Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented.

Abstract: A device management apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention for managing a plurality of devices which consume or deplete a product, said apparatus having a storage for storing device identification information and provider information in association with one another, a receiving unit for receiving device identification information and product information which has been transmitted by a device among the plurality of devices, a determination unit for determining whether or not the consumption status or depletion status expressed by the product information satisfies determination conditions, and a notification unit which, when the determination unit has determined that the determination conditions are met, notifies a provider device which is associated with the provider identified on the basis of the provider information associated with the device identification information about an action which pertains to a product which is consumed or depleted by the device identified by the device iden

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit, and a drive signal output unit that outputs a drive signal. The head unit includes a first rigid substrate, and a first connector to which the drive signal is input, the drive signal output unit includes a second rigid substrate, and a second connector from which the drive signal is output, the first connector includes a first fixing portion, and a first terminal, the second connector includes a second fixing portion, and a second terminal, one of the first connector and the second connector has a receptacle shape, the other has a plug shape, the first connector and the second connector are fitted so that the first terminal and the second terminal are in direct contact with each other, and at least one of the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion is tin-plated.

Abstract: Methods of making hydrotreating catalysts are provided having one or more phosphorus components carried on a composite support of a titanium-loaded binder component and post-framework modified ultra-stable Y-type zeolite. The support comprises the titanium-loaded binder component and a post-framework modified ultra-stable Y-type (USY) zeolite. The active components including the phosphorous active component and one or more hydrocracking metals active components loaded on the support.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a catalyst for hydrotreating a heavy hydrocarbon oil, the catalyst exhibiting excellent demetallization performance, desulfurization performance, and deasphaltene performance and having high strength. [Solution] A hydrotreating catalyst, which is a catalyst for hydrotreating a heavy hydrocarbon oil, the catalyst including an alumina-phosphorus oxide carrier, and a hydrogenation-active metal component supported on the carrier, in which the content of phosphorus in the carrier is 0.4 to 2.0 mass % in terms of P2O5, the carrier has a local maximum value of the differential pore volume distribution in a pore diameter range of 18 to 22 nm measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry, in the carrier, the ratio (?PV/PVT) of a volume (?PV) of pores having a pore diameter in a range deviating from a range of a pore diameter at the local maximum value±2 nm to the total pore volume (PVT) measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry is 0.

Abstract: An imaging system located on a moving body, includes an imaging device, a blur correction device, and an image processor. Based on a subject distance from the imaging device to the object to be imaged, the blur correction device sets a blur correction amount of blur in a movement direction caused when the imaging device captures images during movement of the moving body. The blur correction device corrects blur during image capturing by use of the set blur correction amount. The image processor calculates a pixel movement amount of a feature portion common to a first image and a second image. Based on the pixel movement amount and the movement amount of the moving body, the blur correction device calculates a third distance as the subject distance.

Abstract: There are provided a substrate on which a first integrated circuit, a first transistor, and a first inductor element are disposed, and which has a first side and a second side facing each other; a heat sink having a fifth side and a sixth side along the first side; the first integrated circuit, the first transistor, and the first inductor element are positioned in order of the first integrated circuit, the first transistor, and the first inductor element from the first side toward the second side, and the heat sink is fixed to the substrate such that a shortest distance between the fifth side and the first side is shorter than a shortest distance between the sixth side and the first side, and a shortest distance between the first integrated circuit and the fifth side is longer than a shortest distance between the first transistor and the sixth side.

Abstract: Hydrotreating catalyst material and/or hydrotreating catalyst particles are provided having at least two hydrotreating metal components and a chelating agent carried on a support. The support comprises an inorganic oxide binder and a post-framework modified ultra-stable Y-type (USY) zeolite in which a portion of aluminum atoms constituting a zeolite framework thereof is substituted with zirconium atoms and/or titanium atoms and/or hafnium atoms. The hydrotreating metal components form a metal complex via the chelating agent, and are carried on said support as chelating complex type II active sites.

Abstract: Hydrotreating catalysts are provided having one or more phosphorus components carried on a composite support of a titanium-loaded binder component and post-framework modified ultra-stable Y-type zeolite. The support comprises the titanium-loaded binder component and a post-framework modified ultra-stable Y-type (USY) zeolite in which a portion of aluminum atoms constituting a zeolite framework thereof is substituted with zirconium atoms and/or titanium atoms and/or hafnium atoms. The active components including the phosphorous active component and one or more hydrocracking metals active components loaded on the support.

Abstract: Hydrotreating catalysts are provided having one or more phosphorus components carried on a composite support of a titanium-loaded binder component and post-framework modified ultra-stable Y-type zeolite. The support comprises the titanium-loaded binder component and a post-framework modified ultra-stable Y-type (USY) zeolite in which a portion of aluminum atoms constituting a zeolite framework thereof is substituted with zirconium atoms and/or titanium atoms and/or hafnium atoms. The active components including the phosphorous active component and one or more hydrocracking metals active components loaded on the support.

