Abstract: A machining direction determination unit determines a machining direction, i.e., whether to orient a product in a first direction along a material axis or a second direction opposite to the first direction, on the basis of constraint condition data indicating constraint conditions of front machining (first machining) and/or back machining (second machining), and product data. A time estimate output unit calculates a first time estimate required for the front machining and a second time estimate required for the back machining in accordance with the machining direction on the basis of machining condition data indicating machining conditions (including a machining speed) corresponding to tools used respectively for the front machining and the back machining, as well as material data and the product data, and outputs an estimate of a time required to manufacture the product on the basis of the first time estimate and the second time estimate.

Abstract: A gate insulating layer of a thin film transistor includes a first gate insulating coating including an organic polymer compound or an organic-inorganic composite material, and a second gate insulating coating including one selected from a group of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, and aluminum oxide. The second gate insulating coating is sandwiched between the first gate insulating coating and a semiconductor layer. The first gate insulating coating has a thickness of 100 nm or greater and 1500 nm or less, and a product of the thickness and Young's modulus of the first gate insulating coating is 300 nm·GPa or greater and 30000 nm·GPa or less. The second gate insulating coating has a thickness of 2 nm or greater and 30 nm or less, and a product of the thickness and Young's modulus of the second gate insulating coating is 100 nm·GPa or greater and 9000 nm·GPa or less.

Abstract: An excavator including a lower traveling body; an upper turning body turnably mounted to the lower traveling body; a work attachment attached to the upper turning body; an imaging device mounted to the upper turning body; a hydraulic actuator; a hydraulic pump configured to supply hydraulic oil to the hydraulic actuator; an electric motor configured to drive the hydraulic pump; an operation device of an electric type configured to operate the hydraulic actuator; and a control device configured to control the electric motor, wherein in response to determining that the operation device is not operated, the control device causes the hydraulic pump to automatically stop, and subsequently, in response to determining that an operation with respect to the operation device is started, the control device causes the hydraulic pump to be automatically activated.

Abstract: A gate insulating layer includes a first gate insulating film including an organic polymer compound and covering a second part of a support surface and a gate electrode layer, and second gate insulating film including an inorganic silicon compound and sandwiched between the first gate insulating film and a semiconductor layer. The second gate insulating film has a thickness of 2 nm or greater and 30 nm or less, and the second gate insulating film has a hydrogen content of 5 at % or more and 13 at % or less so as to enhance the electrical durability of the thin film transistor against bending of the flexible substrate.

Abstract: An optically anisotropic multi-layered product including an optically anisotropic layer (Sm), and an optically anisotropic layer (N), wherein: the optically anisotropic layer (Sm) is an optically anisotropic layer that contains a liquid crystal compound (A-Sm) fixed in a state in which a smectic liquid crystal phase is exhibited; the optically anisotropic layer (N) is an optically anisotropic layer that contains a liquid crystal compound (A-N) fixed in a state in which a nematic liquid crystal phase is exhibited; and the optically anisotropic layer (Sm) and the optically anisotropic layer (N) have a common in-plane slow axis direction. A method for producing the optically anisotropic multi-layered product is also provided.

Abstract: An optically anisotropic multi-layered product including an optically anisotropic layer (Sm), and an optically anisotropic layer (N), wherein: the optically anisotropic layer (Sm) is an optically anisotropic layer that contains a liquid crystal compound (A-Sm) fixed in a state in which a smectic liquid crystal phase is exhibited; the optically anisotropic layer (N) is an optically anisotropic layer that contains a liquid crystal compound (A-N) fixed in a state in which a nematic liquid crystal phase is exhibited; and the optically anisotropic layer (Sm) and the optically anisotropic layer (N) have a common in-plane slow axis direction. A method for producing the optically anisotropic multi-layered product is also provided.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods using a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate are described. An example apparatus includes: a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a circuit formed in the first surface; a first electrode through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface; and a first insulative film around the first electrode. The first electrode includes: a first portion formed in the substrate; and a second portion continuous to the first portion and protruding from the second surface. The first insulative film is formed between the first portion of the first electrode in the substrate and extending to a side surface of the second portion of the first electrode.

Abstract: An excavator including a lower traveling body; an upper turning body turnably mounted to the lower traveling body; a work attachment attached to the upper turning body; an imaging device mounted to the upper turning body; a hydraulic actuator; a hydraulic pump configured to supply hydraulic oil to the hydraulic actuator; an electric motor configured to drive the hydraulic pump; an operation device of an electric type configured to operate the hydraulic actuator; and a control device configured to control the electric motor, wherein in response to determining that the operation device is not operated, the control device causes the hydraulic pump to automatically stop, and subsequently, in response to determining that an operation with respect to the operation device is started, the control device causes the hydraulic pump to be automatically activated.

Abstract: Provided is a service architecture support method with which the content of a new service provided by an application incorporated into a medical/nursing support system can be finely adjusted according to the needs of a patient or a person requiring care, or a medical professional or a nurse. To that end, when an application (220) developed using an application framework (200) is incorporated into a medical/nursing support system (30), an application ID is allocated to the application (220) and the application ID is associated with a group ID and stored, thereby enabling selective use of a new service provided by the application (220) by only a group member of a group with which the application ID has been associated. Furthermore, the specific function installed in the application (220) can be set in administrator settings according to the needs of a patient or a medical professional from said group.

Abstract: An optical film transfer body including a substrate film, and an optically anisotropic layer that is formed on the substrate film by curing a composition containing a photopolymerizable liquid crystal compound, wherein the optically anisotropic layer contains 25% by weight or less of the photopolymerizable liquid crystal compound; an optical film including, in this order, an adherend, an adhesive layer, and an optically anisotropic layer, wherein the adhesive layer is a layer formed by curing a photocurable adhesive, the optically anisotropic layer is a layer formed by curing a composition containing a photopolymerizable liquid crystal compound, and the optically anisotropic layer contains 25% by weight or less of the photopolymerizable liquid crystal compound; as well as a method for producing an optical film and an organic electroluminescent display device.

