Abstract: Provided is a content generation apparatus capable of reducing a processing load of generating a hash value to be registered in a blockchain in a configuration using audio data in video files. An image pickup apparatus 102 generates a video file including video data, audio data, and metadata, and generates a hash value from the audio data and the metadata. The image pickup apparatus 102 transmits the video file and the hash value to a management system 101 that registers the hash value and the metadata in a blockchain.

Abstract: A clutch hub includes oil supply holes extending therethrough to supply lubricating oil from an interior of the clutch hub toward first clutch plates and second clutch plates. An injection port to allow injection of the lubricating oil into the interior of the clutch hub is located inside of the clutch hub between the clutch hub and a rotation axis of a clutch body. The clutch hub includes an inner circumferential portion including an opposing portion opposing the injection port, and a first portion closer to a first end portion of the clutch hub than the opposing portion in a direction extending along the rotation axis. The first portion includes an inclined inner circumferential surface structured such that a radius of the clutch hub decreases toward the first end portion.

Abstract: A hydraulic clutch includes friction plates to transmit motive power, a piston movable between (i) a pressing position, at which the piston presses the friction plates for the hydraulic clutch to be engaged to transmit motive power, and (ii) a separated position, at which the piston is spaced apart from the friction plates for the hydraulic clutch to be disengaged to block motive power, the piston being movable into the pressing position in response to receiving hydraulic fluid to move the piston toward the pressing position, and a holder to (i) hold the piston at an intermediate position between the pressing position and the separated position in response to the piston coming into contact with the holder and (ii) release the piston from the intermediate position.

Abstract: A YAG sintered body has a predetermined surface where intragranular pores are exposed. On the predetermined surface, arithmetic average roughness Ra satisfies Ra?0.5 ?m, and a ratio between maximum height Rz and maximum valley depth Rv satisfies Rv/Rz?0.7. With this configuration, the predetermined surface of a processed surface is smoothed to have improved plasma resistance and exhibit a particle-suppressing effect.

Abstract: A ceramic structure includes a ceramic base member having a main face; a hole extending from the main face into the ceramic base member; a metal electrode layer embedded in the ceramic base member; a conductive member embedded in the ceramic base member so as to be electrically connected to the metal electrode layer and form a bottom of the hole; a first metal member joined to the conductive member by a brazing material and having an average linear expansion coefficient not less than the average linear expansion coefficient of the conductive member; one or a plurality of second metal members having a greater average linear expansion coefficient than the first metal member; and a metal terminal joined to the one or the plurality of second metal members and having a greater average linear expansion coefficient than each second metal member.

Abstract: A substrate supporting device having a feeder structure that enables a large number of electrodes to be successfully supplied with power. A ceramic heater 100 includes a base 10 having an upper surface as a support surface on which a substrate is supported, electrodes 20 embedded in the base 10, a base-supporting member 30 that is mounted on a lower surface of the base 10 and that is formed of a heat insulating material, and feeder rods 40 that extend through respective through-holes 35 formed in a circumferential wall 34 of the base-supporting member 30 and extending in the vertical direction and that are electrically connected to the electrodes 20.

Abstract: A ceramic member includes a voltage supply rod capable of reducing a local temperature drop of the ceramic member. The ceramic member comprises a ceramic base, a metal body disposed inside the ceramic base, and a voltage supply rod made of an electrically conductive material and having a far end portion electrically connected to the metal body. The far end portion is located at an end of the voltage supply rod in a longitudinal direction. The voltage supply rod also includes a heat-transfer reducing portion continuous with the far end portion. The heat-transfer reducing portion has thermal conductivity k2 and a cross-sectional area A2 in a cross section taken perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction. The thermal conductivity k2 and the cross-sectional area A2 satisfy a formula k2·A2<k1·A1, where k1 denotes thermal conductivity of the base end portion, and A1 denotes a cross-sectional area of the base end portion.

