Abstract: A vehicle including: an engine; an exhaust gas recirculation device including a communication pipe by which an exhaust pipe of the engine and an intake pipe of the engine communicating, and a valve that is provided in the communication pipe; and a control device configured to control the engine, to control the valve based on a target opening of the valve, to perform automatic stopping of the engine based on satisfaction of an automatic stopping condition, and to perform automatic starting of the engine based on satisfaction of an automatic starting condition. The control device is configured to prohibit automatic stopping of the engine when it is determined that foreign matter is caught in the valve through catching diagnosis which is diagnosis of whether foreign matter is caught in the valve.

Abstract: In an engine system including an engine, and an exhaust gas recirculation device including a communicating pipe that communicates an exhaust pipe of the engine with an intake pipe, and a valve provided in the communicating pipe, and an electronic control unit, and its control method, the electronic control unit estimates the pressure in the intake pipe as an estimated intake pressure, and performs a jamming diagnosis to determine whether foreign matter is stuck in the valve, by comparing an intake pressure difference between a detected intake pressure and the estimated intake pressure with a threshold value, when a diagnosis condition including an opening change condition that the target opening becomes equal to or larger than a first predetermined opening and then becomes equal to or smaller than a second predetermined opening that is smaller than the first predetermined opening is satisfied.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an imprinting method comprises forming a carbon film on a substrate. The carbon film being oxygen in an amount of less than or equal to 15% by weight. A transfer material is dispensed over the carbon film. A patterned template is brought into contact with the transfer material. The transfer material is cured with light passing through the patterned template. The patterned template is then detached from the cured transfer material.

Abstract: An imprinting method includes dispensing a first liquid on a first region of a substrate. The first liquid is a photocurable resist precursor. A second liquid is dispensed on a second region of the substrate. The second region is adjacent to and surrounding the first region. The second liquid is non-photocurable as dispensed. The first region is then irradiated with light while a patterned template is being pressed against the first liquid. The light cures the first liquid and forms a resist pattern corresponding to the patterned template. The patterned template and the substrate are then separated from each other. The second liquid is then selectively removed from the substrate while leaving the resist pattern on the substrate.

Abstract: A flow passage device includes a circulation flow passage, a swing valve provided in the circulation flow passage, an energizing part, and a lock mechanism including a lock pin. The lock pin is configured so as to hinder the swing valve from opening, and to allow the swing valve to open. The swing valve is configured so as to rotate from a first valve position to a second valve position. The lock mechanism is configured so as to set a locked state and to set an unlocked state. The lock pin is configured so as to protrude as being energized by pressure of the fluid on an upstream side of the swing valve, and to retract as being energized by pressure of the fluid on a downstream side of the swing valve.

Abstract: An imprint template includes a substrate, a resin film, and a resist-repellant layer. The resin film is provided on the substrate and has an imprint pattern therein. The resist-repellant layer is provided on a surface of the imprint pattern. The resist-repellant layer includes an inorganic element. A method for manufacturing an imprint template includes pressing a substrate against a resin film that has been solidified in a mold having a pattern therein. The resin film having an imprint pattern corresponding to the pattern is thereby transferred to the substrate. A resist-repellant layer is then formed on a surface of the imprint pattern. The resist-repellant layer includes an inorganic element.

Abstract: Provided is a brake control system that can reduce use of a mechanical braking in a railway vehicle using an automatic train control (ATC). The present disclosure is a brake control system for a railway vehicle using an ATC. The brake control system includes: a main electric motor, a main conversion device, a brake controller, and an ATC device. The main electric motor generates a braking force by converting kinetic energy of a wheel of the railway vehicle to electrical energy. The main conversion device actuates the main electric motor. The brake controller outputs a braking signal to the main conversion device. The ATC device outputs a braking command to the brake controller based on the ATC. In addition, the ATC device outputs a preliminary braking signal for energizing the main electric motor prior to output of the braking command.

Abstract: A multicolor fluorescence analysis device is provided. The device includes a first fiberoptic plate for guiding light including fluorescence emitted from a sample as a result of irradiation of excitation light and emitting the same from a first emission part. The device includes a second fiberoptic plate for receiving light emitted from the first emission part at a second incidence part, guiding the same, and emitting the same from a second emission part. The device includes a single multilayer dielectric interference film filter that is provided on an end surface of the second emission part, transmits at least a portion of the fluorescence, and transmits light of a plurality of transmission wavelength bands that do not include the excitation wavelength bands. The device includes a two-dimensional detection unit that is disposed so as to be adhered to the multilayer dielectric interference film filter.

Abstract: The method of etching a boron-doped p-type silicon wafer includes preparing an etching gas by introducing an ozone-containing gas and hydrofluoric acid mist into a chamber and mixing them; and performing gas phase decomposition of a surface layer area of a boron-doped p-type silicon wafer with a resistivity of 0.016 ?cm or less by bringing the etching gas into contact with a surface of the boron-doped p-type silicon wafer; and further includes introducing the ozone-containing gas into the chamber at a flow rate of 3,000 sccm or more; and preparing the hydrofluoric acid mist by atomizing hydrofluoric acid with a hydrofluoric acid concentration of 41 mass % or more.

