Abstract: A quantum device includes a quantum chip and a holder. The holder includes a pedestal, a recess portion formed in a main surface of the pedestal so as to be opposed to the quantum chip, and a suction tube provided such that in the recess portion, a suction opening is positioned in a bottom surface of the quantum chip.

Abstract: An image decoding device (31) includes a transform coefficient decoding unit (311) configured to decode a transform coefficient for a transform tree included in a coding unit. In the transform tree, the transform coefficient decoding unit splits a transform unit corresponding to luminance and then decodes the transform coefficient related to the luminance, and does not split the transform unit corresponding to chrominance and decodes the transform coefficient related to the chrominance.

Abstract: A stator for a rotating electric machine includes a stator core and a stator coil. The stator core is formed of a band-shaped steel sheet that is helically bent and laminated. The stator core has slots each opening at an inner periphery of the stator core and spaced from one another in a circumferential direction. The stator coil is formed of electrical conductor segments that are inserted in the slots of the stator core and connected with one another. The band-shaped steel sheet has slits each of which is formed, at a position corresponding to one of the slots, to be open to the corresponding slot. Each of the electrical conductor segments is substantially U-shaped and has a pair of leg portions respectively inserted in corresponding two of the slots of the stator core; the corresponding two slots are circumferentially apart from each other by two or more slot-pitches.

Abstract: A partition member, which separates objects to be separated from each other, includes a porous sheet, and a water absorbing material provided at least either on a surface of the porous sheet or inside the porous sheet. The partition member that has dimensions of 100 mm×60 mm and has been stored for 24 hours at a temperature of 25° C., a humidity of 40%, and an atmospheric pressure of 1 atm is used as a sample, and a ratio of a water absorption volume when a portion of 10 mm from an lower end of a 60 mm side of the sample is immersed in water for 2 minutes, to a volume of the sample {the water absorption volume (cm3) divided by a volume (cm3) of the partition member} is in a range of 0.1 to 0.9.

Abstract: An image decoding apparatus including a header decoder configured to decode, from coded data, a flag indicating whether dependent quantization is enabled and a flag prohibiting transform skip residual quantization, and a TU decoder configured to decode a transform coefficient in a TU block in an RRC mode in which a LAST position is coded, the LAST position corresponding to a decoding start position for the transform coefficient, or a TSRC mode in which the LAST position is not coded. The TU decoder performs dependent quantization in the RRC mode in a case that the transform coefficient for transform skip is decoded in the TSRC mode, and does not perform dependent quantization in the RRC mode in a case that the transform coefficient for transform skip is decoded in the RRC mode.

Abstract: An information processing method includes receiving first information indicating a travel plan of a user, acquiring, for each on-demand vehicle service, second information indicating boarding/alighting points and operation status of a vehicle, determining and presenting, based on the first and second information, a recommended route for transferring bet ween first and second vehicles belonging to first and second on-demand vehicle services, and making a reservation with the first and second on-demand vehicle services in accordance with the recommended route.

Abstract: There is a manufacturing error even if an RGB coupler is appropriately designed, and thus a problem that it is difficult to achieve the function as designed with good yield arises. To solve this problem, an optical circuit with a first waveguide in which light in a zero-th order mode is guided and a second waveguide having a larger width than the first waveguide, in which light in a primary mode is guided in which the first and second waveguides at least include a first curved portion in a curve shape curved toward the first waveguide while maintaining a combination of waveguide widths satisfying mode conversion conditions is provided.

Abstract: An oscillator in which crosstalk can be reduced is provided. An oscillator includes a SQUID, a transmission line connected to the SQUID, a ground plane, and a first connection circuit disposed in a vicinity of a node of an electric field of a standing wave that is generated when the oscillator is oscillating, the first connection circuit connecting parts of the ground plane located on both sides of the transmission line to each other.

Abstract: To provide a sterilizing liquid and a method of producing the same that have no restrictions on application methods and usage and can be widely used for sterilization, a sterilizing liquid including water containing reactive oxygen species and a nanoparticle catalyst in a stationary state is produced by causing cavitation in water having a conductivity of 2000 ?S/cm or less and COD of 2000 ppm or less while causing the water to flow by a stirrer 2, and causing generation of plasma by a plasma generation mechanism 3 in which a pulse voltage is applied across electrodes 31 in the water including air bubbles mainly containing water vapor generated by the cavitation.

Abstract: Provided is a seed germination promoting liquid and a seed germination promoting method using the same that can be widely used for applications of promoting seed germination without restrictions on approaches or targets to be applied, wherein water containing reactive oxygen species and a nanoparticle catalyst in a stationary state is used to lubricate seeds.

