Abstract: A method for producing a multilayer coil component includes forming, on a main face of a substrate, a first coil conductor extending along the main face having conductivity, forming a second coil conductor and a third coil conductor apart from each other in a direction in which the first coil conductor extends and each extending from the first coil conductor in a first direction orthogonal to the main face, and forming a fourth coil conductor electrically connected to an end of the second coil conductor opposite to the first coil conductor and extending along the main face. The forming the first coil conductor includes forming, on the main face, a first insulator layer provided with a first penetration portion having a shape corresponding to the first coil conductor and exposing a part of the main face, and forming, by plating, the first coil conductor in the first penetration portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a printed material having a high-definition uneven pattern including expanded portions and a method for manufacturing the printed material. A method for manufacturing a printed material includes a step of preparing a thermal transfer sheet including a substrate and a transfer layer that is disposed on one surface side of the substrate and includes a layer containing foamable particles, and a step of heating the thermal transfer sheet to transfer the transfer layer of the thermal transfer sheet in a prescribed pattern a plurality of times onto a transfer receiving body to thereby form a layered body including a plurality of the transfer layers stacked one on another.

Abstract: Provided is a learning assistance technology that uses a learning history to check the level of comprehension by a learner in relation to a learning target.

Abstract: Provided is an invention for efficiently searching for books used in training to reduce metathesis. A book search database storage unit 110 stores a book search database in which information identifying a book, information regarding a frequency of a proximity number for a mora character notation pair appearing in forward order in the book, and information regarding a frequency of a proximity number for the mora character notation pair appearing in reverse order are associated with each other. A display unit 300 displays a book search screen including a correctly pronounced phrase input region and an incorrectly pronounced phrase input region. A subject pronunciation designation unit 120 determines two mora character notations and a proximity number to use as search conditions based on an input of the correctly pronounced phrase input region and an input of the incorrectly pronounced phrase input region.

Abstract: A method of producing a positive electrode active material, the method includes: contacting first particles that contain a lithium transition metal composite oxide with a solution containing sodium ions to obtain second particles containing the lithium transition metal composite oxide and sodium element, wherein the lithium transition metal composite oxide has a layered structure and a composition ratio of a number of moles of nickel to a total number of moles of metals other than lithium in a range of from 0.7 to less than 1; mixing the second particles and a boron compound to obtain a mixture; and heat-treating the mixture at a temperature in a range of from 100° C. to 450° C.

Abstract: A hydrogen sensor includes a communication terminal, a plurality of identification terminals, and an ID setting section. The communication terminal is connected to a first communication bus or a second communication bus, and communicate with a vehicle ECU. Each of the plurality of identification terminals is set to either an open state (OPEN) in which the identification terminal is not connected to any potential or a grounded state (GND) in which the identification terminal is connected to a ground potential. The ID setting section sets an identifier in either a standard format or an extended format, according to a difference in the communication bus to which the communication terminal is connected.

Abstract: A seat slider device may include an upper rail; a lower rail slidably holding the upper rail; a bolt fixing the lower rail to a vehicle body; a washer through which the bolt passes; and a retainer retaining the bolt to the lower rail before the lower rail is fixed to the vehicle body with the bolt. The lower rail may include a bottom plate; a pair of outer vertical plates extending upward respectively from ends of the bottom plate; a pair of upper plates horizontally extending respectively from upper ends of the outer vertical plates to an inside of the lower rail; and a pair of inner vertical plates extending downward respectively from inner ends of the upper plates. The retainer may be arranged in the lower rail and configured to retain the bolt with the bolt through the washer and the through hole.

Abstract: To provide an etching processing method and an etching processing apparatus which allow an aluminum oxide film to be etched with high accuracy and with a high selectivity to each of a silicon oxide film and a silicon nitride film, the etching processing method includes the step of placing, in a processing chamber, a wafer having the aluminum oxide film disposed on an upper surface thereof, maintaining the wafer at a temperature of ?20° C. or less, and supplying vapor of hydrogen fluoride from a plurality of through holes in a plate-like member disposed above the upper surface of the wafer with a predetermined gap being provided therebetween only for a predetermined period to etch the aluminum oxide film.

Abstract: An information processing device comprising a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to acquire vehicle information related to a vehicle, and, from among a plurality of instances of evaluation information including praise information for praising driving of a driver of the vehicle and including criticism information for criticizing the driving of the driver, cause one of the instances of evaluation information to be output from an output section provided in the vehicle, during driving of the vehicle, based on the acquired vehicle information.

Abstract: To enable difficulty or a target period of a text to be estimated with high accuracy at desired granularity. A feature amount extracting unit 230 extracts a feature amount including an acquisition period of a word from a text of a picture book, and a difficulty estimating unit 232 estimates difficulty based on the feature amount extracted with respect to the text of the picture book and on a difficulty estimation model having been learned in advance.

Abstract: A motor assembly includes a motor, a board, and a housing. The housing includes a first housing including a board area, a second housing opposing the board area in a predetermined direction, and a seal sealing between the first housing and the second housing. The first housing includes an outer edge surrounding the board area and a recess recessed to an inward side from the outer edge along an inner periphery of the outer edge. The second housing includes a protrusion protruding to the inward side and located in the recess. The protrusion is an annular body partly including a discontinuity. The seal is located, at least partially, in the recess. The motor assembly further includes a blocking portion located in the first housing. The blocking portion blocks, at least partially, the discontinuity.

