Abstract: An adsorption system according to one aspect of the present disclosure is an adsorption system which adsorbs, from a gas containing a predetermined gas component to be adsorbed and water vapor, the predetermined gas component. The adsorption system includes: an adsorption part configured to adsorb the predetermined gas component from the gas; a measurement unit configured to measure a humidity of the gas; and a flow rate controller configured to control a flow rate of the gas supplied to the adsorption part based on the humidity measured by the measurement unit.

Abstract: A method for providing a power supply service for dispatching a power supply vehicle is performed by an information processing device. The method includes determining whether there is a place where the power supply vehicle can be parked near a first space where a vehicle of a user is parked. The method further includes, when determination is made that there is the place, sending to mobile equipment of the user a first message suggesting to use the power supply service.

Abstract: There is proposed a device capable of performing processing regarding decision of optimum loading positions even if it does not know all packages to be loaded beforehand. One embodiment of the present invention includes: at least one memory; and at least one processing circuitry. The at least one processing circuitry is configured to execute: generating loading state information regarding an object loading state of a predetermined space where a plurality of objects will be loaded, under an assumption that a first object to be loaded is loaded at a loading position candidate in the predetermined space; and inputting the loading state information into a loading state evaluation model that outputs, when the loading state information is input therein, an evaluation value with respect to the object loading state of the predetermined space, and acquiring the evaluation value.

Abstract: The method is a method executed by a control device used for providing a charging service in which a power supply vehicle used for charging a vehicle moves to the source of the vehicle and charges the vehicle, and includes: acquiring usage date and time information indicating a date and time a user wants to use the charging service; acquiring parking lot information indicating a parking lot attached to a facility that can be used for the charging service; acquiring privilege information indicating a privilege available at the facility when the charging service is used in a parking lot; and notifying the user of the parking lot information and the privilege information.

Abstract: A diagnostic assistance system for assisting a person in performing diagnosis of an object includes target data storage means for storing target data indicating a state of the object, diagnostic task means for providing each of a first user and a second user with the target data to enable each of the first user and the second user to perform a diagnostic task of the object, diagnostic result means for receiving a result of diagnosis of the object by each of the first user and the second user, and sharing means for enabling the first user and the second user to share result of diagnosis by each of the first user and the second user. The diagnostic task includes a first sub-task of investigating the target data to output a first diagnostic result and a second sub-task of using the first diagnostic result to output a second diagnostic result.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires information indicating a route for a going and/or return trip of a power supply vehicle to supply power to a first vehicle at a first destination. The information processing apparatus then acquires positional information for and SOCs of a plurality of second vehicles. The information processing apparatus then identifies, from among the plurality of second vehicles, one or more second vehicles that are present in a vicinity of the first destination and/or on the route of the power supply vehicle and whose SOCs are less than a first standard value. The information processing apparatus then proposes to each of the one or more second vehicles identified a reservation for use of a power supply service in which the power supply vehicle supplies power.

Abstract: A quantum dot includes a core including Zn and Se, and a shell composed of ZnS and provided on a surface of the core, adjacently to the core. The quantum dot-emits blue light, is Cd free, and has a particle diameter within a range from 3 nm to 20 nm and a fluorescence lifetime in a thin film state of 50 ns or less.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel method capable of producing rosuvastatin calcium and intermediates therefor efficiently, inexpensively and with high purity. The present invention provides a method of efficiently producing rosuvastatin calcium and intermediates therefor having a high purity at an industrial scale, without using an extremely low temperature reaction or a special asymmetric catalyst.

Abstract: A recycling method for a direct air capture device is a recycling method for a direct air capture device including a porous carrier on which a carbon dioxide absorbent is supported. The porous carrier is made of an inorganic material having a hydroxyl group. The carbon dioxide absorbent is a hydrophilic polymer. The recycling method includes removing a used carbon dioxide absorbent from the porous carrier by heating the direct air capture device to a predetermined temperature, and then causing a new carbon dioxide absorbent to be supported on the porous carrier.

Abstract: Provided is a film thickness measurement device, including: a head that holds a substrate to be polished and is capable of moving the substrate, a stage made of transparent material; a liquid supply unit configured to supply liquid onto the stage; a liquid discharge unit configured to discharge the liquid on the stage to the outside; a measurement unit configured to be placed on a side opposite to the head across the stage and to optically measure a film thickness on a surface of the substrate that is placed across the stage; and a control unit configured to move at least one of the stage and the head toward the other, and to irradiate the substrate with light while the surface of the substrate is immersed in the liquid, thereby performing film thickness measurement.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus receives a notification that a reservation for use of a charging service has been made by a user who uses a location among one or more locations, the charging service being a service in which a power supply vehicle charges a user vehicle at the location. The information processing apparatus then temporarily grants authority to enter the location to the power supply vehicle in a case in which a restriction on entering the location is provided.

