Abstract: A transistor with favorable electrical characteristics is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor, a first insulator in contact with the semiconductor, a first conductor in contact with the first insulator and overlapping with the semiconductor with the first insulator positioned between the semiconductor and the first conductor, and a second conductor and a third conductor, which are in contact with the semiconductor. One or more of the first to third conductors include a region containing tungsten and one or more elements selected from silicon, carbon, germanium, tin, aluminum, and nickel.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoreceptor that has a photosensitive layer constituting a surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, a charging device that charges the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, an electrostatic charge image forming device that forms an electrostatic charge image on the charged surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, a developing device that accommodates a developer containing a toner which contains toner particles and an external additive, and develops the electrostatic charge image formed on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor by the developer as a toner image, a transfer device that transfers the toner image formed on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor to a surface of a recording medium, and a cleaning device that includes a cleaning blade coming into contact with the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor and cleaning at least residual toner particles on the surface of the el

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a charge transport material, at least one of a polyester resin (PEz) or a polycarbonate resin (PCz) that has at least one of a structure (Z1) represented by Formula (Z1) or a structure (Z2) represented by Formula (Z2) at at least one terminal, and a resin (X) that has at least one of a unit (X1) represented by Formula (X1) or a unit (X2) represented by Formula (X2), a mass proportion of the resin (X) in a total amount of the polyester resin (PEz), the polycarbonate resin (PCz), and the resin (X) in the charge transport layer is 0.

Abstract: A power storage device includes a welded portion in which a hole circumferential portion of a current collecting member and a swaged and deformed portion of a terminal member are welded, and a first space, which is surrounded by the welded portion, a hole circumferential surface of the hole circumferential portion, and the swaged and deformed portion, is placed adjacent to the welded portion to extend in a circumferential direction along the hole circumferential surface.

Abstract: Provided is an analysis apparatus that can improve detection accuracy and versatility while suppressing an amount of training data in, for example, identifying a cause of a defect in a product using machine learning. An analysis apparatus includes: an acquisition section that acquires input data; an identification section that identifies any one of predetermined recognition classes by inputting the input data to a machine learning model trained in advance with training data; a database that stores a correspondence relationship between the recognition class and predetermined information; an analysis section that analyzes the correspondence relationship between the recognition class and the predetermined information by using the database; and an output section that outputs an analysis result.

Abstract: Stable determination accuracy is secured regardless of an image size, in abnormality detection of detecting a visual defect of an object. An abnormality detection system includes an input unit, a feature extractor, an image generator, and a detector. The input unit acquires inspection images of a target object, the inspection images having different image sizes each of which is equal to or more than a predetermined size. The feature extractor is previously learned to extract a feature map from training images including a non-defective image of the target object. The image generator is previously learned to restore the training images from the feature map extracted by the feature extractor. The detector compares the inspection image of the target object, which is an inspection target, the inspection image being input to the input unit, with a corresponding restored image restored from the inspection image by the feature extractor and the image generator.

Abstract: First, a patterned substrate including an insulating substrate, a conductive seed layer, and an insulating layer is prepared. The seed layer is disposed on the insulating substrate, and consists of a first part having a predetermined pattern corresponding to the wiring pattern and a second part as a part other than the first part. The insulating layer is disposed on the second part of the seed layer. Subsequently, a metal layer having a thickness larger than a thickness of the insulating layer is formed on the first part of the seed layer. Here, a voltage is applied between an anode and the seed layer while a resin film containing a metal ion-containing solution is disposed between the patterned substrate and the anode and the resin film and the seed layer are brought into pressure contact. Subsequently, the insulating layer and the second part of the seed layer are removed.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a board with a roughened surface and a method for manufacturing a board having a plated layer that allow easily manufacturing the board having a plated layer. One of embodiments is a method for manufacturing a board with a surface roughened for wiring formation. The method for manufacturing a board includes performing laser ablation on a board containing a resin at least on a surface of the board. A laser light irradiated in the laser ablation is a laser light having a pulse width of 1 ps or less, a wavelength of 320 nm or more, and an output of 1 W or less.

Abstract: An amplification fiber which can generate a laser beam in a visible region even when a silica glass is used as a base material of a core of the amplification fiber is realized. An amplification fiber according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a core configured to generate a laser beam from an excitation beam in a visible region, and a cladding surrounding the core. The core is composed of a core material including Dy, one or more elements selected from Al, Ge, and P, and a silica glass.