Abstract: An imprint device includes a load port for receiving a substrate to be processed, a sensor that acquires information from the substrate about a film on the substrate, and a primer forming unit configured to receive the substrate from the load port. A controller is configured to select primer process conditions corresponding to the film information. The primer forming unit receives primer process conditions from the controller and forms a primer layer on the substrate over the film. The primer layer is formed according to the selected process conditions. An imprinting unit of the imprint device is configured to receive the substrate from the primer forming unit and perform imprint lithography on the substrate.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an imprinting method comprises forming a carbon film on a substrate. The carbon film being oxygen in an amount of less than or equal to 15% by weight. A transfer material is dispensed over the carbon film. A patterned template is brought into contact with the transfer material. The transfer material is cured with light passing through the patterned template. The patterned template is then detached from the cured transfer material.

Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit executes control for prohibiting stop-and-start control until a predetermined period elapses after an ignition switch is turned ON. The electronic control unit executes scene-specific electric power supply control for operating a first function group that is a specific function and stopping a function other than the first function group in accordance with a state of the vehicle at a time when the ignition switch is turned OFF. The electronic control unit sets the predetermined period during which the stop-and-start control is prohibited longer in a case where the first function group is in an operating state than in a case where the first function group is not in an operating state when the ignition switch is turned ON.

Abstract: A controller of an embodiment includes a limiter receiving an active current command initial value, limiting a maximum value of the active current command initial value with a predetermined value, and outputting a first value; a circuit to calculate a reactive current command initial value; a calculator to calculate a reactive current command adjustment value; a unit receiving the first value as an input, and calculating a reactive current upper limit value such that a composite value of the first value and the reactive current upper limit value is equal to or smaller than an input current maximum value; and a limiter to output the reactive current command adjustment value or the reactive current upper limit value, whichever is smaller. The predetermined value is a value to set the reactive current upper limit value to a value larger than zero and smaller than the input current maximum value.

Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle configured to smoothly engage an engagement device while reducing a collision noise of the engagement device. The control system is configured to apply torque to a set of teeth on one half of the engagement device to shift a phase of the set of teeth in the event of teeth interference. After the completion of engagement of the engagement device, the control system further applies torque to the set of teeth on one half of the engagement device to reduce backlash between the set of teeth on one half of the engagement device and a set of teeth on the other half of the engagement device.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electric power conversion system includes a convertor, a detector, a delay controller, and a determinator. The detector is configured to detect information related to a voltage of electric power converted by the converter. The delay controller is configured to delay a conversion operation start of the converter by a first predetermined time with respect to a supply start time at which supply of the electric power is started. The determinator is configured to perform a first determination on the basis of a detection result detected by the detector before elapse of the first predetermined time from the supply start tune, and to perform a second determination on the basis of a detection result detected by the detector after the elapse of the first predetermined time from the supply start time.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes a circulation circuit, a pump, a flow rate adjustment valve, and a controller. The flow rate adjustment valve includes a valve member that rotates to change an open degree of the flow rate adjustment valve and a stopper that moves between a restriction position and a retraction position. The controller is configured to execute, when maintaining the open degree of the flow rate adjustment, a preparatory process of moving the stopper to the restriction position after arranging the stopper at the retraction position and arranging the valve member further in the valve-closing direction than the stopper through control of the pump discharge amount.

Abstract: A flow passage device includes a circulation flow passage, a swing valve provided in the circulation flow passage, an energizing part, and a lock mechanism including a lock pin. The lock pin is configured so as to hinder the swing valve from opening, and to allow the swing valve to open. The swing valve is configured so as to rotate from a first valve position to a second valve position. The lock mechanism is configured so as to set a locked state and to set an unlocked state. The lock pin is configured so as to protrude as being energized by pressure of the fluid on an upstream side of the swing valve, and to retract as being energized by pressure of the fluid on a downstream side of the swing valve.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a pump, a radiator, a flow rate adjustment valve, a bypass passage, and a controller. The flow rate adjustment valve includes a valve member that rotates to change an open degree of the flow rate adjustment valve and a valve member biasing component that biases the valve member in a valve-closing direction in which the open degree decreases. The valve member rotates in a valve-opening direction in which the open degree increases when a pressure difference increases between positions upstream and downstream of the valve member in a flow direction of coolant in the circulation circuit and rotate in the valve-closing direction when the pressure difference decreases. The controller increases the pump discharge amount as a target radiator flow rate that is a target of an amount of coolant passing through the radiator increases.

Abstract: Provided is a method of decomposing a quartz sample, which includes contacting a liquid in which at least a part of a quartz sample to be analyzed is immersed with a gas generated from a mixed acid to decompose at least a part of the quartz sample, wherein the liquid is a liquid containing at least water; and the mixed acid is a mixed acid of hydrogen fluoride and sulfuric acid, and a mole fraction of sulfuric acid in the mixed acid ranges from 0.07 to 0.40.

Abstract: A conventional solution exchanging method in a next-generation sequencer needs a reagent amount four or more times greater than an in-flow cell flow passage volume in order to efficiently promote a chemical reaction by replacing a reagent A in the flow cell with a new reagent B. Thus, the reagent consumption amount increases, and the cost is high. Meanwhile, an analysis apparatus according to the present invention is provided with: a flow cell used for analyzing samples; a sample container for containing a sample; a reagent container for containing a reagent; and a pressure generation mechanism for feeding the sample and the reagent to the flow cell through the flow passage, and also has an atmospheric opening in the flow passage of the flow cell on the upstream side.