Abstract: A vehicle management device includes one or more processors configured to: manage a plurality of vehicles to be provided for users in a car sharing service; manage, as a plurality of first vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to an on-demand use in which the users use the car sharing service without reservation; manage, as a plurality of second vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to a reservation use in which the users use the car sharing service with the reservation; and change at least one of the second vehicles to the first vehicles when the number of the first vehicles is less than a first predetermined number.

Abstract: An automated valet parking system enables a plurality of charging parking frames in a parking place to be utilized and reduces inconvenience to an EV user using an automated valet parking service. The management device acquires a vehicle usage schedule and a remaining charge amount of each EV and determines a parking frame usage schedule of a charging parking frame. Specifically, with respect to an EV scheduled to be used on the next day, the management device assigns a charging parking frame closer to the departure/arrival place to an EV having earlier use start time on the next day. With respect to an EV not scheduled to be used on the next day and an EV whose usage schedule is unknown, the management device assigns a charging parking frame farther from the departure/arrival place to an EV with smaller remaining charge amount.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device equipped with a current mirror circuit, a highly reliable semiconductor device capable of suppressing a change in a mirror ratio of the current mirror circuit over time is provided. A current mirror circuit that includes a first MOS transistor and a plurality of MOS transistors paired with the first MOS transistor, and a plurality of wiring layers formed on an upper layer of the MOS transistor are provided. The plurality of wiring layers are arranged such that wiring patterns have the same shape within a predetermined range from an end of a channel region of each of the first MOS transistor and the plurality of MOS transistors.

Abstract: Provided are: a novel marker useful for measuring hypoxia or predicting the risk of exacerbation of a hypoxia-related pathological condition; a hypoxia measurement method or a method for predicting the risk of exacerbation of a pathological condition using the marker as an indicator; a composition for measuring hypoxia or predicting the risk of exacerbation of a pathological condition; a method for screening a candidate substance for a therapeutic agent for a hypoxia-related pathological condition; a composition for ameliorating a hypoxia-related pathological condition; and the like. A method for measuring hypoxia in a subject or a method for predicting the risk of exacerbation of a pathological condition, each method comprising the step of measuring the amount of SPINK1 in a sample collected from a subject. Use of SPINK1 as a biomarker for measuring hypoxia or for predicting the risk of exacerbation of a pathological condition.

Abstract: A power outlet includes a case, a contact device, an operation member, a moving mechanism, a return spring, and a holding mechanism. The contact device includes a fixed contact, a movable contact, and a movable piece. The moving mechanism moves the movable piece in response to operation of the operation member. The moving mechanism includes a movable member and a return spring. The movable member is movable between a closed position in which the movable contact is in contact with the fixed contact and an open position in which the movable contact is separated from the fixed contact. The return spring urges the movable member toward the open position. The holding mechanism is configured to hold the movable member at the closed position, and releases a holding state in which the movable member is held at the closed position in response to operation of the operation member.

Abstract: A fiber sensing system according to the present disclosure includes a submarine cable, and a plurality of relaying apparatuses being connected in series to one another via the submarine cable. The relaying apparatus includes a DAS interrogator being connected to a relaying apparatus at a subsequent stage via a sensing optical fiber in the submarine cable, and a terminator being connected to a relaying apparatus at a preceding stage via the sensing optical fiber. The DAS interrogator outputs probe light to the sensing optical fiber. The terminator terminates probe light being output from the DAS interrogator in the relaying apparatus at the preceding stage to the sensing optical fiber. The DAS interrogator receives backscattered light of probe light from the sensing optical fiber, and acquires the DAS data from the received backscattered light.

Abstract: A fiber sensing system according to the present disclosure includes a submarine cable, and a plurality of relaying apparatuses being connected in series to one another via the submarine cable. The relaying apparatus includes a DAS interrogator being connected to a relaying apparatus at a subsequent stage via a sensing optical fiber in the submarine cable, and a terminator being connected to a relaying apparatus at a preceding stage via the sensing optical fiber. The DAS interrogator outputs probe light to the sensing optical fiber. The terminator terminates probe light being output from the DAS interrogator in the relaying apparatus at the preceding stage to the sensing optical fiber. The DAS interrogator receives backscattered light of probe light from the sensing optical fiber, and acquires the DAS data from the received backscattered light.

Abstract: A teaching method of teaching a robot having a robot arm, includes a first step of storing a position or an attitude of a control point set for the robot arm when a first condition that a movement velocity of the control point is equal to or lower than a predetermined first velocity or an angular velocity of the control point is equal to or lower than a predetermined first angular velocity is satisfied during a teaching motion of the robot arm, a second step, when a number of specific control points as the stored control points is equal to or larger than N, N being an arbitrary integer of two or more, of setting an area including the specific control points, and a third step of setting a teaching candidate point within the area.

Abstract: A first fixed terminal extends in a first direction. A second fixed terminal extends in the first direction and is disposed apart from the first fixed terminal in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A first magnet generates a magnetic field that applies a first Lorentz force in a first oblique direction to an arc generated at a first fixed contact and a first movable contact. The first oblique direction is a direction that is inclined with respect to the first direction and oriented away from the second fixed terminal. A second magnet generates a magnetic field that applies a second Lorentz force in a second oblique direction to an arc generated at a second fixed contact and a second movable contact. The second oblique direction is a direction that is inclined with respect to the first direction and oriented away from the first fixed terminal.

