Abstract: A utility vehicle 100 is a vehicle, and includes a base 1, a cargo bed 2, a lift spring 3, and a lock 4. The lift spring 3 is located offset to one side with respect to the center of the cargo bed 2 in a vehicle width direction. The lock 4 includes a first lock 4A and a second lock 4B. The first lock 4A has a first striker 5A, a first hook 6A, and a lock spring 7. The second lock 4B has a second striker 5B and a second hook 6B. The second hook 6B is coupled to the first hook 6A so as to rotate integrally with the first hook 6A. When the cargo bed 2 transitions from a lifted state to a lowered state, the first hook 6A rotates in a reverse direction of a biasing direction against the elastic force of the lock spring 7 by contacting the first striker 5A, and thereafter, rotates in a forward direction which is the biasing direction by the elastic force of the lock spring 7 and is engaged with the first striker 5A.

Abstract: A method for producing a proton-containing oxide that includes reacting a basic oxide with a carboxylic acid melt having a pKa of 4 or more to introduce protons into the basic oxide to obtain a proton-containing oxide, a dense body of the proton-containing basic composite oxide, and a fuel cell, a hydrogen production cell, a hydrogen sensor, or an ammonia synthesis cell, and the method for producing the same.

Abstract: Provided is a hydrophilic porous membrane including a porous membrane and a hydroxyalkyl cellulose (preferably, hydroxypropyl cellulose) retained in the porous membrane, the hydroxyalkyl cellulose having a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000 or more and less than 110,000. The hydrophilic porous membrane of embodiments of the invention has high water permeability and can pass an integrity test in the case of being used as a filtration membrane of a filter cartridge. Also provided is a method for producing the above-mentioned hydrophilic porous membrane, the method comprising causing a hydrophilizing liquid including 0.005% to 0.500% by mass of a hydroxyalkyl cellulose having a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000 or more and less than 110,000, to permeate a porous membrane.

Abstract: Provided is a film-attached transparent substrate which has excellent light absorption capacity, is neutral both in reflected color and transmitted color, is less likely to produce a color shift depending on the angle of light incidence, and has an insulation property. A film-attached transparent substrate 1 includes: a transparent substrate 2; and an antireflection film 3 provided on one principal surface 2a of the transparent substrate 2, wherein the antireflection film 3 is a multi-layer film including one or more high-refractive index films 5 having a relatively high refractive index and one or more low-refractive index films 4 having a relatively low refractive index, at least one of the one or more low-refractive index films 4 is a light-absorbing film, and the light-absorbing film includes a dielectric phase containing a material having a band gap of not less than 2.0 eV and not more than 2.7 eV and a metallic phase.

Abstract: Provided are a laminate including, in the following order: a substrate, an adhesive layer, and a first cured liquid crystal layer that is formed by curing a liquid crystal layer containing a cholesteric liquid crystal compound, in which a storage elastic modulus E1 of the substrate at 25° C., a storage elastic modulus E2 of the adhesive layer at 25° C., and a storage elastic modulus E3 of the first cured liquid crystal layer at 25° C. satisfy E1?E3>E2, and the E2 is 1.0×105 Pa to 1.0×109 Pa; and a manufacturing method of the same, as well as a decorative film, an article, a decorative panel, and a display device that use the laminate.

Abstract: Provided is a film-covered transparent base plate having an excellent aesthetic appearance even during turn-off of a light source. A film-covered transparent base plate 1includes a transparent base plate 2 and a light-absorbing film 3 provided on one principal surface 2a of the transparent base plate 2 and the light-absorbing film 3 includes a dielectric phase made of a material having a band gap of not less than 2.0 eV and not more than 2.7 eV and a metallic phase.

Abstract: A trigger switch capable of suppressing wear of a sliding electrode part and a device including the trigger switch are provided. A trigger switch includes a front sub-brush and a rear sub-brush that, when a drive part is driven by a movement of a trigger caused by a push-in operation to the trigger, move from an on-position where they contact a front sub-electrode and a rear sub-electrode on a substrate to an off-position where they do not contact the front sub-electrode and the rear sub-electrode. As the front sub-brush and the rear sub-brush move from the on-position to the off-position, a contact between the front sub-brush and the rear sub-brush and the substrate are released.

Abstract: A buried object scanning device includes a capacitance sensor, a search image conversion processing unit, a memory unit, a display unit, an operation input unit, and a display control unit. The capacitance sensor detects a buried object. The search image conversion processing unit converts the detection result of the capacitance sensor into a search image. The memory unit stores search images and a grid layer including grid lines corresponding to a specific scale. The display unit displays the search images and the grid layer. The display control unit controls the display unit to display the search image superimposed with the grid layer and to display the search image in a state of being movable relative to the grid layer, in response to input to the operation input unit.

