Abstract: A holding device including a ceramic member formed of a sintered ceramic material containing aluminum nitride as a main component, a heating resistor element formed of a metal and disposed in the ceramic member, and an electrically conductive electricity supply member in contact with the heating resistor element. The holding device holds an object on the surface of the ceramic member. In the holding device, at least a portion of the surface of the heating resistor element, excluding its contact surface for contact with the electricity supply member, is covered with a coat layer formed of a nitride containing at least one of Al, Ti, Zr, V, Ta, and Nb. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the holding device.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide an optical switch that does not require power supply.

Abstract: Provided is a reading device including: a first emitting unit configured to emit light; an optical path unit having a reflection surface configured to reflect a part of light emitted from the first emitting unit, and an optical path configured to guide the part of light from the reflection surface to an original; and an image sensor that generates an image from specular reflection of the part of light guided by the optical path from the original.

Abstract: The weight of a body-to-be-conveyed constituting a conveying device is reduced, and the friction force between the sliding surface of the body-to-be-conveyed and the conveyance path is reduced. A body-to-be-conveyed that is a component of a conveying device that uses electromagnetic force as thrust and can move in a horizontal direction includes a mover in which a bottom surface is arranged so that a predetermined gap is formed in a vertical direction with respect to the sliding surface thereof, in which the mover includes a permanent magnet and a cover, a gap facing surface of the permanent magnet facing the gap includes one magnetic pole, the cover is installed on a side of the permanent magnet opposite from the gap facing surface in the vertical direction, the horizontal outermost diameter of the cover is larger than the horizontal outermost diameter of the permanent magnet, and the cover is formed of a flat plate.

Abstract: In a case that a model parameter suitable for an input video is selected from a set of prescribed model parameters and that resolution inverse conversion to be applied is performed, a video unsuitable for multiple model parameters may have lower quality. Included are an image decoding apparatus configured to decode coded data obtained by coding an image subjected to resolution conversion and filter information for deriving a first model parameter and a post-processing apparatus configured to perform conversion into the same resolution as an input image signal by using the image and the filter information decoded by the image decoding apparatus. Included are a composite information creating apparatus configured to create filter information for deriving the first model parameter and an image coding apparatus configured to code the image pre-processed in the resolution conversion or the like, and the filter information created by the composite information creating apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a technology that suppresses the removal of collector layers in the planarization process while suppressing the snapback phenomenon. A semiconductor device related to a technology disclosed in the present specification includes a drain layer of first conductivity type in a part of a lower surface a drift layer, a plurality of collector layers of second conductivity type in parts of the lower surface of the drift layer, and a dummy layer of the first conductivity type interposed between the plurality of collector layers in parts of the lower surface of the drift layer, in which a width of the dummy layer 3 in a first direction, which is the direction in which the dummy layer is interposed between the plurality of collector layers, is narrower than a width of the drain layer in the first direction.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical node capable of compensating for a rotation angle deviation of an optical fiber core of a ferrule rotation type optical switch and reducing a connection loss generated in the optical switch.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium with an executable revision history integration program for causing at least one computer executes: a procedure for acquiring data on at least one document having at least one editing history including a name of an editor of the document; a procedure for collectively converting at least one name of an editor included in the editing history in the acquired data; and a procedure for deleting addition and deletion histories where a character string in the acquired data has been added and deleted by the same editor's name, as a result of the conversion of the name of the editor.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide an optical switch that does not require power supply.

Abstract: There is provided a sample conveying device capable of stable conveyance while suppressing power consumption, a sample analysis system, and a method for conveying a sample. In the sample conveying device, the specifications of one of coils 706, 706B, 706C, 706D, 706E, 706F, and 706G or coil shafts 705, 705A, 705C, 705D, 705E, 705F, and 705G are different between magnetic poles 707A, 707B, 707C, 707E, and 707G directly below positions where a container holder 100 does not stop and the magnetic poles 707, 707D, and 707G directly below positions where the container holder 100 stops in a conveyance tile 120.

