Abstract: A pressure medium containing at least one Group-14 element-containing organic compound (A) selected from the group consisting of a compound (A1) represented by the general formula (a1) and a compound (A2) represented by the general formula (a2): where each of Ra11, Ra12, Ra13, and Ra14 independently represents an alkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, and Za1 represents a carbon atom or a silicon atom: where each of Ra21, Ra22, Ra23, and Ra24 independently represents an alkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, and Za2 represents a silicon atom, a germanium atom, a tin atom, or a lead atom.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (B1). Further disclosed is a corrosion inhibitor (B) containing one or more selected from the compound represented by the following formula (B1). Further disclosed is a lubricant composition containing an ionic liquid (A) and the corrosion inhibitor (B). The compound and the corrosion inhibitor are excellent in stability in any of a high vacuum, a low-temperature environment, a high-temperature environment, and an ordinary temperature-ordinary pressure environment, and the lubricant composition containing the corrosion inhibitor is excellent in metal corrosion resistance, solubility, and low evaporability. In the general formula (B1), M is an alkali metal and RB11 is an alkylene group having 1 to 19 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A complex including an active ingredient, and a surfactant. The active ingredient is one or more less-oil-soluble substances selected from the group consisting of a hardly-oil-soluble substance and an oil-insoluble substance, and the one or more less-oil-soluble substances function as an additive for lubricating oil. A method of making the complex.

Abstract: The present invention addresses a problem of providing a grease composition that uses hydrophilic nanofibers but still has excellent water resistance and does not readily experience oil separation. The grease composition contains a base oil, hydrophilic nanofibers having a thickness (d) of 1 to 500 nm, and an organic bentonite.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording an image processing program that causes a computer to execute processing of: specifying a damaged portion by analyzing a captured image of a construction; and predicting, in the captured image, a range to which damage spreads based on the specified damaged portion and design data associated with the construction.

Abstract: A computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process includes specifying occurrence frequencies of respective gradation values with regard to pixels included in image data and represented by gradation values of a predetermined bit count; extracting a predetermined number of gradation values from a gradation value having a high occurrence frequency in a descending order; generating correspondence information for performing bit conversion of the extracted gradation values into coded values of a bit count in accordance with the predetermined number; and encoding the image data by performing bit conversion of first pixels having any one of the predetermined number of gradation values among the pixels based on the correspondence information, and performing bit conversion of second pixels having any one of gradation values other than the predetermined number of gradation values among the pixels.

Abstract: The present invention addresses a problem of providing a grease composition for a speed reducer and a speed increaser, excellent in both leakage prevention performance and energy transfer efficiency. The grease composition for a speed reducer and a speed increaser contains a base oil (A), and nanofibers (B) having a thickness (d) of 1 to 500 nm, wherein the nanofibers (B) are one or more selected from cellulose nanofibers (B1) and modified cellulose nanofibers (B2).

Abstract: An image processing method is performed by a computer, for determining that a line is a crack or something other than the crack. The method includes: extracting a linear region from an image of an object captured by an imaging apparatus; determining a luminosity change in a direction traversing the linear region at each of a plurality of positions separate in a longitudinal direction of the linear region; and identifying a type of the linear region based on the luminosity changes at the plurality of positions.

Abstract: Movable section of a cut and clinch unit includes exchange section in which is formed second insertion hole for cutting and bending a lead, and main body section to which exchange section is removably attached. An opening position of the second insertion hole is calculated as an attachment position of the exchange section on the main body section based on image data. It is determined whether a difference between the calculated opening position and a standard position of the second insertion hole that is set in advance exceeds a threshold value. If the difference between the calculated opening position and the standard position exceeds the threshold value, calibration is performed based on the assumption that the exchange section has been exchanged.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes first and second wiring layers above a semiconductor substrate, a memory pillar extending through the first and second wiring layers, a first plug contacting the first wiring layer, a second plug contacting the second wiring layer, a first pillar adjacent to the first plug and extending through the first wiring layer, and a second pillar adjacent to the second plug and extending through the first and second wiring layers. The memory pillar includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer, and a third insulating layer, a charge storage layer, and a fourth insulating layer on a side surface of the second semiconductor layer. The distance between the center of the first plug and the center of the first pillar is greater than the distance between the center of the second plug and the center of the second pillar.

