Abstract: A technique for improving uniformity of film thickness on substrates, includes a substrate processing apparatus having a substrate retainer including substrate and partition plate supports; a reaction tube; a first driver vertically moving the substrate retainer into or out of the reaction tube; a second driver vertically moved by the first driver and rotating the substrate retainer to change a distance between a substrate and a partition plate by moving at least one of the substrate or the partition plate support; a heater; a gas supplier comprising a nozzle; a gas exhauster; and a controller controlling the first driver, the second driver and the gas supplier such that a gas is supplied to the substrate while changing at least one of a relative position of the substrate and a relative position of the partition plate with respect to a hole of the nozzle by driving the second driver.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming method including: developing, with an electrostatic charge image developing toner, a latent image formed on a photoreceptor in which a photosensitive layer is formed on a support containing aluminum as a main component; transferring a toner image on the photoreceptor onto a transfer target; and rubbing and removing the electrostatic charge image developing toner remaining on the photoreceptor after the transferring. The support contains silicon in a range of more than 0.6% by mass and 12.6% by mass or less, a shape factor of toner particles included in the electrostatic charge image developing toner is in a range of 0.800 to 0.970, and a content of the toner particles having a particle diameter of 2 ?m or less is in a range of 5% by number to 30% by number.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device in which a leakage current is reduced, the semiconductor device which is particularly useful for power devices. A semiconductor device including at least: an n+-type semiconductor layer, which contains a crystalline oxide semiconductor as a major component; an n?-type semiconductor layer that is placed on the n+-type semiconductor layer, the n?-type semiconductor layer containing a crystalline oxide semiconductor as a major component; a high-resistance layer with at least a part thereof being embedded in the n?-type semiconductor layer, a depth d (?m) of the part embedded in the n?-type semiconductor layer satisfying d?1.4; and a Schottky electrode that forms a Schottky junction with the n?-type semiconductor layer, the Schottky electrode having an edge located on the high-resistance layer.

Abstract: A drug for renal disease, the drug including a compound represented by the following Formula (I) as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte may be able to adjust the morphology unavailable traditionally, or readily adjust so as to have a desired morphology. Such a sulfide solid electrolyte may include a substance including a lithium element, a sulfur element, and a phosphorus element; and an amine compound. The solid electrolyte may have a volume-based average particle diameter of 10 ?m or less, measured by laser diffraction particle size distribution measurement, and/or a BET specific surface area of 40 m2/g or less.

Abstract: A steering control device includes a base axial force calculator, a limiting axial force calculator, and a final axial force calculator. The limiting axial force calculator includes a steering angle holder, a reference angle calculator, a final difference calculator, and an axial force calculator. The steering angle holder is configured to hold a steering angle at the time of limiting a turning operation of the turning wheels when the turning operation is limited. The reference angle calculator is configured to calculate a reference angle. The final difference calculator is configured to calculate a final difference which is a final difference between the reference angle and the current steering angle. The axial force calculator is configured to calculate a limiting axial force based on a value of the final difference.

Abstract: An anomaly prediction apparatus (100) includes a deterioration prediction unit (120).

Abstract: A dye-deposited base body manufacturing apparatus manufactures a dye-deposited base body. The dye-deposited base body is used in a dyeing step of dyeing a resin body. A dye to be transferred to the resin body is deposited to a base body. The dye-deposited base body manufacturing apparatus is provided with a printing device, a conveyance device, and a base body movement device. The printing device prints a dye for dyeing the resin body on the base body. The conveyance device conveys a dyeing tray on which the dye-deposited resin body on which the dye is printed by the printing device is placed. The base body movement device moves the dye-deposited base body from a printing position by the printing device to a side of the conveyance device.

Abstract: An image forming method uses a photoreceptor including at least an aluminum substrate, a toner for developing an electrostatic image including toner particles containing at least a binding resin, and a developer bearing member including a member that generates a magnetic flux inside, wherein the aluminum substrate contains silicon, a silicon content of the aluminum substrate is more than 0.6% by mass, and a glass transition point (Tg) of the toner for developing an electrostatic image is in a range of 0 to 45° C.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming method including: developing, with an electrostatic charge image developing toner, a latent image formed on a photoreceptor in which a photosensitive layer is formed on a support containing aluminum as a main component; transferring a toner image on the photoreceptor onto a transfer target; and rubbing and removing the electrostatic charge image developing toner remaining on the photoreceptor after the transferring. The support contains silicon in a range of more than 0.6% by mass and 12.6% by mass or less, a shape factor of toner particles included in the electrostatic charge image developing toner is in a range of 0.800 to 0.970, and a content of the toner particles having a particle diameter of 2 ?m or less is in a range of 5% by number to 30% by number.

Abstract: An acquiring unit of a sound control device acquires information indicating a risk corresponding to a position of a vehicle from data in which information indicating a risk during driving originated in scenery while traveling and a position are associated with each other. An output-sound control unit performs control of a sound to be output for a driver of the vehicle according to the information acquired by the acquiring unit.

