Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a plurality of dischargers including a nozzle, a pressure chamber, and a drive element to discharge liquid in the pressure chamber through the nozzle; and a driver that generates, for each of the plurality of dischargers, an individual drive signal to drive the drive element based on a plurality of drive signals including a first drive signal having a first contraction waveform in which an electrical potential changes to cause a volume of the pressure chamber to contract, and a second drive signal having a second contraction waveform in which an electrical potential changes to cause the volume of the pressure chamber to contract. In one cycle, a center of one of a time period of the first contraction waveform and a time period of the second contraction waveform is located in the other of the time periods.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body including ceramic layers, first internal electrodes, and second internal electrodes laminated in a height direction, a first external electrode on at least part of a first end surface and on part of a first main surface and not on a second main surface, the first external electrode being electrically connected to the first internal electrodes, a second external electrode on at least part of a second end surface and on part of the first main surface and is not on the second main surface, the second external electrode being electrically connected to the second internal electrodes, at least two penetration portions penetrating the ceramic body between the first and second main surfaces, and a reinforcing layer on at least part of the second main surface, the reinforcing layer covering the at least two penetration portions exposed from the ceramic body.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric ceramic layers and internal electrode layers laminated alternately in a lamination direction, and a pair of external electrodes on both end portions in the length direction of the multilayer body and respectively connected to the internal electrode layers. The pair of external electrodes each include a base region covering at least each of the first and second end surfaces and connected to the internal electrode layers, and a cover region on the base region to cover the base region. The cover region includes maximum thickness portions each including a maximum thickness in the cover region, in a region corresponding to the ranges of about ±10 ?m in the lamination direction centered around internal electrode layers at both outermost ends in the lamination direction among the internal electrode layers.

Abstract: An electrode includes an active material-containing layer that contains active material particles and a binder containing a polymer. The active material particles contain a lithium-containing nickel-cobalt-manganese composite oxide represented by LiaNi(1?x?y)CoxMnyMzO2 where 0.9?a?1.2, 0<x?0.5, 0<y?0.5, 0<z?0.1, x?y, 0.4?1?x?y?0.8, and M is at least one element selected from B, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, Zn, Zr, Sn, and W. The polymer has a repeating unit derived from vinylidene fluoride and one or more peaks in a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum with fluorine-19 as a detection nucleus are located in the range of ?90 ppm or higher and ?88 ppm or lower.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus is configured to control a supply of a drive signal to a drive element by a controller so that a target period is either an ejection period or a non-ejection period based on print data. The drive signal includes an ejection pulse and a non-ejection pulse. The controller: does not supply the non-ejection pulse to the drive element when the target period is the non-ejection period and an elapsed time length from the last ejection period is less than the predetermined time length, and supplies the non-ejection pulse to the drive element when the target period is the non-ejection period and the elapsed time length is equal to or longer than the predetermined time length. The predetermined time length is an integral multiple or more of ½ of a natural vibration cycle of a meniscus of a liquid in the nozzle.

Abstract: A magnetic-field generator (10) is provided to be used in construction of a cell sheet (12), and include s a magnetic circuit assembly (24) configured to generate a magnetic field for the construction of the cell sheet (12) using magnetic force caused by the magnetic field wherein the magnetic force is substantially transverse to a plane defined by the cell sheet (12), and a power control system (44) configured to generate and control electric power to magnetically charge the magnetic circuit assembly (24) using the electric power.

Abstract: A suction holding table for holding a holdable object under suction includes a base seat rotatable about a rotational axis, and a plurality of holders erected from the base seat and angularly spaced at equal angular intervals along a circle around the rotational axis, in which each of the holders has an upper surface functioning as a holding surface with a suction port defined therein, and attract the holdable object to the holder under a negative pressure applied via the suction port.

Abstract: In an anchor device, a communication hole in which a webbing pass-through portion and a pin insertion portion communicate with each other is provided at a plate, a webbing passed through the webbing pass-through portion is coupled to the plate, and a mounting pin is inserted into the pin insertion portion. Here, a narrowing portion of the plate narrows the width of communication between the webbing pass-through portion and the pin insertion portion. For this reason, the mounting pin can be inhibited from contacting the webbing when the mounting pin is inserted into the pin insertion portion.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric ceramic layers and internal electrode layers laminated alternately in a lamination direction, and a pair of external electrodes on both end portions in the length direction of the multilayer body and respectively connected to the internal electrode layers. The pair of external electrodes each include a base region covering at least each of the first and second end surfaces, connected to the internal electrode layers, and including Cu as a main component, a cover region on the base region to cover the base region, and including Ag as a main component, and a reaction region between the base region and the cover region including Cu included in the base region and Ag included in the cover region reacting with each other.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes a current collector and an active material-containing layer formed on the current collector. The active material-containing layer contains a lithium nickel cobalt manganese composite oxide and a lithium cobalt composite oxide. Pore size distribution obtained by mercury intrusion porosimetry for the active material-containing layer has a first peak top indicating a highest intensity I1 within a pore size range of from 0.1 ?m to 1 ?m and a second peak top indicating an intensity I2 which is a second highest intensity after the highest intensity I1 within the pore size range of from 0.1 ?m to 1 ?m. A pore size at the first peak top is smaller than a pore size at the second peak top.

