Abstract: There is provided a technology capable of controlling the occurrence of “migration” of a foam material to a contact object. The present technology provides a package material containing: a fibrous material that includes waste paper and/or pulp; a binder; sodium hydrogen carbonate; a surfactant; and a water-soluble softener, the water-soluble softener being a urea derivative having a chemical structural formula of R1,R2—N—CO—N—R3,R4 (R1 to R4 are each H or a saturated and/or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms) and/or a water-soluble polyhydric alcohol having 3 to 15 carbon atoms, the number of carbon atoms and the number of hydroxyl (OH) groups in a molecular structure of the water-soluble polyhydric alcohol satisfying a relationship of the number of hydroxy groups<the number of carbon atoms.

Abstract: A money depositing and dispensing machine 1 includes: a storage compartment 100 provided with a first front opening 101; a stowage compartment 200 disposed on a lower side of the storage compartment 100; a storage portion 12 stored in the storage compartment 100 and storing paper sheets; and a conveying unit 13 stored in the storage compartment 100 and for conveying the paper sheets stored in the storage portion 12 to the stowage compartment 200. The conveying unit 13 is configured to be slidable in a direction of the first front opening 101 provided in the storage compartment 100. The stowage compartment 200 stows the paper sheets conveyed by the conveying unit 13.

Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam apparatus capable of realizing a highly reliable insulating structure. This charged particle beam apparatus emits a charged particle beam from a charged particle beam emission device onto a sample, detects charged particles generated from the sample, and creates a sample image or processes the sample. The charged particle beam emission device is provided with a charged particle source and a shield arranged in an interior of a metal housing that is filled with an insulating gas, and an acceleration electrode arranged below the charged particle source, power being supplied to the acceleration electrode via the shield.

Abstract: A developer cartridge may include: a first gear having a small-diameter gear portion and a large-diameter gear portion; and a second gear including: a first columnar portion centered on a second axis; a second columnar portion having a smaller diameter than the first columnar portion; a first engagement portion extending along a portion of a peripheral surface of the first columnar portion and engageable with the small-diameter gear portion; a second engagement portion extending along a portion of a peripheral surface of the second columnar portion and positioned closer to a housing than the first engagement portion in an axial direction and engageable with the large-diameter gear portion; and a protruding portion protruding in the axial direction and rotatable together with the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion. The second engagement portion may engage the large-diameter gear portion after the first engagement portion engages the small-diameter gear portion.

Abstract: A voice quality information collection device includes a SIP server log collection unit for collecting a SIP server log including an incoming call number, identification information of a destination carrier, and a line number, from a SIP server, an MG log collection unit for collecting an MG log including a TerminationID allocated by a predetermined logic and a delay time calculated by an RTCP report, from an MG, and a data generation unit for converting a line number included in the SIP server log into a TerminationID and integrating the post-conversion SIP server log and the MG log by using a TerminationID, to generate log integration information.

Abstract: A gas meter includes a flow rate measurer that is located at a gas passage and measures a flow rate of the gas flowing through the passage, a self-diagnoser that performs self-diagnosis, and a vibration detector that detects vibration. The gas meter also includes a calculator that calculates an earthquake index value based on the detected vibration, the earthquake index value indicating the scale of an earthquake, a blocker that switches from an open state to a closed state of the passage when the earthquake index value is not less than a predetermined value, and a restoring method determiner that, when the blocker is in the closed state, determines a restoring method of restoring the blocker from the closed state to the open state based on a result of the diagnosis by the self-diagnoser and the earthquake index value.

Abstract: A travel control system includes a storage to store a travel history including a travel state of the agricultural machine in the past and information on a position of an obstacle candidate detected during travel of the agricultural machine, and a processor configured or programmed to cause the agricultural machine to perform an avoidance operation to avoid an obstacle, based on sensor data obtained by a surrounding environment being sensed and based on the travel history.

Abstract: In a negative electrode (12) for a secondary battery which is one example of an embodiment of the present invention, a negative electrode active substance layer (41) has a first active substance layer (41A) and a second active substance layer (41B). A tortuosity ?2 of the second active substance layer (41B) is smaller than a tortuosity ?1 of the first active substance layer (41A), and the B value calculated using equation 2 is equal to 1.7 to 1 divided by the A value.

Abstract: A ?-SiAlON fluorescent material includes fluorescent material particles having a composition represented by the following formula (I), and a coating layer formed on the surface of the fluorescent material particles and having a refractive index smaller than that of the fluorescent material particles, wherein when the ?-SiAlON fluorescent material is measured by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy, an amount of the coating layer is 0.4% by mass or more relative to a total amount of the fluorescent material particles and the coating layer being 100% by mass: Si6-zAlzOzN8-z:Euy??(I), wherein y and z satisfy 0<y?1.0 and 0<z?4.2.

Abstract: Provided is a light shaping device including: an intensity modulation unit that modulates a spectrum intensity of an optical pulse that is input light, and outputs the optical pulse of which a temporal width is narrowed as output light. The intensity modulation unit modulates the spectrum intensity of the optical pulse with a mask expressed by a starting end wavelength from a central wavelength of the input light and a wavelength width.

