Abstract: Provided is an efficient method for attaching a tissue section. In the invention, one of problems is solved by changing attachment conditions of the tissue section depending on an organ from which the tissue section is derived. A technique of achieving good adhesiveness between a microscope slide and a section by introducing unevenness on a front surface of the microscope slide using reactive ion etching as one of the attachment conditions is provided. Further, a technique of optimizing the attachment of the section using a machine learning technique or the like is provided.

Abstract: When a process of writing an update program distributed from a management center ends normally during a program update process, a communication adapter executes a restart process by the update program, while retaining a program executed before the program update process. A process of verifying communication between the communication adapter and the management center is automatically executed in a state in which the update program is in execution. When the communication is normal, the program update process is ended.

Abstract: A hot water supply system includes a hot water supply device which can be connected to an external communication network via a communication repeater, and a server. The server obtains, in pairing processing of associating a mobile terminal device which can remotely control the hot water supply device with the hot water supply device, identification information of a communication repeater to which the mobile terminal device is connected, and stores the identification information along with pairing information. Besides, the server performs control to determine conditions of the remote control based on whether the identification information of the communication repeater stored in association with the hot water supply device being a remote operation destination matches identification information of the communication repeater received from the mobile terminal device in the communication, when the communication of the remote control is received from the mobile terminal device.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of preparing a biological tissue sample and a method of observing a biological tissue section sample that enable stereoscopic observation of a biological tissue easily and rapidly without destroying a biological tissue piece. The method of observing a biological tissue sample according to the invention is a method in which stereoscopic morphology of a biological tissue sample is observed, and the method includes: cutting out a sample having a thickness of 15 to 50 ?m from a sample block obtained by fixing, dehydrating, and paraffin-embedding a sample cut out from a biological tissue; transferring the sample to a surface-treated slide glass; stretching the sample on the slide glass; performing deparaffinization processing; then, staining the sample with a heavy metal-based staining agent; and observing the stained sample with a scanning electron microscope.

Abstract: In a communication system, a management server stores information about a hot water systems for each hot water system on the basis of individual identification information, and stores the individual identification information of a plurality of identification target machines for each hot water system. When the individual identification information of the plurality of identification target machines is received from a relay device, the management server collates the received individual identification information with the stored individual identification information.

Abstract: When a process of writing an update program distributed from a management center ends normally during a program update process, a communication adapter executes a restart process by the update program, while retaining a program executed before the program update process. A process of verifying communication between the communication adapter and the management center is automatically executed in a state in which the update program is in execution. When the communication is normal, the program update process is ended.

Abstract: A relay device and a hot water supply device are provided. A communication adapter downloads an update program for software update of the constituent devices of a hot water supply system from a management center via a communication network (the Internet). The downloaded update program is stored in a storage part in the communication adapter. When there is more than one software update target device, the communication adapter sequentially selects one of the target devices and sequentially transmits the update program stored in the storage part to the devices one by one via a communication line.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of preparing a biological tissue sample and a method of observing a biological tissue section sample that enable stereoscopic observation of a biological tissue easily and rapidly without destroying a biological tissue piece. The method of observing a biological tissue sample according to the invention is a method in which stereoscopic morphology of a biological tissue sample is observed, and the method includes: cutting out a sample having a thickness of 15 to 50 ?m from a sample block obtained by fixing, dehydrating, and paraffin-embedding a sample cut out from a biological tissue; transferring the sample to a surface-treated slide glass; stretching the sample on the slide glass; performing deparaffinization processing; then, staining the sample with a heavy metal-based staining agent; and observing the stained sample with a scanning electron microscope.

Abstract: To curb deterioration of user convenience due to software update of a water warmer in a communication system between a management server and the water warmer through a relay device. A communication adaptor executes first communication for inquiring of the water warmer whether or not software update accompanying writing of an update program is capable of being started. The water warmer gives a notification for obtaining a user's consent to occurrence of an unavailable period of the water warmer due to the software update in response to the first communication, and executes second communication on the communication adaptor in a case in which the user's consent is obtained with respect to the notification. The communication adaptor transmits the update program received from a server to the water warmer in response to the second communication, and the water warmer executes the software update using the received update program.

