Abstract: This flavor inhaler has a chamber that accommodates a smokable product, a heater for heating the smokable product accommodated in the chamber, and an insulation member that suppresses the dissipation of heat to the smokable product or outside the heater device, the insulation member including an aerogel and a first radiation-suppressing material.

Abstract: This flavor inhaler has a chamber that accommodates a smokable product, a heater for heating the smokable product accommodated in the chamber, and an insulation member that suppresses the dissipation of heat to the smokable product or outside the heater device. The insulation member has a first surface, a second surface on the reverse side of the first surface, and an end face that connects the first surface and the second surface and has an area smaller than that of the first surface or the second surface. The insulation member has a porous structure and at least the end face is sealed.

Abstract: A smoking system includes a consumable containing a smokable substance and a device that includes a chamber receiving the consumable and heats and atomizes the smokable substance of the consumable received in the chamber. The chamber includes an opening through which the consumable is inserted and a holding unit that holds the consumable. The holding unit includes a first pressing unit which presses a part of the consumable. The consumable includes a first portion having a first hardness and a second portion having a second hardness, in which the second portion is a different portion from the first portion in the insertion direction of the consumable. When the consumable is positioned at the desired position in the chamber, the consumable is positioned such that at least a part of the first portion is pressed against the first pressing unit, while at the same time, at least a part of the second portion is pressed against the first pressing unit.

Abstract: This aerosol generation system including an elongated heat generation unit that, when energized, generates heat to heat an aerosol generating substrate from the inside thereof; and a pair of metal plates disposed to respectively cover the facing surfaces of the heating unit along the elongated shape. The electrical resistance value of the heating unit in the direction in which the pair of metal plates faces each other is 100 to 1400 times the electrical resistance value of each of the pair of metal plates in the longitudinal direction of the elongated shape.

Abstract: An aerosol generation system that generates aerosol by heating an aerosol generation product containing an aerosol source, and comprises: an accommodation part that has an internal space and an opening through which the internal space communicates with the outside, and that accommodates the aerosol generation product inserted into the internal space though the opening; a first electrically-insulating part, which is an electrically-insulating film-like member disposed outward of the accommodation part; an electrical resistance part that is disposed outward of the first electrically-insulating part and generates heat when energized; and a heat radiation suppressing part that is disposed further outward than the electrical resistance part and suppresses heat radiation.

Abstract: This aerosol generation system including a heating unit for heating an aerosol generation component, and an electric power supply unit for supplying electric power to the heating unit. The heating unit has a ceramic part, an electricity-resistant part that is disposed inside the ceramic part and that generates heat due to the electric power supplied from the electric power supply unit, and a metal electrode that is disposed in close contact with the vicinity of the ceramic part and that electrically connects the electricity-resistant part and the electric power supply unit. The heating unit is inserted into the aerosol generation component.

Abstract: A smoking system includes a consumable containing a smokable substance and a device that includes a chamber receiving the consumable and heats and atomizes the smokable substance of the consumable received in the chamber. The chamber includes an opening through which the consumable is inserted and a holding unit that holds the consumable. The holding unit includes a first pressing unit which presses a part of the consumable. The consumable includes a first portion having a first hardness and a second portion having a second hardness, in which the second portion is a different portion from the first portion in the insertion direction of the consumable. When the consumable is positioned at the desired position in the chamber, the consumable is positioned such that at least a part of the first portion is pressed against the first pressing unit, while at the same time, at least a part of the second portion is pressed against the first pressing unit.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generation system capable of controlling the temperature distribution in a substrate to be heated. This aerosol generation system comprises: an elongated heat generation unit that, when energized, generates heat to heat an aerosol generating substrate from the inside thereof; and a pair of metal plates disposed to respectively cover the facing surfaces of the heat generation unit along the elongated shape. The heat generation unit includes at least two regions having different heat quantities.

Abstract: An aerosol generation system including a power supply unit that supplies power, and a heating unit that heats a base material containing an aerosol source. The heating unit is inserted in the base material and includes an electrical resistor that generates heat by using the power supplied from the power supply unit, a rigid body, and an electrical insulator disposed between the electrical resistor and the rigid body.

Abstract: This aerosol generation system is provided with a power supply unit for supplying electric power; a heating unit for heating a substrate containing an aerosol source; and a holding unit for holding the heating unit. The heating unit is inserted into the substrate and comprises: an electric resistor that generates heat using electric power supplied from the power supply unit; a rigid body; and an electric insulator disposed between the electric resistor and the rigid body. The rigid body has a first portion extending in a first direction in which the substrate is inserted or removed and a second portion extending in a second direction different from the first direction. The holding unit holds the second portion of the rigid body.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a connection body capable of suppressing deformation of a connector having a terminal array with a narrow pitch and obtaining excellent insulation and conductivity, and the connection body. The method includes: a step of fixing, on a first terminal array of a substrate, via a thermosetting connection material containing solder particles, a connector having a second terminal array having a minimum inter-terminal distance of 0.8 mm or less in the first terminal array and the second terminal array inside a bonding surface to be bonded with the substrate, and a step of joining the first terminal array and the second terminal array without a load by using a reflow furnace set to a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the solder particles.

