Abstract: A method of producing an N,N-disubstituted amide of the present invention is a method of reacting a nitrile with an alcohol in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the nitrile is a compound represented by R1CN (R1 represents an alkyl group having 10 or less carbon atoms or an aryl group having 10 or less carbon atoms), wherein the alcohol is a compound represented by R2OH (R2 represents an alkyl group having 10 or less carbon atoms), wherein the catalyst is a metal salt represented by MXn (M represents a metal cation having an oxidation number of n, X represents a monovalent anion including a substituted sulfonyl group represented by —S(?O)2—R3 (R3 represents a hydrocarbon group having 10 or less carbon atoms or a group in which some or all of hydrogen atoms in the hydrocarbon group are substituted with fluorine atoms), and n represents an integer of 1 to 4), a substituent bonded to a carbon atom in a carbonyl group of the N,N-disubstituted amide is R1, and two substituents bonded to nitrogen atoms in an amide

Abstract: A storage unit (12) stores a hash table that corresponds to a predetermined field of a packet and has a set of a hash value from a value in the corresponding field and a pointer registered, and an ANY point table that corresponds to the predetermined field and has a pointer registered. A search unit (132) refers to a hash value calculated from a value in a field of a packet to be searched and to a pointer registered in the hash table and the ANY point table, to perform hash search for a rule corresponding to the packet to be searched.

Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a bendable portion including one or more wiring layers and insulation layers that are alternately stacked. The insulation layers of the bendable portion include a first insulation layer and a second insulation layer. The first insulation layer is located at an inner bent position of the bendable portion when the bendable portion is bent. The second insulation layer is located at an outer bent position of the bendable portion relative to the first insulation layer when the bendable portion is bent. The first insulation layer has a higher elastic modulus than the second insulation layer.

Abstract: A shift-by-wire system configured to switch shift positions includes a detent plate, a detent spring, a rotating electrical machine, a gear device, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit provided in the shift-by-wire system is configured to control a rotating electrical machine torque. The electronic control unit is configured to reverse the rotating electrical machine torque after the electronic control unit makes the rotating electrical machine output the rotating electrical machine torque for turning the detent plate in a turning direction to switch the shift position, then the detent torque generated in the detent plate by a push of the engagement portion is reversed in the turning direction from a counter-turning direction opposite to the turning direction, and before backlash elimination in a backlash portion of the gear device by the reversed detent torque is finished.

Abstract: An abnormality of a gear is more appropriately predicted. An abnormality prediction device of the present disclosure is used in a feeding device including a driving section, a gear connected to the driving section, and a detection section configured to detect a position of a medium fed in accordance with driving of the gear, and intermittently feeding the medium. The abnormality prediction device acquires detection information regarding a feed amount of the medium based on the position of the medium detected over time by the detection section, decomposes the acquired detection information into a trend component regarding a moving average of the gear, a cycle component based on a cycle of the gear, and a random component obtained by excluding the trend component and the cycle component, obtains an abnormality level of the gear based on the cycle component obtained by the decomposition, and outputs the obtained abnormality level.

Abstract: A heat shrinking apparatus 1 includes: a conveyance unit 11 conveying a package 3 obtained by wrapping an object(s) 5 with a heat-shrink film 4; an endless belt 21 disposed below a conveying surface of the conveyance unit, rotating along a conveying direction of the conveyance unit; and a hot air jet unit 19(20) jetting out hot air from an inside to an outside of a belt surface of the endless belt facing the conveying surface, wherein: the endless belt has a hot air passing portion 30 extending in a belt width direction; the hot air jet unit jets out the hot air toward the conveying surface through the hot air passing portion; and the endless belt rotates following a movement of the package so that a seal portion(s) 6a(6b) provided at a front end and/or a rear end of the package is/are heat-shrunk with the hot air.

Abstract: A method for producing metal nanowire of small diameter and long length. In the method for producing a metal nanowire, a first solution containing an ionic derivative and a polyol as a solvent are kept at 80-200° C., and a second solution containing a metal salt and a polyol as a solvent is supplied into the first solution so that the ratio between the number of moles of metal atoms in the metal salt supplied in one minute and the total number of moles of halogen atoms in the ionic derivative in the first solution (the number of moles of metal atoms in the metal salt supplied in one minute/the total number of moles of halogen atoms in the ionic derivative) is less than 10. It is preferable that the ionic derivative is a quaternary ammonium halide and the metal salt is silver nitrate.

Abstract: A method for producing a polyurethane according to the present invention including: a first step wherein an epoxy carboxylate compound (X) is obtained by reacting (a) an epoxy compound that includes a halogen atom content of 10 ppm by mass or less, while having only two epoxy groups and no hydroxyl group in each molecule, (b) an unsaturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acid that has an ethylenic unsaturated group in each molecule, while having no aromatic ring, and (c) an aromatic monocarboxylic acid that has no ethylenic unsaturated group in each molecule; and a second step wherein the epoxy carboxylate compound (X) obtained in the first step is reacted with a diisocyanate compound (Y).

Abstract: Cord ply joiner for a tire includes a first pressurizer having first pressing member and first pressure receiving member in upper and lower sides, and a second pressurizer having second pressing member and second pressure receiving member in the upper and lower sides. A first code ply positioning mechanism positions a first code ply by bringing a tail end of the first code ply into contact with a side surface of the second pressure receiving member, a first code ply fixing mechanism lowers the cord end pressing member so the first cord ply is fixed, and a second code ply positioning mechanism positions the tip of the second code ply by bringing the tip into contact with a side surface of the cord end pressing member. The first pressurizer and the second pressurizer are brought close to each other, whereby a shearing force is applied to an overlapped portion.

