Abstract: A filter medium for an air filter is composed of a wet-laid nonwoven fabric containing a glass fiber having a fiber diameter of less than 1 ?m. The wet-laid nonwoven fabric contains a water repellent containing, as a main component, a hydrocarbon-based polymer free of fluorine and silicon in a molecule thereof, and does not contain a binder resin.

Abstract: A polymer and a crosslinked product composed by using the epoxy monomer and the epoxy-modified polymer, respectively, which are excellent in both moldability and heat resistance and which are suitable for covering a metal surface in a peelable manner, an electric wire and a wiring harness using the polymer and the crosslinked product, and methods for producing the polymer and the crosslinked product. A polymer having a structure represented by formula (1) below, wherein a flow-starting temperature is 150° C. or higher, and an acidity of water extract is pH 4 or more and 9 or less, the water extract being a solution obtained by immersing the polymer in 10 times the mass of the polymer of pure water at 120° C. for 24 hours: where R1 refers to an organic group, and n refers to an integer of 2 or larger.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a circuit board, a battery cell, an exterior case having a cylindrical shape, and a pair of external terminals respectively provided at both ends of the exterior case, in which each of the external terminals includes an inserted portion to be inserted into the exterior case and an uninserted portion not to be inserted into the exterior case, at least a part of the circuit board is disposed between the battery cell and the external terminals, and an elastic resin is provided so as to be in contact with the battery cell, the at least part of the circuit board, and the external terminals.

Abstract: A battery unit is provided and includes a battery and a wiring unit. The battery includes an outer package can that includes a first surface on which a first electrode terminal is exposed, a second surface on which a second electrode terminal is exposed, and a side surface coupling the first surface and the second surface to each other. The second surface is disposed on a side opposite to the first surface. The wiring unit includes a first coupling terminal to be welded to the first electrode terminal, a second coupling terminal to be welded to the second electrode terminal, and a flexible wiring substrate. The flexible wiring substrate includes a first support part, a second support part, a middle part, a first wire, and a second wire. The first support part supports the first coupling terminal. The second support part supports the second coupling terminal. The middle part couples the first support part and the second support part to each other.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus selects an excluded element set that is a subset of a tentative element set, from the tentative element set that is at least a part of a solution target element set constituting an optimization problem as a solution target, determines whether or not a tentative mathematical model that is a mathematical model in which an element set excluding the excluded element set from the tentative element set and a constraint condition are formulated, is feasible, in a case where the tentative mathematical model is determined to be infeasible, extracts a list of constraint conditions conflicting with each other from the tentative mathematical model, converts each constraint condition of the extracted list into a name of the constraint condition, and outputs the name of the constraint condition obtained by conversion.

Abstract: [ABSTRACT] An automated external defibrillator (1) includes: a display (100) that presents at least one of time information regarding a time length until an electric shock is delivered, an illustration regarding reception of the electric shock, and a warning text regarding the reception of the electric shock, and a display controller (103A) that controls the display (100), wherein the display controller (103A) changes a color presented on the display (100) in accordance with the time length until the electric shock is delivered.

Abstract: A seismic sensor 10 comprises an acceleration acquisition unit 21, an earthquake determination unit 25, an offset adjustment unit 29, a convergence determination unit 29a, and an origin correction necessity determination unit 29b. After the detection of noise included in the vibration detected by the earthquake determination unit 25, the offset adjustment unit 29 adjusts the offset amount according to the magnitude of the vibration. The convergence determination unit 29a determines whether or not the vibrations have converged. The origin correction necessity determination unit 29b determines whether or not to perform the origin correction of acceleration according to whether or not the offset amount calculated according to the magnitude of the vibration after noise was detected is about the same as the previous offset amount, at the point when a specific period has elapsed since the time when the convergence determination unit 29a determined that the vibrations had converged.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a filter medium for an air filter which does not contain a PFAS nor a siloxane compound and has a good physical property balance among the PF value, the water repellency, and the strength. A filter medium for an air filter according to the present disclosure is a filter medium for an air filter composed of a wet-laid nonwoven fabric, wherein the filter medium for an air filter contains a binder resin and a water repellent, the water repellent contains, as a main component, a hydrocarbon-based polymer free of fluorine and silicon in a molecule thereof, and the binder resin and the water repellent are crosslinked by an isocyanate crosslinking component.

Abstract: An insulated wire includes a wire conductor and an insulation covering that is made of a crosslinked polymer material and covers the outer periphery of the wire conductor, the crosslinked polymer material includes a metal ion and a silicone resin having a side chain which includes a substituent group capable of forming an ionic bond with the metal ion, and the silicone resin forms a crosslinked product through the ionic bond between the substituent group and the metal ion. A crosslinkable polymer composition including a metal compound from which the metal ion is released by heat and the silicone resin is disposed on an outer periphery of the wire conductor, and then the crosslinked product is formed from the crosslinkable polymer composition by heating to produce the insulation covering made of the crosslinked polymer material, and thus the insulated wire is produced.