Abstract: A hot water supply system includes a hot water supply device which can be connected to an external communication network via a communication repeater, and a server. The server obtains, in pairing processing of associating a mobile terminal device which can remotely control the hot water supply device with the hot water supply device, identification information of a communication repeater to which the mobile terminal device is connected, and stores the identification information along with pairing information. Besides, the server performs control to determine conditions of the remote control based on whether the identification information of the communication repeater stored in association with the hot water supply device being a remote operation destination matches identification information of the communication repeater received from the mobile terminal device in the communication, when the communication of the remote control is received from the mobile terminal device.

Abstract: To curb deterioration of user convenience due to software update of a water warmer in a communication system between a management server and the water warmer through a relay device. A communication adaptor executes first communication for inquiring of the water warmer whether or not software update accompanying writing of an update program is capable of being started. The water warmer gives a notification for obtaining a user's consent to occurrence of an unavailable period of the water warmer due to the software update in response to the first communication, and executes second communication on the communication adaptor in a case in which the user's consent is obtained with respect to the notification. The communication adaptor transmits the update program received from a server to the water warmer in response to the second communication, and the water warmer executes the software update using the received update program.

Abstract: A relay device and a hot water supply device are provided. A communication adapter downloads an update program for software update of the constituent devices of a hot water supply system from a management center via a communication network (the Internet). The downloaded update program is stored in a storage part in the communication adapter. When there is more than one software update target device, the communication adapter sequentially selects one of the target devices and sequentially transmits the update program stored in the storage part to the devices one by one via a communication line.

Abstract: A steering control device capable of suppressing a reduction in reliability even in the case where the redundancy of the power source is increased is provided. A steering ECU includes two control systems in which different external power sources are connected to two drive circuits. The low potential sides of the drive circuits and the low potential sides of the corresponding external power sources are independently connected to each other via power source ground lines for the two control systems. The low potential sides of the drive circuits are connected to each other via an internal ground. Two current detection circuits are provided between the power source ground lines and the internal ground to detect power source ground current values, respectively. The steering ECU includes microcomputers that detect a ground abnormality on the basis of the results of detection performed by the current detection circuits.

Abstract: A steering control device capable of suppressing a reduction in reliability even in the case where the redundancy of the power source is increased is provided. A steering ECU includes two control systems in which different external power sources are connected to two drive circuits. The low potential sides of the drive circuits and the low potential sides of the corresponding external power sources are independently connected to each other via power source ground lines for the two control systems. The low potential sides of the drive circuits are connected to each other via an internal ground. Two current detection circuits are provided between the power source ground lines and the internal ground to detect power source ground current values, respectively. The steering ECU includes microcomputers that detect a ground abnormality on the basis of the results of detection performed by the current detection circuits.

Abstract: Disclosed is image processing: that significantly reduces false images and missing images in reconstructed images, improves reconstruction accuracy; and that can be applied to objects to be observed that are composed of a plurality of components, and to samples having an unknown number of structural compositions.

Abstract: Disclosed is image processing: that significantly reduces false images and missing images in reconstructed images, improves reconstruction accuracy; and that can be applied to objects to be observed that are composed of a plurality of components, and to samples having an unknown number of structural compositions.

Abstract: Magnification errors are reduced in the required range of magnification in electric charged particle beam application apparatuses and critical dimension measurement instruments. To achieve this, a first image, whose magnification for the specimen is actually measured, is recorded, a second image, whose magnification for the specimen is unknown, is recorded, and the magnification of the second image for the first image is analyzed by using image analysis. Thereby, the magnification of the second image for the specimen is actually measured. Then, magnification is actually measured in the whole range of magnification by repeating the magnification analysis described above by taking the second image as the first image. Actually measuring the magnification of images for the specimen in the whole range of magnification and calibrating the same permits a reduction of magnification errors by a digit.

Abstract: A scanning transmission electron microscope for scanning a primary electron beam on a sample, detecting a transmitted electron from the sample by a detector, and forming an image of the transmitted electron. The scanning transmission electron microscope includes an electron-optics system which enables switching back the transmitted electron beam to the optical axis by a predetermined quantity, and a determining unit for determining the quantity based on a displacement of the transmitted electron with respect to the detector caused by the scanning of the primary electron beam.

Abstract: In a charged particle beam device and a specimen holder for the charged particle beam device each of which comprises a mechanism for blowing with a gas at least partially a specimen to be observed, the mechanism includes small flow rate gas spout openings arranged opposed to each other through the specimen with a small distance between the specimen and each of the small flow rate gas spout openings.