hydrolyzable polymer A is hydrolyzed, and the hydrolytic component a thereof is dissolved and transferred into water permeating a sintered alloy diaphragm, thereby separating the nonhydrolyzable polymer B.

Abstract: A display device includes an organic EL element layer, a liquid crystal element layer disposed on top of the organic EL element layer, and a polarizing plate disposed at a side of the liquid crystal element layer that faces an observer. The liquid crystal element layer includes two transparent substrates and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the two transparent substrates. The liquid crystal element layer is configured to be able to, by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, cause a substantially quarter-wavelength retardation in light passing through the liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: A communication device includes a communicator that is mounted in a mobile body and functions as a wireless access point, a power supplier configured to supply electric power at least to a driver that causes the mobile body to travel, a detector configured to detect the electric energy of the power supplier, and a controller configured to control at least one of communication strength and communication quality of the communicator based on the electric energy detected by the detector.

Abstract: To provide at least one of: a powder composition from which a calcined body with similar processability can be produced without requiring the application of different forming conditions and calcination conditions for each composition; a method for producing the powder composition; a calcined body produced from the powder composition; a method for producing the calcined body; and uses thereof. A powder composition including: two or more types of zirconia in which a lanthanoid rare-earth element is dissolved; a transition metal element other than zirconium and hafnium; and a remainder composed of zirconia stabilized only by one or more selected from the group consisting of yttrium, calcium and magnesium, wherein a different lanthanoid rare-earth element is dissolved in each zirconia in which the lanthanoid rare-earth element is dissolved, and a transition metal element content is 1500 ppm or less.

Abstract: A communication device includes a communicator controller. The communication controller configured to cause a communicator to communicate with a terminal device in a first mode or a second mode, in which the first mode is a mode in which communication conditions are better than in the second mode, and, when the communication controller has acquired permission information indicating that communication in the first mode is permitted according to completion of processing of a first procedure different from a second procedure required for communication in the second mode in response to a request from the terminal device, the communication controller causes the communicator to communicate with a terminal device associated with the permission information in the first mode.

Abstract: A rotary machine unit includes a casing having a tubular barrel, a stator core fixed to an inner peripheral surface of the tubular barrel, and a first member provided between the inner peripheral surface of the tubular barrel and an outer peripheral surface of the stator core. A shape of the inner peripheral surface of the tubular barrel is a non-perfect circular shape as viewed in a cylinder axis direction of the tubular barrel. The first member is made of a material having a lower Young's modulus than a material forming the tubular barrel and a material forming the stator core.

Abstract: A resin producing method is a method of producing a resin with which an insulating structure formed on an outer peripheral portion of a conductor is impregnated. The resin producing method includes a dispersion liquid mixing step of mixing an epoxy resin and a dispersion liquid in which a nanofiller is dispersed in a reactive diluent that reduces a viscosity of the epoxy resin by reacting with the epoxy resin, and a curing agent mixing step of mixing a composition produced by the dispersion liquid mixing step, with a curing agent that cures the epoxy resin. The epoxy resin includes, for example, an alicyclic epoxy resin.

Abstract: A bone plate bending tool includes a substantially rod-shaped first member having a first sandwiching surface, a substantially rod-shaped second member slidable along a side part of the first member and having a second sandwiching surface, and a connection tubular member connected to the second member and enclosing a peripheral surface of the first member. A projection on one of the sandwiching surfaces is insertable into a through-hole of the bone plate and does not prevent the bone plate from being sandwiched between the sandwiching surfaces. The connection tubular member is axially movable on the peripheral surface of the first member while the second member is disposed on the first member's side part. The connecting tubular member that has moved axially forward restricts expansion between the sandwiching surfaces. The sandwiching surfaces, together with the forward-moved connecting tubular member, sandwich and immovably hold a peripheral edge of the bone plate through-hole.

Abstract: A printer control unit controls a fan, based on an acquired reference temperature and an output of a sensor, to cause a temperature of a platen drum or a temperature of a sheet supported by the platen drum to be the reference temperature. Specifically, at step S100, the printer control unit acquires a type of the printing medium to be used for printing, acquires the reference temperature at step S110, and at step S150, controls an operating state of the fan, based on the temperature of the platen drum output by the sensor, such that the temperature of the platen drum becomes the reference temperature acquired at step S110. As a result, a temperature increase of the platen drum becomes substantially saturated at the targeted reference temperature.

Abstract: (Object) To reduce the power consumption. (Means of Achieving the object) A sensor element according to an aspect of the present invention is used in a sensor system, the sensor system including at least one of a detector and a calculator, and a power source, the sensor element including a charge generation element configured to generate a charge in response to an external stimulus; and a signal converter configured to convert the charge into a predetermined output signal, wherein the signal converter is formed of one or more passive elements only, and an initial driving power for the signal converter is supplied from the power source.

