Abstract: Provided is a power generation planning apparatus that prevents excess or shortage of required fuel and improves economic efficiency by considering an excess or shortage amount of required fuel caused by an error in forecast such as demand forecast, thermal power output of a thermal power generation plan, fuel trading in a fuel market, and a change in destination of a fuel ship.

Abstract: An object is to provide a technique capable of measuring a shape of an object while maintaining accuracy even when positional accuracy of a mechanism configured to move a probe is insufficient. A measurement control device 210 controls a movement mechanism 500 to move a measurement probe 160 to a target position of a target to be measured, calculates an error between an actual position of the measurement probe 160 detected by the measurement probe 160 and the target position, corrects the error by moving the measurement probe 160 by the movement mechanism 500 based on the calculated error, and then causes the measurement probe 160 to perform a distance measurement.

Abstract: A fuel cell gas supply and diffusion layer includes a sheet-like porous body layer, and a plurality of gas passage grooves formed on one surface of the porous body layer in parallel and formed in a zigzag shape or a wave shape respectively. As viewed in a plan view, a first rectangular region where circumscribes one gas passage groove and a second rectangular region where circumscribes a gas passage groove adjacent to the one gas passage groove overlap along a region in contact each other. An overlapping region where the first rectangular region and the second rectangular region overlap exists at any depth position of the grooves. According to the fuel cell gas supply and diffusion layer, it is possible to increase a power generation efficiency of a fuel cell.

Abstract: A power system stability monitoring device comprising: a simple stability calculation unit that calculates the angular velocity and internal phase angle of a generator in each fault case based on fault conditions and the system configuration of the power system; a severity indicator calculation unit that calculates a severity indicator that represents the degree of system instability based on the angular velocity and internal phase angle; a PCS power supply severe parallel-off condition extracting unit that calculates a PCS power supply parallel-off severity indicator based on a parallel-off sensitivity indicator representing a degree of influence of PCS power supply parallel-off on the degree of instability and the severity indicator, and that extracts fault cases where the parallel-off severity indicator exceeds a prescribed threshold; and a detailed stability calculation unit that performs a detailed stability calculation for each extracted fault case based on the severity indicator or parallel-off severit

Abstract: A gear device includes an external gear, and an internal gear that meshes with the external gear. The external gear is formed of metal. The internal gear is formed of a carbon fiber reinforced resin.

Abstract: A gas diffusion member which can reduce internal resistance of a fuel cell. A gas diffusion member arranged between a separator and a catalyst layer of a fuel cell, including: a porous material layer; and a conductive material layer; wherein: the porous material layer is formed of a conductive porous material; the conductive material layer is formed of a conductive material; and the conductive material layer is arranged on a surface of the porous material layer on a side of the separator and is provided so that pores of the porous material layer are filled with the conductive material.

Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic wave shielding film capable of easily adhering to an object, excellent in electrical connection stability, and excellent in transparency, shielding performance, and environmental resistance. The electromagnetic wave shielding film of the present invention has a first insulating layer, a transparent metal layer, a second insulating layer, and a conductive adhesive layer laminated in this order, in which a thickness of the second insulating layer is 10 to 500 nm, the conductive adhesive layer contains a binder component and spherical conductive particles, a median size of the spherical conductive particles is 3 to 50 ?m, and a content ratio of the spherical conductive particles is 5 to 20 mass % with respect to 100 mass % of the conductive adhesive layer.

Abstract: A distance measuring device includes a light emitting unit that outputs a measurement light, a first polarization state control unit that controls a polarization state of the measurement light output from the light emitting unit, a second polarization state control unit that controls the polarization state of the measurement light of which a polarization state is controlled by the first polarization state control unit, and an optical path switching element that selects an emission direction of the measurement light of which a polarization state is controlled by the second polarization state control unit, in which the second polarization state control unit controls the polarization state of the measurement light so that the measurement lights are emitted from the optical path switching element in a plurality of the emission directions, and the optical path switching element receives a reflected light obtained by reflecting the emitted measurement light by an object.

