Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes: a plurality of combustors disposed so as to incline radially outward from a turbine side toward a compressor side; and a diffuser inner tube and outer tube forming a diffuser as an upstream portion of a path that introduces a compressed gas from the compressor to the combustors. A transition duct portion of each combustor has such a shape that a circumferential dimension thereof gradually decreases from the turbine side to the compressor side so that a circumferential gap is formed between the transition duct portions. Downstream-side portions of the diffuser inner tube and outer tube each have a shape gradually increasing in diameter toward the downstream side. A turbine-side end of the circumferential gap at an inner diameter side of the transition duct portion is positioned radially inward of an imaginary extension conical surface continuous from the diffuser inner tube.

Abstract: A pulse discrimination device is configured to receive electrical signals from a plurality of positions of a living body to which a pacing device for outputting a pacing pulse to cause a heart to beat is attached, and is configured to discriminate the pacing pulse included in the electrical signals. The pulse discrimination device includes: a differential processor configured to calculate a difference of the electrical signals received from the plurality of positions; a sum processor configured to calculate a sum of the electrical signals received from the plurality of positions; and a pulse discrimination unit configured to discriminate the pacing pulse included in the electrical signals based on the difference obtained by the differential processor and the sum obtained by the sum processor.

Abstract: A pulse discrimination device is configured to receive an electrical signal from a living body in which a functional pulse propagates at a predetermined time interval, and is configured to discriminate between the functional pulse and a noise pulse which are included in the electrical signal. The pulse discrimination device includes: a pulse detector configured to sequentially detect an electrical pulse included in the electrical signal based on variation in an intensity of the electrical signal received from the living body; and a pulse discrimination unit configured to determine whether the electrical pulse detected by the pulse detector is the functional pulse or the noise pulse based on a detection interval of the electrical pulse detected by the pulse detector and a pulse time predetermined based on the predetermined time interval.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine, in which a compressed gas from a compressor of an axial-flow type is burned in a combustor and an obtained combustion gas drives a turbine, includes: a diffuser of an annular shape connected to an outlet of the compressor, the diffuser including a diffuser inner tube and a diffuser outer tube that are tubular members disposed concentrically with each other; and a plurality of partition members that are disposed in a diffuser flow path, which is an annular space formed between the diffuser inner tube and the diffuser outer tube, and divide the diffuser flow path in a circumferential direction.

Abstract: A stereostructure includes a core portion, and a porous portion located around the core portion. The porous portion located inside a position which is inside from an outer edge of the porous portion by 3/20 of a diameter of the stereostructure in an arbitrary cross section of the stereostructure has a void ratio per unit area of less than or equal to 80%.

Abstract: A patient monitoring system includes a patient monitor configured to display physiological information of a subject, and a signal relay apparatus configured to communicate with the patient monitor. The signal relay apparatus includes a sensor interface configured to receive a signal from a sensor attached to the subject, an analyzer configured to analyze the signal to acquire data corresponding to the physiological information, a communication interface configured to transmit at least one of the signal and the data to the patient monitor, and a controller configured to perform a notification when a display of the physiological information on the patient monitor meets a first abnormality condition.

Abstract: A resin-coated metal sheet for can lids includes a metal sheet coated with thermoplastic resin films on both surfaces and formed into a can lid. A thermoplastic resin film A based on polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is heat-fused on a surface of the metal sheet serving as an exterior surface of the can lid, and a thermoplastic resin film B based on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is heat-fused on a surface of the metal sheet serving as an interior surface of the can lid. A composition ratio (wt %) of PBT/PET in the thermoplastic resin film A on the exterior surface is (PBT/PET)=(40/60) to (80/20), and the thermoplastic resin film B on the interior surface includes 95 mol % or more of PET.

Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor-specific electrode member is used for an electrolytic capacitor, and formed in a wire shape. The electrolytic capacitor-specific electrode member has an outer surface including at least one or more first cavity portions opened to outside, and at least one or more second cavity portions opened at least to the first cavity portions. The second cavity portions are smaller in opening diameter represented by a circle equivalent diameter than the first cavity portions.

Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor-specific electrode member is included in an electrolytic capacitor. The electrolytic capacitor-specific electrode member has a wire shape. The electrolytic capacitor-specific electrode member includes a core portion and a porous layer located around the core portion. In a cross section of the electrolytic capacitor-specific electrode member perpendicular to its axial direction, the porous layer includes a plurality of layers arranged concentrically from the core portion toward outside and at least including two layers having different void ratios.

Abstract: A laminated steel sheet for a two-piece can body with a high strain level satisfying the following formulae, the polyester resin layer composing the laminated steel sheet having a center line surface roughness (Ra) of 0.2 ?m to 1.8 ?m: r1?r,0.1?r1/R?0.25, and 1.5?h/(R?r)?4 wherein h is the height of the two-piece can body, r is the maximum radius, r1 is the minimum radius, and R is the radius of the circular laminated steel sheet before forming having the same weight as the can body.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine, in which a compressed gas from a compressor is burned in a combustor and obtained combustion gas drives a turbine, includes: a compressed gas supply portion configured to supply the compressed gas obtained from the compressor to the combustor; an annular dividing guide body disposed in a diffuser that forms an upstream-side portion of the compressed gas supply portion, the dividing guide body being configured to divide the compressed gas in a radial direction; and a guide support body that supports the dividing guide body on an inner diameter side wall of the compressed gas supply portion.

