Abstract: To provide such a medical tube that a position of a distal end part thereof is easily detectable from an outside of a body of a patient, regardless of orientation of the distal end part inserted into the body. A medical tube including: a main body part having a tubular shape; at least one opening formed in a side face of a main body part; and a light transmitting part formed at one end of the main body part, the light transmitting part having a hemispherical face shape, the light transmitting part being configured to emit light from a light source.

Abstract: A casing for gas including a first channel section through which gas flows and a second channel section intersecting with the first channel section, the first channel section having an intersecting part that intersects with the second channel section, the intersecting part being formed to have a rounded quadrangular cross section and having a flat part, the second channel section intersecting with the first channel section to open at the flat part.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a multilevel package substrate with first and second levels, the second level including a first trace layer with a first conductive trace feature, a conductive first via that contacts the first conductive trace feature, and a first dielectric layer, and the first level including a second trace layer with a stair shaped second conductive trace feature, the second conductive trace feature having a first portion with a first thickness, and a second portion, having a second thickness greater than the first thickness.

Abstract: A valve device includes a valve block having a valve port through which a fluid passes and an insertion hole; a moving valve body that opens or closes the valve port; a guide member that is inserted in the insertion hole, and slidably guides the valve body; a solenoid that generates a magnetic field when energized; a stationary pole that cooperates with the solenoid to move the valve body; a tubular support member that is inserted in the insertion hole to accommodate the solenoid, and supports the guide member that receives pressure from the fluid passing through the valve port; and a lid member that closes an opening of the support member, and the support member is joined with the valve block.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fibrous rutile-type oxide that contains an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, and a transition metal atom. The transition metal atom is at least one atom selected from the group consisting of a titanium atom, a tantalum atom, a niobium atom, and a zirconium atom. The rutile-type oxide is represented by the chemical formula MOxNy, where M represents the transition metal atom. In the chemical formula, x satisfies x = 2 - (y +j) (j ? 0).

Abstract: A control apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a rotation of the first imaging unit in the rotation direction and position information of a designated range designated on a first image imaged by the first imaging unit, a setting unit configured to set the second imaging range so as to include the designated range based on the information on the rotation and the position information, and a control unit configured to control the second imaging unit to instruct the second imaging unit to image the second imaging range and to acquire a second image by changing at least one of the imaging direction and the angle of view of the second imaging unit.

Abstract: A valve block for hydrogen gas includes a valve block body having an outer surface on which an aluminum anodizing treatment has been performed, and a flow channel for hydrogen gas formed in the valve block body, and the flow channel has a sealing face in an inner face, and the sealing face is a machined face.

Abstract: A medical tube position confirmation system for confirming the position of a medical tube that is used to supply nutrients to the interior of a body by means of tube feeding while an end portion thereof is inserted into (placed in) the stomach includes a light guide that is configured to guide light entering through an incident end portion so that the light exits through an exit end portion, and is configured to be insertable into the medical tube so that the exit end portion is disposed in the interior of the stomach, a light source that is optically connected to the incident end portion of the light guide and emits light containing wavelengths that pass through a living body, and a control unit that controls intensity of light emitted by the light source, wherein the control unit controls the intensity of light emitted by the light source within an intensity range that equals or exceeds a first intensity specific to a patient and is lower than a second intensity specific to the patient.

Abstract: The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of videos captured by a plurality of imaging apparatuses, an extraction unit configured to extract one or more pieces of object information each representing a trajectory of an object from each of the plurality of videos acquired by the acquisition unit, and a generation unit configured to generate a synopsis video obtained by gathering objects on one background image based on the object information extracted by the extraction unit.

Abstract: A resin composition, containing an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (A); and 15 to 30 mass parts of a bromine-based flame retardant (B), 5 to 15 mass parts of antimony trioxide (C), 6 to 12 mass parts of a benzimidazole-based aging retardant (D), 2 to 4 mass parts of a phenol-based aging retardant (E), 2 to 4 mass parts of a thioether-based aging retardant (F), 0.5 to 2 mass parts of a copper inhibitor (G), and 3 to 6 mass parts of a crosslinking aid (H), with respect to 90 to 100 mass parts of the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (A); a vehicle wire harness; and, a method of producing a vehicle wire harness.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first flow channel and a second flow channel that are alternately stacked in a stacking direction, each of the first flow channel and the second flow channel including: upstream parts disposed parallel to one another in a direction perpendicular to the stacking direction and to a direction in which the flow channels extend; downstream parts disposed parallel to one another in a direction perpendicular to the stacking direction and to a direction in which the flow channels extend; and branching/merging parts configured to branch the flow channels immediately upstream of the branching/merging parts into two divergent channels and merge the divergent channels adjacent to one another to form next flow channels, between the upstream parts and the downstream parts, wherein the branching/merging parts are provided in a plurality of stages between the upstream parts and the downstream parts.

