Abstract: Stainless steel foil with improved durability to repeated bending under the extreme bending conditions demanded of foldable displays and rollable displays. This stainless steel foil is flexible stainless steel foil comprising rolled stainless steel foil with a thickness of 0.1 mm or less, having a tensile strength of 1,800 MPa or more, and having a maximum height roughness of Rz of 0.35 ?m or less obtained from a roughness curve of the stainless steel foil surface as measured in the same direction as a tensile direction.

Abstract: A control device included by a window driving device of the present invention is configured to: when a first operation to close a window is performed with an operation device located inside a vehicle, perform first drive control including drive control to close the window at a constant first speed in a first section located on an opening side more than a closing section located near a fully closed position of the window, and drive control to close the window at a lower speed than the first speed in the closing section; and when a second operation to close the window is performed with an operation device that can be carried outside the vehicle, perform second drive control including drive control to close the window at a lower speed than the first speed in the first section.

Abstract: A catalyst for methane synthesis is made up from layered double hydroxides represented by the following general formula (1). [M2+1-xM3+x(OH)2]x+[An?x/n·yH2O]??(1) In formula (1), M2+ is Ni2+ and M3+ is Al3+ or Cr3+. Further, An? is CO32?. Furthermore, the term x lies within a range of 0.19 to 0.34 (0.19?x?0.34), and y is 0 or a positive integer.

Abstract: An electrosynthesis system is equipped with an electrolysis device that carries out electrolysis on carbon dioxide gas and water vapor, a synthesizing device that synthesizes a hydrocarbon gas from hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide gas that are generated by the electrolysis, and a control device. The control device adjusts a flow rate of the water vapor supplied to the electrolysis device, in a manner so that a first concentration ratio, which is a concentration ratio between the hydrogen gas and the carbon monoxide gas in a mixed gas discharged from the electrolysis device and containing the hydrogen gas and the carbon monoxide gas, becomes a predetermined target concentration ratio.

Abstract: A powder contains a niobium complex and lithium, an amount of niobium being 25 mass % or more and 75 mass % or less, a proportion of niobium in metal elements of the powder is 0.775 or more and 0.950 or less in terms of mass ratio. When the powder is dissolved in 8 times its mass of water at 25° C., a niobium content contained in a filtrate thereof is 80 mass % or more of an amount of niobium contained in the powder before dissolution. The powder is obtained by mixing a niobium compound, a lithium compound, an alkali, hydrogen peroxide, and water to obtain an aqueous solution containing a niobium complex and lithium and then drying the solution at a temperature equal to or lower than a decomposition temperature of the niobium complex. The powder is suitable for preparing a lithium niobate precursor solution for coating positive electrode active material particles.

Abstract: A two-dimensional photonic crystal laser includes: electrodes; an active layer; and a two-dimensional photonic crystal layer in which modified refractive index regions are disposed to be shifted by different shift amounts from respective lattice points or/and are disposed at the respective lattice points with different areas, the shift amount or/and the area is/are modified with a composite modulation period and expressed by a modulation phase ?(r?) expressed using a vector r? indicating a position of each lattice point of the two-dimensional lattice, a vector kn? indicating a combination of an inclination angle and an azimuthal angle of each of n laser beams mutually differing in the inclination angle and/or the azimuthal angle, and an amplitude An and a phase exp(i?n) determined for each n and the amplitude An and/or the phase exp(i?n) for each value of n differ(s) from each other in at least two different values of n.

Abstract: A sample inspection apparatus is provided. The invention is directed to a sample inspection apparatus 200 that includes an inspection means that is executed when a sample 11 is placed on a stage 8, the inspection means including the steps of (a) scanning a surface of the sample 11 with an electron beam EB1 with a probe 10a in contact with a conductor 11a and a probe 10b in contact with a conductor 11b, (b) measuring a differential value of a change in potential difference between the probes 10a and 10b while synchronizing with the scanning of the electron beam EB1, (c) acquiring a DI-EBAC image in which a fault spot 12 existing between the conductors 11a and 11b is shown as a bright part and a dark part based on the differential value of the change in the potential difference, and (d) specifying a direction of the fault spot 12 from the DI-EBAC image.

Abstract: A control device for a hybrid electric vehicle includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform a start-up control of shifting the connection and disconnection clutch to a coupled state at the time of starting the internal combustion engine to rotate the internal combustion engine by the driving torque of the electric motor, and starting the first fuel injection mode using the direct injection injector. The electronic control unit is configured to switch from the first fuel injection mode to a second fuel injection mode for using the port injector prior to an end of the start-up control when the number of times of combustion cycles of the internal combustion engine with the first fuel injection mode reaches a predetermined first target number of times.

Abstract: A two-dimensional photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser includes: a two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer; an active layer provided on one surface side of the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer; and a reflection layer provided on the other surface side of the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer or on a side opposite to the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer so as to be spaced apart from the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer, wherein a distance d between surfaces of the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer and the reflection layer facing each other is set such that a radiation coefficient difference ??v=(?v1??v0), which is a value obtained by subtracting a radiation coefficient ?v0 of a fundamental mode having the smallest loss from a radiation coefficient ?v1 of a first higher order mode having the second smallest loss among the light amplified in the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer, is 1 cm?1 or more.

