Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection unit including a glue belt including a conveyance surface which conveys a cloth and to which an adhesive is applied, a first nozzle group configured to eject a first liquid to the cloth conveyed by the glue belt, and a second nozzle group configured to eject a second liquid, a movement mechanism for reciprocating the liquid ejection unit in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction, a softening agent receiving unit for receiving the second liquid discharged as a waste liquid from the liquid ejection unit reciprocating, and a cleaning unit for cleaning at least a part of the glue belt, wherein the first liquid is different from the second liquid, the second liquid contains a softening agent, the first nozzle group ejects the first liquid to the glue belt as a waste, and the second nozzle group ejects the second liquid to the softening agent receiving unit as a waste.

Abstract: A method for controlling a liquid discharge device includes, using, for discharge, when a remaining amount in one liquid storage portion used for discharge among three or more liquid storage portions mounted on a mounting portion on which three or more liquid storage portions of the same type can be mounted falls below a threshold value, liquid stored in a liquid storage portion having a minimum remaining amount among the liquid storage portions having a remaining amount equal to or greater than the threshold value.

Abstract: A secure computation system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: acquire financial transaction information possessed by each of a plurality of financial institutions in a concealed format; compute an index based on the financial transaction information of the plurality of financial institutions by secure computation; and output the index.

Abstract: A secure computing system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: perform, based on a plurality of models and financial transaction information about a customer to be analyzed, analysis regarding a financial transaction of the customer to be analyzed, through secure computation using each of the models, the plurality of models having been generated for a plurality of financial institutions based on financial transaction information about customers held by each of the financial institutions; and output results of the analysis performed by the secure computing means using the plurality of models.

Abstract: An artificial intelligence processing device includes: a first variable-resistance nonvolatile storage element and a second variable-resistance nonvolatile storage element having different properties and provided on a single substrate. When successive applications of a voltage pulse with a same polarity and a same voltage are made, a proportion of an amount of change in conductance caused by a second application of the voltage pulse relative to an amount of change in conductance caused by a first application of the voltage pulse in the first variable-resistance nonvolatile storage element is less than a proportion of an amount of change in conductance caused by a second application of the voltage pulse relative to an amount of change in conductance caused by a first application of the voltage pulse in the second variable-resistance nonvolatile storage element.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing including an illumination opening at a position viewable by a user; a blower provided in an airflow path connecting an inlet and outlet; a light emitter provided in the housing viewable through the illumination opening and including a light incident portion to receive light emitted from a first light source and a first light emission portion to emit first light generated from the light and including light simulating natural light; and at least one light extractor emitting second light that is part of the light received by the light emitter that reaches an edge portion of the light emitter without being emitted as the first light or second light received from the first light source or a second light source different from the first light source without intervention of the light emitter. The at least one light extractor is provided in the airflow path.

Abstract: A secure computing system according to the present disclosure is used to analyze financial transactions based on information regarding customer assets, and comprises: a parameter reception means that receives input of encrypted parameters of a plurality of models generated by each of a plurality of financial institutions; a secure computing means that integrates the plurality of encrypted parameters through secure computation; and an output means that outputs, in an encrypted format, the parameters integrated by the secure computing means.

Abstract: A model generation device according to the present disclosure comprises: an information receiving means that receives input of financial transaction information including customer information which has been anonymized in each of a plurality of financial institution servers; a model generation device that generates a model for analyzing financial transactions using the financial transaction information received from the plurality of financial institution servers; and an outputting means that outputs the model generated by the model generation means.

Abstract: A lens unit includes a lens, a frame, a barrel housing the frame therein and is connectable to a substrate for mounting an imaging element, and a temperature compensation member including first and second portions apart from each other in an optical-axis parallel direction. The temperature compensation member is in contact with the barrel at the first portion and with the frame at the second portion. The frame is movable in the optical-axis parallel direction with respect to the barrel. The length of extension in the optical-axis parallel direction per unit temperature of a part of the temperature compensation member between the first and second portions differs from the length of extension in the optical-axis parallel direction per unit temperature of a part of the barrel closer to a barrel side connected to the substrate than a part of the barrel in contact with the first portion.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides an anti-obesity agent, an anti-dementia agent, a deodorant, an anti-aging agent, an anti-glycation agent, an anti-type I allergy agent, a hypotensive agent, a flavor improving agent, a muscle enhancing agent, and a bone metabolism improving agent which contain a bagasse decomposition extract as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A gas sensor includes: a gas-sensitive body layer disposed above a substrate and including a metal oxide layer; a first electrode on the gas-sensitive body layer; and a second electrode on the gas-sensitive body layer, being apart from the first electrode by a gap. The gas-sensitive body layer has a resistance change characteristic that reversibly transitions to a high-resistance state and a low-resistance state on basis of a voltage applied across the first electrode and the second electrode. At least a part of the gas-sensitive body layer is exposed to the gap. The gas-sensitive body layer has a resistance that decreases when gas containing a hydrogen atom is in contact with the second electrode.

