Abstract: A terminal includes a communication unit configured to perform communication based on half-duplex frequency division duplex; and a control unit configured to perform a first process and a second process, the first process being performed to determine a signal to receive or a signal to transmit when a downlink signal and an uplink signal overlap in a time domain during the communication, and the second process being performed to determine the signal to transmit when a plurality of uplink signals overlap in the time domain during the communication. In this terminal, the control unit determines whether to perform the first process or the second process first, and the communication unit receives or transmits a signal that is obtained based on a result of performing at least one of the first process and the second process.

Abstract: Processors, systems and methods are provided for thread level parallel processing. A processor may include a sequencer configured to: decode instructions that include scalar instructions and vector instructions, execute decoded scalar instructions, and package decoded vector instructions as configurations. The processor may further include a plurality of columns of vector processing units coupled to the sequencer. The plurality of columns of vector processing units may include a plurality of processing elements (PEs) and each of the PEs may include a plurality of Arithmetic Logic Units (ALUs). The sequencer may be configured to send the configurations to the plurality of columns of vector processing units.

Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a control section that determines a first control resource set (CORESET) to be preferentially monitored out of a plurality of CORESETs, based on a rule; and a receiving section that, when monitoring occasions of the first CORESET having one or more transmission configuration indication states (TCI states) and a second CORESET having one or more TCI states overlap, controls monitoring of a downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the second CORESET, based on the one or more TCI states of the first CORESET and the one or more TCI states of the second CORESET. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, collision of a plurality of downlink control channels can be appropriately addressed.

Abstract: A solid-state image sensor according to the present disclosure includes a first semiconductor substrate having a photoelectric conversion element and a second semiconductor substrate facing the first semiconductor substrate with an insulating film interposed therebetween, in which the second semiconductor substrate has an amplification transistor that amplifies an electrical signal output from the photoelectric conversion element on a first main surface (MSa), has a region having a resistance lower than a resistance of the second semiconductor substrate on a second main surface (MSb) opposite to the first main surface (MSa), and is grounded via the region.

Abstract: A Ni-plated steel sheet according to one aspect of the present invention includes a base steel sheet; and a Ni plating layer provided on a surface of the base steel sheet, wherein the Ni plating layer includes a Ni—Fe alloy layer formed on the surface of the base steel sheet, and a ratio of a Sn content to a Ni content in the Ni plating layer is 0.0005% to 0.10%.

Abstract: A discharge circuit for a power supply circuit for a motor is configured to discharge a capacitor provided in the power supply circuit. The discharge circuit includes a first voltage detector detecting a voltage inputted to a primary side of the power supply circuit, a second voltage detector detecting a voltage on the secondary side, and a discharge resistance provided in parallel with the power supply circuit on the secondary side of the power supply circuit. A power supply control means performs discharge control when a voltage detected by the second voltage detector exceeds a regenerative determination value and, in a case that a voltage on the primary side detected by the first voltage detector becomes lower than a power failure determination value, the power supply control means performs the discharge control after a lapse of a time period required for a stop operation of the industrial robot.

Abstract: A ball joint includes: a ball stud including a stud portion having one end portion connected to a structural member and another end portion, to which a ball portion is integrally joined; a housing made of metal and configured to support the ball portion to allow swinging and rotating movement of the ball portion; and a ball seat made of plastic and interposed between the housing and the ball portion. The ball seat includes a plurality of protrusions jutting out from the ball seat and inserted into a plurality of through holes formed in a bottom portion of the housing. The protrusions having pierced through the through holes are staked at their distal portions. The protrusion of the ball seat has a large diameter portion, whose diameter is larger than an inner diameter of the through hole, at its proximal portion proximal from the distal portion thereof.

Abstract: A stapler includes a handle unit connected to a driver unit by a transmission shaft portion provided between a fulcrum shaft portion and a driver, and configured to move the driver unit; a camshaft provided to a clincher unit; a cam groove portion provided to the handle unit, configured to permit the camshaft to enter, and having one open end portion to enable to the camshaft to be inserted/pulled out; a guide convex portion provided to the clincher unit, and a guide concave portion provided to the handle unit and configured to restrict a movement path of the handle unit with respect to the clincher unit.

