Abstract: A sheet folder includes a conveyor conveying a sheet, a first folding roller and a second folding roller that form a first nip, a third folding roller forming a second nip with the second folding roller, a first guide movable between a first guide posture and a first retracted posture, a second guide movable between a second guide posture and a second retracted posture, and a motor. The motor rotates the second folding roller forward to convey the sheet toward the first nip, reverse to convey the sheet toward the second nip, moves the first guide to arrange in the first guide in the first guide posture or the first retracted posture, and moves the second guide to arrange the second guide in the second guide posture or the second retracted posture.

Abstract: A medical image diagnosis apparatus according to one embodiment includes a gantry and a first light source. The gantry includes a first opening to which a subject is inserted. The first light source emits light capable of sterilization to the first opening.

Abstract: A gas supply device capable of saving space and supplying a mixed gas having components with stable concentration to a processing chamber in a short time includes: a plurality of fluid control units each including a flow path through which gas flows, and fluid control devices provided in the middle of the flow path; a merging flow path including a plurality of connecting portions fluidly connected to the plurality of fluid control units and a single gas outlet portion which derives the gas introduced through the plurality of connecting portions; wherein a plurality of connecting portions is arranged symmetrically with respect to the gas outlet portion in the flow path direction of the merging flow path, and two or more fluid control units are fluidly connected to each of the plurality of connecting portions.

Abstract: The oscillation circuit includes a drive circuit and an amplitude limiting circuit. A vibrator-output signal is input to the drive circuit from one end of the vibrator, and the drive circuit outputs a drive signal obtained by inverting the vibrator-output signal. The amplitude limiting circuit is disposed between an output node of the drive circuit and the other end of the vibrator, and outputs an amplitude-limited drive signal obtained by reducing an amplitude of the drive signal to the other end of the vibrator.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a resin composition that is high in moldability in producing a member of a complicated shape by injection molding and also high in flexural modulus and impact property. A molding material including a resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin and carbon fibers, wherein the carbon fibers have substantially the same length as the length of the molding material; the twist angle of the carbon fiber surface layer is 2.0° to 30.5°; the core ratio A/(A+B) is 0.1 to 0.5 where A is the areal fraction of the core portion containing carbon fibers and B is the areal fraction of the remaining portion, that is, the sheath portion, in a cross section perpendicular to the carbon fiber axis direction in the molding material; and the areal void fraction in a cross section perpendicular to the carbon fiber axis direction in the molding material is 5% or less.

Abstract: A ring support is attached to an inner wall surface of a chamber that houses a semiconductor wafer to support a susceptor. When the semiconductor wafer is placed on the susceptor, an inner space of the chamber is separated into an upper space and a lower space. Particles are likely to accumulate on a lower chamber window as a floor part of the chamber. However, since the upper space and the lower space are separated, the semiconductor wafer can be prevented from being contaminated by the particles flowing into the upper space and adhering to a surface of the semiconductor wafer even when the particles on the lower chamber window are blown up by irradiation with flash light.

Abstract: Provided are a composition capable of forming a cured product with excellent hardness, scratch resistance, chemical resistance, and flexibility; and a polyisocyanate compound that can be used as a curing agent for the composition. The polyisocyanate compound is represented by Formula (1), wherein R1 to R3 are identical or different and are a group represented by Formula (1a), wherein L1 and L2 are identical or different and represent an alkylene group having from 1 to 10 carbons, m represents a number of 0 or greater, L3 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having from 4 to 18 carbons, and X represents an isocyanate group or a blocked isocyanate group blocked with a blocking agent, where m is not simultaneously 0 for R1 to R3, and the bond with the wavy line bonds to a nitrogen atom in Formula (1). In addition, the composition contains a polyisocyanate compound and a polyacrylic polyol.

Abstract: An inertial measurement unit includes: a sensor unit having an inertial sensor; and a first holding unit holding the sensor unit. The first holding unit includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a plurality of spacers coupling the sensor unit and the first substrate; a first elastic member and a second elastic member provided on both sides of the first substrate via opening parts; a first fixing member penetrating, pressing and fixing the first substrate and the first elastic member to the second substrate; and a second fixing member penetrating, pressing and fixing the first substrate and the second elastic member to the second substrate.

Abstract: A carbon fiber bundle that satisfies retaining a twist count of 2 turns/m or more when suspended with one end fixed and the other end free; having a single fiber diameter of 6.1 ?m or more and a heat loss rate at 450° C. of 0.15% or less, and formula (1) wherein Lc is crystallite size and ?002 is an orientation parameter of crystallites determined from bulk measurement of the entire fiber bundle: ?002>4.0×Lc+73.2 (1); and a carbon fiber bundle that satisfies: retaining a surface layer twist angle of 0.2° or more when suspended with one end fixed and the other end free; having a single fiber diameter of 6.1 ?m or more and a heat loss rate at 450° C. of 0.15% or less, and formula (1).

Abstract: To provide a curable composition capable of: forming a coating film having adhesion to a substrate surface; hardness; scratch resistance; and chemical resistance. The curable composition of the present disclosure contains a polyol compound (A) having an isocyanurate skeleton, an acrylic compound (B) containing a hydroxy group, and a polyisocyanate compound (C) having an isocyanurate skeleton and an isocyanate group besides the isocyanurate skeleton. The polyol compound (A) preferably contains a compound (a) represented by Formula (1) below. R1 to R3 in the formula are identical or different and are each a group represented by Formula (1a) below.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for a positive electrode having high binding properties and high flexibility. A composition for a positive electrode, comprising: a graft copolymer-based resin; a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin, wherein the graft copolymer-based resin includes a graft copolymer in which a monomer, having (meth)acrylonitrile as a main component, is graft-copolymerized with a polyvinyl alcohol. The graft copolymer-based resin optionally further includes at least one of a (meth)acrylonitrile-based non-graft polymer and a polyvinyl alcohol homopolymer. And, a slurry for a positive electrode comprising the composition. A positive electrode comprising a metal foil and a coating film of the slurry. The composition preferably has a mass ratio of the graft copolymer-based resin and the polyvinylidene fluoride resin, which is: graft copolymer-based resin/polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin=2/8 to 8/2.

