Abstract: In an electrolyte membrane that is disposed between an electrolytic solution in an oxidation tank and a reduction electrode in a reduction tank in contact with the electrolytic solution and the reduction electrode, and is used in a carbon dioxide reduction device that performs a reduction reaction of carbon dioxide by bringing the carbon dioxide into direct contact with the reduction electrode, fibers are woven in a network shape inside the electrolyte membrane.

Abstract: An anomaly detection device is provided with a learning unit that generates a detection model using a communication log during normal operation of a communication apparatus as learning data and an anomaly detection unit that detects anomaly of the communication apparatus using the generated detection model. The anomaly detection device is further provided with a data acquisition unit that acquires a communication log (second communication log) generated during a predetermined period later than a first communication log and a determination unit that instructs relearning using the second communication log when there is difference information between the learning data (first communication log) of the current detection model and the second communication log and when the number of pieces of additional information (information on the additional flow) or the number of pieces of deletion information (information on the delete flow) included in the difference information satisfies predetermined evaluation criteria.

Abstract: It is an object to provide an optical filter, a method of manufacturing an optical filter, a method of designing, a design apparatus, and a program for designing non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which can suppress both the temperature dependency and the waveguide length. An optical filter includes three or more waveguides, and a plurality of sections provided in the three or more waveguides, respectively. Modes of light propagating through the sections of the three or more waveguides are different from each other.

Abstract: A surgical medical instrument (100) includes a first jaw (11) and a second jaw (12) operable to be rotated about a jaw rotation axis (A1) and about a wrist rotation axis (A2) by a first piston (31), a second piston (32), a third piston (33), and a fourth piston (34).

Abstract: A supply heat quantity estimating method includes: estimating a change in carried-out sensible heat by in-furnace passing gas and a change in carried-in sensible heat supplied by a raw material preheated by the in-furnace passing gas, and estimating a quantity of heat supplied to the pig iron in a blast furnace in consideration of the estimated changes in the carried-out sensible heat and carried-in sensible heat. The estimating includes: estimating the carried-out sensible heat in consideration of the quantity of heat released to an outside, and estimating the change in the carried-in sensible heat in consideration of a change in a surface height of the raw material; and estimating a quantity of heat held in a deadman coke, and estimating the quantity of heat supplied to the pig iron in the blast furnace in consideration of the estimated quantity of heat held in the deadman coke.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic system includes: a plurality of probes; at least one operation/display panel configured to be disposed at a same examination location as at least one of the plurality of probes; communication equipment configured to communicate with the plurality of probes and the operation/display panel; a measurement circuit configured to measure physical quantity related to the plurality of probes; processing circuitry configured to associate a specific probe of the plurality of probes with the operation/display panel based on the measured physical quantity; and an ultrasonic server configured to be disposed at a location different from the examination location, receive first data acquired by the specific probe via the communication equipment, generate second data based on the first data, and transmit the second data to the operation/display panel via the communication equipment.

Abstract: An attachment device that suppresses a decrease in the detection accuracy of a sensor. This attachment device is designed to attach a sensor to one surface side of a transmission plate such that the sensor can detect a transmitted wave transmitted from the other surface side.

Abstract: A panel frame structure includes a panel frame, an upper frame bonded along an upper end of the panel frame, a side frame bonded along a lateral end of the panel frame, and a mounting bracket for a lock device. The mounting bracket has a portion overlapped on the upper frame when viewed from a front-back direction.

Abstract: A method for charging raw materials into a blast furnace is as follows. The blast furnace includes a bell-less charging device that includes a plurality of main hoppers and an auxiliary hopper. The auxiliary hopper has a smaller capacity than the main hoppers. The method includes discharging ore charged in at least one of the plurality of main hoppers, and then sequentially charging the ore from a furnace center side toward a furnace wall side by using a rotating chute. After charging of the ore is started, only the ore is charged from the rotating chute at least until charging of 45 mass % of the ore is completed based on a total amount of the ore to be charged per batch; then, discharging of low-reactivity ore charged in the auxiliary hopper is started; and then, the low-reactivity ore is charged together with the ore from the rotating chute.

Abstract: A modular vending machine system including: multiple cartridges configured to hold a good to be dispensed; a docking station configured to removably store at least one of the cartridges; a vending machine main body including a cartridge port configured to receive at least one of the cartridges, a dispensing-port for dispensing the good to a user, and a mechanism configured to perform at least one of removing the good from the cartridge, performing dispensing preparation processing of the good, or dispensing the good via the dispensing port; and control circuitry configured to control operation of the cartridges, the docking station, and the vending machine, wherein the cartridge is provided with a traveling mechanism configured to enable the cartridge to move to and from the docking station and the vending machine main body.

Abstract: A supply heat amount estimating method for estimating an amount of heat supplied to pig iron in a blast furnace from an amount of heat supplied into the blast furnace and a rate of production of molten pig iron in the blast furnace, the supply heat amount estimating method includes: estimating a change in carried-out sensible heat by an in-furnace passing gas and a change in carried-in sensible heat supplied by a raw material preheated by the in-furnace passing gas and estimating the amount of heat supplied to the pig iron in the blast furnace in consideration of the estimated changes in the carried-out sensible heat and the carried-in sensible heat.