Abstract: A method performed by an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus being used for providing a vehicle charging service that dispatches a power supply vehicle to be used for charging a vehicle to a location designated by a user, includes acquiring information on the user, who is scheduled to stay at a predetermined facility, acquiring a first residual SOC of the vehicle of the user before departure for the predetermined facility, predicting a second residual SOC at a point in time when the vehicle arrives at the predetermined facility, and notifying the user of a proposal to make a reservation for use of the vehicle charging service with using the predetermined facility as a charging point in a case in which the second residual SOC is less than a predetermined standard.

Abstract: A battery management system includes a monitoring device and a controller. The monitoring device is arranged in a housing accommodating a battery. The monitoring device monitors the battery and acquires battery monitoring information that includes information indicating a state of the battery. The controller performs wireless communication with the monitoring device and executes a predetermined process based on the battery monitoring information. The monitoring device holds imperfect information that is battery monitoring information indicating failure of data transmission/reception between the monitoring device and the controller. The monitoring device retransmits information corresponding to the imperfect information from next time the battery monitoring information is transmitted.

Abstract: A vertical multi-stage pump includes a rotation shaft extending in a vertical direction, a plurality of impellers fixed to the rotation shaft, a multi-stage pump chamber accommodating the plurality of impellers and comprising a suction port for a first-stage impeller at a lower end, a lower casing comprising a suction nozzle extending in a horizontal direction and forming a communication space communicating the suction nozzle and the suction port, and an inner cylinder member interposed between the multi-stage pump chamber and a lower casing and expanding the communication space in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A battery management system includes a monitoring device and a controller. The monitoring device is arranged in a housing accommodating a battery, monitors the battery and acquires battery monitoring information that includes information indicating a state of the battery. The controller performs wireless communication with the monitoring device and execute a predetermined process based on the battery monitoring information. The controller transmits a request for battery monitoring information to the monitoring device. The monitoring device transmits the battery monitoring information to the controller in response to the request. The controller determines whether missing of the battery monitoring information has occurred based on a correlation between the battery monitoring information acquired from the monitoring device via wireless communication and relationship information held by the controller related to the battery monitoring information.

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a captured data acquisition unit, a motion state detection unit, an extracted image data generation unit, a display image data generation unit, and an output unit. The captured data acquisition unit is configured to acquire captured data generated as a result of a camera capturing scenery outside a vehicle. The motion state detection unit is configured to detect a motion state of the vehicle. The extracted image data generation unit is configured to generate an extracted image from the captured data by using an angle of view set in accordance with the motion state. The display image data generation unit is configured to generate display image data related to a display image having a preset image size, from extracted image data. The output unit is configured to output the display image to a display unit having the image size.

Abstract: To provide a building for an apartment house that allows a vehicle to be parked adjacent to a residential part efficiently. A building includes: a plurality of housing parts formed on one floor of a building body, in each of which a resident H resides, and each including two or more residential floors and including a resident entrance part that allows entry and exit of the resident H and a service entrance part disposed on a residential floor that is different from the residential floor on which the resident entrance part is disposed; a housing-part parking part that communicates with the service entrance part of each housing part, the housing-part parking part being disposed adjacent to the housing part to enable a vehicle C.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus displays a screen for selecting a purpose of use and a starting point of use of a power supply vehicle on a terminal apparatus used by a user, acquires a purpose of use and a starting point of use selected by the user, determines the operation plan of the power supply vehicle so as to move the power supply vehicle to the acquired starting point of use and perform a power supply operation to supply power to a vehicle of the user in a case in which the acquired purpose of use is “power supply”, determines the operation plan of the power supply vehicle so as to move the power supply vehicle to the acquired starting point of use and transport the user in a case in which the acquired purpose of use is “taxi”, and transmits the determined operation plan to the terminal apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof has an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity, and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of narcolepsy.

Abstract: Provided are a power generation element, an encoder, and a method of manufacturing a magnetic member capable of increasing generated power. Power generation element includes magnetic member that produces a large Barkhausen effect, coil wound around magnetic member, and ferrite member provided at an end of magnetic member to be aligned with coil along a winding axis direction of coil. Ferrite member includes main body located inside columnar space and protrusion connected to main body and located outside columnar space. Columnar space is surrounded by a virtual plane when it is assumed that an outer edge of coil when viewed from the winding axis direction of coil is extended to both sides of the coil in the winding axis direction of coil, and is sandwiched between two virtual planes that are in contact with both ends of magnetic member in the winding axis direction of coil and are orthogonal to the winding axis direction.