Abstract: In a case of causing an Ising machine to execute a process of solving an optimization problem by obtaining a value of an unknown variable using a first objective function, the value of the unknown variable being correlated with the number of quantum bits used in solving the optimization problem using the Ising machine, an information processing apparatus derives a smallest value for the unknown variable within a range in which a feasible solution of the optimization problem is obtained by using a second objective function different from the first objective function, and performs control of causing the Ising machine to execute a process of solving the optimization problem defined by a mathematical model including the derived value for the unknown variable and the first objective function.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus executes a first process of generating a work shift table in which a constraint condition regarding a work shift of an employee is satisfied, and an output value of an objective function regarding a desire of the employee for the work shift is minimized, the constraint condition being based on a possession skill assigned to each of a plurality of the employees and representing an ability to implement work on a work target, and the number of employees required in a predetermined period, and outputs whether or not a feasible solution exists in the first process.

Abstract: A a crosslinkable polymer composition which provides a crosslinked product capable of both heat resistance and re-formability, a crosslinked polymer material capable of both heat resistance and re-formability, and an insulated wire and a wiring harness including the crosslinked polymer material. The crosslinkable polymer composition includes: ingredient A from which metal ion is released by heat; and ingredient B including an organic polymer having a side chain, including an electron-withdrawing substituent group capable of forming an ionic bond with the metal ion, and when B is crosslinked via the metal ion to form a crosslinked product, the product has a flow starting temperature of 190° C. or higher and 300° C. or lower. The crosslinked polymer material includes the crosslinked product of the crosslinkable polymer composition. The insulated wire includes a wire conductor, and an insulation coating including the crosslinked polymer material, and the wiring harness including the insulated wire.

Abstract: A crosslinkable polymer composition which provides a crosslinked product capable of both heat resistance and re-formability, a crosslinked polymer material capable of both heat resistance and re-formability, and an insulated wire and a wiring harness including the crosslinked polymer material. The crosslinkable polymer composition includes: ingredient A from which metal ion is released by heat; and ingredient B including an organic polymer having a side chain, including an electron-withdrawing substituent group capable of forming an ionic bond with the metal ion, and when B is crosslinked via the metal ion to form a crosslinked product, the product has a flow starting temperature of 190° C. or higher and 300° C. or lower. The crosslinked polymer material includes the crosslinked product of the crosslinkable polymer composition. The insulated wire includes a wire conductor, and an insulation coating including the crosslinked polymer material, and the wiring harness including the insulated wire.

Abstract: In a case of causing an Ising machine to execute a process of solving an optimization problem by obtaining a value of an unknown variable using a first objective function, the value of the unknown variable being correlated with the number of quantum bits used in solving the optimization problem using the Ising machine, an information processing apparatus derives a smallest value for the unknown variable within a range in which a feasible solution of the optimization problem is obtained by using a second objective function different from the first objective function, and performs control of causing the Ising machine to execute a process of solving the optimization problem defined by a mathematical model including the derived value for the unknown variable and the first objective function.

Abstract: An input interface receives a trigger signal. A processor displays a first screen or a second screen on a display device based on the trigger signal. The first screen provides first medical information for each of a plurality of subjects. The second screen provides, for at least one of the plurality of subjects, second medical information that is not included in the first medical information.

Abstract: An input interface receives a trigger signal. A processor displays a first screen or a second screen on a display device based on the trigger signal. The first screen provides first medical information for each of a plurality of subjects. The second screen provides, for at least one of the plurality of subjects, second medical information that is not included in the first medical information.

Abstract: To provide a vehicle sharing system that allows the user to use a shared vehicle having a battery with a reduced risk of the battery running out, a management server (1) includes a management information database (122) configured to store information on (i) a plurality of shared-vehicle standby locations (2) at each of which a motor-assisted bicycle(s) (3) having a battery (302) is on standby, (ii) a motor-assisted bicycle(s) (3), and (iii) the destination desired by the user; and a location specifying section (115) configured to, in a case where the location specifying section (115) has determined that the remaining battery power of the motor-assisted bicycle (3) that the user is using is not enough to continue to travel to the destination desired by the user, specify a transfer location.

Abstract: The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a first injection device associated with a supply of a fuel to the fuel cell, and a second injection device provided on an upstream side of the first injection device in a fuel flow passage from a fuel storage unit to the first injection device. The first and second injection devices switch a flow passage extending downstream from the fuel flow passage, between a first flow passage via the first injection device and second flow passage via the second injection device. The second injection device operates at a lower frequency than the first injection device during an operation of the fuel system.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an authentication system includes: a first communication device including: a first transmitting part configured to communicate in a first frequency band; and a first transmitting-and-receiving part configured to communicate in a second frequency band; and a second communication device including: a first receiving part configured to communicate in the first frequency band; and a second transmitting-and-receiving part configured to communicate in the second frequency band, and, in this authentication system, the first communication device transmits a command in the first frequency band from the first transmitting part, and, upon receipt of the command by the first receiving part, the second communication device activates the second transmitting-and-receiving part, generates an authentication key for a response signal, and transmits the response signal including the generated authentication key in the second frequency band, from the second communication device.

Abstract: A physiological information processing apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores a computer-readable instruction that when executed by the processor, causes the physiological information processing apparatus to perform operations comprising: displaying on a display unit, first attachment position information representing a position where a first physiological information sensor is attached; acquiring first physiological information data of a subject from the first physiological information sensor; and displaying, on the display unit, information relevant to the first physiological information data. The physiological information processing apparatus displays the first attachment position information on the display unit before displaying the information relevant to the first physiological information data on the display unit.