Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic sintered body includes: preparing a molded body containing a nitride fluorescent material having the composition containing Si; N; at least one alkaline earth metal element M1; and a metal element M2 being at least one selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Tb, and Mn, to obtain a composition as described in the disclosure; obtaining a first sintered body by performing primary calcination of the molded body; obtaining a second sintered body by performing secondary calcination of the first sintered body in contact with a solid composed of a molybdenum metal or an alloy containing molybdenum as a main component; and obtaining a third sintered body by performing third calcination of the second sintered body while being placed in a container containing a metal having a melting point higher than that of the molybdenum metal.

Abstract: The encoding device includes: a predictor configured to generate, for each component, a prediction block corresponding to an encoding-target block; a residual generator configured to generate, for each component, a prediction residual representing a difference between the encoding-target block and the prediction block; a mode selector configured to select one mode either an individual encoding mode performing a transform process and a quantization process on a prediction residual of the first component and a prediction residual of the second component for each single component, or a joint encoding mode performing a transform process and a quantization process on a joint prediction residual generated from the prediction residual of the first component and the prediction residual of the second component; a quantization controller configured to determine a quantization matrix to be applied in the quantization process based on the mode selected by the mode selector.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a resin package including: a resin part, and a plurality of leads including a first lead and a second lead, wherein the resin package has a concave portion having a bottom face at which a part of an upper surface of the first lead and a part of an upper surface of the second lead are exposed from the resin part; a light emitting element mounted on the bottom face of the concave portion; and a sealing member covering the light emitting element in the concave portion. The plurality of leads comprise a plurality of notch parts including a first notch part on a first side corresponding to a first outer side surface of the resin package and a second notch part on a second side corresponding to a second outer side surface of the resin package.

Abstract: A deblocking filter device according to a first feature includes: a deblocking filter configured to perform a filter process on a boundary between a first reconstructed block and a second reconstructed block adjacent to the first reconstructed block; and a filter controller configured to control boundary filtering strength of the deblocking filter based on whether or not at least one of the first reconstructed block and the second reconstructed block is encoded using JCCR (Joint coding of chroma residual) in which one joint prediction residual is generated from prediction residuals of a Cb chrominance component and a Cr chrominance component.

Abstract: A lightguide component for illumination devices having an exit surface includes: a lightguide layer having a light-receiving portion to receive light emitted from a light source, a first principal face at the exit surface side, and a second principal face at an opposite side from the first principal face; a light distribution controlling structure having a plurality of internal spaces, each of the plurality of internal spaces including a first slope to direct a portion of light propagating in the lightguide layer toward the exit surface via total internal reflection, and a second slope at an opposite side from the first slope, wherein, when viewed from a normal direction of the first principal face of the lightguide layer, the first slope presents a curved surface that is convex toward the light source; and an anti-reflection layer and/or anti-glare layer disposed at the first principal face side of the lightguide layer.

Abstract: A method of producing cultured meat is provided. Cultured meat is produced by culturing animal cells in the presence of bovine basic fibroblast growth factor (bbFGF) produced by using a coryneform bacterium as an expression host.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling an air conditioning outlet of a vehicle, including: collecting an ambient temperature and a user set temperature; determining a target value according to the ambient temperature and the user set temperature; determining a target working mode from a plurality of preset working modes of an air conditioning outlet according to the target value, the working mode including a preset air outlet direction; and enabling the air conditioning outlet to work in the target working mode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a band gap power supply circuit including a band gap core circuit to perform control in such a way that the sum of a current flowing through a diode and a current flowing through a first current path becomes equal to the sum of a current flowing through a diode and a current flowing through a second current path, and the sum of the forward direction voltage of the diode and a voltage drop across a resistor becomes equal to the forward direction voltage of the diode; and a switch control circuit to control a switch and a switch from off to on at a time of a startup of a power supply.

Abstract: A terminal is disclosed that includes a receiver that receives sidelink control information and data in sidelink and a transmitter that transmits a feedback signal corresponding to the data on a sidelink feedback channel. The transmitter determines a resource for transmitting the feedback signal based on a correspondence between a resource of the data and a resource for feedback. In other aspects, a base station, systems, and feedback methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A sensor unit according to the present disclosure includes: a sensor element; a pair of conductive members that extend in parallel with each other from the sensor element; and a resin-molded portion that covers part of the pair of conductive members. The pair of conductive members each includes: a base end portion connected to the sensor element; a tip end portion on an opposite side to the base end portion; and an intermediate portion that is a part between the base end portion and the tip end portion, the intermediate portion including a through-hole. The resin-molded portion covers the base end portion and the intermediate portion while the tip portion is exposed.

