Abstract: A fluid processing apparatus includes: a casing partitioned by a fluid processing region, a fluid inlet region on an upstream side of the fluid processing region and having a fluid inlet, and a fluid outlet region on a downstream side of the fluid processing region and having a fluid outlet; a hollow fluid passage pipe provided in the fluid processing region of the casing; an ultraviolet ray emitting unit provided in the fluid outlet region of the casing; a fluid branching and joining member provided over the fluid inlet region and the fluid processing region of the casing and fixed by ribs to the casing.

Abstract: Provided is a modified product of a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer that can be added to obtain a resin composition having an excellent balance of mechanical properties such as tensile strength, tensile strain at break, and impact resistance. A modified hydrogenated product of a block copolymer including a polymer block containing a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a polymer block containing a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene compound, in which the conjugated diene compound contains isoprene and a conjugated diene compound other than isoprene; the polymer block has a vinyl bonding amount of 30 mol % or less; the modified hydrogenated product has one, or two or more functional groups selected from an alkoxysilyl group, a carboxy group, an amino group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group, and an acid anhydride-derived group, and has a peak top intensity of loss tangent of 0.95 or less and a melt flow rate (MFR) of 0.5 g/10 min or more.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a fluoropolymer, the method including polymerizing a fluoromonomer in an aqueous medium to obtain a polymerization dispersion containing the fluoropolymer, and bringing the fluoropolymer in the polymerization dispersion into contact with an alcohol having 3 to 5 carbon atoms to coagulate the fluoropolymer to thereby obtain the fluoropolymer.

Abstract: An electric lock control method includes: performing a first determination of whether a person is present in a predetermined region surrounding an electric lock, based on first information generated by an electronic device; when it is determined that a first person is present in the predetermined region in the performing of the first determination, performing a second determination of whether the first person is a person who is permitted to unlock the electric lock, based on second information related to movement of the first person; and controlling a state of the electric lock based on a result of the second determination, the state being a locked state or an unlocked state.

Abstract: A polyimide film bonding method according to an embodiment may include: bonding two polyimide films to each other by bringing a hot plate into contact with a portion where the two polyimide films are superposed. A heating temperature by the contact with the hot plate is 450° C. or higher. A contact time between the polyimide films and the hot plate is 12 seconds or less. A polyimide film bonding method according to another embodiment may include: bonding two polyimide films to each other by irradiating, with a laser beam, a portion where the two polyimide films are superposed. A top surface of the superposed polyimide films is irradiated with the laser beam while a bottom surface of the superposed polyimide films is kept tightly attached to a heat insulator.

Abstract: A main circuit of a switching power supply apparatus includes a switching element, and a rectifier element structured to conduct complementarily with the switching element. The snubber capacitor and the snubber diode are provided in series, on a path parallel to the rectifier element. The snubber switching element is connected in parallel with the snubber diode. The control circuit controls the switching element and the snubber switching element. The control circuit turns on the snubber switching element prior to turn-on of the switching element, and turns off the snubber switching element at the same time as or prior to turn-off of the switching element.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute: allowing a player to select a character to be used in each of a plurality of category games included in a specific game; setting the character selected by the player for each category game; deriving an individual game result for each category game; determining, for each category game, a predetermined parameter associated with the character used in the category game; ranking a plurality of characters based on the predetermined parameters of the plurality of category games, the plurality of characters being used in the specific game in accordance with the selection by the player; and deriving an overall game result based on the individual game result of each of the plurality of category games or the predetermined parameters of the plurality of category games.

Abstract: An access port member includes: a body 8 to be connected to a predetermined portion of a blood circuit for causing a patient's blood to extracorporeally circulate, the body 8 internally including a flow path 8b for circulating the blood and having an opening 8c communicating with the flow path 8b; a valve 9 that is made of an elastic member covering the opening 8c and attached to an attachment part 8d of the body 8, the valve including a slit that makes a transition from a closed state to an open state when pressed by a tip 11a of a syringe 11 capable of collecting blood or injecting a drug; a cap part 10 fixed to the body 8 with the valve portion 9 interposed therebetween and the slit 9a facing outward; and a rib 9b formed integrally along the periphery of the slit 9a in the valve 9.

Abstract: A method to control a steer-by-wire steering system for a road vehicle, the steer-by-wire steering system including a steering wheel, a road wheel actuator to actuate road wheels, and a feedback actuator to apply a feedback torque to the steering wheel, the method including, if an ingress situation is detected, switching on the feedback actuator and providing a resistance torque against rotation of the steering wheel in an ingress mode, and if a normal steering system shut down procedure is finished, activating an egress mode of the feedback actuator and providing a resistance torque against rotation of the steering wheel.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute: a process for deciding one item of content from a plurality of kinds of content; a process for playing back the decided content; a process for deciding a display pattern of an object associated with the content that is played back; and a process for displaying the object in the decided display pattern at least one of during playback of the content and in a state in which the content that is played back is decided.

Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (I): wherein Ring A, Q, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, X, a, b, c and d are as defined in the specification, useful for inhibiting the activity of SHP2.

