Abstract: An elemental analysis device includes a heating furnace in which a test sample that is placed in a crucible is heated so that a sample gas is generated from the test sample, an inflow path through which a carrier gas is introduced into the heating furnace, an outflow path through which a mixture gas made up of the carrier gas and the sample gas is led out from the heating furnace, a dust filter that is provided on the outflow path, an analysis mechanism that is provided on the outflow path on a downstream side from the dust filter, and that detects one or a plurality of predetermined components contained in the mixture gas, and a cleaning gas supply mechanism that supplies cleaning gas to the dust filter in an opposite direction from a direction in which the mixture gas is flowing.

Abstract: A power management system including a management apparatus configured to assign divided computation processing constituting at least a part of predetermined computation processing to a distributed computing device placed in a facility, wherein the management apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a message including an information element indicating a type of a power source configured to identify electrical power allowed as electrical power to be used by the distributed computing device, and a controller configured to perform assignment processing to assign the divided computation processing to the distributed computing device based on the type of the power source.

Abstract: A ferry controlling system for controlling a ferry in a marina where a watercraft of a user is moored and stored includes a controller and a storage. The storage stores identification information identifying the user, first location information regarding a first location where a ferry is docked/undocked, and second location information regarding a second location on the water where the watercraft of the user is moored and stored. Upon receiving the identification information, the controller is configured or programmed to allow driving of the ferry and set the second location as a destination of the ferry based on the second location information.

Abstract: A nitride contains zinc and a group 4 element. The group 4 element contained in the nitride is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of titanium and zirconium. A content of zinc in the nitride is expressed as [Zn] atomic %. A total content of the group 4 element in the nitride is expressed as [M] atomic %. In the nitride, [M]/([Zn]+[M]) is more than 20% and less than 50%.

Abstract: A system for co-owning a watercraft having a unique watercraft ID includes a computer configured or programmed to obtain and store information regarding co-owning the watercraft, and a communication module having a unique communication module ID. The communication module is attachable to the watercraft and operable to communicate with the computer and store information regarding the watercraft. The computer is configured or programmed to store the watercraft ID and the communication module ID in association with each other, to communicate with communication terminals used by co-owners of the watercraft, and provide one of the communication terminals with the information regarding the watercraft received from the communication module in response to a request from the one of the communication terminals.

Abstract: A communication device includes a target locating unit configured to locate a position of a target having a risk of approaching a moving body. The communication device includes a transmission unit configured to transmit request information including positional information of an external terminal, for which the positional information is requested, based on the position of the target located by the target locating unit. The communication device includes a reception unit configured to receive response information with respect to the request information. The transmission unit is configured to transmit warning information based on the positional information of the external terminal included in the response information.

Abstract: A communication system includes a vehicle including a control device configured to store a control program, a terminal configured to give a notification about predetermined information, and a server configured to communicate with the vehicle and the terminal. The server is configured to transmit update data for the control program. The processor is configured to reduce a data amount of information to be transmitted to the terminal about a transmission status of the update data when the server transmits the update data to the vehicle via the terminal, as compared to a data amount of information to be transmitted to the terminal about the transmission status when the server transmits the update data to the vehicle without intermediation of the terminal.

Abstract: An elemental analysis device includes a first electrode and a second electrode between which a crucible MP containing a sample is nipped, and that heats the sample. The second electrode includes a second electrode main body that has a tip end having a substantially cylindrical shape, a second electrode tip, a cap that nips the second electrode tip between the cap and the second electrode main body such that a part of the second electrode tip is exposed to an outside, and a second screwing structure that includes a male thread and a female thread provided between the second electrode main body and the cap, and the second screwing structure further includes a purge groove that extends in a pitch direction and that is provided as a cutout provided to a part of crests of a thread of at least one of the male thread and the female thread.

Abstract: A watercraft share-ride system includes a cloud server, an owner terminal, and a user terminal. The owner terminal provides first share-ride condition information of an owner to the cloud server. The user terminal provides second share-ride condition information of a user to the cloud server. The cloud server provides watercraft information of the owner to the user terminal when the first share-ride condition information and the second share-ride condition information match. The cloud server acquires share-ride request information corresponding to the watercraft information when the watercraft information is selected by the user terminal.

Abstract: A power management system including a management apparatus configured to assign divided computation processing constituting at least a part of predetermined computation processing to a distributed computing device placed in a facility, wherein the management apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a message including an information element indicating executability of computation processing by the distributed computing device, and a controller configured to perform assignment processing configured to assign the divided computation processing to the distributed computing device based on the executability of the computation processing.

