Abstract: A fixing device includes an endless belt, a rotatable pressing member, a pad member inside of the belt, and a sliding member held by the pad member and sliding on an inner circumferential surface of the belt in a nip. The rotatable pressing member nips and feeds a recording material in the nip in cooperation with the belt and fixes a toner image on the recording material by applying heat and pressure. The sliding member includes a base material layer on which a plurality of projections projecting toward the rotatable pressing member are formed on a side sliding with the belt and a sliding layer provided on an outer surface of the plurality of projections. A leading end of the plurality of projections is a plane and an average roughness (Ra) of the plane satisfies 0.13 ?m?Ra?1.67 ?m.

Abstract: A switching device according to an embodiment includes a switching layer disposed between a first electrode and a second electrode. The switching layer contains a material containing a first cation element Z, Te, and N. This material contains at least 5 atomic % or more of each of Z, Te, and N, and when an atomic ratio of Te is X, an atomic ratio of N is Y, an atomic ratio of Z is W, a ratio of Z2Te3 to ZN on a straight line connecting a compound of the first cation element Z with tellurium and nitride of the first cation element Z in a ternary phase diagram of Z, Te, and N is A, and a change in an N content from the Z2Te3—ZN line is B, the material has a composition satisfying X=1.2 (1?A) (0.5+B), Y=A (0.5+B), and W=1?X?Y, where ?0.06?B?0.06 is satisfied when ?>A and ¾<A, and ?0.06?B and Y?0.45 are satisfied when ??A?¾.

Abstract: A congestion prediction device, a congestion prediction method, and a storage medium are provided. A mapping outputs an output variable when input variables are input to the mapping. The output variable indicates a degree of congestion in a predetermined specific area. The mapping is learned in advance by machine learning. The input variables include congestion variables. Each of the congestion variables indicates a degree of congestion in the specific area at regular time intervals within a specific period. The output variable indicates a degree of congestion after a lapse of the regular time interval from an end time of the specific period.

Abstract: A suction method is provided as a method of performing, by using a suction collet, suction of a Fabry-Perot interference filter including a substrate and a laminated structure that is provided on the substrate and that includes a main surface facing the side opposite to the substrate, the method including a first step of arranging the suction collet so as to face the main surface, a second step of bringing the suction collet into contact with the Fabry-Perot interference filter after the first step, and a third step of suctioning the Fabry-Perot interference filter by using the suction collet after the second step.

Abstract: A filling member is interposed between pouch cells of a battery pack, the filling member has a first surface orthogonal to a thickness direction thereof and a second surface opposite to the first surface, ?d1 and ?d2 defined below satisfy formulas (1) and (2) below, respectively, ?p satisfies formula (3) below, and ?d1>?d2 holds: (1) ?d1?3.0×10?3 (m2·K)/W, (2) ?d2?8.0×10?3 (m2·K)/W, (3) 0.5 K/W??p1?1000 K/W, and (4) 0.5 K/W??p2?1000 K/W. ?d1 is heat transfer resistance when the average temperature of one of the first and second surfaces exceeds 180° C., ?d2 is heat transfer resistance when the average temperatures of the first and second surfaces both do not exceed 80° C., ?p1 is heat transfer resistance when the average temperature exceeds 180° C., ?p2 is heat transfer resistance when the average temperatures do not exceed 80° C.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a side portion and a belt layer, monofilament cords are used as reinforcing cords in the belt layer, and in a tire-radial-direction cross-section of the belt layer, an arrangement number e of monofilament cords per 5 cm in a tire width direction (cords/5 cm) and a tire cross-sectional width Wt (mm) when the tire is installed to a standardized rim and an inner pressure is set to 250 kPa satisfies the following (formula 1) and (formula 2): e/(139.5?0.3Wt)>1 ??(formula 1) e/(191.5?0.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a tread section and a belt layer, wherein monofilament cords are used as reinforcing cords in the belt layer, and an arranged number e of the monofilament cords per 5 cm in the tire-width direction (cords/5 cm) in a tire radial direction cross-section of the belt layer, and a tire cross-sectional width Wt (mm), incorporated in a standardized rim and with an internal pressure of 250 kPa, satisfies (formula 1) and (formula 2) below: e/(0.31Wt+14.35)>1??(formula 1); e/(0.31Wt+56.45)??(formula 2).

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a tread portion and a belt layer, wherein the reinforcing cords in the belt layer are composed of monofilament cords arranged in the tire width direction at least 50 cords/5 cm in the cross section of the belt layer in the tire radial direction. A pneumatic tire that is installed on a standardized rim and satisfies the following (formula 1), where Wt (mm) is the cross-sectional width of the tire and Dt (mm) is the outer diameter of the tire when the internal pressure is 250 kPa: 1500?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt??(formula 1).

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer, an oxide conductor layer disposed on the oxide semiconductor layer, a first oxide layer disposed on the oxide conductor layer and comprising vanadium oxide, and a metal wiring layer disposed on the first oxide layer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a metal oxide semiconductor contacting the first electrode and the second electrode, a gate electrode, and an insulating film disposed between the metal oxide semiconductor and the gate electrode. The metal oxide semiconductor comprises indium, zinc, and niobium.

