Abstract: A thermostat device ensures a coolant amount from a bypass passage sufficiently and excellent temperature sensitivity to the coolant temperature. The thermo-operating unit is provided with a control valve for controlling an introduced coolant amount from a first flow inlet via a radiator, corresponding to the temperature of the coolant from a second flow inlet via a bypass passage. Within the housing are provided multiple guides, which are formed extending from the second flow inlet side toward a thermo-element, are arranged intermittently around the thermo-element, and support the thermo-element slidably movable in an axial direction and coolant rectifying protrusions arranged spaced apart from the thermo-element between the guides, wherein a detoured passage for the coolant, directed from the second flow inlet side toward an outflow port, is formed by forming gaps between the guides and the coolant rectifying protrusions.

Abstract: A film forming method includes preparing a substrate having an amorphous silicon film on a surface thereof, diffusing nickel into the amorphous silicon film by supplying a nickel source gas to the amorphous silicon film, and forming a polycrystalline silicon film by heating the amorphous silicon film, and crystallizing the amorphous silicon film by metal-induced lateral crystallization using the nickel diffused in the amorphous silicon film as a nucleus.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition capable of providing a three-dimensionally photofabricated object having high heat resistance while having water solubility. The resin composition is a resin composition for three-dimensional photofabrication containing a reactive monomer, a water-soluble polymer, and a photopolymerization initiator. A cured product of the resin composition has a main tan ? peak temperature of 80° C. or higher. A 1-mm-thick cured product of the resin composition exhibits a remaining thickness of 0.7 mm or smaller after 5-hour immersion in water that is at room temperature.

Abstract: The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support and a photosensitive layer on the support, in which a surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a particle, the surface layer has a particle partially exposed from the surface layer among the particle contained in the surface layer, the particle has a volume average particle diameter of 50.0 nm or more and 350.0 nm or less; in a cross-section of the surface layer, the number of the particle partially exposed from the surface layer is 80% by number or more based on a total number of the particle contained in the surface layer; and a total volume of an exposed portion of the particle partially exposed from the surface layer is 30% by volume or more and 80% by volume or less based on an entire volume of the particle contained in the surface layer.

Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member that achieves satisfactory transferability. An electrophotographic photosensitive member including a charge generating layer, a charge transporting layer, and a protection layer laminated on a support in the stated order, wherein the protection layer contains a binder resin and particles, and wherein when an average thickness of the protection layer in a site free of the particles is represented by T and a volume-average particle diameter of the particles is represented by Dm in a cross-section of the protection layer, the following formula (a) is satisfied.

Abstract: An object is to provide a communication system in which there are no restrictions on a communicable area and it is not necessary to install communication software on a wireless device. A communication system according to the present invention is configured so that the functions of a wireless access point are separated into a front-end unit on a wireless terminal side and a back-end side on the Internet side, radio signal processing functions supporting a wireless scheme of the wireless terminal are deployed only on the back end, and only relatively simple processing functions such as E/O conversion are deployed on the front end near the wireless terminal 311.

Abstract: A bicycle pedal is provided with a pedal shaft, and a body part and an end cap. The pedal shaft has a center axis. The body part is rotatably supported by the pedal shaft around the center axis. The body part has a pedal shaft receiving bore with a first opening and a second opening. The first opening receives the pedal shaft along the center axis. The end cap is adjustably attached to the body part at the second opening to adjust a position of the pedal shaft within the pedal shaft receiving bore in an axial direction with respect to the center axis.

Abstract: A thermostat device ensures a coolant amount from a bypass passage sufficiently and excellent temperature sensitivity to the coolant temperature. The thermo-operating unit is provided with a control valve for controlling an introduced coolant amount from a first flow inlet via a radiator, corresponding to the temperature of the coolant from a second flow inlet via a bypass passage. Within the housing are provided multiple guides, which are formed extending from the second flow inlet side toward a thermo-element, are arranged intermittently around the thermo-element, and support the thermo-element slidably movable in an axial direction and coolant rectifying protrusions arranged spaced apart from the thermo-element between the guides, wherein a detoured passage for the coolant, directed from the second flow inlet side toward an outflow port, is formed by forming gaps between the guides and the coolant rectifying protrusions.

Abstract: A thermostat device is provided that smoothens the flow of the coolant to keep the pressure loss small and can sufficiently secure the flow rate of the coolant from the radiator side to the engine side. A housing having a first inlet for introducing a coolant cooled by a radiator and a coolant outlet supplied to the internal combustion engine, a thermo-element accommodated in the housing that moves axially depending on the temperature of the coolant, a control valve that controls the amount of coolant introduced from the first inlet as the thermoelement moves in the axial direction, and a slope having an upward slope from the outlet side to the valve seat side inside the exit-side conduit extending from the valve seat in the housing, wherein the control valve is in contact with in the valve-closed state, toward the flow outlet of the coolant, are provided.

Abstract: The thermostat device includes a housing including a first flow inlet that receives a coolant from a radiator, a second flow inlet that receives a coolant through a bypass passage, and a flow outlet of coolant in which each coolant is mixed; a thermo-element that is accommodated in the housing and moves in an axial direction depending on a temperature of the coolant from the second flow inlet; a control valve that controls amount of the coolant introduced from the first flow inlet as the thermo-element moves; a valve seat that is formed at a tip portion of an annular protrusion formed to protrude in a moving axis direction of the thermo-element in the housing and with which the control valve is in contact in a valve-closed state; and an annular groove formed by an annular gap provided outside of the valve seat and continuous in a circumferential direction.

