Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller performs control to store service specifications received from a first terminal apparatus in association with a child-care facility corresponding to the first terminal apparatus. The controller performs control to store a child-care request received from a second terminal apparatus. The controller generates a pick-up route. The pick-up route is for navigating a vehicle to travel via a pick-up location of the child-care request within a pick-up time slot and reach a facility location at or after the child-care start time of the child-care facility. The controller sends, to a third terminal apparatus installed in a vehicle, the pick-up route.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller accumulates a scheduled vacant time period of a medical service, the scheduled period being received from an information management apparatus, in association with a medical facility corresponding to the information management apparatus. When a medical service request is received from a terminal apparatus, the controller searches for a particular medical facility as an available medical facility, being capable of providing a medical service corresponding to a medical service item in the scheduled vacant time period and that can be reached from the location of the terminal apparatus included in the medical service request in the scheduled vacant time period. The controller sends a notification of the available medical facility to the terminal apparatus sending the medical service request.

Abstract: A transportation apparatus includes an input interface, an output interface, and a controller. The input interface is capable of detecting a user input in a passenger space. The output interface is capable of outputting information in the passenger space. The controller provides a medical interview question via the output interface. The controller provides an advice message in accordance with an answer to the medical interview question, the answer being received as the user input detected by the input interface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides aid for people in need of assistance outdoors. An information processing apparatus includes a controller. When a request for a search for a route is received, the controller generates, using a link and a node at which travel by a wheelchair is possible, a section to be included in the route between two locations and that is to be traveled by the wheelchair.

Abstract: In this drill, a wall face of a chip removal groove includes a first wall face having a concave curve shape and a second wall face having a straight line shape in a cross section orthogonal to an axis of the drill main body, an extension line of a straight line of the second wall face extends in a direction opposite to a drill rotation direction as the straight line of the second wall face goes to an outer periphery side of the drill main body with respect to a radius line connecting an outer peripheral end of the second wall face and the axis with each other, the cutting edge includes a first cutting edge having a concave curve shape and a second cutting edge having a straight line shape which intersects with the first cutting edge at an obtuse angle.

Abstract: An ultrasonic measurement method includes irradiating an object to be measured with an ultrasonic wave, acquiring a reflection wave from the object, calculating at a processor an acoustic impedance in a depth direction of the object from the reflection wave, and estimating and outputting a thickness of the object based upon an inflection point determined by second-order differentiation of the acoustic impedance.

Abstract: A device of an embodiment includes: an optical mechanism; a control computation unit that controls driving of the optical mechanism, acquires a tomographic image of the skin by processing an optical interference signal from the optical system, and calculates a network of blood vessels on the basis of the tomographic image; and a display device that displays the network of blood vessels. The control computation unit expresses thicknesses of the network of blood vessels by defining, as a blood vessel radius, a radius from a set of blood vessel corresponding coordinates determined to be a blood vessel in the calculation of the network of blood vessels and within which other sets of blood vessel corresponding coordinates are present and, superimposing distinctions based on magnitudes of blood vessel radii from the respective sets of blood vessel corresponding coordinates onto the image of the network of blood vessels.

Abstract: A device of an embodiment includes: an optical mechanism; a control computation unit that controls driving of the optical mechanism, acquires a tomographic image of skin by processing an optical interference signal from an optical system, and calculates a network of blood vessels on the basis of the tomographic image; and a display device that displays an image of the network of blood vessels. The control computation unit sets a reference profile obtained by function approximation of an intensity profile in a depth direction of the acquired tomographic image, calculates a difference between an intensity value on the reference profile and an actual intensity value as an outlier V, the intensity values being those in the depth direction in the tomographic image, determines, as blood vessels or blood vessel candidates, coordinates with the outliers V within a predetermined blood vessel determination range, and calculates the network of blood vessels.

Abstract: A device of an embodiment includes: an optical mechanism that guides light from a light source to skin tissue to scan the skin tissue; a control computation unit that controls driving of the optical mechanism, acquires tomographic images of the skin by processing optical interference signals from the optical system, and calculates a network of blood vessels on the basis of the tomographic images; and a display device that displays the network of blood vessels.

Abstract: An alkyloxirane derivative represented by formula (1), wherein MH and ML calculated from a gel permeation chromatogram satisfy formula (2): Z—[O-(AO)n-H]x??(1) where Z represents a residual group of a compound having 1 to 22 carbon atoms and one to six hydroxyl groups and wherein all of the hydroxyl groups are excluded from said compound; x is 1 to 6; and AO represents an oxyalkylene group having 3 carbon atoms; and n is 25 or more; 0.35?ML/MH?0.75??(2) where MH represents a distance between point O and intersecting point P, and ML represents a distance between point Q and intersecting point P determined from the chromatogram.