Abstract: Provided is a film-covered transparent base plate having an excellent aesthetic appearance even during turn-off of a light source. A film-covered transparent base plate 1 includes a transparent base plate 2 and a light-absorbing film 3 provided on one principal surface 2a of the transparent base plate 2 and the light-absorbing film 3 includes a dielectric phase made of a material having a band gap of not less than 2.0 eV and not more than 2.7 eV and a metallic phase.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a processor configured to: acquire image information that is obtained by photographing a person; track a movement of the person using the acquired image information; and grant a person who has stayed within a specific region for a predetermined period of time or longer an authority to perform a specific operation on an information processing apparatus, the specific region being set in advance.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having antiviral activity, especially having arenavirus proliferation inhibitory activity, and/or a medicament comprising the compound. More preferably, the present invention provides a compound having proliferation inhibitory activity on the Old World arenaviruses such as Luna virus, Lassa virus, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus and/or the New World arenaviruses such as Junin virus, and/or a medicament comprising the compound.

Abstract: A transport possibility determination device comprises a distance measurement unit and a control unit. The distance measurement unit acquires information about the distance to an object. The control unit determines the state of a load when the object is a transport platform on which the load has been placed, on the basis of the information about the distance to the object acquired by the distance measurement unit. The control unit determines whether or not a transportable condition, which is a condition for permitting a forklift to transport the load, is met on the basis of the determined state of the load.

Abstract: Provided are a hydrophilic porous membrane including a porous membrane and a hydroxyalkyl cellulose retained in the porous membrane, in which the average pore size differs between two surfaces of the porous membrane, the hydroxyalkyl cellulose distributed in the thickness direction of the hydrophilic porous membrane exhibits two or more peaks of detection intensity in GPC, and the weight-average molecular weight Mwmin of the peak that is detected latest among the above-mentioned peaks is less than 100,000; and a method for producing a hydrophilic porous membrane, the method including separately preparing a hydrophilizing liquid including a hydroxyalkyl cellulose having a smaller weight-average molecular weight and a hydrophilizing liquid including a hydroxyalkyl cellulose having a larger weight-average molecular weight, and applying each of the hydrophilizing liquids on two surfaces of the porous membrane or sequentially on one surface thereof.

Abstract: A switch according to one or more embodiments may include a movable unit movable in response to an operation. A drive unit is drivable in response to movement of the movable unit. The switch may include an operation-linked unit movable in response to the movement of the movable unit and an operation follower unit spaced from the operation-linked unit to move in response to movement of the operation-linked unit with a magnetic force between the operation follower unit and the operation-linked unit. At least one of the operation-linked unit or the operation follower unit is magnetic. The drive unit is drivable in response to movement of the operation follower unit. The operation follower unit accommodated in a chamber is spaced from the operation-linked unit.

Abstract: A transport possibility determination device comprises a distance measurement unit and a control unit. The distance measurement unit acquires information about the distance to an object. The control unit determines the state of a load when the object is a transport platform on which the load has been placed, on the basis of the information about the distance to the object acquired by the distance measurement unit. The control unit determines whether or not a transportable condition, which is a condition for permitting a forklift to transport the load, is met on the basis of the determined state of the load.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: if communication with a management apparatus managing the information processing apparatus failed, record a failure time and a restoration time in a storage unit of the information processing apparatus, the failure time being a time of the failure of the communication with the management apparatus, the restoration time being a time of restoration of the communication; receive a presentation instruction to present information about utilization of the information processing apparatus; if communication with the management apparatus failed before reception of the presentation instruction, transmit the failure time and the restoration time to an external storage device; and present the information about utilization of the information processing apparatus between the failure time and the restoration time, the presented information about utilization being received from the storage device.

Abstract: A trigger switch according to one or more embodiments may include a first conductive plate (movable electrode) movable in response to movement of a trigger receiving a depressing operation, and a second fixed electrode (fixed electrode) located adjacent to a movable range of the first conductive plate with a space in between. The second fixed electrode forms a capacitor together with the first conductive plate. The capacitor formed by the first conductive plate and the second fixed electrode has a capacitance that changes as the first conductive plate moves.

Abstract: Provided are a method for recovering gold, in which gold is recovered from a solution containing a gold cyano complex using a crosslinked resin containing a vinyl amine unit, by which gold can be efficiently recovered from the solution not only in a case (A) where a concentration of the gold cyano complex in the solution is low but also in a case (B) where another metal is dissolved in the solution; a method for recovering gold, in which the crosslinked resin and the solution are brought into contact with each other to separate the crosslinked resin and the solution from each other, by which gold can be efficiently recovered from the solution not only in the case (A) but also in the case (B); and a gold recovery facility comprising: a container inside which the crosslinked resin is accommodated in a flowable manner; and a device which feeds the solution to the container, by which gold can be efficiently recovered from the solution not only in the case (A) but also in the case (B).

Abstract: A porous membrane includes a polymer which includes one or more structural units selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by Formula (I) and a structural unit represented by Formula (II), in which a content of the structural unit represented by Formula (II) is 1% by mass or more and less than 10% by mass with respect to a total mass of the structural unit represented by Formula (I) and the structural unit represented by Formula (II)

Abstract: Provided are a decorative material including a pressure sensitive adhesive layer and a cholesteric liquid crystal layer in contact with the pressure sensitive adhesive layer, in which, in the cholesteric liquid crystal layer, a content of a compound having a molecular weight of 10,000 or less per unit volume of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer is less than 44 mg/cm3; and applications thereof.