Abstract: A metal wire, which is one of a tungsten wire and a tungsten alloy wire, includes alkali metal on the surface thereof. The amount of alkali metal is at most 2.0 ?g per 1 g of the metal wire.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a tank including a chamber configured to store liquid to be supplied to a recording head that ejects the liquid and a filling port from which the liquid is injected into the chamber, and an injection auxiliary member configured to assist injecting of the liquid into the chamber from the filling port, the injection auxiliary member including a first and a second flow channels each defined by a first or a second upper end portion that opens toward outside of the tank and a first or a second lower end portion that opens toward inside of the tank, wherein the second flow channel has an expansion portion arranged in a middle portion between the second upper end portion and the second lower end portion and configured to form a step to expand a cross-sectional area.

Abstract: A film forming apparatus for forming a metal oxide film on a substrate, includes: a substrate support part configured to support the substrate; a heating mechanism configured to heat the substrate supported by the substrate support part; a processing container in which the substrate support part is provided; a holder configured to hold a metal material target inside the processing container and connected to a power source; a gas supply part configured to supply an oxygen gas into the processing container; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to control the heating mechanism, the power source, and the gas supply part so as to execute alternately and repeatedly: forming a predetermined film on the substrate inside the processing container by reactive sputtering in a metal mode; and forming a target metal oxide film by causing the predetermined film to react with an oxygen gas inside the processing container.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multicellular construct that includes cells and a scaffold. The scaffold is constituted by a layered composite that comprises a gelatin nonwoven containing gelatin as a main component, and a gelatin film containing gelatin as a main component and layered on one surface of the gelatin nonwoven, and the cells are present in at least one of a region on the surface of the gelatin nonwoven and a region inside the nonwoven. The multicellular construct can be produced by arranging the scaffold in a swollen state inside the culture vessel whose inner surface is in the dry state such that the gelatin film of the scaffold is in contact with the inner bottom surface of the culture vessel, dripping a cell suspension onto the gelatin nonwoven of the scaffold, and then culturing the cells.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus for performing plasma processing on a substrate includes: a plasma generator configured to generate plasma in a processing container; a support structure configured to mount the substrate on a tilted mounting surface in the processing container and rotatably support the substrate; a first slit plate made of quartz and provided between the plasma generator and the support structure, the first slit plate having first slits formed in the first slit plate; and a second slit plate made of quartz and provided between the plasma generator and the support structure and below the first slit plate, the second slit plate having second slits formed in the second slit plate, wherein the first slits are staggered from adjacent ones of the second slits in a reverse direction of a tilting direction of the mounting surface.

Abstract: A learning apparatus (500) according to the present invention includes a detection unit (510) that detects, as a candidate region of a learning target, a region detected by one of first detection processing of detecting an object region from a predetermined image and second detection processing of detecting a change region from background image information and the image, and not detected by the other, an output unit (520) that outputs at least a part of the candidate region as a labeling target, and a learning unit (530) that learns a model for performing the first detection processing or a model for performing the second detection processing by using the labeled candidate region as learning data.

Abstract: A driving apparatus that outputs a drive signal for driving, per row, a plurality of pixels arranged to form a plurality of rows, the driving apparatus comprising a plurality of row driving units arranged to correspond to the respective rows, wherein each of the row driving units includes: a memory unit that holds a signal for controlling the pixels in a corresponding row to be set to a charge accumulation state or a reset state; and a selection unit that selects whether to cause a state of the signal held in the memory unit to transition when a signal for readout from the pixels is input.

Abstract: A management server according to the present invention comprises: a position confirmation unit which confirms a via point of a vehicle and the position of the vehicle; an objective function determination unit which determines an objective function; a vehicle assessment unit which assesses for each of a plurality of vehicles whether the vehicle is a moving vehicle that is currently moving or is scheduled to move or a stopped vehicle that is currently stopped, on the basis of information collected from the plurality of vehicles; and a computation allocation determination unit which determines that a computational process for planning a route for a moving vehicle moving by consuming energy supplied to a drive source from an energy storage unit is to be allocated to a stopped vehicle able to compute the objective function, and which, via a server-side communication unit, directs a controller of the stopped vehicle to perform the computation.

Abstract: Provided is a titanium-containing quartz glass having excellent UV absorption. The quartz glass absorbs ultraviolet rays having a wavelength of 250 nm or less, ozone generation-related adverse effects on the human body, are prevented, a decrease in transmittance of the quartz glass in the range from near-ultraviolet to visible light due to being colored when irradiated with ultraviolet rays does not occur, absorption build-up or lamp burst-inducing deformation build-up, which is caused by a structural change in the quartz glass that occurs in the range of 200-300 nm when irradiated with ultraviolet rays, is suppressed, and a decrease in transmittance at intended wavelength ranges does not occur even when exposed to ultraviolet rays. The titanium-containing quartz glass having excellent UV absorption is colorless, wherein the average concentration of titanium is 10-500 ppm, the concentration of OH group is 10-350 ppm.

Abstract: A film forming apparatus includes a processing container, a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate inside the processing container, a cathode unit disposed above the substrate holder, and a gas introducing mechanism configured to introduce a plasma generating gas into the processing container. The cathode unit includes a target, a power supply configured to supply electric power to the target, a magnet provided on a rear side of the target, and a magnet driving part configured to drive the magnet. The magnet driving part includes an oscillation driver configured to oscillate the magnet along the target, and a perpendicular driver configured to drive the magnet in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the target independently of driving performed by the oscillation driver. Sputtered particles are deposited on the substrate by magnetron sputtering.

