Abstract: An ink jet recording method including ejecting an aqueous ink from a first ejection port, and ejecting, from a second ejection port, an aqueous reaction liquid containing a reactant that reacts with the aqueous ink. The liquid ejection apparatus includes an element substrate having the second ejection port configured to eject the aqueous reaction liquid, a pressure chamber, and an energy-generating element, an upstream channel r, and a downstream channe, and the element substrate has a face configured to face the record medium in an ejection direction of the aqueous reaction liquid, wherein the method further including ejecting the aqueous reaction liquid from the second ejection port which is located closer to the pressure chamber than the face, and flowing the aqueous reaction liquid from the upstream channel to the downstream channel through the pressure chamber.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus ejecting an aqueous ink and an aqueous reaction liquid containing a reactant that reacts with the aqueous ink to record an image on a record medium, wherein the liquid ejection apparatus includes an element substrate including: a plurality of individual channels having an ejection port configured to eject the liquid, a pressure chamber configured to supply the liquid to the ejection port, and an energy-generating element configured to generate energy to eject the liquid; an upstream channel configured to supply the liquid to the plurality of individual channels; and a downstream channel for outflow of the liquid from the plurality of individual channels, the ejection port has a protrusion protruding toward a center of the ejection port.

Abstract: An object detection apparatus 1000 includes: a transmission unit 1101, having a transmission antenna, configured to emit a radio wave toward an object using the transmission antenna; a reception unit 1102, having a reception antenna, configured to receive the radio wave reflected by the object as a reception signal and generate an intermediate frequency signal from the reception signal received; and a processing device 1211. The processing device 1211 calculates an amplitude distribution of the radio wave reflected by the object on the basis of the placement of the transmission antenna, the placement of the reception antenna, the frequency of the radio wave emitted from the transmission antenna, and the intermediate frequency signal, and furthermore, using a correction operator calculated from a point spread function indicating characteristics of the transmission unit 1101 and the reception unit 1102, corrects the amplitude distribution calculated.

Abstract: An information processing system has: a first diagnosis unit that diagnoses quality of a sequence of first fragmented DNA/RNA data, which a first sequencer has output for a sample extracted from a tissue of a target patient, using quality data output from the first sequencer, and determines at least one first diagnosis data indicating a diagnosis result; a second diagnosis unit that diagnoses quality of a sequence of second fragmented DNA/RNA data, which a second sequencer has output for the sample extracted from the tissue of the target patient, using quality data output from the second sequencer, and determines at least one second diagnosis data indicating a diagnosis result; and an output unit that outputs the synthesis DNA/RNA data from the first fragmented DNA/RNA data and the second fragmented DNA/RNA data based on the first diagnosis data and the second diagnosis data.

Abstract: An epoxy resin, which is configured to form a phase-separated structure in a cured product, the cured product being obtained by curing the epoxy resin by increasing a temperature of the epoxy resin from an ambient temperature to a curing temperature at a rate of not greater than 20° C./minute.

Abstract: A sensor element includes an element body provided with a measurement-object gas flow section therein, a measurement electrode, a reference electrode, a reference-gas introduction section, and a heater that heats the element body. The reference-gas introduction section has a reference-gas introduction space that is open outward of the element body and that introduces a reference gas into the element body, and also has a porous reference-gas introduction layer that causes the reference gas to flow from the reference-gas introduction space to the reference electrode. The reference-gas introduction layer has a first porous region and a second porous region in a path segment serving as a reference-gas path between the reference-gas introduction space and the reference electrode. The second porous region has a low porosity region with a lower porosity than the first porous region and is disposed closer to the reference electrode relative to the first porous region.

Abstract: (1) An epoxy resin, which is configured to form, in a cured product of the epoxy resin, a phase-separated structure that is formed from at least two phases, wherein at least one phase of the at least two phases includes a liquid crystal structure and (2) An epoxy resin, which is configured to form a phase-separated structure in a cured product, the cured product being obtained by curing the epoxy resin by increasing a temperature of the epoxy resin from an ambient temperature to a curing temperature at a rate of not greater than 20° C./minute.

Abstract: To properly set a predetermined threshold for the number of times of occurrence of an abnormality for issuing an alarm. A vacuum pump system includes a storage, a pump controller, and a setter. The storage stores a first threshold for the number of times of occurrence of the abnormality for outputting the alarm. The pump controller counts the number of times of occurrence of the abnormality caused in a vacuum pump, determines whether or not the number of times of occurrence of the abnormality is the first threshold or more, and outputs the alarm in a case where the number of times of occurrence of the abnormality is the first threshold or more. The setter sets or changes the first threshold on the basis of an operation state of the vacuum pump.

Abstract: A rotating electric machine casing includes a flow passage forming wall which spirally extends at a constant inclination angle, at least partially between an upstream end and a downstream end of a spiral passage. The spiral passage includes first and second widened regions. First and second rectifying partition walls extending along the spiral passage is formed in the first and second widened regions.

Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a motor case, a lead wire that supplies current to a coil in the motor case, a connection terminal including a first fixing portion at one end and a second fixing portion at the other end, the first fixing portion being fixed to the lead wire and the second fixing portion being fixed to a power supply cable, and a terminal box that accommodates the second fixing portion of the connection terminal. The terminal box is separable from the motor case. The motor case includes an opening from which the first fixing portion is exposed to outside. The connection terminal can be separated from the motor case together with the terminal box when the fixing of the first fixing portion is released.

