Abstract: In an electric power device and a method for controlling the same, a first circuit is electrically connected to a first battery tray and a second battery tray, a second circuit is electrically connected to the first battery tray, and a third circuit is electrically connected to the second battery tray. Between the first circuit and the second circuit, a first resistor unit is connected in series with the first battery tray, and a first interrupting unit is connected in parallel with the first resistor unit. Between the first circuit and the third circuit, a second resistor unit is connected in series with the second battery tray, and a second interrupting unit is connected in parallel with the second resistor unit.

Abstract: A battery transport support device (10) that comprises: a communication unit (11) that acquires charging batter information from a charging device (20), the charging batter information including identification information for batteries (BAT) being charged by the charging device (20); a specification unit (12) that references a storage unit (14) that stores identification information for users in association with identification information for batteries (BAT) that belong to the users and, on the basis of the charging battery information, specifies the number of batteries (BAT) included in the batteries (BAT) being charged by the charging device (20) that belong to one of the users; and a derivation unit (13) that, on the basis of the number of batteries (BAT) that belong to the one user and the number of batteries (BAT) that can be carried by transport devices, derives a transport device needed to transport the batteries (BAT) that belong to the one user to a transport destination that corresponds to the one u

Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a plurality of wheels, a lean mechanism, and a lean stopper mechanism. The wheels include a left front wheel and a right front wheel. The lean mechanism causes the left front wheel and the right front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The lean stopper mechanism prevents a lean angle from exceeding a limit angle. in a plan view, an area bounded by lines connecting contact positions of ground and tires of the plurality of wheels is referred to as a grounding surface inner area, and a gravity center is positioned in the grounding surface inner area in a state where the lean angle reaches the limit angle.

Abstract: A surface-emitting semiconductor laser including: an active layer including a nitride semiconductor; a first semiconductor layer of a first electrical conduction type and a second semiconductor layer of a second electrical conduction type that are opposed to each other with the active layer therebetween; and a current confinement layer that is opposed to the active layer with the second semiconductor layer therebetween and has an opening, in which a side surface of the current confinement layer is inclined at at least a portion of a peripheral edge of the opening.

Abstract: The present technology provides a surface emitting laser capable of improving flatness of a surface of a buried layer while reducing diffraction loss of light in the buried layer. The surface emitting laser according to present technology includes a first structure including a first multilayer film reflector, a second structure including a second multilayer film reflector, and a resonator disposed between the first and second structures, in which the resonator includes an active layer, a tunnel junction layer disposed between the first structure and the active layer and having a mesa and an adjacent region adjacent to the mesa, and a buried layer that buries a periphery of the mesa and a periphery of the adjacent region, and an interval between the mesa and the adjacent region is less than or equal to 30 ?m.

Abstract: A blow molding apparatus includes a machine bed, an upper base disposed at intervals in a vertical direction from the machine bed, a transport plate configured to rotate at a height position of the upper base to convey the preform between an injection molding part and a blow molding part, and an elevation mechanism configured to move the transport plate or the upper base up and down in the vertical direction with respect to a mold disposed on the machine bed. A support pillar includes a height adjusting part configured to adjust a stroke of the transport plate or the upper base in the vertical direction with respect to the machine bed.

Abstract: A condensed heterocyclic compound has a sepiapterin reductase inhibitory action and is particularly useful for treatment of a pain. The condensed heterocyclic compound represented by Formula (I) below (R1 represents a hydrocarbon group or the like; R2 and R3 represent a hydrogen atom or the like; R4, X, and Y represent defined substituents), a tautomer or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound, or a solvate of any of these.

Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left wheel, a right wheel, left and right bearings, left and right axle, left arm, right arm, and lean mechanism. The left arm supports the left wheel from inside in a vehicle width direction. The right arm supports the right wheel from inside in the vehicle width direction. The lean mechanism causes the left wheel and the right wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The single bearing is inserted into a hub hole of the left wheel. The single bearing is inserted into a hub hole of the right wheel.

Abstract: A radio frequency circuit includes: an amplifier circuit configured to amplify a first radio frequency signal using a first power supply voltage, and amplify a second radio frequency signal using a second power supply voltage. The first radio frequency signal is a signal in a first band for Long Term Evolution (LTE), the second radio frequency signal is a signal in a second band for 5th Generation New Radio (5G NR) or a wireless local area network (WLAN) signal, and in a state in which a first predetermined condition regarding the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal is satisfied, a value of the second power supply voltage is greater than a value of the first power supply voltage.

Abstract: An operation input device including: a first detection section including a first detection surface that detects a position at which a detection target is touching or within a predetermined distance, the first detection section outputting a first signal representing the position; an operation control section that controls a first operation target based on the first signal; an operation determination section that outputs a second signal only when it has determined that the detection target has moved along the first detection surface; and a switching control section that switches the operation control section between an operation enabled state in which control of the first operation target is enabled, and an operation prevented state in which control of the first operation target is prevented, the switching control section switching from the operation prevented state to the operation enabled state in a case in which the second signal has been received.

Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a lean mechanism, and a lean brake mechanism. The lean mechanism causes the left front wheel and the right front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The lean brake mechanism brakes a leaning operation of the lean mechanism. The lean brake mechanism includes a brake caliper and a brake disc. The brake caliper is attached to the lean mechanism and has a brake pad. The brake disc is attached to the lower arm of the upper arm and the lower arm that is farther from the brake pad in the front view, has a contact portion that generates braking force by being pressed by the brake pad.

Abstract: Example ultrasonic acoustic sensors for measuring formation velocities are disclosed herein. An example sensor includes a housing, a first transmitter carried by the housing, a second transmitter carried by the housing, and a receiver array carried by the housing and disposed between the first transmitter and the second transmitter. The first transmitter is disposed at a first angle relative to a surface the housing and the second transmitter is disposed at second angle relative to the surface the housing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a glyceryl ether-containing composition, the method including: a deodorization step for bringing a glyceryl ether-containing product selected from the group consisting of a monohexyl glyceryl ether-containing product, a monocyclohexyl glyceryl ether-containing product and a mixture thereof into contact with water vapor in an environment having a reduced pressure of 0.10 kPa or more and 10 kPa or less for 60 minutes or more and 600 minutes or less; and an addition step for adding 0.05 to 0.30 parts by mass of an antioxidant containing d-?-tocopherol to 100 parts by mass of the glyceryl ether-containing product, and also provides a glyceryl ether-containing composition containing specific amounts of a specific glyceryl ether and an antioxidant containing d-?-tocopherol.

Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a lean mechanism, and a lean brake mechanism. The lean mechanism causes the left front wheel and the right front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The lean brake mechanism brakes a leaning operation of the lean mechanism. The lean brake mechanism includes a brake disc and brake pads. The brake disc is attached to an upper arm or a lower arm. The brake pads, which are attached such that their position relative to the brake disc changes in the leaning operation, produce a frictional force against the brake disc in the leaning operation.

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: [Object] To provide a vertical cavity surface emitting laser device that is excellent in producibility and capable of reducing the production cost and a method of producing the vertical cavity surface emitting laser device. [Solving Means] A vertical cavity surface emitting laser device (100) according to the present technology includes: a first reflection mirror (103); a second reflection mirror (109); a first semiconductor layer (104); a second semiconductor layer (106); a tunnel junction layer (107); and a light-emitting layer (105), the vertical cavity surface emitting laser device (100) having a mesa structure (M) that has a current injection region where a current passing through an inner peripheral region and flowing into the light-emitting layer (105) concentrates.

Abstract: The present invention effectively provides, to a user, a coupon to improve a lifestyle. An information processing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire user data including at least one of vital data including biological information pertaining to a user and lifestyle data pertaining to the user, a provision unit configured to apply, to the user data, reference data indicating criteria for determining a content of the user data and, in accordance with a result of the reference data being thus applied, provide, to the user, coupon data pertaining to a coupon configured to encourage the user to take a specific action, and a determination unit configured to determine, on the basis of usage history data of the coupon data thus provided and the user data corresponding to the usage history data, whether or not a coupon corresponding to the usage history data is effective in improving a lifestyle of the user.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a skill evaluation device, a skill evaluation method, and a storage medium capable of appropriately evaluating the skill of an operator by changing a time range for evaluating the skill of the operator. The skill evaluation device includes an acquisition part, an extraction part, a calculation part, and an output part. The acquisition part acquires time range information indicating an arbitrary time range. The extraction part extracts data of a specific time range determined based on the time range information from operation status data indicating an operation status of the operator in a time series. The calculation part calculates an index value of the skill of the operator for one or more evaluation items based on the data of the specific time range. The output part outputs index information indicating the index value.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser element includes: a resonator structure including a stacked structure in which a first compound semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second compound semiconductor layer are stacked; and a first light reflective layer and a second light reflective layer which are provided at both ends along a resonance direction of the resonator structure. When an oscillation wavelength is set to ?, each of the first light reflective layer and the second light reflective layer includes a refractive index periodic structure including, in a stacked manner, a plurality of thin films each having an optical film thickness of k0 (?/4). A phase shift layer is provided inside at least one light reflective layer of the first light reflective layer or the second light reflective layer.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a vertical cavity surface emitting laser element that has excellent producibility and is suitable for high output and a method of producing the vertical cavity surface emitting laser element. [Solving Means] A vertical cavity surface emitting laser element according to the present technology includes: a first DBR; a second BR; an active layer; and a tunnel junction layer. The first DBR reflects light of a specific wavelength. The second DBR reflects light of the wavelength. The active layer is disposed between the first DBR and the second DBR. The tunnel junction layer is disposed between the first DBR and the active layer and forms a tunnel junction.