Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition with which a pattern thus formed has excellent LER and collapse suppressing ability. The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention includes a compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, and a resin whose polarity increases by the action of an acid, in which the resin includes a repeating unit represented by General Formula (B-1), and a content of the repeating unit represented by General Formula (B-1) is 5% to 70% by mass with respect to all the repeating units in the resin.

Abstract: A machine learning apparatus capable of reducing an error between a machined workpiece and a target shape when the workpiece is machined based on a workpiece model modeling the target shape of the workpiece. A machine learning apparatus includes a state observation section configured to observe machining state data of a machine tool configured to machine the workpiece, and measurement data of an error between a shape of the workpiece machined by the machine tool based on the workpiece model and the target shape, as a state variable representing a current state of environment in which the workpiece is machined, and a learning section configured to learn the correction amount in association with the error by using the state variable.

Abstract: Provided is a switching valve capable of maintaining a satisfactory contact state between a contact surface of a rotor and a seat surface of a stator in a rotation range of the rotor. A stator is provided with a plurality of inlet ports and outlet ports through which a working fluid passes, a rotor is provided with at least two through-holes and communication grooves which are able to selectively communicate between the inlet ports and the outlet ports, a casing is provided with a fluid inlet opening which communicates with each of the through-holes, and at least one of the through-holes always communicates with any of the outlet ports of in a rotation range of the rotor.

Abstract: A vehicle management system is provided with an onboard device, a server, and a remote control unit. The onboard device includes first memory and a first processor coupled to the first memory. The first processor being configured to acquire information regarding a vehicle. The server includes second memory and a second processor coupled to the second memory. The second processor being configured to determine whether or not a vehicle maintenance service is required based on the acquired information, and to propose implementation of the vehicle maintenance service in a cases in which the vehicle maintenance service is required. The remote control unit includes third memory and a third processor coupled to the third memory. The third processor being configured to use remote operation to move the vehicle to a predetermined location for implementation of the vehicle maintenance service in a cases in which the proposed vehicle maintenance service is to be implemented.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to: a liquid crystal composition for controlling light that contains, as a dichroic dye, an anthraquinone compound having a specific structure; and a light-controlling element that contains a cured product of said liquid crystal composition for controlling light and exhibits excellent contrast, light-blocking performance, lightfastness, and heat tolerance during current supply. More specifically, the present invention pertains to: a liquid crystal composition for controlling light that contains a compound represented by formula (A) (in the formula. R1 represents a C1-12 alkyl group or a C1-12 alkoxy group, and each R2 independently represents a C1-8 alkyl group), a liquid crystal material, a photocurable compound, and a photoinitiator; and a light-controlling element that is formed by sandwiching a photocured product of said composition between a pair of substrates.

Abstract: A machine learning apparatus capable of reducing an error between a machined workpiece and a target shape when the workpiece is machined based on a workpiece model modeling the target shape of the workpiece. A machine learning apparatus includes a state observation section configured to observe machining state data of a machine tool configured to machine the workpiece, and measurement data of an error between a shape of the workpiece machined by the machine tool based on the workpiece model and the target shape, as a state variable representing a current state of environment in which the workpiece is machined, and a learning section configured to learn the correction amount in association with the error by using the state variable.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus, which can be mounted with an interchangeable lens and operates with power from a battery, includes: a connection detachably connected to the interchangeable lens; a controller that controls a lower-limit voltage indicating a lower limit for supplying power from the battery; and a selector that selects one operation mode from a plurality of operation modes for operating the imaging apparatus with power from the battery, wherein the controller switches the lower-limit voltage among a plurality of set values respectively corresponding to combinations of types of the interchangeable lens and the plurality of operation modes on a basis of the interchangeable lens connected to the connection and the operation mode selected by the selector.

