Abstract: A thin-film device includes a polysilicon element and an oxide semiconductor element. The polysilicon element includes a first part made of low-resistive polysilicon. The oxide semiconductor element includes a second part made of low-resistive oxide semiconductor. The first part and the second part are disposed to overlap each other and connected.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes assigning one or more first-type tape cartridges to an upper tape layer of a hierarchical storage management system, assigning one or more second-type tape cartridges to a lower tape layer of the hierarchical storage management system, and moving, to the lower tape layer, data having lower access frequency and recorded in the first-type tape cartridge assigned to the upper tape layer. A length of a tape included in the second-type tape cartridge is longer than a length of a tape included in the first-type tape cartridge.

Abstract: To provide a sealing material sheet for a solar-cell module that has high productivity without performing crosslinking processing, and has a high tensile shear adhesion force at normal temperature at a high level in addition to heat resistance and molding characteristics. A sealing material sheet is a multi-layer sheet using a polyethylene-based resin as a base resin, a core layer 11 has a density of 0.880 g/cm3 to 0.930 g/cm3 and a melting point of 70° C. or higher, a skin layer 12 has a density of 0.880 g/cm3 to 0.900 g/cm3 and a melting point of 90° C. or lower and contains a silane-modified polyethylene-based resin, a weight average molecular weight of the silane-modified polyethylene-based resin contained in the skin layer 12 in terms of polystyrene is 70000 to 120000, and a polymerized silane amount of the skin layer 12 in the whole resin component is 300 ppm to 2000 ppm.

Abstract: To provide a sealing material sheet for a solar-cell module that has high productivity, and can also suppress unevenness in thickness at the time of integration as a solar-cell module. There is provided a sealing material sheet 1 in which there are two inflection point temperatures that are temperatures only around which a change rate of the linear expansion coefficient locally increases, a first inflection point temperature at a low temperature side of two inflection point temperatures is within a range of 55° C. to 70° C., and a second inflection point at a high temperature side of the inflection point temperatures is within a range of 80° C. to 95° C.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a takeover operation unit configured to execute operations whereby at least a portion of automated driving is handed over to manual driving performed by a driver, and a duration acquisition unit configured to acquire a duration of the automated driving when the at least a portion of the automated driving is handed over to manual driving performed by the driver. In the case that the duration is greater than or equal to a first predetermined time period, the takeover operation unit performs an operation to hand over driving to manual driving differently from an operation to hand over driving to manual driving in the case that the duration is less than the first predetermined time period.

Abstract: Disclosed is a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device which is a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal alignment film to which an alignment regulating force is imparted by a photo-alignment treatment, including: a film forming step of forming a film containing a polymer whose main chain is cleaved by irradiation with light; a photo-alignment step of imparting an alignment regulating force to the film formed in the film forming step by irradiation of the film with light in an atmosphere of a temperature lower than 100° C.; and a removing step of removing a low-molecular weight component generated by cleaving the main chain of the polymer through the light irradiation after the light irradiation. Also disclosed is a liquid crystal display device manufactured by the manufacturing method.

Abstract: Each user terminal apparatus is connected with a service business enterprise system by a connection business enterprise system in a state that a live image can mutually be transmitted through the service business enterprise system. An user beforehand sets its live image to be appropriately utilized as an advertisement medium, and chooses selling goods to be advertised. A live image transmitted from the user terminal apparatus of the user who performed the aforesaid setting receives a superposed image, for example, by the superposing the T shirt of the user or the like with the image signal of the selling goods as the advertisement object in the service business enterprise system, and then the processed live image signal is transmitted to the user terminal apparatus of a communication companion.

Abstract: In a server (10), all column data items are extracted from a master data storage unit (11) and sent to a client (20) in addition to target data corresponding to a data acquisition request that has been sent from the client (20), and in the client (20), the target data and data items received from the server (10) are displayed on a screen in a user-interface selectable mode, thereby making it possible to download from the server (10) to the client (20) the minimum target data required when attempting to perform a desired process on the client (20), and doing away with the waste associated with downloading all the data. In addition, by also downloading and displaying in a selectable manner on a screen data items pertaining to data other than the target data, a user can be shown, in an operable-like manner, data items pertaining to actual data without downloading the actual data.

Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes a cell stack body, a stack case containing the cell stack body, and an end plate fixed to an end of the stack case. At least two recesses are provided at the end of the stack case, each of the recesses holding one end of each of positioning pins which position the stack case and the end plate. At least two positioning holes, into which the positioning pins are inserted, are provided in the end plate correspondingly to the at least two recesses.