Abstract: There are provided a first fixing section to a third fixing section that fix a heat sink to a substrate on which a first driving circuit and a second driving circuit are disposed; the first drive circuit includes first transistor and first integrated circuit, and the second drive circuit includes second transistor and second integrated circuit, lengths of the first transistor and the second transistor in the normal direction of the substrate are longer than lengths of the first integrated circuit and the second integrated circuit, the first fixing section and the second fixing section overlap a first virtual straight line that connects the first transistor and the second transistor, and the third fixing section overlaps a second virtual straight line that connects the first integrated circuit and the second integrated circuit to each other.

Abstract: There are provided a substrate on which a first integrated circuit, a first transistor, a second integrated circuit, and a second transistor are disposed; a heat sink fixed to the substrate; a first heat conductive elastic body which is in contact with the heat sink and the first integrated circuit; a second heat conductive elastic body which is in contact with the heat sink and the first transistor; a third heat conductive elastic body which is in contact with the heat sink and the second integrated circuit; and a fourth heat conductive elastic body which is in contact with the heat sink and the second transistor, the heat sink has a first recess portion positioned between the first heat conductive elastic body and the second heat conductive elastic body, and a second recess portion positioned between the third heat conductive elastic body and the fourth heat conductive elastic body.

Abstract: An imaging system located on a moving body includes an imaging device, a blur correction assembly, and a controller. The blur correction assembly that corrects blur in movement direction of the moving body when the imaging device captures images during movement of the moving body. The controller controls exposure time of the imaging device, based on a movement velocity of the moving body and a correctable blur amount by the blur correction assembly.

Abstract: A method for uploading a probe data, including coordinate information of a plurality of features disposed along a road, to a server, includes: acquiring at least one peripheral object data, representing a feature disposed around a vehicle, from a peripheral monitoring sensor mounted on the vehicle; analyzing the peripheral object data and calculate a position of the feature with respect to the road on which the vehicle travels; and generating the probe data including position information of the feature and uploading the probe data to the server. The uploading includes a first mode in which the probe data is uploaded to the server at a predetermined frequency, and a second mode in which the probe data is uploaded at a lower frequency than the first mode.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing section that performs printing on a medium containing calcium carbonate, a transport section that rotationally drives a transport belt that forms at least a portion of a transport path in which the medium is transported, a voltage supply section that supplies a charging voltage to a charging roller for charging the transport belt, a detection section that detects whether or not charging abnormality has occurred in the transport belt, and a determination section that determines whether abnormality has occurred in the voltage supply section or the transport belt, or abnormality has occurred in the voltage supply section and the transport belt, based on a rotation amount of the transport belt and the detection result of the detection section. The transport belt is coated with melamine resin.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a voltage supply section that supplies a charging voltage for charging a transport belt, a detection section that detects whether or not charging abnormality has occurred in the transport belt, and a determination section that determines a cause of the charging abnormality. The determination section determines that the cause of the charging abnormality is abnormality of the voltage supply section, when the movement period includes the period for which the detection section detects the charging abnormality and does not include the period for which the detection section does not detect the charging abnormality.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing section that performs printing on a medium containing calcium carbonate, a transport section that rotationally drives a transport belt that forms at least a portion of a transport path in which the medium is transported, a voltage supply section that supplies a charging voltage to a charging roller for charging the transport belt, a detection section that detects whether or not charging abnormality has occurred in the transport belt, a determination section that determines whether a cause of the charging abnormality is abnormality of the voltage supply section or abnormality of the transport belt, and a machine learning section that performs machine learning of a determination condition in the determination section, based on a learning model in which a rotation amount of the transport belt and a detection result of the detection section are associated with each other.

Abstract: In a shoe, an upper has an opening through which a foot of a wearer is inserted when the wearer puts on the shoe, and includes a shoelace tightening region located forward of the opening. A tape member is higher in rigidity than the upper body. A first portion is located in the shoelace tightening region and extends in a front-rear direction of the upper. A folded portion is contiguous to at least one of a front end portion and a rear end portion of the first portion. The folded portion is formed by folding the tape member downward when viewed from the first portion. A second portion extends downward from the folded portion. The first portion is sewn onto the upper body such that gaps through which a shoelace passes are provided between the first portion and the upper body.

Abstract: There is provided a head unit including: a substrate on which a first driving circuit is disposed; a heat sink fixed to the substrate; and heat conductive elastic bodies positioned between the substrate and the heat sink, in which the first driving circuit includes a first integrated circuit, a first amplifier circuit including a first transistor, and a first smoothing circuit that outputs the first driving signal, in which a first heat conductive elastic body is in contact with the heat sink and the first integrated circuit, a second heat conductive elastic body is in contact with the heat sink and the first transistor, and the first heat conductive elastic body and the second heat conductive elastic body are in a form of a gel having flame retardancy and electric insulation property.

Abstract: To provide a catalyst capable of hydrotreating a hydrocarbon oil with high desulfurization activity. A hydrotreating catalyst for a hydrocarbon oil includes: an inorganic composite oxide carrier including alumina as a main component; and an active metal component supported on the carrier, the active metal component including, as active metal species, a first metal which is at least one of molybdenum and tungsten, and a second metal which is at least one of cobalt and nickel, the hydrotreating catalyst for having a Lewis acid amount and a Brönsted acid amount per unit surface area of 0.80 ?mol/m2 or more and 0.03 ?mol/m2 or less, respectively, as measured by pyridine desorption at 250° C. and a BET single-point method.