Abstract: A sensor cleaning apparatus detects an object in a vicinity of a vehicle from information acquired by at least one sensor monitoring the vehicle vicinity, detects contamination on the sensor, and continues air cleaning in which high-pressure air is sprayed onto the sensor for a predetermined air cleaning time, in response to detecting that water droplets are attached to a sensor surface of the sensor. The sensor cleaning apparatus controls autonomous driving of the vehicle using information on the object detected, and outputs a command to clean the sensor with a cleaning liquid, in response to detecting contamination on the sensor and determining that cleaning with the liquid cleaner is possible. The sensor cleaning apparatus controls at least one liquid cleaning actuator to clean the sensor by spraying the cleaning liquid based on the command, and notifies that the sensor is being cleaned with the cleaning liquid.

Abstract: There is provided a cushioning material, the cushioning material including a lower cushioning material that supports a lower portion of each of two rows of containers on a lower tier, middle cushioning materials that are interposed between the containers on an upper tier and the containers on the lower tier, and upper cushioning materials that are disposed in each of the two rows of the containers on the upper tier and that hold each of an upper portion of the containers on the upper tier, in which the lower cushioning material is formed without a space between the lower cushioning material and side plates of a packing case and the middle cushioning materials and the upper cushioning materials are formed with a predetermined space between the middle cushioning materials and the upper cushioning materials and the side plates of the packing case.

Abstract: An elevator system includes a hoistway with marking objects arranged at predetermined positions in the hoistway, an elevator car with a sensor providing an indication when the elevator car has reached the position a marking object, a complementary positioning system providing a complementary indication of the position of the elevator car in the hoistway, and a controller receiving the indication and the complementary indication. In order to minimize a need for manual inspections, the controller includes a memory maintaining for each marking object a setup position, and during elevator runs, the controller is configured to calculate an offset for a marking object for which the sensor provides an indication, by comparing the setup position for the marking object in question with the position indicated by the complementary positioning system at the indication of the marking object, and to trigger an alarm if the calculated offset fulfills a predetermined criterion.

Abstract: An EPU includes a first DS and a second DS. The first DS includes a first motor and a first inverter control unit. The second DS includes a second motor and a second inverter control unit. The first motor and the second motor are connected to a propeller via an EPU shaft. The EPU shaft drives and rotates a propeller according to outputs of the motor. The first inverter control unit controls the first motor so that the output of the first motor and the output of the second motor become a same. The second inverter control unit controls the second motor so that the output of the first motor and the output of the second motor become same as each other.

Abstract: An object is to more accurately assist avoidance of a collision between space objects such as satellites or space debris in outer space. A recorder processing unit acquires flight forecast information indicating a flight forecast of each of a plurality of space objects from a management business device used by a management business operator that manages the plurality of space objects. Based on the acquired flight forecast information, the recorder processing unit sets a forecast epoch of an orbit of each of the plurality of space objects, a forecast orbital element that identifies the orbit, and a forecast error that is forecast for the orbit, as orbit forecast information. The recorder processing unit stores a space information recorder including the orbit forecast information in a storage unit.

Abstract: A method and system for recommending a type of box to package products using volume information of the products is proposed. The proposal relates to a method for learning which box can most efficiently load one or more products and recommending it using artificial intelligence. The method comprises a first step of receiving first product specification data having product size information and extracting product size information from the first product specification data; a second step of inputting the extracted product size information into a machine learning model, and the machine learning model outputting a first packaging score for each box; and a third step of searching for a box with the highest priority packaging score among the first packaging scores for each box, and obtaining and outputting box specification information corresponding to the searched box.

Abstract: A method of controlling an autonomous vehicle includes: under the control of the processor, recognizing at least one vehicle driving around the autonomous vehicle within a preset reference range, setting at least one target vehicle by assigning an identifier (ID) to at least one among the at least one vehicle, analyzing a driving pattern of the at least one target vehicle, and determining a risk level with respect to the at least one target vehicle based on a result of the analyzing.

Abstract: An information processing device includes, in a case where a selection of a first photography point icon that is one of a plurality of photography point icons is detected, displaying a first image corresponding to the first photography point icon on a display, in which the displaying of the first image on the display includes determining whether annotation information is associated with a second photography point icon that is within a predetermined range from the first photography point icon, and upon determination that the annotation information is associated with the second photography point icon, displaying the first image and the annotation information on the display.

Abstract: A method of controlling fine steering of independent steering apparatuses of a vehicle includes determining, by a controller, a parallel mode input; performing rotation of the independent steering apparatuses when the controller receives the parallel mode input, and determining, by the controller, a moving direction of the vehicle in response to a rotating direction of a steering wheel. The method further includes: after determining the moving direction of the vehicle, determining, by the controller, whether or not the vehicle enters a fine steering mode; and performing, by the controller, steering angle input to the independent steering apparatuses located at a front end in the moving direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an anti-PD-L1 antibody capable of repeated administration even to animals other than rat. The present disclosure further provides a novel therapeutic strategy using an inhibitor targeting PD-1/PD-L1. A pharmaceutical composition which comprises a COX-2 inhibitor and is administered before, after or simultaneously with the administration of an inhibitor targeting PD-1/PD-L1. A potentiator for the immunostimulatory effect of an inhibitor targeting PD-1/PD-L1, which comprises a COX-2 inhibitor. The present disclosure also provides an anti-PD-1 antibody capable of repeated administration even to animals other than rat.

