Abstract: A negative electrode includes an active material layer and an inorganic solid electrolyte layer. The inorganic solid electrolyte layer is on the active material layer. The active material layer includes, in order from a side far from the inorganic solid electrolyte layer, a lithium metal layer, an intermediate layer, and a surface layer. As constituent elements, the intermediate layer includes lithium and oxygen, the surface layer includes lithium, oxygen, and carbon, and the inorganic solid electrolyte layer includes a characteristic element different from lithium, oxygen, and carbon. In an element analysis result based on XPS, a ratio of an abundance of lithium to an abundance of carbon is greater than 2 at any depth within a range from a first intersection to a second intersection. The first intersection is where a characteristic element spectrum intersects a carbon spectrum. The second intersection is where a lithium spectrum intersects an oxygen spectrum.

Abstract: In this engine control device for controlling an engine with a turbocharger, a rotation speed increase mode includes at least one stage of fuel injection in one combustion cycle of the engine, a high-idle mode includes at least two stages of fuel injection in one combustion cycle of the engine, and a high-idle mode execution unit is configured to retard the timing of the second stage fuel injection in one combustion cycle of the engine in the high-idle mode, relative to the timing of the first stage fuel injection in one combustion cycle of the engine in the rotation speed increase mode.

Abstract: An eddy current sensor has an exciting coil and a detection coil. A holding circuit holds reference data indicating a characteristic of an output signal output from the detection coil at a reference state and outputs the reference data at a state other than the reference state. A pseudo signal generating circuit generates and outputs a balance coil pseudo signal corresponding to the output signal output from the detection coil at the reference state from the reference data output from the holding circuit. A bridge circuit, at the state other than the reference state, receives the output signal output from the detection coil and the balance coil pseudo signal and outputs a bridge output signal corresponding to a difference between the output signal and the balance coil pseudo signal as a bridge output signal.

Abstract: A rearing apparatus for rearing an organism includes: a box-shaped rearing case; at least one perching member that is held in the rearing case and for perching the organism; and a separating member that is provided in the rearing case and that is movable along the perching member. The separating member is configured to separate the organism perched at the perching member from the perching member by the separating member moving along the perching member.

Abstract: A cover body includes: a multi-color molded body including a first resin portion having a gate mark on an outer surface thereof, and a second resin portion having a color different from a color of the first resin portion and adhering to the outer surface of the first resin portion to cover the gate mark. An outer surface of the second resin portion includes a stepped portion that overlaps with the gate mark.

Abstract: An information processing method performs steps for an information processing apparatus to communicate with an image forming apparatus having first and second sheet output sections. The second sheet output section can be switched between a close position to serve to guide a sheet to the first sheet output section, and an open position not to guide the sheet to the first sheet output section but to stack the sheet. The method inputs a type of sheet, acquires information indicating whether the second sheet output section is in an open or closed state, and transmits image information to the image forming apparatus. When the sheet type recommends the sheet be output to the second sheet output section and the second sheet output section is in the closed state, a message is output to prompt to switch the second sheet output section into the open position before the image information is transmitted.

Abstract: Provided is a film thickness measurement device, including: a head that holds a substrate to be polished and is capable of moving the substrate, a stage made of transparent material; a liquid supply unit configured to supply liquid onto the stage; a liquid discharge unit configured to discharge the liquid on the stage to the outside; a measurement unit configured to be placed on a side opposite to the head across the stage and to optically measure a film thickness on a surface of the substrate that is placed across the stage; and a control unit configured to move at least one of the stage and the head toward the other, and to irradiate the substrate with light while the surface of the substrate is immersed in the liquid, thereby performing film thickness measurement.

Abstract: To accurately detect a polishing end point even if a change in a polishing frictional force is small. A polishing apparatus includes a polishing table for holding a polishing pad, a holder for holding a polishing target object such that the polishing target object faces the polishing pad, and an end point detector that detects, based on a signal indicating a state of polishing of the polishing target object by the polishing pad, a polishing end point indicating an end of the polishing. The end point detector is configured to remove noise of the signal, exponentiate the signal subjected to the noise removal with an exponent greater than 1, and detect the polishing end point based on the exponentiated signal.

