Abstract: A positive electrode active material that is unlikely to generate defects even when charging and discharging at a high voltage and/or at a high temperature is provided. A positive electrode active material in which crystal structures are unlikely to collapse even when charging and discharging are repeated is also provided. The positive electrode active material contains lithium, cobalt, oxygen, and an additive element. The positive electrode active material includes a surface portion, an inner portion. The positive electrode active material contains the additive element in the surface portion. The surface portion is a region extending from a surface of the positive electrode active material to a depth of 10 nm or less toward the inner portion, and the surface portion and the inner portion are topotaxy. A degree of diffusion of the additive element vary between crystal planes of the surface portion, and the additive element is at least one or two or more selected from nickel, aluminum, and magnesium.

Abstract: A charged particle beam device 1 includes: a plurality of detectors 7 for detecting a signal particle 9 emitted from a sample 8 irradiated with a charged particle beam 3 and converting the detected signal particle 9 into an output electrical signal 17; an energy discriminator 14 provided for each detector 7 and configured to discriminate the output electrical signal 17 according to energy of the signal particle 9; a discrimination control block 21 for setting an energy discrimination condition of each of the energy discriminators 14; and an image calculation block 22 for generating an image based on the discriminated electrical signal. The discrimination control block 21 sets energy discrimination conditions different from each other among the plurality of energy discriminators 14.

Abstract: To provide an axial fan motor increasing the mounting area of a circuit board and further improving heat dissipation as compared with the axial fan motor in the related art. A fan device as an axial fan motor includes: a casing having a hollow tubular shape and provided with an intake opening at one end in an axial direction and an exhaust opening at another end in the axial direction; an impeller including a plurality of blades and accommodated in the casing; a motor accommodated in the casing and configured to rotate the impeller; and a plurality of circuit boards arranged along the axial direction at a side close to exhaust opening in the casing.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprises a pixel region where pixels are arranged in a matrix, a sample hold circuit configured to sample and hold, as a first signal and a second signal, two different signals output from each of two pixels in the pixel region, and an analog-digital conversion circuit configured to perform analog-digital conversion of the second signals from the two pixels after performing analog-digital conversion of the first signals from the two pixels. A time interval between a period set to perform analog-digital conversion of the first signals from the two pixels and a period set to perform analog-digital conversion of the second signals from the two pixels is set longer than a time interval between periods set to perform analog-digital conversion of each of the first signals from the two pixels.

Abstract: A film forming method according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: forming an adsorption-inhibiting region by supplying an adsorption-inhibiting gas to the substrate; adsorbing a silicon-containing gas onto a region excluding the adsorption-inhibiting region; and forming a silicon nitride film by exposing the substrate, onto which the silicon-containing gas has been adsorbed, to plasma generated from a nitriding gas, wherein the nitriding gas includes a nitrogen-containing gas and an inert gas, and the nitrogen-containing gas has a flow rate greater than a flow rate of the inert gas.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle lamp which forms a travel light distribution pattern in which occurrence of a dark area between low and high beam light distributions is suppressed. A projection lens is divided into a plurality of lens areas, each of which has a different focal point position, and one second lens area is a low lens area. A low beam light source module is set such reflected light from the reflector is incident on a back surface of the second lens area, and a low beam light distribution is emitted from an area front surface. A high beam light source module is set such that emitted light from a high beam light source is directly incident on a lens back surface of the projection lens, and a high beam light distribution for each area is emitted from each of a plurality of area front surfaces.

Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a first remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a second remote operator who is different from the first remote operator, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the first remote operator or the second remote operator, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.

Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device can include providing a substrate including a via in a dielectric layer, forming a ruthenium metal plug in the via, and at least part of the ruthenium metal plug can be formed directly on the dielectric layer in the via, forming a metal cap layer directly on the ruthenium metal plug, and forming a metallization layer, such as a copper-containing trench, over the ruthenium metal plug, such that the metal cap layer is between the metallization layer and the ruthenium metal plug, which can prevent intermixing of the ruthenium of the ruthenium metal plug with the metal or metals in the metallization layer.

Abstract: This network node comprises: a reception unit that receives, from a first user, an authorization request for an Application Programming Interface (API) call, for which the authorization of a second user is required; a control unit that identifies the second user on the basis of the authorization request; and a transmission unit that transmits, to the second user, information to the effect that the authorization request has been received from the first user.

