Abstract: Provided is a redundant system capable of executing a start request received during update of a microcomputer control program even when an external nonvolatile memory is employed in a redundant system in which one load is controlled by a plurality of control circuits having a redundant configuration, the redundant system being low in cost and excellent in responsiveness. In the redundant system that controls one load by a plurality of control systems having a redundant configuration, when an update program signal for the plurality of control systems is received, update of a control program for each of the plurality of control systems in a predetermined order is individually executed, and when a start request of the load is received during the execution of the update of a control program of one predetermined system, the load is controlled by a system other than the one predetermined system, and during the control, the update of the control program of the one predetermined system is continued.

Abstract: The information processing apparatus includes a pointing stick which is disposed on a keyboard, has an operable stick and is possible to detect a displacement in an installation plane direction of the stick and a displacement in a direction which is vertical to the installation plane and a main control unit which displays a predetermined menu screen on a display unit in a case where the pointing stick detects a specific operation which includes the displacement of the stick in the vertical direction.

Abstract: There is provided a medical support system including: a derivation device that derives an assessment value for an affected site based on an affected site image obtained by imaging the affected site; and a display device that presents the assessment value to a user, in which the derivation device includes: a cut-out unit that cuts out the affected site image as a plurality of tile images having tile shapes; and an assessment derivation unit that derives a tile assessment value representing an assessment of the affected site in the plurality of the tile images by using a determiner obtained by machine learning.

Abstract: Provided is a threaded-hole inspection device having high inspection precision. An incomplete thread ridge portion of a gauge portion 5 of a thread gauge 1 is removed, a phase-positioning portion 8 for positioning a tip-side start point 7 of a complete thread ridge at a prescribed phase when the thread gauge 1 is mounted on a rotating-shaft portion 2 is provided to a fastening portion 6 of the thread gauge 1 that is to be fastened to the rotating-shaft portion 2, and a phase-positioning engaging portion 9 that is to engage with the phase-positioning portion 8 is provided to the rotating-shaft portion 2.

Abstract: The present invention uniformly cools a roll body and/or an induction heating mechanism by gas without complicating the configuration around the roll body. An induction heated roll apparatus includes a roll body having a hollow part, an induction heating mechanism disposed in the hollow part to subject the roll body to induction heating, and a cooling mechanism to cool the roll body and/or the induction heating mechanism by generating a gas flow in a clearance between the roll body and the induction heating mechanism. The cooling mechanism includes a suction port disposed on one axial end side of the roll body that communicates with the clearance, an exhaust port disposed on an opposite axial end side of the roll body that communicates with the clearance, and a suction mechanism coupled to the exhaust port that sucks the gas in the clearance from the exhaust port.

Abstract: A method of measuring a fluid secretion function of epithelial cells includes: seeding organoids established from epithelial cells in a culture receptacle and culturing the organoids in a gel in each well of the culture receptacle for a prescribed period of time; capturing a multi-pixel image of each organoid-containing well; detecting as organoids regions in the captured image that are regions surrounded by edges having at least a prescribed difference in pixel intensity value with respect to that of a background; calculating an area inside the edges for the object; selecting whether or not the object is an organoid-derived object; and determining whether or not an object selected as being derived from the organoid is subject to analysis. No cell staining product for staining the organoids is added when performing the imaging process.

Abstract: Provided is a threaded-hole inspection device having high inspection precision. An incomplete thread ridge portion of a gauge portion 5 of a thread gauge 1 is removed, a phase-positioning portion 8 for positioning a tip-side start point 7 of a complete thread ridge at a prescribed phase when the thread gauge 1 is mounted on a rotating-shaft portion 2 is provided to a fastening portion 6 of the thread gauge 1 that is to be fastened to the rotating-shaft portion 2, and a phase-positioning engaging portion 9 that is to engage with the phase-positioning portion 8 is provided to the rotating-shaft portion 2.

Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diolefin is configured as follows. A monoolefin having four or more carbon atoms is fed from a monoolefin feed nozzle(s) installed at n place(s) (n=1, 2, . . . , n). In addition, at least 50% or more of a total amount of an oxygen-containing gas is fed from an oxygen-containing gas feed nozzle located at a bottom of a fluidized bed reactor. Furthermore, the monoolefin feed nozzles at heights a1, a2, . . . , an from the oxygen-containing gas feed nozzle feed the monoolefin having four or more carbon atoms at ratios of b1, b2, . . . , bn (b1+b2+ . . . +bn=1), respectively, and a weighted mean value represented by the following formula and obtained from the above heights and the above ratios is 200 mm to 3000 mm. arithmetic mean value=a1*b1+a2*b2+ . . .

Abstract: The present invention uniformly cools a roll body and/or an induction heating mechanism by gas without complicating the configuration around the roll body. An induction heated roll apparatus includes a roll body having a hollow part, an induction heating mechanism disposed in the hollow part to subject the roll body to induction heating, and a cooling mechanism to cool the roll body and/or the induction heating mechanism by generating a gas flow in a clearance between the roll body and the induction heating mechanism. The cooling mechanism includes a suction port disposed on one axial end side of the roll body that communicates with the clearance, an exhaust port disposed on an opposite axial end side of the roll body that communicates with the clearance, and a suction mechanism coupled to the exhaust port that sucks the gas in the clearance from the exhaust port.

Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diolefin is configured as follows. A monoolefin having four or more carbon atoms is fed from a monoolefin feed nozzle(s) installed at n place(s) (n=1, 2, . . . , n). In addition, at least 50% or more of a total amount of an oxygen-containing gas is fed from an oxygen-containing gas feed nozzle located at a bottom of a fluidized bed reactor. Furthermore, the monoolefin feed nozzles at distances a1, a2, . . . , an from the oxygen-containing gas feed nozzle feed the monoolefin having four or more carbon atoms at ratios of b1, b2, . . . , bn (b1+b2+ . . . +bn=1), respectively, and an arithmetic mean value represented by the following formula and obtained from the above distances and the above ratios is 100 mm or more. arithmetic mean value=a1*b1+a2*b2+ . . .

Abstract: To provide a wire for a taper-faced compression ring, which can be provided with a running-in surface (contact surface) uniformly and rapidly in the production process of the taper-faced compression ring, a surface of the wire corresponding to an outer peripheral surface of the ring is provided with adjacent outward inclined first and second tapered portions, the inclination angle ?2 of the second tapered portion being larger than the inclination angle ?1 of the first tapered portion, and an outer end of the second tapered portion being located radially outward than an outer end of the first tapered portion by 0.005-0.05 mm. A long-life taper-faced compression ring with reduced friction and improved fuel efficiency is formed by the above wire, the second tapered portion having a lapped surface located radially outward than an outer end of the first tapered portion by 0.001-0.048 mm.

Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diolefin is configured as follows. A monoolefin having four or more carbon atoms is fed from a plurality of monoolefin feed nozzles. In addition, at least 50% or more of a total amount of an oxygen-containing gas is fed from an oxygen-containing gas feed nozzle located at a bottom of a fluidized bed reactor. Furthermore, the plurality of monoolefin feed nozzles at n places located at heights a1, a2, . . . , and an from the oxygen-containing gas feed nozzle, respectively, feed the monoolefin having four or more carbon atoms at ratios of b1, b2, . . . , bn (b1+b2+ . . . +bn=1), respectively. Furthermore, a weighted mean value represented by the following formula is 100 mm or greater: weighted mean value=a1*b1+a2*b2+ . . . +an*bn.

Abstract: Problem To obtain a drive unit integrated rotating electrical machine that makes it easier to connect power circuits and achieves not only excellent vibration resistance but also excellent heat releasing properties. Means for Solution A drive unit integrated rotating electrical machine has a motor, a drive unit driving the motor under control and provided with power switching elements and conductors passing a current to the power switching elements, and a heat sink cooling the drive unit, which are combined into one unit. The drive unit integrated rotating electrical machine is characterized in that: the power switching elements are molded and formed into mold modules in a state in which terminals thereof are exposed; the conductors are insert-molded in a frame in a state in which terminals thereof are exposed; and the exposed terminals of the mold modules are connected to the exposed terminals of the insert-molded conductors and the mold modules are firmly fixed to the heat sink.

