Abstract: Regarding a method of collecting a target object falling through the air by using an unmanned aerial vehicle, the method including: an information transmission step of transmitting state information of the target object falling through the air from the target object; and a collection step of capturing the target object by an unmanned aerial vehicle flying in accordance with command information generated based on the state information.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds indicated by general formula [1] and having mPGES-1 inhibitory activity, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof (in the formula, R1 and R2 each independently indicate hydrogen, halogen or substitutable alkyl, R3 indicates —SO2 R5 or —COR5, R4 indicates substitutable alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, saturated heterocyclic group or arylalkyl, and R5 indicates a substitutable alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, saturated heterocyclic group, alkynyl or arylalkyl).

Abstract: The information processing device includes a communication unit that communicates with the vehicle, a control unit that acquires reservation information including a schedule in which the user uses the vehicle and a service option selected as a function in which the user desires to use the vehicle, creates service activation information that is downloaded to the vehicle on the basis of the acquired reservation information to enable a function selected as a service option among one or more functions included in the vehicle, and transmits the created service activation information to the vehicle in accordance with the schedule via the communication unit.

Abstract: The information processing device includes a communication unit that communicates with the vehicle, a control unit that acquires reservation information including a schedule in which the user uses the vehicle and an attribute of the user, creates profile information indicating, based on the acquired reservation information, one or more setting values associated with the attribute, a setting value for setting a device included in the vehicle by being downloaded to the vehicle as a parameter value, and transmits the created profile information to the vehicle in accordance with the schedule via the communication unit.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a base material that is a tubular member and provided with a plurality of cells extending from one end face to the other end face, and a coating layer provided on a surface of a target cell that is at least one of the plurality of cells, the coating layer being formed by magnetic particles bonded to one another. The coating layer contains at least one element selected from among Si, Al, and Mg as an additional element(s). In the coating layer, the ratio of the sum of the weight fraction(s) of the additional element(s) to the sum of the weight fraction(s) of a main constituent element(s) of the magnetic particles is higher than or equal to 1.7 wt %.

Abstract: A heater element includes: a honeycomb structure including an outer peripheral wall and partition walls disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition walls defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells extending from a first end face to a second end face to form a flow path; a pair of electrode layers provided on the outer peripheral wall and the partition walls on the first end face and the second end face; and terminals capable of electrically connecting the electrode layers to a conducting wire. At least a part of each of the electrode layers has an extending portion extending outwardly from an outer edge of each of the first end face and the second end face. Each of the terminals is connected to the extending portion and disposed to face a side surface of the honeycomb structure.

Abstract: A composite sintered body includes a base material that includes ceramic as a main component, and an electrode arranged inside the base material or on a surface of the base material. The electrode contains W and ZrO2.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a chamber having a container including at least one substrate-heating region and at least one substrate-cooling region; a heating mechanism configured to heat a first substrate in the at least one substrate-heating region; a cooling mechanism configured to cool a second substrate in the at least one substrate-cooling region while the first substrate is being heated; and a partition provided in the container and configured to separate the at least one substrate-heating region and the at least one substrate-cooling region from each other in terms of heat and pressure.

Abstract: A heater element for heating a vehicle interior includes: a honeycomb structure comprising: an outer peripheral wall; and a partition wall disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition wall defining a plurality of cells each forming a flow path from a first end face to a second end face, the outer peripheral wall and the partition wall comprising a material having a PTC property; and a pair of electrodes provided on the first end face and the second end face. Each of the first end face and the second end face of the honeycomb structure is rectangular. The heater element for heating the vehicle interior further includes a pair of connectors, each of the connectors being connected to the electrode from one short side of each of the first end face and the second end face.

Abstract: A composite sintered body includes a base material that contains Al2O3 as a main component, and an electrode arranged inside or on a surface of the base material. The electrode contains Ru, ZrO2, and Al2O3.

Abstract: A heater element includes: a honeycomb structure having an outer peripheral wall and partition walls disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition walls defining a plurality of cells each forming a flow path from a first end face to a second end face, the outer peripheral wall and the partition walls made of a material having a PTC property; and a pair of electrode layers provided on a surface of the outer peripheral wall. The honeycomb structure has a shape having a long axis and a short axis in a cross section orthogonal to a central axis.

