Abstract: There is provided an electrophotographic photosensitive member having drum shape, the electrophotographic photosensitive member including a support and a photosensitive layer, wherein an outer surface of the electrophotographic photosensitive member has wrinkles, and when an observation region having square form with one side of 100 ?m is placed at an arbitrary position on the outer surface, a line that passes through a central point of the observation region and is parallel to a circumferential direction of the electrophotographic photosensitive member is defined as a first reference line L1, and 3,599 reference lines obtained by rotating the first reference line L1 at every 0.1° around the central point are defined as L2 to L3,600, respectively, each of L1 to L3,600 intersects with convex portions of the wrinkles at a plurality of locations and has at least two different intersection angles selected from the plurality of locations.

Abstract: A distributed processing node includes a computing device that calculates gradient data of a loss function from an output result obtained by inputting learning data to a learning target model, an interconnect device that aggregates gradient data between the distributed processing node and other distributed processing nodes, a computing function unit that is provided in a bus device and performs processing of gradient data from the computing device, and a DMA controller that controls DMA transfer of gradient data between the computing device and the bus device and DMA transfer of gradient data between the bus device and the interconnect device.

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes: an imaging device; a light source device; a first processing circuit; and a second processing circuit. The light source device can emit first light and fourth light having peak wavelengths in a transmission wavelength band of the blue color filter, second light, and third light and fifth light having peak wavelengths in a transmission wavelength band of the red color filter. The light source device emits the third light in a first imaging frame and the fifth light in a second imaging frame. The first processing circuit generates a display image based on any one of a first image group including images corresponding to the third light and the fifth light and a second image group including an image corresponding to the fourth light, and outputs a remaining one of the first image group and the second image group to the second processing circuit.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a zinc battery is disclosed. The negative electrode comprises: a plate-like negative electrode core member; and a negative electrode mixture layer formed on at least one main surface of the negative electrode core member. The negative electrode mixture layer contains a negative electrode mixture. The negative electrode mixture includes zinc particles formed from at least one of zinc and a zinc alloy. On the at least one main surface of the negative electrode core member, a number of deformed areas in which a change in a length in a thickness direction of the negative electrode core member with respect to a reference exceeds 50 ?m is 2.4 or less per square millimeter.

Abstract: A light source device includes a plurality of light emitters, an optical system configured to combine light from the light emitters, a wavelength selective filter located on an optical path of the optical system, and an optical sensor configured to receive light from one light emitter among the light emitters through an optical filter. The optical filter has a wavelength selection characteristic corresponding to a wavelength selection characteristic of the wavelength selective filter.

Abstract: A rotation angle sensor includes a sensor integrated circuit attached to an attachment member. The attachment member includes a connecting terminal protruding upward from an attachment surface and a guide protruding upward from the attachment surface and positions, together with the connecting terminal, the sensor integrated circuit at an attachment position. The sensor integrated circuit includes a lead frame on which an electronic circuit is mounted and an exterior covering the electronic circuit. The lead frame includes a lead and an extending portion located in an outer periphery of the exterior. At least one of the lead and the extending portion has an elastic structure. The sensor integrated circuit is attached to the attachment member by an elastic force of the elastic structure that biases the extending portion against the guide and that joins the lead to the connecting terminal.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody recognizing a v9 fragment of the cell adhesion molecule CADM1.

Abstract: An endoscope device includes a processor configured to calculate light source control information based on first information regarding a scope and second information regarding a light source device, and to control a light source of the light source device based on the light source control information. The second information includes a ratio of an amount of light emitted from a distal end of a reference scope to an amount of light emitted from the light source device to the reference scope.

Abstract: An information processing system 1 comprises: a presentation unit 32 for presenting display images relating to a plurality of kinds of content identification information to a user; an acquisition unit 33 for acquiring content identification information chosen by the user from among the content identification information presented to the user; a content determination unit 13 for determining playback content corresponding to the content identification information chosen by the user; a playback unit 34 for playing the playback content; and a flag setting unit 14 for, in response to the playback content having been played, associating a Viewed flag indicating that the relevant playback content has been played with the user's identification information. The content determination unit 13 determines the playback content corresponding to the content identification information chosen by the user in such a way that the playback content varies in detail depending on the Viewed flag.

Abstract: A light source device includes a plurality of light emitters, an optical system configured to combine light from the light emitters, a wavelength selective filter located on an optical path of the optical system, and an optical sensor configured to receive light from one light emitter among the light emitters through an optical filter. The optical filter has a wavelength selection characteristic corresponding to a wavelength selection characteristic of the wavelength selective filter.

