Abstract: Provided is a compound that is fluidized by light irradiation and reversibly non-fluidized, is not significantly colored, and improves fixability and exhibits excellent image stability and color reproducibility when used for a toner. Provided is a compound represented by the following general formula (1), which is fluidized by light irradiation and reversibly non-fluidized: wherein Z1 and Z2 are CH or N, and Z1?Z2; R1 is an aromatic hydrocarbon group having a substituent Ra selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an alkoxy group and a halogen atom at each of two ortho positions with respect to Z1; and R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group.

Abstract: A non-transitory recording medium storing an information processing program executable by a computer to perform processing, the processing comprising: acquiring a sound signal collected by a microphone provided in a venue including a skating rink, and a video obtained by imaging a competitor competing at the skating rink; estimating a takeoff-from-ice time and a landing-on-ice time of a jump performed by the competitor according to silencing and return of an ice sound based on the sound signal; and synchronizing time information of the sound signal with time information of the video and specifying, as a jump section, a section from a frame corresponding to the takeoff-from-ice time to a frame corresponding to the landing-on-ice time in the video.

Abstract: A non-transitory recording medium storing an information processing program executable by a computer to perform processing, the processing comprising: acquiring a sound signal collected by a microphone provided in a venue including a skating rink, and a first video obtained by photographing a competitor on the skating rink; estimating a takeoff-from-ice time and a landing-on-ice time of a jump performed by the competitor according to a silencing and a return of an ice sound based on the sound signal; and synchronizing time information of the sound signal with time information of the first video, and specifying each of a location corresponding to the takeoff-from-ice time and a location corresponding to the landing-on-ice time in a trajectory of a location of the competitor on the skating rink based on the first video.

Abstract: Provided is a compound which is fluidized by light irradiation and is less colored. The compound is a compound represented by the following general formula (1), which is fluidized by light irradiation: R1—CH?N—R2??General Formula (1) wherein R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic hydrocarbon group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; and R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group containing a nitrogen atom bonded to the nitrogen atom in the general formula (1).

Abstract: A photoresponsive polymer includes a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1), the photoresponsive polymer being fluidized by light irradiation, and reversibly non-fluidized: [Chemical formula 1] R1—Z1?Z2—R2??General formula (1) in the formula, Z1 and Z2 each represent CH or N, and Z1?Z2, R1 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group having a substituent Ra selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, and a halogen atom at each of two ortho positions with respect to Z1, R2 represents an aromatic heterocyclic group with or without a substituent, and at least one of the R1 and the R2 is bonded to a group containing a structure derived from a polymerizable group.

Abstract: A device for manufacturing a fiber assembly includes: a rotating body that has a cylindrical shape, and winds and holds a plurality of support sheets around an outer peripheral surface around a rotation axis of the rotating body; a plurality of supply nozzles arranged along a direction parallel to the rotation axis, the supply nozzles supplying a polymer material to be a material of fibers to the plurality of support sheets; a supply nozzle moving unit that relatively moves the plurality of supply nozzles in the direction parallel to the rotation axis of the rotating body, in which the rotating body is rotatable about the rotation axis to wind, on main surfaces of the plurality of support sheets, fibers obtained by naturally cooling or naturally drying the polymer material supplied from the plurality of supply nozzles, and the rotating body includes a plurality of guide members in an annular shape circumscribing the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body concentrically to regulate positions of the plur

Abstract: A method for causing a computer to execute a process, the process includes receiving an input operation from each of a plurality of referees in a match of a competitive game; specifying, based on the input operation, a referee who performs an input, a first input or a second input, and a plurality of players in the match; generating a first image including middle areas and small areas, the middle areas being assigned for each player of the plurality of players, the small areas being assigned to each of the plurality of referees for each of the middle areas and being provided to be arranged along a timeline indicating a progress of the match; and adding, in the first image, an index indicating the first input or the second input to a position determined by the specified player, the specified referee, and a timing related to the input operation.