Abstract: An electrode embedded member includes a plate-shaped substrate made of a ceramic; an inner electrode embedded in the substrate; a terminal disposed at a position that overlaps the inner electrode in a thickness direction of the substrate and is farther than the inner electrode from the front surface of the substrate; an intermediate insulator embedded in the substrate between the inner electrode and the terminal and that is made of a ceramic; and a connection electrode disposed along an outer surface of the intermediate insulator and that connects the terminal and the inner electrode. When seen in the thickness direction of the substrate, a cutout portion is formed in the connection electrode located at least outside an overlapping region where the terminal and the connection electrode overlap. The substrate and/or the intermediate insulator penetrates the cutout portion, and thereby the substrate and the intermediate insulator are integrated with each other.

Abstract: An electrode embedded member includes a plate-shaped substrate having a front surface and a back surface and that is made of a ceramic, an inner electrode extending parallel to the front surface of the substrate and that is embedded in the substrate, a connection member extending parallel to the front surface of the substrate and that is disposed so as to overlap the inner electrode, and a terminal connected to the connection member. The electrode embedded member has a predetermined structure including at least one of the following: a first predetermined structure in which a thickness of at least a part of the connection member in a direction perpendicular to the front surface of the substrate is 0.2 mm or smaller; a second predetermined structure in which the connection member includes a cutout portion; and a third predetermined structure in which the connection member is composed of a mesh structure.

Abstract: This ceramic member 100 includes: a ceramic base body 10 having a terminal 30 embedded therein; a blind hole 11 formed in the ceramic base body 10 and causing the lower surface of the ceramic base body 10 and the terminal 30 to communicate with each other; and a connection member 40 inserted in the blind hole 11, the connection member 40 connected to the terminal 30 by means of a brazing material solidified portion 70. In the blind hole 11, the space surrounded by the inner peripheral surface of the blind hole 11 has, at least at a bottom face 11a, an enlarged portion 11b that is enlarged toward the upper side at least partially with respect to the circumferential direction, and at least a part of the brazing material solidified portion 70 is present in the enlarged portion 11b.

Abstract: A holding device includes: a plate-shaped base member defining a hole whose opening is formed at the lower face and extending toward an outer edge of the base member. A sheathed thermocouple is disposed in the hole. The hole has a first guide section that extends in a first direction, and a second guide section that extends in a second direction different from the first direction, through an intermediate guide section continuous with the first guide section, to a far end section of the hole, the sheathed thermocouple has an intermediate portion whose outer side surface is disposed closer to the opening with respect to the far end section of the hole. The outer side surface is in contact with an inner wall surface of the intermediate guide section. An end portion of the sheathed thermocouple is in contact with the far end section of the hole.

Abstract: A ceramic structure includes a ceramic base member having a main face; a hole extending from the main face into the ceramic base member; a metal electrode layer embedded in the ceramic base member; and a conductive member embedded in the ceramic base member so as to be electrically connected to the metal electrode layer and form a bottom of the hole. Further, the ceramic structure includes: a first metal member joined to the conductive member by a brazing material and having an average linear expansion coefficient not less than the average linear expansion coefficient of the conductive member; one or a plurality of second metal members having a greater average linear expansion coefficient than the first metal member; and a metal terminal joined to the one or the plurality of second metal members and having a greater average linear expansion coefficient than each second metal member.

Abstract: An electrode embedded member includes a plate-shaped substrate made of a ceramic; an inner electrode embedded in the substrate; a terminal disposed at a position that overlaps the inner electrode in a thickness direction of the substrate and is farther than the inner electrode from the front surface of the substrate; an intermediate insulator embedded in the substrate between the inner electrode and the terminal and that is made of a ceramic; and a connection electrode disposed along an outer surface of the intermediate insulator and that connects the terminal and the inner electrode. When seen in the thickness direction of the substrate, a cutout portion is formed in the connection electrode located at least outside an overlapping region where the terminal and the connection electrode overlap. The substrate and/or the intermediate insulator penetrates the cutout portion, and thereby the substrate and the intermediate insulator are integrated with each other.