Abstract: A zirconia sintered body that includes a transparent zirconia portion and an opaque zirconia portion has a biaxial bending strength of 300 MPa or more. In addition, the opaque zirconia portion is configured by an opaque zirconia sintered body that is any one of a dark-colored zirconia sintered body, a medium-light-colored zirconia sintered body, and a light-colored zirconia sintered body.

Abstract: A steering control apparatus for a marine vessel that is able to automatically reduce chine walk includes a processor to obtain behavior information on a hull, including one or more of a behavior relating to a shift of the hull in a roll direction, a shift of the hull in a yaw direction, a shift of the hull in crosswise direction, a steering load, and a helm operation load. When judging that one or more conditions to change a steering mode to a counter steering mode are satisfied, the processor changes the steering mode to the counter steering mode. In the counter steering mode, the processor controls steering of the marine vessel by performing counter steering so as to reduce at least some of one or more of the behaviors of the hull based on the obtained behavior information.

Abstract: Provided is a cable holding member which includes: an insulated main body; a through-hole; a bend portion; and a cover portion, in which the through-hole is configured to allow a cable to be inserted therethrough from one end side toward the other side of the main body, the cover portion is configured in such a manner as to be bendable relative to the main body along the bend portion, and at least a part of the cover portion is configured to, upon the cover portion being bent relative to the main body, be capable of covering a plane intersecting with a direction where the cable is inserted, at an opening end face of an opening portion of the through-hole, the opening end face being located on the other end side, or a vicinity thereof.

Abstract: A connection mechanism 242 of the present invention is configured such that, in a state where an inclined end surface 536 of a male connection portion 500 is brought into contact with a protruding portion 618 of a female connection portion 600, by moving the male connection portion 500 toward the female connection portion 600, the male connection portion 500 rotates and the protruding portion 618 is inserted into a guide portion 534 and a connector 532 is connected to an adapter 610. The lock mechanism 243 is configured such that the protrusion 704 of the male lock portion 700 comes in contact with a wall 858 of a circumferential recess 842 disposed in a proximal cylindrical member 806 of the female lock portion 800, and in this state, the proximal cylindrical member 806 is further moved toward a proximal fixing member 804 against an urging force of a spring 854, and then the male lock portion 700 is rotated to move to a space 856 of the circumferential recess 842.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sheet conveying device includes a placement tray, a presence detection sensor, and a control unit. The placement tray places a sheet thereon. The presence detection sensor detects the presence or absence of the sheet on the placement tray. The control unit delays a determination timing of the presence or absence of the sheet placed on the placement tray to a predetermined timing when a condition indicating that the remaining sheets placed on the placement tray are only a few is satisfied.

Abstract: A sintered body includes zirconia, iron, cobalt and titanium, in which a total iron and cobalt content is more than 0.1 mass % and less than 3 mass % and a titanium content is more than 3 mass %.

Abstract: An example of a storage medium accessible by a server stores a plurality of video content items that are assigned sequential numbers. The storage medium stores premise information, which is information related to another video content item of the plurality of video content items other than the at least one video content item. The storage medium stores history information. The server receives, from the terminal, information that indicates a specified video content item that is specified by the user from among the plurality of video content items. Based on the premise information associated with the specified video content item and the history information of the user, the server generates an additional content item that describes the other video content item corresponding to the premise information. The server transmits the specified video content item and the additional content item to the terminal.

Abstract: A seating posture is stabilized for the shoulders of a passenger seated on a vehicle seat. A vehicle seat is provided with a seat back configured to support the seated person from the rear. A shoulder support portion of the seat back configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand when air is supplied. When the air cell expands, one end portion of the shoulder support portion on the outside in the width direction of the vehicle seat moves more forward than the other end portion of the shoulder support portion on the inside in the width direction.

Abstract: A four-wheel drive system with boosting operation includes: a battery; a voltage boosting device; a front wheel drive unit connected parallel to the battery via the voltage boosting device and including a first motor generator and a first inverter; and a rear wheel drive unit connected parallel to the battery bypassing the voltage boosting device and including a second motor generator and a second inverter. An output power of front wheel drive unit is higher than an output power of rear wheel drive unit, and the output power of rear wheel drive unit is higher than a boosted output power of voltage boosting device. The control method of four-wheel drive system with boosting operation includes controlling the front and rear wheel drive units such that an output power flowing through the voltage boosting device does not exceed a rated boosted output power of voltage boosting device.

Abstract: A seating posture is stabilized for the shoulders of a passenger seated on a vehicle seat. A vehicle seat is provided with a seat back configured to support the seated person from the rear. A shoulder support portion of the seat back configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand when air is supplied. When the air cell expands, one end portion of the shoulder support portion on the outside in the width direction of the vehicle seat moves more forward than the other end portion of the shoulder support portion on the inside in the width direction.