Abstract: A ferrite composition includes a main component and an accessory component. The main component includes 43.0 to 51.0 mol % of iron oxide in terms of Fe2O3, 5.0 to 15.0 mol % of copper oxide in terms of CuO, 1.0 to 24.9 mol % of zinc oxide in terms of ZnO, and a remaining part of nickel oxide. The accessory component includes 0.2 to 3.0 pts. wt. of silicon compound in terms of SiO2, 3.0 to 8.0 pts. wt. of cobalt compound in terms of Co3O4 (excluding 3.0 pts. wt.), and 0.2 to 8.0 pts. wt. of bismuth compound in terms of Bi2O3 with respect to 100 pts. wt. of the main component.

Abstract: A transistor includes a multilayer film in which an oxide semiconductor film and an oxide film are stacked, a gate electrode, and a gate insulating film. The multilayer film overlaps with the gate electrode with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween. The multilayer film has a shape having a first angle between a bottom surface of the oxide semiconductor film and a side surface of the oxide semiconductor film and a second angle between a bottom surface of the oxide film and a side surface of the oxide film. The first angle is acute and smaller than the second angle. Further, a semiconductor device including such a transistor is manufactured.

Abstract: A forming apparatus includes a substrate holder having a plurality of chucking regions that chuck a lower surface of the substrate and configured to hold the substrate by chucking the substrate with the plurality of chucking regions, and a controller configured to control execution of a forming process and independently control a chucking force of each of the plurality of chucking regions. The controller controls a chucking force of each of the plurality of chucking regions in a mold separation step so as to make a final mold separation point, at which the mold finally separates from the composition, coincide with a center of a pattern surface of the mold.

Abstract: There is provided with a method. A cardia and a pylorus of a stomach of a patient is blocked. The stomach is inflated. The stomach is secured within an abdominal cavity of the patient.

Abstract: A ferrite composition includes a main component that includes more than 44.0 mol % to 50.0 mol % or less of an Fe compound, 5.5 to 14.0 mol % of a Cu compound, 4.0 to 39.0 mol % of a Zn compound, and a balance of less than 40.0 mol % of a Ni compound. The ferrite composition further includes a subcomponent that includes, with respect to 100 parts by weight of the main component, more than 3.0 parts by weight to 13.0 parts by weight or less of an Si compound, more than 2.0 parts by weight to 10.0 parts by weight or less of a Co compound, and 0.25 to 5.00 parts by weight of a Bi compound. A weight ratio of the content of the Co compound to the content of the Si compound is 0.4 to 2.9.

Abstract: A vehicle control device 10 is provided with: a preceding vehicle detecting unit 123 which detects an amount of change in a lateral direction, with respect to a lane in which a vehicle is traveling, of a preceding vehicle traveling in front of the vehicle; and a steering control unit 124 which, if the detected amount of change is less than a prescribed amount, performs tracking control to control the steering of the vehicle in such a way that the vehicle tracks to the lateral position, within the lane, of the preceding vehicle, and stops the tracking control if the detected amount of change is equal to or greater than the prescribed amount.

Abstract: A plunger pump, comprising: a liquid tank; a pump body including a liquid storage part, a suction passage configured to allow communication between the liquid storage part and the liquid tank and a discharge passage configured to discharge a liquid in the liquid storage part to outside; and a plunger reciprocally movably supported in the pump body so that a tip reaches the liquid storage part. The suction passage includes a first suction passage, the tip of the plunger being reciprocally slidably inserted into the first suction passage, and a second suction passage provided in parallel to the first suction passage, and a check valve configured to allow only a flow of the liquid from the liquid tank to the liquid storage space is disposed in the second suction passage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin particle dispersion containing core/shell-type resin particles (A), a glycol ether (B) and water, in which a core portion resin of the core/shell-type resin particles (A) contains a constitutional unit derived from a (meth)acrylic acid ester containing a hydrocarbon group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms in an amount of not less than 40% by mass on the basis of constitutional units constituting the core portion resin, and an acid value of the core/shell-type resin particles (A) is 50 to 100 mgKOH/g; and in which a hydrocarbon group in an ether moiety of the glycol ether (B) has 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and a content of the glycol ether (B) in the resin particle dispersion is not less than 2.8% by mass. The resin particle dispersion according to the present invention can be used as an aqueous ink that is excellent in storage stability and substrate-adhesion properties.

Abstract: A steering control device 10 is equipped with: a first specification unit 121 for specifying an expected travel position where a vehicle is expected to travel in the traffic lane in which the vehicle is travelling; a second specification unit 122 for specifying information about the weight of the vehicle; an adjustment unit 123 for adjusting the expected travel position in the vehicle-widthwise direction on the basis of the expected travel position of the vehicle and the weight information; and a steering control unit 124 for controlling steering on the basis of the adjusted expected travel position.

Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes an element body including a plurality of metal magnetic particles, and a plurality of coil conductors. The plurality of coil conductors is disposed in the element body. The plurality of coil conductors is separated from each other in a predetermined direction and electrically connected to each other. The plurality of coil conductors includes one pair of side surfaces opposing each other in the predetermined direction. Surface roughness of the one pair of side surfaces is less than 40% of an average particle size of the plurality of metal magnetic particles.

Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes an element body and a plurality of coil conductors. The element body includes a plurality of metal magnetic particles and resin existing between the plurality of metal magnetic particles. The plurality of coil conductors is disposed in the element body, the plurality of coil conductors being separated from each other in a predetermined direction and electrically connected to each other. The plurality of metal magnetic particles included in the element body includes a plurality of metal magnetic particles having a particle size equal to or greater than one third of a distance between the coil conductors adjacent to each other in the predetermined direction and equal to or less than a half of the distance. Between the coil conductors adjacent to each other in the predetermined direction, the metal magnetic particles having the particle size are distributed along the predetermined direction.

Abstract: A processing system comprising a first imaging system configured to capture a first image based on a terahertz wave from an inspection target, a second imaging system configured to capture a second image of the inspection target based on an electromagnetic wave of a wavelength different from the terahertz wave, and a processor configured to process the first image and the second image, wherein the processor detects an inspection region based on the second image and processes information of a region of the first image corresponding to the inspection region.

Abstract: A movable body includes an imaging system which acquires an image formed by a terahertz wave, wherein the image is an image obtained by capturing an inspection object inside the movable body.

Abstract: A camera system is provided. The camera system is arranged to form a part of a monitoring system arranged in a place of a facility where an inspection object lines up. The camera system comprises an imaging system configured to acquire an image formed by a terahertz wave reflected by the inspection object.

Abstract: A ferrite composition includes a main component and a sub-component. The main component includes 10.0 to 38.0 mol % of a Fe compound in terms of Fe2O3, 3.0 to 11.0 mol % of a Cu compound in terms of CuO, 39.0 to 80.0 mol % (excluding 39.0 mol %) of a Zn compound in terms of ZnO, and a balance of a Ni compound. The sub-component includes 10.0 to 23.0 parts by weight of a Si compound in terms of SiO2, 0 to 3.0 parts by weight (including 0 parts by weight) of a Co compound in terms of Co3O4, and 0.1 to 3.0 parts by weight of a Bi compound in terms of Bi2O3 with respect to 100 parts by weight of the main component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink-jet printing method using a water-based ink containing a rutile-type titanium oxide and a polymer dispersant, in which the polymer dispersant contains a constitutional unit derived from an anionic group-containing monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and the like in an amount of not less than 72% by mass; Mw of the polymer dispersant is from 3,000 to 50,000; and a content of the polymer dispersant in the water-based ink is from 1 to 7% by mass on the basis of the titanium oxide, said method including the step 1 of redispersing the water-based ink by a dispersing means and the step 2 of printing characters or images on a printing medium using the redispersed water-based ink.

Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes an element body having a multilayer structure including a first element body portion formed of a ferrite element body material, and a second element body portion laminated on the first element body portion and formed of a ferrite element body material having a composition different from the ferrite element body material forming the first element body portion, a multilayer coil having an axis parallel to a lamination direction of the element body, and a stress alleviation portion provided in an inner region of the multilayer coil when viewed from the lamination direction. In the multilayer coil component, the stress alleviation portion is provided in the inner region of the multilayer coil in which a stress tends to be concentrated to alleviate the stress in the inner region of the multilayer coil, and thereby occurrence of cracking in the element body can be suppressed.

Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam device which includes a storage unit that stores relationship information indicating a relationship between intensity or an intensity ratio of a charged particle signal obtained when a layer disposed on the sample is irradiated with the charged particle beam and a thickness of the layer; and a calculation unit that calculates the thickness of the layer as a thickness of the sample by using the relationship information and the intensity or the intensity ratio of the charged particle signal.

Abstract: An austenitic heat-resistant cast steel includes 0.1% to 0.6% by mass of C, 1.0% to 3.0% by mass of Si, 0.5% to 1.5% by mass of Mn, 0.05% by mass or less of P, 0.05% to 0.3% by mass of S, 9% to 16% by mass of Ni, 14% to 20% by mass of Cr, 0.1% to 0.2% by mass of N, and the balance of iron and inevitable impurities, in which a matrix structure of the austenitic heat-resistant cast steel is composed of austenite crystal grains, and a ferrite phase is dispersed and interposed between the austenite crystal grains so as to cover the austenite crystal grains.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first nitride semiconductor layer; a second nitride semiconductor layer having a greater band gap than the first nitride semiconductor layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode on the second nitride semiconductor layer apart from each other; a third nitride semiconductor layer, between the source electrode and the drain electrode, containing a p-type first impurity and serving as a gate; and a fourth nitride semiconductor layer, between the third nitride semiconductor layer and the drain electrode, containing a p-type second impurity, wherein the average carrier concentration of the fourth nitride semiconductor layer is lower than the average carrier concentration of the third nitride semiconductor layer.