Abstract: A magnetic gear embedded rotating electric machine control device, which controls voltage applied to a stator winding of a rotating electric machine having a magnetic gear therein so that an output from the rotating electric machine follows an output command, includes: a damping command generator which generates a damping command using an angle between a stator and a high-speed rotor of the rotating electric machine detected by an angle detector; a first adder which adds the damping command to the output command, to generate a corrected output command; and an output controller which controls an output generated by the rotating electric machine, in accordance with the corrected output command.

Abstract: A sensor includes a first substrate including at least a first pixel. The first pixel includes an avalanche photodiode to convert incident light into electric charge and includes an anode and a cathode. The cathode is in a well region of the first substrate. The first pixel includes an isolation region that isolates the well region from at least a second pixel that is adjacent to the first pixel. The first pixel includes a hole accumulation region between the isolation region and the well region. The hole accumulation region is electrically connected to the anode.

Abstract: A transmission cooling assembly of a helicopter includes: a transmission including a speed change structure that changes the speed of rotation produced by rotational power input from a prime mover and outputs the resulting rotational power and a housing accommodating the speed change structure; a cowl covering at least a part of an outer surface of the housing, with a gap defined between the cowl and the outer surface; and a flow structure that allows external air to flow through the gap.

Abstract: Proposed are a highly available information processing system and information processing method capable of withstanding a failure in units of sites. A redundancy group including a plurality of the storage controllers installed in different sites is formed, and the redundancy group includes an active state storage controller which processes data, and a standby state storage controller which takes over processing of the data if a failure occurs in the active state storage controller, and the active state storage controller executes processing of storing the data from a host application installed in the same site in the storage device installed in that site, and storing redundant data for restoring data stored in a storage device of a same site in the storage device installed in another site where a standby state storage controller of a same redundancy group is installed.

Abstract: An ultrafine bubble-containing liquid producing apparatus and method enables preventing ultrafine bubbles over a long period of operation by, based on a predetermined condition, switching between a first mode where a liquid between an ultrafine bubble generating unit and a storing chamber is circulated at a first flow velocity and a second mode where the liquid is circulated at a second flow velocity higher than the first flow velocity.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for an ultra fine bubble containing liquid includes an ultra fine bubble generating unit to generate ultra fine bubbles in a liquid, a circulation path, a circulating unit, a blocking unit, and a control unit. The ultra fine bubble generating unit, the circulating unit, and the blocking unit are in the circulation path and the circulating unit circulates the liquid through the circulation path. The blocking unit switches between closing and opening of the circulation path. The control unit controls the ultra fine bubble generating unit, the circulating unit, and the blocking unit and alternately executes a first mode in which, with the blocking unit open, the ultra fine bubble generating unit is driven while the circulating unit is being driven, and a second mode in which, with the blocking unit closed and the ultra fine bubble generating unit stopped, the circulating unit is driven.

Abstract: In a vehicle drive system, in at least either of a case where a first ECU receives a collision detection signal or a case where an interlock line is disconnected, the first ECU controls a relay such that electrical connection between a battery and a motor device is disconnected. The motor device includes an electric motor for traveling, a PCU, a second ECU, and a backup power supply. The PCU includes one or more capacitors. When the interlock line is disconnected, the second ECU is activated by electric power supplied from the backup power supply activated along with the disconnection. Under the condition that the second ECU does not receive, from the first ECU, a discharge command to discharge residual charge or that a determination that a collision occurs is made, the second ECU controls the PCU such that the PCU executes a discharge control.

Abstract: A polarized light irradiation device of the present disclosure has: a light source unit which continuously emits polarized light; a light shaping unit which shapes the polarized light emitted from the light source unit into a preset shape to irradiate an irradiation target object with the shaped polarized light; a transport mechanism which transports the irradiation target object relative to the light source unit; and an interlocking mechanism which periodically and continuously changes a direction of linearly polarized light applied to the irradiation target object or an azimuthal angle of elliptically polarized light applied to the irradiation target object according to an amount of transport of the irradiation target object relative to the light source unit by the transport mechanism.

Abstract: An internal meshing type gear device includes: an internal gear; and an external gear that meshes with the internal gear, in which, when a straight line passing through an external gear center and an internal gear center is defined as a gear center line, a pitch point between the external gear and the internal gear is positioned radially inside an external tooth tip circle and an internal tooth tip circle, an intersection point between a normal line to a contact point locus between the external gear and the internal gear and the gear center line is positioned between the pitch point and the external gear center, and the contact point locus is positioned in a meshing region between the external and internal tooth tip circles within an angle range in which an angle centered on the pitch point from the gear center line is 0 to ?/2 [rad].

Abstract: Uniform, rigid, spherical nanoporous calcium phosphate particles that define an internal space and an amount of active agent present in the internal space are provided. Also provided are topical delivery compositions that include the active agent loaded particles, as well as methods of making the particles and topical compositions. The particles and compositions thereof find use in a variety of different applications, including active agent delivery applications.

