Abstract: There are provided a plurality of drive circuits (103 U, 103 L) for driving respective plural switching devices constituting upper arms and lower arms, a power supply circuit for supplying a power supply to the plurality of drive circuits, and a discharge circuit for discharging a capacitor. The power supply circuit includes a first transformer (201U) for the upper arms, and a second transformer (201L) for the lower arms, which include a primary winding connected in parallel to a DC power supply. The first transformer and the second transformer include a secondary winding for supplying a power supply to the drive circuits and for supplying a power supply to a low-voltage circuit (110). Each of the first transformer and the second transformer includes a feedback winding for outputting the voltage output to the drive circuits, to a power supply control IC. The discharge circuit (120) is driven by a power supply supplied from the feedback winding.

Abstract: Since a few kilovolts of an application voltage is necessary to take in a biological sample, an EWOD electrode, for example, is destroyed, and the electrode becomes non-reusable for moving a droplet. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a biochemical cartridge usable for multiple times for taking in a biological sample by a capillary array, for example, and a biochemical analysis device using the biochemical cartridge. In order to solve the problem, the biochemical cartridge according to the present invention includes a passage through which a sample is transported, a plurality of electrodes disposed on the passage along a direction in which a sample is transported, the plurality of electrodes being provided to transport a sample, and an opening provided opposite to the plurality of electrodes disposed on a downstream side of the passage.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve cooling capability of a bus bar with a simple system. An electric system includes a motor unit including a stator and a rotor, the motor unit being cooled by a refrigerant, an inverter unit that supplies electric power to a winding of the stator, a wiring portion that transmits electric power output from the inverter unit to the motor unit, and a pipe that supplies or discharges a refrigerant to or from the motor unit. The pipe is provided at a position at which the wiring portion can exchange heat with an oily medium cooled by the pipe.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bushing including an electrical conductor comprising a terminal at a first end of the bushing. The bushing also includes an electrically insulating condenser core arranged around the conductor and defining a central longitudinal through-hole through which the conductor extends. The bushing also includes a plurality of concentric field-grading layers arranged in the condenser core, comprising an inner field-grading layer and an outer field-grading layer. The bushing also includes an electrically conductive head electrically connected with the conductor passing there through, forming a gas-tight cap of the first end of the bushing outside of the condenser core, sealingly engaging a circumferential lateral outer surface of the condenser core and sealingly engaging the conductor. The bushing also includes an electrically conductive connection between the inner field-grading layer and the head.

Abstract: Provided is a motor controller that can estimate the magnetic flux of a magnet without changing a current of an electric motor. A motor controller 1 includes a current detecting unit 15 that detects a current of an electric motor 5, a current stability determining unit 10 that determines whether or not a current detected by the current detecting unit 15 is stable, and a magnetic flux calculating unit (filters 8a to 8e, a current conversion unit 4b, a resistance calculating unit 9, a magnet magnetic flux estimating unit 11) that based on a determination made by the current stability determining unit 10 as to current stability, calculates the magnetic flux of a magnet of the electric motor 5, according to a voltage equation in a rotating coordinate system, to output the calculated magnet flux.

Abstract: A disturbance magnetic field region provided in an outer peripheral portion of a main magnetic field region of an accelerator has a peeler region in which a strength of a magnetic field decreases toward an outside, a regenerator region in which the strength of the magnetic field increases toward the outside, and a substantially flat region in which the strength of the magnetic field is larger than the strength of the magnetic field of the peeler region and smaller than the strength of the magnetic field of the regenerator region.

Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer holder, which is an embodiment, has a detachable container for containing a liquid sample, and transmits an ultrasonic wave. The ultrasonic transducer holder includes an ultrasonic transducer that emits an ultrasonic wave, and a protective layer that is fixed to the ultrasonic transducer and transmits the ultrasonic wave to the container. The protective layer includes a first surface that is a surface to which the ultrasonic transducer is fixed, and a second surface that is a back surface of the first surface and is designed to fix the container via a contact medium.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein can involve, responsive to a request of a volume requiring remote copy, checking an IO throughput setting of the volume; using network bandwidth based on the IO throughput setting of the volume; and for the use of the network bandwidth not exceeding total remote copy network resources allocated for existing volumes configured with remote copy and the volume requiring remote copy, establishing a remote copy relationship for the volume in response to the request.

Abstract: In learning processing performed before sample observation processing (steps S705 to S708), the sample observation device acquires a low-picture quality learning image under a first imaging condition for each defect position indicated by defect position information, determines an imaging count of a plurality of high-picture quality learning images associated with the low-picture quality learning image for each defect position and a plurality of imaging points based on a set value of the imaging count, acquires the plurality of high-picture quality learning images under a second imaging condition (step S702), learns a high-picture quality image estimation model using the low-picture quality learning image and the plurality of high-picture quality learning images (step S703), and adjusts a parameter related to the defect detection in the sample observation processing using the high-picture quality image estimation model (step S704).