Abstract: A composition includes a polymerizable liquid crystal compound (A), a photopolymerization initiator (B), and a crosslinking agent (C), and satisfies: |?a1??b1|?20 nm ??(i), and ?c1?250 nm ??(ii), where ?a1 represents a wavelength of an absorption local maximum that is the longest one of wavelengths of absorption local maxima in a light absorption spectrum of from 200 nm to 500 nm of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound (A), ?b1 represents a wavelength of an absorption local maximum that is the longest one of wavelengths of absorption local maxima in a light absorption spectrum of from 200 nm to 500 nm of the photopolymerization initiator (B), and ?c1 represents a wavelength of at least one absorption local maximum in a light absorption spectrum of from 200 nm to 500 nm of the crosslinking agent (C)).

Abstract: Provided is a service architecture support method with which the content of a new service provided by an application incorporated into a medical/nursing support system can be finely adjusted according to the needs of a patient or a person requiring care, or a medical professional or a nurse. To that end, when an application (220) developed using an application framework (200) is incorporated into a medical/nursing support system (30), an application ID is allocated to the application (220) and the application ID is associated with a group ID and stored, thereby enabling selective use of a new service provided by the application (220) by only a group member of a group with which the application ID has been associated. Furthermore, the specific function installed in the application (220) can be set in administrator settings according to the needs of a patient or a medical professional from said group.

Abstract: A medical/care support method is provided, which enables medical or care workers having different special fields such as physicians and nurses to share the medical or care information of each patient or care-needing person while protecting the privacy of the patient or care-needing person, and to support the provision of better-quality medical or care service to the patient or care-needing person based on the medical or care information shared. A patient ID, a disease ID, and a medical facility ID are associated and stored, thereby generating a group G11. A patient P1 designated by patient group registration participates in the group G11 after the patient's approval of an invitation request. Medical workers M1 and M2 and patient-related persons R1, R2, and R4 participate in the group G11 as supporters in response to respective invitation requests.

Abstract: An optically anisotropic layer including a polymer and a compound having a mesogen skeleton, wherein the polymer has a property such that a film of the polymer that is formed by a coating method using a solution of the polymer satisfies nz(P)>nx(P)?ny(P), wherein nx(P) is a refractive index in a direction which, among in-plane directions of the film, gives a maximum refractive index, ny(P) is a refractive index in a direction which is perpendicular to the direction of nx(P) among the in-plane directions of the film, and nz(P) a refractive index in a thickness direction of the film, and the compound having a mesogen skeleton shows an in-plane retardation with reverse wavelength distribution under specific conditions.

Abstract: A liquid crystal composition including: a polymerizable liquid crystal compound capable of expressing birefringence with inverse wavelength dispersion; and a (meth)acrylate compound containing two or more (meth)acryloyl groups per one molecule, wherein: an amount of the (meth)acrylate compound is 8 parts by weight or less, the amount being relative to 100 parts by weight of a sum total of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound and the (meth)acrylate compound.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods using a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate are described. An example apparatus includes: a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a circuit formed in the first surface; a first electrode through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface; and a first insulative film around the first electrode. The first electrode includes: a first portion formed in the substrate; and a second portion continuous to the first portion and protruding from the second surface. The first insulative film is formed between the first portion of the first electrode in the substrate and extending to a side surface of the second portion of the first electrode.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods using a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate are described. An example apparatus includes: a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a circuit formed in the first surface; a first electrode through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface; and a first insulative film around the first electrode. The first electrode includes: a first portion formed in the substrate; and a second portion continuous to the first portion and protruding from the second surface. The first insulative film is formed between the first portion of the first electrode in the substrate and extending to a side surface of the second portion of the first electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal composition including: a polymerizable liquid crystal compound capable of expressing birefringence with inverse wavelength dispersion; and a (meth)acrylate compound containing two or more (meth)acryloyl groups per one molecule, wherein: an amount of the (meth)acrylate compound is 8 parts by weight or less, the amount being relative to 100 parts by weight of a sum total of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound and the (meth)acrylate compound.

Abstract: An optically anisotropic layer including a polymer and a compound having a mesogen skeleton, wherein the polymer has a property such that a film of the polymer that is formed by a coating method using a solution of the polymer satisfies nz(P)>nx(P)?ny(P), wherein nx(P) is a refractive index in a direction which, among in-plane directions of the film, gives a maximum refractive index, ny(P) is a refractive index in a direction which is perpendicular to the direction of nx(P) among the in-plane directions of the film, and nz(P) a refractive index in a thickness direction of the film, and the compound having a mesogen skeleton shows an in-plane retardation with reverse wavelength distribution under specific conditions.

Abstract: A liquid crystal cured film includes a liquid crystal cured layer formed of a cured product of a liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound capable of expressing birefringence with reverse wavelength distribution, the polymerizable liquid crystal compound containing an ethylenically unsaturated bond and an aromatic ring. The film satisfies 1.00<X(S)/X(A), where X(S) represents a peak ratio X of one surface of the liquid crystal cured layer; X(A) is a peak ratio X of the other surface of the liquid crystal cured layer; the peak ratio X is a ratio represented by X=I(1)/I(2); I(1) is a peak strength derived from in-plane deformation vibration of the ethylenically unsaturated bond in measurement of infrared total reflection-absorption spectrum; and I(2) is a peak strength derived from stretching vibration of an unsaturated bond of the aromatic ring in measurement of infrared total reflection-absorption spectrum.