Abstract: A movable body moves with a user allowed to ride the movable body, and includes: an image display unit that displays an image received from a guide terminal; a sound output unit that outputs a sound received from the guide terminal; a sound acquisition unit that acquires a sound around the movable body; and a sound information transmission unit that transmits the acquired sound to the guide terminal.

Abstract: A leader movable body includes a degree of freedom setting unit configured to set a degree of freedom relevant to movement of a follower movable body, and a transmitter configured to transmit the set degree of freedom to the follower movable body. The follower movable body is configured to perform group travel with respect to the leader movable body.

Abstract: A mobile inverted pendulum includes a step on which a foot of a rider is placed, a vibration applying device that applies vibration to the step, and a vibration control unit that controls operation of the vibration applying device.

Abstract: A movable body configured to travel with a rider on board includes a control device, and a display device. The control device is configured to acquire a current position of the movable body and acquire a current traveling direction of the movable body. The display device is installed such that the rider is able to see the display device. The control device is configured to execute control such that the display device displays a performance image corresponding to the current position and the current traveling direction.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to determine whether a first physical host of a plurality of physical hosts is able to transmit logs based on a first bandwidth of a management local area network via which the plurality of physical hosts transmit logs, a second bandwidth of the management local area network used when the first physical host transmits logs, and a third bandwidth of the management local area network used when a controller controls an information processing system including the plurality of physical hosts. The processor is configured to transmit, to the first physical host, an instruction to transmit logs when it is determined that the first physical host is able to transmit logs.

Abstract: A nanoemulsion emulsification composition including the following components (A) to (D), in which the mass ratios of the components satisfy the following condition, [(A)+(B)]:(C):(D)=1:4 to 8:0.4 to 0.8; component (A) is a copolymer including a constitutional unit (a1) represented by Formula (1) and a constitutional unit (a2) represented by Formula (2), the molar ratio of the constitutional units (a1):(a2) being 5:95 to 60:40, and the weight average molecular weight being 5,000 to 5,000,000; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R3 represents a hydrocarbon group having 12 to 24 carbons; component (B) is a nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of 10 to 14, component (C) is a polyhydric alcohol, and component (D) is water.

Abstract: A skin diagnosing device includes an optical unit including: an optical system that uses OCT; an optical mechanism to guide light from the optical unit to skin to scan the skin; a loading device to apply predetermined deformation energy to the skin; a control computation unit to compute tomographic distribution of predetermined status values relating to the skin by controlling driving of the loading device and the optical mechanism and processing optical interference signals output from the optical unit in response to the driving, to compute an evaluation value of the skin based on the tomographic distribution; and a display device to display the evaluation value of the skin. The control computation unit computes the evaluation value by computing mechanical characteristics and a blood flow condition of the skin as the status values and associating the mechanical characteristics and the blood flow condition at a cross-sectional position of the skin.

Abstract: A surface property measurement technology by which a surface property of a substance can be evaluated with high accuracy, is provided. A surface property measurement method includes radiating an ultrasonic wave to a measurement target and acquiring a reflected signal from the measurement target; calculating, by a measurement apparatus, a maximum value of a cross-correlation function between the reflected signal from the measurement target and a reference reflected signal from a reference substance acquired in advance; calculating a reflection component at an interface, by using the maximum value of the cross-correlation function; and outputting, as a measurement value, one of an acoustic impedance of the measurement target or an acoustic impedance of the reference substance, according to a result of comparing the reflection component with the reference reflected signal.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a storage unit that stores association information that is obtained by associating identifying information of a plurality of second communication networks that are interconnected via a first communication network with identifying information of a virtual device that exists in the second communication network; a first specifying unit that specifies according to the association information a second communication network in which a target virtual device exists, in a case in which the first specifying unit acquires a request for a setting change to the target virtual device; a second specifying unit that specifies a physical server on which the target virtual device runs from among physical servers that exist in the specified second communication network; and a setting unit that performs the setting change to the target virtual device that runs on the specified physical server.

Abstract: A nanoemulsion emulsification composition including the following components (A) to (D), in which the mass ratios of the components satisfy the following condition, [(A)+(B)]:(C):(D)=1:4 to 8:0.4 to 0.8; component (A) is a copolymer including a constitutional unit (a1) represented by Formula (1) and a constitutional unit (a2) represented by Formula (2), the molar ratio of the constitutional units (a1):(a2) being 5:95 to 60:40, and the weight average molecular weight being 5,000 to 5,000,000; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R3 represents a hydrocarbon group having 12 to 24 carbons; component (B) is a nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of 10 to 14, component (C) is a polyhydric alcohol, and component (D) is water.