Abstract: A process for producing butadiene from a monoolefin having 4 carbon atoms by a vapor-phase catalytic oxidation reaction in a fluidized bed reactor, including a first step of producing the butadiene by bringing the monoolefin having 4 carbon atoms into contact with a catalyst and a second step of removing a part of the catalyst from the fluidized bed reactor while the vapor-phase catalytic oxidation reaction is proceeding, regenerating the catalyst removed, and feeding the regenerated catalyst to the fluidized bed reactor while the vapor-phase catalytic oxidation reaction is proceeding, wherein a ratio of an amount (kg/hr) of the regenerated catalyst fed to an amount (kg/hr) of the monoolefin having 4 carbon atoms fed is 0.3% or more.

Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes: a plurality of first metal plates arranged in the same planar state; a power semiconductor chip mounted on the first metal plate; and an overbridge-shaped second metal plate which is composed of bridge frame sections and leg sections that support the bridge frame sections, the leg sections being for appropriately performing solder bonding between electrodes of the power semiconductor chips and between the electrode of the power semiconductor chip and the first metal plate, the power semiconductor module being configured by a resin package in which these members are sealed with electrically insulating resin. In the power semiconductor module, the solder bonding section of the leg section is formed in a planar shape by bending process and is provided at a position lower than the bridge frame section.

Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diolefin is configured as follows. A monoolefin having four or more carbon atoms is fed from a monoolefin feed nozzle(s) installed at n place(s) (n=1, 2, . . . , n). In addition, at least 50% or more of a total amount of an oxygen-containing gas is fed from an oxygen-containing gas feed nozzle located at a bottom of a fluidized bed reactor. Furthermore, the monoolefin feed nozzles at distances a1, a2, . . . , an from the oxygen-containing gas feed nozzle feed the monoolefin having four or more carbon atoms at ratios of b1, b2, . . . , bn (b1+b2+ . . . +bn=1), respectively, and an arithmetic mean value represented by the following formula and obtained from the above distances and the above ratios is 100 mm or more. arithmetic mean value=a1*b1+a2*b2+ . . .

Abstract: To provide a wire for a taper-faced compression ring, which can be provided with a running-in surface (contact surface) uniformly and rapidly in the production process of the taper-faced compression ring, a surface of the wire corresponding to an outer peripheral surface of the ring is provided with adjacent outward inclined first and second tapered portions, the inclination angle ?2 of the second tapered portion being larger than the inclination angle ?1 of the first tapered portion, and an outer end of the second tapered portion being located radially outward than an outer end of the first tapered portion by 0.005-0.05 mm. A long-life taper-faced compression ring with reduced friction and improved fuel efficiency is formed by the above wire, the second tapered portion having a lapped surface located radially outward than an outer end of the first tapered portion by 0.001-0.048 mm.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a culture medium for in vitro culture of a colorectal epithelial stem cell or the like, a method of in vitro culturing a colorectal epithelial stem cell or the like using the culture medium, a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for a bowel disease containing a colorectal epithelial stem cell or the like cultured by the method, a method of administrating, i.e., transplanting a colorectal epithelial stem cell or the like cultured by the method to a bowel disease patient, and a method of isolating a colorectal epithelial stem cell or the like. The culture medium for in vitro culture of a colorectal epithelial stem cell and/or a colorectal epithelial cell characteristically contains serum albumin, Wnt3a, and r-spondin-1.

Abstract: A calendar mechanism of a timepiece includes a date indicator having a date wheel portion provided with a notched portion. An operation lever attached to the date indicator is pivotable between a pre-feed allowing position, where a tooth-shaped engaged portion thereof is inserted into the notched portion whereby excess feeding of the date indicator is possible, and a normal feed allowing position, where the tooth-shaped engaged portion retreats from the notched portion whereby normal feeding is possible. The date indicator is rotated by a day earlier than the normal feeding when set to the pre-feed allowing position. A driving lever structure includes a cam follower engaged with a month cam and is driven in response to rotation of the month cam to allow the operation lever to be pivoted between the normal feed allowing position and the pre-feed allowing position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dishwasher which permits cost reductions while enabling increased strength. A reinforcement member is mounted between pillars, which are erected in the corners of a machine chamber, and a functional part for executing washing and rinsing is fixed to the reinforcement member. Here, an example of the functional part is a washing pump for delivering washing water. Furthermore, another example for the functional part is a connecting part for connecting electrical wiring between a control box and a detergent supply device or a booster or the like.