Abstract: An endoscope includes: an objective optical system including a lens, allowing light from an imaging subject to be incident on a distal end surface, and focusing the light onto an image-capturing surface of an image-capturing element; an elongated light guide provided adjacent to a side of the system and guiding illumination light to be emitted from a distal end; and an optically transparent distal end cover disposed at a position where the distal end of the guide is covered, wherein the distal end surface is located farther forward than the distal end of the guide, a notched portion is provided at a distal-end outer edge of a side surface of the system, the side surface being adjacent to the guide, so that the system is narrower toward a front side from the distal end of the guide, and the cover is provided so as to bulge toward the notched portion.

Abstract: A terminal is disclosed that includes a transmitter that performs uplink (UL) transmission without a UL grant using a resource configured by higher layer signaling, a receiver that receives retransmission command information, which indicates a retransmission command for the UL transmission, and a processor that controls a resource used for retransmission of the UL transmission by units of symbols based on the retransmission command information. In other aspects, a base station and a radio communication method for a terminal are disclosed.

Abstract: An HMI control device is configured to control an HMI device mounted in a vehicle, which is capable of performing an autonomous driving as a first task. The HMI control device is configured to: acquire a possible duration for the autonomous driving; and present, by the HMI device, a second task that an occupant on a driver's seat is able to start executing during the autonomous driving based on the possible duration acquired by the time acquisition unit.

Abstract: A method for producing a cysteine knot protein, the method including: producing the cysteine knot protein by culturing a transformed mammalian cell containing a gene encoding the cysteine knot protein and a gene encoding an exogenous chaperone protein in a protein production medium; and collecting the produced cysteine knot protein, wherein the chaperone protein includes one or more selected from the group consisting of HSP90?, HSP90?, CDC37, HSP70, HSP40, HSP60, HSP10, HSP110, and HSP27.

Abstract: An operation management apparatus is configured to operate a vehicle by automated driving. The operation management apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire precipitation data indicating the amount of precipitation forecasted to fall during a time period that lasts until operation of the vehicle is completed, perform, using the acquired precipitation data as an input, a determination process to determine an occurrence state of puddles for each of a plurality of candidate links connecting a first node and a second node included in a route along which the vehicle is scheduled to travel, and select a link, from among the candidate links, based on a determination result of the occurrence state of the puddles and determine, as an operation route for the vehicle, a route constituted of the selected link.

Abstract: A terminal comprises a control unit that applies a target subcarrier spacing lower than a specific subcarrier spacing in a target frequency band, the target frequency band includes at least a prat of a specific frequency range defined with the specific subcarrier spacing as a minimum subcarrier spacing or a frequency band lower than the specific frequency range, wherein the control unit applies a method different from an initial access method related to the specific subcarrier spacing, for at least a part of an initial access method related to the target subcarrier spacing.

Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives a first synchronization signal in a first band; and a control section that simultaneously uses, when a notification indicating presence of a second synchronization signal in a second band is received, the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal for at least one of synchronization, reception quality measurement, and radio link quality monitoring. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately use resources according to capability.

Abstract: A pump device includes an electric motor including a motor rotor, a stator including a stator coil, and a rotation shaft, a pump including a pump rotor connected to one axial side of the rotation shaft, and a pump housing that houses the pump rotor, a motor housing that has a bottomed tubular shape with a side portion to which the stator is internally fixed and a bottom portion provided on the other axial side of the rotation shaft, and that houses the motor rotor, a board on which a driver configured to drive the electric motor is mounted, and provided on an outer surface side of the bottom portion of the motor housing, and a busbar that electrically connects the driver and the stator coil, and that is visibly exposed to an outside at least in part when viewed from an outer side of the motor housing.

Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives one or more channel state information (CSI) report configurations including a configuration of a reference signal of a serving cell and a configuration of a reference signal of a non-serving cell; and a control section that controls transmission of a CSI report including a reference signal received power in layer 3 (L3-RSRP), based on the one or more CSI report configurations. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, appropriate CSI reporting for a non-serving cell can be performed.

Abstract: A terminal receives downlink control information for the downlink data channel. The terminal performs scheduling of the downlink data channel in data distribution for multiple terminals based on specific downlink control information separate from the downlink control information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody or a fragment thereof that specifically binds to tetranor-PGDM.

Abstract: A terminal comprises: a control unit that performs, when a base station configures a broader carrier bandwidth wider than a maximum carrier bandwidth supported by the terminal, a communication capable of using a second number of frequency resource larger than a first number of frequency resource, the first number of frequency resource is available by the base station on an assumption that the terminal uses the broader carrier bandwidth.