Abstract: In a preparation step, raw material milk is prepared. In a lactose degradation step, at least part of lactose included in the prepared raw material milk is degraded using a lactose-degrading enzyme. The lactose concentration in the raw material milk in which lactose is degraded is not more than 2.5% by mass with respect to a total amount of the raw material milk. A lactic acid bacterium is added to the raw material milk in which at least part of lactose is degraded, and the raw material milk to which the lactic acid bacterium is added is fermented.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a powdered oil and/or fat containing highly unsaturated fatty acids with suppressed generation of off-flavors over time due to oxidation, to provide a method for producing the powdered oil and/or fat, and to provide a method for suppressing generation of off-flavors over time due to oxidation in the powdered oil and/or fat containing highly unsaturated fatty acids. The present inventors have found that, in the production of a powdered oil and/or fat containing highly unsaturated fatty acids, by dissolving a predetermined vegetable protein material in an outermost layer aqueous phase in a W/O/W double emulsified state and spray-drying an emulsified liquid in the double emulsified state, the powdered oil and/or fat containing highly unsaturated fatty acids with suppressed generation of off-flavors over time due to oxidation can be obtained and have completed the present invention.

Abstract: A sensor unit is disposed outside a lamp housing of a vehicle to detect information in an outside area of the vehicle. An actuator is configured to be able to change at least one of a position and a posture of the sensor unit with respect to the lamp housing. A processor is configured to control an operation of the actuator.

Abstract: A selection unit configured to select, when receiving a first request in which a first power amount requested to be supplied and a timing when the first power amount is needed are specified, a group with a supply characteristic that enables power supply at the timing, among a plurality of groups into which a plurality of power supply sources are classified in accordance with power supply characteristics, and a request unit configured to transmit, to each of one or more of the power supply sources classified into the group selected by the selection unit or a device that controls power supply of the power supply source, a second request in which a second power amount to be supplied by the power supply source and the timing are specified.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new method for producing a lens to be fitted to an eye in a simple manner at a low cost. In order to achieve the aforementioned object, the present invention provides a method for producing a lens to be fitted to an eye, including the step of: hydrophilizing a surface of a polymer lens by reacting with a compound radical, wherein the compound radical is a radical containing one element selected from the group consisting of Group 15 elements and Group 16 elements, and a Group 17 element.

Abstract: A position locating system to determine relative position information between a marine vessel and a trailer includes a first GNSS receiver located on one of a marine vessel and a trailer to receive a positioning signal from a positioning satellite, a second GNSS receiver located on the other of the marine vessel and the trailer to receive the positioning signal from the positioning satellite, a registering unit to register a current position of the trailer based on the positioning signal received by the first GNSS receiver when the trailer is stationary, a direction obtaining unit to obtain a direction of the marine vessel, a generating unit to generate correction information in real time based on the current position and the positioning signal received from the positioning satellite by the first GNSS receiver, and a position locator to determine relative position information between the marine vessel and the trailer.

Abstract: A management device that includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein: the memory is configured to store communication information corresponding to versions of a protocol of a digital key that implements a key operation of a vehicle from a terminal registered at the vehicle; and the processor is configured to, in response to receiving a communication request in accordance with a predetermined version of the communication information from the terminal, delete communication information corresponding to a version preceding the predetermined version from the memory.

Abstract: A system for flushing a cooling water pathway in a marine propulsion device includes a water control device, an electric power control device, a data communication module, and a controller. The controller controls the water control device to supply the water from a water source to the cooling water pathway to flush the cooling water pathway. The controller controls the electric power control device to supply electric power to the marine propulsion device during the flushing. The controller determines whether to end the flushing or not. When it is determined to end the flushing, the controller controls the electric power control device to stop the supply of electric power to the marine propulsion device, and controls the data communication module to notify the end of the flushing to a terminal of a user of the marine propulsion device.

Abstract: OTA master mounted on the vehicle is configured as an in-vehicle device that manages updating of the software of the vehicle. The OTA master determines whether user consent is necessary based on the type of software. Then, when determining that user consent is necessary, the OTA master makes an inquiry to the user as to whether to execute a process for the update of the software.

Abstract: A watercraft running system includes a propulsion device, a steering device, a course changing operator, a port-side attitude control plate and a starboard-side attitude control plate, a port-side actuator and a starboard-side actuator, and a controller. The controller is operable in a first control mode in which the steering device is controlled according to the operation of the course changing operator and a second control mode in which the port-side actuator and the starboard-side actuator are controlled according to the operation of the course changing operator. The controller is configured or programmed to prohibit shifting from the first control mode to the second control mode if the steering position of the steering device is not a neutral position, and to permit the shift from the first control mode to the second control mode if the steering position is the neutral position.