Abstract: An agent control device includes a movement determination unit configured to input a first observation set, obtained by observing a state of a control target agent, and to input a second observation set, obtained by observing a state of at least one other agent in a periphery of the control target agent, to a first model and to determine information regarding movement of the control target agent in accordance with an output of the first model, a change amount determination unit configured to input the first observation set and the second observation set to a second model and to determine a change amount with respect to the information regarding movement of the control target agent, and an operation control unit configured to operate the control target agent by applying the change amount determined by the change amount determination unit to the information regarding movement determined by the movement determination unit.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generating device, includes a power supply, a heater connector connected to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source by consuming power supplied from the power supply, a case which constitutes a surface of the power supply unit, and a sensor which is disposed in the vicinity of the case and is configured to output a value related to a temperature of the case. Protection control for prohibiting one or both of charging of the power supply and discharging from the power supply to the heater is executed based on an output value of the sensor.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body, and external electrodes on a portion of a side surface portion including four side surface of the multilayer body, and on a portion of a first main surface of the multilayer body. The first main surface includes first regions covered with the external electrodes and a second region exposed from the external electrodes. The first regions of the first main surface each include recesses therein. The recesses in each of the first regions each include a spherical curved wall surface. The recesses in each of the first regions each have an average inlet size of about 0.3 ?m or more and about 10.5 ?m or less.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body, and external electrodes on a portion of a side surface portion including four side surface of the multilayer body, and on a portion of a first main surface of the multilayer body. The first main surface includes first regions covered with the external electrodes and a second region exposed from the external electrodes. The first regions of the first main surface each include recesses therein. The recesses in each of the first regions each include a spherical curved wall surface. The recesses in each of the first regions each have an average inlet size of about 0.3 ?m or more and about 10.5 ?m or less.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body including ceramic layers, first internal electrodes, and second internal electrodes laminated in a height direction, a first external electrode on at least part of a first end surface and on part of a first main surface and not on a second main surface, the first external electrode being electrically connected to the first internal electrodes, a second external electrode on at least part of a second end surface and on part of the first main surface and is not on the second main surface, the second external electrode being electrically connected to the second internal electrodes, at least two penetration portions penetrating the ceramic body between the first and second main surfaces, and a reinforcing layer on at least part of the second main surface, the reinforcing layer covering the at least two penetration portions exposed from the ceramic body.

Abstract: An operation analysis method includes a first acquisition step, a second acquisition step, a plan designing step, and an analysis step. In the first acquisition step, the operation history of a washer is acquired. In the second acquisition step, at least the action schedule of a user of the washer is acquired. In the plan designing step, based on the operation history acquired in the first acquisition step, an operation plan for the future regarding the normal operation of the washer periodically performed by the user is designed. In the analysis step, based on the action schedule acquired in the second acquisition step, whether the operation of the washer is the normal operation is analyzed. In the plan designing step, the operation plan is updated based on the result of the analysis in analysis step.

Abstract: An information processing method includes: acquiring device information on a device and operation information indicating details of a first operation performed on the device a plurality of times in association with each other; determining, based on the details of the first operation indicated in the operation information, which one of a candidate image and an input field image is to be selected as an image to be presented to a user, the candidate image including a candidate for a second operation to be performed on the device, the input field image including an input field for a detail of the second operation; and controlling presenting the image to the user according to the determining.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including laminated dielectric layers and laminated internal electrode layers on the dielectric layers, and external electrodes connected to the internal electrode layers. The multilayer body further includes an inner layer portion, a first main surface-side outer layer portion, and a second main surface-side outer layer portion. At least one of the first main surface-side outer layer portion or the second main surface-side outer layer portion includes a discharge path along a plane perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the lamination direction to discharge a chemical element to outside of the multilayer body.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body, and external electrodes on a portion of a side surface portion including four side surface of the multilayer body, and on a portion of a first main surface of the multilayer body. The first main surface includes first regions covered with the external electrodes and a second region exposed from the external electrodes. The first regions of the first main surface each include recesses therein. The recesses in each of the first regions each include a spherical curved wall surface. The recesses in each of the first regions each have an average inlet size of about 0.3 ?m or more and about 10.5 ?m or less.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body and a protective layer provided at least on a first main surface or a second main surface of the multilayer body, in which the protective layer includes a carbon material, has a carbon content of about 70 atm % or more determined through exclusion of hydrogen, oxygen, and halogen contents, and has a sp3 percentage of about 10% or more as an index of C—C bond type.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing method for an exhaust gas purification device that can uniformly coat a honeycomb substrate with slurry even when using a low viscosity slurry. The present invention pertains to a manufacturing method for an exhaust gas purification device that includes providing a slurry for catalyst layer formation from a shower nozzle onto a honeycomb substrate, coating the honeycomb substrate with the slurry, and firing the honeycomb substrate coated with the slurry, wherein the viscosity of the slurry at a shear rate of 4 s?1 is 800 mPA·s or less, the shower nozzle has a plurality of discharge openings for discharging the slurry, the relationship of the spacing a) of the discharge openings and the diameter b) of the liquid drops formed when starting supply of the slurry is 0.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body and a protective layer provided at least on a first main surface or a second main surface of the multilayer body, in which the protective layer includes a carbon material, has a carbon content of about 70 atm % or more determined through exclusion of hydrogen, oxygen, and halogen contents, and has a sp3 percentage of about 10% or more as an index of C—C bond type.

