Abstract: Provided is a resin film that has a stress integral value of greater than 10 MPa and 1000 MPa or less when uniaxially stretched at a tensile speed of 300 mm/min at 25° C. until it breaks. The resin film showing these properties is supple and durable.

Abstract: Provided is a method for peeling a PSA sheet adhered on a polarizing plate. The PSA sheet has a PSA layer. The PSA layer includes a layer A forming at least one surface of the PSA layer. Of the polarizing plate, the surface to which the PSA sheet is adhered is corona-treated or plasma-treated. The peeling method includes a water-peel step in which the PSA sheet is peeled from the polarizing plate, in a state where an aqueous liquid exits at the interface between the polarizing plate and the PSA sheet at the front line of peeling the PSA sheet from the polarizing plate, with the aqueous liquid allowed to further enter the interface following the movement of the peel front line.

Abstract: To effectively enhance the operation efficiency of an autonomous mobile robot, an autonomous mobile robot control system includes a processor and a plurality of environmental cameras. The processor estimates a moving route of each of a plurality of moving bodies on the basis of characteristics of each of the plurality of moving bodies and sets a subset of the plurality of moving bodies whose moving routes overlap among the detected moving bodies as avoidance processing target moving bodies. The processor generates an avoidance procedure for the avoidance processing target moving bodies so the motion of the avoidance processing target moving bodies does not interfere with the motion of other avoidance target moving bodies.

Abstract: An exercise measurement device comprises a housing for attaching to a frame of a bicycle, a generator, an annular rotational input member for rotationally driving the generator, the rotational input member being rotatably mounted on the housing and positioned around a crank axis line, a connecting member connecting the rotational input member to the crankshaft or the crank arm in a torque transmitting relationship, a sensor for detecting at least one of electric current of the generator, a rotational speed of the generator or the crank arm, a torque of the crank arm, a position of the crank arm, a strain in the crank arm, and a pressure on the pedal, a measurement computing unit for computing at least one of power and a pedaling force from an output of the sensor, and a display unit for displaying a computed value of the measurement computing unit.

Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a novel functional silicon-containing polymer compound to which a property capable of controlling fluidity by a light stimulus is imparted and to provide a method capable of efficiently synthesizing such a polymer compound while maintaining molecular stability. Provided is a polymer compound characterized by having a backbone structure consisting of a silicon-containing polymer, and having N number of partial structures represented by the following formula (1) at the end or side chain of the backbone structure, N being 2 or more.

Abstract: Provided are a thermal bonding sheet capable of suppressing inhibition of sintering of sinterable metallic particles by an organic component, thereby imparting sufficient bonding reliability to a power semiconductor device, and a thermal bonding sheet with a dicing tape having the thermal bonding sheet. A thermal bonding sheet has a precursor layer that is to become a sintered layer by heating, and the precursor layer includes sinterable metallic particles and an organic component, the precursor layer has a phase separation structure that is a sea-island structure or a co-continuous structure, and in a SEM surface observation image on at least one surface of the precursor layer, a maximum value among each diameter of the largest inscribed circle for a region occupied by each phase of the phase separation structure is 1 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided is an optical PSA composition that can be easily peeled using an aqueous liquid such as water and has sufficient adhesive strength. An optical PSA composition comprising an acrylic polymer is provided. The PSA composition comprises at least one species of compound A selected among surfactants and compounds having polyoxyalkylene backbones. The monomers forming the acrylic polymer comprises less than 20 wt % alkoxyalkyl (meth)acrylate and less than 20 wt % alkoxypolyalkylene glycol (meth)acrylate. Alternatively, the compound A content is less than 1 part by weight to 100 parts by weight of the acrylic polymer.

Abstract: A bicycle electric power assist device includes: an electric motor connected in a torque transmitting relationship to a crank arm or a crankshaft driven by a pedal force; a battery; a control unit configured to control operation of the electric motor; a rotation angle sensor configured to detect a crank rotation angle position of the crankshaft; and a current sensor configured to detect a motor current, wherein the control unit includes: a pedal force estimation/calculation unit configured to estimate the pedal force of the pedals from a difference between the motor current in a first crank rotation angle position and the motor current in a second crank rotation angle position which is different from the first crank rotation angle position; and a motor drive control unit configured to control a drive current of the electric motor according to the pedal force estimated by the pedal force estimation/calculation unit.

Abstract: A sheet for heat bonding, having a pre-sintering layer that becomes a sintered layer by being heated, and an adhesion layer.

Abstract: An energy treatment system and a output control method thereof according to embodiments of the present invention perform treatment by energy supply in which ultrasonic energy and high frequency energy are combined, stop or suppress discharge by reducing the output of high frequency energy within a set period when a state in which discharge is likely to occur during treatment is detected, and change the output of ultrasonic energy. In addition, in order for a user to continue treatment without feeling uncomfortable and to ensure incision performance, each output is controlled so that the set period is as short as possible or is supplemented, and also, the set period expires, and control is performed so as to reduce the possibility of discharge even at the time of returning.

Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet that can temporarily fix an adherend in a peelable manner, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet being free from requiring high-output laser light irradiation at the time of the peeling of the adherend. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the present invention includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing a UV absorber, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface, and wherein a maximum value S1 of a detection intensity of the UV absorber by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) in a range of from the first surface to a depth of 1 ?m in a thickness direction and a detection intensity C of the UV absorber by the TOF-SIMS at a center point in the thickness direction of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer satisfy a relationship: S1/C?1.1.

Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet that can temporarily fix an adherend in a peelable manner, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet being free from requiring high-output laser light irradiation at the time of the peeling of the adherend and being capable of eliminating the need for a step of washing the adherend after the peeling. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the present invention includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing a UV absorber and/or a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet has a transmittance of 60% or less for light having a wavelength of 355 nm, and wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is a layer having an indentation elastic modulus at 23° C. of 25 MPa after irradiation with UV light having an integrated light quantity of 300 mJ/cm2.

Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet that can temporarily fix an adherend in a peelable manner, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet being free from requiring the application of high-output laser light at the time of the peeling of the adherend and being capable of eliminating the need for a step of washing the adherend after the peeling. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the present invention includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing a UV absorber and an active energy ray-curable pressure-sensitive adhesive, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet has a transmittance of 50% or less for light having a wavelength of 355 nm. In one embodiment, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a thickness of 20 ?m or less. In one embodiment, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet has a visible light transmittance of 50% or more.

Abstract: A treatment instrument includes: a sheath; and an end effector that is provided at a distal end of the sheath. The end effector is capable of gripping a living tissue and applying high frequency energy to the living tissue. The end effector includes a treatment surface, and a pair of electrodes that can grip the living tissue and apply the high frequency energy to the living tissue. The treatment surface includes a distal end area that is provided on a distal end side of the treatment surface, and another area that is provided on a proximal end side of the treatment surface. The distal end area applies, to the living tissue, high frequency energy that is higher than high frequency energy applied by the other area. One of the pair of electrodes includes a distal end portion and a proximal end portion.

Abstract: Electric power can be generated by using an existing bicycle without impairing the durability of the tire of the bicycle. The bicycle generator device (50) comprises a housing (52) configured to be attached to a frame (18) of a bicycle (10), a generator (54) attached to the housing (52), an annular rotational input member (81) for rotationally driving the generator (54), the rotational input member being rotatably mounted on the housing and positioned around a crank axis line which is a rotational center line of a crankshaft (24) and a crank arm (26) for a pedal of the bicycle, and a connecting member (90, 130) connecting the rotational input member (81) to the crankshaft (24) or the crank arm (26) in a torque transmitting relationship.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including a compound having a substituent represented by the general formula (1) described in the specification, in which when each of R1 and R2 in the substituent represented by the general formula (1) represents a hydrogen atom, a distance between an oxygen atom of —OR1 and an oxygen atom of —OR2 is 1.31 ? or more and 4.70 ? or less, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprising the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.

Abstract: Methods and systems for sealing biological tissue using high frequency electrical energy determines a first-instance size of the biological tissue based on an initial impedance determination and applies electrical energy to the biological tissue based on the first-instance size determination, during which an in-process parameter is detected. A second-instance size of the biological tissue is determined based on the detected in-process parameter. When the second-instance size is different from the first-instance size, the second-instance electrical energy is different than the first-instance electrical energy; and when the second-instance size is the same as the first-instance size, the second-instance electrical is the same as the first-instance electrical energy.

Abstract: A sheet for heat bonding, having a pre-sintering layer that becomes a sintered layer by being heated, and a component migration prevention layer.

Abstract: A wide range of existing bicycles can be converted into electric power assisted bicycles with ease. The bicycle electric power assist device comprises a housing (52) configured to be attached to a frame (18) of a bicycle (10), an electric motor (54) attached to the housing (52), a battery (102) configured to be mounted to the frame and serves as a power source for the electric motor, an annular rotational output member (81) rotationally driven by the electric motor (54), the rotational output member being rotatably mounted on the housing and positioned around a crank axis line which is a rotational center line A of a crankshaft (24) and a crank arm (26) for a pedal of the bicycle, and a connecting member (90) connecting the rotational output member (81) to the crankshaft (24) or the crank arm (26) in a torque transmitting relationship.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laminate including a two-dimensional material and an adhesive sheet having a base material and an adhesive layer whose adhesive force decreases due to ultraviolet rays or heat, in which an adhesive force A at 25° C. of the adhesive layer before the ultraviolet rays or heat applies, to a silicon wafer is 1.0 N/20 mm to 20.0 N/20 mm when the adhesive layer is subjected to 180° peeling at a tensile speed of 300 mm/min, and a surface roughness of an adhesive surface of the adhesive layer after the ultraviolet rays or heat has been applied is 0.01 ?m to 8.00 ?m.