Abstract: Provided is a toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin and a. silica fine particle, wherein a total content of a polyvalent metal elements in the toner particle is 0.10 to 2.50 ?mol/g, a number-average particle diameter of a primary particle of the silica fine particle is 40 to 500 nm, and in the DD/MAS measurement of solid 29Si-NMR of the silica fine particle, peak PD1 corresponding to a silicon atom represented by Sia in a structure represented by formula (1) and peak PD2 corresponding to a silicon atom represented by Sib in a structure represented by formula (2) are observed, and when an area of the peak PD1 is defined as SD1 and an area of the peak PD2 is defined as SD2, SD1 and SD2 satisfy: 1.2?(SD1+SD2)/SD1?10.0.

Abstract: The toner contains binder resin-containing toner particles and silica fine particle S1, wherein the weight-average particle diameter of the toner is 4.0-15.0 ?m, both inclusive, peaks originating with the silica fine particle S1 are observed in 29 Si-NMR measurement of the silica fine particle S1, and, in the spectrum obtained by 29Si CP/MAS NMR or 29Si DD/MAS NMR, the peak area of a peak corresponding to the D1 unit structure in the silica fine particle S1, the peak area of a peak corresponding to the D2 unit structure in the silica fine particle S1, and the peak area of a peak corresponding to the Q unit structure in the silica fine particle S1 satisfy a prescribed relationship.

Abstract: An ingot includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a third surface positioned along a first direction and connecting the first surface and the second surface. The ingot includes: a first pseudo single crystal region; an intermediate region containing one or more pseudo single crystal regions; and a second pseudo single crystal region. The first pseudo single crystal region, the intermediate region, and the second pseudo single crystal region are positioned adjacent sequentially in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. In the second direction, a width of each of the first and second pseudo single crystal regions is larger than a width of the first intermediate region. Each of a boundary between the first pseudo single crystal region and the intermediate region and a boundary between the second pseudo single crystal region and the intermediate region includes a coincidence boundary.

Abstract: A display control method for a peripheral device shared by a plurality of user terminals includes: storing a connection history of a user terminal for connecting the peripheral device; storing settings information specifying an operation of the peripheral device, the settings information being associated with identification information of the user terminal; selecting settings information stored in the storing settings information or identification information of a user terminal on the basis of the connection history stored in the storing a connection history; and displaying settings information or identification information selected in the selecting.

Abstract: A calculation scheme decision system includes a pre-calculation unit performing, in an execution environment in which calculation is performed, calculation for each of respective layers of the network structure using at least one of calculation schemes prepared in advance for the respective layers, a cost acquisition unit acquiring a calculation cost of at least one calculation scheme for each layer based on a result of the calculation by the pre-calculation unit, a decision unit selecting one calculation scheme for each layer based on the calculation cost from among at least one of the calculation schemes prepared in advance for the respective layers to associate the layer with the selected one calculation scheme, and a calculation unit performing the calculation for each of the respective layers of the network structure on input data in the execution environment using the calculation scheme associated with each layer.

Abstract: An ingot includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a third surface positioned along a first direction and connecting the first surface and the second surface. The ingot includes: a first pseudo single crystal region; an intermediate region containing one or more pseudo single crystal regions; and a second pseudo single crystal region. The first pseudo single crystal region, the intermediate region, and the second pseudo single crystal region are positioned adjacent sequentially in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. In the second direction, a width of each of the first and second pseudo single crystal regions is larger than a width of the first intermediate region. Each of a boundary between the first pseudo single crystal region and the intermediate region and a boundary between the second pseudo single crystal region and the intermediate region includes a coincidence boundary.

Abstract: An airline ticket sales system having a stock recording unit retaining a stock of flights, and a destination candidate extraction unit including: receiving an input of at least one condition from a user via an information processing terminal, information about a destination airport being excluded from the condition; acquiring, from the stock recording unit, information about outbound candidate flights and inbound candidate flights satisfying the condition; extracting, as candidate airports, a predetermined number from airports common to arrival airports of the outbound candidate flights and departure airports of the inbound candidate flights; selecting, based on a predetermined criterion, one from round-trip candidate flights composed of combinations of the outbound candidate flights and the inbound candidate flights among the departure airports of the outbound candidate flights specified by the condition and the respective candidate airports; and regarding the selected one as a to-be-sold round-trip flight.

Abstract: A display control method for a peripheral device shared by a plurality of user terminals includes: storing a connection history of a user terminal for connecting the peripheral device; storing settings information specifying an operation of the peripheral device, the settings information being associated with identification information of the user terminal; selecting settings information stored in the storing settings information or identification information of a user terminal on the basis of the connection history stored in the storing a connection history; and displaying settings information or identification information selected in the selecting.

Abstract: An ingot includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a third surface positioned along a first direction and connecting the first surface and the second surface. The ingot includes: a first pseudo single crystal region; an intermediate region containing one or more pseudo single crystal regions; and a second pseudo single crystal region. The first pseudo single crystal region, the intermediate region, and the second pseudo single crystal region are positioned adjacent sequentially in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. In the second direction, a width of each of the first and second pseudo single crystal regions is larger than a width of the first intermediate region. Each of a boundary between the first pseudo single crystal region and the intermediate region and a boundary between the second pseudo single crystal region and the intermediate region includes a coincidence boundary.

