Abstract: A continuous administration device configured to be indwelled in a living body for sustained release of a substance to be administered, the continuous administration device including: a cylindrical main body portion having an inner cavity; a plug slidable in the inner cavity in a liquid-tight manner; a pressing portion disposed on an upstream side with respect to the plug and configured to press the plug toward a downstream side; the substance to be administered, which is stored in the inner cavity on the downstream side with respect to the plug and released into the living body by the plug sliding toward the downstream side; and a sliding solid coating layer that reduces initial sliding resistance and normal sliding resistance of the plug, on at least one of an outer surface of the plug or a region where the plug slides in the inner cavity.

Abstract: A dispersion of the present disclosure includes a polyester functioning as a dispersant, water, a dispersoid, and a solvent, the polyester has a carboxy group which forms no ester bond and a sulfo group, and the solvent includes a polyol having a log P of ?2.0 to 0.0. In the polyester, a rate of a content of a monomer having the carboxy group to a content of a monomer having the sulfo group is preferably 50% to 200% on a molar basis.

Abstract: A dispersion of the present disclosure includes a polyester functioning as a dispersant, water, and a dispersoid, and the polyester includes, as a monomer component, a first monomer having an aromatic ring on a side chain and a second monomer having at least one selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group which forms no ester bond and a sulfo group. A content of the first monomer with respect to all monomers forming the polyester is preferably 25 to 75 percent by mole.

Abstract: A compound having a chain structure consisting of an aromatic ring group, an ether oxygen atom, a methylene group, an aromatic ring group, a methylene group, an ether oxygen atom, and an aromatic ring group bonded in an order, wherein a hydroxymethyl group is bonded to a carbon atom of the aromatic ring group disposed at a first end of the chain structure, and one end group selected from a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an amide group, and a carboxyl group is bonded to a carbon atom of the aromatic ring group disposed at a second end of the chain structure.

Abstract: A solid-state battery negative electrode of the present disclosure includes a negative electrode active material layer, the negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material and a solid electrolyte. The negative electrode active material in the negative electrode active material layer has an average aspect ratio of more than 0.5. The negative electrode active material has an average elastic modulus of 370 MPa or less. A solid-state battery of the present disclosure includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a solid electrolyte layer provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode is the solid-state battery negative electrode.

Abstract: A metal magnetic powder includes Co as a main component, and the metal magnetic powder includes metal nanoparticles having a mean particle size (D50) of 1 nm or more and 100 nm or less. Each of the metal nanoparticles includes hcp-Co as a main phase, and the metal magnetic powder includes at least one amphoteric metal.

Abstract: A metal magnetic powder contains Co as a main component, and the metal magnetic powder includes metal nanoparticles having a mean particle size (D50) of 1 nm or more and 100 nm or less. Each of the metal nanoparticles includes hcp-Co as a main phase, and the metal magnetic powder includes fcc-Co and/or ?-Co as a sub-phase.

Abstract: A startup control device for adjusting a startup schedule during startup of a power generation plant, the device includes: a determining unit which determines, on the basis of a predicted value of a physical quantity corresponding to the elapsed time from startup when the power generation plant has started up on the basis of a prescribed optimal startup schedule, and an observed value of the physical quantity acquired during the startup of the power generation plant, whether the observed value will exceed the predicted value. The device also includes a speed adjusting unit which, if the determining unit determines that the observed value will exceed the predicted value, issues an instruction to decelerate the speed of progress of elapsed time from the startup in the optimal startup schedule; and a startup timer which progresses the elapsed time from the startup at a speed based on the instruction.

Abstract: A resin composition and a molded article. The resin composition contains a fluororesin and boron nitride particles, the fluororesin being present in an amount of 35 to 70% by mass and the boron nitride particles being present in an amount of 30 to 65% by mass, each relative to the resin composition, the resin composition having a melt flow rate of 5.0 g/10 min or more.

Abstract: Rotating machinery is evaluated by calculating a boundary condition based on a measured value of a parameter related to an operating state of the rotating machinery, and calculating an evaluation value corresponding to the calculated boundary condition based on the reduced order model, during operation of the rotating machinery. The reduced order model is created based on a prediction model including a heat transfer model and a structural model of the rotating machinery for predicting an evaluation value of the rotating machinery corresponding to the boundary condition.

Abstract: An information processing is provided. An acquisition unit acquires, from a server that accumulates vehicle information, the vehicle information including a trouble code stored by a control device of a vehicle, a status about an event to be identified by the trouble code, and date and time information associated with the trouble code and the status. A generation unit generates display data for displaying a sequence of a trouble in the vehicle, based on the vehicle information that has been acquired by the acquisition unit. A display control unit causes a display device to display the display data that has been generated by the generation unit.

