Abstract: An aerosol generation device for generating aerosol, comprising: a holding part for holding an aerosol forming base body comprising an aerosol source; a heater for heating the aerosol source; a detector for performing detection of a value of a capacitance sensor; and a controller which makes, by using the detected value of the capacitance sensor and a predetermined threshold value, at least one of a judgment as to whether inserting of the aerosol forming base body into the holding part has been completed, a judgment as to whether or not the aerosol forming base body has been inserted into the holding part, and a judgment as to whether extracting of the aerosol forming base body from the holding part has been completed; wherein the controller changes, based on a state of heating control relating to the heater, a sampling period used for detecting the value of the capacitance sensor.

Abstract: A film forming apparatus, including a processing container, an interior of which is configured to be depressurized, an electrode configured to generate an electric field in a processing space inside the processing container, a radio frequency power supply configured to supply radio frequency power to the electrode, a stage arranged in the processing container to place a substrate thereon, and a film forming gas introduction part configured to introduce vaporized zirconium chloride into the processing space. The film forming gas introduction part is made of a metal and is grounded.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device for generating aerosol, comprising: a holding part for holding an aerosol forming base body comprising an aerosol source; a heater for heating the aerosol source; a detector for performing detection of plural values of a capacitance sensor; and a controller which calculates a moving average value of the detected plural values of the capacitance sensor, and makes, by using the calculated moving average value and a predetermined threshold value, at least one of a judgment as to whether inserting of the aerosol forming base body into the holding part has been completed, a judgment as to whether or not the aerosol forming base body has been inserted into the holding part, and a judgment as to whether extracting of the aerosol forming base body from the holding part has been completed.

Abstract: An inhalation device includes: a main body portion; and a panel attachable to and detachable from the main body portion. The panel includes a sensor configured to operate when electric power is fed, the main body portion includes a power supply and a power feeding circuit configured to feed electric power of the power supply to the mounted panel, and the power feeding circuit feeds the electric power of the power supply by non-contact electric power transmission.

Abstract: The present invention provides a deburring device capable of removing a burr with high precision. A deburring device 1 for removing a burr formed on a joint of metal members joined together by friction stir welding (FSW) includes: a deburrer including a cutting blade that cuts the burr formed on the joint, a drive mechanism that drives the cutting blade to rotate, and a guide roller that has a diameter equal to or smaller than the cutting blade, is able to rotate coaxially with the cutting blade, and makes contact with a surface of the joined metal members at the joint to control the amount of cutting by the cutting blade; a mover that moves the deburrer along the joint; and an orientation controller that controls an orientation of the deburrer according to the shape of the surface of the joined metal members.

Abstract: Provided is a photocatalyst with significantly enhanced water splitting performance in YTOS or in a composition in which the yttrium element of YTOS has been replaced with another element. Also provided is a method for producing a photocatalyst that has a composition represented by the following general formula (I), the method including mixing, with a raw material of the photocatalyst, a flux component at a mass ratio of 0.01 times to 50 times, the flux component being composed of one or more chlorides and/or iodides of at least one selected from Li, Na, K, Rb, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba, and calcining a resultant product at 450° C. to 1050° C.: MaTibOcSd??(I) (where M is a combination of one or more selected from Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Y, a is a number of 1.7 to 2.3, b is a number of 2, c is a number of 4.7 to 5.3, and d is a number of 1.7 to 2.3).

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate with an upper surface and a lower surface, including an n-type semiconductor region having a hydrogen containing region. A carrier concentration distribution representing a carrier concentration by a semi-logarithmic graph in the depth direction of the n-type semiconductor region includes a flat portion containing a first flat part and a second flat part located closer to the lower surface of the semiconductor substrate than the first plat part, and a slope located between the first flat part and the second flat part.

Abstract: A fluid control device that controls a fluid supplied into a process container includes: a flow path block; and a fluid controller installed to the flow path block. The flow path block includes: a gas supply flow path including an inlet, through which the fluid is introduced, and an outlet through which the fluid flows into the process container; and a storage chamber that stores the fluid in the gas supply flow path between the inlet and the outlet. The fluid controller includes: a first valve that opens and closes the gas supply flow path between the inlet and the storage chamber; and a second valve that opens and closes the gas supply flow path between the storage chamber and the outlet.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a work machine management system that can predict the maintenance timing of a work machine with higher accuracy than conventional techniques. A work machine management system 100 of the present disclosure includes an input/output unit 121 and a processing unit 122. The input/output unit 121 receives from work machines 200 positional information PI and operation information OI on the work machines 200, and also receives from a geographical information system server 300 geological information GI on an area where the work machines 200 are to perform an operation, based on the positional information PI. The processing unit 122 predicts the maintenance timing of each work machine 200 based on the operation information OI and the geological information GI.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flux switching motor capable of realizing all a high output, a miniaturization, and an extremely light weight. In the flux switching motor, a stator is provided such that a length thereof in an axial direction in which a rotating shaft extends is shorter than a length of each magnet in the axial direction, and a rotor is provided such that a length thereof in the axial direction is less than or equal to the length of the stator in the axial direction.