Abstract: A composition that serves as a binder for a positive electrode with a good balance between suppression of battery performance degradation at a high-capacity electrode, high-temperature storage property, and DC resistance, a slurry for a positive electrode using the composition, a positive electrode, and a secondary battery. A free induction decay curve of the composition obtained by measuring at 180° C. by Solid Echo method using pulse NMR is separated into three components, component S180, component M180, and component H180, a component ratio of the component S180 is 10% or more and 80% or less, and a relaxation time of the component S180 is 500 ?s or more.

Abstract: An academic ability estimation model generation device to generate an academic ability estimation model with which current academic ability is accurately estimated without requiring comprehensive learning data. The academic ability estimation model generation device includes a decision tree generator that generates a decision tree by using correct/incorrect-answer information as teacher data, the correct/incorrect-answer information indicating that a plurality of answerers who have answered a question group consisting of a plurality of predetermined questions have answered each question correctly or incorrectly; a pruner that deletes a leaf node when an entropy of a classification result indicated by the leaf node being a terminal end of the decision tree which is generated is equal to or lower than a predetermined value. Further, there is a category generator that sets each new terminal end of the decision tree after deleting the leaf node as a category to which any of the answerers belongs.

Abstract: One mode of a method for analyzing acylcarnitine according to the present invention is a method for analyzing C5 acylcarnitine using a tandem mass spectrometer, the method including: a measurement step of performing MRM measurement on a specimen according to at least one of MRM transitions of m/z 24>187, m/z 246>57, m/z 246>41, and m/z 246>29; and a processing step of distinguishing between isovalerylcarnitine and pivaloylcarnitine which is an isomer of isovalervicarnitine in the specimen or determining whether or not C5 acylcarnitine in the specimen includes pivaloylcarnitine, using a measurement result obtained in the measurement step. This makes it possible to satisfactorily distinguish between isovalerylcarnitine and pivaloylcarnitine, which have been conventionally difficult to distinguish.

Abstract: A composition, serving as a binder with a good balance between suppression of battery performance degradation at a high-capacity electrode, high-temperature storage property, and DC resistance, a slurry for a positive electrode using the composition, a positive electrode, and a secondary battery. The composition includes a graft copolymer, wherein: the graft copolymer has a stem polymer and a branch polymer; the stem polymer contains a polyvinyl alcohol structure, the branch polymer contains a first monomer unit containing a (meth)acrylonitrile monomer unit and/or a (meth)acrylic acid monomer; the composition has a swelling rate to an electrolytic solution of 105 to 200% at 25° C. for 15 days; the swelling rate is a swelling rate after immersing the composition in the electrolytic solution at 25° C. for 15 days; and the electrolytic solution is obtained by mixing ethylene carbonate and diethyl carbonate at a volume ratio of 1:2.

Abstract: An advice data generation device that is capable of generating advice data on how to write answers is provided. The advice data generation device includes: a time classification unit that classifies a time interval during which stroke data is present, in a predetermined time range defined as answering time, as an entering time interval based on the stroke data that is vector data of a coordinate of a trajectory of handwriting input and time, the handwriting input being performed by a user with respect to a predetermined electronic answer field to put an answer for a question; a time comparison unit that compares a length of each entering time interval of another user for each question with a length of each entering time interval of a target user for each question; and an advice generation unit that generates advice data representing a comparison result.

Abstract: A composition including a graft copolymer, wherein the graft copolymer has a stem polymer and a branch polymer; the stem polymer contains a polyvinyl alcohol structure, the branch polymer contains a first monomer unit containing a (meth)acrylonitrile monomer unit and/or a (meth)acrylic acid monomer; the composition has a gel fraction of 30% or more; the gel fraction is represented by following formula: the gel fraction %=A×100/1; A g is an insoluble content left on a filter pater when 1 g of the composition is added to 300 ml of dimethyl sulfoxide to obtain a mixture and the mixture is stirred at 60° C. for 15 hours and then filtered through the filter paper, which is a No. 5C filter paper as specified in JIS P 380.

Abstract: This inventions provides an image capturing apparatus capable of obtaining an image corrected so as to have an image quality preference of a user by changing the degree of application of the 3D-LUT using only a single LUT processing circuit. To this, the image capturing apparatus that includes an image capturing unit, comprises an acquisition unit that acquires a first look-up table for converting image data, a setting unit that sets a degree of application of the first look-up table acquired by the acquisition unit, and a generation unit that generates a second look-up table from the first look-up table based on the degree of application set by the setting unit, wherein image data obtained by the image capturing unit is converted using the second look-up table generated by the generation unit.

Abstract: An n-type material for thermoelectric conversion obtained by doping a p-type material for thermoelectric conversion with a dopant, the p-type material for thermoelectric conversion containing a carbon nanotube and a conductive resin, in which the dopant contains an anion that is a complex ion, an alkali metal cation, and a cation scavenger.

Abstract: A composition for temporary bonding, includes: (A) a (meth)acrylate having the following (A-1) and (A-2): (A-1) a monofunctional (meth)acrylate whose side chain is an alkyl group having 18 or more carbon atoms and homopolymer has a Tg of ?100° C. to 60° C., and (A-2) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate; (B) a polyisobutene homopolymer and/or a polyisobutene copolymer; and (C) a photo radical polymerization initiator.