Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises: a tread portion having a ground contacting surface; a sidewall portions having an outer surface; a bead portions; a carcass extending between the bead portions; and an inner rubber extending between bead portions. The inner rubber comprises a first portion extending through the tread portion with a first thickness t1, and a second portion extending through the sidewall portion with a second thickness t2. The first thickness t1 is more than the second thickness t2. In a meridian cross section of the tire under its normal state, when a first reference point (Pb1), a second reference point (Pb2), a shoulder reference point (Ps), a reference line segment (Lb), and a shoulder line segment (Ls) are defined, then a length (L1) of the shoulder line segment (Ls) is 85.9% to 89.3% of a length (L2) of the reference line segment (Lb).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to image processing apparatus and method that can prevent a reduction in image quality. Geometry data that is a frame image having arranged thereon a projected image obtained by projecting 3D data representing a three-dimensional structure on a two-dimensional plane and includes a special value indicating occupancy map information in a range is generated. The generated geometry data is encoded. Further, the encoded data on the geometry data is decoded, and a depth value indicating a position of the 3D data and the occupancy map information are extracted from the decoded geometry data. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, electronic equipment, an information processing method, or a program.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, an encoding device, a decoding device, an information processing method, and a program that facilitate scalable decoding of attribute information. Regarding the attribute information about a point cloud representing a three-dimensional object, a process of classifying the respective points of the point cloud into prediction points that are the points at which difference values between the attribute information and predicted values are left, and reference points that are the points at which the attribute information is referred to during derivation of the predicted values is recursively repeated on the reference points, so that the attribute information is hierarchized.

Abstract: To provide a novel polarizing plate that suppresses poor appearance caused by thermal shrinkage of a polarizing film and is excellent in durability. There is provided a polarizing plate including: a polarizing film composed of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin; and a translucent support substrate laminated on at least one surface of the polarizing film through a bonding layer, in which the bonding layer is composed of a molecular bonding agent that bonds the polarizing film and the support substrate by a chemical bond.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus and an image processing method that are capable of suppressing an increase in loads when a point cloud is generated from a mesh. Point cloud data is generated by positioning points at intersection points between a surface of a mesh and vectors each including, as a start origin, position coordinates corresponding to a specified resolution. For example, intersection determination is performed between the surface of the mesh and each of the vectors, and in a case where the surface and the vector are determined to intersect each other, the coordinates of the intersection point are calculated. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing apparatus, electronic equipment, an image processing method, a program, or the like.

Abstract: A flood detection device includes a detection result acquisition section, a weather information acquisition section and an identification section. The detection result acquisition section acquires a detection result that, on the basis of a plurality of kinds of running state data relating to running of a vehicle, detects flooding of a road on which the vehicle is running. The weather information acquisition section acquires weather information including at least one of rainfall information representing a measured rainfall amount in a region in which the vehicle is running or rainfall estimation information representing an estimated rainfall amount. The identification section uses the respective acquisition results of the detection result acquisition section and the weather information acquisition section to identify flooding of the road.

Abstract: A metal oxide catalyst, which has a bulk composition represented by formula (1) below and which is used to produce a conjugated diolefin by an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction between a monoolefin, having 4 or more carbon atoms, and molecular oxygen, wherein standard deviation obtained by dividing a ratio of Bi molar concentration relative to Mo molar concentration at the surface of a catalyst particle by a ratio of the Bi molar concentration relative to the Mo molar concentration in a catalyst bulk is 0.3 or less.

Abstract: A flood detection device includes a detection result acquisition section, a weather information acquisition section and an identification section. The detection result acquisition section acquires a detection result that, on the basis of a plurality of kinds of running state data relating to running of a vehicle, detects flooding of a road on which the vehicle is running. The weather information acquisition section acquires weather information including at least one of rainfall information representing a measured rainfall amount in a region in which the vehicle is running or rainfall estimation information representing an estimated rainfall amount. The identification section uses the respective acquisition results of the detection result acquisition section and the weather information acquisition section to identify flooding of the road.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a highly versatile master batch for producing a fiber-reinforced resin composition with high strength even when a highly hydrophobic resin is used as a resin for dilution (a resin that constitutes a fiber-reinforced resin composition). The master batch contains AcylMFs (A), a Pm (B), and a Com (C) and is for use in the production of a fiber-reinforced resin composition by mixing with a Pd (D), wherein the AcylMFs (A), Pm (B), Com (C), and Pd (D) satisfy the following conditions: (a) the AcylMFs (A) have an SPacylmf of 10 or more; (b) the Pm (B) has an SPpm of 9 to 15, and the SPpm is equal to or greater than the SPpd of the Pd (D); and (c) the Com (C) has an SPcom equal to or less than the SPacylmf of the AcylMFs (A).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fiber-reinforced resin composition in which fibers with good dispersibility and a resin in which the fibers are easily dispersed have been suitably composited; and a method for producing the fiber-reinforced resin composition. Specifically, the object is to provide a fiber-reinforced resin composition that comprises chemically modified CNFs and a thermoplastic resin, and that has improved physical properties due to the suitable compositing of the fibers with the resin; and a method for producing the fiber-reinforced resin composition. The fiber-reinforced resin composition comprises chemically modified CNFs (A) and a thermoplastic resin (B), wherein the chemically modified CNFs and the thermoplastic resin satisfy the following conditions: (a) the ratio R of the solubility parameter (SPcnf) of the chemically modified CNFs (A) to the solubility parameter (SPpol) of the thermoplastic resin (B), SPcnf/SPpol, is in the range of 0.87 to 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a silica powder storage package that stores a silica powder, in which the silica powder storage package preferably includes a bottomed container that has an opening portion, and a lid member that closes the opening portion, and further relates to a test kit including the silica powder storage package of the present invention, and the test kit being for allowing the silica powder to adsorb at least one part of the components in a liquid sample by injecting the liquid sample into the bottomed container.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing rice flour bread having food texture equal to or better than that of wheat flour bread or gluten-added rice flour bread without using gluten and thickener, and a method of producing dough thereof. The method of producing rice flour bread dough according to the present invention includes a cooling step, a yeast-containing basic dough preparation step and a bread dough preparation step. In the cooling step, rice flour and water are individually cooled to prepare cold rice flour and cold water. In the yeast-containing basic dough preparation step, cold rice flour and cold water are mixed to prepare basic dough, and then yeast is added to the basic dough to prepare yeast-containing basic dough, or cold rice flour, cold water and yeast are mixed to prepare yeast-containing basic dough. In the rice flour bread dough preparation step, yeast-containing basic dough is kneaded to prepare rice flour bread dough.