Abstract: An amorphous soft magnetic alloy of the formula (Fe1-?TM?)100-w-x-y-zPwBxLySiz TipCqMnrCus, wherein TM is Co or Ni; L is Al, Cr, Zr, Mo or Nb; 0???0.3, 2?w?18 at %, 2?x?18 at %, 15?w+x?23 at %, 1<y?5 at %, 0?z?4 at %; p, q, r, and s represents an addition ratio such that the total mass of Fe, TM, P, B, L and Si is 100, and 0?p?0.3, 0?q?0.5, 0?r?2, 0?s?1 and r+s>0; the composition fulfills one of the following conditions: L is Cr, Zr, Mo or Nb; or L is a combination of Al and Cr, Zr, Mo or Nb, wherein 0<Al?5 at %, 1?Cr?4 at %, 0<Zr?5 at %, 2?Mo?5 at %, and 2?Nb?5 at %; the alloy has a crystallization start temperature (Tx) which is 550° C. or less, a glass transition temperature (Tg) which is 520° C. or less, and a supercooled liquid region represented by ?Tx=Tx?Tg, which is 20° C. or more.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mounting body comprising: a mounting step of mounting an electronic component onto a wiring board via an anisotropic conductive film containing a binder having an epoxy resin as a primary constituent and conductive particles having a compressive hardness (K) of 500 kgf/mm2 or more when compressively deformed by 10%, wherein a relation between a thickness (A) of the binder and an average particle diameter (B) is 0.6?B/A?1.5 and an elastic modulus of the binder after curing is 50 MPa or more at 100° C.; and a remounting step of mechanically peeling to detach the electronic component and the wiring board in the case of a problem occurring in mounting of the mounting step and reusing the wiring board to perform the mounting step.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an X-ray computed tomography apparatus that includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, preprocessing circuitry, a reconstruction processor, and control circuitry. The X-ray detector is configured to detect X-rays generated from the X-ray tube. The preprocessing circuitry is configured to generate projection data by executing preprocessing for data acquired by the X-ray detector based on a preprocessing condition. The reconstruction processor is configured to generate image data by executing reconstruction processing for the projection data based on a reconstruction condition. The control circuitry is configured to cause a storage to store the projection data in association with the preprocessing condition, and to read out the projection data based on a designated preprocessing condition.

Abstract: An X-ray CT apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry configured to acquire scan region and a first scan range, and change, while the scan region is being scanned, the first scan range to a second scan range based on projection data of the scan region acquired by the scan.

Abstract: An anisotropic conductive film for anisotropically conductively connecting a terminal of a first electronic component and a terminal of a second electronic component, the anisotropic conductive film including: a conductive particle-containing layer, which contains an adhesive layer-forming component and conductive particles, wherein the conductive particle-containing layer has two endothermic peaks in differential scanning calorimetry where endothermic peak temperatures are measured under conditions that a measuring temperature range is from 10° C. to 250° C. and a heating speed is 10° C./min, and wherein T2 is 30° C. or higher, and T4?T2 is greater than 0° C. but 80° C. or less, where T2 is a temperature of the endothermic peak present at a lower temperature side, and T4 is a temperature of the endothermic peak present at a higher temperature side.

Abstract: An alloy composition which includes 82 atomic % to 86 atomic % Fe, 6 atomic % to 12 atomic % B, 3 atomic % to 8 atomic % P, 0.6 atomic % to 1.0 atomic % Cu, 0 atomic % to 5 atomic % C, 0 atomic % to 3 atomic % E, 0 wt. % to 0.5 wt. % Al, 0 wt. % to 0.3 wt. % Ti, 0 wt. % to 0.94 wt. % Mn, 0 wt. % to 0.082 wt. % S, 0 wt. % to 0.3 wt. % O and 0 wt. % to 0.01 wt. % N. In the alloy composition, E is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Mo, W, Cr, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, Y and a rare-earth element, wherein Cr is contained in an amount of 0 atomic % to 1 atomic %, and the total amount of Fe and E is 82 atomic % to 86 atomic %. The alloy composition has a structure which includes an amorphous phase.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical imaging diagnosis apparatus includes a top-plate, a bed, a first gantry, a second gantry and a moving assembly. The top-plate places a subject thereon. The bed supports the top-plate. The first gantry includes an X-ray generator and an X-ray detector which revolve around the top-plate. The second gantry includes a gamma ray detector which detects gamma rays emitted from the subject. The moving assembly moves, based on a first position indicative of a center position of an effective view field in the first gantry and a second position indicative of a center position of an effective view field in the second gantry, the top-plate relative to the second position.

Abstract: An X-ray CT apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry configured to acquire scan region and a first scan range, and change, while the scan region is being scanned, the first scan range to a second scan range based on projection data of the scan region acquired by the scan.

Abstract: An Fe-based nano-crystalline alloy formed from an alloy composition of (FeE)(100-X-Y-Z)BXPYCuZ having an amorphous phase as a main phase, wherein 79?100-X-Y-Z?86 atomic %, 4?X?9 atomic %, 1?Y?10 atomic %, and 0.5?Z<1.2 atomic %, and wherein (FeE) includes Fe and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Mo, W, Cr, Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, Y, N, O and a rare-earth element, wherein a combined total of said at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Mo, W, Cr, Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, Y, N, O and a rare-earth element is in an amount of 3 atomic % or less relative to the whole composition.