Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy includes a main component of (Fe(1?(?+?))X1?X2?)(1?(a+b+c+d+e))MaBbPcSidCe. X1 is one or more of Co and Ni. X2 is one or more of Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Cu, Cr, Bi, N, O, and rare earth elements. M is one or more of Nb, Hf, Zr, Ta, Mo, W, and V. 0.020?a?0.14 is satisfied. 0.020<b?0.20 is satisfied. 0?d?0.060 is satisfied. ??0 is satisfied. ??0 is satisfied. 0??+??0.50 is satisfied. c and e are within a predetermined range. The soft magnetic alloy has a nanohetero structure or a structure of Fe based nanocrystallines.

Abstract: This encoding device comprises: a downmix circuit that switches mixing processing according to the characteristic of an input stereo signal to generate either a first stereo signal or a second stereo signal obtained by mixing processing of a left channel signal and a right channel signal; a first encoding circuit that encodes the first stereo signal; and a second encoding circuit that encodes two signals included in the second stereo signal. The second encoding circuit performs monaural encoding on the basis of the encoding mode of the first encoding circuit in a first section in which switching from the first stereo signal to the second stereo signal is performed and/or a second section in which switching from the second stereo signal to the first stereo signal is performed.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a gas barrier laminated material which can be produced through a simple and easy process, and which can achieve stable gas barrier properties even at high humidity. The present inventors have made a gas barrier laminated material having a metal layer (A) formed by a vapor phase thin film formation method and a layer (B) formed from a compound having a carboxyl group in the structure thereof, wherein the metal layer (A) and the layer (B) are laminated, and thus can achieve a gas barrier laminated material which can be produced through a simple and easy process, and which can achieve stable gas barrier properties even at high humidity, and have solved the problems.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody that binds to an NTCP, capable of inhibiting infection of human hepatocytes with hepatitis B virus (HBV) particles. The present invention also provides an antibody that binds to an NTCP, capable of inhibiting infection of human hepatocytes with hepatitis B virus (HBV) particles, the antibody having a reduced effect on bile acid transport by NTCP.

Abstract: In the information processing device according to the present disclosure, when the lease contract period of the new vehicle expires, the control unit calculates and outputs the settlement amount based on the first table. In the information processing device according to the present disclosure, when the lease contract period of the used vehicle expires, the control unit calculates and outputs the settlement amount based on the second table. The first table stores a first reduction value associated with the assessment for each pre-partitioned item relating to a defect in the vehicle. The second table stores, for each item that is the same as the first table, a second reduction value related to the assessment. Among the second reduction values stored in the second table, the second reduction value of the first item is set to a value smaller than the first reduction value.

Abstract: A vehicle illumination system provided in a vehicle capable of traveling around a corner by inclining a vehicle body toward a turning direction includes: a headlamp mounted on a front portion of the vehicle; a communication lamp disposed on the vehicle body in a region adjacent to the head lamp so as to be visible from ahead of the vehicle; and an illumination control unit configured to change a lighting mode of the communication lamp depending on a state of the vehicle.

Abstract: A valve device includes a housing, a valve member, a valve seat member, a fixing member for fixing the valve seat member to the housing, and a housing-side seal portion. The housing has a valve chamber, and a housing-space inner wall forming a housing space communicating with the valve chamber. The housing-side seal portion blocks a flow of fluid between the valve seat member and the housing-space inner wall. The valve seat member has a tubular portion and a flange portion connected to the tubular portion. The flange portion is interposed between a facing surface of the housing-space inner wall and the fixing member in an axial direction. The fixing member is fixed to the housing-space inner wall in an airtight state. The housing-side seal portion is made of a rubber material and is interposed between the flange portion and the fixing member.

Abstract: A balloon catheter includes a housing; a catheter shaft having a proximal end portion disposed in the housing and forming a liquid feeding path communicating with an inside of a balloon attached to a distal end portion; a supply-discharge line connection portion which has an internal space communicating with the liquid feeding path, and to which a supply-discharge line that supplies and discharges liquid to and from the liquid feeding path through the internal space can be connected; and a stopcock capable of closing the internal space of the supply-discharge line connection portion. A position of the supply-discharge line connection portion with respect to the housing is fixed.

Abstract: The object is to provide a technology for enabling enhancement of the reliability of a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element; a piece of linear wire connected to an upper surface of the semiconductor element; a coating material in contact with the semiconductor element, and the piece of wire in an upper region on the semiconductor element; and a sealant protecting the semiconductor element, the piece of wire, and the coating material, wherein the coating material contains substances with covalent bonds between oxygen and each of silicon and a metal, a silicon oxide, and siloxane.

Abstract: A measurement device measures a frequency response of a servo system, applies predetermined oscillation are associated with each other to the servo system, identifies, from a result of oscillation application, a pair of a first oscillation application signal and a first response signal, and identifies a pair of a second oscillation application signal and a second response signal. Then, a first frequency response that is a frequency response is calculated on the basis of the first oscillation application signal and the first response signal, a second frequency response that is a frequency response is calculated on the basis of the second oscillation application signal and the second response signal, and the first frequency response and the second frequency response are synthesized.