Abstract: A route generation system for automated travel of an agricultural machine includes a processor configured or programmed to generate an automated travel route of the agricultural machine. The processor is configured or programmed to acquire, from a vehicle that manually travels along a route that the agricultural machine is scheduled to travel automatically while recording a travel path, data representing the travel path; remove, from the travel path, a path associated with an avoidance action performed to avoid an oncoming vehicle; and generate an automated travel route of the agricultural machine based on the travel path from which the path associated with the avoidance action has been removed.

Abstract: There have been cases where transistors formed using oxide semiconductors are inferior in reliability to transistors formed using amorphous silicon. Thus, in the present invention, a semiconductor device including a highly reliable transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor is manufactured. An oxide semiconductor film is deposited by a sputtering method, using a sputtering target including an oxide semiconductor having crystallinity, and in which the direction of the c-axis of a crystal is parallel to a normal vector of the top surface of the oxide semiconductor. The target is formed by mixing raw materials so that its composition ratio can obtain a crystal structure.

Abstract: A lens mirror array includes a plurality of optical elements arrayed in a main scanning direction. Each of the optical elements includes an incident surface, at least one reflection surface, and an emission surface. The incident surface transmits and converges light made incident thereon. The reflection surface has positive optical power for reflecting and converging the light made incident via the incident surface. The emission surface emits the light reflected by the reflection surface. The lens mirror array includes a plurality of grooves and a light blocking member. The plurality of grooves are provided among a plurality of the reflection surfaces arranged in the main scanning direction of the plurality of optical elements. The light blocking member is provided in the plurality of grooves.

Abstract: The present invention provides processes for preparing 7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives, which are useful as a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, intermediates thereof, and processes for preparing the intermediates. The present invention provides processes for preparing 3-[(3S,4R)-3-methyl-6-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1,6-diazaspiro[3.4]octan-1-yl]-3-oxopropanenitrile using salts of (3S,4R)-1-benzyl-3-methyl-1,6-diazaspiro[3.4]octane with organic acids.

Abstract: A column accommodation device (1) includes a housing in which a column accommodation space (4) is provided, and a chip column (6) having a plate-shape and having an internal flow path (40) filled with a separation medium (41) is accommodated in the column accommodation space (4). An outer surface of the chip column (6) is provided with openings (42) respectively communicating with both ends of the internal flow path. Inside of the column accommodation space (4) is provided with a guide (18) for guiding the chip column (6) to a predetermined position. The column accommodation device (1) includes a seal device (32) for connecting and releasing pipes (44) to and from the openings (42) of the chip column (6), and a controller (46) configured to perform operation control of the seal device (32), and the controller (46) is configured to fluidly connect the pipes (44) with respect to the openings (42) of the chip column (6) when it is determined that the chip column (6) is arranged at the predetermined position.

Abstract: An optical connection structure including first optical fibers, second optical fibers, a first optical connector, and a second optical connector is disclosed. The first optical connector is configured such that each of first distal end portions of the first optical fibers protrudes from a first front end surface to the outside when the first optical connector and the second optical connector are connected to each other. Each of the first distal end portions is inserted into a corresponding second fiber hole of the second optical connector. The second optical connector is configured such that each of second distal end portions of the second optical fibers is moved rearward inside second fiber holes due to each of the first distal end portions respectively inserted into the second fiber holes. The first optical fibers and the second optical fibers are optically coupled to each other inside the second fiber holes.

Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam apparatus capable of realizing a highly reliable insulating structure. This charged particle beam apparatus emits a charged particle beam from a charged particle beam emission device onto a sample, detects charged particles generated from the sample, and creates a sample image or processes the sample. The charged particle beam emission device is provided with a charged particle source and a shield arranged in an interior of a metal housing that is filled with an insulating gas, and an acceleration electrode arranged below the charged particle source, power being supplied to the acceleration electrode via the shield.

Abstract: The Vce detection circuit detects a rise of an inter-electrode voltage between a positive electrode and a negative electrode when the semiconductor switching element is being turned off. The drive circuit is configured to regulate a time to lower the gate drive capability from a first drive capability to a second drive capability based on a detection result of the Vce detection circuit during the turn-off operation of the semiconductor switching element.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing element, a first circuit board to mount the image capturing element on the first circuit board, a second circuit board facing the first circuit board, a fan, and a first flexible board electrically connect the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The image capturing element moves within a movable range in a direction different from an optical axis direction. The first flexible board is bent in an area that overlaps with the movable range of the image capturing element in the optical axis direction. When viewed from a direction orthogonal to an optical axis, an orientation of an exhaust opening of the fan is arranged toward an inner surface of a bending portion of the first flexible board closest to the first circuit board at a center position of the movable range of the image capturing element.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device, a control method, a program, and a mobile object which are capable of improving convenience. Pressure distributions for a plurality of measurement ranges of a seat on which a user is seated, and time variations of the pressure distributions are measured, and operation of a device or the seat is controlled according to the measurement result. Furthermore, it is determined that a behavior of the user is a gesture for a predetermined operation input, and control according to the gesture is performed. At this time, it is determined whether it is a gesture of the user intended to be the operation input or a posture change of the user not intended to be the operation input. The present technique is applicable to, for example, a control processing device that performs control processing for a seat for vehicle.