Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a processor and memory. The memory stores relation-defining data for defining a relation between a state of a vehicle and an action variable that is a variable relating to operations of a transmission installed in the vehicle. The processor is configured to execute acquisition processing, operation processing, reward calculation processing, updating processing, counting processing, and limiting processing. The processor is configured to output the relation-defining data updated so that an expected income is increased when the transmission is operated following the relation-defining data, based on an updating map.

Abstract: A cell peeling device includes a vibrator that emits an ultrasonic beam onto a cell aggregate across a container wall, a movement mechanism that moves the vibrator to shift a position thereof relative to a culture container, and a control unit that controls beam power output of the ultrasonic beam and the position of the vibrator, in which the control unit carries out mode switching of switching the beam power output of the ultrasonic beam between a first mode in which the cell aggregate is cut and a second mode in which a peeling portion of the cell aggregate, the peeling portion being formed in the first mode, is peeled from the container wall, and, in the first mode, makes a beam size of the beam power output smaller than a beam size in the second mode while makes an intensity of the beam power output larger than an intensity in the second mode.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid droplet generation method capable of generating liquid droplets having a diameter of 100 µm or more. The liquid droplet generation method for generating liquid droplets from a liquid layer 20 by using a plurality of transducers 18, the method including irradiating the liquid layer 20 with a plurality of ultrasonic waves from the plurality of transducers 18 to scatter primary liquid droplets 21A and 21B from the liquid layer 20, and causing the primary liquid droplets 21A and 21B being scattered to aggregate and grow into a secondary liquid droplet 22A.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to increase sensitivity and position resolution of measurement of an arrival position of a charged particle beam irradiated during treatment. A beam monitoring system includes: a gamma ray detector that detects gamma rays generated by interaction between a charged particle beam and an irradiation target; a shield that is disposed between the gamma ray detector and an irradiation axis of the beam and has a plurality of slits; and a calculation unit that analyzes a detection result of the gamma ray detector and reconfigures a count distribution of the detected gamma rays into a distribution of the beam irradiation axis based on a geometric arrangement of the shield, the detector, and the irradiation axis of the beam. The calculation unit obtains the arrival position of the particle beam from the reconfigured distribution.

Abstract: This chemical analysis device is provided with: a plurality of ultrasonic elements; a waveform generator which generates an ultrasonic waveform; a determiner which determines the positions and the number of ultrasonic elements to be driven from among the plurality of ultrasonic elements; a variable matching circuit which, on the basis of the determination result, matches impedance between the waveform generator and each of the ultrasonic elements to be driven; and a switch which selects the ultrasonic elements to be driven from among the plurality of the ultrasonic elements.

Abstract: To provide a position measurement device capable of measuring a target position with high accuracy according to an ultrasonic image during treatment, a treatment system including the device, and a position measurement method. A first image is constructed according to an ultrasonic waveform acquired by an ultrasonic sensor 104C, a three-dimensional image acquired in advance and the first image are collated on the basis of sensor position information acquired by a sensor position measurement unit 105 to calculate sound velocities of each body tissue of a patient 100, a second image is constructed according to the ultrasonic waveform acquired by the ultrasonic sensor 104C using the calculated sound velocities of each body tissue of the patient 100, and a target tissue position is calculated according to the second image.

Abstract: A thermal barrier-coated Ni alloy component includes: a substrate made of a Ni alloy containing Al; an intermediate layer formed on a surface of the substrate; and a thermal barrier layer made of a ceramic and formed on a surface of the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer includes a ?? layer, which is formed from a ??-Ni3Al phase on the surface on the thermal barrier layer side, and contains Pt.

Abstract: The present invention provides a maraging steel containing: 0.10?C?0.30 mass %, 6.0?Ni?9.4 mass %, 11.0?Co?20.0 mass %, 1.0?Mo?6.0 mass %, 2.0?Cr?6.0 mass %, 0.5?Al?1.3 mass %, and Ti?0.1 mass %, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfying 1.00?A?1.08, in which A is 0.95+0.35×[C]?0.0092×[Ni]+0.011×[Co]?0.02×[Cr]?0.001×[Mo], where [C] indicates a content (mass %) of C, [Ni] indicates a content (mass %) of Ni, [Co] indicates a content (mass %) of Co, [Cr] indicates a content (mass %) of Cr, and [Mo] indicates a content (mass %) of Mo, respectively. The maraging steel has a tensile strength of 2,300 MPa or more and is also excellent in the toughness/ductility and fatigue characteristics.

Abstract: A thermal barrier-coated Ni alloy component includes: a substrate made of a Ni alloy containing Al; an intermediate layer formed on a surface of the substrate; and a thermal barrier layer made of a ceramic and formed on a surface of the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer includes a ?? layer, which is formed from a ??-Ni3Al phase on the surface on the thermal barrier layer side, and contains Pt.

Abstract: The present invention provides a maraging steel containing: 0.10?C?0.30 mass %, 6.0?Ni?9.4 mass %, 11.0?Co?20.0 mass %, 1.0?Mo?6.0 mass %, 2.0?Cr?6.0 mass %, 0.5?Al?1.3 mass %, and Ti?0.1 mass %, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfying 1.00?A?1.08, in which A is 0.95+0.35×[C]?0.0092×[Ni]+0.011×[Co]?0.02×[Cr]?0.001×[Mo], where [C] indicates a content (mass %) of C, [Ni] indicates a content (mass %) of Ni, [Co] indicates a content (mass %) of Co, [Cr] indicates a content (mass%) of Cr, and [Mo] indicates a content (mass%) of Mo, respectively, The maraging steel has a tensile strength of 2,300 MPa or more and is also excellent in the toughness/ductility and fatigue characteristics.

Abstract: A burnt product is produced by burning a raw material containing chromium, in which the fine-grained portion is removed. Even in the burnt product produced from a raw material containing chromium, the chromium (VI) content is reduced.