Abstract: A corrosion-resistant member according to the present disclosure includes a substrate that is composed of an aluminum-oxide-based ceramic and a covering layer that is composed of an O—Al—C layer that is located on the substrate.

Abstract: Described herein are embodiments for improving search engine results of listings of For Sale Objects (FSOs). A search engine may be improved by implementing rules that resolve ambiguity between listings for different (FSOs) that match the same search inputs. An unsupervised machine learning module may evaluate candidate rules and identify improvements that may not be obvious to a human evaluator. An ecommerce site that combines the improved search engine with the unsupervised machine learning module may dynamically evaluate search results using different candidate rules and iteratively improve search results.

Abstract: Described herein are embodiments for assisting in creating a listing for a For Sale Object (FSO). An item name suggestion module receives seller input and provides suggested entries for the listing to help the seller describe the FSO more accurately and consistently. A hierarchical database provides a structure for ordering suggested entries, with the structure ordered based on scores. The scores are based on rules that relate item characteristics and take into account rankings of those item characteristics with respect to one another. Metadata tags that are used by the online merchandise platforms can be identified and included in the listing, even if a seller is not familiar with the metadata tags. The hierarchical database also connects or associates item characteristics in groups that describe specific FSO. The connections can help to optimize search results as the listing is completed by the seller.

Abstract: A corrosion-resistant member may include alumina ceramics containing ?-alumina and anorthite. The alumina ceramics may contain 0.4% by mass or more of Ca and Si in total in terms of CaO and SiO2, respectively, and a mass ratio of CaO/SiO2 may fall within a range of 0.5 to 2. Moreover, a ratio B/A of X-ray diffraction peak intensity B for (004) plane of the anorthite to X-ray diffraction peak intensity A for (104) plane of the ?-alumina in a surface of the alumina ceramics, may be 0.01 or more.

Abstract: A corrosion-resistant member may include alumina ceramics containing ?-alumina and anorthite. The alumina ceramics may contain 0.4% by mass or more of Ca and Si in total in terms of CaO and SiO2, respectively, and a mass ratio of CaO/SiO2 may fall within a range of 0.5 to 2. Moreover, a ratio B/A of X-ray diffraction peak intensity B for (004) plane of the anorthite to X-ray diffraction peak intensity A for (104) plane of the ?-alumina in a surface of the alumina ceramics, may be 0.01 or more.

Abstract: A corrosion-resistant member according to the present disclosure includes a substrate that is composed of an aluminum-oxide-based ceramic and a covering layer that is composed of an O—Al—C layer that is located on the substrate.

Abstract: A cordierite sintered body and a member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus are disclosed. The cordierite sintered body includes a crystal phase and an amorphous phase. The crystal phase includes a main crystal phase that essentially consists of cordierite crystal grains; and a sub crystal phase that includes sub crystal grains containing alumina, mullite or sapphirine. The amorphous phase contains calcium and is located at grain boundaries of the cordierite crystal grains and the sub crystal grains. A crystal phase proportion of the main crystal phase to the crystal phase (or total of the main crystal phase and the sub crystal phase) is 95% to 97.5% by mass or less. A crystal phase proportion of the sub crystal phase to the crystal phase is 2.5% to 5% by mass or less. The sintered body contains calcium by 0.4% to 0.6% by mass or less in terms of CaO.

Abstract: A cordierite sintered body and a member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus are disclosed. The cordierite sintered body includes a crystal phase and an amorphous phase. The crystal phase includes a main crystal phase that essentially consists of cordierite crystal grains; and a sub crystal phase that includes sub crystal grains containing alumina, mullite or sapphirine. The amorphous phase contains calcium and is located at grain boundaries of the cordierite crystal grains and the sub crystal grains. A crystal phase proportion of the main crystal phase to the crystal phase (or total of the main crystal phase and the sub crystal phase) is 95% to 97.5% by mass or less. A crystal phase proportion of the sub crystal phase to the crystal phase is 2.5% to 5% by mass or less. The sintered body contains calcium by 0.4% to 0.6% by mass or less in terms of CaO.

Abstract: A cordierite ceramic contains a main component having a composition including Mg of 12.6% by mass or more and 14.0% by mass or less in terms of an oxide, Al of 33.4% by mass or more and 34.4% by mass or less in terms of an oxide and Si of 52.0% by mass or more and 53.6% by mass or less in terms of an oxide, an accessory component having any one of Y, Yb, Er, and Ce in an amount of 4.5% by mass or more and 15.0% by mass or less in terms of an oxide based on 100% by mass of the main component, wherein cordierite, disilicate and spinel are present as crystal phases, a coefficient of thermal expansion of ?120 ppb/° C. to +120 ppb/° C., a four-point bending strength of 170 MPa or more, a low thermal expansion performance and an excellent mechanical strength.