Abstract: A method for detecting a target nucleic acid fragment in a sample includes a step of contacting the sample with a gRNA complementary to the target nucleic acid fragment, a Cas protein, and a substrate nucleic acid fragment, in which the Cas protein is immobilized on a solid phase, a substrate nucleic acid fragment is labeled with a fluorescent substance and a quencher, in a case of being cleaved by nuclease activity of a three-part complex of the Cas protein, the gRNA, and the target nucleic acid fragment, fluorescent light is emitted, the contact is performed in a reaction space having a volume of 10 aL to 100 pL, thereby forming the three-part complex in a case where the target nucleic acid fragment is present in the sample, cleaving the substrate nucleic acid fragment, and separating the fluorescent substance from the quencher; and detecting the fluorescent light, in which the detection of the fluorescent light indicates the presence of the target nucleic acid fragment in the sample.

Abstract: Provided are a vehicle inspection system and a vehicle inspection method that can align a vehicle with a constant location of a bench testing machine. The present invention comprises: a bench testing machine that rotatably supports wheels of a vehicle, using rollers that are provided for each of the wheels; and a monitor device that is positioned in a fixed location with regard to the bench testing machine and displays, toward a camera, an image resembling an exterior environment, wherein the bench testing machine has a location adjustment device (turning mechanism, test bench control device) that adjusts the location of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction such that the relative location of the camera in the vehicle width direction with regard to the monitor device is constant.

Abstract: Provided is a photocurable resin composition including a reactive compound, and a photopolymerization initiator. A cured product of the photocurable resin composition has two or more glass transition points including a TgA and a TgB. The TgA is less than 25° C., and the TgB is 25° C. or more. An elongation at break in accordance with ASTM D638 of the cured product of the photocurable resin composition is 130% or more, and a breaking strength in accordance with ASTM D638 of the cured product of the photocurable resin composition is 3 MPa or more.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a processing container, a temperature adjustment furnace, and a controller. The temperature controller includes at least one of a ceiling heater heating the processing container from a ceiling and a lower heater heating a portion below the processing container. The controller calculates a temperature condition for each of the plurality of zones to uniformize a film thickness among the plurality of substrates during the substrate processing, by using a retained upper-portion temperature model and/or lower-portion temperature model, acquires the film thickness of the plurality of substrates when the substrate processing is performed under the calculated temperature condition, and compares the acquired film thickness with a target film thickness, and when the acquired film thickness falls outside an allowable range of the target film thickness, sets a process region to be applied to the substrate processing on the plurality of substrates, based on the comparison.

Abstract: A bicycle pedal is provided with a pedal shaft and a pedal body. The pedal shaft has a first end portion configured to attach to a bicycle crank, a second end portion on an opposite side of the first end portion in an axial direction with respect to a rotational center axis of the pedal shaft, and a contact portion between the first end portion and the second end portion. The pedal body has a body part rotatably supported by the pedal shaft and a load receiving part at a position corresponding to the contact portion of the pedal shaft. The load receiving part receives a load from the contact portion of the pedal shaft. The load receiving part is at least partly spaced from the contact portion under a no load condition and contacts the contact portion upon a load applied to the pedal body from a rider.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a processing container, a temperature adjustment unit, and a controller.

Abstract: This invention provides an image capturing apparatus having an interface for connecting with a device including a programmable integrated circuit, and a storage unit for storing configuration data of the programmable integrated circuit, wherein the apparatus comprises an updating unit which updates the configuration data of the storage unit of the device via interface; and a determining unit which determines whether the updating is completed by the updating unit, wherein the updating unit writes, via the interface, the configuration data to the storage unit by issuing a updating request to the device and transferring the configuration data, and receives, via the interface, the configuration data by issuing a readout request to the device, wherein the determining unit determines whether the updating is completed by determining whether the received configuration data matches the written configuration data.

Abstract: A control device including circuitry configured to: perform movement control for moving a moving body to a target movement position; detect an obstacle in surroundings of the moving body: and perform notification to a user of the moving body when the obstacle is detected. The movement control is control for moving the moving body at a first speed or less. The circuitry is configured to: stop the notification in response to a notification stop input from the user of the moving body: cancel the stop of the notification when a movement speed of the moving body is equal to or higher than a second speed; and during execution of the movement control, cancel the stop of the notification when a distance between the moving body and the obstacle satisfies a predetermined condition, and continue the stop of the notification when the distance does not satisfy the predetermined condition.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising, a capturing unit, a rotation unit for adjusting an image capturing direction by rotating the capturing unit, a control unit for controlling a rotational position of the rotation unit, a first detection unit for detecting a first shake of the apparatus, and a storage unit for storing a rotational position of the rotation unit in association with an anti-vibration setting, wherein the control unit determines the rotational position, based on a designated image capturing direction, and controls an operation of the rotation unit to cancel the detected first shake, during image capture at the determined rotational position, based on the stored anti-vibration setting.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus including a mounting part capable of attaching/detaching a device capable of at least storing a captured image, is provided. The image capturing apparatus obtains an execution instruction of image analysis processing, and if a device mounted in the mounting part includes a first processing function for executing the image analysis processing for an image captured by the image capturing apparatus, determines whether to cause the first processing function to execute the image analysis processing based on the execution instruction.