Abstract: A vaporizer is provided that is capable of heating source material mist under precise temperature management and thereby able to acquire a gas source material which can be adjusted to a prescribed temperature and which has a very low level of variation in temperature and that produces almost no precipitate. The vaporizer heats and vaporizes a source material mist to obtain a gas source material for film forming.

Abstract: A relief valve for gas includes: a housing having a valve port connecting with an inflow passage and an outflow passage, and a tapered valve seat formed in the inflow passage to surround the valve port; a valve body having a tapered valve head part and movable between a closed position where the valve head part is seated and fits in the valve seat to close the valve port, and a full stroke position farthest from the valve seat; and a biasing member that biases the valve body to the closed position. The valve body has a seal member that is provided to externally fit on a seal groove formed on an outer circumferential face of the valve head part over an entire circumferential periphery, and to be seated on the valve seat in the closed position to seal between the valve seat and the valve head part.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a conjugated diene, including a step of dehydrating a ?,?-unsaturated alcohol in the presence of a solid acid catalyst having a Hammett acidity function (H0) of ?12.2 or less.

Abstract: A medical tube position confirmation system for confirming the position of a medical tube that is used to supply nutrients to the interior of a body by means of tube feeding while an end portion thereof is inserted into (placed in) the stomach includes a light guide that is configured to guide light entering through an incident end portion so that the light exits through an exit end portion, and is configured to be insertable into the medical tube so that the exit end portion is disposed in the interior of the stomach, and a light source for emitting light including a wavelength passing through a living body, the light source being optically connected to the incident end of the light guide so that the light enters the light guide, and a scattering part optically connected to the light guide on the exit end portion of the light guide so as to scatter light emitted by the light guide.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a rotation of the first imaging unit in the rotation direction and position information of a designated range designated on a first image imaged by the first imaging unit, a setting unit configured to set the second imaging range so as to include the designated. range based on the information on the rotation and the position information, and a control unit configured to control the second imaging unit to instruct the second imaging unit to image the second imaging range and to acquire a second image by changing at least one of the imaging direction and the angle of view of the second imaging unit.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus configured to transmit a captured image to an external apparatus, includes a computer executing instructions that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to function as a detection unit configured to detect a subject from the captured image, and a control unit configured to switch between a first mode of controlling at least one of a pan operation, a tilt operation, and a zoom operation to track the subject detected by the detection unit, and a second mode of controlling at least one of the pan operation, the tilt operation, and the zoom operation by a user operation from the external apparatus, wherein the control unit performs control to switch the second mode to the first mode in a case where the subject is included in a predetermined region in the captured image while the imaging apparatus is operating in the second mode.

Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diene, including a step A of allowing an ?-olefin and formaldehyde to react with each other to produce a ?,?-unsaturated alcohol in the presence of an alcohol; and a step B of subjecting the ?,?-unsaturated alcohol to a dehydration reaction at 135 to 210° C. in the presence of an aqueous solution of an acidic catalyst.

Abstract: A sensor 30 including a plurality of elements 31 is divided into a plurality of regions 1 and 2. A UT device 20 is connected to each region of the sensor 30 via a switch 40. At least one region of the sensor 30 used for UT is selected for each flaw detection point according to a positional relation of the flaw detection point to the sensor 30. The UT device is connected to the selected at least one region of the sensor 30 by the switch 40. For a flaw detection point for which one region is selected, UT is performed by using the selected one region. For a flaw detection point for which a plurality of regions are selected, a necessary number of times of ultrasonic testing are performed according to a number of the regions by using the selected plurality of regions, and the results are subjected to addition processing.

Abstract: A heat transport device comprises first flow passages through which a first fluid flows, and second flow passages through which a second fluid flows, wherein a cross-section A satisfying the following Requirement 1 to Requirement 3 can be achieved. Requirement 1 is that the cross-section A is a cross-section perpendicular to the second flow passages. Requirement 2 is that in the cross-section A, the holes of second flow passages are separated by meandering partition plates and are disposed in a layered manner. Two adjacent partition plates are a partition plate B and a partition plate C, and when comparing a point ?, which is the top point of a mountain in the partition plate B closest to the partition plate C, and a point ?, which is the bottom point of a valley in the partition plate C closest to the partition plate B, the point ? is closer to the partition plate C side than the point ?. Requirement 3 is that the first flow passages are present inside the partition plates.