Abstract: Provided are a reflective sheet including a cholesteric liquid crystal layer and having excellent reflection wavelength range, diffuse reflectivity, reflectivity, hardness, and scratch resistance; and a transfer film for a reflective sheet that is used for the reflective sheet. The reflective sheet includes a substrate, an adhesive layer, a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, and a hard coat layer in this order, in which in a cross-section of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer observed, at least a part of bright portions and dark portions has a flapping structure, the cholesteric liquid crystal layer has a pitch gradient structure in which a helical pitch changes in a thickness direction, and the helical pitch on the adhesive layer side is larger than that on the hard coat layer side.

Abstract: A compound storage system including: a storage box having a plurality of storage devices; and a plurality of servers capable of executing one or more virtual machines. The storage box stores a logical volume. The virtual machines executable by the server include an application VM and a controller VM. When a predetermined situation occurs in which an application VM of a migration source server is migrated to a predetermined migration destination server, at least one processor of the one or more servers in the compound storage system migrates the application VM to the migration destination server, and migrates a control right of a logical volume used by the application VM to a controller VM of the migration destination server.

Abstract: To develop a novel administration method of a fucoidan-containing hair-growing agent and to provide a means for exerting excellent effects of a fucoidan. A hair-growing agent of the present invention is characterized in that it is composed of a combination of a fucoidan-containing microneedle and a fucoidan-containing liniment. A base of the fucoidan-containing microneedle is preferably a biosoluble polymer. A hair-growing method of the present invention is characterized in that the fucoidan-containing microneedle and the fucoidan-containing liniment are concomitantly used.

Abstract: A robot joint structure includes a first robot member, a second robot member, and a speed reducer incorporated in a joint portion that connects the first robot member and the second robot member to each other. The speed reducer includes an external gear, an internal gear that meshes with the external gear, and a fixing member that is provided so as to be non-rotatable relative to the internal gear and is fixed to the first robot member. The fixing member is fixed to the first robot member by bringing an inner peripheral surface of the first robot member and an outer peripheral surface of the fixing member into pressure contact with each other by fastening using a first fastening member. At least a part of an axial range of the first fastening member does not overlap internal teeth of the internal gear when viewed in a radial direction.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a gear including an intermediate product forming process of solidifying a fluid material to form a gear intermediate product, and a tooth forming process of cutting the gear intermediate product to form teeth.

Abstract: In a multi controller storage system, hardware and software are updated without interruption. The storage system including a node has storage control units each including a processor, a memory, and a port; and a storage drive, and the storage control units each request data access and transmit and receive data with respect to a host computer via the ports. The processors process input and output data from the host computer, the memories store the control information in order to access the data stored in the storage drive, and the storage system transmits the control information stored in the memories to another node, stores the control information in the memories of the storage control units, and sets ports of the other node in consideration of a relationship between the storage control units and the ports of the nodes, if the other node can access data relating to the control information.

Abstract: A storage system includes: a storage drive having a storage medium storing a data; and a plurality of storage control units having a processor, a memory, and a port to process the data input and output to and from the storage drive, in which information related to a list of the storage control units mounted on the storage system and a maximum number of the storage control units that can be mounted on the storage system is allowed to be stored, and in which, when the storage control unit is replaced, it is determined whether the configuration to be migrated from the storage control unit to be reduced to the storage control unit to be added is migrated directly or via another storage control unit based on the number of the mounted storage control units and the maximum number of the storage control units that can be mounted.

Abstract: A distributed storage system includes one or a plurality of storage units including a plurality of physical storage devices, and a plurality of computers connected to the one or plurality of storage units via a communication network. When receiving a write request for a logical volume, the computer writes write data corresponding to the write request and redundant data for making the write data redundant in a plurality of physical storage devices of the storage unit in a distributed manner, and collectively controls writing of a journal of write data for managing a write history of the write data and a journal of redundant data for managing a write history of the redundant data.

Abstract: A virtual storage system according to an aspect of the present invention includes multiple storage systems each including: a storage controller that accepts a read/write request for reading or writing from and to a logical volume; and multiple storage devices. The storage system defines a pool that manages the storage device capable of allocating any of storage areas to the logical volume, and manages the capacity (pool capacity) of the storage areas belonging to the pool, and the capacity (pool available capacity) of unused storage areas in the pool. Furthermore, the storage system calculates the total value of the pool available capacities of the storage systems included in the virtual storage system, and provides the server with the total value as the pool available capacity of the virtual storage system.

Abstract: Provided is a reflective sheet that includes a reflective layer having a wide reflection wavelength range, excellent diffusion reflection properties, and inconspicuous defects. The reflective sheet includes a plurality of reflective layers that are laminated, the reflective layers being obtained by immobilizing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, in a cross-section of the reflective layer observed with a scanning electron microscope, at least a part of bright portions and dark portions derived from the cholesteric liquid crystalline phase has a flapping structure, a helical pitch in one or more reflective layers changes in a thickness direction, and a thickness of a reflective layer that is formed on a surface other than a surface of the reflective layer is less than those of other reflective layers.