Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate includes: forming a resist underlayer film directly or indirectly on a substrate by applying a composition for forming a resist underlayer film; forming a resist pattern directly or indirectly on the resist underlayer film; and performing etching using the resist pattern as a mask. The composition includes: a compound including a nitro group; and a solvent. The compound is a polymer including a repeating unit which includes a nitro group and an aromatic ring, an aromatic ring-containing compound including a nitro group and an aromatic ring, and having a molecular weight of 600 or more and 3,000 or less, or a combination thereof. A content of the compound in the composition relative to total components other than the solvent in the composition is 10% by mass or more.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate, includes applying a composition for forming a resist underlayer film directly or indirectly to a substrate to form a resist underlayer film. The composition for forming a resist underlayer film includes: a polymer including a repeating unit represented by formula (1); and a solvent. Ar1 is a divalent group having an aromatic ring structure having 5 to 40 ring atoms, Z is a divalent group having an alicyclic structure having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and at least one of Ar1 or Z comprises at least one group selected from the group consisting of a group represented by formula (2-1) and a group represented by formula (2-2). R7 is each independently a divalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a single bond, and * is a bond with another structure in the polymer.

Abstract: In a control apparatus, an acquisition unit receives, from a mobile object, a malfunction occurrence trigger indicative of an occurrence of at least one malfunction in driving assistance of the mobile object, and acquires, from the mobile object, in response to reception of the malfunction occurrence trigger, traveling-related information related to traveling of the mobile object. A control unit is configured to transmit, to an external device, malfunction information upon determination that a predetermined non-transmission requirement is not satisfied based on the traveling-related information, the malfunction information including positional information on the mobile object as malfunction positional information. The control unit is configured not to transmit, to the external device, the malfunction information upon determination that the predetermined non-transmission requirement is satisfied based on the traveling-related information.

Abstract: An application program quality verification system verifies the quality of the application program delivered to an on-board device from the application program distribution device. The system includes: a comparison unit that compares operational signals of the application program with comparison targets, a normal operation determination unit that determines whether the application program can operate normally based on the comparison results of the comparison unit, a practical use determination unit that determines whether the application program can be practically used based on the determination results of the normal operation determination unit, and a practical use control unit that allows the application program to be practically used when the practical use determination unit determines that the application program can be practically used.

Abstract: In a steering wheel unit, when any one of electrostatic capacitances measured by a capacitance measurer while a self capacitance detection mode is set by a mode switcher is equal to or larger than a first threshold value, it is determined that the operator's hand is in contact with a rim at a position that overlaps at least one of electrodes. When the electrostatic capacitance is equal to or larger than a second threshold value, which is smaller than a first threshold value, and smaller than the first threshold value, the mode is switched to the mutual capacitance detection mode. After the switching, when an electrostatic capacitance newly measured in the mutual capacitance detection mode is equal to or larger than a third threshold value, it is determined that the operator's hand is in contact with the rim at a position that overlaps a gap between the electrodes.

Abstract: Provided is an overtube with improved insertability of a distal end side of the overtube into a digestive tract. An overtube includes a supply and discharge port for supplying and discharging a fluid, a first region that is located on a distal end side with respect to the supply and discharge port and includes an outer tube, an inner tube, and a shape-deformable body, and a second region that is located on the distal end side with respect to the first region and includes the outer tube and the inner tube. The first region is switchable between a first state in which the fluid is supplied to a tube inner space between the outer tube and the inner tube via the supply and discharge port and a second state that is stiffer than the first state and in which the fluid is discharged, and the second region is softer than the second state of the first region.

Abstract: A map information system manages map information stored in a storage unit in a vehicle. The map information system includes an information generation unit that generates matching information indicating that periphery information, which is detected by a periphery detection sensor mounted on the vehicle, and the map information match each other when a difference between the periphery information and the map information is within an allowable range. The information generation unit does not generate difference information indicating that the periphery information and the map information do not match when the difference is out of the allowable range.

Abstract: Provided are a flexible tube for an endoscope, the flexible tube having a flexible tube base made of metal, a resin cover layer that covers an outer periphery of the flexible tube base, and a primer layer that includes a silane coupling agent with a specific structure having an amino group and that is disposed between the flexible tube base and the resin cover layer, in which the resin cover layer includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyamides, polyesters, and polyolefins on a side of the resin cover layer in contact with the primer layer, an endoscopic medical device including the flexible tube for an endoscope, a method for producing the flexible tube for an endoscope, and a method for producing the endoscopic medical device.

Abstract: Provided are a flexible tube for an endoscope, the flexible tube having a flexible tube base containing metal as a constituent material, a resin cover layer that covers an outer periphery of the flexible tube base, and a primer layer that includes a specific silane coupling agent and that is disposed between the flexible tube base and the resin cover layer, in which the resin cover layer includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyamides, polyesters, polyurethanes, and polyolefins at least on a side of the resin cover layer in contact with the primer layer, an endoscopic medical device including the flexible tube for an endoscope, a method for producing the flexible tube for an endoscope, and a method for producing the endoscopic medical device.

