Abstract: Provided are a novel tipburn-resistance marker for lettuce plant, a tipburn-resistant lettuce plant, and a production method for the tipburn-resistant lettuce plant that uses the tipburn-resistance marker. Disclosed is a tipburn-resistant lettuce plant that includes a tipburn-resistance gene locus on the 4th chromosome, the tipburn-resistance gene locus being specified by at least one SNP marker selected from the group that consists of NC_056626.1-271576390, NC_056626.274188377, NC_056626.1-274188380, and NC_056626.274188382.

Abstract: A knee airbag device including an airbag cushion, a storage case in which is formed a horizontally long opening part where the expanded and deployed airbag cushion pops outs, a first flap for covering the airbag cushion exposed through the opening part such that the airbag cushion is retained in the storage case, and having a first weak part that breaks when pressed by the airbag cushion during expansion and deployment, and a second flap, which is a component with a larger dimension in a length direction than the first flap and for covering an outer surface of the first flap so as to transverse in a short direction of the opening part a center part of the airbag cushion in a lateral direction, the second flap having a second weak part that breaks when pressed by the airbag cushion after rupture of the first weak part.

Abstract: A light distribution control device includes processing circuitry configured to receive environment information indicating an environment in which a host vehicle is placed; receive an instruction from a driver of the host vehicle to switch an irradiation lamp of the host vehicle; perform estimation of whether or not the driver has an intention to switch the irradiation lamp on a basis of an action of the driver; switch the irradiation lamp of the host vehicle on a basis of the environment information; and learn a driving scene in which the irradiation lamp of the host vehicle is to be switched by using the received environment information at a second time point at which the intention is estimated to be present, the second time point being prior to a first time point at which the instruction is received.

Abstract: To provide, for a user who has little knowledge about advertisement design, a design creation support apparatus, a design creation support method, and a design creation support program that support design creation of an advertisement. A design creation support apparatus that supports design creation of a design object including an advertisement or a publication includes input information acquisition sections and, a design information generation section, and output sections and. The input information acquisition sections and acquire input information including a purpose of the design object. The design information generation section generates design information that includes information related to design of the design object, based on a behavioral economic background determined according to the input information. The output sections and output the design information generated by the design information generation section.

Abstract: Implementations claimed and described herein provide systems and methods for determining fuel efficiency based on sensor data from a mobile device. In one implementation, sensor data from a mobile device is collected. The sensor data includes a dataset that reflects a last trip on a vehicle by the mobile device, wherein the sensor data is collected from at least one of global position system (GPS) data and micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) sensor data of the mobile device. Driving events comprising at least one of one or more braking events, one or more speeding events, and one or more acceleration events are determined based on the sensor data. A fuel consumption prediction is predicted via a trained prediction model based on the driving events.

Abstract: An electronic component having thermal insulation properties and insulation resistance, which is capable of being used for modularization by injection molding or the like. The electronic component has a circuit board on which an electronic element is mounted and a coating layer for coating the surface of the circuit board, wherein the coating layer contains at least a thermoplastic resin and hollow particles; and the coating layer has a concentration gradient of hollow particles in the thickness direction such that the content of the hollow particles in the coating layer is lower on the face side in contact with the circuit board.

Abstract: A light distribution control device controls a high beam emitter capable of dividing a high beam irradiation area into a plurality of areas and includes processing circuitry configured to; detect whether or not an irradiation target to be irradiated with a high beam or a light shielding target to be shielded from the high beam is present in the high beam irradiation area; determine a light shielding region for shielding the light shielding target when the light shielding target is detected; calculate an optical axis adjustment amount for adjusting a direction of an optical axis of the high beam emitter in such a manner that the irradiation target is out of the light shielding region when the irradiation target is included in the light shielding region; and control the optical axis of the high beam emitter on a basis of the optical axis adjustment amount.

Abstract: A headlight control device includes a saliency map generating unit to generate a saliency map indicating a gaze region that is a region easily gazed by a driver of a vehicle on the basis of an imaging signal indicating ahead of the vehicle, a scene determining unit to determine a scene that is a situation in which the vehicle is traveling on the basis of the saliency map generated by the saliency map generating unit, and a light distribution control determining unit to determine a light distribution pattern of the headlight on the basis of the scene determined by the scene determining unit, and output a light distribution control signal for controlling the headlight to emit light in the determined light distribution pattern.

Abstract: A design revision apparatus includes a hardware processor that: applies, to an input image, attentional property evaluation that evaluates a portion easily attracting visual attention; performs impression evaluation that estimates an impression given by the input image to an observer; and combines a result of the attentional property evaluation with a result of the impression evaluation and presents a design revision proposal about an attentional property or an impression of the input image.

