Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a housing, a heat exchanger, an electric component box, a substrate, and a heat dissipator including multiple fins. The fins each have a first end situated in a windward side of an air passage formed between adjacent ones of the fins, and the first end faces the electric component box. When the heat dissipator and the electric component box are viewed from above, a first clearance gap having a first width and a second clearance gap having a second width greater than the first width are formed between the first end and the electric component box. The second clearance gap is situated closer to a back panel than the first clearance gap.

Abstract: A vehicle steering device includes a reaction force device, a drive device, a first ECU configured to control the reaction force device, a second ECU configured to control the drive device, a first rudder angle sensor and a second rudder angle sensor each configured to detect a steering angle of a wheel and output the detected steering angle to the second ECU, and a communication line that transmits at least one of steering angles of the wheel as detected values of the first rudder angle sensor and the second rudder angle sensor from the second ECU to the first ECU.

Abstract: A vehicle steering device capable of stabilizing behavior of a vehicle when traveling backward. The device includes a reaction force device configured to apply steering reaction force to a wheel, a drive device configured to turn tires in accordance with steering of the wheel, and a control unit configured to control the reaction force device and the drive device. The control unit includes a turning ratio map unit configured to set a turning ratio gain in accordance with the vehicle speed of a vehicle, and a target turning angle generation unit configured to generate a target turning angle by multiplying the steering angle of the wheel by the turning ratio gain. The turning ratio gain at backward traveling of the vehicle is equal to or larger than the turning ratio gain at forward traveling of the vehicle.

Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a housing having a front surface formed with an outlet and a back surface facing the front surface, an airflow flowing through the outlet; a substrate horizontally placed in the housing, an electric component being mounted on the substrate; and a heat dissipator including a plurality of fins, each of the fins having a heat dissipation surface, the heat dissipator dissipating, due to the airflow, heat generated by the electric component. The heat dissipation surface of each of the fins is parallel to the back surface or is angled at greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees relative to the back surface in top view.

Abstract: The present invention provides (I) a dry-stretched microporous membrane and a separator for an electric storage device excellent in balance among the required performances such as product safety, charge/discharge characteristics, dimension stability, energy cost, consideration to the environment, etc., (II) a separator for an electric storage device superior in product safety obtained by controlling a puncture depth of a microporous membrane comprised in the separator for an electric storage device, or/and (III) a dry-stretched microporous membrane and a separator for an electric power storage device excellent in product safety realized by controlling a porosity and a puncture strength of a thin microporous membrane.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing colored wood, the method including: a step of impregnating a block of wood with an organic acid aqueous solution containing an organic acid; and a step of performing steam treatment at high temperature and high pressure on the block of wood in a wet state of being impregnated with the organic acid aqueous solution while keeping the block of wood in the wet state. In the steam treatment, the temperature is 110° C. or more and 160° C. or less and the pressure is a saturated steam pressure at the temperature.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus detects an unauthorized attack and transmits attack detection information concerning the detected attack to a communication control device. The communication control device selects an attack countermeasure instruction associated with an attack detection content that matches the attack detection information and an attack countermeasure function of the information processing apparatus by using the transmitted attack detection information and the attack countermeasure information stored in advance, decides a countermeasure method to be executed against the attack, and transmits the attack countermeasure instruction information including the decided countermeasure method to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus is characterized to decide the countermeasure method to be executed against the attack from the received attack countermeasure instruction information and to execute the decided countermeasure method against the attack.

Abstract: Described are a system and method for dynamic promotional offers during user interaction at an automated teller machine (ATM). The method includes receiving, at the ATM, a transaction request based on an account identifier associated with an account of a user. The method also includes determining, based on the account identifier, that the account of the user was issued by an issuer that is different than an acquirer associated with the ATM. The method further includes, in response to determining that the account was issued by the issuer, generating, with at least one processor, an authorization request message based on the transaction request and the account identifier. The method further includes receiving an authorization response message comprising embedded user profile data and generating, on a display of the ATM, at least one offer based on the embedded user profile data.

Abstract: A fuel cell system for a load device may include a fuel cell, a battery, and a controller configured to control the fuel cell and the battery. The controller may be configured to: cumulatively calculate first accumulated electric energy generated by the fuel cell; cumulatively calculate a power generation efficiency average at the time of storage of the first accumulated electric energy; calculate required power generation efficiency to generate electric power that meets a power demand of the load device; under a first condition where the power generation efficiency average is lower than the required power generation efficiency, cause the fuel cell to generate electric power that meets the power demand; and under a second condition where the power generation efficiency average is higher, cause the fuel cell to generate electric power at a specific operating point and cause the battery to discharge deficient electric power.

Abstract: [Object] Provided is a catheter that can enhance the smoothness of a lumen. Solution A balloon catheter includes: an outer shaft to be inserted into a body, the outer shaft including a main lumen that extends in an axial direction from a proximal end side toward a distal end side; and a second member exposed in a portion of an inner circumferential surface of the outer shaft to the main lumen and having frictional properties lower than those of a first member (an inner shaft) that forms the inner circumferential surface of the outer shaft. The balloon catheter further includes sub-shafts that include sub-lumens extending in the axial direction and that are formed of the second member, and a portion of outer circumferential surfaces of the sub-shafts is exposed in a portion of the inner circumferential surface of the outer shaft to the main lumen.

Abstract: A clearing delay estimate may be employed that provides issuers with an accurate estimate for when a transaction will be cleared, thus providing more transparency to issuers to more efficiently manage funds. An algorithm may be employed to estimate clearance timing information and insert the timing information into communications with the issuer or other parties to a transaction involving a payment device. The estimated clearance timing information may be determined based on machine learning and other artificial intelligence techniques using historical data related to clearance timing for the particular entities involved in each transaction.