Abstract: Adhesion between a temperature detection unit and a segment coil is improved to improve temperature following capability. A stator core, a stator winding wire configured with a plurality of connected segment coils attached to the stator core, and a temperature detection unit that is in contact with the segment coil to detect temperature are provided, and among the segment coils, a segment coil at which the temperature detection unit is disposed is disposed to protrude further than other segment coils disposed alongside.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an air flow meter capable of measuring a flow rate of air in a main passage with high accuracy even in an environment where pulsation of air in the main passage increases. The air flow meter includes a flow rate detection element, a calculation unit 121, a signal extraction unit 122, a first correction unit 123, and a coupling unit 124c. The flow rate detection element is installed in a sub-passage that takes air from the main passage and returns the air to the main passage, and outputs a detection signal DS corresponding to a flow rate of the air flowing through the sub-passage. The calculation unit 121 generates a detected flow rate Qo as an output signal corresponding to the flow rate of the air flowing through the main passage based on the detection signal DS. The signal extraction unit 122 extracts an AC component Qhpf of the detected flow rate Qo which is an output signal.

Abstract: A storage system includes a controller and one or more storage devices, and the controller can compress data in different compression units, and collectively compresses data of one or a plurality of consecutive addresses in each compression unit of the different compression units. The controller receives write data, determines whether read of data stored in the one or more storage devices is necessary for compression of the write data by a first compression unit, determines compression of the write data in the first compression unit when read is not necessary, and determines compression in the first compression unit or compression in a second compression unit smaller than the first compression unit based on a remaining endurance of rewriting of the one or more storage devices when read is necessary.

Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to identify software that is safe and determines what software can be rolled back while maintaining a high level of safety and security. A software updating device E1000 includes: software unit storage E1520 that stores a plurality of software units UX000 that include label information UX400; and an update control unit E1400 that controls software updates for a vehicular control device ECU_EX000. The label information UX400 includes at least safety-related information for the software units UX000. Upon receiving a rollback command, the update control unit E1400 selects software from the plurality of software units UX000 that has safety-related label information UX400 that is identical to safety-related label information UX400 of software installed at the vehicular control device as software to roll back.

Abstract: A power conversion device is equipped with a power module having a semiconductor device that converts DC power into AC power and a cooling passage that cools the semiconductor device, the power conversion device including a metal accommodating member a bottom surface of which is thermally connected to the cooling passage via a heat conduction member, wherein the accommodating member accommodates a plurality of smoothing capacitors for smoothing the DC power, and the plurality of smoothing capacitors are electrically connected to the semiconductor device via a DC busbar that is connected to the semiconductor device and that inputs the DC power to the semiconductor device.

Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam inspection system that can derive an optimal observation condition using an image prediction model obtained by machine learning of simulation results. The charged particle beam inspection system includes: a charged particle beam irradiation device configured to acquire an image of a sample; and an observation condition search device configured to search for an observation condition of the charged particle beam irradiation device and control image acquisition performed by the charged particle beam irradiation device.

Abstract: An automatic analysis device has a plurality of types of photometers having different quantitative ranges, and an analysis control unit for quantifying the desired component in specimens based on measurement values of one or more photometers selected from among the plurality of types of photometers. The analysis control unit: sets a switching region in an overlap region of respective quantitative ranges of the plurality of types of photometers, said switching region having a greater width than does the variation in quantitative values of the desired component based on the measurement values of photometers having the same specimen; compares the quantitative value of a quantitative range portion that corresponds to the switching region and the quantitative values of the desired component based on the measurement values of the photometers; and selects a photometer to be used in quantitative output of the desired component from among the plurality of types of photometers.

Abstract: A power conversion device capable of shortening the time required for acceleration of a motor and a metal processing device including the power conversion device are provided. Then, a power conversion device 10 includes a converter 100 configured to convert an AC voltage from outside to a DC voltage Vo and a converter controller 107 configured to control the converter 100. The converter 100 includes a voltage doubler circuit 104 configured to boost the DC voltage Vo when activated, and outputs the DC voltage Vo having a voltage value different in accordance with the activation and stop of the voltage doubler circuit 104. The converter controller 107 activates the voltage doubler circuit 104 at a first time that is earlier by a predetermined period than a second time at which a speed command value ?* of the motor 130 rises from a predetermined value.

Abstract: A delivery date answering apparatus includes: an order quota calculation and disclosure unit for calculating surplus inventory of a product in a demand forecast channel, which is a sales channel where order quantities are forecasted, using the actual inventory and a sales plan of the demand forecast channel, and transfer the surplus inventory to an orderable quota for a non-demand forecast channel, which is a sales channel where order quantities are not forecasted, and set a predetermined disclosed quota for the orderable quota; and an actual order acquisition and delivery date answering unit for determining whether the quantity of an actual order acquired in the non-demand forecast channel is within a range of the disclosed quota. When the order is within the range, answer a date when the actual order is deliverable. When the order is not within the range, answer the order is undeliverable.

Abstract: The invention is to provide a microstructural image analysis device and a microstructural image analysis method capable of quantifying the relations in a plurality of regions included in a microstructural image. There is provided a microstructural image analysis device for analyzing a microstructural image. The microstructural image analysis device includes a region processing unit that extracts a first region and a second region from the microstructural image and expands the first region and the second region, an overlapping region extraction unit that extracts an overlapping region of both the first region and the second region each time the first region and the second region are expanded, and a persistence diagram generation unit that generates a persistence diagram based on a hole region generated and eliminated due to the overlapping region.

Abstract: A shock absorber includes a tubular outer tube, a tubular inner tube, a rod, a piston, an urging member, and a guide bush. The guide bush is a ring-shaped member arranged along an inner periphery of the outer tube, abuts against a front surface and a rear surface of the inner tube to movably hold the inner tube, and is separated from left and right side surfaces of the inner tube.