Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a tank configured to store a liquid chemical with which a plurality of substrates are treated; a piping having an ejection port that ejects the liquid chemical or bubbles into the tank; a plurality of rods that support the plurality of substrates in the tank; and a converter that is provided in the plurality of rods or the tank and that converts vibration applied to each substrate by the liquid chemical or the bubbles ejected from the piping into rotation in one direction around a center of the substrate as a rotational axis.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for measuring the thickness, roughness, and morphology index of the mandibular cortical bone using a dental panorama image to assist in the diagnosis of osteoporosis, wherein the thickness, roughness, and morphological index of the cortical bone is measured more accurately and the diagnosis of osteoporosis can be supported more accurately. An osteoporosis diagnostic support apparatus, wherein the apparatus has a contour extraction unit adapted to extract a mandibular contour from an image of a mandibular cortical bone photographed by a photographic apparatus adapted to photograph the mandibular cortical bone and surroundings thereof, a line segment extraction unit adapted to extract line segments from the image of the mandibular cortical bone photographed by the photographic apparatus; and a cortical bone thickness calculation unit adapted to calculate a thickness of the cortical bone based on the extracted mandibular contour and line segments.

Abstract: A bracket apparatus for mounting a derailleur to a frame of a human-powered vehicle comprises a bracket body and one of a restriction member and a restriction opening. The bracket body includes a frame attachment portion configured to be attached to the frame of the human-powered vehicle and a derailleur attachment portion to which the derailleur is to be attached. The restriction member is configured to be at least partly provided in the restriction opening to restrict a rotation of the bracket body relative to the frame of the human-powered vehicle in a bracket mounting state where the bracket apparatus is mounted to the frame of the human-powered vehicle.

Abstract: A bracket apparatus for mounting a derailleur to a frame of a human-powered vehicle comprises a frame attachment portion, a derailleur attachment portion spaced apart from the frame attachment portion, and a component attachment portion spaced apart from the frame attachment portion and the derailleur attachment portion.

Abstract: A bracket apparatus for mounting a derailleur to a frame of a human-powered vehicle comprises a bracket body. The bracket body includes a frame attachment portion configured to be attached to the frame of the human-powered vehicle, a derailleur attachment portion to which the derailleur is to be attached, and a cable groove in which a cable is to be at least partly provided.

Abstract: A bicycle rear sprocket assembly comprises a plurality of sprockets and a sprocket carrier. The sprocket carrier includes at least ten internal spline teeth and a circumferentially extending non-splined portion. The at least ten internal spline teeth extend in an axial direction with respect to a rotational center axis of the bicycle rear sprocket assembly. The at least ten internal spline teeth includes a plurality of internal-spline driving surfaces. The plurality of internal-spline driving surfaces each includes a radially outermost edge, a radially innermost edge, and a radial length. The total of the radial lengths ranges from 11 mm to 14 mm. The circumferentially extending non-splined portion is disposed to be adjacent to the at least ten internal spline teeth in the axial direction and recessed from the at least ten internal spline teeth in a radial direction with respect to the rotational center axis.

Abstract: A steering apparatus includes a turning shaft movable in the vehicle widthwise direction, a pinion shaft meshed with the turning shaft, a first housing that retains therein the turning shaft and the pinion shaft, a ball screw that transmits drive force generated by a drive source to the turning shaft, and a second housing that retains therein the ball screw. A retaining portion capable of storing water is provided at an inner circumferential surface of the second housing. A lower end surface of the retaining portion is located below at least a lower end surface of the ball screw. A first end portion of the retaining portion in the axial direction of the turning shaft is located between a belt member that links the ball screw with the drive source and a rack end stopper at the drive-source side.

Abstract: A steering apparatus includes a turning shaft movable in a vehicle widthwise direction, a pinion shaft meshed with the turning shaft and a first housing that retains therein the turning shaft and the pinion shaft. An inner circumferential surface of the first housing facing with the turning shaft is provided with an inclined portion that continuously changes an internal diameter. When a portion where a tooth of the turning shaft and a tooth of the pinion shaft are meshed with each other is defined as a meshed portion, the inclined portion is formed below at least the meshed portion.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus includes a batch type cleaning unit, a holding unit, and a single-substrate type drying unit. The batch type cleaning unit simultaneously cleans a plurality of substrates in a batch process with a first liquid. The holding unit receives the cleaned substrates while still wet and then keeps a first surface of each of the substrates wet with the first liquid. The single-substrate type drying unit is configured to receive the substrates one by one from the holding unit and then dry off the substrates one by one.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a container configured to contain a substrate, and a pipe configured to supply the container with liquid to treat the substrate. The apparatus further includes an ejector including a first passage where the liquid introduced from the pipe and the liquid introduced from the container are joined and pass through, and a first opening configured to eject the liquid that has passed through the first passage. Furthermore, the first passage has an area where a sectional area of the first passage becomes large as advancing downstream in the liquid.

