Abstract: A lane outward deviation avoidance assist apparatus includes: a recognition device configured to recognize a travel lane of a vehicle; a deviation recognition part configured to recognize a deviation from the travel lane recognized by the recognition device or a deviation prediction from the travel lane; a control part configured to perform a deviation avoidance control for avoiding the deviation from the travel lane at least by a steering; and a deviation number count part configured to count the number of deviations from the travel lane recognized by the deviation recognition part within a predetermined duration or the number of deviation predictions from the travel lane, wherein the control part performs at least any one of the deviation avoidance control and an alarm output control when the number counted by the deviation number count part reaches n, n being a natural number more than 1.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicular lamp including a light source unit equipped with a plurality of LEDs having different optical axes; and a reflector configured to reflect light emitted from the plurality of LEDs. The light source unit includes a base including a plurality of board mounting surfaces, in which the base is formed to be foldable around an axis formed between each two adjacent board mounting surfaces as a boundary; and a plurality of printed circuit boards attached to the plurality of board mounting surfaces, respectively, in which each printed circuit board has a light source mounted on a surface opposite to the board mounting surface thereof.

Abstract: A liquid-pressure control device includes a switching valve, a manipulation valve, a first back pressure output mechanism, and a second shuttle valve. When a manipulation lever is manipulated, the manipulation valve outputs a first output pressure corresponding to a manipulation amount of the manipulation lever. When a predetermined operation state is satisfied, the first back pressure output mechanism outputs a first back pressure. The first output pressure is input as a first pilot pressure to the switching valve, and the first back pressure is input as a second pilot pressure to the switching valve. The switching valve supplies a liquid pressure to a boom cylinder at a flow rate corresponding to a differential pressure between the first and second pilot pressures.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transformation method whereby an ability to produce a useful substance of a stramenopile can be improved. The method for transforming a stramenopile comprises transferring a foreign gene into the stramenopile which is a microorganism belonging to the class Labyrinthula, more specifically, to a genus Labyrinthula, Altornia, Aplanochytrium, Schizochytrium, Aurantiochytrium, Thraustochytrium, Ulkenia, etc. Said foreign gene, which is a gene relating to tolerance against an antibiotic, a colorimetric protein and/or a fatty acid desaturase (?5 desaturase gene, ?12 desaturase gene and/or ?3 desaturase gene), is transferred by using the electroporation or gene-gun technique.

Abstract: An outboard motor control system includes a plurality of outboard motors, a vibration detecting section, and a control section. The outboard motors are mounted on a stern of a watercraft. Each of the outboard motors includes a propeller. The outboard motors are configured to be steered independently of one another. The vibration detecting section is configured to detect a vibration of the outboard motors. The control section is configured and programmed to execute a vibration suppression control when the vibration detecting section detects a vibration of the outboard motors. With the vibration suppression control, the control section is configured and programmed to change a propeller rotational axis direction and/or a propeller position of at least one of the outboard motors.

Abstract: A plurality of outboard motors are mounted to a stern of a watercraft and configured to be steered independently. A target steering angle setting section is configured to set a target steering angle for each of the outboard motors. Actuators are configured to steer the outboard motors such that the steering angle of each of the outboard motors is equal or substantially equal to a target steering angle. An actual steering angle detecting section is configured to detect an actual steering angle of each of the outboard motors. A control section is programmed and configured to control the steering operation of the outboard motors such that, when a steering angle difference defining a difference between the actual steering angles of adjacently arranged outboard motors becomes equal to or larger than a prescribed value, an increase of the steering angle difference is prevented.

Abstract: To provide a transformation method for producing a stramenopile organism having an improved unsaturated fatty acid production capability by disrupting a gene of the stramenopile organism or inhibiting the expression of the gene in a genetically engineering manner. [Solution] A method for transforming a stramenopile organism, which comprises disrupting a gene of the stramenopile organism or inhibiting the expression of the gene in a genetically engineering manner, and which is characterized in that the stramenopile organism is selected from Thraustochytrium aureum, Parietichytrium sarkarianum, Thraustochytrium roseum and Parietichytrium sp. and the gene to be disrupted or of which the expression is to be inhibited is a gene associated with the biosynthesis of a fatty acid.

