Abstract: This disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for thermally cycling a sample. Particular embodiments comprise a first pivot arm configured to pivot around a first pivot axis; a second pivot arm configured to pivot around a second pivot axis; a first thermal mass and a second thermal mass coupled to the first pivot arm; and a third thermal mass and a fourth thermal mass coupled to the second pivot arm, wherein the first and third thermal masses are proximal to the sample when the first and second pivot arms are in a first position, and the second and fourth thermal masses are proximal to the sample when the first and second pivot arms are in a second position.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a machine tool control device with which chips can be reliably divided and discharged, and with which damage to a tool can be suppressed by reducing shock when the tool cuts into a workpiece.

Abstract: An optical communication equipment performs optical communication between a first apparatus and a second apparatus. The optical communication equipment includes a monitoring section configured to monitor a light amount during optical communication, and a control device configured to output predetermined information when the light amount is less than a first threshold value and shut off communication between the first and second apparatuses when the light amount is less than a second threshold value lower than the first threshold value.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a liquid storage configured to store an aerosol generating material; a first residual amount detection sensor and a second residual amount detection sensor respectively arranged on a first inner surface and a second inner surface that face each other among inner surfaces of the liquid storage; a third residual amount detection sensor and a fourth residual amount detection sensor respectively arranged on a third inner surface and a fourth inner surface of the liquid storage that face each other and are different from the first inner surface and the second inner surface of the liquid storage; and a controller configured to measure a remaining amount of the aerosol generating material based on a first detected value output by the first residual amount detection sensor and a second detected value output by the second residual amount detection sensor.

Abstract: There is provided an inorganic solid electrolyte-containing inorganic solid electrolyte-containing composition, a dispersion medium, and a polymer binder, where a component constituting the polymer binder contains a soluble polymer having a combination of specific functional groups or partial structures. There are also provided a sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery and an all-solid state secondary battery, in which this inorganic solid electrolyte-containing composition is used, as well as manufacturing methods for a sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, and an all-solid state secondary battery.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a first image by capturing a subject at a first distance, and extracting, from a registered biological information group that includes biological information of a plurality of registrants, a first biological information group that contains biological information of a first person detected from the first image; and a collation unit that collates biological information of a second person detected from a second image obtained by capturing the subject at a second distance, which is shorter than the distance to the subject in the first image with the biological information included in the first biological information group.

Abstract: Provided is a sealing method that uses a photo-curable sealant sheet. The sealing method provided comprises, in the following order, a step of obtaining a photo-curable sealant sheet, a step of subj ecting the sealant sheet to photoirradiation, and a step of applying the sealant sheet to a target object.

Abstract: An electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device according to the present disclosure comprises a processing circuit, which is configured to: determine a credit value of a user equipment according to the channel quality of the user equipment and interference caused by the user equipment to other user equipments in a predetermined range; and determine, according to the credit value of the user equipment, whether to limit the usage of a spectrum of the user equipment. By means of the electronic device, the wireless communication method, and the computer-readable storage medium of the present disclosure, a spectrum usage behavior of a user equipment during a spectrum sharing process can be quantitatively evaluated, so as to manage and control a behavior of the user equipment in a streamlined manner, reduce inter-user-equipment interference, and improve the total utility of a system.

Abstract: Disclosed is a control apparatus for an electric power generation system. The electric power generation system is configured to generate electric power and thereby charge a secondary battery that is an electric power source of a motor included in an electric drive system. The electric drive system further includes an inverter circuit for driving the motor and a power transmission unit for transmitting electric power from the secondary battery to the inverter circuit. The control apparatus includes a temperature acquisition unit and a power generation control unit. The temperature acquisition unit is configured to acquire a temperature of the power transmission unit. The power generation control unit is configured to control the electric power generation system to generate electric power and thereby charge the secondary battery when the temperature of the power transmission unit acquired by the temperature acquisition unit is higher than or equal to a predetermined threshold temperature.

Abstract: A method of transmitting data by a communications device in a wireless communications network is disclosed. The method comprises determining an amount of uplink data to be transmitted by the communications device to the wireless communications network, and either transitioning to a connected state if the determined amount of the uplink data is greater than a first threshold (Y3) or, if the determined amount of the uplink data is less than the first threshold (Y3) selecting a random access preamble from one of a plurality of groups of random access preambles, selecting modulation and coding for transmitting the uplink data, and transmitting a random access message on a wireless access interface to the wireless communications network as part of a random access procedure.

Abstract: A method for producing a formed product using a resin composition including a plurality of raw materials, in which the content of raw materials in the resin composition is measured in real time, the method comprising the steps of: supplying each of the plurality of raw materials to an extruder; melt-kneading the plurality of raw materials in the extruder to prepare a resin composition; and irradiating the prepared resin composition with radiation and calculating the content of the raw material in the resin composition based on the results of detection of the radiation transmitted through the resin composition.

