Abstract: A method for producing a printed material includes forming a color image having an image area ratio of 20% or less on a peripheral edge portion of a recording medium by using a coloring material; providing pressure-induced phase transition particles to a region of the recording medium, the region including the peripheral edge portion; bonding the color image and the pressure-induced phase transition particles onto the recording medium; and folding the recording medium having the color image and the pressure-induced phase transition particles bonded thereon and pressure-bonding the folded recording medium, or pressure-bonding the recording medium having the color image and the pressure-induced phase transition particles bonded thereon and another recording medium placed on top of each other.

Abstract: A method of assessing a probe by measuring a known sample whose shape is known with the probe in an electronic microscope, the known sample having a projection part on a surface thereof, and the projection part having a shape tapered toward a vertex thereof, the method comprising a step of measuring circle equivalent radius of the projection part, a step of comparing the circle equivalent radius with a first threshold value, and a step of determining that the probe is satisfactory when the width is less than the first threshold value, and a step of determining that the probe is unsatisfactory when the width is equal to or greater than the first threshold value.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition capable of forming a coating film having a good appearance and design of a coating film and having coating film properties such as scratch resistance with a good balance. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film including forming a coating film using the coating composition of the present invention.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a first learning unit, a second learning unit, an evaluation unit, and an adjustment unit. The first learning unit causes a predetermined learning model to perform learning. The second learning unit causes a conversion model to perform learning, the conversion model converting an output of the predetermined learning model into a rule group described in a format that can be interpreted by a user. The evaluation unit acquires evaluation information obtained by evaluating the rule group in accordance with a predetermined standard. The adjustment unit adjusts learning processing of the predetermined learning model on the basis of the evaluation information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus (1) includes a learning unit (32), a calculation unit (33), and a presentation unit (34). The learning unit (32) learns the first model based on predetermined new data acquired from a terminal device (100) possessed by the user and the second model based on joined data obtained by joining shared data stored in advance in the storage unit (4) as additional data with the new data. The calculation unit (33) calculates the improvement degree indicating the degree of improvement in the output precision of the second model to the output of the first model. The presentation unit (34) generates predetermined presentation information based on the improvement degree calculated by the calculation unit (33).

Abstract: There is provided an information processing method, an information processing device, and a program that facilitates a security measure for a machine learning model or an API for using the machine learning model, the information processing system including one or more information processing devices controls a user interface for performing a setting related to security of a machine learning model, and generates the machine learning model corresponding to content set via the user interface. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system that generates and discloses, for example, a machine learning model or an API for using the machine learning model.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing method, an information processing device, and a program capable of improving prediction accuracy of a prediction model. An information processing system including one or more information processing devices performs training of the prediction model on the basis of prediction data used for predictive analysis using the prediction model and learning data. Furthermore, the information processing system including one or more information processing devices performs the predictive analysis on the basis of the prediction model trained on the basis of the learning data and the prediction data, and the prediction data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system that performs the predictive analysis for various services.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus (100) according to the present disclosure includes: a control unit (130) that acquires a past case including a past prediction target and an analysis data set used for predictive analysis for the prediction target, acquires data to be used for predictive analysis, extracts a prediction target in a case of performing the predictive analysis by using the data based on the data and the past case, and constructs, based on the data, a data set to be used for the predictive analysis for the extracted prediction target.

Abstract: An information processing device including: an input unit to which a first data set including a plurality of pieces of data is input; a determination unit that determines processing applied when a prediction model based on a second data set similar to the first data set is generated; and a prediction model generation unit that generates a prediction model based on the first data set by applying the processing determined by the determination unit to the first data set.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition capable of forming a coating film having a good appearance and design of a coating film and having coating film properties such as scratch resistance with a good balance. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film including forming a coating film using the coating composition of the present invention.

Abstract: To provide a sample preprocessor that can make the amount of a sample liquid after filtering accurate and raise the accuracy of subsequent measurement or the like, the sample preprocessor, where a sample liquid is filtered to capture a predetermined component on a filter, includes a connection mechanism that connects a sample container and a suction source. The sample container includes a bottle that stores a sample liquid and a cartridge that has a tubular shape, has a proximal end side attached to the bottle and, has the filter provided therein. The connection mechanism includes a suction terminal that connects a distal end side of the cartridge and the suction source and sucks the sample liquid in the sample container, and an attachment surface that the bottle is attached to and arranges the cartridge in a predetermined position relative to the suction terminal.