Abstract: A time slot selection device is provided that can consider resource use states on its own and allocate time slots. The time slot selection device performs time slot allocation, based on data link identifiers that identify a group of data links specified by a path setup request, a time slot size that is information about a required band, and a required number that is the number of contiguous time slots required. In this time slot selection device, a resource allocation section performs time slot selection, based on the resource use state of each time slot. By the time slot selection with consideration given to the use state of each time slot in the group of data links, time slots to be used can be selected so that a maximum number of contiguous usable time slots will be left. Thus, it is possible to efficiently use resources.

Abstract: A node device in an optical transmission network where a manually set path and an ADP (autonomous decentralized protocol) set path coexist, wherein the manually set path is set by centralized control and the ADP set path is set by autonomous decentralized processing, the node device including: a label memory for storing at least first labels used for manually set paths and second labels used for ADP set paths, wherein the first and second labels previously defined before path setting; and a resource manager for setting a manually set path and an ADP set path by referring to contents stored in the label memory.

Abstract: This is invention is to provide a communication device, a network system, a path management method, and a program in which a state of a path which has been set can be recognized in a case where the path has been set by autonomous distributed control via an autonomous distributed control non-supporting device in a network including both an autonomous distributed control supporting device and an autonomous distributed control non-supporting device.

Abstract: An array substrate according to the invention includes an external terminal formed in the vicinity of an end portion of an insulating substrate so as to supply electric potential from the exterior to a driving circuit, a signal line monitoring terminal formed in parallel with the external terminal, a signal line branch terminal formed in such a way as to be connected to a signal line or to a signal line terminal, and an internal terminal associated with the signal line monitoring terminal, which is connected to the signal line monitoring terminal and connectable to a signal line branch terminal by an electrically conductive material and a bump of the driving circuit.

Abstract: A time slot selection device is provided that can consider resource use states on its own and allocate time slots. The time slot selection device performs time slot allocation, based on data link identifiers that identify a group of data links specified by a path setup request, a time slot size that is information about a required band, and a required number that is the number of contiguous time slots required. In this time slot selection device, a resource allocation section performs time slot selection, based on the resource use state of each time slot. By the time slot selection with consideration given to the use state of each time slot in the group of data links, time slots to be used can be selected so that a maximum number of contiguous usable time slots will be left. Thus, it is possible to efficiently use resources.

Abstract: Verification of the connectivity of a logical link can be accomplished even in a network including a plurality of nodes that are connected through data link(s) and a control channel between adjacent nodes. A node that is the start point of a logical link to be verified transmits a logical link verification request message, over a control channel, to a node that is the end point of the logical link to be verified, thereby notifying that a connectivity verification test will begin. Thereafter, the start-point node transmits a physical link verification message (verification data) over the logical link to be verified. When notified through the control channel that the test will begin, the end-point node carries out the connectivity verification test, based on whether or not it can receive the verification data through the logical link to be verified. The end-point node returns a test result message to the start-point node.

Abstract: An array substrate according to the invention includes an external terminal formed in the vicinity of an end portion of an insulating substrate so as to supply electric potential from the exterior to a driving circuit, a signal line monitoring terminal formed in parallel with the external terminal, a signal line branch terminal formed in such a way as to be connected to a signal line or to a signal line terminal, and an internal terminal associated with the signal line monitoring terminal, which is connected to the signal line monitoring terminal and connectable to a signal line branch terminal by an electrically conductive material and a bump of the driving circuit.

Abstract: An optical ring system having: a wavelength demultiplexer to which wavelength-multiplexed optical signal to be sent through an optical fiber from a previous node of multiple nodes is input and in which optical signal with each wavelength assigned to itself is demultiplexed; an optical ring device which is disposed in a predetermined node of the multiple nodes to the each wavelength assigned and which is composed of a failure existence judging part which terminates an overhead of each optical signal with a wavelength demultiplexed by the wavelength demultiplexer and judges whether a failure occurs in regard to a wavelength in a previous section through which optical signal with the assigned wavelength is sent, and a switching part which, when the failure existence judging means determines the occurrence of failure, selects a path that allows optical signal with the wavelength to be transmitted to the previous node while avoiding the previous section incurring the failure; and a wavelength multiplexer which mul

Abstract: The IP addresses of network elements are generated based on the ID numbers of nodes within a network having a predetermined configuration. After producing the configuration information including an interconnection relationship among the network elements, the respective IP addresses are determined such that the ID number of each node is used to determine an IP address of each network element according to the interconnection relationship between the node and the network element. A node IP address is determined based on the ID number of the node, and another IP address of each of the network elements other than the nodes is determined based on the sum of the total number of nodes and the ID number of the node.

Abstract: In a ring network system comprising a plurality of nodes, each node is provided with a node information table which is logically divided into node areas each corresponding to a single node within the ring network. Each node collects node information stored in the node information tables of the two adjacent nodes by regularly accessing the node information tables of those nodes, and updates the contents of its own node information table. As a result of the above information collecting operation that is performed by each node, all the node information can be stored in the node information table of each node.