Abstract: A rotor of a rotating electric machine includes a rotor core equipped with a cooling passage, a first retaining member disposed on one end side of the rotor core, and a second retaining member disposed on another end side of the rotor core. An inlet-side through hole of the first retaining member is inclined with respect to an axis of the rotor. An outlet-side through hole of the second retaining member is inclined with respect to the axis of the rotor. When the rotor is rotated, a cooling gas is introduced into the cooling passage through the inlet-side through hole, and the gas is discharged from the cooling passage through an outlet-side through hole.

Abstract: A drive unit is equipped with a rotating electric machine, a transmission, and a cooling structure. The cooling structure includes a first cooling passage configured to cool the rotating electric machine and a second cooling passage configured to cool the transmission. A first cooling passage and a second cooling passage communicate with each other, and a common coolant flows through the first cooling passage and the second cooling passage.

Abstract: A vibration damping device including a vibration-damping device main unit inserted into a mounting space of a bracket from a lateral side and securely supported by the bracket. The bracket includes engaging pieces on respective opposed inside faces of the mounting space, and engaging action of the engaging pieces with respect to respective detent engaging faces formed on a fixture member of the vibration-damping device main unit prevents the vibration-damping device main unit from becoming dislodged from the mounting space of the bracket. Opposed walls of the mounting space are each penetrated by an aperture window, and inspection flat surfaces are separately provided to an outside surface of each engaging piece visible from an outside through the aperture window and a corresponding external side surface of the bracket that is off the aperture window. The inspection flat surfaces are parallel to each other.

Abstract: A gas sensor includes a sensor element and a control device, and detects a specific gas concentration that is a concentration of a specific gas in a measurement-object gas. The sensor element includes an element body including an oxygen-ion-conductive solid electrolyte layer and provided with a measurement-object gas flow portion therein, the measurement-object gas flow portion introducing the measurement-object gas and causing the measurement-object gas to flow therethrough; a measurement electrode disposed in a measurement chamber of the measurement-object gas flow portion; and a reference electrode disposed inside the element body to come into contact with a reference gas that serves as a reference for detection of the specific gas concentration. The control device measures a voltage across the ground and the reference electrode, and identifies a deviation of the reference potential that is the electrical potential of the reference electrode based on the measured voltage.

Abstract: To properly set a predetermined threshold for the number of times of occurrence of an abnormality for issuing an alarm. A vacuum pump system includes a storage, a pump controller, and a setter. The storage stores a first threshold for the number of times of occurrence of the abnormality for outputting the alarm. The pump controller counts the number of times of occurrence of the abnormality caused in a vacuum pump, determines whether or not the number of times of occurrence of the abnormality is the first threshold or more, and outputs the alarm in a case where the number of times of occurrence of the abnormality is the first threshold or more. The setter sets or changes the first threshold on the basis of an operation state of the vacuum pump.

Abstract: A foreign element-containing vanadium sulfide contains, as constituent elements, vanadium, sulfur, and a foreign element, wherein the compositional ratio of the foreign element to the vanadium (M1/V) is in the range of 0.05 to 1.5 in terms of molar ratio; the compositional ratio of the sulfur to the vanadium (S/V) is in the range of 3.0 to 10.0 in terms of molar ratio; and the foreign element includes at least one member selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ti, Zr, Mo, Sc, and Y, or includes at least one member selected from the group consisting of Li, B, N, O, F, Mg, S, Cl, Ca, Br, Sr, Sc, I, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Y, Mo, Tc, and Cd. The foreign element-containing vanadium sulfide is an electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery that exhibits satisfactorily high initial capacity and that provides improved electrochemical performance or cycle performance.

Abstract: Provided are an epoxy resin composition including hexagonal boron nitride particles having an aspect ratio of 2 or more, a liquid crystalline epoxy monomer, and a curing agent, and the epoxy resin composition being capable of forming a resin matrix having a smectic domain by reacting the liquid crystalline epoxy monomer with the curing agent, and a thermally-conductive material precursor, a B-stage sheet, a prepreg, a heat dissipation material, a laminate, a metal substrate, and a printed circuit board, which use the epoxy resin composition.

Abstract: In a prediction device, an acquisition means acquires input data. A prediction means performs prediction based on elements included in the input data using a prediction model and generates a prediction result. A display control means generates a first display screen indicating the prediction result, based on the input data and the prediction result. Here, the first display screen includes a graph showing the prediction result generated for each unit time period over a predetermined time period, and a value of each element of the input data acquired for each unit time period. Also, the first display screen displays the value of each element of the input data in such a manner that an element used for the prediction and an element not used for the prediction are distinguished from each other.

Abstract: An analysis method includes: obtaining n×m pieces of map data by repeating, m times, a map measurement in which n pieces of map data are obtained by scanning a specimen with a primary probe to detect electrons emitted from the specimen with an electron spectrometer, while measurement energy ranges of an analyzer are varied; and generating a spectral map in which a position on the specimen is associated with a spectrum based on the n×m pieces of map data, the measurement energy ranges of m times of the map measurement not overlapping each other.

Abstract: A primer for forming a primer layer on the surface of a substrate having surface free energy of 50 mN/m or higher, the primer including a liquid crystalline epoxy compound and a curing agent.