Abstract: This layered film includes a base layer and a sealant layer that becomes one outermost surface of the layered film. The base layer contains 77 to 99 parts by mass of a high-density polyethylene having a density of 0.942 to 0.970 g/cm3 and a melt mass-flow rate of 0.1 to 3.0 g/10 min under conditions of a temperature of 190° C. and a load of 2.16 kg and 1 to 23 parts by mass of an ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene having a density of 0.930 to 0.960 g/cm3 in a total of 100 parts by mass.

Abstract: A conventional biometric authentication system has been time-consuming and labor-intensive for users since the users are requested to re-register their biometric information. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a biometric authentication system includes an update value generation unit configured to generate an update value, a first update processing unit configured to update, using the update value, a template generated based on biometric information, and a second update processing unit configured to update, using the update value, a verification key generated along with the template based on the biometric information using the update value.

Abstract: A laminated body includes an innermost layer including a sealant formed of a polyethylene-based resin and a reinforcing layer formed of a polyethylene-based resin. The reinforcing layer is formed of an unstretched polyethylene-based resin. A packaging bag includes a bottom member folded in half along a fold line. At least the bottom member of the packaging bag is formed of the laminated body.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided with a bottomed tubular outer can accommodating an electrode body, and a sealing body for sealing an opening portion of the outer can. A crimped portion for crimping and securing the sealing body is formed in the outer can by bending the edge portion of the opening portion inward in the radial direction, and the sealing body includes a rupture disk, a cathode cap including a flange, and a metal height adjusting portion for adjusting the height of the crimped portion.

Abstract: A structure for manufacturing a cast article includes an organic component, at least a portion thereof being an organic fiber. The structure has a mass reduction rate of 1 mass % or greater to less than 20 mass % when heated under nitrogen atmosphere at 1000° C. for 30 minutes. The cast-article-manufacturing structure includes an inorganic particle. The cast-article-manufacturing structure includes, as the inorganic particle, a first inorganic particle having a predetermined shape and/or physical property, and a second inorganic particle having a predetermined shape and/or physical property different from the first inorganic particle. In addition thereto or instead thereof, the cast-article-manufacturing structure has a maximum bending stress of 9 MPa or greater measured in conformity with JIS K7017, and a bending strain of 0.6% or greater at the maximum bending stress.

Abstract: A packaging bag with a spout including a container main body accommodating a content, and a spout member for pouring out the content inside the container main body. The spout member has a base portion attached to the container main body, and a spout tube portion having a flow channel through which the content is poured out formed therein. The container main body is made using a polyethylene film. The spout member is a polyethylene molded body.

Abstract: A packaging bag has a bottom member folded in half along a folding line and sandwiched between two body members. Body seal portions with surfaces of the body members joined along left and right circumferential edge portions of the packaging bag are formed on a side above the folding line. A bottom seal portion with an inner surface of the bottom member joined to the inner surfaces of the body members is formed on a side below the folding line. An unsealed portion surrounded by the body seal portions and the bottom seal portion accommodates a content. Resin layers of the body members and the bottom member are formed of a polyethylene-based resin film. Boundary portions between the bottom seal portion and the unsealed portion have a convex shape toward the upper side of the packaging bag near a part in contact with the body seal portions.

Abstract: This laminate has an inner layer formed of a polyethylene-based resin, an outer layer formed of a polyethylene-based resin, and a barrier layer laminated between the inner layer and the outer layer. The inner layer is formed as a sealant layer that is an innermost layer of the laminate, and the barrier layer is laminated in contact with an outer surface of the inner layer. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a laminate and a package which are formed of a mono-material and have a barrier property.

Abstract: The cylindrical battery includes: an electrode body in which a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate are wound with a separator therebetween: an electrolyte; a bottomed cylindrical outer can that houses the electrode body and the electrolyte; and a sealing body that closes an opening of the outer can, wherein the sealing body includes a nipture plate that is caulked and fixed to the opening of the outer can with a gasket therebetween, and an external terminal that is not caulked and fixed to the opening of the outer can, the rupture plate has a valve part that is ruptured when an internal battery pressure rises, and the external terminal is fixed to an upper surface portion of a valve part.

Abstract: A structure for manufacturing castings, containing an inorganic fiber, a layered clay mineral, and an inorganic particle other than the layered clay mineral and having an organic content of 5 mass % or lower or having a mass loss of 5 mass % or lower when heated at 1000° C. for 30 minutes. The inorganic particle preferably contains one or more selected from obsidian, graphite, and mullite. The inorganic fiber preferably contains carbon fiber. The inorganic fiber preferably has an average length of 0.5 to 15 mm. The layered clay mineral preferably contains one or more selected from bentonite and montmorillonite.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an evolutionary computation program in which a processor included in a computer executes a process, the process includes calculating fitness of a plurality of individuals based on a plurality of input in parallel in one generation, discontinuing, when a predetermined reference value at an end of a search for an eigensolution used to calculate the fitness of each of the plurality of individuals exceeds a threshold value, calculation of an individual in which the predetermined reference value exceeds the threshold value, and assigning an estimated fitness value to the individual for which the calculation is discontinued.

