Abstract: Disclosed is a food texture presentation apparatus 1 including a synthesizer 13 that acquires, with reference of a recipe of a food product selected, audio signals of mastication sounds of ingredients contained in the food product from a database 15 and synthesizes the acquired audio signals of the ingredients into an audio signal of a food texture to be presented, and a presentation unit 14 that uses the synthesized audio signal to present the food texture of the food product.

Abstract: A saddle-ride type vehicle includes a retainer that is provided behind a head pipe; an inflator; and an airbag that is housed in the retainer, inflates by gas discharged by the inflator, and is deployed in front of an occupant. The airbag is housed in the retainer in a state of being folded bilaterally asymmetrically with respect to a horizontally central portion of the airbag in a cross section in a vehicle top view.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a laminate being excellent in chemical resistance, wear resistance, vibration absorption properties and flame resistance, and having high mechanical strength; and a method for its production. A laminate 1 comprises a fiber-reinforced resin layer 20 which comprises a reinforcing fiber base material and a resin component containing at least 50 vol % of a specific fluororesin, wherein the ratio of the reinforcing fiber base material to the total volume of the reinforcing fiber base material and the resin component is from 0.30 to 0.70, and a specific substrate 10, wherein at least one outermost layer is the fiber-reinforced resin layer 20, and the ratio of the total thickness of the fiber-reinforced resin layer 20 to the total thickness of the substrate 10 is from 1/99 to 30/70.

Abstract: A food texture presentation apparatus 1 of the present embodiment includes a force stimulation presentation unit 23, a vibration stimulation presentation unit 24, and a temperature stimulation presentation unit 25 that present different kinds of haptic stimuli in the oral cavity, a selection unit 11 that selects a haptic stimulus to be presented, according to the food texture, and a force stimulation controller 13, a vibration stimulation controller 14, and a temperature stimulation controller 15 that control respectively the force stimulation presentation unit 23, the vibration stimulation presentation unit 24, and the temperature stimulation presentation unit 25 that present the selected haptic stimulus.

Abstract: A saddle-ride type vehicle includes a retainer that is provided behind a head pipe; an inflator; and an airbag that is housed in the retainer, inflates by gas discharged by the inflator, and is deployed in front of an occupant. The retainer is disposed below a handlebar. The airbag is formed in a bag shape by a joining structure of a front surface and a rear surface, and a panel that forms a circumferential length difference between the front surface and the rear surface in a side view is provided at a coupling portion between the front surface and the rear surface.

Abstract: A lamp device suppresses attenuation and reflection of a radar wave attributable to a light guide body, does not change an electromagnetic wave radiation pattern, and does not impair a radar function. The lamp device includes: a light guide body covering a part of an electromagnetic wave radiation surface of a radar device; and a light source, wherein, when the thickness of the light guide body is denoted by TG, and the wavelength of a radiated electromagnetic wave from the radar device in the light guide body is denoted by ?d, TG is set such that TG<?d/2 is satisfied when the reflection loss of the light guide body with respect to the radiated electromagnetic wave is below a transmission loss, and a reflection loss is ?10 dB or less when the reflection loss is equal to or more than a transmission loss.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for lithography capable of obtaining a film in contact with a resist layer or an underlayer film capable of forming a pattern excellent in exposure sensitivity the like. The object can be achieved by a composition for lithography containing a compound having at least one element selected from the group consisting of iodine, tellurium, and fluorine, or a resin having a constituent unit derived from the compound, wherein a total mass of the atoms in the compound is 15% by mass or more and 75% by mass or less.

Abstract: To realize disposition of a retainer that can improve an occupant comfort of a passenger of a saddled vehicle. In a saddled vehicle including: a vehicle body including a head pipe that supports a steering system and a down frame that extends downward from the head pipe; a retainer provided behind the head pipe; an inflator; and an airbag accommodated in the retainer, the airbag being configured to be expanded by gas released by the inflator and deployed in front of the passenger, the retainer is provided with a fastening portion that fastens the retainer to the vehicle body, and the fastening portion includes a plurality of fastening members.

Abstract: A wiring board includes: a wiring layer; an insulating layer laminated on the wiring layer; an opening portion penetrating through the insulating layer to the wiring layer; a recess portion formed in a surface of the wiring layer exposed from the opening portion of the insulating layer; and a conductor film formed in the opening portion of the insulating layer and the recess portion of the wiring layer, wherein the recess portion of the wiring layer includes a raised portion, which is raised higher than an outer peripheral portion of a bottom surface, at a central portion of the bottom surface.

Abstract: A tactile stimulation presentation device 1 includes a measurement unit 11 configured to measure a first physical quantity with respect to a tactile sensation applied to a first region of a human body, a control unit 12 configured to convert the first physical quantity into a second physical quantity of a different type from the first physical quantity, and a presentation unit 13 configured to apply the second physical quantity to a second region different from the first region.