Abstract: A rear sprocket assembly comprises a first sprocket, a second sprocket, and at least one tooth-position maintaining member. The at least one tooth-position maintaining member is configured to maintain a relative position between a plurality of first sprocket teeth and a plurality of second sprocket teeth in a circumferential direction with respect to a rotational center axis. The at least one tooth-position maintaining member includes a fixed portion and at least one guide portion. The fixed portion is configured to be fixed to one of the first sprocket and the second sprocket. The at least one guide portion is configured to engage with the other of the first sprocket and the second sprocket such that the other of the first sprocket and the second sprocket is slidable relative to the one of the first sprocket and the second sprocket in the axial direction.

Abstract: A connector includes: an electric wire; a terminal connected to the electric wire; a housing having a housing space to house a connection portion of the electric wire and the terminal; a seal member to seal an opening portion of the housing space to isolate the connection portion housed in the housing space from an outside; and a heat storage member located in the housing space.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate processing device includes a processing tank to store a liquid and to permit a plurality of substrates to be immersed in the liquid at the same time. The device also has a holder member configured to hold the plurality of substrates while the substrates are immersed into and withdrawn from the liquid in the processing tank as well as a straightening vane configured to be positioned in the liquid above the plurality of substrates in the processing tank. The straightening vane includes vane portions extending in a vertical direction into the processing tank that have a length in the vertical direction that is greater than a cross sectional width in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the vertical direction. A bubble discharge pipe is disposed in the processing tank below the holder member. The bubble discharge pipe discharges gas into the liquid.

Abstract: An image reception unit receives a still image acquired by an endoscope system. The still image combination unit performs still image collation processing for collating an internal still image and an external still image out of the still images, combines the internal still image with the external still image on the basis of at least a result of the still image collation processing, and displays the combined internal still image and external still image on a service support display.

Abstract: A rear sprocket assembly comprises a first sprocket and a lock device. The lock device includes a first lock member and a second lock member. The first lock member includes a first axial end and a second axial end. The second lock member includes a third axial end and a fourth axial end. The third axial end is configured to be attached to the second axial end of the first lock member in an assembled state where the first sprocket and the lock device are assembled as one unit. The fourth axial end has at least one radial projection configured to abut against a first sprocket in the axial direction in the mounting state. The lock device is configured so that the first sprocket is slidable relative to the lock device in the axial direction in the assembled state and before the mounting state.

Abstract: A rear sprocket assembly comprises a first sprocket, a second sprocket, and at least one tooth-position maintaining member. The at least one tooth-position maintaining member is configured to maintain a relative position between a plurality of first sprocket teeth and a plurality of second sprocket teeth in a circumferential direction with respect to a rotational center axis. The at least one tooth-position maintaining member includes a fixed portion and at least one guide portion. The fixed portion is configured to be fixed to one of the first sprocket and the second sprocket. The at least one guide portion is configured to engage with the other of the first sprocket and the second sprocket such that the other of the first sprocket and the second sprocket is slidable relative to the one of the first sprocket and the second sprocket in the axial direction.

Abstract: A substrate processing device according to the present embodiment includes a processing tank configured to be capable of accumulating a liquid. A conveyer can array a plurality of semiconductor substrates in such a manner that front surfaces of the semiconductor substrates face a substantially horizontal direction, and transport the semiconductor substrates into the processing tank. A plurality of liquid suppliers can supply the liquid toward an inside of the processing tank from a lower portion of the processing tank. A plurality of current plates are arranged on at least either one end side or the other end side of an array of the semiconductor substrates. The current plates are provided in a first gap region above the semiconductor substrates in gaps between the conveyer and a sidewall of the processing tank on both sides of the conveyer as viewed from an array direction of the semiconductor substrates.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a chemical solution comprises a mixed acid including an inorganic acid, an oxidizing agent, a carboxylic acid, and water; and polyethyleneimine of a concentration in the chemical solution in a range of 0.05 wt % to 10 wt %.

Abstract: A sprocket support comprises at least ten internal spline teeth configured to engage with a bicycle hub assembly. The at least ten internal spline teeth of the sprocket support includes at least ten internal-spline driving surfaces. The at least ten internal-spline driving surfaces each include a radially outermost edge and a radially innermost edge. A radial length is defined from the radially outermost edge to the radially innermost edge. A total of the radial lengths of the at least ten internal-spline driving surfaces is equal to or larger than 7 mm. At least one internal-spline driving surface of the at least ten internal-spline driving surfaces has a first internal-spline-surface angle defined between the at least one internal-spline driving surface of the at least ten internal-spline driving surfaces and a first radial line. The first internal-spline-surface angle ranges from 0 degree to 10 degrees.

Abstract: A control system includes a detection device and an electronic controller. The detection device is configured to detect passenger information related to at least one passenger of a human-powered vehicle driven by a driver of the human-powered vehicle in which the at least one passenger is different from the driver. The electronic controller is configured to control at least one component of the human-powered vehicle in accordance with the passenger information.