Abstract: A variable resistance non-volatile memory element includes first and second electrodes and a variable resistance layer between the electrodes. The layer has a resistance value reversibly variable based on an electrical signal. The layer includes a first variable resistance layer that includes an oxygen deficient first metal oxide containing a first metal element and oxygen, and a second variable resistance layer that includes a composite oxide containing the first metal element, a second metal element different from the first metal element, and oxygen, and having a different degree of oxygen deficiency from the first metal oxide. The composite oxide has a lower degree of oxygen deficiency than the first metal oxide. At room temperature, the composite oxide has a smaller oxygen diffusion coefficient than a second metal oxide containing the first metal element and oxygen, and having the degree of oxygen deficiency equal to that of the composite oxide.

Abstract: A variable resistance non-volatile memory element includes first and second electrodes and a variable resistance layer between the electrodes. The layer has a resistance value reversibly variable based on an electrical signal. The layer includes a first variable resistance layer that includes an oxygen deficient first metal oxide containing a first metal element and oxygen, and a second variable resistance layer that includes a composite oxide containing the first metal element, a second metal element different from the first metal element, and oxygen, and having a different degree of oxygen deficiency from the first metal oxide. The composite oxide has a lower degree of oxygen deficiency than the first metal oxide. At room temperature, the composite oxide has a smaller oxygen diffusion coefficient than a second metal oxide containing the first metal element and oxygen, and having the degree of oxygen deficiency equal to that of the composite oxide.

Abstract: To contribute to the assurance of IP reachability from an ACS to an L2CPE, in a communication system which includes an L2CPE arranged on an in-home network, an L3CPE that performs address conversion processing in L3 between the in-home network and a communication carrier network, and an ACS that is arranged on the communication carrier network and that manages L2CPE. A management device installed on a communication carrier network: receives, from an L2CPE via an L3CPE, a connection establishment message which includes a local address of the L2CPE used to access the L2CPE from the ACS; sets, in respect to the L3CPE, a correspondence between the L2CPE local address and a global address of the communication carrier network used to convert an address to the local address; and transfers, to the ACS, the message changed so the local address included in the received message corresponds to a port-mapped global address.

Abstract: A method of measuring a fluid secretion function of epithelial cells includes: seeding organoids established from epithelial cells in a culture receptacle and culturing the organoids in a gel in each well of the culture receptacle for a prescribed period of time; capturing a multi-pixel image of each organoid-containing well; detecting as organoids regions in the captured image that are regions surrounded by edges having at least a prescribed difference in pixel intensity value with respect to that of a background; calculating an area inside the edges for the object; selecting whether or not the object is an organoid-derived object; and determining whether or not an object selected as being derived from the organoid is subject to analysis. No cell staining product for staining the organoids is added when performing the imaging process.

Abstract: A gas sensor device includes gas sensors and switches. The switches are connected to the respective gas sensors in series. The gas sensors each include: a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer; a metal oxide layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; and an insulation layer covering the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer, and the metal oxide layer and having an opening from which a portion of the second conductive layer is exposed. The resistance of the gas sensor is decreased when a gas containing a hydrogen atom comes into contact with the second conductive layer.

Abstract: A hydrogen detection method using a gas sensor, in which the gas sensor includes a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer including a first region having a first thickness and a second region having a second thickness larger than the first thickness; a metal oxide layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; and an insulation layer covering the first conductive layer, the second region of the second conductive layer, and the metal oxide layer and not covering the first region of the second conductive layer. The hydrogen detection method includes allowing a gas to come into contact with the first region of the second conductive layer; and detecting a hydrogen gas contained in the gas by detecting a decrease in resistance between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.

Abstract: A hydrogen detection method using a gas sensor, in which the gas sensor includes a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer including a first region having a first thickness and a second region having a second thickness larger than the first thickness; a metal oxide layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; and an insulation layer covering the first conductive layer, the second region of the second conductive layer, and the metal oxide layer and not covering the first region of the second conductive layer. The hydrogen detection method includes allowing a gas to come into contact with the first region of the second conductive layer; and detecting a hydrogen gas contained in the gas by detecting a decrease in resistance between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.

Abstract: A gas sensor includes: a gas-sensitive body layer disposed above a substrate and including a metal oxide layer; a first electrode on the gas-sensitive body layer; and a second electrode on the gas-sensitive body layer, being apart from the first electrode by a gap. The gas-sensitive body layer has a resistance change characteristic that reversibly transitions to a high-resistance state and a low-resistance state on basis of a voltage applied across the first electrode and the second electrode. At least a part of the gas-sensitive body layer is exposed to the gap. The gas-sensitive body layer has a resistance that decreases when gas containing a hydrogen atom is in contact with the second electrode.

Abstract: A gas sensor includes: a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer including a first region having a first thickness and a second region having a second thickness larger than the first thickness; a metal oxide layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, the metal oxide layer including a bulk region and a local region surrounded by the bulk region, a degree of oxygen deficiency of the local region being higher than that of the bulk region; and an insulation layer covering the first conductive layer, the second region of the second conductive layer, and the metal oxide layer and not covering the first region of the second conductive layer.