Abstract: A temperature stimulus presentation device 100 that uses a Peltier element 10 to present a temperature stimulus includes a human body detection unit 20 that detects contact of a part of a human body H with a heat dissipation plate 12 or a heat absorption plate 11 of the Peltier element 10 based on a change in an electrostatic capacitance between the heat dissipation plate 12 and the heat absorption plate 12, and a temperature stimulus generation unit 30 that supplies a current to the Peltier element 10 when an amount of the electrostatic capacitance change exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a measurement method includes generating mark position information, determining at least one of a first arrangement pattern or a second arrangement pattern, and calculating displacement between a first member and a second member. The mark position information is generated after the second member is formed on the first member, and indicates a relative positional relationship between a first alignment mark formed on the first member and including bright portions and dark portions, and a second alignment mark formed on the second member and including the bright portions and the dark portions. The first arrangement pattern indicates an arrangement pattern of bright portions and dark portions of the first alignment mark. The second arrangement pattern indicates an arrangement pattern of the bright portions and the dark portions of the second alignment mark.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a nuclear plant has: an outer well; an in-Containment Atmosphere Dilution System to inject a gas that has a low concentration of oxygen in the outer well into a containment vessel; an accumulator containing pressurized oxygen therein; and a passive containment cooling system including: a scrubbing pool arranged in the outer well; a cooling water pool installed above a dry well and the outer well; a heat exchanger partly submerged in a cooling water; a wet well gas supply pipe that is connected to an inlet plenum of the heat exchanger at one end and connected to a wet well gas phase at the other end; and a gas vent pipe that is connected to an outlet plenum of the heat exchanger at one end and is submerged in the scrubbing pool at the other end.

Abstract: A notification device includes a detection section which detects occurrence of an event which a user is to be notified of, an estimation section which estimates whether or not the user is vibrating, and a stimulation presentation section which provides a notification to the user by presenting a thermal stimulation in a case where the user is vibrating and presenting a vibratory stimulation in a case where the user is not vibrating when the detection section detects the occurrence of the event.

Abstract: A device includes: a Peltier element 10 that presents a temperature stimulus; and a temperature stimulus control unit 20 that cause the Peltier element 10 to generate a cold stimulus or a hot stimulus by receiving an input of type information which represents the type of information to be notified of and switching the direction of a current that flows through the Peltier element 10 in correspondence with the type information.

Abstract: A saddle-ride type vehicle includes a retainer that is disposed behind a head pipe; an inflator; and an airbag that is housed in the retainer, inflates by gas discharged by the inflator, and is deployed in front of an occupant. The airbag is housed in the retainer and includes a proximal end-side folded portion folded in a roll shape or a bellows shape, an intermediate-side folded portion extending from the proximal end-side folded portion and folded above the proximal end-side folded portion, and a distal end-side folded portion extending from the intermediate-side folded portion and folded in a roll or bellows shape in a cross section in a vehicle side view. The intermediate-side folded portion has a plurality of folding-back points at which folding is made along the distal end-side folded portion in a front-rear direction of the distal end-side folded.

Abstract: To realize disposition of a retainer that can improve an occupant comfort of a passenger of a saddled vehicle. In a saddled vehicle including: a vehicle body including a head pipe that supports a steering system and a down frame that extends downward from the head pipe; a retainer provided behind the head pipe; an inflator; and an airbag accommodated in the retainer, the airbag being configured to be expanded by gas released by the inflator and deployed in front of the passenger, the retainer is provided with a fastening portion that fastens the retainer to the vehicle body, and the fastening portion includes a plurality of fastening members.

Abstract: A temperature stimulus presentation device 1 includes a presentation unit 11 that generates heat at a predetermined temperature, and a control unit 12 that changes an area of the presentation unit 11 depending on whether or not a temperature stimulus is presented.

Abstract: A presentation device includes a stimulation presentation unit that presents temperature stimulation at a predetermined temperature and a temperature control unit that sets the temperature of the stimulation presentation unit. The stimulation presentation unit has a size that causes a person to feel temperature stimulation when the stimulation presentation unit touches a first portion and the person not to feel the temperature stimulation when the stimulation presentation unit touches a second portion that is less perceptible than the first portion. The temperature control unit sets the temperature of the stimulation presentation unit so that the stimulation presentation unit presents pain due to temperature stimulation when the stimulation presentation unit touches the first portion and does not present the pain due to temperature stimulation even when the stimulation presentation unit touches the second portion.

Abstract: Reversible optical connectors, and associated devices and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a connector for a communication cable includes a housing comprising a cavity, and a first plug and a second plug coupled to a distal portion of the housing. The first and second plugs are connected to the housing such that the first and second plugs are independently rotatable with respect to the housing. The connector further includes a latch actuator coupled to the housing and configured to disengage one or more latches from an outlet. By rotating the plugs 180 degrees and turning the connector over, the relative arrangement or position of the two plugs can be switched or reversed. The plugs can be rotated or reversed without completely disassembling the connector, in some embodiments. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure can improve workflows for a user or operator that in a high-density networking setting.