Abstract: A ceramic body mainly based on BaTiO3-based crystalline particles in which a part of Ba is substituted with at least one rare earth element and at least one alkaline earth metal element. The ceramic body contains from 1.0 to 8.0% by mass of Ba6Ti17O40 crystalline particles. The BaTiO3-based crystal particles have a substituted amount of one mol of the Ba with the alkaline earth metal element of 0.01 to 0.10 mol.

Abstract: Provided is a composition containing a polymer obtained by polymerizing a water-soluble unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer in the presence of a water-soluble sucrose allyl ether, with a low pH and a high viscosity. More specifically, provided is a composition containing (A) a polymer obtained by polymerizing a water-soluble unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer in the presence of a water-soluble sucrose allyl ether, (B) a polymer obtained by polymerizing at least acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid in the presence of pentaerythritol allyl ether, wherein the amount of the pentaerythritol allyl ether is 0.1 parts by mass or more per 100 parts by mass of the acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid, and water, the composition having a pH of 5.2 or lower and a viscosity of 1000 mPa·s or higher.

Abstract: A image forming apparatus includes a power control unit, an operation mode control unit, and a first timer. The power control unit performs control so as to switch between a normal power state for supplying the operation power supply voltage to the image forming unit, a first power saving state for not supplying the operation power supply voltage to the image forming unit, and a second power saving state having less power consumption than the first power saving state. The operation mode control unit performs control so as to switch a normal mode corresponding to a normal power state, a first power saving mode corresponding to a first power saving state, and a second power saving mode corresponding to a second power saving state.

Abstract: A heater element with a functional material-containing layer includes: a honeycomb structure including an outer peripheral wall and partition walls disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition walls defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells extending from a first end face to a second end face to form a flow path, at least the partition walls being made of a material having a PTC property; a pair of electrodes provided on the first end face and the second end face of the honeycomb structure; and a functional material-containing layer provided on a surface of the partition walls.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a dense composite material includes titanium silicide in an amount of 43 to 63 mass %; silicon carbide in an amount less than the mass percentage of the titanium silicide; and titanium carbide in an amount less than the mass percentage of the titanium silicide. In the dense composite material, a maximum value of interparticle distances of the silicon carbide is 40 ?m or less, a standard deviation of the interparticle distances is 10 or less, and an open porosity of the dense composite material is 1% or less.

Abstract: A image forming apparatus includes a power control unit, an operation mode control unit, and a first timer. The power control unit performs control so as to switch between a normal power state for supplying the operation power supply voltage to the image forming unit, a first power saving state for not supplying the operation power supply voltage to the image forming unit, and a second power saving state having less power consumption than the first power saving state. The operation mode control unit performs control so as to switch a normal mode corresponding to a normal power state, a first power saving mode corresponding to a first power saving state, and a second power saving mode corresponding to a second power saving state.

Abstract: Provided is a battery-charging device that uses a full-bridge rectifier circuit in which each arm is composed of MOSFET as a circuit that rectifies an output of a magnet-type AC generator. The charging device comprises: an ON/OFF state establishment means that, on the basis of a polarity of a potential of each input terminal of the rectifier circuit, establishes ON/OFF state to be assumed by each MOSFET of the rectifier circuit when a battery is charged; a during-charging FET control means that performs control which matches the state of each MOSFET of the rectifier circuit with the state established by the ON/OFF state establishment means when the battery is charged; a short-circuit control means that performs short-circuit control which causes short-circuiting between output terminals of the generator when battery charging is paused; and a FET OFF means that generates a FET OFF time period in which all of the MOSFETs of the rectifier circuit assume an OFF state in a fixed cycle.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus for processing a substrate includes: a processing container in which the substrate is accommodated; a stage provided in an interior of the processing container and configured to place the substrate thereon; a partition wall provided in the interior of the processing container and surrounding an outer circumference of the stage; an inner gas supplier configured to supply a first gas to an inner side of the partition wall; and an outer gas supplier configured to supply a second gas to an outer side of the partition wall in the interior of the processing container.

Abstract: Provided is a viscous emulsion composition that contains a relatively high concentration of a carboxyl-group-containing water-soluble copolymer but is not so viscous as to lose handleability.