Abstract: Provided is a carbon material having a large specific surface area and good filling properties. The carbon material has a circularity of more than 0.83 and a specific surface area of not less than 400 m2/g. The carbon material is produced by a production method includes: providing a suspension containing first carbon particles having a specific surface area of not less than 50 m2/g, a water-soluble binder, and water; obtaining granular bodies from the suspension; and subjecting the granular bodies to heat treatment to obtain second carbon particles.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor, a first circuit board on which the image sensor is mounted, a second circuit board facing the first circuit board, a flexible board that electrically connects the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and a fan. The image sensor moves within a movable range of the image sensor in a direction different from an optical axis direction. The flexible board includes a bent portion that is located closest to a side of the flexible board connected to the first circuit board. The flexible board is bent in an area overlapping the movable range of the image sensor in the optical axis direction. As viewed from the optical axis direction, an inner surface of the bent portion is disposed to be outside a range of a blowing direction of an airflow discharged from a vent of the fan.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rhinovaccination system for preventing and treating hepatitis B, comprising a hepatitis B vaccine composition for administration to nasal mucosa in combination with a medical nozzle device.

Abstract: An accounting system according to the present invention include: an information display device including a first memory; and at least one first processor coupled to the first memory. The first processor performs first operations. The first operations includes: causing a first camera to image a person, and causes a display to display a code based on physical characteristics peculiar to the imaged person. An information processing device includes a second memory; and at least one second processor coupled to the second memory. The second processor performs second operations. The second operations includes: causing a second camera to image the code displayed by the information display device, acquiring accounting information of the person using the imaged code, and executing accounting processing using the accounting information.

Abstract: An authentication device includes an image acquisition unit, an identification unit, and an authentication unit. The image acquisition unit acquires an image of an eye of a subject. The identification unit identifies the colored pattern of a colored contact lens worn by the subject by comparing a reference image with the image of the eye. The authentication unit identifies the subject, using a feature in a region other than a colored region of the colored pattern in the iris region of the eye.

Abstract: The game system includes a first acquisition unit that acquires vehicle information about a vehicle, and a first transmission unit that transmits the vehicle information acquired by the first acquisition unit to a personal terminal brought into the vehicle. A vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle; a second acquisition unit that acquires the vehicle information transmitted from the first transmission unit; and the vehicle information acquired by the second acquisition unit, on the personal terminal and the personal terminal including a control unit that controls the progress of the game by using it as a parameter of the game that is being executed.

Abstract: A compound having anticancer activity, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is provided. Used is a compound represented by the following formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: (wherein, L1 and L2 are the same or different and each represents a group represented by one formula selected from the group consisting of formulas (A) to (F), and S represents a group represented by one formula selected from the group consisting of formulas (S1) to (S18)).

Abstract: An information providing device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: receive a face image; determine whether a person in the face image is unsuitable for iris data acquisition based on the face image; and output information based on determining that the person is unsuitable for the iris data acquisition when the person is determined to be unsuitable for the iris data acquisition.

Abstract: To provide a system, a method and the like for acquiring more images or more quickly focused images. A control device acquires information regarding a situation of a range captured by an imaging device, determines a mode according to an assumed situation of the range captured by the imaging device among a plurality of focusing modes, and transmits designation information specifying the determined mode to the imaging device. The imaging device receives the designation information from the control device, and captures an image using the mode specified by the received designation information.

Abstract: A vehicle speed control system that controls a vehicle speed of an agricultural vehicle that performs work using a work device while traveling using a traveling device, the agricultural vehicle performs work travel a plurality of times with non-work travel interposed therebetween, the vehicle speed control system including: a control unit configured to perform work travel control in which a vehicle speed is set according to a load on a motive power source that drives the traveling device and the work device; and a storage unit in which a vehicle speed that is set during the work travel is stored as an optimum vehicle speed, the control unit performs initial work travel control in which a vehicle speed at a time when the work travel is started after the non-work travel is set using the optimum vehicle speed that is stored during the work travel performed before the non-work travel.