Abstract: A medical ultrasonic sensor array includes a plurality of ultrasonic sensors having a plurality of first electrode plates, a plurality of piezoelectric elements, and a second electrode plate. Each of the ultrasonic sensors has a first electrode plate and a piezoelectric element sandwiched between the second electrode plate and the first electrode plate. Each first electrode plate of each ultrasonic sensor is separated from each other first electrode plate of each other ultrasonic sensor. The second electrode plate is a single body electrode plate shared by the plurality of the ultrasonic sensors. The second electrode plate includes a plurality of cavities, each cavity being formed in a surface of the second electrode plate at which the piezoelectric elements connect to the second electrode plate at a position between connection regions connecting a respective pair of the piezoelectric elements to the second electrode plate.

Abstract: A controller of a thrust generating device executes one of first control of controlling thrust by changing the pitch angle of each blade while maintaining the rotational speed of a propeller at a reference value, or second control of allowing the thrust greater than the thrust generated in the first control to be generated by making the rotational speed of the propeller larger than the reference value.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes plural image holding bodies that are provided for respective colors of toners and hold toner images having the respective colors, an intermediate transfer body onto which the toner images having the respective colors held by the plural image holding bodies are transferred, a waste toner collection unit that collects toners remaining on the intermediate transfer body as a waste toner in a case where the toner images having the respective colors transferred onto the intermediate transfer body are transferred onto a recording material, a waste toner developing unit that uses the waste toner collected by the waste toner collection unit to develop a toner image on an image holding body of the plural image holding bodies or the other image holding body of the plural image holding bodies, and a control unit that performs a control to cause the waste toner developing unit to develop the toner image in a case where a predetermined condition about a ratio of a waste toner having each

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a starch composition. The method for producing a starch composition according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) preparing a raw material mixture which contains a raw starch material, one or more selected from the group consisting of an acid-treated starch and a dextrin, and an aqueous alkaline solution, the raw material mixture having a moisture content of 20 parts by mass or more and 35 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the raw material mixture; and (b) heat-treating the raw material mixture having a moisture content of 20 parts by mass or more and 35 parts by mass or less obtained in step (a) to a temperature at which the raw material mixture becomes 120° C. or higher and 150° C. or lower. The present invention can provide a starch composition that does not swell or swell less upon heating and that is heat resistant, using a simple method.

Abstract: Provided is a sliding member of an internal combustion engine including a self-detecting material for highly reliable and easy monitoring of damage to the sliding member. A sliding member of an internal combustion engine including a self-detecting material for monitoring damage to the sliding member, wherein the sliding member has a single-layer or multi-layer structure made of a metal, an alloy, and/or a resin material, the self-detecting material is embedded in at least one of the layers constituting the sliding member, and the self-detecting material is configured of at least one kind of material that exhibits a signal characteristic in response to external energy.

Abstract: A cable inspection device non-destructively inspects a cable used for supporting a bridge. The cable inspection device includes a neutron source and a neutron detection device. The neutron source emits neutrons to the cable. The neutron detection device includes a detection surface arranged outside the cable, and detects target neutrons and measures the number of the detected target neutrons when neutrons are emitted to the cable. The target neutrons are among the neutrons released from the cable and incident on the detection surface, and each have an energy equal to or lower than a predetermined value that is lower than an energy of a fast neutron.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing container including an opening provided in a ceiling wall of the processing container, and a microwave radiation source. The microwave radiation source includes a slot antenna including a slot and configured to radiate microwaves from the slot, and a transmission window configured to close the opening and to radiate the microwaves from the slot into the processing container. The transmission window includes a first surface including a skirt which suspends to cover a side wall of the opening, and a second surface which is an opposite surface to the first surface and faces the slot antenna with a gap between the slot antenna and the second surface.

Abstract: A compound indicated by formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof is provided as a compound that can be a therapeutic or prophylactic drug for TRPC6-related diseases, such as nephrotic syndrome, membranous nephropathy, acute renal failure, septicemia, chronic renal failure, diabetic nephropathy, pulmonary hypertension, acute lung injury, heart failure, malignant tumor, and muscular dystrophy. (In the formula, Ar1, Ar2, X1-X3, R1, R3, R7, R8, L1, and L2 are as defined in the specifications.

Abstract: A plasma source comprising: a plasma generator including a first wall having an opening and a second wall facing the first wall, and forming a plasma generating space; a dielectric window disposed on the first wall to block the opening and configured to transmit electromagnetic waves to the plasma generating space; and a protruding portion disposed on the second wall, protruding from the second wall to be close to the dielectric window, and containing a conductor at least partially. The protruding portion has a gas hole that opens toward the dielectric window.

Abstract: A sensor data input device obtains a plurality of sensor data sequences, each indicating time-series sensor values generated by measuring a work of a working subject using a sensor. A class data generator determines a plurality of intervals obtained by temporally dividing each sensor data sequence based on the sensor values, determines classes of the intervals, each class indicating a type of temporal variations in the sensor values included in one of the intervals, and generates a plurality of first class data sequences for each sensor data sequence, each first class data sequence indicating the intervals and the classes of the sensor data sequence. A class data linker associates the corresponding intervals having an identical class with each other, among the plurality of first class data sequences. A determiner calculates characteristic values of the intervals associated with each other.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes: a processing container including a substrate support; a shower head that supplies active species of a first gas into the processing container; a first dissociation space through which the active species is supplied to the shower head; and a resonator that supplies electromagnetic waves in a VHF band or higher to the first dissociation space. The resonator includes: a cylindrical body; a gas pipe which passes through an interior of the cylindrical body, is provided along a central axis direction of the cylindrical body, and includes gas holes through which the first gas is supplied into the first dissociation space; and a dielectric window including a central portion through which the end portion of the gas pipe passes, and configured to seal a space between the gas pipe and the cylindrical body and cause the electromagnetic waves to transmit through the first dissociation space.