Abstract: A balloon-type electrode catheter includes a catheter shaft, a balloon provided at a part including a distal end of the catheter shaft and being inflatable with a fluid, and an electrode. The balloon includes a through hole discharging a fluid in the balloon to an outside of the balloon, a distal end large diameter portion, a proximal end large diameter portion, a small diameter portion positioned between the two large diameter portions and being smaller in diameter than the two large diameter portions, a distal end inclined portion connecting the distal end large diameter portion and the small diameter portion, and a proximal end inclined portion connecting the proximal end large diameter portion and the small diameter portion. The electrode is exposed at at least the small diameter portion. The through hole is disposed in at least one of the distal end inclined portion or the proximal end inclined portion.

Abstract: A balloon-type electrode catheter includes a catheter shaft including an outer shaft and an inner shaft, a balloon provided at a part including a distal end of the catheter shaft, and an electrode. The balloon includes an outer joining portion an inner joining portion, a distal end large diameter portion, a proximal end large diameter portion, a small diameter portion positioned between the two large diameter portions and being smaller in diameter than the two large diameter portions, a distal end inclined portion connecting the distal end large diameter portion and the small diameter portion, and a proximal end inclined portion connecting the proximal end large diameter portion and the small diameter portion. The electrode is exposed at at least the small diameter portion.

Abstract: A drug solution injection needle includes: a distal end member being a sharp member and made of metal; a connecting tube having electrical insulating properties connected to a base end side of the distal end member; a metal tube connected to a base end side of the connecting tube; and an insulating layer covering an outer circumferential surface of a base end portion of the metal tube. The connecting tube and/or the distal end member includes at least one hole communicating with a cavity of the drug solution injection needle and open to an outer surface of the connecting tube or the distal end member, and an electrode configured to measure electric potential is formed by a distal end portion of the metal tube not covered by the insulating layer.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a processor configured to: acquire, from a print job, identification information that has been preset for a particular image forming apparatus in order to distinguish the particular image forming apparatus from plural image forming apparatuses connected to a network; acquire, from the particular image forming apparatus, user setting information that has been specified during instructing printing of the print job among pieces of user setting information that have been preset by a user for the particular image forming apparatus, information on settings to be used in printing being defined in the pieces of user setting information; and when it is possible to perform the printing with the settings defined in the specified user setting information, enable execution of the print job.

Abstract: Provided is a coating composition from which a coating film having excellent decontamination properties, scratch resistance, and transparency can be formed. Specifically, provided is a coating composition containing a resin (A) having a hydroxyl group and an alkoxysilyl group, a curing agent (B), and an acrylic resin-coated silica particle (C) dispersion, wherein: the acrylic resin-coated silica particle (C) dispersion is a reaction product of silica particles with a polymerizable unsaturated group (c1) and a polymerizable unsaturated monomer mixture (c2); and the polymerizable unsaturated monomer mixture (c2) contains, as at least a part of components thereof, a polymerizable unsaturated monomer having a polysiloxane structure (c21) and an alkoxysilyl group-containing polymerizable unsaturated monomer (c22).

Abstract: A balloon-type electrode catheter according to the present invention includes an outer tube, an energizing connector, a balloon including neck portions on both ends of an expansion portion, an inner tube, a distal end tip, strip electrodes formed on an outer surface of the balloon, a metal ring attached to the distal end side neck portion with a distal end portion of each of the strip electrodes secured to an outer circumferential surface of the metal ring, and a lead wire electrically connecting each of the strip electrodes and the energizing connector with a distal end of the lead wire fixed to an inner circumferential surface of the metal ring and with a proximal end of the lead wire fixed to the energizing connector.

Abstract: A first current command value of a turning motor is generated based on a target turning angle, and the turning motor is driven based on a second current command value obtained by restricting the first current command value with a current restriction value in accordance with the angular velocity of the turning motor. A first torque signal is generated based on a predetermined basic map in accordance with at least a vehicle speed and a steering angle of a vehicle, and a target steering torque is generated by adding, to the first torque signal, a second torque signal in accordance with the deviation between the first current command value and the second current command value.

Abstract: An object is to providing a coating composition for attaining excellent storage stability of a coating material, excellent stain resistance (a property of preventing stains from adhering or a property of removing stains) of a coating film, and excellent durability of stain resistance of the coating film, and excellent scratch resistance of the coating film, and having transparency, and protecting the appearance for a long period of time, as well as a method of forming the coating film of the same. As a solution, provided is a coating composition comprising a silyl group-containing acrylic resin (A), a silyl group-free acrylic resin containing hydroxyl group (B), a polyisocyanate compound (C), and a catalyst (D), wherein the silyl group-containing acrylic resin (A) includes at least one polydimethyl siloxane segment.

Abstract: An ablation needle device can maintain flexibility of an injection needle even when the length of an electrode constituted at a distal end portion thereof is increased and can perform cooling with small nonuniformity in the electrode during ablation. The ablation needle device includes: a hollow needle that is composed of a proximal end portion that is insulation-coated and a distal end portion constituting an electrode; a hub that includes a liquid injection port and a discharge port; an electric connector; a thermocouple; and cooling liquid introducing pipes each of which extends in the inside of the hollow needle, each of which has a distal end positioned in the inside of the distal end portion of the hollow needle, and each of which ejects liquid injected from the injection port from a distal end opening thereof.