Abstract: A switching power supply device with synchronous rectification includes a transformer that receives an input voltage on a primary side, a synchronous rectifier element that conducts/breaks a current of a secondary-side coil of the transformer, and a synchronous rectifier control circuit that drives the synchronous rectifier element to be on/off.

Abstract: A switching power supply device includes a secondary-side control circuit including a switching control circuit that generates a voltage for ON-OFF control of a switching element for synchronous rectification. The secondary-side control circuit includes an external terminal to which a drain voltage of the switching element is input, a power supply terminal to which a voltage rectified by the switching element is input, a peak hold circuit that holds a peak of the drain voltage input to the external terminal, and an abnormality detection circuit that operates based on the voltage at the power supply terminal or a voltage derived from the voltage at the power supply terminal and a holding voltage of the peak hold circuit, and outputs an abnormality detection signal when detecting an abnormal state in which the voltage at the power supply terminal decreases or no voltage is input to the power supply terminal.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnosis system includes a reaction force detection sensor that detects a reaction force acting on an ultrasonic probe when the ultrasonic probe is pressed against a body surface of a subject. Then, the ultrasonic diagnosis system estimates the push-in amount of the ultrasonic probe with respect to the subject by using the reaction force detection sensor during the ultrasonic diagnosis to output a display or a warning of the estimated push-in amount of the ultrasonic probe to the output device.

Abstract: A supplied heat quantity estimation method includes an estimation step of estimating a change in carried out sensible heat by in-furnace passing gas and a change in carried in sensible heat supplied by a raw material preheated by the in-furnace passing gas, and estimating a quantity of heat supplied to pig iron in a blast furnace in consideration of the estimated changes of the carried out sensible heat and the carried in sensible heat. The estimation step includes a step of estimating a quantity of heat supplied to pig iron in consideration of heat dissipated from the blast furnace during an air blowing break, and a step of estimating a quantity of heat held in deadman coke present in the blast furnace, and estimating the quantity of heat supplied to pig iron in consideration of the estimated quantity of heat held in deadman coke.

Abstract: A supplied heat quantity estimation method estimates a quantity of heat supplied to pig iron in a blast furnace from a quantity of heat supplied into the blast furnace and a production speed of molten iron in the blast furnace, and includes an estimation step of estimating a change in carried out sensible heat by in-furnace passing gas and a change in carried in sensible heat supplied by a raw material preheated by the in-furnace passing gas, and estimating the quantity of heat supplied to pig iron in the blast furnace in consideration of the estimated changes of the carried out sensible heat and the carried in sensible heat. The estimation step includes calculating an iron making speed and estimating a quantity of heat held in furnace core coke present in the blast furnace to estimate the quantity of heat supplied to pig iron.

Abstract: A supplied heat quantity estimation method estimates a quantity of heat supplied to pig iron in a blast furnace from a quantity of heat supplied into the blast furnace and a production speed of molten iron in the blast furnace, and includes estimating a change in carried out sensible heat by in-furnace passing gas and a change in carried in sensible heat supplied by a raw material preheated by the in-furnace passing gas, and estimating the quantity of heat supplied to pig iron in the blast furnace in consideration of the estimated changes of the carried out sensible heat and the carried in sensible heat. The estimating includes estimating the changes of the carried out sensible heat and the carried in sensible heat, and estimating a quantity of heat held in deadman coke present in the blast furnace to estimate the quantity of heat supplied to pig iron.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus repeats ultrasonic wave transmissions with different transmission angles in units of packets. The apparatus receives reception signals. The apparatus performs beamforming on the reception signals. The apparatus performs MTI filtering on initial images for each group of the same transmission angle. The apparatus performs principal component analysis on the MTI images for each of the packets having the same set of transmission angles. The apparatus performs coherent addition on the principal component images for each of the packets to generate coherent addition images.

Abstract: A lifting and lowering movement control system for controlling an automatic conveyance vehicle configured to move with an article loaded thereon and a lifting and lowering device configured to move up and down in a state in which the automatic conveyance vehicle is on board, the system includes a lifting and lowering relevant information acquisition section configured to acquire lifting and lowering relevant information relating to the lifting and lowering device scheduled to be boarded by the automatic conveyance vehicle, and a movement control section configured to set a movement path to the lifting and lowering device scheduled to be boarded based on the lifting and lowering relevant information.

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery comprising graphite particles satisfying x?2.0 when a compressive load required to consolidate to 1.7 g/cm3 in autograph measurement is x (kN/cm2), 5.0?y?20.0 when, a particle size at which a cumulative volume from a small diameter side of a volume-based particle size distribution measured by a laser diffraction method reaches 50% is y, the above mentioned x and y satisfy the following Formula (1), and a degree of graphitization satisfies 90.0% or more: 11.3x?0.66y+1.4?14.5??(1).