Abstract: Emergency stop pressure sensors 17 are installed on both side surfaces of a movable link 11 of a robot arm 14 of an assembly robot. When a worker S unintentionally walks in a swing range Ra of the robot arm 14 and contacts the emergency stop pressure sensor 17, a detection signal is transmitted to a control unit 19, and the control unit 19 shuts power transmission to a driving source swinging the robot arm. The emergency stop pressure sensor 17 has a first electrode and a second electrode constituting a pair of electrodes and an intermediate layer formed of rubber or a rubber composition, which is disposed between the pair of electrodes, the intermediate layer generating power upon deformation caused by contact with a contacted body (the worker). A side of the intermediate layer in a laminate direction undergoes surface modification treatment and/or inactivation treatment.

Abstract: A resin producing method is a method of producing a resin with which an insulating structure formed on an outer peripheral portion of a conductor is impregnated, the method including: a filler mixing step of mixing a nanofiller at a ratio of 15 wt % or more with an epoxy resin to form a mixture; a shear mixing step of causing the mixture to be subjected to shear mixing; a diluent mixing step of mixing a reactive diluent that reduces a viscosity of the epoxy resin, with the mixture after the shear mixing step; and a curing agent mixing step of mixing an acid anhydride curing agent with the mixture after the diluent mixing step.

Abstract: A power storage apparatus includes a power storage unit including a plurality of power storage devices (C1, C2) storing electric power, a series-and-parallel switching unit configured to switch connection of the plurality of power storage devices into a series connection or a parallel connection, and a series-and-parallel switching control unit configured to control the series-and-parallel switching unit, wherein the series-and-parallel switching control unit controls timing of the switching with hysteresis.

Abstract: A pressure-type flow rate control device includes a restriction part; a control valve provided upstream of the restriction part; an upstream pressure sensor for detecting pressure between the restriction part and the control valve; and an arithmetic processing circuit connected to the control valve and the upstream pressor sensor. The device is configured to perform flow rate control by controlling the control valve according to an output of the upstream pressure sensor. The arithmetic processing circuit performs an operation of closing the control valve in order to reduce a flow rate of a fluid flowing through the restriction part, and performs an operation of closing the control valve by feedback control in which a target value is an exponential function more gradual than the pressure drop characteristic data when a gas flows out of the restriction part.

Abstract: A printer control unit controls a fan, based on an acquired reference temperature and an output of a sensor, to cause a temperature of a platen drum or a temperature of a sheet supported by the platen drum to be the reference temperature. Specifically, at step S100, the printer control unit acquires a type of the printing medium to be used for printing, acquires the reference temperature at step S110, and at step S150, controls an operating state of the fan, based on the temperature of the platen drum output by the sensor, such that the temperature of the platen drum becomes the reference temperature acquired at step S110. As a result, a temperature increase of the platen drum becomes substantially saturated at the targeted reference temperature.

Abstract: A drive device includes a motor, a connector on which a control board is mounted, and a cover that defines a housing space for the control board together with the motor and the connector. A first recess formed on a first side of the motor and having an annular shape is connected by a first adhesive to a first protrusion formed on a mounting side of the connector. A second recess formed on a connection side of the connector and having an annular shape is connected by a second adhesive to a second protrusion formed on a rim side of the cover. Therefore, the motor and the cover are connected through the connector.

Abstract: A fluid control device includes a main body block including a first flow passage, and a second flow passage, a first and second fluid control units installed on an installation surface of the main body block. The first and second flow passages include a first portion extending along a first direction and a second flow passage portion orthogonal to the first direction. The second portion is formed of a hole extending from a side surface of the main body block and a sealing member.

Abstract: An element 1 includes a pair of electrodes 2 and 3, and an intermediate layer 4 having deformability, arranged between the pair of electrodes 2 and 3, and containing, as a material, a silicon compound including an unpaired electron. The intermediate layer 4 may contain a particle including the unpaired electron. The intermediate layer 4 may have rubber elasticity. The intermediate layer 4 may have at least one peak at a g value between 2.070 and 2.001 when being measured at an environment temperature of ?150° C. by using an electron spin resonance (ESR) device. The intermediate layer 4 may have at least one peak at a g value between 2.070 and 2.001 when being measured at an environment temperature of ?150° C. by using the electron spin resonance (ESR) device.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a body and one or more protrusions. The body includes a first side surface, a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, and a first principal surface. The one or more protrusions are provided on at least one of the first side surface, the second side surface, or the first principal surface.

Abstract: A bone plate bending tool includes a substantially rod-shaped first member having a first sandwiching surface, a substantially rod-shaped second member slidable along a side part of the first member and having a second sandwiching surface, and a connection tubular member connected to the second member and enclosing a peripheral surface of the first member. A projection on one of the sandwiching surfaces is insertable into a through-hole of the bone plate and does not prevent the bone plate from being sandwiched between the sandwiching surfaces. The connection tubular member is axially movable on the peripheral surface of the first member while the second member is disposed on the first member's side part. The connecting tubular member that has moved axially forward restricts expansion between the sandwiching surfaces. The sandwiching surfaces, together with the forward-moved connecting tubular member, sandwich and immovably hold a peripheral edge of the bone plate through-hole.