Abstract: A calculation scheme decision system includes a pre-calculation unit performing, in an execution environment in which calculation is performed, calculation for each of respective layers of the network structure using at least one of calculation schemes prepared in advance for the respective layers, a cost acquisition unit acquiring a calculation cost of at least one calculation scheme for each layer based on a result of the calculation by the pre-calculation unit, a decision unit selecting one calculation scheme for each layer based on the calculation cost from among at least one of the calculation schemes prepared in advance for the respective layers to associate the layer with the selected one calculation scheme, and a calculation unit performing the calculation for each of the respective layers of the network structure on input data in the execution environment using the calculation scheme associated with each layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing device comprising a memory; a non-volatile memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the non-volatile memory, the processor configured to: store in the non-volatile memory a snapshot of the memory in a state where a part of an activation process is implemented; and implement the activation process by using the snapshot stored in the non-volatile memory. More specifically, store in the non-volatile memory a snapshot of the main memory in a state before feeding a program to the external memory in an activation process using the main memory and the external memory; and implement at least a process of feeding a program for an external memory to the external memory from the main memory.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device comprising a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to: write channel specifying information for specifying a channel used for radio connection, into the memory; and attempt to establish a radio connection during activation of a radio connection function, by using channel specifying information on a channel used for a last radio connection, out of the channel specifying information written into the memory, wherein the memory is a non-volatile memory, and the processor is further configured to write only channel specifying information on the currently employed channel into the non-volatile memory when the information processing device is instructed to disconnect a power supply.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing device comprising a memory; a non-volatile memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the non-volatile memory, the processor configured to: store in the non-volatile memory a snapshot of the memory in a state where a part of an activation process is implemented; and implement the activation process by using the snapshot stored in the non-volatile memory. More specifically, store in the non-volatile memory a snapshot of the main memory in a state before feeding a program to the external memory in an activation process using the main memory and the external memory; and implement at least a process of feeding a program for an external memory to the external memory from the main memory.

Abstract: An information processing device including: a connection setting retaining unit which retains a connection setting of a connection to an access point that relays communication to a network for each access point; an access permission retaining unit which retains a token for using a service provided by a server on the network; a determining unit which determines whether or not the connection setting is a connection setting having been set using a tool that enables the connection setting and a usage setting of the service to be set in a series of procedures; and a service using unit which uses the service using the token in a communication relayed by an access point related to a connection setting determined to be a connection setting having been set using the tool.

Abstract: An airline ticket sales system having a stock recording unit retaining a stock of flights, and a destination candidate extraction unit including: receiving an input of at least one condition from a user via an information processing terminal, information about a destination airport being excluded from the condition; acquiring, from the stock recording unit, information about outbound candidate flights and inbound candidate flights satisfying the condition; extracting, as candidate airports, a predetermined number from airports common to arrival airports of the outbound candidate flights and departure airports of the inbound candidate flights; selecting, based on a predetermined criterion, one from round-trip candidate flights composed of combinations of the outbound candidate flights and the inbound candidate flights among the departure airports of the outbound candidate flights specified by the condition and the respective candidate airports; and regarding the selected one as a to-be-sold round-trip flight.

Abstract: A scanner includes: a first session managing unit which establishes a session to be established for communication, related to an image data acquisition/saving process, with a server before an instruction by a user related to the image data acquisition/saving process is accepted; and a second session managing unit which establishes a session to be established for communication, related to an existence confirmation process, with the server at the same time as or after start of execution of the existence confirmation process.

Abstract: An information processing device including: a connection setting retaining unit which retains a connection setting of a connection to an access point that relays communication to a network for each access point; an access permission retaining unit which retains a token for using a service provided by a server on the network; a determining unit which determines whether or not the connection setting is a connection setting having been set using a tool that enables the connection setting and a usage setting of the service to be set in a series of procedures; and a service using unit which uses the service using the token in a communication relayed by an access point related to a connection setting determined to be a connection setting having been set using the tool.

Abstract: A passenger detecting device includes a plurality of weight sensors, a passenger judging and data updating device and an update forbidding device. The weight sensors are arranged at different positions of a seat for respectively detecting weights acting on the seat of a motor vehicle. The passenger judging and data updating device is capable of judging a passenger on the seat based on the loads detected by the weight sensors and updating information on the passenger. The update forbidding device prevents the passenger judging and data updating device from judging the passenger or prevents the information to be updated when a sum-weight fluctuation amount is not less than a first predetermined threshold value, where the sum-weight fluctuation amount is obtained by summing up weight function amounts which are absolute values of fluctuations of the loads detected by the weight sensors.

Abstract: When the nucleic-acid base sequence of A, C, G, and T (or U) is determined by interpreting fluorescent-light intensity waveform data acquired by measuring nucleic-acid fragments, it is desirable to determine, with a high-accuracy, the base sequence at a location at which the data interpretation is difficult. In order to accomplish this object, the data interpretation is performed by making reference to information acquired by performing the statistical processing to plural pieces of fluorescent-light intensity waveform data corresponding to already-known base sequences. This method allows the determination of the nucleic-acid base sequence at the above-described location.

Abstract: There is provided a process analysis method capable of clustering of executed processes and extraction of similar processes. A process analysis method of the present invention converts the similarity between processes into a numeric value as a metric by including a process matrix transform 12 and a metric calculation 14 for process records 11 made up of a series of records of rendered service of at least three elements of the time of service, the type of service, and the quantity of service. This enables the calculation of the similarity between processes as a metric from information of only a series of records of rendered services. Accordingly, it becomes possible to cluster the executed processes and to extract similar processes based on the metric herein calculated.