Abstract: A plunger is movable between a first position and a second position. The plunger separates a first movable contact from a first fixed contact and separates a second movable contact from a second fixed contact at the first position. The plunger presses a first movable piece toward a first fixed terminal to make the first movable contact into contact with the first fixed contact, and presses a second movable piece toward a second fixed terminal to make the second movable contact into contact with the second fixed contact at the second position. The plunger moves from the first position to the second position by being pressed by a pressing portion of an electric plug inserted into a third insertion port.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dissolvable solid article, comprising by weight of the article: from about 10% to about 50% of a water soluble polymer; from about 20% to about 80% of a surfactant; from about 0.5% to about 2% of diaminocarboxylic acid chelants and salts thereof having an average molecular weight in acid form of from about 250 to about 450 daltons and having a weighted log P value at pH 4 of from about ?12 to about ?7; from about 0.1% to about 6% of an aromatic carboxylic acid and salts thereof having an average molecular weight in acid form of from about 100 to about 400 daltons and having a weighted log P value at pH 4 of from about ?2 to about 4; from about 0.1% to about 18% of an non-aromatic organic alpha hydroxy acid and salts thereof; wherein the dissolvable solid article has a pH of from about 3 to about 5.1 when dissolved with 30 parts water to 1 part of the dissolvable solid article.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing a copolymer of ethylene and an allyl monomer having a polar group represented by general formula (1), or a copolymer of ethylene, an allyl monomer having a polar group represented by general formula (1), and other monomers, wherein the copolymer is produced in the presence of a boron compound having a boron-hydrogen bond or a boron-carbon bond (for example, a compound represented by general formula (2)) by using a metal complex represented by general formula (C1) as a polymerization catalyst (the symbols in the formulas are as described in the description). According to the present invention, a copolymer of ethylene and an allyl monomer can be efficiently produced with high catalytic activity, wherein the copolymer has a polar group and can be used in various applications.

Abstract: An optical microscope according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a light source; a first scanner to scan a spot position of a light beam on a sample; an objective lens to focus the light beam deflected by the first scanner and cause the light beam to be made incident on the sample; a spectroscope including a slit on an incident side which an outgoing light emitted from an area on the sample onto which the light beam has been illuminated enters; a detector configured to detect an outgoing light from the spectroscope; and a first relay optical system including a first off-axis parabolic mirror that is arranged in an optical path from the first scanner to the objective lens and reflects the light beam deflected by the first scanner and a second off-axis parabolic mirror that reflects the light beam reflected in the first off-axis parabolic mirror.

Abstract: A dissolvable solid article, comprising: water soluble polymer; a surfactant; at least one selected from diaminocarboxylic acid chelants and salts thereof; at least one selected from aromatic carboxylic acids and salts thereof; a phenolic derivative; at least one selected from ?, ?-unsaturated Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids, salts, and derivatives thereof; at least one selected from non-aromatic organic alpha hydroxy acids and salts thereof; wherein the dissolvable solid article has a pH of from about 3 to about 5.5 when dissolved with 20 parts water to 1 part of the dissolvable solid article. The present invention provides dissolvable solid articles which provide preservative efficacy even after dissolution of the articles, while controlling the concentrations of preservative ingredients in the solid articles.

Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization that contains a metal complex represented by general formula (C1) and a method for producing polyethylene, a copolymer of ethylene and an olefin having a polar group represented by general formula (1), or a copolymer of ethylene, an olefin having a polar group represented by general formula (1) and another monomer, using the aforementioned metal complex as a polymerization catalyst, wherein the symbols in formula (C1) and formula (1) are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dissolvable solid article, comprising by weight of the article: from about 10% to about 50% of a water soluble polymer; from about 20% to about 80% of a surfactant; from about 0.5% to about 2% of diaminocarboxylic acid chelants and salts thereof having an average molecular weight in acid form of from about 250 to about 450 daltons and having a weighted log P value at pH 4 of from about ?12 to about ?7; from about 0.1% to about 6% of an aromatic carboxylic acid and salts thereof having an average molecular weight in acid form of from about 100 to about 400 daltons and having a weighted log P value at pH 4 of from about ?2 to about 4; from about 0.1% to about 18% of an non-aromatic organic alpha hydroxy acid and salts thereof; wherein the dissolvable solid article has a pH of from about 3 to about 5.1 when dissolved with 30 parts water to 1 part of the dissolvable solid article.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a copolymer of ethylene and an allyl monomer that is represented by formula (1) and has a polar group, or a copolymer of ethylene, the allyl monomer that is represented by formula (1) and has a polar group, and another monomer. This production method is characterized by using a metal complex, which is represented by general formula (C1), as a polymerization catalyst and by having a silane compound, which is represented by general formula (2) and has a silicon-hydrogen bond, coexist with the metal complex. (In the formulae, the symbols are as defined in the description.) According to the present invention, a copolymer of an allyl monomer that has a polar group is able to be produced with high catalytic activity, said copolymer being capable of having various applications.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a multi-component polar olefin copolymer which has sufficiently improved solvent solubility without impairing mechanical properties and the like. The present invention relates to a multi-component polar olefin copolymer containing: one kind of unit of nonpolar monomer (X1) that is ethylene or an ?-olefin having 3 to 10 carbon atoms; one or two or more kinds of units of polar monomers (formula (1), Z1); and structural unit(s) of one or two or more kinds of units of nonpolar monomers (X2) that are different from the above X1 and/or one or two or more kinds of units of polar monomers (formula (2), Z2): H2C?CH—COOQT1??(1) H2C?CH-T2??(2).

Abstract: An objective lens according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first element having a first surface to a fourth surface and a second element having a first planar surface and a second planar surface and being located on the specimen-side of the first element. The first surface is a transmissive planar surface located on the optical axis, the second surface is a reflective convex surface located on the optical axis, the third surface is a reflective concave surface located on the outer side of the first surface, and the fourth surface is a transmissive planar surface located on the outer side of the second surface. The first planar surface is a transmissive planar surface to be joined to the fourth surface and the second planar surface is a transmissive planar surface parallel to the first planar surface.