Abstract: A fiber assembly includes, on a main surface of a support sheet subjected to a release treatment, a warp yarn group in which a plurality of warp yarns including a polymer material are arranged, and a weft yarn group in which a plurality of weft yarns including a polymer material are arranged. The warp yarn group and the weft yarn group form a plurality of first contact portion regions and a plurality of non-contact portion regions. Each of the plurality of first contact portion regions is a region in which at least one of the plurality of warp yarns is integrated with at least one of the plurality of weft yarns. Each of the plurality of warp yarns has a line width of 1 ?m to 10 ?m, inclusive, and each of the plurality of weft yarns has a line width of 1 ?m to 10 ?m, inclusive. At least one of the plurality of first contact portion regions has a fiber density higher than that of at least one of the plurality of non-contact portion regions.

Abstract: A ceramic circuit substrate having high bonding performance and excellent thermal cycling resistance properties, having a circuit pattern provided on a ceramic substrate with a braze material layer interposed therebetween, and a protruding portion formed by the braze material layer protruding from the outer edge of the circuit pattern, wherein: the braze material layer includes Ag, Cu, Ti, and Sn or In; and an Ag-rich phase is formed continuously for 300 ?m or more, towards the inside, from an outer edge of the protruding portion, along a bonding interface between the ceramic substrate and the circuit pattern, and has a bonding void ratio of 1.0% or less.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory configured to store data generated in a manufacturing line where a product is manufactured in a state in which the data is linked to information in a tree structure in which elements related to manufacture of the product assigned as nodes; and a processor configured to: determine, when data of a prototype is stored to the memory, whether information of an element out of the elements corresponding to an uppermost node out of the nodes is linked to the data of the prototype; link, when the information of the element corresponding to the uppermost node is not linked, as the information of the element corresponding to the uppermost node of the data of the prototype, information distinguishable from information of the element corresponding to the uppermost node linked to the data of the product; and store the data of the prototype.

Abstract: A ceramic circuit substrate and power module with excellent heat cycle resistance characteristics, which is formed by bonding a ceramic substrate and a copper plate via a brazing material including Ag, Cu, and an active metal, wherein the bond void fraction is no greater than 1.0% and the diffusion distance of the Ag, which is a brazing material component, is 5-20 ?m. Also, a method for manufacturing a ceramic circuit substrate characterized in that the heating time in a temperature range 400-700° C. in a process for raising the temperature to a bonding temperature is 5-30 minutes and bonding is performed by maintaining the bonding temperature at 720-800° C. for 5-30 minutes.

Abstract: A method for causing a computer to execute a process, the process includes receiving an input operation from each of a plurality of referees in a match of a competitive game; specifying, based on the input operation, a referee who performs an input, a first input or a second input, and a plurality of players in the match; generating a first image including middle areas and small areas, the middle areas being assigned for each player of the plurality of players, the small areas being assigned to each of the plurality of referees for each of the middle areas and being provided to be arranged along a timeline indicating a progress of the match; and adding, in the first image, an index indicating the first input or the second input to a position determined by the specified player, the specified referee, and a timing related to the input operation.

Abstract: A wire bundle includes insulated wires. The insulated wires each includes a conductor core covered with an insulator and is quad-twisted to form the wire bundle. The wire bundle has an annular shape including an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter in a cross section perpendicular to an axis line of the wire bundle. A shape of the outer perimeter is a square or a quasi-square. The quasi-square is a shape formed by curving at least one side of a square to a radial inside direction of the annular shape in the cross section. The insulated wires each has, in the cross section, a shape connecting a plurality of vertexes including two adjacent vertexes of the square or the quasi-square and two vertexes present on the inner perimeter.