Abstract: A display device with a position input function includes a pixel electrode, a common electrode, position detection electrodes, a position detection line, a pixel connection line, and a shield electrode. The common electrode is overlapped with the pixel electrode on an upper layer side or a lower layer side. The position detection electrodes are formed by dividing the common electrode by a partition opening and form a capacitance with a position input body and detect an input position. The position detection line is arranged on an upper layer side or a lower layer side with the common electrode and connected to the position detection electrode. The pixel connection line extends in parallel with the partition opening and is connected to the pixel electrode. The shield electrode extends overlapping with the partition opening and is on a same layer as the position detection line and connected to the position detection line.

Abstract: In a door mirror device for a vehicle, when a driving body is moved rotationally towards an upper side, a gear plate is moved towards a lower side so that urging force applied from a coil spring to the driving body is decreased. In contrast, when the driving body is moved rotationally towards the lower side, the gear plate is moved towards the upper side so that the urging force applied from the coil spring to the driving body is increased. As a result, it is possible to reduce a difference between a load that is applied in order to move the driving body rotationally towards the upper side and the load that is applied in order to move the driving body rotationally towards the lower side.

Abstract: A vehicle, including: a body frame; a saddle-style seat provided on the body frame; a pair of front wheels provided at a front portion of the body frame; a pair of rear wheels provided at a rear portion of the body frame; an engine provided in the body frame and including a crank shaft extending in a width direction of the vehicle; and a footrest provided at the body frame and including a first step and a second step provided behind the first step and extending diagonally rearward. The crank shaft is located between an upper end and a lower end of the second step in a height direction of the vehicle, and further rearward than the second step in a fore-aft direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: A radiation image processing apparatus for executing image processing on an image obtained by emitting radiation to an object, executes, in order to improve a contrast of the image, processing of extracting a low-frequency component of an input signal of the image to generate a first signal of the image, processing of dividing the input signal of the image by the first signal of the image to generate a second signal of the image, processing of executing non-linear processing on the second signal of the image to generate a third signal of the image, and processing of outputting an output signal of the image obtained by multiplying the input signal of the image by the third signal of the image.

Abstract: A double-acting friction stir spot welding apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a pin member (11) formed in a cylindrical shape, a shoulder member (12) formed in a hollow cylindrical shape and into which the pin member (11) is inserted, a rotary drive (57) that rotates the pin member (11) and the shoulder member (12) on an axis (Xr) coaxial with the pin member (11), and a linear drive (53) that reciprocates each of the pin member (11) and the shoulder member (12) along the axis (Xr). Oil solution (70) is disposed at at least one circumferential surface among an outer circumferential surface (11c) of the pin member (11), an inner circumferential surface (12b) of the shoulder member (12), an outer circumferential surface (12c) of the shoulder member (12), and an inner circumferential surface (13b) of a clamp member (13).

Abstract: A variable speed pumping system includes a generator motor including a frequency converter, in which the variable speed pumping system, in the pumping mode, supply a power command to the generator motor to perform power control, and the power control correction signal generator adds a value obtained by multiplying a signal based on a difference between the power input command and an actual power input measured by a power detector in the pumping mode by a constant gain to a signal based on the deviation and inputs the added value to an integration control element to generate the power control correction signal based on an output signal of the integration control element.

Abstract: A head-up display device includes an image display device that outputs display light of an image; a mirror having a reflecting surface that reflects the display light toward a reflecting portion, and an input shaft; a motor that has an output shaft located on an extended line of the input shaft, and rotates the output shaft; a transmission member that has a cylindrical fitting portion to which the input shaft is press-fitted and a coupling portion coupled with the output shaft and transmitting output torque of the motor from the output shaft to the input shaft; a holding member that holds the motor; and a first spring that is interposed between the holding member and the transmission member, and imparts, to the transmission member, a biasing force oriented to bring the mirror close to the output shaft.

Abstract: Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program that can present appropriate content that can be used as a reference for content creation to content creators. The information processing apparatus includes a content generating unit configured to generate new content on the basis of input information and status information indicating a status of a consumer when the consumer has consumed content, and to-be-presented content determining unit configured to determine any one of or both of the new content and existing content as to-be-presented content that is presented to a creator of the content.

Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a porous hollow-fiber membrane containing a regenerated cellulose and having an elastic limit pressure of 200 kPa or more.

Abstract: This technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that can perform more effective intervention. An intervention processing system estimates an intervention effect obtained as a result of performing an intervention and, on the basis of the estimated intervention effect, generates an intervention material for use in a new intervention to be performed. This technology can be applied to intervention processing systems that intervene with users receiving offerings of a content distribution service.

Abstract: A control device for adjusting an amount of fuel to be supplied to a gas turbine based on a rotational speed of the gas turbine, such that a frequency of electric power output by a power generator that generates electric power using the gas turbine is within a given range, includes a load value acquisition unit configured to acquire a load value that is a value of a load applied to the power generator after cutoff of a part of the load applied to the power generator when the part of the load applied to the power generator is cut off, an arithmetic unit configured to calculate an adjusted value that is a value of the load different from the load value by carrying out an arithmetic operation on the load value and a bias, and a command unit configured to adjust the amount of fuel by outputting a first signal for causing the power generator to output electric power corresponding to the adjusted value.