Abstract: A guide tube of the embodiment includes a long tube main body to be inserted into a body, and a handle part provided on a proximal end side of the tube main body, in which the handle part includes an inner sheath to which a proximal end part of the tube main body is connected and a protection sheath externally inserted into the inner sheath, and the inner sheath includes a port part for supplying and discharging a fluid to and from the tube main body.

Abstract: By a map update system, an in-vehicle device, or a server, it is determined whether a failure is in vehicle control executed by a vehicle controller configured to control behavior of a vehicle using map information stored in a storage mounted on the vehicle. Further, the map update system or the server, it is determined to whether to update the map information.

Abstract: A map data delivery system in which map data is delivered from a map data delivery apparatus to an onboard apparatus is provided. The map data delivery system collates target information of a target object included in the map data and target information of a target object acquired by an autonomous sensor mounted in a vehicle on a per-target basis. The map data delivery system determines quality of the map data based on the collation result regarding the target information. The map data delivery system determines validity of the map data based on the determination result regarding the quality of the map data. The map data delivery system permits validity of the map data in response to the map data being determined to be valid.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate, including: applying a composition for forming a resist underlayer film directly or indirectly to a substrate to form a resist underlayer film directly or indirectly on the substrate; forming a resist pattern directly or indirectly on the resist underlayer film; and performing etching using the resist pattern as a mask. The composition for forming a resist underlayer film contains: a polymer having a repeating unit represented by formula (1) and a solvent. Ar1 is a divalent group including an aromatic ring having 5 to 40 ring atoms; and R0 is a monovalent group including an aromatic ring having 5 to 40 ring atoms and includes at least one group selected from the group consisting of groups represented by formula (2-1) and groups represented by formula (2-2).

Abstract: A composition includes: a polymer including a repeating unit represented by formula (1); and a solvent. In the formula (1), Ar1 is a divalent group including an aromatic ring having 10 to 40 ring atoms; and R0 is a monovalent group including a heteroaromatic ring which includes a sulfur atom as a ring-forming atom.

Abstract: A composition includes: a polymer including a repeating unit represented by formula (1); and a solvent. In the formula (1), Ar1 is a divalent group including an aromatic ring having 5 to 40 ring atoms; and R0 is a group represented by formula (1-1) or (1-2). In the formulas (1-1) and (1-2), X1 and X2 are each independently a group represented by formula (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv); * is a bond with the carbon atom in the formula (1); and Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring having 6 to 20 ring atoms that forms a fused ring structure together with the two adjacent carbon atoms in the formulas (1-1) and (1-2).

Abstract: A medical instrument guide device includes a tube main body (606) that includes an outer tube (602) having flexibility and an inner tube (604) having flexibility and being arranged inside the outer tube (602), and a shape deformable body (612) that is provided between the outer tube (602) and the inner tube (604) and is deformable along a shape of the tube main body (606).

Abstract: An input apparatus includes at least one operating area on an operating surface, at least one first sensing electrode corresponding to the operating area, a plurality of electrodes around the first sensing electrode, and a control unit configured to, when contact of an operating body with the operating area is detected by the first sensing electrode, make control different according to a contact operation on the one operating area according to a sum of capacitance values of electrodes of the plurality of peripheral electrodes around the operating area where the contact of the operating body is detected.

Abstract: A vehicle cargo compartment structure includes a first side trim and a second side trim that include a first projecting portion and a second projecting portion receiving a cargo floor board thereon. The first side trim further includes a first upper support portion above the first projecting portion and a first lower support portion under the first projecting portion. The first upper support portion supports a first end of a cargo cover assembly in a first state and includes a first upper opposite surface that is opposite the first end in the first state. The first lower support portion supports the first end in a second state and includes a first lower opposite surface that is opposite the first end in the second state. The first lower opposite surface is more to a vehicular exterior side in the vehicular width direction compared to the first upper opposite surface.

Abstract: Provided are a flexible tube for an endoscope, the flexible tube having good elasticity, good flexibility, and sufficient chemical resistance, an endoscopic medical device including the flexible tube for an endoscope, a method for producing the flexible tube for an endoscope, and a method for producing the endoscopic medical device. The flexible tube for an endoscope has a flexible-tube base that is tubular and that has flexibility and a polymer cover layer covering the flexible-tube base. The flexible-tube base has a spiral tube made of a metal strip and a tubular mesh member covering the spiral tube and made of braided metal wires, the tubular mesh member has a porosity of 2% to 10%, and the flexible tube has, between the flexible-tube base and the polymer cover layer, a primer layer including a silane coupling agent.

Abstract: An input apparatus includes at least one operating area on an operating surface, at least one first sensing electrode corresponding to the operating area, a plurality of electrodes around the first sensing electrode, and a control unit configured to, when contact of an operating body with the operating area is detected by the first sensing electrode, make control different according to a contact operation on the one operating area according to a sum of capacitance values of electrodes of the plurality of peripheral electrodes around the operating area where the contact of the operating body is detected.