Abstract: A method is provided with a step of converting shape data (51) into a plurality of voxels (55) for each of a plurality of known objects being processed, a step of setting, for each of the known objects being processed, a processing condition for a voxel (55) constituting a processing surface, a step of using the voxel (55) of the plurality of known objects being processed and the processing condition to perform machine learning in which an input is the voxel (55) and an output is a processing condition, a step of converting shape data (52) of a candidate object being processed into a plurality of voxels (56), a step of setting, on the basis of results of machine learning, a processing condition for a voxel (56) constituting a processing surface of the candidate object being processed, and a step of determining a processing condition for each processing surface of the candidate object being processed, a processing condition that is set for the largest number of voxels (56) in one processing surface being deter

Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a data base configured to store, for a predetermined vehicle, a history of coating operation which is operation related to coating using a coating film containing an easily removable layer; and a controller configured to: acquire operation data representing details on the coating operation that is performed on the vehicle, and update the data base based on the operation data.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes circuitry and a transmitter. The circuitry, in operation, generates a reference signal using a cyclic shift value and an orthogonal sequence, which are associated with each other. The orthogonal sequence is one of two orthogonal sequences corresponding to a first orthogonal sequence [1, 1] and a second orthogonal sequence [1, ?1]. The cyclic shift value is one of 12 cyclic shift values ranging from 0 to 11. The transmitter, in operation, transmits the reference signal multiplexed with a data signal. Two of the cyclic shift values having a difference of 6 are respectively associated with the two orthogonal sequences.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to: a liquid crystal composition for controlling light that contains, as a dichroic dye, an anthraquinone compound having a specific structure; and a light-controlling element that contains a cured product of said liquid crystal composition for controlling light and exhibits excellent contrast, light-blocking performance, lightfastness, and heat tolerance during current supply. More specifically, the present invention pertains to: a liquid crystal composition for controlling light that contains a compound represented by formula (A) (in the formula, R1 represents a C4-12 alkyl group or a C4-12 alkoxy group, and each R2 independently represents a C6-12 alkyl group), a liquid crystal material, a photocurable compound, and a photoinitiator; and a light-controlling element that is formed by sandwiching a photocured product of said composition between a pair of substrates.

Abstract: A container and container assembly can suppress container deformation, without use of liquid feeder container supports, even when internal container pressure becomes high during pressure feed of a liquid using high-pressure gas, whereby performing stably liquid feed. The container and container assembly have high versatility and can be used in a liquid feeder having no container support. A container has an approximately cylindrical main body portion wherein the main body portion includes a cylindrical mouth opening at one end, a stepped portion extending from the other end. The container has a reduced diameter, and round bottom portion extending from and bulging away from the stepped portion. Multiple concave portions engage with support base claw portions enabling the container to stand by itself are formed at the stepped portion and recessed at non-overlapping positions with a series of parting lines extending through the main body, stepped, and round bottom portions.

Abstract: There are provided a CO production device and a CO2 electrolysis device which allow a promotion of effective use of CO2 and a reduction in emission of CO2 into the air. A CO production device and CO2 electrolysis device 1 of an embodiment includes: a CO2 electrolysis apparatus 3 including a cathode 6 which electrolyzes CO2 to produce CO and an anode 7 which oxidizes a substance to be oxidized to produce an oxide; a CO purifier 4 which purifies CO from a gas containing CO supplied from the CO2 electrolysis apparatus 3; and a H2 purifier 5 which purifies H2 from a CO-extracted residual gas discharged from the CO purifier.

Abstract: A vacuum pump and a stator column wherein partition walls from an outer peripheral surface of the stator column toward an inner periphery of a rotor blade are provided at two spots, and a groove-shaped channel in a circumferential direction is provided. A sectional area of the channel changes in the circumferential direction. As a result, the pressure difference between a front and a rear of the partition wall on a downstream side is made uniform regardless of a location, and a flowrate of the gas passing through a gap between the partition wall on the downstream side and the inner peripheral surface of the rotor blade is made uniform regardless of the location. The change in the sectional area is achieved either by changing a depth of the groove-shaped channel or by changing an interval between the partition walls at the two spots.