Abstract: The present invention is one for achieving an improvement in analysis accuracy, and a sample analyzing device that measures light emitted by introducing a reagent to a sample contained in a container to analyze the sample, and the sample analyzing device includes: a holder that holds the container; a casing that has a door for taking in/out the holder; a nozzle to/from which a pipette tip for injecting the reagent into the container can be attached/detached; a photodetector that measures the light emitted from the sample in the container supported by the holder; and a disposal box into which the pipette tip after injection is disposed of, in which the disposal box is configured to be arranged in the casing and to be taken in/out via the door.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that allow improvement of a learning data set to be facilitated. A prediction analysis section calculates an evaluation value for an evaluation data set used to evaluate a prediction model, for a predetermined number of data samples in a learning data set used for training of the prediction model, and on the basis of the evaluation value for all the data samples in the learning data set and gradients of the data samples, an advice generation section generates presentation information for presenting advice related to at least one of the data samples in the learning data set or feature amounts of the data samples. A technique according to the present disclosure can be applied to prediction of a contract price of a previously used condominium, for example.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program and an information processing system capable of executing processing that affects a database. In a case where it is instructed to conduct an A/B test that affects a database, a duplication processing unit executes processing for creating a test database by duplicating the database. In a case where it is instructed to terminate the A/B test, a write-back processing unit executes processing for writing back data of the test database to the original database. At this time, all of a plurality of pieces of data registered in the test database or a specified part of the data is selected and written back. The present technology is, for example, applied to a web system capable of conducting the A/B test.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus as a mechanism capable of more appropriately specifying reasons of prediction by a prediction model, the information processing apparatus including a control unit configured to extract a characteristic amount set from characteristic amounts included in a plurality of pieces of input data input to a prediction model configured by a non-linear model, in which an absolute value of a degree of contribution of the extracted characteristic amount set to a prediction result by the prediction model is equal to or greater than a first threshold, and an absolute value of a degree of contribution of a characteristic amount set obtained by excluding arbitrary one of the characteristic amounts from the extracted characteristic amount set to a prediction result by the prediction model is equal to or less than a second threshold.

Abstract: Proposed is a mechanism that is capable of more appropriately specifying grounds of prediction by a prediction model. An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to extract a first characteristic amount positively contributing to a prediction result by a prediction model configured by a non-linear model and a second characteristic amount negatively contributing to the prediction result, from among characteristic amounts of input data input to the prediction model.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an information processing system capable of executing processing that affects a database. In a case where it is instructed to conduct an A/B test that affects a database, a duplication processing unit executes processing for creating a test database by duplicating the database. In a case where it is instructed to terminate the A/B test, a write-back processing unit executes processing for writing back data of the test database to the original database. At this time, all of a plurality of pieces of data registered in the test database or a specified part of the data is selected and written back. The present technology is, for example, applied to a web system capable of conducting the A/B test.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are blended thermoplastic compositions comprising a polycarbonate component, a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer component, and a high rubber graft acrylonitrile-butadiene styrene copolymer or methyl (meth) acrylate-butadiene-styrene copolymer component. The resulting thermoplastic compositions can be used in the manufacture of articles requiring materials with high impact strength, good flow, flame retardancy, ductility, and improved surface appearance. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to blended thermoplastic compositions comprising at least one polycarbonate component, at least one reinforcing filler, at least one phosphorus-containing flame retardant component. The resulting thermoplastic composition can be used in the manufacture of articles requiring materials with improved flame retardancy and optical properties such as light transmittance, while retaining required modulus and impact properties.

Abstract: The present invention intends to provide an IL-6R.IL-6 fusion protein and the like in which IL-6R and IL-6 are directly linked without a linker. The IL-6 receptor.IL-6 fusion protein of the present invention has a structure in which one amino acid residue constituting IL-6 receptor and one amino acid residue constituting IL-6 are directly bonded.