Abstract: A cognitive function evaluation device includes: an obtainment unit that obtains utterance data indicating a voice of an evaluatee uttering a sentence as instructed; a calculation unit that calculates, from the utterance data obtained by the obtainment unit, a feature based on the utterance data; an evaluation unit that compares the feature calculated by the calculation unit to reference data indicating a relationship between voice data indicating a voice of a person and a cognitive function of the person to evaluate the cognitive function of the evaluatee; and an output unit that outputs the sentence to be uttered by the evaluatee and outputs a result of evaluation by the evaluation unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that can reduce a trouble of confirming a job setting by a proxy executor. The information processing apparatus displays a first screen used for a chat between a requester and the proxy executor, displays a second screen for setting a job for an image forming apparatus in performing a first operation during display of the first screen, and transmits information indicating a setting performed on the second screen to an external server to generate a setting information package of the job set on the second screen in performing a second operation during display of the second screen. The proxy executor is set by an operation on the second screen. A notification showing that the proxy execution becomes possible is transmitted from the external server to the proxy executor when information indicating the setting on the second screen includes information indicating that the proxy executor is set.

Abstract: An electronic device include a housing, a flexible display capable of being slid into the housing and being slid out of the housing, a memory configured to store instructions, and a processor operably coupled with the flexible display. The processor is configured to, when the instructions are executed, display a user interface including sets of information in a display area of the flexible display exposed out of the housing. The processor is configured to, when the instructions are executed, receive a user input for changing size of the display area from first size to second size smaller than the first size, while displaying the user interface including the sets of the information.

Abstract: In a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method for processing a substrate by a processing fluid in a supercritical state in a processing space in a chamber, a heater for heating inside of the chamber below the substrate is arranged in the chamber, the substrate is carried into the processing space and heating by the heater is performed, the process fluid is supplied into the processing space and discharged from the processing space after the processing space is filled with the processing fluid in the supercritical state. The heating is stopped for a predetermined period from a time of introducing the processing fluid in the supercritical state into the processing space. While keeping inside the chamber a temperature suitable for a super-critical process, a temperature change causing a turbulence can be suppressed and the super-critical process to the substrate can be performed properly.

Abstract: A support plate can be disposed close to a display screen without having to provide a latching mechanism to the support plate, a push button device can be easily attached and detached, and the fixing of the push button device can be carried out simultaneously with the locking of the flexible wiring. There are provided a push button device that is inserted into an opening in a transparent plate 50 from the front side, and an annular lock plate that is disposed on the back side of the transparent plate and is fitted to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device from the back side. The outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device and the inner peripheral portion of the lock plate have snap-fit structures that are fixed to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part by rotating the lock plate.

Abstract: An electronic control apparatus includes a first controller that is activated upon being fed with electric power through a first electric power feeding path, and a second controller that is fed with electric power through a second electric power feeding path. In the first electric power feeding path, there is provided a power supply switch that is turned on when a switch command is a connection command and turned off when the switch command is a cutoff command. The first controller transmits a state signal indicating whether it is in an activated state or a stopped state. The second controller diagnoses the power supply switch as being abnormal on condition that the state signal indicates the stopped state of the first controller when the switch command is the connection command or the state signal indicates the activated state of the first controller when the switch command is the cutoff command.

Abstract: An electric furnace with energy utilization efficiency at a low cost. In an electric furnace, a preheating chamber 2 with a melting chamber 1 is used to preheat iron scrap x, an exhaust gas generated in melting chamber 1 is passed through preheating chamber 2 filled with the iron scrap x to preheat the iron scrap x, the iron scrap x descends in the preheating chamber 2 to be supplied into melting chamber 1, and the iron scrap x is melted to obtain molten iron m. The iron scrap x is charged into preheating chamber 2 so that bulk density is not less than 0.50 t/m3 and less than 1.00 t/m3 and an iron scrap filling ratio HSC/HSF in the preheating chamber 2 is 0.5 to 0.8. A carbonaceous material is used for melting the iron scrap x, and oxygen and the carbonaceous material are blown into the melting chamber.

Abstract: An image system is provided by the present disclosure. The image system includes a display device displaying at least one floating image layer on a top surface of the display device and a frame disposed on the display device and partially exposing the top surface of the display device, wherein the frame has a height with reference to the top surface of the display device. The at least one floating image layer is aligned with a top surface of the frame in a direction parallel to a height direction of the frame.

Abstract: Articles and methods regarding abrasive articles that include antimicrobial properties and improved abrasive performance and comprise a first fiber element comprising a woven or non-woven material; and a second fiber element comprising metal, wherein the second fiber element comprises at least one self-interlocking arrangement.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a system for predicting disease contraction and a method for predicting disease contraction for predicting whether there is a possibility that an animal will contract a specific disease. The system for predicting disease contraction is provided with: a reception means for receiving information on the presence/absence of bacteria that belong to Fusobacteriaceae and/or Veillonellaceae in a sample collected from an animal; and an assessment means for performing predictive assessment regarding the possibility that the animal will contract keratoconjunctivitis sicca from the information, input to the reception means, on the presence/absence of bacteria that belong to Fusobacteriaceae and/or Veillonellaceae.

