Abstract: A three-terminal multilayer ceramic capacitor includes at least one surface electrode layer on a surface of a second internal electrode layer connected to a lateral surface external electrode. The surface electrode layer includes at least one of Sn, In, Ga, Zn, Bi, Pb, Fe, V, Y or Cu, which is different from a main component of the second internal electrode layer.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a plurality of sheet housing units; and a notification unit configured to, in a case where, in printing, a sheet is supplied from a first sheet housing unit included in the plurality of sheet housing units, make a notification of a message prompting that a user operation not be performed on a second sheet housing unit different from the first sheet housing unit. In a case where the second sheet housing unit is operated by a user, a path that the second sheet housing unit passes overlaps with at least a portion of a conveyance path of the sheet supplied from the first sheet housing unit.

Abstract: A through-type multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including laminated dielectric layers, inner electrode layers laminated on the dielectric layers, first and second inner electrode layer, a first outer electrode on a first end surface of the multilayer body and connected to the first inner electrode layer, a second outer electrode on a second end surface of the multilayer body and connected to the first inner electrode layer, a third outer electrode on a first side surface of the multilayer body and connected to the second inner electrode layer, and a fourth outer electrode on a second side surface of the multilayer body and connected to the second inner electrode layer. The first outer electrode includes a first plating layer and a first charging electrode, and the second outer electrode includes a second plating layer and a second charging electrode.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body with laminated ceramic layers and internal electrode layers, a first and second main surface opposing each other in a lamination direction, a first and second side surface opposing each other in a width direction, a first and second end surface opposing each other in a length direction, and external electrodes. The internal electrode layers include first and second internal electrode layers alternately laminated with the ceramic layers and exposed to the first and second end surfaces and first and second side surfaces. Each of the first and second external electrodes includes a dense region, and where an area ratio of a conductive component is high and a sparse region where an area ratio of the conductive component is lower than the dense region, and the dense region is located closer to a multilayer body side than the sparse region.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body including laminated ceramic layers and internal electrode layers. The internal electrode layers include a first internal electrode layer laminated alternately with the ceramic layers and exposed at a first and second end and a second internal electrode layer laminated alternately with the ceramic layers and exposed at a first and second side surface, the multilayer ceramic electronic component further includes a dummy electrode spaced apart from the first and second internal electrode layers and exposed at one of the first and second end surfaces and the first and second side surfaces. A line coverage of a conductive component is smaller than about 50% in a region separated from an exposed portion of the dummy electrode toward a center of the multilayer body by about 50% or more.

Abstract: Provided is a treatment apparatus that can adjust the atmosphere around a workpiece at an early stage and has high throughput. The treatment apparatus includes: a support base on which a workpiece is placed; a first unit in which the support base is accommodated; a second unit that is disposed adjacent to the first unit and accommodates a discharge part; and a gas inlet through which gas is introduced into the first unit. The first unit and the second unit form a closed space. The second unit emits ultraviolet light or plasma-containing gas generated by the discharge part toward the support base. The support base is configured to enable the workpiece to move in a first direction in which the first unit and the second unit are adjacent to each other, and substantially separates an internal space of the first unit in the first direction.

Abstract: A looseness detection structure includes: a structure (transducer) T which is formed on a surface of a cable; a screw which tightens and fixes the cable in contact with the structure T; and a terminal (detection unit) which transmits a transmission signal to the structure T, receives a reception signal returning after propagating through the structure T, and detects the loosening of the screw based on a change in the reception signal.

Abstract: A printing apparatus accepts a start instruction of a printing operation and controls, in a case where the instruction is accepted during execution of a maintenance operation and a specific condition is satisfied, to interrupt the maintenance operation and start the printing operation. The specific condition includes that an accumulated time from a start of the maintenance operation to an interruption of the maintenance operation is shorter than a threshold value. In a case where the instruction is accepted during execution of the maintenance operation and the specific condition is not satisfied, the printing operation is started after the maintenance operation is complete.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information concerning a contract of a subscription service of the image forming apparatus; a storage unit that stores the information concerning the contract of the subscription service acquired by the acquisition unit; and a control unit that sets, based on a fact that the information concerning the contract of the subscription service stored in the storage unit is first information indicating purchase of the image forming apparatus, a state of the image forming apparatus to a state corresponding to the first information.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device that is connected, in a wireless or wired manner, to an input device including a left-side holding part having a left-side vibrator and a right-side holding part having a right-side vibrator, the information processing device including one or more processors having hardware. The one or more processors arrange a focus in a screen, receive directional input transmitted from the input device, move the focus on the basis of the received directional input, and cause the left-side vibrator and/or the right-side vibrator to vibrate according to the movement of the focus.