Abstract: An analysis system includes: a terminal that comprises a terminal controller; and a server that comprises a server controller and a communication interface, the terminal controller acquiring original data, converting the original data into a plurality of pieces of small data each having a size smaller than a size of each piece of the original data and into certainty factors of respective pieces of the small data, and transmitting the small data to the server, and the server controller receiving the small data from the terminal via the communication interface, executing analysis using the small data, and outputting an analysis result of the analysis.

Abstract: A laser welding system includes: a laser irradiation unit configured to irradiate an object to be welded with a laser beam; a temperature distribution measurement unit configured to measure a temperature distribution of a molten pool formed in the object to be welded by the irradiation of the laser beam; a convection analysis unit configured to analyze a state of convection of the molten pool based on the temperature distribution of the molten pool measured by the temperature distribution measurement unit; and a laser control unit configured to control an irradiation condition of the laser beam. When the state of convection of the molten pool analyzed by the convection analysis unit corresponds to a predetermined spatter generation mode, the laser control unit changes the irradiation condition of the laser beam so that the state of convection of the molten pool is not in the spatter generation mode.

Abstract: First, a patterned substrate including an insulating substrate, a conductive seed layer, and an insulating layer is prepared. The seed layer is disposed on the insulating substrate, and consists of a first part having a predetermined pattern corresponding to the wiring pattern and a second part as a part other than the first part. The insulating layer is disposed on the second part of the seed layer. Subsequently, a metal layer having a thickness larger than a thickness of the insulating layer is formed on the first part of the seed layer. Here, a voltage is applied between an anode and the seed layer while a resin film containing a metal ion-containing solution is disposed between the patterned substrate and the anode and the resin film and the seed layer are brought into pressure contact. Subsequently, the insulating layer and the second part of the seed layer are removed.

Abstract: A first fiber is connected to a first end of a third fiber doped with a rare earth element, and a second fiber is connected to a second end of the third fiber. In the third fiber doped with the rare earth element, a central portion of a core is more heavily doped with the rare earth element than a peripheral portion of the core is.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire medical image data. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain spatial distribution of likelihood values representing a likelihood of corresponding to a textual pattern in a predetermined region of a medical image for each of a plurality of textual patterns based on the medical image data. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate feature values in the predetermined region of the medical image based on the spatial distribution obtained for the each of the plurality of textual patterns.

Abstract: A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable image processing program that causes a computer to: obtain a captured image; detect, from the obtained image, a person area representing a person and an object area representing a predetermined object; detect positions of articulation points of the person from the detected person area; and estimate an action of the person based on the detected positions of the articulation points and the detected object area.

Abstract: An amplification fiber which can generate a laser beam in a visible region even when a silica glass is used as a base material of a core of the amplification fiber is realized. An amplification fiber according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a core configured to generate a laser beam from an excitation beam in a visible region, and a cladding surrounding the core. The core is composed of a core material including Dy, one or more elements selected from Al, Ge, and P, and a silica glass.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire medical image data. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain spatial distribution of likelihood values representing a likelihood of corresponding to a textual pattern in a predetermined region of a medical image for each of a plurality of textual patterns based on the medical image data. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate feature values in the predetermined region of the medical image based on the spatial distribution obtained for the each of the plurality of textual patterns.

Abstract: A medical image processing device according to an embodiment includes a region-of-interest acquirer, a treatment plan acquirer, a degree-of-influence calculator, and a display controller. The region-of-interest acquirer is configured to acquire a partial region within a body of a patient as a region of interest. The treatment plan acquirer is configured to acquire treatment plan information determined in a planning stage of radiation treatment to be performed on the patient. The degree-of-influence calculator is configured to calculate a degree of influence representing an influence on the region of interest up to a range until radiation with which the patient is irradiated reaches a target portion to be treated within the body of the patient. The display controller is configured to generate a display image in which information regarding the degree of influence is superimposed on a current fluoroscopic image of the patient and causes a display to display the display image.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire medical image data. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain spatial distribution of likelihood values representing a likelihood of corresponding to a textual pattern in a predetermined region of a medical image for each of a plurality of textual patterns based on the medical image data. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate feature values in the predetermined region of the medical image based on the spatial distribution obtained for the each of the plurality of textual patterns.

Abstract: A first fiber is connected to a first end of a third fiber doped with a rare earth element, and a second fiber is connected to a second end of the third fiber. In the third fiber doped with the rare earth element, a central portion of a core is more heavily doped with the rare earth element than a peripheral portion of the core is.