Abstract: A medical ultrasonic sensor array includes a plurality of ultrasonic sensors having a plurality of first electrode plates, a plurality of piezoelectric elements, and a second electrode plate. Each of the ultrasonic sensors has a first electrode plate and a piezoelectric element sandwiched between the second electrode plate and the first electrode plate. Each first electrode plate of each ultrasonic sensor is separated from each other first electrode plate of each other ultrasonic sensor. The second electrode plate is a single body electrode plate shared by the plurality of the ultrasonic sensors. The second electrode plate includes a plurality of cavities, each cavity being formed in a surface of the second electrode plate at which the piezoelectric elements connect to the second electrode plate at a position between connection regions connecting a respective pair of the piezoelectric elements to the second electrode plate.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid for meat processing, including (A) an oil- or fat-processed starch and (B) one or more alkali agents selected from the group consisting of sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium carbonate, potassium hydrogen carbonate, and potassium carbonate, in which a pH of a 10% by mass aqueous dispersion of the component (A) at 25° C. is equal to or more than 4.0 and equal to or less than 12.0.

Abstract: A mobile carriage includes a traveling part, a wheel, a bed, a displacement conversion part, and an elastic member. The wheel is provided on the traveling part. The bed is supported by the traveling part to be movable in a traveling direction of the traveling part. The displacement conversion part displaces the wheel relative to the traveling part in accordance with displacement of the bed relative to the traveling part. The elastic member applies a force to return the bed having moved relative to the traveling part to an initial position before the movement. The displacement conversion part displaces the wheel relative to the traveling part in a direction of inertial force acting on the bed.

Abstract: A sensor data input device obtains a plurality of sensor data sequences, each indicating time-series sensor values generated by measuring a work of a working subject using a sensor. A class data generator determines a plurality of intervals obtained by temporally dividing each sensor data sequence based on the sensor values, determines classes of the intervals, each class indicating a type of temporal variations in the sensor values included in one of the intervals, and generates a plurality of first class data sequences for each sensor data sequence, each first class data sequence indicating the intervals and the classes of the sensor data sequence. A class data linker associates the corresponding intervals having an identical class with each other, among the plurality of first class data sequences. A determiner calculates characteristic values of the intervals associated with each other.

Abstract: There is provided a bearing apparatus of a crankshaft for an internal combustion engine. The bearing apparatus includes a crankshaft having a plurality of journal portions and a plurality of crank pin portions; a main bearing supporting the crankshaft; and a bearing housing holding the main bearing. The plurality of journal portions include a first journal portion having a lubricating oil passage and a second journal portion not having the lubricating oil passage. The first and second journal portions and are supported by the first and second main bearings and. The bearing housing includes an Al alloy upper housing and an Fe alloy lower housing. The groove depth of the oil groove of the upper half bearing of the second main bearing is one half or less than the groove depth of the oil groove of the upper half bearing of the first main bearing.

Abstract: A main bearing includes first and second half bearings, each having a main cylinder portion and crush relief portions in both circumferential end portions. An oil groove circumferentially extends on an inner circumferential surface only of the first half bearing, one circumferential end portion of the oil groove opens on a circumferential end surface on a front side in a rotation direction, and the other circumferential end portion of the oil groove is positioned in the crush relief portion on a rear side in the rotation direction. The first half bearing includes a transition region between the crush relief portion on the front side in the rotation direction and the main cylinder portion, and the second half bearing includes a transition region between the crush relief portion on the rear side in the rotation direction and the main cylinder portion.

Abstract: There is provided a bearing apparatus of a crankshaft for an internal combustion engine. The bearing apparatus includes a crankshaft having a plurality of journal portions and a plurality of crank pin portions; a main bearing supporting the crankshaft; and a bearing housing holding the main bearing. The plurality of journal portions include a first journal portion having a lubricating oil passage and a second journal portion not having the lubricating oil passage. The first and second journal portions and are supported by the first and second main bearings and. The bearing housing includes an Al alloy upper housing and an Fe alloy lower housing. The groove depth of the oil groove of the upper half bearing of the second main bearing is one half or less than the groove depth of the oil groove of the upper half bearing of the first main bearing.

Abstract: A main bearing includes first and second half bearings, each having a main cylinder portion and crush relief portions in both circumferential end portions. An oil groove circumferentially extends on an inner circumferential surface only of the first half bearing, one circumferential end portion of the oil groove opens on a circumferential end surface on a front side in a rotation direction, and the other circumferential end portion of the oil groove is positioned in the main cylinder portion. The first half bearing includes a transition region at least between the crush relief portion on the rear side in the rotation direction and the main cylinder portion, and the second half bearing includes a transition region at least between the crush relief portion on the front side in the rotation direction and the main cylinder portion.

Abstract: A main bearing includes first and second half bearings, each having a main cylinder portion and crush relief portions in both circumferential end portions. An oil groove circumferentially extends on an inner circumferential surface only of the first half bearing, one circumferential end portion of the oil groove opens on a circumferential end surface on a front side in a rotation direction, and the other circumferential end portion of the oil groove is positioned in the crush relief portion on a rear side in the rotation direction. The first half bearing includes a transition region between the crush relief portion on the front side in the rotation direction and the main cylinder portion, and the second half bearing includes a transition region between the crush relief portion on the rear side in the rotation direction and the main cylinder portion.