Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle determines whether an EGR valve has an opening failure, and performs a pre-operation in which the engine is operated at a load smaller than a load in a series mode for a certain period of time while the vehicle is driven by a motor immediately before switching from an EV mode to the series mode. The pre-operation has a normal pre-mode in which the engine is operated at a first load when it is determined that the EGR valve does not have an opening failure, and a small failure pre-mode and a large failure pre-mode in which the engine is operated at a second load larger than the first load when it is determined that the EGR valve has the opening failure.

Abstract: To provide a preparing method of a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining having any one or more of translucency gradation, color gradation and strength gradation after perfect sintering by impregnating a zirconia calcined body with a plurality of impregnating solutions, which can suppress deterioration of the fitting property of a dental prosthesis device prepared from the zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining and a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining having any one or more of translucency gradation, color gradation and strength gradation after perfect sintering and suppressing deterioration of the fitting property of a dental prosthesis device prepared from the zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining.

Abstract: To provide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining that can impart translucency gradation and color gradation similar to a natural tooth to a zirconia perfect sintered body without the need for special equipment. To provide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining comprising two opposing surfaces and a side surface between the two opposing surfaces, wherein the side surface has a rectangular shape in a side view of the zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining, and in a case in which one of the two opposing surfaces is defined as surface A, the other surface of the two opposing surfaces is defined as surface B, a surface which is parallel to the surface A and is located at a position of 1.0 mm to 1.5 mm from the surface A toward the surface B in a direction parallel to the side surface is defined as surface C, points which are set to having 0.

Abstract: A deterioration determination unit determines whether a catalyst in an exhaust passage of an engine is deteriorated; a first determination unit determines whether there is an air-fuel ratio variation among cylinders of the engine on the basis of distortion in waveform of the air-fuel ratio on the upstream side of the catalyst; and a second determination unit determines whether there is an air-fuel ratio variation among the cylinders on the basis that the air-fuel ratio on the downstream side of the catalyst remains on the lean side. A determination mode switching unit makes the first determination unit execute a determination process concurrently with determination by the deterioration determination unit, and it is determined by the determination process that there is an air-fuel ratio variation among the cylinders, makes the second determination unit execute a determination process in priority to determination of deterioration of the catalyst.

Abstract: During normal engine operation, a temporary determination mode is executed in which whether or not there is an air-fuel ratio variation among cylinders is determined on the basis of distortion in output waveform of an LAF sensor, concurrently with determination of deterioration of a three-way catalyst, under a control condition of normal learning sensitivity of the learned value of a stoichiometry correction factor. If it is determined in the temporary determination mode that there is an air-fuel ratio variation, the determination mode is switched to a main determination mode and the learning sensitivity of the learned value of the stoichiometry correction factor is set to the sensitive side to determine whether or not there is an air-fuel ratio variation among the cylinders with higher reliability on the basis of the learned value of the stoichiometry correction factor (=the value of an enrichment process counter C2) which increases rapidly due to the air-fuel ratio variation among the cylinders.