Abstract: A recording medium processing apparatus includes: first teeth to be used in a process of binding a recording medium bundle; second teeth to be moved toward the first teeth to press the recording medium bundle positioned between the first teeth and the second teeth; and a moving unit that includes a screw moving unit that moves the second teeth with respect to the first teeth by rotating a screw in a circumferential direction, the screw being meshed with an interlocking portion interlocked with the second teeth. A moving speed of the second teeth being moved by the moving unit is varied.

Abstract: A recording material processing apparatus includes: first teeth that are used for binding processing of a recording material bundle; second teeth configured to move toward the first teeth and to press the recording material bundle positioned between the first teeth and the second teeth; a first metal block configured to support the first teeth; and a second metal block configured to support the second teeth.

Abstract: A respiration information estimation device includes a specific region setting unit that sets a specific region and a motion vector calculation point as a point as a reference of a motion vector based on an image including an upper body of an object person, a motion vector calculation unit that calculates the motion vector from a movement amount of the motion vector calculation point in each of the images captured consecutively, a respiration reference axis calculation unit that calculates a respiration reference axis from a respiration central point and the motion vector calculation point, a respiration signal calculation unit that calculates a respiration signal from a component of the motion vector in a direction of the respiration reference axis, and a respiration information calculation unit that calculates a respiration information estimation result, as a result of estimating a body motion caused by the respiration, from the respiration signal.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes a housing having an opening, an openable and closable cover disposed over the opening, a sealing member disposed around the opening such that the sealing member is held between the housing and the cover when the cover is closed, at least one first vibration sensor to measure mechanical vibration of the cover, and a degradation determiner to determine whether any degradation occurs in the sealing member. The degradation determiner determines whether any degradation occurs in the sealing member on the basis of the mechanical vibration measured by the at least one first vibration sensor while the cover is closed.

Abstract: Provided are an inorganic substance powder-filled resin composition having uniform dispersibility of inorganic substance powder and providing stable mechanical properties after forming even when the inorganic substance powder is highly filled and a formed article using the inorganic substance powder-filled resin composition. Provided is an inorganic substance powder-filled resin composition including a thermoplastic resin and inorganic substance powder in a mass ratio of 50:50 to 10:90, in which a neutralized product of a polymer made of 50% by mole to 100% by mole of an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid and 0% by mole to 50% by mole of another monomer as constitutional units is added. A formed body is prepared using this inorganic substance powder-filled resin composition.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy bare material for a member to be brazed by flux-free brazing to a brazing sheet including a brazing material formed of an aluminum alloy that includes 3.00 to 13.00 mass % of Si and less than 0.10 mass % (including 0 mass %) of Mg with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, in which the aluminum alloy bare material for the member to be brazed is formed of an aluminum alloy including 0.004 to 6.00 mass % of Zn and 0.004 to 3.00 mass % of Mg with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities. According to the present invention, aluminum alloy materials can be provided for members to be well brazed to the brazing sheet when an aluminum material is brazed by flux-free brazing.

Abstract: Provided is a system including a position acquisition unit that acquires a designated position; and an output control unit that causes an output unit to output cluster information based on a result of clustering target objects to be clustered by using a feature amount corresponding to each of the target objects, in which the target objects are a plurality of objects about a plurality of facilities, the cluster information being information on clusters to which objects about associated facilities belong, in which the facilities are associated with the position.

Abstract: A device for manufacturing a fiber assembly includes: a rotating body that has a cylindrical shape, and winds and holds a plurality of support sheets around an outer peripheral surface around a rotation axis of the rotating body; a plurality of supply nozzles arranged along a direction parallel to the rotation axis, the supply nozzles supplying a polymer material to be a material of fibers to the plurality of support sheets; a supply nozzle moving unit that relatively moves the plurality of supply nozzles in the direction parallel to the rotation axis of the rotating body, in which the rotating body is rotatable about the rotation axis to wind, on main surfaces of the plurality of support sheets, fibers obtained by naturally cooling or naturally drying the polymer material supplied from the plurality of supply nozzles, and the rotating body includes a plurality of guide members in an annular shape circumscribing the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body concentrically to regulate positions of the plur

Abstract: A hands-free apparatus includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: connect to a mobile phone to enable a hands-free telephone conversation; receive at least one data of outgoing call history data, incoming call history data, missed call history data, and phonebook data stored in the mobile phone; and execute synchronization permission checking processing to check whether transfer of the at least one data is permitted in the mobile phone before receiving the at least one data from the mobile phone.

Abstract: A fiber assembly includes, on a main surface of a support sheet subjected to a release treatment, a warp yarn group in which a plurality of warp yarns including a polymer material are arranged, and a weft yarn group in which a plurality of weft yarns including a polymer material are arranged. The warp yarn group and the weft yarn group form a plurality of first contact portion regions and a plurality of non-contact portion regions. Each of the plurality of first contact portion regions is a region in which at least one of the plurality of warp yarns is integrated with at least one of the plurality of weft yarns. Each of the plurality of warp yarns has a line width of 1 ?m to 10 ?m, inclusive, and each of the plurality of weft yarns has a line width of 1 ?m to 10 ?m, inclusive. At least one of the plurality of first contact portion regions has a fiber density higher than that of at least one of the plurality of non-contact portion regions.