Abstract: Example implementations described herein involve an attribute of an inflow source that is assigned to each trajectory in the camera view, which is used for crowd analysis. The inflow source is estimated using techniques of tracking across cameras. If the inflow source is different even if the flow trajectories are the same direction, the trajectories are visualized in different styles. By using the attribute of the inflow source, it is possible to detect changes and anomalies in the crowd that were difficult to detect using the prior art.

Abstract: A positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes specific peaks in pyrolysis GC/MS measurement, and includes specific pore diameters and pore volumes in a pore distribution curve attained by a mercury intrusion method.

Abstract: A fixed core generates a magnetic attraction force with energization of a coil. A movable core has an attracted surface facing an attracting surface of the fixed core is attracted to the fixed core to cause the valve body to open a nozzle hole. A stopper member abuts against the movable core to restrict movement of the movable core. The movable core has an abutment portion that abuts against the stopper member, and a core body portion in which the attracted surface is formed. The attracting surface and the attracted surface extend annularly around an axis line of the fixed core, are formed so as to be separated from each other in an axis line direction in a state where the abutment portion abuts against the stopper member, and a separation distance from each other increases toward a radially outer side.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric ceramic layers and internal electrode layers laminated alternately in a lamination direction, and a pair of external electrodes on both end portions in the length direction of the multilayer body and respectively connected to the internal electrode layers. The pair of external electrodes each include a base region covering at least each of the first and second end surfaces and connected to the internal electrode layers, and a cover region on the base region to cover the base region. The cover region includes maximum thickness portions each including a maximum thickness in the cover region, in a region corresponding to the ranges of about ±10 ?m in the lamination direction centered around internal electrode layers at both outermost ends in the lamination direction among the internal electrode layers.

Abstract: An electrode according to an embodiment contains an electrode mixture layer containing an active material and a conductive assistant. In a logarithmic differential pore volume distribution by a mercury intrusion method, the electrode mixture layer satisfies: a ratio P1/P2 within a range of 2 or more and less than 8, and a ratio S1/S2 within a range of 3 or more and less than 10. P1 is a value of a maximum logarithmic differential pore volume in a pore diameter range of 0.1 ?m or more and 1 ?m or less. P2 is a value of a logarithmic differential pore volume of a pore diameter of 0.03 ?m. S1 is an integrated value in a pore diameter range of 0.1 ?m or more and 1 ?m or less. S2 is an integrated value in a pore diameter range of more than 0 ?m and less than 0.1 ?m.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a polishing head defining plural pressure chambers D1 to D5 for pressing a wafer W on a polishing pad 42, a pressure control unit performing pressure feedback control by individually controlling pressures in the pressure chambers D1 to D5, a film thickness measurement unit measuring a film thickness distribution of the wafer W being polished, a storage unit storing multiple pieces of information on a preset pressure of the pressure chambers D1 to D5, and a response characteristic acquisition unit changing the preset pressure every time a predetermined condition is satisfied during polishing of the wafer W, measuring a polishing rate applied to the wafer W, and acquiring a response characteristic of the polishing of the wafer W. The response characteristic indicates responsiveness of the polishing of the wafer W to the pressure feedback. The response characteristic is acquired based on the obtained polishing rates.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body including layered ceramic layers and layered inner electrode layers and having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and outer electrodes covering both end surfaces of the multilayer body and extending from both end surfaces to cover at least a portion of a first main surface of the multilayer body. The multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an insulating layer continuously extending from a ceramic layer at the first main surface of the multilayer body so as to cover end edge portions of both the outer electrodes located on the first main surface of the multilayer body, and t2>t1 is satisfied.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a misalignment measuring apparatus includes: an input circuit; a storage medium; a first circuit configured to, in a first calibration pattern, calculate a second misalignment amount; a second circuit configured to, using a first image of a second calibration pattern, calculate a third misalignment amount; a third circuit configured to calculate a coefficient indicating; and a fourth circuit configured to, using a second image corresponding to the first and second patterns, calculate a third center position of a third contour and calculate the first misalignment amount between the first pattern and the second pattern based on the fourth misalignment amount and the coefficient.

Abstract: A substrate polishing method capable of reducing an influence of variation in spectrum of reflected light from a substrate, such as a wafer, and determining an accurate film thickness is disclosed. The method includes: polishing a surface of a substrate by pressing the substrate against a polishing pad on a rotating polishing table; producing a spectrum of reflected light from the surface of the substrate each time the polishing table makes one rotation; creating a three-dimensional data containing a plurality of spectra arranged along polishing time; and determining a film thickness of the substrate based on the three-dimensional data.