Abstract: A luminescent film includes a host compound, a blue phosphorescent compound, and a blue fluorescent compound, in which an emission spectrum of the blue phosphorescent compound and an absorption spectrum of the blue fluorescent compound have portions overlapping with each other; shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelengths of the blue phosphorescent compound (abbreviated as “BPM” in the expression) and the blue fluorescent compound (abbreviated as “BFM” in the expression) satisfy the following expression (1): ?BFM??BPM: expression (1) in which ?BFM represents the shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelength of the blue fluorescent compound and ?BPM represents the shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelength of the blue phosphorescent compound; and light emission derived from the blue fluorescent compound is detected.

Abstract: Provided are beads for blood processing having porous beads and a polymer carried on the surface of the porous beads, wherein: the porous beads are configured from at least one resin selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins, styrene resins, and cellulose resins; and the polymer includes a specific monomer defined in the description as a monomer unit.

Abstract: Provided are beads for blood processing having porous beads and a polymer carried on the surface of the porous beads, wherein: the porous beads are configured from at least one resin selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins, styrene resins, and cellulose resins; and the polymer includes a specific monomer defined in the description as a monomer unit.

Abstract: Implementations claimed and described herein provide systems and methods for determining fuel efficiency based on sensor data from a mobile device. In one implementation, sensor data from a mobile device is collected. The sensor data includes a dataset that reflects a last trip on a vehicle by the mobile device, wherein the sensor data is collected from at least one of global position system (GPS) data and micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) sensor data of the mobile device. Driving events comprising at least one of one or more braking events, one or more speeding events, and one or more acceleration events are determined based on the sensor data. A fuel consumption prediction is predicted via a trained prediction model based on the driving events.

Abstract: An impression analysis system includes: an input obtainer that receives an evaluation target image; and a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor: extracts a low-order image feature amount, and a high-order image feature amount, from the evaluation target image, and compares data obtained by extracting a low-order image feature amount and a high-order image feature amount from a reference image associated with an impression evaluation, with data of the image feature amounts extracted by a feature amount extractor, and calculates a similarity between the evaluation target image and the reference image.

Abstract: A saliency analysis system includes: an input receiver that receives an evaluation target image; and a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor extracts low-order image feature amounts and high-order image feature amounts, from the evaluation target image, and calculates saliencies in the image, based on the low-order image feature amounts and the high-order image feature amounts.

Abstract: A design evaluation device (100) includes a sensitivity information acquisition unit (111) that acquires sensitivity information of an evaluator with respect to a design of an object, an attribute information acquisition unit (112) that acquires attribute information of the evaluator, and a purchase expectation degree prediction unit (115) that predicts a purchase expectation degree with respect to the design of the object on the basis of the sensitivity information and the attribute information.

Abstract: The present invention provides a luminescent film containing at least a phosphorescent compound and a fluorescent compound, wherein the convolution integral value J of the emission spectrum of the phosphorescent compound and the absorption spectrum of the fluorescent compound satisfies equation (1), the light emission from the fluorescent compound accounts for at least 90% of the emission spectrum of the luminescent film, and the absolute photoluminescence quantum efficiency (PLQE) of the luminescent film is represented by equation (2). Equation (1): J?1.5×1014, Equation (2): PLQE (a film composed of a phosphorescent compound and a host compound)×0.9?PLQE (a film containing a phosphorescent compound and a fluorescent compound) [The lowest triplet excited state of the host compound is higher than the lowest triplet excited state of the phosphorescent compound, and does not suppress the luminescent property of the phosphorescent compound.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a luminescent thin film, a luminescent multilayered film, and an organic electroluminescent element that have luminescence properties with excellent storage stability in atmospheric air; and a production method therefor. This luminescent thin film contains a luminescent compound A, and is characterized by containing 0.0001 mass % or more of an oxide B of luminescent compound A in terms of the luminescent compound A.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: an organic semiconductor composition suitable for preparing an organic thin film by a solution method, an organic thin film obtained by using the organic semiconductor composition, and a practical field effect transistor which uses the organic thin film. The practical field effect transistor which uses the organic thin film has small variances in mobility and a threshold value, while maintaining a high mobility. Disclosed in the present specification is an organic semiconductor composition including an organic semiconductor compound, an insulation compound, an organic solvent A, which is a good solvent for the insulation compound, and an organic solvent B, which is a poor solvent for the insulation compound and has a higher boiling point than the organic solvent A. The mass ratio a:b of the organic solvent A and the organic solvent B is 1:8 to 8:1.

Abstract: A lamination molding apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a recoater head that forms a material powder layer by uniformly spreading metal material powder on a modeling table at a predetermined height; a laser light irradiation device that irradiates the material powder layer with laser light, and heats and melts the material powder to form a sintered layer; and a control device that forms a sintered body, which is an three-dimensional molded object, by repeatedly driving and controlling the recoater head and the laser light irradiation device; the control device reads sintered body data, that is configured by the shape of a base part in which at least a plurality of support members with constricted central portion are arranged continuously and the shape of a main body part which is a final molded product, and drives and controls the laser light irradiation device and the recoater head to form the sintered body.