Abstract: A corrosion rate estimation apparatus includes a corrosion rate measurement unit adapted to repeat water supply cycles in which water is supplied to soil in which metal to be evaluated is buried and measure a cycle number of each water supply cycle, one or more time points in each cycle, and a corrosion rate of the metal at the time point(s); a learning unit adapted to find a prediction model by accepting the cycle number, the time point(s) in the cycle, and the corrosion rate(s) as input and using a machine learning algorithm, the prediction model representing a future corrosion rate; and a corrosion rate estimation unit adapted to assign a cycle number and a time point in the cycle at which a corrosion rate is desired to be estimated to the prediction model and estimate a corrosion rate of the metal at the time point.

Abstract: A printing apparatus capable of executing a printing operation of performing printing using a printhead and a predetermined maintenance operation, the apparatus comprising an acceptance unit configured to accept a start instruction of the printing operation, and a determination unit configured to determine, if the instruction is accepted during execution of the maintenance operation, whether to interrupt the maintenance operation and start the printing operation or to start the printing operation after the maintenance operation is complete.

Abstract: A method of producing a ceramic electronic component includes baking a first electrode paste containing a metal powder at a first temperature to form a first electrode layer at a first region of a ceramic body, baking a second electrode paste containing a metal powder of the same type as the metal powder in the first electrode paste at a second temperature lower than the first temperature to form a second electrode layer at a second region different from the first region of the ceramic body, and applying a physical shock treatment to a surface of the second electrode layer to densify a surface layer portion of the second electrode layer.

Abstract: A three-terminal multilayer ceramic capacitor includes at least one surface electrode layer on a surface of a second internal electrode layer connected to a lateral surface external electrode. The surface electrode layer includes at least one of Sn, In, Ga, Zn, Bi, Pb, Fe, V, Y or Cu, which is different from a main component of the second internal electrode layer.

Abstract: A computer is caused to perform processing of: detecting, in deep learning, a sign of a failure in learning in operations that are performed with a lower number of bits compared with operations that are performed with a certain number of bits; rolling back to an operation where the sign is detected and performing a recalculation by an operation with the certain number of bits; determining whether returning from operations with the certain number of bits to operations with the lower number of bits is allowed; and, when the returning to operations with the lower number of bits is allowed, switching to operations with the lower number of bits.

Abstract: A body fluid analysis device that irradiates a body fluid in a tube having translucency with light and analyzes the body fluid on the basis of light having passed through the tube is adapted to include: a base; an attachment that is attached to the base 1 so that the tube is pinched in its radial direction between the attachment and the base; a light emitting element that is provided to the base or the attachment; and a light receiving element that is provided to the base or the attachment, in which in a state where the attachment is attached to the base, between the base and the attachment, the light emitting element and the light receiving element are arranged so as to pinch the tube in the radial direction, or both of the light emitting element and the light receiving element are arranged in the base or the attachment.

Abstract: A mounting structure of a multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer ceramic capacitor and a mounting substrate on which the multilayer ceramic capacitor is mounted. The multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminate including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes alternately laminated, and a first external electrode, a second external electrode, a third external electrode, and a fourth external electrode provided on a surface of the laminate. The plurality of internal electrodes include a first internal electrode, a second internal electrode, and a third internal electrode. The first external electrode, the third external electrode, and the fourth external electrode are bonded to the mounting substrate, and current is not directly supplied from the mounting substrate to the second external electrode.

Abstract: A looseness detection structure includes: a structure (transducer) T which is formed on a surface of a cable; a screw which tightens and fixes the cable in contact with the structure T; and a terminal (detection unit) which transmits a transmission signal to the structure T, receives a reception signal returning after propagating through the structure T, and detects the loosening of the screw based on a change in the reception signal.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminate including ceramic layers and internal electrode layers arranged in a stacking direction, and two or more exposure regions at which the internal electrode layers and the ceramic layer interposed between the internal electrode layers are both exposed. The laminate has a rectangular parallelepiped configuration or shape and includes two longitudinal end surfaces, and four surfaces orthogonal to the end surfaces. On at least one of the four surfaces, the laminate includes a protrusion in which the exposure region protrudes outward.

Abstract: A body fluid analysis device includes a light source, a detector, a normalization part, and a calculation part. The light source is configured to emit light at a first wavelength and light at a second wavelength different from each other to a body fluid. The detector is configured to receive light emitted from the light source and transmitted through the body fluid or light reflected by the body fluid, and is configured to detect intensity of the light. The normalization part is configured to calculate a ratio of an intensity of light emitted at the second wavelength to an intensity of light emitted at the first wavelength, both of which are detected by the detector. The calculation part is configured to calculate a concentration of a predetermined component included in the body fluid on the basis of the ratio calculated by the normalization part.