Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a controller, the controller being configured to execute: acquiring pieces of result data showing movement results of a plurality of users; calculating at least either first evaluation values about convenience in a case of moving in predetermined sections in private vehicles or second evaluation values about convenience in a case of moving in the predetermined sections in public transportation at least based on the pieces of result data; and calculating, for a predetermined area, a score indicating a deviation between convenience in the case of moving in the private vehicles and convenience in the case of moving in the public transportation based on the first and second evaluation values.

Abstract: A power system supervisory control apparatus, a power system supervisory control system, and a power system supervisory control method for reducing social cost and improving resilience of a power system are provided. The power system supervisory control apparatus including multiple renewable energy power supplies includes: a system influence degree evaluation section that evaluates a system influence degree when a renewable energy fluctuation or an assumed fault has an influence on the power system by using, as computation conditions, system data for obtaining a state of the power system, renewable energy fluctuation data indicative of a fluctuation of a power generation output, and assumed fault data of an assumed fault in the power system, and calculates system influence degree evaluation result data; a computation condition selection index calculation section that calculates a selection index for the computation conditions; and a condition selection section that selects the computation conditions.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a cab disposed on an upper side of the vehicle body frame, brackets connected to the cab, limiting sections and buffering devices. The limiting sections are disposed between the brackets and the vehicle body frame. The limiting sections limit a movement range of the cab with respect to the vehicle body frame. The buffering devices are disposed between the brackets and the vehicle body frame.

Abstract: A fixing unit or device that can be used in an image forming apparatus includes a first heater element that is formed of a material that increases in electrical resistance with increases in temperature. A controller of the fixing unit is configured to vary a duty ratio of electric power applied to the first heater element during a start-up operation in which the temperature of the first heater element is raised to a target operating temperature. By varying the duty ratio during the start-up operation, changes in the resistance of the first heater element with the heating can be compensated. For example, the duty ratio can be increased during the course of the start-up to achieve the target operating temperature faster.

Abstract: In this shift device, in a case in which an external force has acted on a lever when an operating mechanism is causing the lever to pivot, a clutch mechanism permits rotation of a first detent plate with respect to a second detent plate, such that pivoting of the lever is permitted. Note that a restraining mechanism urges the lever toward a shift position. This enables to the restraining mechanism to urge the lever separately to the clutch mechanism, thereby enabling the degrees of freedom for setting a biasing load on the lever by the restraining mechanism to be increased.

Abstract: An object is to provide an electric power system planning operation device, a method, and a system that can realize the reduction of social costs and the improvement of the resilience of an electric power system.

Abstract: The present invention is a polishing pad formed by foamed polyurethane, with a content of S phase in the foamed polyurethane, as determined by pulsed NMR measurement at 25° C., exceeding 70%.

Abstract: The present invention is a polishing pad formed by foamed polyurethane, with a content of S phase in the foamed polyurethane, as determined by pulsed NMR measurement at 25° C., exceeding 70%.

Abstract: A machine translation device includes: an accepting portion that accepts a first-language document; storage portion in which are stored one or more pieces of multilingual parallel translation information that are each a set of synonymous words in the first language through the Nth language (N is 3 or more integer); a selecting portion that selects the multilingual parallel translation information including a word included in an ith-language document (i is an integer of 1 to N-1) from the one or more pieces of multilingual parallel translation information; a machine translation portion that repeats processing of machine translating the ith-language document into an (i+1)th language document until machine translation into the Nth language has been performed, so as to use parallel-translation relation between two languages included in the selected multilingual parallel translation information; and an output portion that outputs the Nth-language document.

Abstract: A parallel translation information generation device includes a bilingual dictionary storage portion in which are stored three or more types of bilingual dictionaries that link all two-language combinations of a first language, a second language, and a third language; a trilingual parallel translation information generation portion that generates trilingual parallel translation information that is a set of a word in the first language, a word in the second language, and a word in the third language having a relationship such that all sets of words in two languages among the first-language word, the second-language word, and the third-language word are linked by the bilingual dictionaries, and a trilingual parallel translation information output portion that outputs trilingual parallel translation information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating for water blocking agents to fill empty joint spaces on continuous walls comprising a composition consisting essentially of a water-absorbing resin (a), a hydrophilic binder resin (b) and a solvent (c), wherein said hydrophilic binder resin (b) has an acid value of 40 mg KOH/g to 500 mg KOH/g. The present invention also relates to a water blocking construction method using the coating for water blocking agents.

