Abstract: A shoe includes an upper portion surrounding an internal space configured to accommodate a foot. The upper portion includes an inner foot outer surface of an inner foot portion, and an air sucking out portion from which air is capable of being sucked out from the internal space to outside of the shoe when a leg of a wearer of the shoe swings is disposed on the inner foot outer surface of the inner foot portion of the upper portion. The air sucking out portion extends in a direction which is slanted by a predetermined first angle with respect to a vertical direction when the shoe is placed on a horizontal plane and is recessed relative to the inner foot outer surface.

Abstract: In the present invention, a shoe sole member is composed of a foam that has a non-foamed film having a thickness of 50 ?m or more on a lateral surface of the foam constituting at least a part of an outer peripheral surface of the shoe sole, in order to provide the shoe sole member composed of the foam having both stiffness and shock absorbing properties and provide a shoe excellent in shock absorbing properties.

Abstract: A midsole includes an upper layer and a lower layer made of a foamed material; the upper layer is a low-hardness foamed material; the lower layer is a high-hardness foamed material; the low-hardness foamed material of the upper layer is a low-hardness, high-resilience material that has a higher specific gravity than the high-hardness foamed material, that has a low hardness that is lower than the hardness of the high-hardness foamed material, and that has a higher speed at which to recover to an original shape after being deformed than that of the high-hardness foamed material.

Abstract: When a midfoot portion of a sole is divided by a predetermined sole center line into a medial midfoot region and a lateral midfoot region one on each side in the foot width direction, a rigidity lowering portion, which is provided in the medial midfoot region, is provided and, in such a manner that the bending rigidity of the medial midfoot region around a foot width direction axis becomes smaller than that of the lateral midfoot region, the rigidity lowering portion in the medial midfoot region reduces the bending rigidity of the medial midfoot region due to another factor other than the shape of the medial edge and the shape of the lateral edge of the sole in a planar view.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain Time-of-Flight (TOF) depiction image data generated on the basis of an annihilation point of a gamma ray. The processing circuitry is configured to output reconstructed Positron Emission computed Tomography (PET) image data on the basis of the TOF depiction image data and a trained model that outputs the reconstructed PET image data on the basis of an input of the TOF depiction image data.

Abstract: Provided is a shock absorber formed by a resin composition and provided in a shoe, the shock absorber satisfying all formulas (1) to (4) below when changes in storage elastic modulus between 20° C. to 50° C. are linearly approximated by a least-squares method: Y=aX+b . . . (1); ?0.1?a??0.02 . . . (2); 1.0?b?16.0 . . . (3); and R2?0.75 . . . (4), where X represents a temperature (unit: ° C.) of the shock absorber, Y represents a storage elastic modulus of the shock absorber, and R represents a correlation coefficient in the least-squares method.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire information on an accuracy of a trained model that outputs information on a lesion included in data related to a medical image based on inputted data related to the medical image. Further, the processing circuitry is configured to determine a data collection condition for the medical image in a medical image diagnostic apparatus based on the information on the accuracy.

Abstract: A photon counting X-ray CT apparatus according to an embodiment includes: data acquiring circuitry, and processing circuitry. The data acquiring circuitry is configured to allocate energy measured by signals output from a photon counting detector in response to incidence of X-ray photons to any of a plurality of first energy bins so as to acquire a first data group as count data of each of the first energy bins. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a plurality of second energy bins obtained by grouping the first energy bins in accordance with a decomposition target material that is a material to be decomposed in a imaging region, allocate the first data group to any of the second energy bins so as to generate a second data group, and use the second data group to generate an image representing a distribution of the decomposition target material.

Abstract: An upper of a shoe covering at least a part of a foot, the upper including: a medial portion covering a medial surface of the foot; a lateral portion covering a lateral surface of the foot; a plurality of panel portions provided in the medial portion and/or the lateral portion while being spaced apart from each other in a front-rear direction of the foot and extending in a foot girth direction crossing the front-rear direction of the foot; and a plurality of string portions formed from linear members extending in the front-rear direction, and arranged so as to extend between a pair of the plurality of panel portions that are adjacent to each other in the front-rear direction, wherein the panel portion and the string portion are formed from a single piece of fabric.

Abstract: A shoe sole includes an outsole having a contact surface, and a midsole arranged over the outsole, contacting with the outsole. The midsole defines a tunnel-shaped or groove-shaped hollow extending in a front-rear direction of a shoe. At least a part of the hollow is formed in a tunnel shape.