Abstract: An electrode embedded member includes a plate-shaped substrate having a front surface and a back surface and that is made of a ceramic, an inner electrode extending parallel to the front surface of the substrate and that is embedded in the substrate, a connection member extending parallel to the front surface of the substrate and that is disposed so as to overlap the inner electrode, and a terminal connected to the connection member. The electrode embedded member has a predetermined structure including at least one of the following: a first predetermined structure in which a thickness of at least a part of the connection member in a direction perpendicular to the front surface of the substrate is 0.2 mm or smaller; a second predetermined structure in which the connection member includes a cutout portion; and a third predetermined structure in which the connection member is composed of a mesh structure.

Abstract: A ceramic member includes a voltage supply rod capable of reducing a local temperature drop of the ceramic member. The ceramic member comprises a ceramic base, a metal body disposed inside the ceramic base, and a voltage supply rod made of an electrically conductive material and having a far end portion electrically connected to the metal body. The far end portion is located at an end of the voltage supply rod in a longitudinal direction. The voltage supply rod also includes a heat-transfer reducing portion continuous with the far end portion. The heat-transfer reducing portion has thermal conductivity k2 and a cross-sectional area A2 in a cross section taken perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction. The thermal conductivity k2 and the cross-sectional area A2 satisfy a formula k2·A2<k1·A1, where k1 denotes thermal conductivity of the base end portion, and A1 denotes a cross-sectional area of the base end portion.

Abstract: A substrate supporting device having a feeder structure that enables a large number of electrodes to be successfully supplied with power. A ceramic heater 100 includes a base 10 having an upper surface as a support surface on which a substrate is supported, electrodes 20 embedded in the base 10, a base-supporting member 30 that is mounted on a lower surface of the base 10 and that is formed of a heat insulating material, and feeder rods 40 that extend through respective through-holes 35 formed in a circumferential wall 34 of the base-supporting member 30 and extending in the vertical direction and that are electrically connected to the electrodes 20.

Abstract: A holding device includes: a plate-shaped base member defining a hole whose opening is formed at the lower face and extending toward an outer edge of the base member. A sheathed thermocouple is disposed in the hole. The hole has a first guide section that extends in a first direction, and a second guide section that extends in a second direction different from the first direction, through an intermediate guide section continuous with the first guide section, to a far end section of the hole, the sheathed thermocouple has an intermediate portion whose outer side surface is disposed closer to the opening with respect to the far end section of the hole. The outer side surface is in contact with an inner wall surface of the intermediate guide section. An end portion of the sheathed thermocouple is in contact with the far end section of the hole.

Abstract: This ceramic member 100 includes: a ceramic base body 10 having a terminal 30 embedded therein; a blind hole 11 formed in the ceramic base body 10 and causing the lower surface of the ceramic base body 10 and the terminal 30 to communicate with each other; and a connection member 40 inserted in the blind hole 11, the connection member 40 connected to the terminal 30 by means of a brazing material solidified portion 70. In the blind hole 11, the space surrounded by the inner peripheral surface of the blind hole 11 has, at least at a bottom face 11a, an enlarged portion 11b that is enlarged toward the upper side at least partially with respect to the circumferential direction, and at least a part of the brazing material solidified portion 70 is present in the enlarged portion 11b.

Abstract: The present invention provides a medicament for preventing and/or treating cognitive impairment, in particular Alzheimer's dementia, comprising 2-methyl-2-[(4-{(1E)-3-[2-(4-methylbenzoyl)-1H-pyrrol-1-yl]prop-1-en-1-yl}benzyl)oxy]propionic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel therapeutic agent for a lifestyle-related disease or cibophobia, which is superior in controlling food intake, and a screening method therefor. More specifically, a therapeutic agent for a lifestyle-related disease containing, as an active ingredient, a substance that suppresses expression or function of GPCR that expresses in hypothalamus, clone 901, a therapeutic agent for cibophobia containing, as an active ingredient, a substance that enhances expression or function of the clone, a screening system consisting of a series of coexpression systems of clone 901 and various G proteins, and a screening method for a substance having a therapeutic activity against a lifestyle-related disease or cibophobia, which includes use of the screening system, are provided.