Abstract: A substrate treatment method includes: developing a substrate which has a coating film of an inorganic resist formed on a base film thereon and has been subjected to an exposure treatment, with a developing solution to form a pattern of the inorganic resist; supplying an embedding solution to the developed substrate to fill a space between adjacent protrusions of the pattern; drying the filled embedding solution to form an embedded film on the substrate; and reducing a thickness of the embedded film by an ultraviolet ray.

Abstract: A power generation module includes a power generation element having a magnetic core elongated in one direction and a coil wound around the magnetic core, an induction yoke part having a first induction yoke contacting one end of the magnetic core in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic core and made of a magnetic material and a second induction yoke contacting the other end of the magnetic core in the longitudinal direction and made of a magnetic material, and a magnet part that is relatively displaceable relative to the power generation element in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The magnet part has a first magnet and a second magnet arranged in the displacement direction. The first magnet has an N-pole part and an S-pole part arranged in the longitudinal direction. The second magnet has an N-pole part and an S-pole part arranged in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides an inspection system comprising a printing apparatus and an inspection apparatus that inspects a printed matter printed by the printing apparatus. The inspection apparatus obtains a scanned image by reading an image formed on the printed matter, diagnose the printing apparatus based on the scanned image, and in a case in which the printing apparatus is diagnosed as having a defect by the diagnosis, the inspection apparatus presents a countermeasure to be executed in the printing apparatus to resolve the defect. Then, in response to the execution of the countermeasure in the printing apparatus, the inspection apparatus allows an instruction to re-diagnose the printing apparatus to be accepted.

Abstract: A cold flake suppression method is provided. A molding device includes a sleeve, a tip, a sprue guide portion, a molding die, a sprue ring, a distributer, and a control device. The sprue guide portion includes a stamp portion, a runner portion, and a gate portion. The control device drives a supply device to slide the tip for molten metal to flow through the sleeve; sequentially calculates an amount of heat transfer changing continuously from the start of supply of molten metal until the tip slides to the position in FIG. 2, and calculates a total of the amounts as a total amount of heat transfer; and calculates a volume of the sprue guide portion based on information about the sprue guide portion input by an operator. Shapes of the sleeve and the sprue guide portion are determined to set a cold flake index equal to or less than 0.842.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a photo detector includes preparing a substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, forming a semiconductor layer on the first main surface, forming a passivation layer having an opening on the semiconductor layer, forming an electrode on the semiconductor layer exposed through the opening, bringing the passivation layer into contact with an etchant after the electrode is formed, and inspecting characteristics after the bringing into contact with an etchant. In the method, the etchant has a higher etching rate for the semiconductor layer than the passivation layer.

Abstract: A liquid viscosity measurement device for measuring a viscosity of a liquid includes: a substrate; a channel configured to be installed on the substrate so that the liquid flows through the channel; a heating element configured to generate a bubble in the liquid inside the channel; a sensor configured to be placed in a vicinity of the heating element so as to measure a temperature; and a deriving unit configured to derive the viscosity of the liquid by specifying a bubble disappearance time period from generation to disappearance of the bubble based on a change in temperature obtained by use of the sensor, so that the viscosity of the liquid is derived based on the bubble disappearance time period.

Abstract: The present application provides a material for efficiently removing active hydrogen-containing compounds such as alcohol compounds. The present application uses an active hydrogen-containing organic compound scavenger having a bromine content of from 38 to 78 wt % represented by the formula (1) (wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group, each R3 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-4 alkyl group or a bromine atom, m represents at least one selected from the group consisting of 0, 1, 2 and 3, and n represents a real number of 0 or more) (wherein the isocyanate compound may be a single species or a mixture of two or more species, and in the case of a mixture, n represents an average n of the mixture).

Abstract: A V8 engine, each bank of which is configured such that four crank pins connected to four piston pins via a connecting rod are positioned at 90° intervals when viewed from one end of a crankshaft. The four crank pins on the bank side are offset by 60° relative to the four crank pins on the bank side when viewed from the one end.

Abstract: An outboard motor is provided with an upper separator disposed on the lower side of an oil case for storing a lubricating oil of an engine, and an extension case which is separably connected on the lower side of the upper separator. The upper separator has a central exhaust passage through which exhaust gas flows, and a cooling water flow part through which cooling water flows on the outside of the central exhaust passage, the central exhaust passage and the cooling water flow part forming an integrated structure. The exhaust gas and the cooling water are caused to mix in the extension case.