Abstract: A shape of an object is measured with a high degree of accuracy. A shape measurement system comprises: a distance measuring head for irradiating an object with light and receiving light reflected from the object; a distance measuring device for generating a distance detection waveform on the basis of the reflected light; and a control device for analyzing the distance detection waveform and calculating a measured distance value to the object. The shape measurement system is characterized in that the control device calculates a feature amount of the distance detection waveform and performs at least one of a process of correcting an error in the measured distance value by substituting the feature amount into a correction formula and a process of performing a confidence weighting of an error in the measured distance value by substituting the feature amount into a confidence weighting formula.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, an information presentation apparatus for displaying information on a display device including a display area corresponding to a visual field range of a user includes: a first storage medium that stores presentation information including content information representing a presentation content and attribute information of the content information; a detection unit that detects a gaze point within the visual field range of the user; and a presentation control unit that determines a presentation position of the content information within the visual field range of the user in accordance with the attribute information stored together with the content information to be presented and the detected gaze point and cause the content information to be displayed at a position corresponding to the determined presentation position within the display area of the display device.

Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing an electrophotographic cleaning blade that has excellent chipping resistance and can exhibit excellent cleaning performance. This cleaning blade is provided with an elastic member that includes a polyurethane and a support member that supports the elastic member, and cleans the surface of a member to be cleaned that is moving, by bringing a part of the elastic member into contact with the surface of the member to be cleaned. The average value of the elastic modulus of the elastic member obtained when measured using SPM is at least 15 MPa and not more than 470 MPa, and the coefficient of variation thereof is not more than 6.0%.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrostatic chuck includes a ceramic dielectric substrate, a base plate, and a first porous part. The ceramic dielectric substrate has a first major surface and a second major surface on opposite side from the first major surface. The base plate supports the ceramic dielectric substrate and includes a gas feed channel. The first porous part is provided at a position between the base plate and the first major surface of the ceramic dielectric substrate. The position is opposed to the gas feed channel. The first porous part includes a plurality of sparse portions each including a plurality of pores. The plurality of sparse portions are spaced from each other. Each of the plurality of sparse portions extends in a direction inclined by a prescribed angle with respect to a first direction from the base plate to the ceramic dielectric substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a cleaning blade including: an elastic member containing a polyurethane; and a supporting member configured to support the elastic member. The polyurethane has a linear moiety represented by —(CH2)m-. The elastic member has a plate shape having a main surface and a distal end surface forming a distal end-side edge with the main surface, at least on a distal end side. Martens hardness at positions on a bisector at intervals of 30 ?m from a distal end-side edge to a position furthest away from the distal end-side edge by 100 ?m decreases from a distal end-side edge to the position. A Martens hardness HM1 of the elastic member at a position P1 is 1.0 N/mm2 or more. The elastic layer satisfies K?1>K?2>K?3. Further, the cleaning blade has an erosion rate E of 0.6 ?m/g or less.

Abstract: A membrane-electrode assembly including a catalyst layer that includes a catalyst-supporting carrier in which a catalyst is supported on a carrier made of an inorganic oxide, and a highly hydrophobic substance having a higher degree of hydrophobicity than the inorganic oxide, the catalyst layer being formed on at least one surface of a polymer electrolyte membrane. It is preferable that, in the membrane-electrode assembly, the degree of hydrophobicity of the highly hydrophobic substance is from 0.5 vol % to 45 vol % at 25° C., the degree of hydrophobicity being defined as a concentration of methanol (vol %) when a light transmittance of a dispersion obtained by dispersing the highly hydrophobic substance in a mixed solution of water and methanol reaches 80%.

Abstract: The impurity concentration in the oxide semiconductor film is reduced, and a highly reliability can be obtained.

Abstract: A passive guidance mechanism enables smooth guiding to a desired position; and a flying object landing system enables smooth guiding to and landing at a desired position. A pair of guide rails are arranged side by side with a space therebetween, and are provided so that the space increases toward one set of tips of the guide rails. One guide rail is supported so as to be rotatable about a first shaft extending in a direction perpendicular to a plane including the guide rails, at or near the tip of the guide rail. The other guide rail is supported so as to be rotatable about a second shaft extending in a direction perpendicular to the plane including the guide rails, at or near the tip of the guide rail.

Abstract: A site specifying device, includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to: store three-dimensional model data indicating a three-dimensional model of an object, display the three-dimensional model based on the three-dimensional model data, and select from the three-dimensional model a site in a range of a depth specified toward an inner side of the three-dimensional model from a region surrounded by a closed curve on a surface of the three-dimensional model according to an input of the closed curve to the surface of the displayed three-dimensional model and an input to specify the depth from the surface of the three-dimensional model.