Abstract: A method for producing a hydrocarbon including: preparing a molten salt containing a carbonate of a first metal; obtaining precipitates containing a first metal carbide by applying a voltage to the molten salt; and obtaining a gas containing the hydrocarbon and a hydroxide of the first metal by hydrolyzing the first metal carbide.

Abstract: A theme phrase feature value calculation unit 103 calculates a feature value Fq of a given theme phrase Q based on the cosine similarity with a feature keyword of a feature keyword DB 107b. A positive/negative example determination unit 104 applies the feature value Fq to a positive/negative example determination model to determine whether a response phrase A is a positive example or a negative example. A response phrase score calculation unit 105 calculates the cosine similarity between the theme phrase Q and a plurality of theme phrases that form a pair with a response phrase A determined to be a positive example, and the highest value of the calculated cosine similarity is set as a score of the response phrase A. A response phrase selection unit 106 selects the response phrase indicating the maximum score as the response phrase for the theme phrase Q.

Abstract: A half thrust bearing for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine is formed of a back metal layer and a bearing alloy layer to have a slide surface and two thrust reliefs. Each thrust relieve includes a first region, where the back metal layer is exposed, on a circumferential end surface side, and a second region and a third region, where the bearing alloy layer is exposed while the slide surface includes a fourth region. A circumferential end region consists of the first and second regions. The bearing alloy layer includes a uniform thickness portion, and a decreased thickness portion adjacent to an inner-diameter-side end surface in a cross-section of the second region and includes a uniform thickness portion and an increased thickness portion adjacent to the inner-diameter-side surface in cross-sections of the third and fourth regions.

Abstract: The number n of times of chewing is counted by chewing number of times calculation means (13b2) based on a change in the distance l from a photoreflector (50), which is received together with time t by measurement value receiving means (13b1). To vary hardness h of a bag (30) to a stage that can be sensed, according to the number n of times of chewing, a required air pressure is set according to the current number n of times, based on a hardness/air pressure correspondence recording unit (13g) in which stages that have a significant difference therebetween and are stored in association with the number n of times of chewing are recorded. To realize the set air pressure inside the bag (30), the amount of sucking performed using a vacuum pump 20 is controlled by air pressure control means (13b4).

Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus includes a movable unit that changes a size of a taking-out space by moving in a direction of approaching a paper sheet discharged to the taking-out space and a direction of retreating the paper sheet, in which the movable unit includes a movable unit main body and a pressing unit movable to a storage position where the pressing unit is moved along the movable unit main body and a pressing position where the pressing unit presses the paper sheet.

Abstract: Provided is a half bearing constituting a sliding bearing that is unlikely to cause damage during an operation of an internal combustion engine. The half bearing includes at least one protrusion, and the protrusion projects outward in a radial direction from an outer circumferential surface. A recessed portion that is recessed inward in the radial direction from the outer circumferential surface is formed over the entire inner-circumferential length between the protrusion and a circumferential-direction end surface of the half bearing. Two radial-direction grooves are formed in the circumferential-direction end surface of the half bearing relative to the protrusion, and each of the radial-direction grooves is adjacent to each of recessed portion side surfaces. The radial-direction grooves extend in the radial direction along the recessed portion side surfaces and are separated from the recessed portion at a midpoint of the extension.

Abstract: Provided is an insulation resistance monitoring device that enables measurement of insulation resistance using a mega tester without removing the insulation resistance monitoring device. The insulation resistance monitoring device that monitors the insulation resistance of an object to be measured such as a motor includes: a current detecting unit that is connected between the power supply line and the ground line of the motor and detects a current flowing through the insulation resistance of the motor; a voltage generating unit connected between the power supply line and the ground line of the motor; and a switch for opening and closing the connection path between the power supply line or the ground line of the motor and the voltage generating unit, wherein the off resistance when the connection path is opened is 100 M? or more.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is provided with a projective transform model including a plurality of nodes and a projection table, the plurality of nodes each holding a reference vector having a dimension corresponding to the dimension of multi-dimensional data. The projection table indicates the correspondence relation between the number of each node and a coordinate in a two-dimensional space as a projection target of the reference vector held by the node. First in a learning phase, multi-dimensional input data of a positive example and a negative example is acquired, the amplitude characteristic amounts thereof are calculated, and this amplitude characteristic amount data is learned as the reference vectors of the nodes for each sample.

Abstract: A half thrust bearing for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine is formed of a back metal layer and a bearing alloy layer to have a slide surface and two thrust reliefs. Each thrust relieve includes a first region, where the back metal layer is exposed, on a circumferential end surface side, and a second region, where the bearing alloy layer is exposed, on the slide surface side while the slide surface includes two third regions adjacent to the second region, and a fourth region between the two third regions. A circumferential end region consists of the first, second and third regions. In the second region and the third regions, the bearing alloy layer includes a uniform thickness portion at a radial center, and a decreased thickness portion adjacent to an inner-diameter-side end surface.

Abstract: A reliable technology for determining the masticatory side of the user is provided. First and second electromyographic waveforms respectively originating from left and right muscles related to masticatory actions of a user are acquired; a coefficient of correlation between pieces of information respectively extracted from the first and the second electromyographic waveforms is calculated as a first feature value; a second feature value is calculated from a power spectrum obtained by performing frequency analysis on the first electromyographic waveform; a third feature value is calculated from a power spectrum obtained by performing frequency analysis on the second electromyographic waveform; a learning model is generated by associating the first, second, and third feature values with a plurality of labels; and the masticatory side of the user is determined based on first, second, and third feature values calculated from a newly acquired electromyographic waveform and the learning model.