Abstract: Provided is a slitter device capable of quickly supplying metal bands to a cutter stand and cutting same into strips with high speed and accuracy. The metal band slitter device comprises an unwinder that unwinds a metal band wound into a coil, a cutter stand that cuts the unwound metal band into narrow width strips, and a winder that winds the cut metal band into coils. The metal band slitter device is configured to comprise a tension adjustment unit on the winder side between the unwinder and the cutter stand that provides a constant tension to the metal band and a tension separating unit on the cutter stand side that separates the constant tension on the input side and tension on the output side.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing method for an exhaust gas purification device that can uniformly coat a honeycomb substrate with slurry even when using a low viscosity slurry. The present invention pertains to a manufacturing method for an exhaust gas purification device that includes providing a slurry for catalyst layer formation from a shower nozzle onto a honeycomb substrate, coating the honeycomb substrate with the slurry, and firing the honeycomb substrate coated with the slurry, wherein the viscosity of the slurry at a shear rate of 4 s?1 is 800 mPA·s or less, the shower nozzle has a plurality of discharge openings for discharging the slurry, the relationship of the spacing a) of the discharge openings and the diameter b) of the liquid drops formed when starting supply of the slurry is 0.

Abstract: A communication management method for managing communication made by a plurality of users with a computer including a processor, the computer being accessible to a storage device holding user management information including information on users participating in a community, group management information including information on groups to which the users belong, and community management information including information on the community, and the communication management method comprising steps of: registering, by the processor, in a case of receiving a request to let a group join a community from a client terminal, an administrative user of the group designated by the request to the user management information; registering, by the processor, the group designated by the request to the group management information; and registering, by the processor, the group designated by the request to the community management information, to allow users belonging to the group to participate in the community.

Abstract: Provided is a slitter device capable of quickly supplying metal bands to a cutter stand and cutting same into strips with high speed and accuracy. The metal band slitter device comprises an unwinder that unwinds a metal band wound into a coil, a cutter stand that cuts the unwound metal band into narrow width strips, and a winder that winds the cut metal band into coils. The metal band slitter device is configured to comprise a tension adjustment unit on the winder side between the unwinder and the cutter stand that provides a constant tension to the metal band and a tension separating unit on the cutter stand side that separates the constant tension on the input side and tension on the output side.

Abstract: A communication management method for managing communication made by a plurality of users with a computer including a processor, the computer being accessible to a storage device holding user management information including information on users participating in a community, group management information including information on groups to which the users belong, and community management information including information on the community, and the communication management method comprising steps of: registering, by the processor, in a case of receiving a request to let a group join a community from a client terminal, an administrative user of the group designated by the request to the user management information; registering, by the processor, the group designated by the request to the group management information; and registering, by the processor, the group designated by the request to the community management information, to allow users belonging to the group to participate in the community.

Abstract: An optical element with an antireflection function is provided with a substrate having a surface and a plurality of structures formed from convex portions or concave portions and arranged in large numbers on the surface of the substrate with a minute pitch less than or equal to the wavelength of the visible light, wherein the modulus of elasticity of the material forming the structures is 1 MPa or more, and 1,200 MPa or less, and the aspect ratio of the structure is 0.6 or more, and 1.5 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an aldehyde that provides a target aldehyde at a high conversion rate over an extended period of time. It is a method for producing an aldehyde comprising bringing a raw material gas containing a primary alcohol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms and water into contact with a dehydrogenation catalyst containing copper and iron so as to dehydrogenate the alcohol contained in the raw material gas, thereby obtaining an aldehyde, wherein the raw material gas has a water partial pressure of 0.2 kPa to 99 kPa.

Abstract: Provided is an aldehyde production method that can provide target aldehydes with excellent aldehyde selectivity and a high conversion for a long period of time. The method includes bringing a mixed gas containing a vaporized primary alcohol and an inert gas into contact with a film-type dehydrogenation catalyst so as to dehydrogenate the primary alcohol in the mixed gas, thereby obtaining an aldehyde. The partial pressure of the primary alcohol in the mixed gas is 50 kPa or lower, and the film-type dehydrogenation catalyst is formed by providing a thin film catalyst layer on a support.