Abstract: A sliding member (10) includes a base material (12), a porous sintered layer (14) provided on the base material (12), and a resin layer (16) impregnated into the porous sintered layer (14) and provided on the porous sintered layer (14). In the porous sintered layer (14), a porosity decreases from a second surface (S2) opposite to a first surface (S1) closer to the base material, toward the first surface (S1), the first surface and the second surface each being one of end surfaces in the thickness direction, and a decrease rate of the porosity in the thickness direction (Z) in a first region (E1) occupying 50% or more of the thickness of the porous sintered layer (14) from the second surface (S2) toward the first surface (S1) is larger than a decrease rate of the porosity in the thickness direction (Z) in a second region (E2) other than the first region (E1) in the porous sintered layer (14).

Abstract: A method for detecting emitted light from a display screen with a simple configuration and procedure without changing the position of the sensor. A method for detecting emitted light from a display screen of a display apparatus, including: a placement step of placing a photometric part including an optical sensor and a light guide member on a front surface side of the display screen, and a detection step of turning on any area of the display screen, guiding the emitted light from the area to the optical sensor by the light guide member, and detecting the emitted light with the optical sensor without changing the position of the optical sensor.

Abstract: A control parameter optimization device is provided with: a plant model configured to calculate a control command value by a control device and a process quantity of a plant; a control parameter updating unit configured to update a control parameter used for calculating the control command value in the plant model, on the basis of an objective function calculated based on a calculation result of the process quantity in the plant model; and a structural model configured to calculate a clearance between a stationary member and a rotating member in the rotating machine, on the basis of the process quantity from the plant model. The control parameter updating unit is configured to search for an optimal control parameter within a range where the clearance calculated by the structural model satisfies a constraint condition.

Abstract: A memory includes first and second lines. A cell-array comprises memory cells located to intersection regions between the first and second lines. A controller applies a voltage to the memory cells via the first and second lines. The cell-array comprises a first area used for reading or writing of data in a normal operation, and a second area storing predetermined data used for adjustment of the controller. The controller writes first logical data into the first area by applying a first voltage thereto and writes second logical data by applying a second voltage smaller than the first voltage, in the normal operation. The controller applies a third voltage to both first cells storing the first logical data and second cells storing the second logical data in the second area and then reads the predetermined data, after power-on and before starting the normal operation.

Abstract: A lead vehicle (1) in an adaptive cruise control system that non-mechanically connects a following vehicle (2) to the lead vehicle (1) sequentially and that causes the following vehicle (2) to follow its immediately preceding vehicle calculates vehicle velocity limit (V1max) for limiting a velocity of the lead vehicle (1) based on maximum allowable vehicle velocity (V2max) of the following vehicle (2), maximum allowable vehicle velocity (V2max) satisfying a turning performance of the following vehicle (2), and controls a brake apparatus and a drive apparatus such that the velocity of the lead vehicle (1) will not exceed vehicle velocity limit (V1max).

Abstract: A mask includes a main body part, a pair of ear straps, and a support part. The main body part covers a wearer's mouth and has an upper end fixing point where an upper end part of each of the ear straps is fixed, and a lower end fixing point where a lower end part of each of the ear straps is fixed. The pair of ear straps are provided on both the left and right sides of the main body part, and are hooked on the wearer's ears. The support part is provided in the main body part, and supports one location of an intermediate part of each of the ear straps. The support part is located in a top region between the upper end fixing point and an upper end of the main body part, with respect to the vertical direction of the main body part.

Abstract: A resin composition containing: a melt-fabricable fluororesin containing at least one functional group selected from a carbonyl group-containing group and a hydroxy group; at least one fluorine-free resin selected from a liquid crystal polymer, a polyarylene sulfide, and an aromatic polyether ketone; and particulate boron nitride, wherein the particulate boron nitride is contained in an amount of 30 to 65% by volume.

Abstract: A piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer having a perovskite structure including lead, zirconium, and titanium, and an electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer is provided. In the piezoelectric layer, in a range of 50 nm or smaller from an interface between the piezoelectric layer and the electrode in a thickness direction, a ratio c/a of a lattice spacing a in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction and a lattice spacing c in the thickness direction satisfies 0.986?c/a?1.014.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a first wiring line, a second wiring line, a memory cell connected between the first and second wiring lines, including a resistance change memory element having first and second resistance states, and a two-terminal switching element connected in series to the resistance change memory element, and a voltage application circuit which applies a write voltage signal having a first polarity and setting a desired resistance state to the resistance change memory element, to the memory cell, and applies, after the write voltage signal is applied to the memory cell, a second polarity voltage signal having a magnitude that prevents the two-terminal switching element from being set to the on-state, to the memory cell.