Abstract: Provided is a half bearing constituting a sliding bearing that is unlikely to cause damage during an operation of an internal combustion engine. The half bearing includes at least one protrusion, and the protrusion projects outward in a radial direction from an outer circumferential surface. A recessed portion that is recessed inward in the radial direction from the outer circumferential surface is formed over the entire inner-circumferential length between the protrusion and a circumferential-direction end surface of the half bearing. Two radial-direction grooves are formed in the circumferential-direction end surface of the half bearing relative to the protrusion, and each of the radial-direction grooves is adjacent to each of recessed portion side surfaces. The radial-direction grooves extend in the radial direction along the recessed portion side surfaces and are separated from the recessed portion at a midpoint of the extension.

Abstract: An instantaneous heartbeat reliability evaluation apparatus includes: extraction means which extracts waveforms having a maximum value corresponding to depolarization of a heart in a biosignal of an examinee; first calculation means which calculates an interval between two waveforms neighboring in a time series; dividing means which divides a signal output from measurement means into signals of predetermined periods; second calculation means which calculates feature quantities of a potential of each divided signal; first evaluation means which evaluates whether a measurement state of each divided signal is normal or abnormal on the basis of feature quantities; and second evaluation means which evaluates measurement states of two neighboring extracted waveforms on the basis of an evaluation result obtained by the first evaluation means and evaluates reliability of a measurement state of the interval between the waveforms depending on a type of the evaluated measurement states of the waveforms.

Abstract: The present invention provides a combination therapy for effectively treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing CLDN18.2, including cancer diseases such as gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer, hepatic cancer, head-neck cancer, and cancer of the gallbladder and metastases thereof.

Abstract: A half thrust bearing for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine is formed of a back metal layer and a bearing alloy layer to have a slide surface and two thrust reliefs. Each thrust relieve includes a first region, where the back metal layer is exposed, on a circumferential end surface side, and a second region, where the bearing alloy layer is exposed, on the slide surface side while the slide surface includes two third regions adjacent to the second region, and a fourth region between the two third regions. A circumferential end region consists of the first, second and third regions. In the second region and the third regions, the bearing alloy layer includes a uniform thickness portion at a radial center, and a decreased thickness portion adjacent to an inner-diameter-side end surface.

Abstract: A half thrust bearing for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine is formed of a back metal layer and a bearing alloy layer to have a slide surface and two thrust reliefs. Each thrust relieve includes a first region, where the back metal layer is exposed, on a circumferential end surface side, and a second region and a third region, where the bearing alloy layer is exposed while the slide surface includes a fourth region. A circumferential end region consists of the first and second regions. The bearing alloy layer includes a uniform thickness portion, and a decreased thickness portion adjacent to an inner-diameter-side end surface in a cross-section of the second region and includes a uniform thickness portion and an increased thickness portion adjacent to the inner-diameter-side surface in cross-sections of the third and fourth regions.

Abstract: A thrust sliding bearing in which a dust cover that covers a piston rod of a strut type suspension can be securely and easily assembled to a lower case that is arranged under an upper case, and to provide the thrust sliding bearing whose mold structure for molding the lower case can be simple. In a thrust sliding bearing, a lower case, which rotatably slides around an axial center of an upper case, includes a plurality of upper tongues for engaging with at least a case-side protrusion of the upper case and a plurality of lower tongues for engaging with at least a cover-side protrusion of a dust cover, and the upper tongues and the lower tongues of the lower case protrude in the direction toward the axial center from an inner circumferential surface of a cylindrical portion provided in the lower case so as not to overlap each other in the direction of the axial center.

Abstract: A control device that controls a vehicle includes: an input unit to which an image including another vehicle or a driver of another vehicle is input; and a control unit that outputs a signal for controlling the vehicle generated based on danger in the another vehicle determined based on the image.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for predicting a therapeutic effect of a drug that inhibits FKN-CX3CR1 interaction on rheumatoid arthritis in a rheumatoid arthritis subject, and novel and more effective therapeutic agent for rheumatoid arthritis exploiting the method. In order to predict a therapeutic effect of a drug that inhibits fractalkine (FKN)-CX3CR1 interaction in a rheumatoid arthritis subject, provided is a method comprising predicting the therapeutic effect of the drug in the subject on the basis of a measurement value of CD16+ monocytes in a biological sample obtained from the subject before the start of administration of the drug.

Abstract: Provided is an insulation resistance monitoring device that enables measurement of insulation resistance using a mega tester without removing the insulation resistance monitoring device. The insulation resistance monitoring device that monitors the insulation resistance of an object to be measured such as a motor includes: a current detecting unit that is connected between the power supply line and the ground line of the motor and detects a current flowing through the insulation resistance of the motor: a voltage generating unit connected between the power supply line and the ground line of the motor; and a switch for opening and closing the connection path between the power supply line or the ground line of the motor and the voltage generating unit, wherein the off resistance when the connection path is opened is 100 M? or more.