Abstract: The present invention provides a protolytically leaving group-containing copolymer having improved characteristics such as increased solubility in alkaline aqueous solution in the presence of a proton, thus finding application with advantage in various uses, and a process for producing the copolymer. A protolytically leaving group-containing copolymer represented by the following general formula (1): in the formula, R1, R2 and R3 are the same or different and each represents a protolytically leaving group and a, b and c represent the amounts of existence (mole %) of repeating units (A), (B) and (C), respectively, in the copolymer, which comprises the repeating unit (A) as well as the repeating unit (B) and/or the repeating unit (C) and has a weight average molecular weight of 2000˜30000, said a, b and c satisfying the condition that a is 5 to 30 mole % and (b+c) is 70 to 95 mole %.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention, which has been made in view of the above-mentioned state of the art, to provide a protolytically leaving group-containing copolymer which can exhibit high levels of changes in characteristics, such as solubility in alkaline aqueous solutions after free proton treatment as compared with the, solubility before such treatment, and of substrate adhesion, developability, chemical resistance and etching resistance and which can judiciously be applied in various fields of application.

Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a friction reducing coating for engineering works, and, a soil adhesion-preventing sheet pile or steel tubular pipe wherein the above-mentioned friction reducing coating for engineering works applied thereto in advance, and, a soil adhesion-preventing construction method which comprises using the above-mentioned friction reducing coating for engineering works and/or the above-mentioned soil adhesion-preventing sheet pile or steel tubular pipe and further provide a negative friction cut construction method for foundation structures which comprises using the above friction reducing coating for engineering works and thus can cut the friction between a foundation structure after laying underground and the surrounding ground and reduce the influences of changes in the surrounding ground on the foundation structure as well as a caisson or pipe jacking construction method which comprises using the above friction reducing coating for engineering works and can reduce the

Abstract: The present invention provides a protolytically leaving group-containing copolymer having improved characteristics such as increased solubility in alkaline aqueous solution in the presence of a proton, thus finding application with advantage in various uses, and a process for producing the copolymer.

Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a friction reducing coating for engineering works, and, a soil adhesion-preventing sheet pile or steel tubular pipe wherein the above-mentioned friction reducing coating for engineering works applied thereto in advance, and, a soil adhesion-preventing construction method which comprises using the above-mentioned friction reducing coating for engineering works and/or the above-mentioned soil adhesion-preventing sheet pile or steel tubular pipe and further provide a negative friction cut construction method for foundation structures which comprises using the above friction reducing coating for engineering works and thus can cut the friction between a foundation structure after laying underground and the surrounding ground and reduce the influences of changes in the surrounding ground on the foundation structure as well as a caisson or pipe jacking construction method which comprises using the above friction reducing coating for engineering works and can reduce the

Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a coating for water blocking agents which is {circle over (1)} easy to apply to the substrate (e.g. joint sections of sheet pile), in particular {circle over (2)} less peelable from the substrates (joint sections of sheet pile) in the step of driving them into the ground, {circle over (3)} high in swelling capacity (for even thin films to be high in water blocking performance) and {circle over (4)} readily removable from the substrate (e.g. joint sections of sheet pile) after use.

Abstract: To prevent adhesion of a support body and a hardened body of a hydraulic composition, the hydraulic composition being used for a soil structure such as a retaining wall built in a soil excavating work in the civil engineering and construction fields, a composition (A) composed of at least an alkaline-water-soluble resin with an acid value of not less than 15 mgKOH/g and a water-absorbent material is provided so as to intervene between the support body and the hardened body of the hydraulic composition, either by applying the composition (A) on a surface of the support body, or by covering the support body with a sheet-like member on which the composition (A) is applied. The alkaline-water-soluble resin dissolves in alkaline water upon contact with the same contained in the hydraulic composition.