Abstract: Provided is a particulate water absorbent with which an absorbent body having an excellent speed of incorporating liquid and enabling reduction in release amount can be produced. The particulate water absorbent contains poly(meth)acrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin particles as a main component, and the particulate water absorbent includes a cavity that is a space connecting to outside and a void that is a closed space not connecting to outside, in which a cavity ratio to a total volume is 10% by volume or more, and a void ratio to a total volume is 0.5% by volume or less.

Abstract: Provided is a method for recovering a carboxylic acid, by which method the carboxylic acid is separated from an aqueous solution containing water and the carboxylic acid and the separated carboxylic acid is obtained as a carboxylic acid anhydride.

Abstract: A multi-tower liquid-liquid extraction apparatus having two or more extraction towers arranged in parallel. Each tower has a heavy-liquid supplying port at the top and a heavy-liquid discharging port at the bottom. Additionally, each tower has a light-liquid supplying port at the bottom and a light-liquid discharging port at the top. The heavy-liquid channels of the extraction towers are connected in series. Furthermore, at least two of the extraction towers are connected to respective diaphragm chambers through their respective piping. These diaphragm chambers have a closed space, part of the wall of which is formed by a diaphragm whose volume is changed by an operating drive section. The piping between each extraction tower and its respective diaphragm chamber is equipped with a pressure-regulating chamber and an on/off valve to regulate the internal pressure.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes supplying first silane-based gas to a surface of a first film, the first silane-based gas being aminosilane-based gas. The method further includes supplying second silane-based gas to the surface of the first film, the second silane-based gas having a thermal decomposition temperature lower than a thermal decomposition temperature of the first silane-based gas. The method further includes supplying an oxidant to the surface of the first film to form a second film on the surface of the first film, the second film including silicon and oxygen.

Abstract: A robot apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a robot body and a transfer leg for transferring the robot body. The robot body includes a robot arm mechanism and a sensor device for detecting an external force applied to the robot arm mechanism. The sensor device includes a sensor bottom plate to be installed on a robot installation table, a sensor top plate attached to the bottom surface of a base of the robot arm mechanism, and a sensor body for detecting the displacement between the sensor bottom plate and the sensor top plate. The transfer leg is configured to be able to fix the base or the sensor top plate to a transfer table in such a manner as to prevent the sensor bottom plate from coming into contact with the transfer table.

Abstract: A right side portion, which is a light emitting device, comprises a side light guide plate and a front light guide plate as a plurality of light guide plates in which light is reflected by a prism and emitted from a light emitting surface. The side light guide plate and the front light guide plate are disposed in a row in a state in which the angles of the light emitting surfaces differ between adjacent light guide plates and the ends of adjacent light guide plates are butted against each other. An LED board is disposed at the end of the side light guide plate, and the end surface of one of the ends of the side light guide plate and the front light guide plate that are abutted against each other is formed as an inclined surface with a reflection function that changes the angle at which the light is guided and causes the light to be incident on the adjacent light guide plate.

Abstract: An authentication and authorization system acquires an authentication and authorization request for requesting authentication and/or authorization when a request source asset requests a request destination asset to perform predetermined processing, analyzes the authentication and authorization request to specify at least one of asset statuses indicating target matters of the authentication and/or authorization for the request source asset and the request destination asset, a request level indicating a degree of confirmation required for the authentication and/or authorization in response to the authentication and authorization request, and a relationship between the request source asset and the request destination asset, and determines the authentication and authorization means to be used for the authentication and/or authorization in response to the authentication and authorization request, based on the specified at least one of the asset statuses, the request level, and the relationship.

Abstract: A method of generating an attack scenario by evaluating an attack strategy and a technique based on a characteristic of an attacker, a target system, and the like, and combining an attack strategy and a technique based on the evaluation. In a method of generating a cyber attack scenario including a combination of attack strategy/technique information configured by a plurality of attack strategies and attack techniques for realizing a threat to a target system, an attack strategy/technique evaluation unit 106 calculates an evaluation point for attack strategy/technique information, and an attack strategy/technique combination determination unit 107 generates a cyber attack scenario by combining the attack strategy/technique evaluation unit 106 based on the evaluation point.

Abstract: A set of headphones (1) comprises a pair of speaker units (3); a pair of ear pad portions (4); a plurality of temperature change modules (24) that are provided inside the pair of ear pad portions (4), and that heat and/or cool electrically so as to convey a temperature other than normal temperature to the user; and a temperature control unit (31) that drives the plurality of temperature change modules (24) on a rotating basis while shifting the phase of operation individually or in groups.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment comprises a stack including a plurality of electrode films stacked in a first direction to be separated from each other. A column portion extends in the stack in the first direction and includes a semiconductor layer, and has memory cells at respective intersections of the semiconductor layer and the electrode films. A dividing portion extends in the stack in the first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, divides the electrode films in a third direction crossing the first direction and the second direction, and includes an insulator. A first film is provided between the insulator and an end surface in the third direction of each of the electrode films and contains a first metal and silicon.