Abstract: A vessel propulsion system includes two propulsion devices that are disposed on a left side and on a right side, respectively, with respect to a central line extending in a front-rear direction through a rotational center of a hull, an operating device that outputs a lateral movement command including a commanded direction, and a controller. The controller is configured and programmed to control the thrust and the steering angle of each of the two propulsion devices so that, when the operating device outputs a lateral movement command, a first propulsion device on a side existing in the commanded direction generates a backward thrust, whereas a second propulsion device generates a forward thrust, and so that an operating point of a resultant force of the thrusts of the two propulsion devices is positioned to deviate to the side in the commanded direction from the central line, and so that a direction of action of the resultant force follows the commanded direction.

Abstract: A differential circuit with a function to compensate unevenness observed in the differential gain thereof is disclosed. The differential circuit provides a low-pass filter in one of the paired transistors not receiving the input signal in addition to another low-pass filter that provides an average of output signals as a reference level of the differential circuit. The cut-off frequency of the filter is preferably set to be equal to the transition frequency at which the self-heating effect explicitly influences the trans-conductance of the transistor.

Abstract: Provided is a cooked noodle capable of maintaining a good texture and good taste and flavor even after refrigerated or frozen-stored. A method for producing a cooked noodle, comprising allowing a liquid comprising 1.0 to 15.0% by mass of a sugar and 0.5 to 8.0% by mass of a starch to attach to a heat-cooked noodle.

Abstract: A front end module for an optical receiver is disclosed. The module includes a PD, a trans-impedance amplifier (TIA), an insulating carrier for mounting the PD, and a conductive base for mounting the carrier. The carrier provides first and second metal films thereon. The first metal film carries a photocurrent from the PD to the TIA, while, the second metal film carries the bias supply to the PD. The PD is mounted on the first and second metal films by the flip-chip arrangement. The second metal film surrounds the first metal film to suppress resonances appeared in the trans-impedance spectrum of the front end module.

Abstract: A marine vessel includes a plurality of turning mechanisms provided respectively in correspondence to a plurality of outboard motors. Each turning mechanism includes a hydraulic pump, an electric motor to drive the hydraulic pump, a hydraulic cylinder including two cylinder chambers partitioned by a piston, and a normally-closed bypass valve to put the two cylinder chambers of the hydraulic cylinder into communication with each other. Upon judging that there is a malfunction in the turning angle control of at least one of the outboard motors, a main ECU displays on a display an operation guidance screen to urge a marine vessel operator to open the bypass valve of the turning mechanism corresponding to the malfunctioning outboard motor. Also, the main ECU keeps a power transmission between an engine and a propeller in the malfunctioning outboard motor in an interrupted state.

Abstract: A hydraulic drive system includes a pump, a steering actuator, a loading/unloading apparatus actuator, a drive device, a relief valve, and an input unit. The drive device: flows hydraulic oil from the pump to the loading/unloading apparatus actuator when an operating tool is operated; flows the hydraulic oil from the pump to the steering actuator when a steering has become an operated state from a non-operated state regardless of an operation of the operating tool; and causes the hydraulic oil from the pump to be discharged to a tank via the relief valve to increase the torque of an engine when an increase instruction is inputted to the input unit and the steering is in a non-operated state.

Abstract: An outboard motor control system includes a plurality of outboard motors, a vibration detecting section, and a control section. The outboard motors are mounted on a stern of a watercraft. Each of the outboard motors includes a propeller. The outboard motors are configured to be steered independently of one another. The vibration detecting section is configured to detect a vibration of the outboard motors. The control section is configured and programmed to execute a vibration suppression control when the vibration detecting section detects a vibration of the outboard motors. With the vibration suppression control, the control section is configured and programmed to change a propeller rotational axis direction and/or a propeller position of at least one of the outboard motors.