Abstract: A modified aliphatic polyester resin includes a poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) resin. A ratio between a melt viscosity (Pa·s) and a drawdown time (sec) is from 2.0×10?2 to 5.0×10?1 (sec/[Pa·s]), and a z-average molecular weight/weight-average molecular weight ratio is less than 10.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a resin composition, which includes 30 wt % to 50 wt % of a bismaleimide resin; 1 wt % to 10 wt % of an epoxy resin; 1 wt % to 10 wt % of a benzoxazine resin; 1 wt % to 5 wt % of a hardener; 10 wt % to 40 wt % of a filler; and 0.1 wt % to 3 wt % of a coupling agent, based on a total weight of the resin composition.

Abstract: A lift device includes a base assembly, a platform assembly, a lift assembly coupled between the base assembly and the platform assembly and including a lift actuator configured to raise or lower the platform assembly, a rotary motor configured to rotate the platform assembly, and a controller in communication with the drive motor, the lift actuator, and the rotary motor. The controller is configured to record steps performed by the lift actuator and the rotary motor during a positioning event that moves the platform assembly from an initial position to a work site, and operate the lift actuator and the rotary motor to perform the steps performed during the positioning event in a reverse order and in a movement direction that is opposite to a direction of the steps recorded during the positioning event to automate movement of the platform assembly from the work site to the initial position.

Abstract: A lift device may include a chassis. A lift device may include a turntable coupled to the chassis, the turntable comprising an internal frame and an external body. A lift device may include a lift assembly coupled to the turntable, the lift assembly configured to raise or lower a platform coupled to the lift assembly, wherein the external body comprises a plurality of body panels removably coupled to the internal frame to substantially enclose the internal frame and form an internal cavity, and wherein at least one of the plurality of body panels is a front panel comprising a counterweight. The front panel may be selected from a plurality of front panels based on one or more characteristics of the lift device.

Abstract: A sulfuric acid recovery device includes a first recovery tank configured to recover sulfuric acid; a concentration meter configured to measure a concentration of hydrogen peroxide in the sulfuric acid; a discharge pipe configured to discharge the sulfuric acid from the first recovery tank to a second recovery tank; a circulation pipe with a maximum installation height position equal to or lower than a maximum installation height position of the discharge pipe and with a flow path formed, causing the sulfuric acid to return to the first recovery tank; a first valve configured to open and close a flow path of the discharge pipe; a pump configured to feed the sulfuric acid discharged to at least the circulation pipe of the circulation pipe and the discharge pipe; and a control circuit configured to control opening and closing of the first valve in accordance with the concentration of the hydrogen peroxide.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are generally related to a system and method to remove hydrogen sulfide from sour water and sour oil. Particularly, hydrogen sulfide is removed from sour water and sour oil without the need for special chemicals, such as catalyst chemicals, scavenger chemicals, hydrocarbon sources, or a large-scale facility. The system and method in the present invention is particularly useful in exploratory oil and gas fields, where large facilities to remove hydrogen sulfide may be inaccessible. The present invention addresses the need for safe and cost-effective transport of the deadly neurotoxin. Particular embodiments involve a system and method that can be executed both on a small and large scale to sweeten sour water and sour oil.

Abstract: A production method of carbon dioxide fixing sludge fine powder as a low-carbon binder. Water is added to residual concrete or returned concrete to form it into a slurry, gravel and sand are separated and removed therefrom, fine sand is separated and removed from the sludge water by a wet cyclone to obtain concentrated sludge water, and the concentrated sludge water is dehydrated to obtain a sludge cake. The sludge cake is put into a rotary drum, hot air and highly concentrated carbon dioxide are supplied into the rotary drum, the carbon dioxide is fixed and is crushed and dried to obtain carbon dioxide fixing sludge fine powder. Alternatively, the sludge cake is crushed and fractured to obtain sludge fine powder. This sludge fine powder is exposed to highly concentrated carbon dioxide to obtain carbon dioxide fixing sludge fine powder.

Abstract: The method comprises a mixing step of obtaining a raw material mixed gas by adding hydrogen to the synthesis gas; a reaction step of obtaining a mixed gas product containing paraxylene by introducing the raw material mixed gas into a reactor and bringing it into contact with a paraxylene synthesis catalyst under heating and pressurization; a separation step of separating the mixed gas product into a gas phase composed of non-condensable components, an oil phase containing paraxylene, and an aqueous phase containing water-soluble components by cooling the mixed gas product to condense high-boiling point components; and a purification step of purifying the oil phase to obtain paraxylene, wherein the mixing step adds hydrogen so that the obtained raw material mixed gas has a composition in which an R value defined by the following formula (1) falls within a range of 0.7 or more and 2.1 or less: R = N H ? 2 - N CO ? 2 N CO + N CO ? 2 .

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for removing acetaldehyde and other permanganate reducing compounds (PRCs) from a process stream in the methanol carbonylation process for making acetic acid. The method includes the steps of forming an azeotrope to reduce the boiling point of the acetaldehyde and other PRCs to facilitate separation of the acetaldehyde and other PRCs from the process. In one embodiment the azeotrope comprises butane and acetaldehyde.

Abstract: Provided are a bicyclic fused ring such as for example, benzo[d]imidazole, benzo[d][1,2,3]triazole, or 8-oxo-8,9-dihydro-7H-purine derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a process for the preparation thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same and a use thereof, wherein the bicyclic fused ring derivative or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has an inhibitory activity against the lysyl oxidase family and can be usefully applied for preventing or treating various diseases associated with the lysyl oxidase family, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), chronic kidney disease (CKD), or liver cirrhosis.