Abstract: A malware detection method for a home network system including one or more home appliances that are connected to a home network includes: obtaining a plurality of setting values including at least information indicating a device type and an operating state of a target device subject to malware detection; selecting one detection model out of a plurality of detection models according to the plurality of setting values obtained; obtaining power consumption or current consumption of the target device; and detecting whether the target device is infected with malware, based on stable power or stable current obtained in the obtaining of the power consumption or the current consumption using the one detection model selected in the selecting, when the power consumption indicates stable power that varies within a predetermined range or the current consumption indicates stable current that varies within a predetermined range.

Abstract: A method for calibrating a position of a feedback actuator of a steer-by-wire steering system of a road vehicle includes moving the feedback actuator to a first end stop of the feedback actuator and from there moving the feedback actuator to a second end stop, recording a position of the two end stops and based thereon determining a newly defined center position, moving the feedback actuator to the newly defined center position, and storing the newly defined center position in a memory as an offset value of an absolute steering wheel angle.

Abstract: A malware detection method for a home network system including one or more home appliances that are connected to a home network includes: obtaining a plurality of setting values including at least information indicating a device type and an operating state of a target device subject to malware detection; selecting one detection model out of a plurality of detection models according to the plurality of setting values obtained; obtaining power consumption or current consumption of the target device; and detecting whether the target device is infected with malware, based on stable power or stable current obtained in the obtaining of the power consumption or the current consumption using the one detection model selected in the selecting, when the power consumption indicates stable power that varies within a predetermined range or the current consumption indicates stable current that varies within a predetermined range.

Abstract: A malware detection method for a home network system including one or more home appliances that are connected to a home network includes: obtaining a plurality of setting values including at least information indicating a device type and an operating state of a target device subject to malware detection; selecting one detection model out of a plurality of detection models according to the plurality of setting values obtained; obtaining power consumption or current consumption of the target device; and detecting whether the target device is infected with malware, using the one detection model selected in the selecting and based on the power consumption or the current consumption obtained.

Abstract: A pressure detector including a case connectable to a flow route and attachable to a predetermined attaching surface; and a membrane member attached inside the case and with which a liquid-phase portion to be supplied with the liquid in the flow route and a gas-phase portion to be supplied with gas are separated from each other, the membrane member being displaceable in accordance with a pressure of the liquid supplied to the liquid-phase portion, the pressure detector detecting the pressure of the liquid in the flow route by detecting a pressure in the gas-phase portion. The pressure detector includes an inlet port including a connecting portion connectable to the flow route, and a flow-route portion through which the liquid flows into an inlet opening of the liquid-phase portion; and an outlet port including a connecting portion connectable to the flow route, and a flow-route portion through which the liquid having flowed into the liquid-phase portion is discharged from an outlet opening.

Abstract: A pressure detector that includes a case connectable to a flow route for liquid, and a membrane member provided in the case and with which a liquid-phase portion to be supplied with the liquid in the flow route and a gas-phase portion to be supplied with gas are separated from each other, the membrane member being displaceable in accordance with a pressure of the liquid supplied to the liquid-phase portion, the pressure detector detecting the pressure of the liquid in the flow route by detecting a pressure in the gas-phase portion. The gas-phase portion has an opening through which the gas is allowed to be introduced or discharged in accordance with the displacement of the membrane member, and a secured portion secured for the introduction or discharge of the gas through the opening during the displacement of the membrane member toward a side of the gas-phase portion.

Abstract: A pressure detector is provided that includes a case connectable to a flow route for liquid, and a membrane member attached inside the case and with which a liquid-phase portion to be supplied with the liquid in the flow route and a gas-phase portion to be supplied with gas are separated from each other, the membrane member being displaceable in accordance with a pressure of the liquid supplied to the liquid-phase portion, the pressure detector detecting the pressure of the liquid in the flow route by detecting a pressure in the gas-phase portion with a pressure detection sensor. The pressure detector includes a hydrophobic portion that allows gas to pass through but blocks liquid from passing through, the hydrophobic portion being provided between the gas-phase portion and the pressure detection sensor.

Abstract: The introduction pipe is extend from an inlet port to the inside of the chamber body, and has, as an end opening thereof, a discharge port provided in the inner circumferential surface of the chamber body so as to be directed toward the circumferential direction. The inner circumferential surface of the chamber body is provided so as to spirally extend, along the circumferential direction, from a discharge point at which the discharge port is disposed, to a connection point at which the outer circumferential surface of the introduction pipe is connected to the inner circumferential surface of the chamber body. The inner circumferential surface is formed such that a second radius connecting the connection point to the center axis of the chamber body is shorter than a first radius connecting the discharge point to the center axis of the chamber body.

Abstract: An air trap chamber is provided with a chamber body and a filter. An introduction pipe of the chamber body is provided so as to extend to the inside of the chamber body, and an inlet port which is an end opening of the introduction pipe is provided, on the inner circumferential surface of the chamber body, so as to be directed toward the circumferential direction. The filter is provided inside the chamber body, and covers an outlet port of the chamber body. Openings are formed, at multiple stages along the center axis direction, in the cylindrical portion of the filter. An opening at an upper stage on the ceiling portion side of the filter has a circumferential width greater than that of an opening at a lower stage on the outlet port side.