Abstract: This technology relates to a transmission apparatus, a reception apparatus, and a data processing method for easily implementing circuits on the receiving side. There is provided a transmission apparatus including a processing section configured to process a stream with respect to each of multiple PLPs included in a broadcast signal, the stream being constituted by packets, the processing section further causing a header of each of the packets to include mapping information mapped to identification information identifying the PLP to which each of the packets belongs. This technology may be applied to data transmission methods such as the IP transmission method or the MPEG2-TS method, for example.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a coil spring is formed of a wire which is helically wound, and includes an end turn portion and an effective portion, and a surface of the wire in the end turn portion includes an area which is softer than a surface of the wire in the effective portion.

Abstract: A paper feeding device includes: a bearing base to which a spool inserted into a paper roll, around which a paper is wound, is detachably attachable; a support including: a leading-end detection sensor to detect a leading end of the paper on the paper roll and output a sensor signal; and a roller disposed at a position in the support different from the leading-end detection sensor in a circumferential direction of the paper roll, to cause the leading-end detection sensor and the roller to contact a surface of the paper roll attached to the bearing base; and to cause the leading-end detection sensor and the roller to be directed toward an axial center of the spool; and a motor to rotate the spool in a feeding direction to feed the paper and in a reverse direction opposite to the feeding 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 particle beam therapy apparatus has a position and posture setter that moves a movable body, that is at least one of the irradiation nozzle and the treatment table. A movement path of the movable body is determined when adapting the positional posture of the movable body from one condition among a plurality of prescribed conditions to another condition. An evaluation value is obtained for adapting the positional posture of the movable body to each of a plurality of prescribed conditions. This evaluation value is for a case of moving the movable body according to the movement path. A setting order is determined for adapting the positional posture of the movable body to each prescribed condition based on the evaluation value; and the positional posture of the movable body is adapted to each of the plurality of prescribed conditions by moving the movable body according to the determined movement path.

Abstract: A polyolefin microporous membrane having a film thickness of 1 ?m to 30 ?m; an air permeability of 500 sec/100 cm3 or less; and a withstand voltage reduction rate of 1.0% or greater and 17.0% or less due to pressing under conditions of a temperature of 60° C., a pressure of 3.4 MPa, and a compression time of 1 sec or a withstand voltage reduction rate of 1.0% or greater and 28.0% or less due to pressing under conditions of a temperature of 70° C., a pressure of 8 MPa, and a compression time of 3 min, or having a polyethylene crystal long period before compression of 35.0 nm or more, measured by a small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) method, and a diffraction peak-to-peak distance of 2.410° or more and 2.600° or less derived from a (110) plane and a (200) plane of a polyethylene crystal before compression is provided.

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.