Abstract: A rehabilitation work support apparatus, a rehabilitation work support method, and a program capable of reducing a work burden on a therapist are provided. A rehabilitation work support apparatus (1) includes a difference calculation unit (2) and a difference output unit (3). The difference calculation unit (2) calculates, for each type of ability, a difference between a target value for a patient's ability value in rehabilitation and the patient's ability value at a time before a start of the rehabilitation or during the rehabilitation. The difference output unit (3) performs control so as to output information representing the calculated difference for each type of ability.

Abstract: A rehabilitation work support apparatus, a rehabilitation work support method, and a program capable of efficiently managing patient's actual current ability values are provided. A rehabilitation work support apparatus (1) includes a change prediction unit (2) that predicts whether or not an actual current ability value of a patient during a rehabilitation period has changed from a latest ability value of that patient stored in a storage device based on an elapsed time from a time of an evaluation of the latest ability value of the patient stored in the storage device, and a change prediction output unit (3) that performs control so as to output a result of the prediction made by the change prediction unit (2).

Abstract: Provided is a technique for restraining the amount of information as a whole while securing, as appropriate, information contributive to determination that utilizes a sensor. This sensor device 200 comprises: a measurement unit 210 for repeatedly measuring first information and second information which is measured at time intervals longer than those for the first information; and an output unit 220 for outputting the first information and second information measured by the measurement unit 210. When the first information and the second information meet respective standards thereof, the output unit 220 outputs the second information at longer intervals.

Abstract: A burner of a gas stove includes a burner body, a partition member, and at least one flame cover. The burner body includes a gas conduit and a base. The gas conduit has at least one gas input passage for injecting gas and air, and the base has at least one mixture passage for mixing the gas and the air. The at least one mixture passage communicates with the at least one gas input passage. The partition member has a plurality of through holes and covers the at least one mixture passage. The at least one flame cover provided with a plurality of flame holes covers the partition member. Whereby, the size of the burner of the gas stove is reduced significantly, and the gas can mix with the air effectively and uniformly.

Abstract: An audio receiver includes a first signal port, a second signal port, a power supply port, a power ground port, and an amplifier circuit. The first signal port is coupled to an audio signal line of a transmission interface. The second signal port is coupled to an audio ground line of the transmission interface. The power supply port is coupled to a power supply line of the transmission interface to generate a power supply level to the power supply line. The power ground port is connected to the ground level and to a power ground line of the transmission interface. When the audio receiver is outputting a power supply current to the audio source device through the power supply port via the power supply line, a connection state between the second signal port and the power ground port is at a high impedance state.

Abstract: A burner of a gas stove includes a burner body, a partition member, and at least one flame cover. The burner body includes an inlet portion and a base. The inlet portion has at least one inlet passage for injecting gas and air, and the base has at least one mixture passage for mixing the gas and the air. The at least one mixture passage communicates with the at least one inlet passage. The partition member has a plurality of through holes and covers the at least one mixture passage. The at least one flame cover has a plurality of flame holes and covers the partition member. Whereby, the size of the burner of the gas stove could be reduced significantly, and the gas could mix with the air effectively and uniformly.

Abstract: A nursing assistance device includes: a handling alert generation unit that generates a handling alert related to nursing based on nursing information and a nursing handling rule of a patient; and a handling alert output unit that outputs the handling alert to an output destination device related to a nursing attendant of the patient.

Abstract: A method for electrostatic discharge protection in a receiver and associated receiver are provided. The receiver includes a reference voltage terminal, a detection terminal, at least one set of receiving terminals and at least one set of termination resistors. The method includes: according to a voltage level of the detection terminal, generating a detection result; and according to the detection result, controlling whether to configure said at least one set of termination resistors to be respectively coupled between said at least one set of receiving terminals and the reference voltage terminal.

Abstract: An audio receiver includes a first signal port, a second signal port, a power supply port, a power ground port, and an amplifier circuit. The first signal port is coupled to an audio signal line of a transmission interface. The second signal port is coupled to an audio ground line of the transmission interface. The power supply port is coupled to a power supply line of the transmission interface to generate a power supply level to the power supply line. The power ground port is connected to the ground level and to a power ground line of the transmission interface. When the audio receiver is outputting a power supply current to the audio source device through the power supply port via the power supply line, a connection state between the second signal port and the power ground port is at a high impedance state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and device for data duplication cutover. The method includes initiating duplication of initial data from a source device to a destination device, wherein the initial data are data of a file system stored on the source device upon the initiating. The method further includes, in response to completing the duplication of the initial data, updating a session associated with the file system. Furthermore, the method includes, after updating the session, triggering the source device and the destination device into a data unavailable state to perform duplication of delta data from the source device to the destination device, wherein the delta data are data of the file system changed during duplication of the initial data. Utilization of the cutover mechanism proposed in the present disclosure enables effective reduction of data unavailable period of time.