Abstract: The power conversion device of the invention includes: a cooling unit that is a prism, the interior of which is hollow, and that has a refrigerant inlet portion and a refrigerant outlet portion the cooling unit having in the interior thereof a refrigerant channel through which a refrigerant flows from the refrigerant inlet portion towards the refrigerant outlet portion; electronic devices that are respectively disposed on three or more surfaces on the outside of side surfaces of the cooling unit, excluding a refrigerant inlet surface, in which the refrigerant inlet portion is disposed, and a refrigerant outlet surface, in which the refrigerant outlet portion is disposed, the electronic devices being cooled by boiling of the refrigerant; and a hollow outer case 4 that covers the electronic devices.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for production of a high purity conjugated diolefin. The method for production of a conjugated diolefin of the present invention comprises steps of supplying a source gas containing a C4 or higher monoolefin and an oxygen-containing gas into a reactor, bringing a catalyst into contact with the gas mixture, compressing a gas containing a conjugated diolefin produced by an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction to obtain a liquefied gas and rinsing the liquefied gas with water.

Abstract: A metal oxide catalyst, which has a bulk composition represented by formula (1) below and which is used to produce a conjugated diolefin by an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction between a monoolefin, having 4 or more carbon atoms, and molecular oxygen, wherein standard deviation obtained by dividing a ratio of Bi molar concentration relative to Mo molar concentration at the surface of a catalyst particle by a ratio of the Bi molar concentration relative to the Mo molar concentration in a catalyst bulk is 0.3 or less.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a highly versatile master batch for producing a fiber-reinforced resin composition with high strength even when a highly hydrophobic resin is used as a resin for dilution (a resin that constitutes a fiber-reinforced resin composition). The master batch contains AcylMFs (A), a Pm (B), and a Com (C) and is for use in the production of a fiber-reinforced resin composition by mixing with a Pd (D), wherein the AcylMFs (A), Pm (B), Com (C), and Pd (D) satisfy the following conditions: (a) the AcylMFs (A) have an SPacylmf of 10 or more; (b) the Pm (B) has an SPpm of 9 to 15, and the SPpm is equal to or greater than the SPpd of the Pd (D); and (c) the Com (C) has an SPcom equal to or less than the SPacylmf of the AcylMFs (A).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fiber-reinforced resin composition in which fibers with good dispersibility and a resin in which the fibers are easily dispersed have been suitably composited; and a method for producing the fiber-reinforced resin composition. Specifically, the object is to provide a fiber-reinforced resin composition that comprises chemically modified CNFs and a thermoplastic resin, and that has improved physical properties due to the suitable compositing of the fibers with the resin; and a method for producing the fiber-reinforced resin composition. The fiber-reinforced resin composition comprises chemically modified CNFs (A) and a thermoplastic resin (B), wherein the chemically modified CNFs and the thermoplastic resin satisfy the following conditions: (a) the ratio R of the solubility parameter (SPcnf) of the chemically modified CNFs (A) to the solubility parameter (SPpol) of the thermoplastic resin (B), SPcnf/SPpol, is in the range of 0.87 to 1.

Abstract: The power conversion device of the invention includes: a cooling unit that is a prism, the interior of which is hollow, and that has a refrigerant inlet portion and a refrigerant outlet portion the cooling unit having in the interior thereof a refrigerant channel through which a refrigerant flows from the refrigerant inlet portion towards the refrigerant outlet portion; electronic devices that are respectively disposed on three or more surfaces on the outside of side surfaces of the cooling unit, excluding a refrigerant inlet surface, in which the refrigerant inlet portion is disposed, and a refrigerant outlet surface, in which the refrigerant outlet portion is disposed, the electronic devices being cooled by boiling of the refrigerant; and a hollow outer case 4 that covers the electronic devices.

Abstract: The present invention provides a zeolite-containing catalyst having excellent shape, fluidity and mechanical strength as a catalyst for a fluidized bed reaction. The present invention provides a zeolite-containing catalyst which is a particulate catalyst containing zeolite and silica, wherein the catalyst has an average particle diameter of 20 to 300 ?m and the ratio of the void area in the cross-section of the particle is 30% or less relative to the cross-section area of the particle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a resin composition, which, by means of simple steps, can uniformly disperse microfibrillated plant fiber in a highly hydrophobic resin and can impart enhanced mechanical strength to a molding material obtained by molding the resin composition. The present invention further provides a resin composition having excellent heat resistance and low linear thermal expansion. The present invention relates to a method for producing a resin composition, the method including a step of mixing a thermoplastic resin or thermosetting resin (A), and modified plant fiber (b) or modified microfibrillated plant fiber (B), in the presence of an organic liquid (C), the modified plant fiber (b) or modified microfibrillated plant fiber (B) being obtained by modification with an alkyl or alkenyl succinic anhydride in a liquid capable of swelling microfibrillated plant fiber (B?) or plant fiber (b).