Abstract: The present invention comprises: a cylindrical pipe (314) that has a cylindrical shape about an axis (O) extending in the horizontal direction and has a space internally extending in the direction of the axis (O); steam inlets (31, 32) which are provided at the bottom of the cylindrical pipe (314) and through which steam is introduced; a steam outlet (33) that is opened from an end of the cylindrical pipe (314) in the axis (O) direction toward the axis (O) direction for exhausting steam from the cylindrical pipe (314); and a moisture separation element (315) that is provided in the cylindrical pipe (314) between the steam inlets (31, 32) and the steam outlet (33) and has a plurality of vanes for separating moisture from steam by passing the steam through the vanes.

Abstract: A passenger boarding bridge includes: a rotunda rotatable about a vertical axis; a tunnel unit; a cab; a lifting/lowering mechanism; and a travel unit. A control method includes, at a time of docking the cab with an entrance of an aircraft: calculating relative positional information indicating a position of the entrance as seen from the cab when the travel unit is at a movement start position; calculating positional information of a destination position based on the movement start position and the relative positional information in a case where a distance from the movement start position to the destination position is less than a horizontal distance from the vertical axis to a center point of the travel unit; calculating a target travel angle; and controlling the travel unit such that a travel angle of the travel unit is kept to the target travel angle during traveling.

Abstract: A magnetostrictive material includes a FeGaSm alloy that is represented by Expression (1), Fe(100-x-y)GaxSmy??(1) (in Expression (1), x and y are respectively a content rate (at. %) of Ga and a content rate (at. %) of Sm, and satisfy that y?0.35x?4.2, y??x+20.1, and y??0.1x+2.1).

Abstract: A fiber sheet of the present disclosure includes: a first fiber layer including a plurality of first fibers, the plurality of first fibers comprising a thermoplastic polymer and arranged side by side in a first direction; a second fiber layer including a plurality of second fibers, the plurality of second fibers comprising a thermoplastic polymer and arranged side by side in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and disposed to face the first fiber layer; and a nanofiber layer including nanofibers, the nanofibers comprising any one of a thermoplastic polymer, a thermosetting polymer, a biodegradable polymer, and a biological polymer, the nanofiber layer disposed to be in contact with the first fiber layer and the second fiber layer, in which the nanofiber layer is heat-welded to the first fiber layer and the second fiber layer.

Abstract: A plurality of resistance-imparting portions (34A to 34E) are disposed adjacent to each other. A first contraction flow portion forming one of the resistance-imparting portions (34A to 34E) adjacent to each other is in communication with an enlarged diameter portion forming another resistance-imparting portion. First contraction flow portions (32AH to 32DH) forming the resistance-imparting portions (34A to 34E) adjacent to each other are disposed at different positions in a direction in which an outer frame member (31) extends.

Abstract: A hydrophobic treatment method is used in which at least one sheet filled with a gelled silicic acid is tilted at least two degrees with respect to a horizontal direction in a hydrophobizing solution, and the gelled silicic acid is hydrophobized. A manufacturing method for a sheet-like member is also used. The manufacturing method includes: a sol preparing step of adjusting the pH of a water glass aqueous solution to obtain a sol solution of silicic acid; an adding step of adding the sol solution to a fiber; a gel step of polymerizing and gelling the sol solution; a hydrophobic treatment step of hydrophobizing the gel with the hydrophobic treatment method; and a drying step of drying the hydrophobized gel.

Abstract: A tube plate of a heat exchanger includes a tube plate base material to which ends of a plurality of heat transfer tubes are fixed, a first backplate that covers a surface of the tube plate base material on a first tube chamber side, and a fastener that includes at least a shaft section and fixes the first backplate to the tube plate base material. The first backplate includes heat transfer tube insertion holes through which a plurality of heat transfer tubes are inserted, and an insertion hole through which the shaft section is loosely inserted. The first backplate is joined to an end section of a second partition wall on a first end side. The second partition wall, the first backplate, and the fastener are formed of a material having higher corrosion resistance than the tube plate base material.

Abstract: Provided is a culture medium including fibers aligned in one direction, and a method for producing the same. The culture medium includes: a substrate; a frame body that includes a first surface, a second surface opposite therefrom, and one or more through holes extending from the first surface through the second surface, and that is mounted to the substrate such that the first surface is opposed thereto; a plurality of aligned fibers interposed between the substrate and the first surface; and a bonding portion that bonds the substrate, the plurality of aligned fibers, and the frame body, wherein at least a part of the plurality of aligned fibers is exposed from a first opening that is formed in the first surface by the through hole.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a flow path device capable of suppressing an occurrence of air bubbles when a solution is introduced into a flow path. A fluidic device has a pair of substrates which are stacked in a thickness direction, one substrate including a flow path formed by being covered with the other substrate. The flow path includes a merging/branching portion which is surrounded by a contour which is configured to match each line segment connecting together apex positions of an equilateral triangle as viewed in the thickness direction or a contour parallel to each line segment and in which solution merges or branches. A valve which is configured to regulate flow of a fluid in the flow path is provided in at least two of the apex positions.

Abstract: A cell culture chip has a stack structure formed by sequentially stacking: a first electrode provided on a main surface of a first board; a first partition wall layer including a first main flow path, and a first inlet flow path and a first outlet flow path connected to the first main flow path; a planar mesh structure sheet used as a scaffolding material for cells; a second partition wall layer including a second main flow path, and a second inlet flow path and a second outlet flow path connected to the second main flow path; and a second electrode provided on a main surface of a second board, in which the planar mesh structure sheet is sandwiched between the first partition wall layer and the second partition wall layer, and, among aperture ratios of a surface of the planar mesh structure sheet facing the first partition wall layer, an aperture ratio of a portion facing the first main flow path is greater than an aperture ratios of portions facing the first inlet flow path and the first outlet flow path, an