Abstract: An in vivo temperature control system has a monitor for the internal temperature of a biological organ such as the esophagus, and for directly controls the temperature in the organ side depending on the monitoring. The in vivo temperature control system includes: a catheter insertable into a living body; a temperature probe containing a temperature sensor, the probe being insertable into the catheter; a liquid storage section for storing a temperature-controlled liquid; a pump for supplying the liquid from the liquid storage section to the catheter; and a control section for controlling driving of the pump based on a signal detected from the temperature probe; wherein the control section controls the pump when the signal has reached a preset threshold, and the pump is driven such that the liquid in the liquid storage section is released to the outside through the catheter.

Abstract: A seal ring of a valve element includes a one-end joint forming portion and an other-end joint forming portion. The one-end joint forming portion includes a one-end first contact portion and a one-end second contact portion located on one side of the one-end first contact portion in an axial direction and extending in a circumferential direction beyond the one-end first contact portion. The other-end joint forming portion includes an other-end first contact portion and an other-end second contact portion located on the other side of the other-end first contact portion in the axial direction and extending in the circumferential direction beyond the other-end first contact portion. An inner diameter of the seal ring when the one-end first contact portion separates from the other-end second contact portion is less than an outer diameter of the valve element.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress a crack in a sealing resin and a warpage in a semiconductor device in a power semiconductor device. A power semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element; a terminal; a chassis; and a sealing resin sealing the semiconductor element and the terminal in the chassis. The sealing resin includes: a first sealing resin covering at least the semiconductor element; and a second sealing resin formed on an upper portion of the first sealing resin, and in an operation temperature of the semiconductor element, the first sealing resin has a smaller linear expansion coefficient than the second sealing resin, and a difference of a linear expansion coefficient between the first sealing resin and the terminal is smaller than a difference of a linear expansion coefficient between the second sealing resin and the terminal.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: semiconductor elements and; a lead frame including a mount having an upper surface over which the semiconductor elements and are mounted; a sealing resin sealing the lead frame and the semiconductor elements and so that outer leads and of the lead frame protrude outwardly; and a resin wall located on an inner lead between the outer lead and the mount of the lead frame. A vertical thickness of the resin wall is greater than a vertical thickness from a lower surface of the sealing resin to a lower end of the lead frame.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming part, a main board, a casing and a user interface part. The image forming part forms an image on the sheet. On the main board, which a control circuit for controlling the image forming part is formed. The image forming part and the main board are stored in the casing. The user interface part includes at least one of operation member which receives an operation and a display member which displays a state of the image forming part, and is mounted on a circuit formed surface of the main board.

Abstract: A vehicle illumination system provided in a vehicle capable of traveling around a corner by inclining a vehicle body toward a turning direction includes: a headlamp mounted on a front portion of the vehicle; a communication lamp disposed on the vehicle body in a region adjacent to the head lamp so as to be visible from ahead of the vehicle; and an illumination control unit configured to change a lighting mode of the communication lamp depending on a state of the vehicle.

Abstract: An image scanning unit optically scans a document image of a document. A transportation device performs transportation of the document set at a front insertion-ejection port as an insertion port and ejection port of the document. A controller performs in a first scanning mode image scanning of a top sheet of the document if the document has been bound with a staple. In the first scanning mode, the controller performs image scanning of a partial scanning area in the top sheet while transporting the document using the transportation device, and reverses a transportation direction of the document at a time point that the image scanning of the partial scanning area is finished. The partial scanning area is from a front end to a predetermined position of the top sheet, and the predetermined position is a position nearer to the front end than a binding position of the staple.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image scanning device, a printing device, an output tray, and a controller. The image scanning device scans a document image sheet by sheet from a document including plural sheets. The output tray is as an output destination of both the document outputted from the image scanning device and a print sheet outputted from the printing device. The controller is configured to perform a copy operation and causes the printing device to print an image based on the document image in the copy operation. Further, the printing device includes an outlet of the print sheet; and the image scanning device includes an outlet of the document, the outlet of the document outputting the document such that edges of the document and the print sheet in a width direction of the output tray are arranged at positions different from each other.

Abstract: A vehicle illumination system provided in a vehicle capable of traveling around a corner by inclining a vehicle body toward a turning direction includes: a headlamp mounted on a front portion of the vehicle; a communication lamp disposed on the vehicle body in a region adjacent to the head lamp so as to be visible from ahead of the vehicle; and an illumination control unit configured to change a lighting mode of the communication lamp depending on a state of the vehicle.

Abstract: On the basis of first read image data obtained by reading a first face, a controller calculates a first sub scanning size, which is a size of the first face in a sub scanning direction. On the basis of second read image data obtained by reading a second face, the controller calculates a second sub scanning size, which is a size of the second face in the sub scanning direction. The controller determines the larger of the first sub-scanning size and the second sub-scanning direction size to a definitive sub scanning size, which is the size of the document in the sub scanning direction set on the document stage.