Abstract: An air-conditioning control system includes a first inverter that drives a first driving target in accordance with commands received via a first communication network, a second inverter that drives a second driving target in accordance with commands received via the first communication network, a first controller that is capable of controlling the first inverter and the second inverter by transmitting commands via the first communication network, and a second controller that is capable of controlling the first inverter and the second inverter by transmitting commands via the first communication network. Each of the first controller and the second controller is capable of transmitting, to the first inverter and the second inverter via the first communication network, an invalidation command for invalidating the commands therefrom.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotary electric machine main body, a board, a housing that includes a through hole and internally accommodates the rotary electric machine main body and the board, a connector that extends through the through hole and protrudes from the inside of the housing to the outside of the housing in a predetermined direction, a first seal portion that surrounds the connector and seals the through hole, and an elastic portion that comes into contact with the connector. The connector includes a connector terminal electrically connected to the board and a terminal holding portion that holds the connector terminal. The terminal holding portion is in contact with the housing through the elastic portion. The elastic portion is provided at a position different from that of the first seal portion.

Abstract: An apparatus selects a plurality of test words from a plurality of words, presents the test words to users, receives answers regarding knowledge of the test words of the users, and obtains a model representing a relationship between values based on probabilities that the users answer that the users know the words and values based on vocabulary sizes of the users when the users answer that the users know the words, by using the test words, estimated vocabulary sizes of people who know the test words, and the answers regarding the knowledge of the test words. Here, the estimated vocabulary sizes are obtained based on frequencies of appearance of the words in a corpus and parts of speech of the words.

Abstract: Provided is a technique for effectively searching for a book for an articulation disordered-child to use in practice. A search condition setting unit 120 sets a search condition for a speech sound in accordance with a selection state of kana symbol buttons disposed in a book search screen, the kana symbol buttons corresponding one-to-one to kana symbols indicating respective speech sounds. A search unit 130 searches for a book in which a desired speech sound appears, in accordance with the search condition. A book search screen includes at least one of a Japanese syllabary button group in which the kana symbol buttons are classified as vowels or consonants, and an articulation button group in which the kana symbol buttons are classified by articulatory organ and articulation manner.

Abstract: A motor assembly includes a motor, a controller, a housing, and a seal. The housing includes a cover that covers the controller from one side in the axial direction. The cover includes a through-hole penetrating in the axial direction. The controller includes a connector portion extending through the through-hole and protruding to one side in the axial direction of the cover. The seal seals an area between an inner edge of the through-hole and the connector portion. An obverse surface on one side in the axial direction of the cover includes a groove portion recessed to the other side in the axial direction. One end of the groove portion communicates with the through-hole.

Abstract: A motor assembly includes a motor, a controller on one side in an axial direction of the motor, and a motor cover between the motor and the controller in the axial direction. The controller includes a screw. The screw includes a head portion located on one side in the axial direction of the motor cover and a screw portion extending from the head portion to the one side in the axial direction. The motor cover opposes the head portion in the axial direction. A length of the screw in the axial direction is longer than a distance between the controller and the motor cover in the axial direction. The motor includes a pin extending to the one side in the axial direction. The motor cover includes a hole portion into which the pin is inserted. The screw is at a position shifted from the hole portion as viewed in the axial direction.

Abstract: A motor includes a motor main body including a rotor and a stator, a housing that houses the motor main body, a controller that is located above the motor main body o controls rotation of the rotor, and a cover that surrounds the controller from a radially outer side. The housing includes a cover joint that is annular and surrounds the controller when viewed in an axial direction. The cover includes a cylindrical portion that surrounds the cover joint from an outside in a radial direction. The cover joint includes a contact portion that contacts a surface of the cylindrical portion in the radial direction and an adhesive joint that is bonded with the cylindrical portion via an adhesive in the radial direction. The contact portion and the adhesive joint are adjacent each other in a circumferential direction.

Abstract: A motor includes a rotor that includes a shaft located along a central axis extending in a vertical direction, a stator that includes coils and opposes the rotor in a radial direction, a casing that supports the rotor and the stator, and a terminal attached to the casing and electrically connected to lead wires extending from the coils. The terminal includes a lead wire terminal portion extending in a direction intersecting an axial direction toward the lead wires, and an external terminal portion that is electrically connected to the lead wire terminal portion and extends in the axial direction toward the outside of the casing.

Abstract: A motor includes a rotor that includes a shaft located along a central axis, a stator that includes coils and opposes the rotor in a radial direction, and a lead wire support portion that is above the coil and supports lead wires extending from the coils. The lead wire support portion includes a guide portion through which the lead wires extend and which guides the lead wires to an upper side of the lead wire support portion in an axial direction. The guide portion includes a tubular insertion portion which opposes the coil and into which the lead wires are inserted and a tubular lead portion which is above the insertion portion and from which the lead wires inserted from the insertion portion are drawn out.