Abstract: A system including control devices configured to perform nth-order transmission, each control device including: a storage device storing, in relation to the control devices, a source list being a list of the control devices to be passed through from a most upstream control device to the control device and a destination list being a list of the control devices to be passed through from the control device to a most downstream control device; and a processor performing processing including: when an update request including a first source list of a first control device is received, updating the source list using the update request, generating a new update request using the updated source list, and transmitting the new update request to a second control device; and when a completion response including a second destination list of the second control device is received, updating the destination list using the completion response.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a transmission support program that causes at least one computer to execute a process, the process includes generating a management identifier of a message in response to reception of the message; returning the management identifier to a transmitter of the message; when receiving the management identifier and lists of personal identifiers of individuals who have attributes according to conditions regarding the attributes, from each of a plurality of companies that holds information on the attributes of the individuals, based on reception of the conditions and the management identifier from the transmitter, specifying the personal identifiers that are duplicate between the lists that have the management identifier that is common; and transmitting the specified personal identifiers and the received message.

Abstract: Provided are a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each capable of suppressing an image defect (coarseness in a halftone image) caused by toner scattering in association with a charging failure that occurs when the process speed of the electrophotographic apparatus is further increased. The process cartridge includes: an electrophotographic photosensitive member; and a developing unit, which includes a toner storing portion that stores a toner, and which supplies the toner to a surface of the electrophotographic photosensitive member. The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a surface protective layer containing an electroconductive particle in an appropriate amount, and the volume resistivity of the surface protective layer is controlled. As the toner, there is used a toner in which an organosilicon polymer is present on the surface of a toner particle, a silanol group is present in part of the organosilicon polymer, and the amount of the silanol group is controlled.

Abstract: A monitoring device of an injection molding machine includes: an acquisition unit that acquires, based on a measured value in a depressurizing process from a detection unit provided in a link member of a toggle mechanism, an amount of change generated in the link member; and a determination unit that determines whether or not the amount of change acquired by the acquisition unit exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A toner having both of excellent low-temperature fixability and such high durable developability as to be free from causing any development stripe. The toner is a toner including a toner particle containing a crystalline resin as a binder resin. When a relative permittivity obtained at a time of impedance measurement of the toner under an environment at a temperature of 25° C. and a relative humidity of 50% is represented by ?r, a difference ??r between a relative permittivity ?r(0.01 Hz) at a frequency of 0.01 Hz and a relative permittivity ?r(383 kHz) at a frequency of 383 kHz satisfies a relationship of 0.21?{?r(0.01 Hz)??r(383 kHz)}?0.48.

Abstract: An identity verification is managed by generating a workflow used by a control apparatus that controls a system in which a plurality of business entities manages attribute information in user information that identifies a user. The workflow is generated, based on a first list of target business entities that perform identity verification of the user, a second list of business entities indicating whether cooperation is performed among the business entities for the identity verification, a number of electronic certificates that certify the user information for completing the identity verification, and a procedure time taken by each of the business entities for the identity verification, so that the workflow minimizes a procedure time taken for completion of the identity verification by the target business entities, and that describes a distribution procedure of the electronic certificates that are used in the identity verification at each of the business entities.

Abstract: A computer-readable recording medium storing a recognition-related data processing program for causing a computer of a user terminal to be used by a user to execute processing including: accepting an audit demand for an audit of recognition-related data received from a terminal; transmitting, in response to the audit demand, an audit request to a first terminal that is different from the user terminal, and obtaining audit information on the recognition-related data transmitted from the first terminal; and transmitting the audit information to a second terminal that is able to verify correctness of the audit information and that executes a return, to the user, a consideration corresponding to the recognition-related data, and demanding that the second terminal return, to the user, the consideration which corresponds to the recognition-related data associated with the transmitted audit information.

Abstract: Provided is a process cartridge that is excellent in initial charge rising performance, and in charge uniformity of a halftone image throughout a long period of time from the start of use until after endurance. Specifically, provided is a process cartridge including: an electrophotographic photosensitive member; a toner; and a developing unit, wherein the toner contains toner particles and an external additive A, the external additive A, and wherein the electrophotographic photosensitive member includes an electroconductive support, a photosensitive layer, and a surface protective layer, wherein the surface protective layer contains electroconductive particles.

Abstract: Provided are a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each capable of suppressing an image defect (coarseness in a halftone image) caused by toner scattering in association with a charging failure that occurs when the process speed of the electrophotographic apparatus is further increased. The process cartridge includes: an electrophotographic photosensitive member; and a developing unit, which includes a toner storing portion that stores a toner, and which supplies the toner to a surface of the electrophotographic photosensitive member. The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a surface protective layer containing an electroconductive particle in an appropriate amount, and the volume resistivity of the surface protective layer is controlled. As the toner, there is used a toner in which an organosilicon polymer is present on the surface of a toner particle, a silanol group is present in part of the organosilicon polymer, and the amount of the silanol group is controlled.

Abstract: A process cartridge that is detachable from a main body of an electrophotographic apparatus, in which a surface protective layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive member contains an electroconductive particle; the content of the electroconductive particle is 20.0 to 70.0% by volume of the surface protective layer; the surface protective layer has a volume resistivity of 1.0×109 to 1.0×1014 ?·cm; a toner particle has at least one multivalent metal element selected from the group consisting of aluminum, magnesium, calcium, and iron; and a total content of the multivalent metal elements in the toner particle, as measured by coupled induction plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES), is 0.10 to 1.25 ?mol/g.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a posted content audit program for causing a computer to execute processing including: imposing a first deposit when a first user posts posted content on a social platform; imposing a second deposit when a second user posts counterargument content against the posted content; receiving voting regarding whether or not the counterargument content is valid and evaluating whether or not the counterargument content is valid; returning the second deposit and returning an incentive to the second user in a case where it is evaluated that the counterargument content is valid as a result of the voting; and determining a condition when it is evaluated whether or not the counterargument content is valid or return content of the incentive so that the second user does not gain a profit even when the second user offers bribes to a user who casts the vote and commits fraud.