Abstract: A plurality of outboard motors are mounted to a stern of a watercraft, and configured to be steered independently. A target steering angle setting section is configured to set a target steering angle for each of the outboard motors. Actuators are configured to steer the outboard motors such that the steering angle of each of the outboard motors is equal or substantially equal to a target steering angle. An actual steering angle detecting section is configured to detect an actual steering angle of each of the outboard motors. A control section is programmed and configured to control the steering operation of the outboard motors such that, when a steering angle difference defining a difference between the actual steering angles of adjacently arranged outboard motors becomes equal to or larger than a prescribed value, an increase of the steering angle difference is prevented.

Abstract: A hydraulic control device includes: a hydraulic pump connected in parallel to steering and boom cylinders; a steering control valve that controls the direction of operating oil flowing through the steering cylinders; a boom control valve that connects the hydraulic pump to a tank when the valve is at a neutral position and controls the direction of the oil flowing through the boom cylinders when the valve is at an offset position; a meter-in pressure compensator that increases flow rate of the oil flowing through a variable restrictor of the steering control valve in accordance with pressure in front of and behind the restrictor; and a bleed-off pressure compensator that decreases flow rate of the oil flowing through the boom control valve in accordance with the increase in pressure of the oil flowing through the steering cylinders to maintain the predetermined pressure of the oil in the steering control circuit.

Abstract: A current diffusion bonding apparatus (1) includes upper and lower electrodes (11, 12), which sandwich members to be bonded (M, M) and which are electrically conductible with the members to be bonded (M, M); a power supply unit (20), which supplies a current to the electrodes (11, 12); and a pressurizing unit (30), which applies a pressure to bonding surfaces S. If a temperature T detected by a temperature sensor (45) is a first set temperature T1 or lower, the pressurizing unit (30) applies a pressure to the bonding surfaces S while restricting the displacement of the members to be bonded (M, M), and if the temperature T exceeds the first set temperature T1, the pressurizing unit (30) applies a pressure based on the elastic force of a spring (35d), which elastically deforms according to the displacement of the members to be bonded (M, M), to the bonding surfaces S.

Abstract: A gas sensor element includes a solid electrolyte body having oxygen ion conductivity, a pair of measurement and reference electrodes respectively provided on an opposite pair of first and second surfaces of the solid electrolyte body, a porous diffusion-resistant layer through which a measurement gas is introduced to the measurement electrode, and a protective layer. The protective layer is provided to cover, at least, an outer surface of the porous diffusion-resistant layer through which the measurement gas flows into the diffusion-resistant layer. The protective layer is hydrophilic at room temperature and water-repellent at high temperatures at which the solid electrolyte body can be activated.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an operation device which has a pushbutton function and a touch switch function, and which offers excellent ease of operation. A hole is provided in a transparent substrate (12) of a touch screen provided on a rear surface of an image capturing device, and a pushbutton (16) serving as a shutter release button is provided. Transparent electrodes (14) are formed around the pushbutton (16) to form a touch switch, and an electrode (20) is formed below the pushbutton (16) to form a pushbutton switch. Metering is performed when the touch switch is turned ON in response to a touch operation of the pushbutton (16), and an image is captured when the pushbutton switch is turned ON in response to a push-down operation of the pushbutton (16).

Abstract: A trans-impedance amplifier (TIA) for an optical receiver is disclosed, in which the TIA enhances the dynamic range thereof but suppresses the variation of the input impedance thereof. The TIA enhances the dynamic range by subtracting from the photocurrent input therein, which varies the input impedance. The TIA also provides the variable gain amplifier with a feedback resistor. The variable gain of the amplifier compensates the variation of the input impedance due to the current subtraction.