Abstract: An aromatic polysulfone having one or mom functional groups selected from the group consisting of an acidic group having a pKa equal to or smaller than a pKa of a carboxy group and a salt of the acidic group at a main chain terminal, in which the amount of the functional group, calculated from a peak area ratio in 1H-NMR, is 0.35 to 40 per 100 units of repeating units forming the main chain of the aromatic polysulfone.

Abstract: A route acquisition means acquires route information indicating a route on which a driver has driven a vehicle. A route assessment means carries out assessment of a degree of traveling danger in the route based on the route information acquired by the route acquisition means and road characteristics information of roads in the route on which the vehicle travels. A driver evaluation means evaluates driver characteristics of the driver based on a result of the assessment of the route carried out by the route assessment means.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing a fluorinated organic compound, the method being capable of removing a sulfur-containing substance to a high degree, or provide a composition containing a fluorinated organic compound with a low content of a sulfur-containing substance. The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a fluorinated organic compound (pf), the method comprising: [A] reaction step A of fluorinating an organic sulfur compound (ss) with a fluorinating agent to obtain a composition (?) containing a fluorinated organic compound (pf); and [B] post-treatment step B of reacting the composition (?) with a nucleophile at a temperature of 40° C. or higher.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sheet having a closed cell layer and, in particular, to an eco-friendly sheet including a plurality of closed cells formed on an eco-friendly resin film, and a print portion on which a predetermined image is printed. The sheet according to the present invention may be prevented from deforming or breaking even from external shocks or severe external environmental conditions, may improve the shape retention of closed cells, the elastic retention of closed cells, and the shape urability of the sheet, may be distinguished due to printing of a specific image, and may have environment-friendly advantages.

Abstract: In an insulation resistance detection apparatus, a voltage determiner determines whether a detection voltage, which has changed by at least a preset value, becomes stable at around a changed voltage value. A resistance determiner determines a value of an insulation resistance between a ground portion and a power-supply path based on a currently sampled value of the detection voltage instead of a moving average in response to determination that the detection voltage, which has changed by at least the preset value, becomes stable at around the changed voltage value.

Abstract: An illumination device (10) is attached to a gaming machine island including a plurality of gaming machines (40), and comprises LEDs (21a) that emit light, light guide plates (20), a rotating body (23), a plate-shaped member (24), a motor (31), a lower case (13), and a control unit 17. A plurality of light guide plates 20 are attached to the plate-shaped member 24. The light guide plates 20 each have an end surface 20a on which the light emitted from the LEDs 21a is incident, and a flat surface 20b from which the incident light is emitted. The rotating body 23 and the plate-shaped member 24 hold an LED board 21 and the light guide plates 20. The motor 31 rotates the rotating body 23 in the desired direction. The lower case 13 is provided with the motor 31, is connected to the rotating body 23 and the plate-shaped member 24 in a relatively rotatable state, and is installed on a gaming machine island that includes gaming machines 40.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for obtaining image information of an organism including a set of optical data; calculating a growth index based on the set of optical data; and calculating an anticipated harvest time based on the growth index, where the image information includes at least one of: (a) visible image data obtained from an image sensor and non-visible image data obtained from the image sensor, and (b) a set of image data from at least two image capture devices, where the at least two image capture devices capture the set of image data from at least two positions.

Abstract: A battery system includes a plurality of battery modules and a control apparatus. The battery includes a battery group that includes two or more battery modules including battery units and battery monitoring units. The battery monitoring units of the battery modules being connected to each other via a communication line. The battery modules perform wired communication via the communication line. The battery group further includes a wireless receiving unit and a wireless transmitting unit. The wireless receiving unit wirelessly receives a command signal transmitted from the control apparatus. The wireless transmitting unit wirelessly transmits, to the control apparatus, a data signal including module identification information differing for each battery module. In the battery group, the wireless receiving unit is provided in a single battery module of the battery modules and the wireless transmitting unit is provided in a single battery module of the battery modules.

Abstract: [Solving Means] A traffic control device according to an embodiment of the present invention is a traffic control device that controls a traffic light installed on a route of a vehicle running on the basis of an operation diagram, including: an acquisition unit; a determination unit; and a signal generation unit. The acquisition unit acquires, from the vehicle, vehicle information including information regarding the operation diagram and a current position of the vehicle. The determination unit calculates, on the basis of the vehicle information, an estimated time of arrival at the traffic light, and determines whether or not the estimated time is on a scheduled time. The signal generation unit generates, where it is determined that the estimated time is delayed from the scheduled time, a control signal for causing the traffic light to execute signal control for preferentially causing the vehicle to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A sound editing device includes at least one processor that is configured to execute a first receiving unit configured to receive a first audio signal, a second receiving unit configured to receive a second audio signal, and an estimation unit configured to estimate effect information that reflects an effect to be applied to the first audio signal, from the first and second audio signals, by using a trained model indicating an input-output relationship between first and second input audio signals and output effect information that reflects an effect to be applied to the first input audio signal.