Abstract: A holding device that holds an object on a first surface of a first portion of a plate-shaped member includes a heater pattern formed on a ceramic green sheet and a cover layer covering the heater pattern. A second portion of the plate-shaped member and a heater electrode are manufactured by firing a layered body constituted by a plurality of ceramic green sheets. A second joining portion joins the second portion and a base member. A temperature distribution of a second surface of the second portion is measured while cooling with a cooling mechanism of the base member and supplying power to the heater electrode. Based on a result of the measurement, an electrical resistance of the heater electrode is adjusted by removing a portion of the heater electrode together with the cover layer. A first joining portion joins the second portion and the first portion of the plate-shaped member.

Abstract: A network node that transfers a signal between a service-user-side network node and a service-provider-side network node includes: a reception section that receives a first control signal including information indicating an application of connection requested by the service-user-side network node; a control section that determines whether the connection for the application is permitted; and a transmission section that transmits a second control signal including information indicating a result of the determination to the service-user-side network node.

Abstract: A sliding member comprises a metal substrate, a porous layer formed on one surface of the metal substrate, and a sliding layer covering the porous layer. The sliding layer is formed of a resin composition, and the porous layer has a matrix phase comprising Cu and Sn, and hard particles dispersed in the matrix phase and comprising a Laves phase constituted of a composition of Co, Mo and Si.

Abstract: A variable vent mechanism has an air bag having a vent hole, a flap attached to the air bag at a first fix portion and covering the vent hole, a strap extending from a connection end of the flap, fixed to an attachment portion at a second fix portion, and fixing the flap in a closed position where the vent hole is closed, and a device which brings the strap into a free state. A relationship L3/L4 between a maximum length L3 between the first fix portion and the connection end in a first direction connecting the first and second fix portions, and a maximum length L4 of the first fix portion in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction satisfies 0.5?L3/L4?3.0. A length of the flap in the second direction is shorter on the connection end side than on the first fix portion side.

Abstract: Disclosed is an analysis method for analyzing an analyte in a specimen, the analysis method including: obtaining first data corresponding to an optical signal obtained from the analyte; inputting set data composed of a plurality of pieces of the first data, to an artificial intelligence algorithm capable of calculating a relevance degree between the pieces of the first data; and determining a type of the analyte by using the relevance degree.

Abstract: The present invention relates to provision of a photosensitive resin composition containing (A) a photopolymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group and an acidic substituent, and (B) a photopolymerization initiator, wherein at least one of the components contained in the photosensitive resin composition is a component including a dicyclopentadiene structure; a photosensitive resin film using the foregoing photosensitive resin composition; a printed wiring board and a method for producing the same; and a semiconductor package.

Abstract: A sliding member includes a metal substrate and a sliding layer formed on one surface of the metal substrate. The sliding layer has a matrix phase containing Cu and Sn and hard particles dispersed in the matrix phase and containing a Laves phase constituted of a composition of Co, Mo and Si.

Abstract: A vehicular headlamp includes a first light source for emitting a first light forward; a second light source disposed above the first light source and for emitting a second light forward; a first reflecting surface disposed in front of the first light source for reflecting the first light upward; a second reflecting surface disposed above the second light source for reflecting forward the first light reflected by the first reflecting surface; a third reflecting surface disposed above the second light source and below the second reflecting surface, is connected to the second reflecting surface, for reflecting the second light forward; and a projection lens disposed in front of the first, second, and third reflecting surfaces. The first and second light sources disposed on the same plane.

Abstract: Provided is a control system that outputs determination information on whether or not safety function specifications are satisfied. The control system includes: first and second controllers (100, 200); a drive device (300); and a data tracing module (154) that traces a state value indicating an operation state of a motor (400). The drive device (300) includes: a storage for storing safety parameters related to safety functions; and a control device (311) that stops driving of the motor (400) on the basis of the safety parameters and the state value indicating the operation state of the motor (400). The control system further includes: a support device (500) that displays the safety parameters while overlapping a tracing result of the state value obtained by the data tracing module (154).

Abstract: An information processing device includes a determination unit and a first output control unit. The determination unit determines whether a target object is present in a blind spot region between observation regions around a mobility. The first output control unit outputs first warning information indicative of presence of the target object in the blind spot region in a case where the target object has been determined to be present in the blind spot region.

Abstract: A medium processing apparatus for processing a medium ejected from an image forming apparatus includes a conveyor, a slit, a medium processing device, a stopper, and detectors. The conveyor conveys the medium ejected from the image forming apparatus. The slit communicates with an opening of a housing into which a medium is manually inserted from outside and includes a placement face on which the inserted medium is placed. The placement face has a first side and a second side orthogonal to the first side. The first and second sides are not parallel to a direction in which a side face of the housing extends. The medium processing device processes the medium conveyed by the conveyor or the medium placed on the slit. The stopper regulates edges of the medium along the first and second sides of the placement face. The detectors are disposed on the stopper to detect the medium.