Abstract: Provided is a technique of uniformly processing a substrate within a short time by supplying a sufficient amount of active species to a surface of the substrate. A substrate processing apparatus includes: a process chamber; a discharge chamber; a plasma source; an exhaust system; a process gas supply system including a temporary storage unit; and a control unit configured to control the plasma source, the exhaust system and the process gas supply system to: intermittently supply a process gas temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit into the discharge chamber; and supply the process gas activated in the discharge chamber from the discharge chamber into the process chamber having an inner pressure lower than an inner pressure of the discharge chamber.

Abstract: A display control device executes a calculation acceleration acquisition processing and a display processing. The calculation acceleration acquisition processing includes a process of acquiring a calculation acceleration variable that indicates a calculated acceleration of a vehicle in response to a driving state of the vehicle or a driving state of the vehicle that generates the calculated acceleration. The display processing includes a process of displaying an image that is visible to an occupant of the vehicle by operating a display device, and includes an image variation process of changing the image in response to the calculation acceleration variable.

Abstract: A point which requires visual attention is added to map data. A map data generation device acquires image data in which the outside is captured from a vehicle by an input device and a point data of the vehicle, associates both data, and generates a visual saliency map acquired by estimating fluctuation of visual saliency based on the image data by the visual saliency extraction unit. Then, whether or not a point or a section indicated by position information corresponding to the visual saliency map is a point or a section which requires visual attention is analyzed based on the visual saliency map by an analysis unit, and the point or the section which requires the visual attention is added to the map data based on an analysis result of the analysis unit by an addition device.

Abstract: Provided is a two-component developer for electrostatic charge image development including: toner particles containing toner base particles and an external additive disposed on a surface of the toner base particles; and carrier particles having a core material particle and a shell portion disposed on a surface of the core material particle, wherein the external additive contains inorganic particles surface-modified with a surface modifier represented by the following Formula (1); and a value of an iron element content (atomic %) measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) on a surface of the carrier particles satisfies the following Expression (1), (R1)4-n—Si—(X)n??Formula (1): 4.0?{AFe/(Ac+Ao+AFe)}×100?15.

Abstract: A technique for improving uniformity of film thickness on substrates, includes a substrate processing apparatus having a substrate retainer including substrate and partition plate supports; a reaction tube; a first driver vertically moving the substrate retainer into or out of the reaction tube; a second driver vertically moved by the first driver and rotating the substrate retainer to change a distance between a substrate and a partition plate by moving at least one of the substrate or the partition plate support; a heater; a gas supplier comprising a nozzle; a gas exhauster; and a controller controlling the first driver, the second driver and the gas supplier such that a gas is supplied to the substrate while changing at least one of a relative position of the substrate and a relative position of the partition plate with respect to a hole of the nozzle by driving the second driver.

Abstract: It is made possible to control ignition appropriately. An ignition device 1 for an internal combustion engine includes a spark coil 50 including: a primary side coil 51 connected to a direct current power supply 40 and a secondary side coil 52 magnetically connected to the primary side coil 51 and connected to an ignition plug 60; a switch element 30 that performs switching between energization and interruption of primary current I1 to the primary side coil 51; and a switch element controlling circuit 20 that controls the switch element 30 on the basis of an ignition controlling signal 51 supplied from an ECU 10. A turn-on delay adjustment circuit 22 that delays a control timing of the switch element 30 is disposed between the ECU 10 and the switch element 30 such that first resonance noise generated due to interruption of the primary current I1 to the primary side coil 51 is reduced.

Abstract: It is made possible to control ignition appropriately. An ignition device 1 for an internal combustion engine includes a spark coil 50 including: a primary side coil 51 connected to a direct current power supply 40 and a secondary side coil 52 magnetically connected to the primary side coil 51 and connected to an ignition plug 60; a switch element 30 that performs switching between energization and interruption of primary current I1 to the primary side coil 51; and a switch element controlling circuit 20 that controls the switch element 30 on the basis of an ignition controlling signal 51 supplied from an ECU 10. A turn-on delay adjustment circuit 22 that delays a control timing of the switch element 30 is disposed between the ECU 10 and the switch element 30 such that first resonance noise generated due to interruption of the primary current I1 to the primary side coil 51 is reduced.

Abstract: To provide a two-component developer for electrostatic charge image development, the two-component developer enabling a high image quality to be kept and enabling the occurrence of fogging to be suppressed even in continuous printing of an image high in coverage rate. The two-component developer for electrostatic charge image development includes a toner particle including a toner base particle and an external additive disposed on the surface of the toner base particle, and a carrier particle including a core material particle and a covering section disposed on the surface of the core material particle, wherein the external additive includes an alumina particle, and the percentage of exposed area of the core material particle is 4.0% or more and 15.0% or less.

Abstract: It is a two-component developer for electrostatic charge image development, which contains toner containing at least a binder resin and an external additive on a surface and a carrier containing a resin layer at least on a surface of a core material. The binder resin contains a crystalline polyester resin, the external additive contains alumina particles, and the resin layer contains a silicone resin.