Abstract: A technique capable of detecting harmful behavior such as power harassment, sexual harassment, or bullying in work environment to support handling is provided. A harmful behavior detecting system includes a computer that executes observation and detection regarding harmful behavior including power harassment, sexual harassment, and bullying among people in work environment. The computer obtains voice data into which voice around a target person is inputted; obtains voice information containing words and emotion information from the voice data; and obtains data such as vital data, date and time, or a location of the target person. The computer uses five elements including words and an emotion of the other person, words, an emotion, and vital data of the target person to calculate an index value regarding the harmful behavior; estimate a state of the harmful behavior based on the index value; and output handling data for handling the harmful behavior in accordance with the estimated state.

Abstract: A tungsten wire contains tungsten or a tungsten alloy. An average width of surface crystal grains in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the tungsten wire is at most 76 nm. The tungsten wire has a tensile of at least 4800 MPa, and a diameter of at most 100 ?m.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission has a variator (4) structured to be able to continuously vary a transmission ratio and a control unit (100). The control unit (100) continuously varies a transmission ratio of the variator (4) in a continuously variable shift mode. In a manual mode in which a manual mode switch (36c) is ON, the transmission ratio is maintained. When a shift switch (36a, 36b) is operated by a driver during the manual mode, the control unit (100) performs shift of the variator (4) so as to change an input rotation speed of the variator (4) by a predetermined rotation speed (?N1) regardless of a vehicle speed.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus includes an analog-to-digital conversion unit, a determination unit including a comparator, and a data calculation unit that performs calculation. The data calculation unit generates a first calculation result by performing calculation including processing for averaging a first digital signal and a second digital signal or processing for adding the first and second digital signals. The data calculation unit generates a second calculation result based on a difference between the first digital signal and first noise digital data. The data calculation unit switches whether to output the first calculation result or output the second calculation result, based on a comparison result of the comparator.

Abstract: Provided is a control device for an internal combustion engine, which can control an injection amount of water injected into each cylinder of the internal combustion engine to a minimum injection amount that allows knock to be suppressed for each cylinder. Therefore, in a control device 1 that controls water supply valves 35 (water supply devices) that supply water into each of combustion chambers of a plurality of cylinders R (cylinders R1 to R3 in the embodiment) of an internal combustion engine 100, the control device 1 includes a water supply amount calculation unit 2 that calculates a supply amount of water supplied to each of the combustion chambers of the plurality of cylinders R1 to R3 for each cylinder, and a water supply control unit 3 that controls the water supply valves 35 based on the supply amount of water calculated by the water supply amount calculation unit 2 for each cylinder.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus includes an analog-to-digital conversion unit, a determination unit including a comparator, and a data calculation unit that performs calculation. The data calculation unit generates a first calculation result by performing calculation including processing for averaging a first digital signal and a second digital signal or processing for adding the first and second digital signals. The data calculation unit generates a second calculation result based on a difference between the first digital signal and first noise digital data. The data calculation unit switches whether to output the first calculation result or output the second calculation result, based on a comparison result of the comparator.

Abstract: A quartz glass plate has a quartz glass plate body and a quartz glass member adhered to the quartz glass plate body through an adhesive layer, where the adhesive layer contains silica, and a sum of concentrations of Li, Na, and K ions, being alkali metal ions and Ca ions, being alkaline earth metal ions contained in the adhesive layer is 10 ppm by mass or less. Consequently, a step with a uniform thickness can be formed, and a quartz glass plate is not easily damaged by irradiation with a light containing an ultraviolet ray.

Abstract: Provided is a control device for an internal combustion engine, which can control an injection amount of water injected into each cylinder of the internal combustion engine to a minimum injection amount that allows knock to be suppressed for each cylinder. Therefore, in a control device 1 that controls water supply valves 35 (water supply devices) that supply water into each of combustion chambers of a plurality of cylinders R (cylinders R1 to R3 in the embodiment) of an internal combustion engine 100, the control device 1 includes a water supply amount calculation unit 2 that calculates a supply amount of water supplied to each of the combustion chambers of the plurality of cylinders R1 to R3 for each cylinder, and a water supply control unit 3 that controls the water supply valves 35 based on the supply amount of water calculated by the water supply amount calculation unit 2 for each cylinder.

Abstract: A driving apparatus that outputs a drive signal for driving, per row, a plurality of pixels arranged to form a plurality of rows, the driving apparatus comprising a plurality of row driving units arranged to correspond to the respective rows, wherein each of the row driving units includes: a memory unit that holds a signal for controlling the pixels in a corresponding row to be set to a charge accumulation state or a reset state; and a selection unit that selects whether to cause a state of the signal held in the memory unit to transition when a signal for readout from the pixels is input.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission has a variator (4) structured to be able to continuously vary a transmission ratio and a control unit (100). The control unit (100) continuously varies a transmission ratio of the variator (4) in a continuously variable shift mode. In a manual mode in which a manual mode switch (36c) is ON, the transmission ratio is maintained. When a shift switch (36a, 36b) is operated by a driver during the manual mode, the control unit (100) performs shift of the variator (4) so as to change an input rotation speed of the variator (4) by a predetermined rotation speed (?N1) regardless of a vehicle speed.