Abstract: A cover member suitable for suppressing damage to a semiconductor device package includes: a cover sheet having a shape configured to cover an object in a state of being placed on a placement face; and an adhesive layer joined to the cover sheet and configured to fix the cover member to the placement face. The adhesive layer includes a double-sided adhesive sheet. The double-sided adhesive sheet has a structure in which a first adhesive agent layer, a substrate, and a second adhesive agent layer are laminated in this order. The substrate has a porous structure. The substrate has a porosity of 30% or more. When the porosity of the substrate is 30% or more and 50% or less, the substrate has an average pore diameter of 10 ?m or more, and when the porosity of the substrate is more than 50%, the average pore diameter is 0.05 ?m or more.

Abstract: A piping design support device that updates a laying route of a newly laid pipeline to be connected to an existing pipeline, including: a guide screen generation unit that generates a guide screen to guide detour design information necessary for generating a detour route to make a detour around an obstacle when the obstacle exists in the laying route set in advance; a detour design information input processing unit that displays the guide screen generated by the guide screen generation unit to prompt input of the detour design information; a detour route generation processing unit that generates and displays the detour route based on the detour design information input in the detour design information input processing unit; and a laying route update processing unit that updates an original laying route with the detour route generated by the detour route generation processing unit.

Abstract: A monitoring system includes: an imaging section that captures an image of a user present within a predetermined imaging range and belongings of the user; and a hardware processor performs: detecting that the user has left the belongings based on the image captured by the imaging section; detecting that another person different from the user has approached the belongings; and notifying the user when it is detected that the user has left the belongings and it is detected that another person different from the user has approached the belongings.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning composition that suppresses a surface roughness of a region including Mo and has excellent removability of Mo-based residues in a case of being used in a treatment of an Mo-containing substrate. The cleaning composition of an embodiment of the present invention is a cleaning composition used in a treatment of a molybdenum-containing substrate, the cleaning composition including an organic acid and organic amine compounds having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a primary amino group, a secondary amino group, and a tertiary amino group, in which the cleaning composition includes two or more kinds of the organic amine compounds.

Abstract: Provided are high-performance gas desulfurizing agent and desulfurizing method each of which has a high desulfurizing ability even at low temperatures and keeps its desulfurizing performance for an extended period of time. The gas desulfurizing agent includes zinc oxide, aluminum oxide, and copper, the desulfurizing agent further including nickel in an amount of 1.0% by mass to 10% by mass and rhenium in an amount of 0.1% by mass to 1.0% by mass. The gas desulfurizing method includes bringing the desulfurizing agent into contact with gas in coexistence of hydrogen to decompose a sulfur compound in the gas and remove the sulfur compound from the gas.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave detector includes: a semiconductor layer in which a step is formed, the semiconductor layer having sensitivity to a detection wavelength; an insulating film disposed on the step and provided with an opening through which a part of the step is exposed; a two-dimensional material layer disposed on the insulating film and the opening, the two-dimensional material layer including a connection region electrically connected to the semiconductor layer in the opening; a first electrode disposed on the insulating film and electrically connected to the two-dimensional material layer; and a second electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the first electrode through the connection region of the two-dimensional material layer.

Abstract: A fluid transfer apparatus includes a processor; a fan configured to transfer fluid along a flow path by a rotational motion; a structure provided in the flow path, the structure being configured to generate a pressure loss in the flow path as the fluid passes through the structure; and a memory storing one or more programs, which when executed, cause the processor to detect a state of the fluid or a state of the structure by monitoring a phenomenon correlated with a change in a force received by a blade of the fan from the fluid due to a disturbance of the fluid transferred along the flow path by the fan.

Abstract: A prediction image correcting device comprises a predictor (108) configured to predict a target image block obtained by dividing a present image frame by using a plurality of reference images to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image block a prediction accuracy evaluator (109) configured to evaluate prediction accuracy of the prediction image based on a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images used for generating the prediction image and a corrector (110) configured to perform correction processing on the prediction image by using a decoded neighboring block adjacent to the target image block, wherein the corrector is configured to control the correction processing based at least on an evaluation result of the prediction accuracy evaluator.

Abstract: A pulse drive circuit includes: a buffer configured to receive a transmission pulse signal; a capacitor configured to be provided between the output terminal of the buffer and the primary coil of a transformer; and a first diode configured to be provided between the primary coil of the transformer and a reference potential terminal.

Abstract: A prediction apparatus includes a trained model trained by using training data in which a material composition of a material to be learned is associated with a phase fraction of the material to be learned at each temperature within a predetermined temperature range, the trained model being configured to predict a phase fraction at an i+1-th temperature by using a phase fraction predicted by the trained model for one or more temperatures up to an i-th temperature within the predetermined temperature range (where i is an integer of 1 or more). The prediction apparatus is configured to input a material composition of a material to be predicted into the trained model, thereby predicting a phase fraction of the material to be predicted at each temperature within the predetermined temperature range.