Abstract: A control method of an insurance switching device in an embodiment is a control method of an insurance switching device including an input circuit and an output circuit. The control method of an insurance switching device in the embodiment includes: receiving, by the input circuit, input of duty information indicating a duty status of a user of a vehicle; receiving, by the input circuit, input of use information about a use situation of the vehicle; and outputting, by the output circuit, information indicating car insurance applied to the vehicle in accordance with the duty status of the user when the use information input into the input circuit indicates that the vehicle is in use.

Abstract: A structure for manufacturing castings, containing an inorganic fiber, a layered clay mineral, and an inorganic particle other than the layered clay mineral and having an organic content of 5 mass % or lower or having a mass loss of 5 mass % or lower when heated at 1000° C. for 30 minutes. The inorganic particle preferably contains one or more selected from obsidian, graphite, and mullite. The inorganic fiber preferably contains carbon fiber. The inorganic fiber preferably has an average length of 0.5 to 15 mm. The layered clay mineral preferably contains one or more selected from bentonite and montmorillonite.

Abstract: A frequency characteristic adjustment circuit is disclosed. The frequency characteristic adjustment circuit is disposed between an optical circuit element and a drive circuit for driving the optical circuit element. A capacitor is connected to an output of the drive circuit. A current supply circuit is controlled by a voltage generated by the drive circuit. The current supply circuit supplies a different current value depending on a voltage received from the drive circuit to the optical circuit element.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: an integrated circuit including a first power source terminal to which a first voltage is supplied from a DC power source, a second power source terminal to which a second voltage is supplied from the DC power source, a third power source terminal coupled to the first power source terminal through an internal resistance, and a fourth power source terminal coupled to the second power source terminal; and a power source circuit including a first power source line that supplies the first voltage to the first power source terminal from the DC power source, a second power source line that supplies the second voltage to the second power source terminal from the DC power source, and a bypass capacitor coupled between the third power source terminal and the fourth power source terminal.

Abstract: There is provided a driver circuit including a variable current-source configured to include, a first current-source coupled to a first input node to which a first signal is input from an external, a second current-source coupled to a second input node to which a second signal as an inversion of the first signal is input from the external, a first bypass circuit coupled between the first current-source and the first input node, the first bypass circuit being switched according to the second signal, and a second bypass circuit coupled between the second current-source and the second input node, the second bypass circuit being switched according to the first signal, and a terminal circuit configured to be terminated for an optical device driven by a drive signal according to the first signal, the drive signal being output from an output node coupled between the terminal circuit and the variable current-source.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a package bag (10) according to the present invention includes: a cured portion forming step of forming a cured portion (15a, 15b) on at least one side of a forming position of a rib (14) by crystallizing at least a portion of a resin constituting a film (11) by heating and cooling the film (11); and a rib forming step of forming a rib (14) by pressing the film (11) using concave and convex molds. According to the present invention, it is possible to maintain an opening state of a spout (12). Further, since additional material is not required, it is possible to suppress increase in the thickness of the package bag (10) and to reduce the bulkiness of the package bags.

Abstract: Disclosed is a frequency characteristic adjusting circuit disposed between an optical circuit element and a drive circuit driving the optical circuit element. The frequency characteristic adjusting circuit includes a capacitor, and two or more series circuits having a resistor and a switch, the two or more series circuits being connected in parallel with the capacitor, where resistance with respect to the switch that is turned on is changed according to an output voltage of the drive circuit by changing ON or OFF of the switch such that electric charge at a contact point between the optical circuit element and the capacitor is adjusted to be constant regardless of the output voltage of the drive circuit.

Abstract: An optical transmitter includes: a driving circuit that includes drivers each corresponding to a configuration bit of an input electrical data sequence; a MZ optical modulator that includes a first phase shifter provided in an arm and a second phase shifter provided in an arm; first capacitance elements that are electrically connected between the driving unit and the first phase shifter, each include an electric capacity weighted in response to a bit number of the configuration bit, and generate a first multilevel signal to be supplied to the first phase shifter; and second capacitance elements that are electrically connected between the driving circuit and the second phase shifter, each include an electric capacity weighted in response to a bit number of the configuration bit, and generate a second multilevel signal to be supplied to the second phase shifter.

Abstract: There is provided a driver circuit including a variable current-source configured to include, a first current-source coupled to a first input node to which a first signal is input from an external, a second current-source coupled to a second input node to which a second signal as an inversion of the first signal is input from the external, a first bypass circuit coupled between the first current-source and the first input node, the first bypass circuit being switched according to the second signal, and a second bypass circuit coupled between the second current-source and the second input node, the second bypass circuit being switched according to the first signal, and a terminal circuit configured to be terminated for an optical device driven by a drive signal according to the first signal, the drive signal being output from an output node coupled between the terminal circuit and the variable current-source.