Abstract: The present invention addresses a problem of providing a grease composition that uses hydrophilic nanofibers but still has excellent water resistance and does not readily experience oil separation. The grease composition contains a base oil, hydrophilic nanofibers having a thickness (d) of 1 to 500 nm, and an organic bentonite.

Abstract: Provided is a grease containing a base oil and a hydrophilic nanofiber, the hydrophilic nanofiber having a thickness (d) of 0.01 to 500 nm being dispersed therein. The grease is low in an environmental load and excellent in safety on the human body and also has an appropriate worked penetration and has a high dropping point, and therefore, it is also excellent in heat resistance.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording an image processing program that causes a computer to execute processing of: specifying a damaged portion by analyzing a captured image of a construction; and predicting, in the captured image, a range to which damage spreads based on the specified damaged portion and design data associated with the construction.

Abstract: A computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process includes specifying occurrence frequencies of respective gradation values with regard to pixels included in image data and represented by gradation values of a predetermined bit count; extracting a predetermined number of gradation values from a gradation value having a high occurrence frequency in a descending order; generating correspondence information for performing bit conversion of the extracted gradation values into coded values of a bit count in accordance with the predetermined number; and encoding the image data by performing bit conversion of first pixels having any one of the predetermined number of gradation values among the pixels based on the correspondence information, and performing bit conversion of second pixels having any one of gradation values other than the predetermined number of gradation values among the pixels.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes first and second wiring layers above a semiconductor substrate, a memory pillar extending through the first and second wiring layers, a first plug contacting the first wiring layer, a second plug contacting the second wiring layer, a first pillar adjacent to the first plug and extending through the first wiring layer, and a second pillar adjacent to the second plug and extending through the first and second wiring layers. The memory pillar includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer, and a third insulating layer, a charge storage layer, and a fourth insulating layer on a side surface of the second semiconductor layer. The distance between the center of the first plug and the center of the first pillar is greater than the distance between the center of the second plug and the center of the second pillar.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes first and second wiring layers above a semiconductor substrate, a memory pillar extending through the first and second wiring layers, a first plug contacting the first wiring layer, a second plug contacting the second wiring layer, a first pillar adjacent to the first plug and extending through the first wiring layer, and a second pillar adjacent to the second plug and extending through the first and second wiring layers. The memory pillar includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer, and a third insulating layer, a charge storage layer, and a fourth insulating layer on a side surface of the second semiconductor layer. The distance between the center of the first plug and the center of the first pillar is greater than the distance between the center of the second plug and the center of the second pillar.

Abstract: An image processing method is performed by a computer, for determining that a line is a crack or something other than the crack. The method includes: extracting a linear region from an image of an object captured by an imaging apparatus; determining a luminosity change in a direction traversing the linear region at each of a plurality of positions separate in a longitudinal direction of the linear region; and identifying a type of the linear region based on the luminosity changes at the plurality of positions.

Abstract: Provided is a foamed heat-insulating material which encapsulates therein a low-heat conductivity gas and which yields high heat insulating performance. High-melting point beads that have been foamed up to a prescribed expansion ratio with a gas of low thermal conductivity by using a resin that does not soften at the beads-foaming temperature and that has a low gas transmission rate are mixed with low-temperature foam beads to be foamed within a forming die, and the resultant mixture is filled in a beads forming die cavity and foamed by heating.

Abstract: A cut-and-clinch apparatus that cuts and bends protruding parts of two lead wires of a lead component to be respectively inserted through two of a plurality of through-holes formed in a circuit board, the cut-and-clinch apparatus includes a pair of movable elements that are used in a case where the respective protruding parts of the two lead wires are cut and bent and that are made to approach each other and separate from each other, and a movable element position control section that controls the positions of the pair of movable elements, on the basis of image data obtained by the pair of movable elements being imaged.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes first and second wiring layers above a semiconductor substrate, a memory pillar extending through the first and second wiring layers, a first plug contacting the first wiring layer, a second plug contacting the second wiring layer, a first pillar adjacent to the first plug and extending through the first wiring layer, and a second pillar adjacent to the second plug and extending through the first and second wiring layers. The memory pillar includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer, and a third insulating layer, a charge storage layer, and a fourth insulating layer on a side surface of the second semiconductor layer. The distance between the center of the first plug and the center of the first pillar is greater than the distance between the center of the second plug and the center of the second pillar.