Abstract: Provided is a crane which can suppress deformation and vibration of a crane structure in travel and stop of the crane. Inverters are installed respectively in travel devices which are arranged on the opposite sides with a gap in a transverse direction. Each of the inverters independently measures a torque generated in a motors to which the inverter is connected and reduces the rotation speed in the command from a controller to the motor such that the greater the measured torque is, the greater a ratio of reduction is.

Abstract: A biological information measuring apparatus and method are provided. A pulsation information detecting unit detects heartbeat information relating to a heartbeat of a subject. A pulse wave detecting unit detects a pulse wave while a portion of the subject is pressurized and depressurized by a cuff. An amplitude calculating unit detects a cardiac cycle of a heart from the heartbeat information and a maximal value of the pulse wave in each cardiac cycle, and calculates, based on the maximal value detected from the pulse wave, at least one of an amplitude value derived from the heartbeat of the subject, an amplitude value assisted by an IABP, and an amplitude value derived from a blood flow volume of the subject. A blood pressure calculating unit calculates a blood pressure value from a relationship between the amplitude values calculated by the amplitude calculating unit and a pressurizing force of the cuff.

Abstract: A biological information measuring apparatus and a biological information measuring method are provided. The biological information measuring apparatus includes a pulsation information detecting unit configured to detect heartbeat information relating to a heartbeat of a subject, a blood pressure waveform measuring unit configured to measure a blood pressure waveform of the subject in an invasive manner, and a calculating unit configured to detect a cardiac cycle from the heartbeat information and to calculate, based on a detection of a maximal blood pressure value of the blood pressure waveform in the cardiac cycle, at least one of a systolic pressure of the subject, an end-diastolic pressure of the subject, an augmentation pressure of an IABP (intra-aortic balloon pumping), a systolic pressure assisted by the IABP and an end-diastolic pressure assisted by the IABP.

Abstract: An information processing device 10 includes a command recognition unit 203, a parameter extraction unit 28 and a command execution unit 253. The command recognition unit 203 specifies one of one or more pieces of object creation processing, which include at least one of processing for creating a text box, processing for creating a figure, and table creating processing for creating a table, from a combination of directions where one polygonal line is bent, the one polygonal line being inputted as a handwriting input command to a handwriting input device that enables handwriting input onto a display screen. The parameter extraction unit 208 extracts a parameter such as a position, size and the like of a designated object from a position and length of a segment that composes one polygonal line. Thus, the information processing device 10 allows a user to give a command on a screen by handwriting.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine, in which a compressed gas from a compressor of an axial-flow type is burned in a combustor and an obtained combustion gas drives a turbine, includes: a diffuser of an annular shape connected to an outlet of the compressor, the diffuser including a diffuser inner tube and a diffuser outer tube that are tubular members disposed concentrically with each other; and a plurality of partition members that are disposed in a diffuser flow path, which is an annular space formed between the diffuser inner tube and the diffuser outer tube, and divide the diffuser flow path in a circumferential direction.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes: a plurality of combustors disposed so as to incline radially outward from a turbine side toward a compressor side; and a diffuser inner tube and outer tube forming a diffuser as an upstream portion of a path that introduces a compressed gas from the compressor to the combustors. A transition duct portion of each combustor has such a shape that a circumferential dimension thereof gradually decreases from the turbine side to the compressor side so that a circumferential gap is formed between the transition duct portions. Downstream-side portions of the diffuser inner tube and outer tube each have a shape gradually increasing in diameter toward the downstream side. A turbine-side end of the circumferential gap at an inner diameter side of the transition duct portion is positioned radially inward of an imaginary extension conical surface continuous from the diffuser inner tube.

Abstract: A stereostructure includes a core portion, and a porous portion located around the core portion. The porous portion located inside a position which is inside from an outer edge of the porous portion by 3/20 of a diameter of the stereostructure in an arbitrary cross section of the stereostructure has a void ratio per unit area of less than or equal to 80%.

Abstract: A patient monitoring system includes an input unit and a patient monitor. The input unit has a first display section that displays a setting screen for the patient monitor, an input section that receives an input of setting information for the patient monitor, and a first communication section that transmits the input setting information to the patient monitor. The patient monitor has a second communication section that receives a biological signal of a patient and the setting information from the input unit, a second display section that displays vital sign information of the patient, and a controller that converts the biological signal to the vital sign information to control a display on the second display section, and changes, upon receipt of the setting information, a setting of the patient monitor in a state in which the vital sign information is displayed on the second display section.

Abstract: In a solid-state image capturing device, one or more vertical signal lines are disposed along one of columns of a pixel portion, and each of the vertical signal lines is divided into two parts between an upper region and a lower region of the pixel portion. Pixel signals output from a plurality of pixels of the one of the columns are read out to a plurality of column readout circuits through two or more parts of the vertical signal lines including the two parts of the one or more vertical signal lines disposed along the one of the columns. A division position of one vertical signal line among the vertical signal lines disposed in the pixel portion is different from a division position of another vertical signal line among the vertical signal lines in a row direction.