Abstract: In order to provide a dispersion method and a dispersion apparatus capable of mixing a material to be processed and a dispersion medium having no affinity with each other using a single apparatus without using a dispersant, there are provided a quantitative supply mechanism quantitatively supplying a material to be processed, a suction stirring mechanism primarily including a suction stirring pump in which the material to be processed and a dispersion medium are subjected to negative pressure suction by a negative pressure suction force generated by rotation of a rotating blade and the suctioned material to be processed and the dispersion medium are stirred and mixed by the rotating blade and are allowed to pass through a throttle passage to cause cavitation, and a plasma generating mechanism generating a plasma in bubbles formed due to cavitation in a mixed liquid of the material to be processed and the dispersion medium.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance unit, an irradiation unit, an image capturing unit configured to capture a plurality of times the light radiated by the irradiation unit and reflected on the recording material as surface images, an image formation unit, and a control unit, wherein the conveyance unit accelerates or decelerates a conveyance speed of the recording material in at least a part of an image capturing period during which the image capturing unit captures the surface images the plurality of times, and wherein the control unit obtains a feature quantity from a plurality of surface images captured by the image capturing unit and controls the image forming condition based on the obtained feature quantity and a threshold value set according to the conveyance speed of the recording material in the image capturing period.

Abstract: Provided are a method for producing a 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide•¾ hydrate, including reacting an acidic salt of 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide or a hydrate thereof with a base selected from the group consisting of a phosphate and an amino acid in the presence of an acidic solvent to obtain a 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide•¾ hydrate; and a 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide•¾ hydrate obtained by the production method.

Abstract: Provided are a method for producing a 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide•¾ hydrate, including reacting an acidic salt of 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide or a hydrate thereof with a base selected from the group consisting of a phosphate and an amino acid in the presence of an acidic solvent to obtain a 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide•¾ hydrate; and a 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide•¾ hydrate obtained by the production method.

Abstract: Provided are a method for producing a 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide•¾ hydrate, including reacting an acidic salt of 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide or a hydrate thereof with a base selected from the group consisting of a phosphate and an amino acid in the presence of an acidic solvent to obtain a 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide•¾ hydrate; and a 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide•¾ hydrate obtained by the production method.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance unit, an irradiation unit, an image capturing unit configured to capture a plurality of times the light radiated by the irradiation unit and reflected on the recording material as surface images, an image formation unit, and a control unit, wherein the conveyance unit accelerates or decelerates a conveyance speed of the recording material in at least a part of an image capturing period during which the image capturing unit captures the surface images the plurality of times, and wherein the control unit obtains a feature quantity from a plurality of surface images captured by the image capturing unit and controls the image forming condition based on the obtained feature quantity and a threshold value set according to the conveyance speed of the recording material in the image capturing period.

Abstract: Various embodiments include an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material, an illumination unit configured to emit light, an image capturing unit configured to capture light emitted by the illumination unit and reflected by the recording material as a surface image including a plurality of pixels, and a control unit configured to calculate a first feature quantity from a difference of output values of a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction, and calculate a second feature quantity from a difference of output values of a plurality of pixels arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction in the surface image captured by the image capturing unit, and control an image forming condition of the image forming unit based on the calculated first feature quantity and the calculated second feature quantity.

Abstract: Various embodiments include an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material, an illumination unit configured to emit light, an image capturing unit configured to capture light emitted by the illumination unit and reflected by the recording material as a surface image including a plurality of pixels, and a control unit configured to calculate a first feature quantity from a difference of output values of a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction, and calculate a second feature quantity from a difference of output values of a plurality of pixels arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction in the surface image captured by the image capturing unit, and control an image forming condition of the image forming unit based on the calculated first feature quantity and the calculated second feature quantity.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance unit, an irradiation unit, an image capturing unit configured to capture a plurality of times the light radiated by the irradiation unit and reflected on the recording material as surface images, an image formation unit, and a control unit, wherein the conveyance unit accelerates or decelerates a conveyance speed of the recording material in at least a part of an image capturing period during which the image capturing unit captures the surface images the plurality of times, and wherein the control unit obtains a feature quantity from a plurality of surface images captured by the image capturing unit and controls the image forming condition based on the obtained feature quantity and a threshold value set according to the conveyance speed of the recording material in the image capturing period.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image formation unit configured to form an image on a recording material, a conveyance unit configured to convey a recording material, an irradiation unit configured to emit light onto the recording material being conveyed by the conveyance unit, an image capturing unit configured to capture the light emitted by the irradiation unit and reflected from the recording material as a surface image of the recording material, and a control unit configured to control an image forming condition of the image formation unit based on the surface image of the recording material acquired by the image capturing unit, wherein the control unit controls the image forming condition based on a plurality of surface images of the recording material having different resolutions.