Abstract: A toner having a toner particle including a toner base particle and an organosilicon polymer coating the toner base particle, wherein when S1 (?m2) is a total area of a non-coated part not coated with the organosilicon polymer on an outermost surface of the toner particle, S2 (?m2) is a total area of a coated part coated with the organosilicon polymer on the outermost surface of the toner particle, and SA1 (?m2) is a total of areas of non-coated part domains D1 with an area of not more than 0.10 ?m2 in size in the non-coated part not coated with the organosilicon polymer, formulae (1) and (2) below are satisfied. 0.45?[S2/(S1+S2)]?0.65??(1) (SA1/S1)?0.

Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a wax, wherein the toner particle contains an organosilicon polymer as given by formula (1) below; R1—SiO3/2??(1), in formula (1), R1 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbons; in a cross section of the toner particle observed using a transmission electron microscope, in terms of a distance A from the centroid of the cross section of the toner particle to a contour of the cross section, the organosilicon polymer is present in a region that is not more than 80% of the distance A from the centroid; and an absolute value of a difference between an SP value of the organosilicon polymer and an SP value of the wax is not more than 0.70 (cal/cm3)1/2.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing toner particles, including a step of drying wet toner particles with a drying unit, the wet toner particles being obtained from an aqueous dispersion medium, wherein the drying unit includes a loop-type flash dryer in which the wet toner particles to be dried are supplied to a gas stream circulating in a loop-type drying pipe, the loop-type flash dryer includes: (i) a loop-type drying pipe; (ii) an inlet port for supplying wet toner particles to the loop-type drying pipe; (iii) an outlet port for discharging dried toner particles from the loop-type drying pipe; (iv) a first blowing port for blowing gas into the loop-type drying pipe; and (v) second blowing ports for blowing gas into the loop-type drying pipe.

Abstract: A loop-type flash drying apparatus configured to dry an object to be treated with a gas by supplying the object into a gas stream circulating in a loop-type drying pipe, wherein the loop-type flash drying apparatus includes: (i) a loop-type drying pipe; (ii) a feeding port configured to feed an object to be treated into the drying pipe; (iii) a second blowing port configured to blow a gas into the drying pipe; (iv) a discharge port configured to discharge the object from the drying pipe; (v) a discharge region formed by the drying pipe and the discharge port; and (vi) a first blowing port through which a gas for accelerating a gas flowing in the discharge region is linearly blown toward the discharge region.

Abstract: The driving assistance system includes an imaging device capable of capturing a first monochrome image in a vehicle traveling direction, a first neural network for segmentation processing, a second neural network for depth estimation processing, a determination portion determining a center of a portion cut off from the first monochrome image on the basis of the segmentation processing and the depth estimation processing, a third neural network for colorization processing of only a second cut-off monochrome image, and a display device for enlargement of the second monochrome image subjected to the colorization processing.

Abstract: A neural network model that can perform highly accurate processing on input data is provided. The neural network model includes first and second neutral networks, and the first neural network includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. A feature map output from the first layer is input to the second layer and the second neural network, and a feature map output from the second neural network is input to the third layer. Given that the feature map output from the first layer when first data is input to the first neural network is a correct feature map and that the feature map output from the first layer when second data obtained by adding noise to the first data is input to the first neural network is a learning feature map, the second neural network is learned so that a feature map output from the second neural network matches the correct feature map when the learning feature map is input.

Abstract: An external additive for a toner comprising a silica particle surface-treated with a polyhydric acid metal salt particle, wherein the polyhydric acid metal salt particle is particle of a salt of a polyhydric acid and a titanium compound, and a toner comprising a toner particle, and an external additive for a toner on the surface of the toner particle, wherein the external additive for a toner is the above external additive for a toner.

Abstract: A data processing system having high reliability and an operation method thereof are provided. The data processing system includes an arithmetic processing device including a nonvolatile memory and/or a nonvolatile register, and a monitoring system for monitoring an operation state of the arithmetic processing device. The monitoring system is a system utilizing artificial intelligence, and has a function of estimating from a program operating on the arithmetic processing device how much and which location of the arithmetic processing device will increase in temperature when the program operates. When the monitoring system estimates that the temperature of part of the arithmetic processing device will exceed a threshold value when the program operates, the monitoring system transmits an instruction to lower a clock frequency of the part of the arithmetic processing device, reduce a power supply potential of the part, or interrupt power supply to the part.

Abstract: A winding-type battery includes a battery case, a power generating element, a cap for blocking an opening of the battery case, and a gasket for insulating the battery case from the cap. The power generating element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a separator interposed between them, and an electrolyte. The first electrode and the second electrode are wound via the separator to form an electrode group, and the first electrode is connected to the cap via a first current collecting lead, and the second electrode is connected to the battery case via a second current collecting lead. A groove is formed near the opening end of the battery case. The gasket includes: an annular seal portion interposed between a rim of the cap and the region from the groove to the end; and a tubular portion that is integrated with the seal portion, and is disposed closer to the electrode group than the seal portion is. The first current collecting lead is connected to the cap through a hollow in the tubular portion.