Abstract: A facial image acquisition system 10 comprises a camera 11, a light guide plate 12, an LED 13, and a control device 20. The camera 11 is installed to photograph a person, and captures images over a specific capturing range. The light guide plate 12 is provided at a position adjacent to the capturing side of the camera 11, internally reflects light incident from a specific direction, emits the reflected light from a second surface 12c on the opposite side from a first surface 12b facing the camera 11 to perform the desired display, and is optically transmissive. The LED 13 irradiates the light guide plate 12 with light from a specific direction. The control device 20 controls the LED 13 so that light is emitted from the LED 13 according to information obtained by the camera 11.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a container configured to contain a substrate, a heater configured to heat the substrate contained in the container, and an injector configured to feed gas to the substrate contained in the container. Furthermore, the injector includes a first layer having a tubular shape, and a second layer provided on a surface of the first layer, and having an emissivity of 0.5 or less.

Abstract: A mask 10 comprises a main body portion 11, a fixing member 12, a display panel 13, an LED 14a, and a display control unit 15. The main body portion 11 is disposed at a shield position that covers the user's mouth and nostrils. The fixing member 12 fixes the main body portion 11 to the face so that the main body portion 11 is held at the shield position. The display panel 13 is provided at a position of the main body portion 11 opposite the front of the user's face, and performs a desired display with light emitted in a specific direction. The LED 14a irradiates the display panel 13 with light in a specific direction. The display control unit 15 controls the LED 14a so as to perform a desired display on the display panel 13.

Abstract: An application development assistance system in which optimal security measures can be taken at positions in need of security measures under an application development environment using a flow diagram analyzes an input application description file and outputs application data information and module information. A data importance level judgment unit decides importance levels of data exchanged between modules on the basis of the application data information.

Abstract: Conventional security measures are generally intended for an IT system, and it has been difficult to satisfy a real-time property and availability requested to a control system. Furthermore, since a time-division type time slot communication method is not taken into consideration, such time slot communication has problems in efficient utilization of computer resources and decrease in availability. In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention specifies a time slot from characteristics of a communication packet received by a reception unit 133 by using a time slot characteristic storage unit 130, and selects, in accordance with the specified time slot, an inspection pattern stored in an inspection pattern storage unit 136 by using an inspection pattern selection unit 131.

Abstract: The present invention provides a robot system including: a movable human-collaborative robot including a human-collaborative robot, and a moving device that moves the human-collaborative robot mounted thereon; a control unit that controls the movable human-collaborative robot; and an approach sensor that detects approach of a human to the movable human-collaborative robot. The human-collaborative robot includes a human detection sensor that detects approach or contact of a human to or with the movable human-collaborative robot. When the approach sensor has detected the approach of a human, the control unit restricts the operation of at least the moving device and, when the human detection sensor has detected the approach of or contact with a human, the control unit performs control so as to stop the movable human-collaborative robot or so as to avoid the approach of or contact with the human.

Abstract: A long decorative illumination device which is long in the vertical direction and for being installed in the sides of a game machine may be provided with a plurality of light guide plates that can be individually illuminated. The plurality of light guide plates may be arranged in the vertical direction with gaps therebetween and in a slanted state so that the light emitting surfaces thereof are oriented toward a window part which is open from at least two directions of the front surface and the side surfaces of the decorative illumination device. A controller may control the light emission of the plurality of light guide plates to perform visual effect lighting having an impactful visual effect, while controlling the light emission from the plurality of light guide plates to convey predetermined information.

Abstract: A set of headphones (1) comprises a pair of speaker units (3); a pair of ear pad portions (4); a plurality of temperature change modules (24) that are provided inside the pair of ear pad portions (4), and that heat and/or cool electrically so as to convey a temperature other than normal temperature to the user; and a temperature control unit (31) that drives the plurality of temperature change modules (24) on a rotating basis while shifting the phase of operation individually or in groups.

Abstract: A first light guide plate and a second light guide plate are arranged facing each other. A microprojection group comprising a plurality of microprojections is arranged in the visual recognition region of the surface facing the first light guide plate in the second light guide plate. The plurality of microprojections have a height and arrangement that ensure a distance where interference fringes are not visually recognized between the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate in contact with the second light guide plate. The microprojection group and the dimples configuring a design part formed on the second light guide plate are formed on an identical surface.

Abstract: There are provided a method for manufacturing a light emitting device and a method for manufacturing a light guide plate, with which a light emitting device that is inexpensive and affords excellent space efficiency, despite having a plurality of light emitting surfaces with different angles, can be manufactured in a small number of steps and with stable quality. With this light emitting device, the end surface of one of the end portions that are butted together in a plurality of light guide plates is formed into an inclined surface having a reflection function for changing the angle at which the light is guided so that the light will be incident on the adjacent light guide plate.