Abstract: A nursing assistance device includes: a record omission determination unit that determines information whose record is omitted among nursing information related to nursing of a patient, based on a record omission determination condition related to the nursing information; and an output unit that outputs an input request for the determined information whose recording is omitted.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device for generating an abrupt autofocusing beam, comprising a light source module, a metasurface phase modulating element, and a focus lens, wherein the light source module generates an incident light beam, the metasurface modulating element has a first optical receiving surface for receiving the incident light beam, and an optical emitting surface having a plurality of dielectric nano-structures formed thereon for modulating the incident light beam into a diffracted light beam wherein the plurality of nano-structures respectively corresponding to optical-phase mask patterns, and the focus lens is arranged at a side of the optical receiving surface for performing optical Fourier transform of the diffracted light beam obtained from the metasurface phase modulating element.

Abstract: A patient assessment support device includes an output unit which outputs estimated support information estimated based on question information relating to nursing care for a patient when a record of known support information relating to the patient is determined as being absent.

Abstract: A motion estimation system 80 includes a pose acquisition unit 81 and an action estimation unit 82. The pose acquisition unit 81 acquires, in time series, pose information representing a posture of one person and a posture of another person identified simultaneously in a situation in which a motion of the one person affects a motion of the other person. The action estimation unit 82 divides the acquired time series pose information on each person by unsupervised learning to estimate an action series that is a series of motions including two or more pieces of pose information.

Abstract: A task in an application node is managed. For instance, based on a type of a predetermined task that is to be executed on a data object in the application node, an address range of a group of objects on which the predetermined task is to be executed is determined in the data object. The predetermined task is executed on the group of objects in an order of addresses of the group of objects. A progress indicator is created for indicating an address of an object that is currently being processed in the group of objects. The predetermined task is managed based on the progress indicator. Thus, an address of an object that is currently being processed may be indicated based on the progress indicator, so that the predetermined task may be managed more easily and effectively based on the progress indicator in subsequent operations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a preparation method of La(OH)3 nanorod/walnut shell biochar composite material (LN-WB), comprising the following steps: putting walnut shell powder into a crucible and pyrolyzing and carbonizing in a muffle furnace at 350° C. to 450° C.; after the pyrolysis is completed, grinding and sieving the obtained biochar, and then repeatedly washing with deionized water; drying the washed biochar for later use; putting an appropriate amount of biochar into the deionized water to form a turbid solution; simultaneously dropwise adding LaCl3 and NaOH to the above turbid solution by using a peristaltic pump; and allowing the obtained mixture to stand at room temperature for 20 to 30 h, washing and drying for later use. The present invention successfully prepares a La(OH)3 nanoparticle-loaded biochar composite material through a simple synthesis technology.

Abstract: A system for quantitative differential phase contrast microscopy with isotropic transfer function utilizes a modulation mechanism to create a detection light field having a radial or other axial orientation of optical intensity gradient or other distribution. A condenser generates an off-axis light field to project onto an object under examination, thereby generating an object light field, which is then guided to an image capturing device through an objective lens for capturing images. A differential phase contrast algorithm is applied to the images for obtaining a phase, thereby a depth information corresponding to the phase can be obtained to reconstruct the surface profile of the object.

Abstract: A burner of a gas stove includes a burner body, a partition member, and at least one flame cover. The burner body includes an inlet portion and a base. The inlet portion has at least one inlet passage for injecting gas and air, and the base has at least one mixture passage for mixing the gas and the air. The at least one mixture passage communicates with the at least one inlet passage. The partition member has a plurality of through holes and covers the at least one mixture passage. The at least one flame cover has a plurality of flame holes and covers the partition member. Whereby, the size of the burner of the gas stove could be reduced significantly, and the gas could mix with the air effectively and uniformly.

Abstract: To monitor data duplication progress, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for determining data duplication progress in real-time. The method comprises initiating a duplication of data from a source system to a destination system. The method further comprises determining first duplication progress for an initial stage of the duplication, original data existing on the source system when the duplication is initiated being duplicated in the initial stage. Furthermore, the method further comprises determining, independently from the initial stage, second duplication progress for a delta stage of the duplication, delta data being duplicated in the delta stage and including at least data generated during the initial stage. The present disclosure develops a fine-grained monitoring mechanism of data duplication progress.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for multi-level data protection in a storage system. The storage system comprises a first storage device, a second storage device, and a third storage device, the method comprising: establishing a synchronous replication session between the first storage device and the second storage device so as to synchronously replicate data in the first storage device to the second storage device; establishing an asynchronous replication session between the first storage device and the third storage device so as to asynchronously replicate the data in the first storage device to the third storage device; and recovering the asynchronous replication by establishing an asynchronous replication session between the second storage device and the third storage device in response to a failure of the first storage device.