Abstract: A core conveying device includes a plurality of holding devices, a support section, a moving device, and a mounting table. The support section has a hole formed at a position corresponding to a positioning pin and is connected so as to slide in a horizontal direction with respect to the moving device. A size of a lower end opening of the hole is larger than a size of an upper end of the positioning pin. The support section is configured such that, when the support section is moved downward so as to grip the core, as the positioning pin abuts against an inner surface of the hole and the support section slides in the horizontal direction with respect to the moving device, a position of the support section in the horizontal direction with respect to the core is determined.

Abstract: A computer system performs display control to display a reward advertisement at a given screen switching timing, a screen switching timing due to start or end of a game progress unit, or a timing at which a game progression satisfies a given change condition. The computer system gives a reward for watching the advertisement to a player. The reward is set based on user data and/or play data of the player related to the game.

Abstract: A computer system performs display control to display a reward advertisement at a given screen switching timing, a screen switching timing due to start or end of a game progress unit, or a timing at which a game progression satisfies a given change condition. The computer system gives a reward for watching the advertisement to a player. The reward is set based on user data and/or play data of the player related to the game.

Abstract: A semiconductor film includes a cluster of semiconductor quantum dots each having a metal atom and ligands coordinating to respective semiconductor quantum dots, and the semiconductor quantum dots have an average shortest inter-dot distance of less than 0.45 nm. A solar cell, a light-emitting diode, a thin film transistor, and an electronic device include the semiconductor film.

Abstract: Provided is a core grasping method of grasping a core using a core grasping apparatus. The core grasping apparatus includes grasping devices respectively having expandable and contractible grasping parts. The core includes holes, and at least one of the holes has an inside diameter that decreases in the opposite direction from a direction of a turning moment occurring on the core. The core grasping method involves, when grasping the core, expanding the grasping parts inserted in the holes so as to bring the grasping parts into contact with inner walls of the holes of the core, and grasping the core and applying a force that suppresses the turning moment to the core.

Abstract: A core grasping apparatus according to the present disclosure grasps a core including a core main body and a core print provided at one end of the core main body. The core grasping apparatus includes: a first holding device and a second holding device respectively including expandable and contractible first and second holding parts; and a turning suppression part configured to suppress the core from turning upon the core print being grasped by the first holding device and the second holding device. The first holding device and the second holding device grasp the core print by respectively expanding the first holding part and the second holding part, and the turning suppression part applies a force that suppresses a turning moment acting on the core to the core print.

Abstract: In a die casting apparatus, during feeding of molten metal by an electromagnetic pump, a molten metal level sensor repeatedly detects a during-feeding level of the molten metal stored in a molten metal holding furnace; a control unit corrects a molten metal feeding voltage to a during-feeding voltage based on the repeatedly detected during-feeding level of the molten metal such that an amount of the molten metal fed by the electromagnetic pump coincides with a prescribed amount; the control unit applies the during-feeding voltage to the electromagnetic pump to cause the electromagnetic pump to feed the molten metal from the molten metal holding furnace into a plunger sleeve; and casting is performed through an injecting operation in which the molten metal fed into the plunger sleeve is extruded by a plunger tip to be injected into a cavity.

Abstract: A metal oxide thin film according to the present invention has a peak which is attributed to 1s electrons of nitrogen in a binding energy range of 402 eV to 405 eV in an XPS spectrum obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, in which peak areas, which are obtained by separation of peaks having a peak energy of a metal-oxygen bond attributed to 1s electrons of oxygen, satisfy the following expression. 0.9<D/E??(1) (D represents a peak area of a component having a peak position in a binding energy range of 529 eV or higher and lower than 531 eV, and E represents a peak area of a component having a peak position in a binding energy range of 531 eV to 532 eV.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a sensor and a control circuit. The sensor obtains a thermal pattern formed by a plurality of thermo-elements arranged in an appliance control device, a temperature of heat generated by each of the plurality of thermo-elements being controllable. The control circuit controls an appliance in accordance with the thermal pattern obtained by the sensor.

Abstract: Provided are a die casting method and a die casting apparatus for preventing molten metal from being unexpectedly supplied into a sleeve under decompression. Molten metal supply control for pumping up molten metal with an electromagnetic pump and supplying the molten metal into a sleeve in a state of decompressing a cavity of a die and the inside of the sleeve attached to the die, including: moving the surface of the molten metal, with the electromagnetic pump, from a standard position to the side opposite to a supply direction of the molten metal; decompressing the cavity and the inside of the sleeve; and weakening force of the electromagnetic pump, which pumps down the molten metal to the side opposite to the supply direction to supply the molten metal into the sleeve.

Abstract: In a die casting apparatus, during feeding of molten metal by an electromagnetic pump, a molten metal level sensor repeatedly detects a during-feeding level of the molten metal stored in a molten metal holding furnace; a control unit corrects a molten metal feeding voltage to a during-feeding voltage based on the repeatedly detected during-feeding level of the molten metal such that an amount of the molten metal fed by the electromagnetic pump coincides with a prescribed amount; the control unit applies the during-feeding voltage to the electromagnetic pump to cause the electromagnetic pump to feed the molten metal from the molten metal holding furnace into a plunger sleeve; and casting is performed through an injecting operation in which the molten metal fed into the plunger sleeve is extruded by a plunger tip to be injected into a cavity.