Abstract: An adhesive resin composition, including 50 to 89.9 parts by mass of a propylene-based polymer (A) satisfying the following (a1) and (a2), 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of a modified polyolefin (B), and 10 to 30 parts by mass of an ethylenic polymer (C) satisfying the following (c1) to (c3) (the sum of (A), (B) and (C) is 100 parts by mass). (a1) The propylene polymer (A) includes a propylene-based polymer (a-1) with the melting point ?120° C. and a propylene-based polymer (a-2) with the melting point <120° C. (a2) The proportion of the (a-1) in the (A) is 50 to 70.0% by mass. (c1) The ethylenic polymer (C) includes an ethylene homopolymer (c-1) and an ethylene ??-olefin copolymer (c-2). (c2) MFR=0.1 to 10 g/10 minutes. (c3) The proportion of the copolymer (c-1) in the (C) is 40 to 100% by mass.

Abstract: To obtain a hydraulic pressure control unit that can be downsized. A hydraulic pressure control unit (1) for a brake system mounted to a straddle-type vehicle includes: a coil unit (60) used to open/close a channel of a brake fluid; a housing (40) that accommodates the coil unit (60); a placement table (90) held by the housing (40); and a base body (10) having an upper surface (18) to which the coil unit (60) and the housing (40) are connected. The placement table (90) is configured that at least a part thereof is arranged below a portion of a coil housing (65) of the coil unit (60) and that, in a state before the coil unit (60) and the housing (40) are connected to the base body (10), a support section (91) supports the portion of the coil housing (65) from below.

Abstract: Provided is a transmitter which improves the flexibility of SRS resource allocation without increasing the amount of signaling for notifying the cyclic shift amount. In the transmitter, with regard to each basic shift amount candidate group having a basic shift amount from 0 to N?1, a transmission control unit (206) specifies the actual shift amount imparted to a cyclic shift sequence used in scrambling a reference signal transmitted from each antenna port, said specification being performed based on a table in which cyclic shift amount candidates correspond to each antenna port, and based on setting information transmitted from a base station (100). With regard to basic shift amount candidates for shift amount X, the table differentiates between an offset pattern comprising offset values for cyclic shift amount candidates corresponding to each antenna port and an offset pattern corresponding to basic shift amount candidates of X+N/2.

Abstract: An endoscope system includes a direct-view endoscope configured to capture images, a treatment tool configured to be inserted into the endoscope, and a controller comprising hardware, the controller being configured to control a drive device to drive the endoscope and the treatment tool, to control driving of the endoscope to locate the endoscope inserted into a lumen in the vicinity of a nipple, to control driving of the treatment tool to move the nipple using the treatment tool, to acquire a first captured image of the nipple from the endoscope, and to predict a shape of a biliary duct connected to the nipple in the first captured image based on biliary duct shape information comprising a standard image of the nipple that is associated with a standard shape of the biliary duct.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a sequence allocating method that, while maintaining the number of Zadoff-Chu sequences to compose a sequence group, is configured to make it possible to reduce correlations between different sequential groups. This method comprises the steps of setting a standard sequence with a standard sequence length and a standard sequence number in a step, setting a threshold value in accordance with an RB number in a step, setting a sequence length corresponding to RB number in a step, judging whether ¦r/N?rb/Nb¦=Xth(m) is satisfied in a step, including a plurality of Zadoff-Chu sequences with a sequence number and a sequence length in a sequence group in a step if the judgment is positive, and allocating the sequence group to the same cell in a step.

Abstract: A CO2 conversion device of the embodiment includes: a CO2 supply unit supplying CO2; a CO2 electrolysis unit including a cathode chamber supplied with CO2 from the CO2 supply unit and reducing and converting CO2 into CO and an anode chamber oxidizing substances to be oxidized to produce oxides; a fuel supply unit supplying fuel; an oxygen combustion power generation unit to which O2—CO2-containing gas discharged from the anode chamber of the carbon dioxide electrolysis unit is supplied, the fuel is supplied from the fuel supply unit, and that combusts the O2—CO2-containing gas; a condenser cooling and condensing water vapor-CO2-containing gas discharged from the oxygen combustion power generation unit; and a gas-liquid separator separating a water-CO2 two-phase fluid discharged from the condenser into water and CO2.