Abstract: A vehicle seat air-conditioning device is used for a seat having a seat back and a bottom. The vehicle seat air-conditioning device includes: a blower that is incorporated in the seat and guides air generated by a vehicle air-conditioning apparatus mounted on the vehicle; an outlet ventilation path that guides air guided from the blower to a first outlet provided in a front surface of the seat back that is a surface located to face a person seated on the seat; a processor configured to control the blower when executing the program. The processor is configured to control at least one of an air volume or a temperature of the air generated by the vehicle air-conditioning apparatus, based on a thermal sensation parameter determined from an environmental parameter including a detection result of information regarding a temperature of air discharged from the first outlet.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to calculate, for combinations of genes included in a gene data set, a scale of dependence of a multifactorial disease or a sporadic disease on causative genes, and the multifactorial disease or the sporadic disease on related genes, and select a combination including a predetermined number of genes from among the data set based on the scale.

Abstract: An active material includes a core portion, and a coating portion arranged on a surface of the core portion. The core portion contains elemental lithium (Li), elemental manganese (Mn), and elemental oxygen (O). The coating portion contains an element A (A is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Ta, Nb, and Al) and elemental oxygen (O). W/(T×S) is more than 0 and 15% by mass/(cm3/g) or less, wherein T (nm) represents an average thickness of the coating portion, S (m2/g) represents a specific surface area of the active material, and W (% by mass) represents an amount of element A contained in the coating portion.

Abstract: A connector holder is capable of minimizing or preventing interference between a wire harness of an installment panel and a vehicle body. A connector holder is provided with a locking portion with a projecting shape that allows it to lock into a cover attachment hole formed in an installment panel. A wire harness is provided with a connector holding portion for holding a connector of the wire harness and a bolt cover portion extending from the connector holding portion. The bolt cover portion is configured to cover a bolt fixed to a vehicle body in a state where the connector holding portion is fixed to the vehicle body. The locking portion is provided on the bolt cover portion.

Abstract: An inspection device for a pillar shaped honeycomb filter, wherein the inspection device includes: a housing portion; an introduction pipe and a discharge pipe, each of the introduction pipe and the discharge pipe being connected to the housing portion; a particle generation portion for generating particles; a particle introduction portion for introducing the particles generated by the particle generation portion into the introduction pipe; a gas stirring portion disposed in the introduction pipe on an upstream side of the particle introduction portion; a particle concentration adjusting portion disposed in the introduction pipe on a downstream side of the particle introduction portion; and particle counters for measuring the number of particles, the particle counters being disposed in the introduction pipe and the discharge pipe on the downstream side of the particle introduction portion.

Abstract: Provided is a flavor inhalation instrument or the like that is controlled on the basis of motion of said flavor inhalation instrument or the like. A device, which is a flavor inhalation instrument or an aerosol generation device, comprises: a vibrator, a sensor which is configured to detect the motion of the device; a conversion unit which is configured to convert input data representing the detected motion into vibration data for vibrating the vibrator; and a control unit which is configured to vibrate the vibrator on the basis of the vibration data.

Abstract: A transport apparatus includes a hand, a drive mechanism, a cover member, and a gas supply member. The hand is configured to hold a wafer. The drive mechanism is configured to transport the wafer by moving the hand. The cover member has an opposing surface opposed to a surface of the wafer held by the hand and is formed with a plurality of holes opened in the opposing surface. The gas supply member is configured to supply an inert gas to the surface of the wafer via the plurality of holes of the cover member. The plurality of holes are formed in the opposing surface so that an opening ratio of an outer peripheral portion of the opposing surface is higher than an opening ratio of a central portion of the opposing surface.

Abstract: A gas generator includes a housing, a gas generating agent, and a filter. The filter is in a hollow cylindrical shape that surrounds a combustion chamber where the gas generating agent is accommodated. The filter is made of a wound body or a braided body of metal wire rods, and held by the housing in an axially compressed state by being sandwiched between a top plate portion and a bottom plate portion of the housing. When sandwiching is removed to apply no load, the filter has an axial length expanded by at least 1 mm as compared with a state in which the filter is sandwiched between the top plate portion and the bottom plate portion.

Abstract: Provided is an optically anisotropic film, an optical film, and a display device, which have a high contrast and excellent light fastness. The optically anisotropic film includes a liquid crystal compound and a dichroic substance, in which the liquid crystal compound is vertically aligned, the dichroic substance forms an arrangement structure, and in a case where, in a cross section observed with a scanning transmission electron microscope, a length of a major axis of the arrangement structure is defined as L, and a length of a minor axis of the arrangement structure is defined as D, 16 or more arrangement structures satisfying L?30 nm are observed per 40 ?m2.

Abstract: The input device includes: a plurality of capacitive buttons that are provided side by side; a capacitance detection circuit configured to detect capacitance values of a pair of sensor electrodes in the plurality of capacitive buttons; and an input determination circuit configured to, when the capacitance value detected by the capacitance detection circuit in a first button of the plurality of capacitive buttons exceeds a first threshold, accept an input operation to the first button in a case where the capacitance value detected by the capacitance detection circuit in a second button adjacent to the first button is smaller than a second threshold, and not to accept the input operation to the first button in a case where the capacitance value detected by the capacitance detection circuit in the second button is equal to or larger than the second threshold.