Abstract: A cold flake suppression method is provided. A molding device includes a sleeve, a tip, a sprue guide portion, a molding die, a sprue ring, a distributer, and a control device. The sprue guide portion includes a stamp portion, a runner portion, and a gate portion. The control device drives a supply device to slide the tip for molten metal to flow through the sleeve; sequentially calculates an amount of heat transfer changing continuously from the start of supply of molten metal until the tip slides to the position in FIG. 2, and calculates a total of the amounts as a total amount of heat transfer; and calculates a volume of the sprue guide portion based on information about the sprue guide portion input by an operator. Shapes of the sleeve and the sprue guide portion are determined to set a cold flake index equal to or less than 0.842.

Abstract: A V8 engine, each bank of which is configured such that four crank pins connected to four piston pins via a connecting rod are positioned at 90° intervals when viewed from one end of a crankshaft. The four crank pins on the bank side are offset by 60° relative to the four crank pins on the bank side when viewed from the one end.

Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed contact holder, a moving contact holder, an electromagnetic device, and a magnet. The fixed contact holder extends in a predetermined direction and is provided with a fixed contact. The moving contact holder also extends in the predetermined direction, and is provided with a moving contact. The magnet is arranged perpendicularly to an opening/closing direction of the fixed contact and the moving contact. A stretch space in which an arc generated between the fixed contact and the moving contact is stretched is provided, in the predetermined direction, beyond respective tips of the fixed contact holder and the moving contact holder. The stretch space also faces a surface of the fixed contact holder and a surface of the moving contact holder.

Abstract: According to an aspect, an information processing device includes: a receiver configured to receive information related to a plurality of smart meters; a controller configured to determine presence or absence of an anomaly in each of the smart meters based on a reception status of the information from each of the smart meters; and an output unit configured to output information indicating presence or absence of an anomaly in each of the smart meters. The receiver receives the information from the smart meters in a cycle of a first predetermined time. The controller determines that an anomaly is occurring in a smart meter from which information has not been obtained for a second predetermined time that is longer than the first predetermined time. The second predetermined time is n times as long as the first predetermined time, and n is equal to or greater than 2.

Abstract: A light detection device includes a photo detector and a circuit board connected to the photo detector by conductive connection parts. In this light detection device, the photo detector includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer provided on one surface of the substrate, a first groove dividing the semiconductor layer into sections for respective pixels, and first electrodes provided on the semiconductor layer and serving as the pixels. Each of the conductive connection part contains indium. Each of the first electrode includes a Ti layer and a Pt layer stacked in this order on the semiconductor layer, and the conductive connection parts are provided on the Pt layers of the first electrodes.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a compound introduction apparatus for introducing a compound into a cell, including: a supply flow channel for supplying a cell suspension containing the cell and the compound; an introduction unit configured to introduce the compound into the cell; and an ejection port for ejecting the cell suspension containing the cell in which the compound has been introduced. A height of the channel relative to a flow direction of the cell suspension through the channel is more than 1.0 times a diameter of the cell and less than 2.0 times the diameter, and a width of the channel relative to the flow direction is more than 1.0 times the diameter of the cell and less than 2.0 times the diameter, and a diameter of the ejection port is more than 1.0 times the diameter of the cell and less than 2.0 times the diameter.

Abstract: Provided is a compound introduction apparatus including: a processing chamber; a first heater that introduces an introduction-target compound into a cell inside the processing chamber; a supply flow channel for supplying a cell suspension containing the cell and the introduction-target compound to the processing chamber; a discharge flow channel for discharging the cell suspension from the processing chamber; a second heater that prevents backflow of the cell suspension from the processing chamber into the supply flow channel; and a third heater that pressurizes the discharge flow channel.

Abstract: A first end portion includes a first contact. A second end portion includes a second contact. At least a first end portion, out of the first end portion and a second end portion, is curved to be folded back from a tip in one direction of the first end portion. The first contact is located in a folded-back part of the first end portion and faces the second contact.

Abstract: An aqueous inkjet ink of the present disclosure is an active energy ray curable aqueous inkjet ink including a water-soluble monomer having a polymerizable group and a hydrazide compound. The water-soluble monomer is a curable substance having a ketone structure.

Abstract: At least one processor that identifies which of a plurality of exterior bodies individually formed in advance is an exterior body attached to a main body of an electronic device capable of executing at least a first function and a second function which are not display functions and are different from each other, enables at least the first function of the electronic device and disables at least the second function of the electronic device when the identified exterior body is a certain exterior body among the plurality of exterior bodies, and enables at least the second function of the electronic device and disables at least the first function of the electronic device when the identified exterior body is another exterior body different from the certain exterior body among the plurality of exterior bodies.

Abstract: An outboard motor is provided with an upper separator disposed on the lower side of an oil case for storing a lubricating oil of an engine, and an extension case which is separably connected on the lower side of the upper separator. The upper separator has a central exhaust passage through which exhaust gas flows, and a cooling water flow part through which cooling water flows on the outside of the central exhaust passage, the central exhaust passage and the cooling water flow part forming an integrated structure. The exhaust gas and the cooling water are caused to mix in the extension case.