Abstract: A processor for supporting secure memory intent is disclosed. The processor of the disclosure includes a memory execution unit to access memory and a processor core coupled to the memory execution unit. The processor core is to receive a request to access a convertible page of the memory. In response to the request, the processor core to determine an intent for the convertible page in view of a page table entry (PTE) corresponding to the convertible page. The intent indicates whether the convertible page is to be accessed as at least one of a secure page or a non-secure page.

Abstract: A tire having excellent wet grip performance and low rolling resistance is provided. This tire is a tire obtained by using a rubber composition that includes a rubber component containing a rubber having an isoprene structure and an aminoalkoxysilane-modified styrene-butadiene rubber having an amount of bonded styrene of 15% or less; a filler containing a silica having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (BET method) of 130 m2/g or more and less than 330 m2/g, the amount of the filler being 40 to 125 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component; and a hydrogenated resin having a softening point of higher than 110° C. and having a weight average molecular weight as converted to polystyrene of 200 to 1200 g/mol, the amount of the hydrogenated resin being 5 to 50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

Abstract: A light source device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first light source section that emits light in a first wavelength region; a wavelength conversion section that is disposed on an optical path of the light in the first wavelength region, and is excited by the light in the first wavelength region emitted from the first light source section to emit light in a second wavelength region different from the first wavelength region; a polarization separation element that is disposed between the first light source section and the wavelength conversion section, and separates incident light on the basis of polarization; and a color separation element that is disposed between the first light source section and the polarization separation element, and separates incident light on the basis of a wavelength region.

Abstract: A component mounting program for mounting a component on a board, the component mounting program being configured to identify whether a component supplied from a tape feeder on the component mounting program is a component supplied from a sequential taped component or a component supplied from a taped component other than the sequential taped component.

Abstract: A controller and an operation control method for electrolysis stack module powered by a renewable energy power generation device and an electrolysis system using the same, the controller being configured to control power supply by receiving the power supply from a renewable energy generator and distributing the power supply to n (n?2) electrolysis stacks, wherein, the controller is configured to determine whether or not to drive each electrolysis stack according to stack driving conditions, no less than two, determined on the basis of a preset minimum amount of operating power supply for each electrolysis stack, and the stack driving conditions are ranges of an amount of the power supply in which on/off of the electrolysis stacks is predetermined, and the controller is configured to control driving of the electrolysis stacks according to the stack driving conditions corresponding to the amount of supplied power from the renewable energy generator.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is disclosed. The aerosol-generating device includes a first container accommodating an aerosol-generating substance, a heater heating the aerosol-generating substance, a second container configured to be rotatable and including chambers, a rotation detection sensor sensing rotation of the second container, and a controller. The controller determines any one of the chambers to be an application chamber through which an aerosol passes based on a signal received from the rotation detection sensor, and determines usage of a chamber determined to be the application chamber. The heater is heated to a first temperature or higher when the usage is equal to or greater than a first reference and less than a second reference, and is heated to a second temperature or higher when the usage is equal to or greater than the second reference and less than a third reference. The second temperature is higher than the first temperature.

Abstract: An integrated circuit package comprising one or more electronic component(s); a first substrate including a first surface and a second surface of the first substrate; and a second substrate including a first surface and a second surface of the second substrate. The first substrate including a first first-substrate cavity on the first surface of the first substrate. The second substrate includes a first second-substrate cavity on the first surface of the second substrate. The second surface of the first substrate and the second surface of the second substrate is located between the first surface of the first substrate and the first surface of the second substrate; or the first surface of the first substrate and the first surface of the second substrate is located between the second surface of the first substrate and the second surface of the second substrate.

Abstract: A turbine includes: a turbine blade wheel housed in a housing unit; two turbine scroll flow paths wound radially outward with respect to the turbine blade wheel and connected at positions different from each other in a circumferential direction in an outer circumferential portion of the housing unit; and two scroll outlets each communicating one of the two turbine scroll flow paths with the housing unit, the two scroll outlets formed along the circumferential direction, at least one of the two scroll outlets having a height distribution in which a height in an axial direction is lower than a surrounding height at at least one of an upstream end or a downstream end.

Abstract: A 3D image-capturing device that includes at least one camera that acquires a 2D image and distance information of an object, a monitor that displays the 2D image acquired by the camera, and at least one processor including hardware. The processor acquires a first area for which the distance information is not required in the 2D image displayed on the monitor, and sets an image-capturing condition so that the amount of distance information acquired by the camera in the acquired first area is less than or equal to a prescribed first threshold and the amount of distance information acquired by the camera in a second area, which is at least part of an area other than the first area, is greater than a prescribed second threshold that is larger than the first threshold.