Abstract: An electronic power steering apparatus for a vehicle having a steering mechanism to generate a steering assisting force includes: a steering angle sensor; a steering torque sensor; a target steering torque setting unit for setting a target steering torque based on the detected steering angle; a torque deviation computing unit for computing a torque deviation between the target steering torque and the detected steering torque; a first target current value computing unit for computing a first target current value for generating a steering assisting force by the motor based on the computed torque deviation; and a vehicle speed sensitivity adjusting unit that adjusts the first target current value, at least corresponding to a detected vehicle speed, and outputs the adjusted first current value as a second target current value. The motor control unit controls the motor to generate the steering assisting force based on the second target current value.

Abstract: A wire bundle includes insulated wires. The insulated wires each includes a conductor core covered with an insulator and is quad-twisted to form the wire bundle. The wire bundle has an annular shape including an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter in a cross section perpendicular to an axis line of the wire bundle. A shape of the outer perimeter is a square or a quasi-square. The quasi-square is a shape formed by curving at least one side of a square to a radial inside direction of the annular shape in the cross section. The insulated wires each has, in the cross section, a shape connecting a plurality of vertexes including two adjacent vertexes of the square or the quasi-square and two vertexes present on the inner perimeter.

Abstract: A power supply system includes: a power transmitting device that includes a power transmitting unit; and a vehicle that includes a power receiving unit, and contactlessly transfers electric power between the power transmitting device and the vehicle through electromagnetic resonance. When there is an abnormality that a power receiving mechanism of the vehicle cannot receive electric power, a vehicle ECU causes the power transmitting device to stop power transmission, opens a relay and further discharges remaining electric power by the discharging unit.

Abstract: In a vehicle control apparatus that cuts off fuel supply during deceleration and engages a lockup clutch, it is determined whether a condition that enables to reduce load of the generator is established, and a desired power generation value of the generator is set to a first voltage value and a disengaging vehicle speed at which the lockup clutch is to be disengaged is set to a first vehicle speed when it is determined that the condition is not established, while the desired power generation value of the generator is set to a second voltage value that is determined based on a detected vehicle speed and the disengaging vehicle speed is set to a second vehicle speed that is lower than the first vehicle speed when it is determined that the condition is established, thereby enhancing fuel consumption performance and giving appropriate performance.

Abstract: In a vehicle control apparatus that cuts off fuel supply during deceleration and engages a lockup clutch, it is determined whether a condition that enables to reduce load of the generator is established, and a desired power generation value of the generator is set to a first voltage value and a disengaging vehicle speed at which the lockup clutch is to be disengaged is set to a first vehicle speed when it is determined that the condition is not established (S14, S16), while the desired power generation value of the generator is set to a second voltage value that is determined based on a detected vehicle speed and the disengaging vehicle speed is set to a second vehicle speed that is lower than the first vehicle speed when it is determined that the condition is established, thereby enhancing fuel consumption performance and giving appropriate performance (S18 to S24).

Abstract: Provided is an electric power steering system that prevents the oscillation of the steering wheel at each steering stroke end. If the steering stroke end flag Fse is 1 or if the determination result is Yes in step S8, the EPS-ECU (21) determines if the right steering flag (Fdrc) is 1 in step S10. If the determination result is Yes, it is then determined if the steering torque difference base value (Dtsb) is positive in step S11. If the determination result of step S11 is Yes, the EPS-ECU (21) uses the steering torque difference base value (Dtsb) as the steering torque difference (Dts) in step S12. If the determination result is No, the steering torque difference (Dts) is given by a value 0 in step S13, and the control process is concluded.

Abstract: A power supply system includes: a power transmitting device that includes a power transmitting unit; and a vehicle that includes a power receiving unit, and contactlessly transfers electric power between the power transmitting device and the vehicle through electromagnetic resonance. When there is an abnormality that a power receiving mechanism of the vehicle cannot receive electric power, a vehicle ECU causes the power transmitting device to stop power transmission, opens a relay and further discharges remaining electric power by the discharging unit.