Abstract: A photon counting X-ray CT apparatus according to an embodiment includes: data acquiring circuitry, and processing circuitry. The data acquiring circuitry is configured to allocate energy measured by signals output from a photon counting detector in response to incidence of X-ray photons to any of a plurality of first energy bins so as to acquire a first data group as count data of each of the first energy bins. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a plurality of second energy bins obtained by grouping the first energy bins in accordance with a decomposition target material that is a material to be decomposed in a imaging region, allocate the first data group to any of the second energy bins so as to generate a second data group, and use the second data group to generate an image representing a distribution of the decomposition target material.

Abstract: A plurality of rubber-made medial cleats project from a base surface of an outsole in a medial portion of a forefoot portion, and a plurality of rubber-made lateral cleats project from the base surface of the outsole in a lateral portion of the forefoot portion, wherein a first engaging surface of each of the medial cleats faces toward a posterior direction or an obliquely posterior direction and a second engaging surface of each of the lateral cleats faces toward an anterior direction or an obliquely anterior direction.

Abstract: A rotor assembly includes a shaft disposed along a central axis extending vertically, a tubular magnet disposed on a radially outer side of the shaft, an upper spacer disposed axially above the magnet and fixed to a radially outer surface of the shaft, a shaft adhesive film disposed between the radially outer surface of the shaft and a radially inner surface of the magnet to attach the shaft to the magnet, and an upper spacer adhesive film disposed between an axially lower surface of the upper spacer and an axially upper surface of the magnet to attach the upper spacer to the magnet. The shaft adhesive film and the upper spacer adhesive film are an identical adhesive and are continuously formed.

Abstract: A rotor assembly includes a shaft disposed along a central axis extending vertically, a tubular magnet disposed on a radially outer surface of the shaft, a lower spacer disposed axially below the magnet and fixed to the radially outer surface of the shaft, and a tubular magnet holder fixed to a radially outer surface of the magnet via an adhesive. At least a portion of an axially lower surface of the magnet holder is in contact with an axially upper surface of the lower spacer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, medical image diagnostic apparatus includes a bed, a display, and processing circuitry. The bed movably supports a top plate. The display displays a setting window for setting an acquisition time of PET event data for each acquisition area. The processing circuitry sets an acquisition time for each acquisition area in response to a setting instruction of the acquisition time for each acquisition area. The acquisition area includes a unit acquisition area or a plurality of unit acquisition areas which overlap with each other with variable overlap ratio. The unit acquisition area corresponds to a coverage of a gamma ray detector. The processing circuitry adjusts the overlap ratio of at least one of two neighboring acquisition areas so that the boundary of the neighboring acquisition areas is set to a position designated by a user.

Abstract: A flexible member includes a reinforced area reinforced by first and second reinforcement portions, wherein: the area is defined by the posterior edge of a first reinforcement portion and the anterior edge of a second reinforcement portion; the first and second reinforcement portions are smoothly continuous with each other without gaps; the perimeter of the area is completely surrounded by the first and second reinforcement portions; the virtual first center line of the area extends obliquely forward and upward; and the angle formed between the first center line and the tread surface of the sole is about 40° to 55°.

Abstract: A sole includes a rear end portion on a rear end side, and a rear portion arranged anterior to the rear end portion; a rear surface of the rear portion includes one inclined surface extending in an upper-rear diagonal direction; a front surface of the rear end portion includes another inclined surface extending in an upper-rear diagonal direction; the inclined surface of the rear portion and the inclined surface of the rear end portion together define a first divide portion at which the surfaces are in contact with each other or are capable of contacting each other; and the inclined surface of the rear end portion is set so that the inclined surface is rotatable relative to the inclined surface of the rear portion in such a manner that a lower portion of the divide portion opens.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a shoe having excellent comfort. The present invention provides a shoe including an upper material that is partially or fully formed of a fiber sheet, wherein the fiber sheet exhibits specific tensile characteristics at least in one direction.

Abstract: Provided is a shock absorber formed by a resin composition and provided in a shoe, the shock absorber satisfying all formulas (1) to (4) below when changes in storage elastic modulus between 20° C. to 50° C. are linearly approximated by a least-squares method: Y=aX+b . . . (1); ?0.1?a??0.02 . . . (2); 1.0?b?16.0 . . . (3); and R2?0.75 . . . (4), where X represents a temperature (unit: ° C.) of the shock absorber, Y represents a storage elastic modulus of the shock absorber, and R represents a correlation coefficient in the least-squares method.