Abstract: A function executing device may comprise a first wireless interface according to a Bluetooth Low Energy scheme being capable of repeatedly sending an advertising signal. The function executing device may after a first advertising signal in which a first radio field intensity is used has been sent from the first wireless interface, receive a specific signal via the first wireless interface from a terminal device, change a radio field intensity used for sending the advertising signal from the first radio field intensity to a second radio field intensity lower than the first radio field intensity, and after a second advertising signal in which the second radio field intensity is used has been sent from the first wireless interface, establish a first wireless connection with the terminal device via the first wireless interface.

Abstract: A capacitive button capable of improving tolerance to electrostatic discharge is provided. The capacitive button includes: a pair of sensor electrodes which are provided side by side; a floating electrode which is arranged on a front side of the pair of sensor electrodes via an insulating layer; and a ground electrode which is arranged so as to surround the floating electrode, and is grounded without being electrically connected with the pair of sensor electrodes and the floating electrode. By providing the configuration, the tolerance to the electrostatic discharge of the capacitive button can be improved.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes: a cleaning tank that defines a cleaning space for cleaning a wafer; a wafer rotation mechanism that is arranged inside the cleaning tank and holds and rotates the wafer; a cleaning member that contacts and cleans a surface of the wafer, is rotatable around a central axis extending in a lateral direction, and has a length in an axial direction longer than a radius of the wafer; a swing mechanism that swings the cleaning member around a swing axis located inside the cleaning tank to move the cleaning member from a retracted position outside of the wafer to a cleaning position directly above the wafer; a second cleaning means that cleans the surface of the wafer; and a second swing mechanism that swings the second cleaning means around a second swing axis located inside the cleaning tank to pass directly above a center of the wafer.

Abstract: A photonic crystal surface-emitting laser includes a light emitting region from which light is emitted in a direction crossing an in-plane direction, and a current blocking region that is adjacent to the light emitting region in the in-plane direction and in which current is less likely to flow than in the light emitting region. The light emitting region and the current blocking region each include a photonic crystal layer. The photonic crystal layer has a first region and second regions periodically arranged in the first region. A refractive index of each of the second regions is different from that of the first region. The light emitting region includes a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the second semiconductor layer are sequentially stacked on top of one another in an emission direction of the light.

Abstract: A two-dimensional photonic crystal laser includes: electrodes; an active layer; and a two-dimensional photonic crystal layer in which modified refractive index regions are disposed to be shifted by different shift amounts from respective lattice points or/and are disposed at the respective lattice points with different areas, the shift amount or/and the area is/are modified with a composite modulation period and expressed by a modulation phase ?(r?) expressed using a vector r? indicating a position of each lattice point of the two-dimensional lattice, a vector kn? indicating a combination of an inclination angle and an azimuthal angle of each of n laser beams mutually differing in the inclination angle and/or the azimuthal angle, and an amplitude An and a phase exp(i?n) determined for each n and the amplitude An and/or the phase exp(i?n) for each value of n differ(s) from each other in at least two different values of n.

Abstract: A two-dimensional photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser includes: a two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer; an active layer provided on one surface side of the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer; and a reflection layer provided on the other surface side of the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer or on a side opposite to the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer so as to be spaced apart from the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer, wherein a distance d between surfaces of the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer and the reflection layer facing each other is set such that a radiation coefficient difference ??v=(?v1??v0), which is a value obtained by subtracting a radiation coefficient ?v0 of a fundamental mode having the smallest loss from a radiation coefficient ?v1 of a first higher order mode having the second smallest loss among the light amplified in the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer, is 1 cm?1 or more.

Abstract: The disclosure provides one technique for suppressing wear of a cleaning member and unexpected dust generation. A substrate support mechanism 100 includes a first support part 110 which is swingable and has a contact region that can come into contact with a peripheral edge of one surface of a substrate W in a closed state, a second support part 120 which supports the other surface of the substrate W, and a first support part moving part 140 which swings the first support part 110.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes: a cleaning tank that defines a cleaning space for cleaning a wafer; a wafer rotation mechanism that is arranged inside the cleaning tank and holds and rotates the wafer; a cleaning member that contacts and cleans a surface of the wafer, is rotatable around a central axis extending in a lateral direction, and has a length in an axial direction longer than a radius of the wafer; a swing mechanism that swings the cleaning member around a swing axis located inside the cleaning tank to move the cleaning member from a retracted position outside of the wafer to a cleaning position directly above the wafer; a second cleaning means that cleans the surface of the wafer; and a second swing mechanism that swings the second cleaning means around a second swing axis located inside the cleaning tank to pass directly above a center of the wafer.

Abstract: A capacitive button capable of improving tolerance to electrostatic discharge is provided. The capacitive button includes: a pair of sensor electrodes which are provided side by side; a floating electrode which is arranged on a front side of the pair of sensor electrodes via an insulating layer; and a ground electrode which is arranged so as to surround the floating electrode, and is grounded without being electrically connected with the pair of sensor electrodes and the floating electrode. By providing the configuration, the tolerance to the electrostatic discharge of the capacitive button can be improved.

Abstract: A communication device may cause a first wireless interface of the communication device to send a first signal in a case where a state of the communication device is a respondent state. The respondent state may be a state in which a Wi-Fi connection is able to be established between the communication device and a terminal device. The first signal may be sent from the first wireless interface before a Bluetooth connection is established between the communication device and a terminal device. The communication device may cause the first wireless interface to send a second signal in a case where a state of the communication device is a non-respondent state. The non-respondent state may be a state in which the Wi-Fi connection is not able to be established. The second signal may be sent from the first wireless interface before the Bluetooth connection is established.