Abstract: In a die casting apparatus, during feeding of molten metal by an electromagnetic pump, a molten metal level sensor repeatedly detects a during-feeding level of the molten metal stored in a molten metal holding furnace; a control unit corrects a molten metal feeding voltage to a during-feeding voltage based on the repeatedly detected during-feeding level of the molten metal such that an amount of the molten metal fed by the electromagnetic pump coincides with a prescribed amount; the control unit applies the during-feeding voltage to the electromagnetic pump to cause the electromagnetic pump to feed the molten metal from the molten metal holding furnace into a plunger sleeve; and casting is performed through an injecting operation in which the molten metal fed into the plunger sleeve is extruded by a plunger tip to be injected into a cavity.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a sensor and a control circuit. The sensor obtains a thermal pattern formed by a plurality of thermo-elements arranged in an appliance control device, a temperature of heat generated by each of the plurality of thermo-elements being controllable. The control circuit controls an appliance in accordance with the thermal pattern obtained by the sensor.

Abstract: A lighting control system includes lighting equipment that illuminates an area; processing circuitry to sequentially obtain thermal images, each representing a spatial temperature distribution in the area at a corresponding time, determine whether a user is present in the area, based on one of the obtained thermal images, and determine whether the user is staying in the area, when it is determined that the user is present in the area, based on a change between the thermal images of the area sequentially obtained by the processing circuitry. The lighting control system further includes a control circuit to control the lighting equipment in accordance with whether the processing circuitry determines that the user is staying in the area.

Abstract: Provided are a die casting method and a die casting apparatus for preventing molten metal from being unexpectedly supplied into a sleeve under decompression. Molten metal supply control for pumping up molten metal with an electromagnetic pump and supplying the molten metal into a sleeve in a state of decompressing a cavity of a die and the inside of the sleeve attached to the die, including: moving the surface of the molten metal, with the electromagnetic pump, from a standard position to the side opposite to a supply direction of the molten metal; decompressing the cavity and the inside of the sleeve; and weakening force of the electromagnetic pump, which pumps down the molten metal to the side opposite to the supply direction to supply the molten metal into the sleeve.

Abstract: A die casting apparatus includes: an electromagnetic pump body disposed at a plunger sleeve-side end portion of a molten metal holding furnace; and a connecting pipe connected to the electromagnetic pump body and the plunger sleeve to provide communication between the electromagnetic pump body and a molten metal feed port, the connecting pipe being separable from the electromagnetic pump body. The die casting apparatus further includes a moving mechanism configured to allow the electromagnetic pump body to move between an inclined state where the electromagnetic pump body is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane in the molten metal holding furnace at an angle of approximately 45 degrees and an upright state where the electromagnetic pump body is perpendicular to the horizontal plane in the molten metal holding furnace.

Abstract: The invention provides a die casting apparatus which pumps up molten metal from a molten metal holding furnace through an electromagnetic pump pipe provided with an electromagnetic pump, supplies the pumped-up molten metal to an injection sleeve through the molten metal supply pipe connected with the electromagnetic pump pipe, and a cavity of a die is charged with the molten metal by injecting the molten metal by using an injection tip. An upper end side of the electromagnetic pump pipe and an upper end side of the molten metal supply pipe are connected with each other. The upper end side of the electromagnetic pump pipe is inserted into the upper end side of the molten metal supply pipe, and extends inside the molten metal supply pipe.

Abstract: A metal oxide thin film according to the present invention has a peak which is attributed to 1s electrons of nitrogen in a binding energy range of 402 eV to 405 eV in an XPS spectrum obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, in which peak areas, which are obtained by separation of peaks having a peak energy of a metal-oxygen bond attributed to 1s electrons of oxygen, satisfy the following expression. 0.

Abstract: An entry thermopile placed outside a section and is used to acquire information about the spatial temperature distribution of a user who is using the section. A plurality of in-room thermopiles are placed respectively in a plurality of areas which virtually divide the space inside the section and obtain information about the spatial temperature distribution of the respective plurality of areas. An area specification unit is used to determine whether the spatial temperature distribution information of a user matches the spatial temperature distribution information of an area and specifies the area in the spatial temperature distribution information which has been determined as the location where the user is present by means of the in-room thermopiles.

Abstract: The method for synthesizing indium phosphide nanoparticles using indium trichloride as an indium raw material and tris(dimethylamino)phosphine as a phosphorus raw material, includes a preparation step of mixing the indium raw material, the phosphorus raw material, an organic solvent having a boiling point of 170° C. or higher, and a particle surface ligand to obtain a mixture solution and a synthesis step of synthesizing the indium phosphide nanoparticles by heating the mixture solution to 150° C. or higher but lower than 170° C. In the method, the particle surface ligand is an aliphatic amine having a carbon number of 18 or more, and the indium trichloride is an anhydride.