Abstract: A method of producing an N,N-disubstituted amide of the present invention is a method of reacting a nitrile with an alcohol in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the nitrile is a compound represented by R1CN (R1 represents an alkyl group having 10 or less carbon atoms or an aryl group having 10 or less carbon atoms), wherein the alcohol is a compound represented by R2OH (R2 represents an alkyl group having 10 or less carbon atoms), wherein the catalyst is a metal salt represented by MXn (M represents a metal cation having an oxidation number of n, X represents a monovalent anion including a substituted sulfonyl group represented by —S(?O)2—R3 (R3 represents a hydrocarbon group having 10 or less carbon atoms or a group in which some or all of hydrogen atoms in the hydrocarbon group are substituted with fluorine atoms), and n represents an integer of 1 to 4), a substituent bonded to a carbon atom in a carbonyl group of the N,N-disubstituted amide is R1, and two substituents bonded to nitrogen atoms in an amide

Abstract: A method for producing a polyurethane according to the present invention including: a first step wherein an epoxy carboxylate compound (X) is obtained by reacting (a) an epoxy compound that includes a halogen atom content of 10 ppm by mass or less, while having only two epoxy groups and no hydroxyl group in each molecule, (b) an unsaturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acid that has an ethylenic unsaturated group in each molecule, while having no aromatic ring, and (c) an aromatic monocarboxylic acid that has no ethylenic unsaturated group in each molecule; and a second step wherein the epoxy carboxylate compound (X) obtained in the first step is reacted with a diisocyanate compound (Y).

Abstract: A radiation position detection method includes: a first step of calculating a first centroid position in an incident direction regarding positions where scintillation light is detected, on the basis of electrical signals; and a second step of specifying, on the basis of a first table showing first identification regions for identifying the plurality of segments, and the first centroid position, the segment that initially generates the scintillation light. The first identification region includes a first region, a second region, and a third region. In the second step, in a case where the first centroid position is located in the first region or the third region, the first segment is specified as the segment that initially generates the scintillation light, and in a case where the first centroid position is located in the second region, the second segment is specified as the segment that initially generates the scintillation light.

Abstract: A sound pickup device according to this embodiment includes a microphone part placed at a sound pickup position in close proximity to an ear hole without blocking an ear canal, and positioned so as to face outside of the ear canal, and a wire having flexibility and extending to the sound pickup position. Further, in this embodiment, at least part of the wire is formed along an auricle.

Abstract: A structure includes a reinforcing member made up of reinforcing fibers that are impregnated with a resin. The reinforcing member includes a first region and a second region. The first region is formed by irradiating the reinforcing fibers with plasma. The second region is formed by irradiating the reinforcing fibers with a smaller amount of the plasma than the first region. The reinforcing member is provided such that the first region is positioned in a location where more strength is required than the second region.

Abstract: A method produces a high-pressure gas storage container that includes a liner and a reinforcing layer. The liner houses a high-pressure gas. The reinforcing layer is formed by winding a plurality of strip-shaped reinforcing members around an outer perimeter surface of the liner. The method includes irradiating plasma on at least a portion of the reinforcing fibers, and adjusting an irradiation intensity of the plasma such that an irradiation amount of the plasma with respect to the reinforcing fibers becomes constant in accordance with changes in a transport speed of the reinforcing fibers.

Abstract: Earmuffs include a bowl-shaped housing base having a first engagement portion, an annular plate-shaped base plate having a second engagement portion on one side and a third engagement portion on the other side, and is integrated with the housing base by causing the second engagement portion to be engaged with the first engagement portion, and a pad portion that includes a pad fixed on one side and a pad base having a fourth engagement portion on the other side, and is integrated with the base plate by causing the fourth engagement portion to be engaged with the third engagement portion. The base plate has a groove portion adjacent to the third engagement portion and the pad base has a rib that enters the groove portion. The rib enters the groove portion and restricts an inclination of the third engagement portion involved with an engagement with the fourth engagement portion.

Abstract: A high-pressure gas storage container includes a liner and a reinforcing layer. The liner houses a high-pressure gas. The reinforcing layer is formed by winding a plurality of strip-shaped reinforcing members around an outer perimeter surface of the liner. The reinforcing members are made of a plurality of reinforcing fibers that are impregnated with a resin. At least a portion of the reinforcing fibers is irradiated with plasma.

Abstract: A data storage device comprising a first actuator configured to actuate a first head over a first disk surface, and a second actuator configured to actuate a second head over a second disk surface. A plurality of access commands are received from a host, and a cost metric is computed for executing a seek to execute each access command of the plurality of access commands, wherein the cost metric is based on an access latency of the seek, a power consumption of the seek, and an estimated combined current draw of the first and second actuators during the seek. The access commands are sorted into an execution order based on the cost metrics computed for the access commands.

Abstract: A storage unit (12) stores a hash table that corresponds to a predetermined field of a packet and has a set of a hash value from a value in the corresponding field and a pointer registered, and an ANY point table that corresponds to the predetermined field and has a pointer registered. A search unit (132) refers to a hash value calculated from a value in a field of a packet to be searched and to a pointer registered in the hash table and the ANY point table, to perform hash search for a rule corresponding to the packet to be searched.

Abstract: An object is to provide a financial or economic analysis system that is capable of representing a financial or economic situation with high accuracy. By using information received as input from an interest-rate-information acquiring means 11, a money-quantity-information acquiring means 12, a price-information acquiring means 13, and a GDP-information acquiring means 14, a computing means 15 determines data that can be replaced by a physical quantity used in electromagnetic wave analysis, and uses the data in financial or economic analysis. The data includes data representing a rotational coefficient relating to an interest rate, data representing the quantity of money, data representing a price coefficient, and a data representing a GDP.