Abstract: A fixing apparatus includes a heating rotary member and a pressing rotary member, which form a nip portion, at which a toner image is fixed to a recording material, a mixture job is a job with a mixture of recording materials including a recording material with a first grammage and a recording material with a second grammage greater than the first grammage, one of a plurality of modes is performable in the mixture job, in which a maximum value of an amount of toner on the recording material with the first grammage is greater than a maximum value of the amount of toner on the recording material with the second grammage in the first mode whereas the maximum value on the recording material with the first grammage is equal to the maximum value on the recording material with the second grammage in the second mode.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a side portion and a clinch portion, wherein: in a meridian cross section, the distance from a bead baseline to the outside portion in the width direction of the clinch portion is greater than the distance to the inside portion in the width direction; the E*S of the side portion, as measured at 70° C., a frequency of 10 Hz, an initial distortion of 5%, and a distortion rate of 1%, is less than the E*C of the clinch portion; and, formulas (1) and (2) are satisfied: 1600?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.88×105??(2) where Wt is the cross-sectional width of the tire installed on a standardized rim and filled with air to an internal pressure of 250 kPa, Dt is the outer diameter, and V is the volume of the tire.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire with which any change in steering stability between low-speed running and high-speed running is sufficiently minimized, and durability is also sufficiently improved. This pneumatic tire has a belt layer radially inward of the tread portion, wherein the ratio (tan ?/E*) of the loss tangent (tan ?) to the complex elastic modulus E*(MPa) of the rubber composition constituting the belt layer, as measured under the conditions of 70° C., frequency 10 Hz, initial distortion 5%, and dynamic distortion rate 1%, is 0.002 to 0.017 (inclusive), and the (formula 1) and (formula 2) are satisfied, where Wt (mm) is the cross-sectional width of the tire, Dt (mm) is the outside diameter, and the virtual volume V (mm3) is the volume of the space occupied by the tire, when the tire is installed on a standardized rim and the internal pressure is 250 kPa. 1700?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(formula 1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided which has sufficiently reduced rolling resistance during high-speed running and which has excellent durability. The pneumatic tire has a bead portion, carcass and tread, wherein: a bead-reinforcing layer that reinforces the bead portion from outside of the carcass is provided outside of the carcass in the tire axis direction; and the pneumatic tire satisfies (formula 1) and (formula 2) below, where Wt (mm) is the cross-sectional width of the tire when the tire installed on a standardized rim and the internal pressure is 250 kPa, Dt (mm) is the outer diameter, and the virtual volume V (mm3) is the volume of the space occupied by the tire. 1600?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(formula 1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.

Abstract: A connector pair includes a first connector, and a second connector electrically connected to the first connector. The first connector includes a first electrical contact part provided with a graphene film on a metal base material. The second connector includes a second electrical contact part electrically connected to the first connector via the graphene film. A contact area between the first electrical contact part and the second electrical contact part is smaller than an area of the graphene film coating the metal base material.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire for which rolling resistance at high speed running is sufficiently reduced and durability is sufficiently improved. The pneumatic tire has a side portion, a thickness S (mm) of a rubber layer radially outside a carcass on the side portion at the maximum tire width position is 3 mm or less, the loss tangent of the rubber layer measured under the conditions of 70° C., a frequency of 10 Hz, an initial distortion of 5%, and a dynamic distortion rate of 1% is 0.15 or less, and when the cross-sectional width of the tire is Wt (mm) and the outer diameter is Dt (mm) when installed on a regular rim and the internal pressure is 250 kPa, the volume of the space occupied by the tire is the virtual volume V (mm3), the following (formula 1) and (formula 2) are satisfied. 1700?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(formula 1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire that has reduced rolling resistance during high-speed running as well as excellent durability performance. This pneumatic tire comprises a sidewall and a clinch section in each of a pair of side sections. When the loss tangent of the sidewall is tan ?sw and the loss tangent of the clinch section is tan ?c when measured under the conditions of 70° C., a frequency of 10 Hz, an initial strain of 5%, and a dynamic strain rate of 1%, then (tan ?sw+tan ?c)?0.3 and |tan ?sw?tan ?c|?0.07. When the cross-sectional width of the tire is Wt (mm) and the external diameter is Dt (mm) when the pneumatic tire is installed on a standardized rim and internal pressure is set to 250 kPa, and if the volume of space occupied by the tire is a virtual volume V (mm3), then (formula 1) and (formula 2) are satisfied. 1700?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(formula 1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.88×105??(formula 2).

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a tread, wherein the ground contact surface of the tread is composed of at least two types of rubber compositions different in the thermal conductivity, and the following formulas (1) and (2) are satisfied: 1700?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.88×105??(2) where Wt (mm) is the cross-sectional width and Dt (mm) is the outer diameter of the tire when installed on a standardized rim and inflated to an internal pressure of 250 kPa, and V (mm3) is the virtual volume of the space occupied by the tire.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire having a sufficiently suppressed change in handling property and sufficiently improved durability. This pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion including a rubber layer, the rubber layer is formed of a rubber composition having 0.25 or less of a loss tangent (15° C. tan?) measured under such conditions as 15° C.

Abstract: A fixing device includes an endless belt, a rotatable pressing member, a pad member inside of the belt, and a sliding member held by the pad member and sliding on an inner circumferential surface of the belt in a nip. The rotatable pressing member nips and feeds a recording material in the nip in cooperation with the belt and fixes a toner image on the recording material by applying heat and pressure. The sliding member includes a base material layer on which a plurality of projections projecting toward the rotatable pressing member are formed on a side sliding with the belt and a sliding layer provided on an outer surface of the plurality of projections. A leading end of the plurality of projections is a plane and an average roughness (Ra) of the plane satisfies 0.13 ?m?Ra?1.67 ?m.