Abstract: The present invention makes a directional control means for a specimen carrier unnecessary, reduces costs, and saves time. A high friction member 102 is provided on the bottom surface of a specimen carrier 100, thereby offsetting the center 14 of the frictional force 11 between the bottom surface and a conveyance surface, at a position separate from the rotational center of the bottom part of the specimen carrier 100. As a result, the friction between the conveyance surface and the bottom surface during conveyance of the specimen carrier 100 aligns the orientation of the specimen carrier 100 with respect to a conveyance direction 10, and makes it possible to make a carrier ID 101 and a specimen ID label 151 face towards a barcode reader.

Abstract: Provided is an automatic analysis device in which even an operator can easily identify the type of processing and the type of individual and erroneous setting hardly occurs. A vessel holder for holding a sample vessel, a reading unit for reading an identification area formed in the vessel holder, and a control unit for performing processing based on information read by the reading unit are included, in which the control unit identifies the type of processing based on the type of color applied to the identification area, and identifies the type of individual in the sample vessel based on how the identification area is colored.

Abstract: A user interface device includes a grip including dimensions in a radial direction and a circumferential direction and extending in a longitudinal direction, and at least one optical sensor provided at the grip including a proximity sensor that includes a light emitter and a light receiver, and a force sensor to detect a contact force by an object. The proximity sensor emits light from the light emitter to a predetermined detection range around the force sensor, and detects when the object is in proximity to the force sensor according to a light reception result obtained by light incident from the detection range to be received by the light receiver. The detection range is biased to one side in the circumferential direction from a position of the force sensor toward an outer side portion in the radial direction, and is wider in the circumferential direction than in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a composition for increasing leukocytes and/or basophils, a composition for inhibiting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGER) tyrosine kinase, a composition for activating innate immunity, a method of increasing leukocytes and/or basophils, a method of inhibiting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase, and a method of activating innate immunity. The present invention relates to a composition for increasing leukocytes and/or basophils, which contains L-ergothioneine or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A video converting apparatus includes an image buffer unit configured to store multiple images, a super-resolution processing unit configured to perform super-resolution processing on an image input from the image buffer unit to output a super-resolution image, and a prediction image generation unit configured to reference the super-resolution image output by the super-resolution processing unit to generate a prediction image.

Abstract: A compact washing machine capable of improving detergency or reducing a washing time is provided. A drum 30 may be rotatably installed in a tub 20 installed in the inside of a housing 10 in the state in which an opening 12 is toward an opening of the drum 30. A pulsator 40 having a protrusion 45 extending in a radial direction may be rotatably installed on a bottom of the drum 30. During washing operation, a controller 60 may control a driving device 50 to rotate the pulsator 40 and the drum 30 in opposite directions.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium with a file genealogy identification program configured to cause a computer to perform: receiving a plurality of document files each having been added to with a unique identifier each time the document file has been saved by an application program and having a set of identifiers based on the added identifiers; determining a genealogical relationship between first and second document files in the plurality of document files based on a similarity calculated by obtaining an intersection based on comparison of a first set of identifiers collected from the first document file to a second set of identifiers collected from the second document file, obtaining a union of the first set of identifiers and the second set of identifiers, and calculating the similarity based on the number of unique identifiers in the intersection and the number of unique identifiers in the union.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a composition for promoting lipolysis and a method of promoting lipolysis. The present invention relates to a composition for promoting lipolysis, the composition containing L-ergothioneine or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a composition for increasing at least one of red blood cell count or hemoglobin level, a composition for preventing or reducing anemia, a composition for improving endurance, an antifatigue composition, a method of increasing at least one of red blood cell count or hemoglobin level, a method of preventing or reducing anemia, a method of improving endurance, and a method of reducing, alleviating, or preventing fatigue or recovering from fatigue. The present invention relates to a composition for increasing at least one of red blood cell count or hemoglobin level, containing L-ergothioneine or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.