Abstract: Disclosed is a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device which is a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal alignment film to which an alignment regulating force is imparted by a photo-alignment treatment, including: a film forming step of forming a film containing a polymer whose main chain is cleaved by irradiation with light; a photo-alignment step of imparting an alignment regulating force to the film formed in the film forming step by irradiation of the film with light in an atmosphere of a temperature lower than 100° C.; and a removing step of removing a low-molecular weight component generated by cleaving the main chain of the polymer through the light irradiation after the light irradiation. Also disclosed is a liquid crystal display device manufactured by the manufacturing method.

Abstract: The vehicle control device according to the present invention is a device that automatically controls the travel of a vehicle at least partially, the vehicle control device comprising: a traveling environment acquisition unit that acquires a traveling environment of the vehicle when the travel control is performed; and a vehicle control unit that performs state change control to change a state of the vehicle on the basis of the traveling environment acquired by the traveling environment acquisition unit, when the travel control is transitioned from automatic to manual or when such transition is predicted.

Abstract: A traffic signal recognition unit recognizes a traffic signal of a traffic signal machine to be next followed on the basis of outside information. A traffic participant recognition unit recognizes the motion of a traffic participant on the basis of the outside information. A prediction unit predicts a traffic signal to be followed next on the basis of the motion of traffic participant recognized by the traffic participant recognition unit. A comparison unit compares the traffic signal recognized by the traffic signal recognition unit with the traffic signal predicted by the prediction unit. An action planning unit makes an action plan of a host vehicle on the basis of the comparison result of the comparison unit. A control unit carries out prescribed control on the basis of the action plan.

Abstract: A disclosed management apparatus that manages communication in a network shared by information processing apparatuses of plural users includes: a memory and a processor coupled to the memory.

Abstract: A first terminal device communicates with a second terminal device through a fourth terminal device. An acquisition unit acquires a maximum transmission delay time by referring to a transmission delay time with respect to each of the second terminal device through the fourth terminal device. A communication unit transmits data to each of the second terminal device through the fourth terminal device. The communication unit prohibits, when transmission of the data is ended, new data from being transmitted over a prohibition period based on the maximum transmission delay time acquired in the acquisition unit.

Abstract: A flow rate measurement system measures, by using a flow rate measurement device, a flow rate of cleaning gas in a container storage facility including: a storage rack including supporting portions; a transport device that transports a container to the supporting portions; and a gas supply device that supplies the cleaning gas to the container supported by the supporting portions. The transport device and the flow rate measurement device are connected via a power line communicatively by wire or wireless. The flow rate measurement device measures the flow rate of the cleaning gas in a state in which the transport device has transported the flow rate measurement device and the flow rate measurement device is placed on a target supporting portion.

Abstract: Each of sub-pixels includes an upper electrode layer, a lower electrode layer between the upper electrode layer and the substrate, an organic light-emitting layer between the lower electrode layer and the upper electrode layer, and an interlayer between the organic light-emitting layer and the lower electrode layer. The pixel defining layer is provided between the lower electrode layer and the interlayer. The convex structural part is provided between the substrate and the interlayer. The convex structural part has a third side wall on the side of the first sub-pixel and a fourth side wall on the side of the second sub-pixel. The first side wall, the second side wall, the third side wall, and the fourth side wall have forward tapered surfaces.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a stage configured to hold tape adhering to a second surface of a semiconductor wafer having the second surface and a first surface opposite to the second surface, a vacuum mechanism attachable to an upper side of a substrate provided to adhere to the first surface, a driving unit configured to drive the vacuum mechanism in a direction by which the vacuum mechanism is separated from the substrate, and a cooling unit configured to cool the tape.

Abstract: This vehicle control device comprises an autonomous driving control unit which automatically controls the stopping of a vehicle. If it is determined by a crossing determination unit that there is no crossing, the autonomous driving control unit controls the stopping of the vehicle so that the vehicle is stopped at a standard target stop position corresponding to a stop line on the basis of the positional information of the stop line, whereas if it is determined by the crossing determination unit that there is a crossing, the autonomous driving control unit controls the stopping of the vehicle so that the vehicle is stopped at a position before the standard target stop position on the basis of the positional information of the stop line.

Abstract: A wing member includes a first wing, a second wing, and a connection section connecting one-end sides of the first wing and the second wing. Both the wings are disposed with a spacing therebetween in the longitudinal vehicle direction, and the first wing is located on a vehicle body front upper side relative to the second wing. The connection section connects the one-end sides of both the wings that extend from a cowling toward a transverse-directionally outer side. A front edge of the first wing is inclined such that its transverse-directionally outer side portion is located on the vehicle body rear side relative to its transverse-directionally inner side portion, in plan view of the vehicle body. A rear edge of the first wing is inclined such that its transverse-directionally outer side portion is located on the vehicle body front side relative to its transverse-directionally inner side portion, in plan view.