Abstract: The eddy current sensor for measuring the film thickness of a conductive film formed on a substrate includes a core made of a magnetic material that has a base portion, and outer legs provided to the base portion at both end portions in a first direction of the base portion respectively, an excitation coil that is arranged on the core and forms an eddy current in the conductive film, and a detection coil that is arranged on the core and detects the eddy current formed in the conductive film. The length of the base portion in the first direction is not less than the length of the base portion in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction.

Abstract: Provided is a blow molding machine (1) including a sound collection device (31) that can detect sound; and one or more arithmetic logic devices (33). At least one of the one or more arithmetic logic devices (33) is configured to execute a product determination function for determining a presence or absence of a product defect, based on an electric signal associated with the sound detected by the sound collection device (31).

Abstract: A method includes generating a base model by training with a first dataset of data pairs and generating an adapted model by training the base model on a second dataset of data pairs. The method also includes determining a contrastive score for each data pair of a third dataset of data pairs using the base model and the adapted model. The contrastive score is indicative of a probability of quality of the respective data pair. The method also includes training a target model using the data pairs of the third dataset and the contrastive scores.

Abstract: A method includes generating a base model by training with a first dataset of data pairs and generating an adapted model by training the base model on a second dataset of data pairs. The method also includes determining a contrastive score for each data pair of a third dataset of data pairs using the base model and the adapted model. The contrastive score is indicative of a probability of quality of the respective data pair. The method also includes training a target model using the data pairs of the third dataset and the contrastive scores.

Abstract: A boarding intention determination device according to the present application includes an acquisition unit and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires a positional relationship between boarding position information representing a boarding spot for boarding a mobile object and user position information representing a current position of a user. The determination unit determines whether the user has an intention to board the mobile object based on the positional relationship that is acquired by the acquisition unit and behavior information representing behaviors of the user.

Abstract: The driving unit includes: a first contact portion and a second contact portion that move relatively to each other while making contact with each other during driving; in which the second contact portion includes a coating layer at a contact face with the first contact portion, and the first contact portion and the second contact portion generate heat along with relative movement to vaporize a worn-away part of the coating layer.

Abstract: The driving unit includes: a first contact portion and a second contact portion that move relatively to each other while making contact with each other during driving; in which the second contact portion includes a coating layer at a contact face with the first contact portion, and the first contact portion and the second contact portion generate heat along with relative movement to vaporize a worn-away part of the coating layer.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present application includes an acquiring unit and a notification unit. The acquiring unit acquires riding position information related to a position of a virtual riding point that corresponds to a riding point that is used to ride in a moving vehicle and that is virtual set. The notification unit notifies, when a user satisfies condition information that indicates a condition related to behavior of the user approaching the virtual riding point, the user of the information related to the position indicated by the riding position information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present application includes an acquiring unit and a notification unit. The acquiring unit acquires riding position information related to a position of a virtual riding point that corresponds to a riding point that is used to ride in a moving vehicle and that is virtual set. The notification unit notifies, when a user satisfies condition information that indicates a condition related to behavior of the user approaching the virtual riding point, the user of the information related to the position indicated by the riding position information.

Abstract: A high-display-quality liquid crystal display device, which produces neither flicker nor crosstalk and does not have the risk of causing defective line display even in polarity inversion driving, is implemented. A signal-line drive circuit included in a liquid crystal display device inverts the polarities of data signals, which are applied to selected pixels selected in a certain field, in such a manner that the inversion is performed in the direction along each data signal line by using a corresponding different number of selected pixels as a unit.

Abstract: A method includes generating a base model by training with a first dataset of data pairs and generating an adapted model by training the base model on a second dataset of data pairs. The method also includes determining a contrastive score for each data pair of a third dataset of data pairs using the base model and the adapted model. The contrastive score is indicative of a probability of quality of the respective data pair. The method also includes training a target model using the data pairs of the third dataset and the contrastive scores.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present application includes an acquiring unit and a notification unit. The acquiring unit acquires riding position information related to a position of a virtual riding point that corresponds to a riding point that is used to ride in a moving vehicle and that is virtual set. The notification unit notifies, when a user satisfies condition information that indicates a condition related to behavior of the user approaching the virtual riding point, the user of the information related to the position indicated by the riding position information.