Abstract: A carbon dioxide electrolysis device, includes: an anode configured to oxidize water or a hydroxide ion and thus generate oxygen; an anode solution flow path configured to supply an anode solution to the anode; a cathode configured to reduce carbon dioxide to generate a carbon compound; a gas flow path configured to supply a gas to the cathode, the gas containing carbon dioxide; a diaphragm provided between the anode and the cathode and including a porous film with a hydrophilic polymer supported thereon; and a protective member provided between the anode and the diaphragm and protecting the diaphragm.

Abstract: A resist underlayer film material used in multilayer resist method contains (A) compound shown by following general formula (1), and (B) organic solvent, where X independently represents monovalent organic group shown by following general formula (2); W contains an “m” number of partial structures each independently shown by following formula (3); “m” and “n” each represent an integer of 1 to 10; broken lines represent bonding arms; Z represents aromatic group; A represents single bond or —O—(CH2)p—; “k” represents integer of 1 to 5; “p” represents integer of 1 to 10; R01 represents hydrogen atom or monovalent organic group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms. Material is capable of forming resist underlayer film excellent in planarizing property in fine patterning process by multilayer resist method in semiconductor-device manufacturing process; and patterning processes and methods for forming resist underlayer film use material.

Abstract: Provided is a circuit assembly including: a main relay that is to be electrically connected between a load and a battery; a pre-charge circuit connected in parallel with the main relay; and a heat transfer member, wherein the pre-charge circuit includes current-carrying portions that are to be connected to the main relay, and the heat transfer member and the current-carrying portions are in contact with each other.

Abstract: A nonwoven fabric layered body includes a first nonwoven fabric layer including a crimped fiber (A), which is a fiber made of a thermoplastic polymer and which has an average crimp diameter of 800 ?m or less; and a hydrophilic agent.

Abstract: The disclosure is detecting an authentication target who is moving in a predetermined direction in a video; inputting a first image in which an entire body of the target; calculating characteristic information from an image of the entire body in the first image, comparing the calculated characteristic information with characteristic information of the entire body stored in first memory that stores characteristic information of entire bodies of targets, and extracting candidate information of the targets from the first memory based on a first authentication result; inputting a second image in which an iris of the target; and comparing characteristic information of irises stored in second memory that stores the characteristic information of the irises of targets with characteristic information of an iris from the second image, calculating a verification score, executing second authentication on the target in the second image based on the verification score, and outputting an authentication result.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stabilized fiber bundle is described, which includes subjecting an acrylic fiber bundle aligned, to a heat treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere, with the acrylic fiber bundle being turned around by a guide roller placed on each of both ends outside a hot air heating-type oxidation oven, wherein an air velocity Vm of first hot air sent through a supply nozzle(s) disposed above and/or under a fiber bundle travelled in the oxidation oven, in a substantially horizontal direction to a travelling direction of the fiber bundle, and an air velocity Vf of second hot air flowing in a fiber bundle passing a flow channel in which the fiber bundle is travelled that satisfies expression 1) 0.2?Vf/Vm?2.0??1) to produce a high-quality stabilized fiber bundle and a high-quality carbon fiber bundle at high efficiencies without any process troubles.

Abstract: To prevent the occurrence of a defect in an infrared-light attenuation filter and prevent a reduction in image quality. An imaging device includes a photoelectric converter, an on-chip lens, a color filter, the infrared-light attenuation filter, and a protective film. The photoelectric converter performs photoelectric conversion depending on incident light. The on-chip lens collects the incident light into the photoelectric converter. Infrared light and visible light of a specified wavelength from among the collected incident light are transmitted through the color filter. The infrared-light attenuation filter attenuates the infrared light from among the collected incident light, and visible light from among the collected incident light is transmitted through the infrared-light attenuation filter. The protective film is arranged adjacent to the infrared-light attenuation filter and protects the infrared-light attenuation filter.

Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry encodes, into a sequence parameter set, a first parameter indicating that a change in a picture size is allowed for any of pictures, determines whether or not a reference picture having a same size as a current picture is available to encode the current picture, and disables temporal motion vector prediction when it is determined that the reference picture having the same size as the current picture is not available.

Abstract: A soft magnetic iron alloy plate having saturation magnetic flux density higher than that of an electromagnetic pure iron plate without an excessive increase in an iron loss, a method for manufacturing the soft magnetic iron alloy plate, and an iron core and a rotating electric machine using the soft magnetic iron alloy plate are provided. A soft magnetic iron alloy plate according to the present invention includes chemical composition containing 2 to 10 at. % of N, 0 to 30 at. % of Co, 0 to 1.2 at. % of V, and a remaining portion including Fe and impurities, and in a thickness direction of the soft magnetic iron alloy plate, an outer nitrogen concentration transition region where N concentration on a main surface is 1 to 4 at. % and N concentration increases toward the inner side from the main surface, a high nitrogen concentration region where maximum N concentration is higher than N concentration of the main surface and less than 11 at. %, and a variation range of N concentration is within 1 at.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes a sensible heat exchanger having a first path through which a first air is to flow, and a second path through which a second air is to flow, an evaporative filter, a first water supply part to supply water to the evaporative filter, and a second water supply part to supply water to the second path of the sensible heat exchanger. The second water supply part is disposed with respect to the sensible heat exchanger such that water from the second water supply part and the second air through the second path move in opposite directions. The first air is to passe through the first path of the sensible heat exchanger and the evaporative filter.

Abstract: A circuit breaker including a bellows member having a sufficient fatigue life is obtained. The circuit breaker includes a fixed electrode, a movable electrode, a container, a movable shaft, a bellows member, and a resin layer. The bellows member is disposed so as to surround a periphery of the movable shaft. The resin layer is connected to the plurality of uneven portions of the bellows member. The resin layer includes a first part, a second part, and a third part. The first part is connected to a first recess and has a first thickness. The second part is connected to a second recess and has a second thickness. The third part is connected to at least one of a plurality of intermediate recesses and has a third thickness. The third thickness is thinner than the first thickness and the second thickness.

Abstract: A boring tool has a cutting insert, a holder, and a pressing member. The cutting insert includes a base member and a cutting member. The base member includes a first side surface, a second side surface, a third side surface, and a fourth side surface. The holder includes a front end surface, a rear end surface, and an outer peripheral surface. The holder is provided with a first hole and a second hole. The first hole is opened in the front end surface. The second hole is opened in the outer peripheral surface. The holder includes a stopper. A surface defining the second hole includes a first inner side surface and a second inner side surface. The pressing member is in contact with the fourth side surface in a state in which the pressing member is disposed in the first hole.

Abstract: A chromatograph allows easy replacement of a separation column while preventing an operator from contacting with a configuration related to the separation column. A column cartridge accommodates the separation column and is detachably provided in a predetermined column installation position. An upstream pipe is detachably provided on the column cartridge in a state of being installed at the column installation position, and supplies a mobile phase to the separation column of the column cartridge. A downstream pipe is detachably provided on the column cartridge in a state of being installed at the column installation position, and delivers the mobile phase that has passed through the separation column of the column cartridge. A cover integrally covers the column installation position, the upstream pipe, and the downstream pipe and has an insertion hole that allows the column cartridge to be installed from the outer side of the cover.

Abstract: A quantum computer system includes: a virtual quantum computer that simulates an operation of an actual quantum computer that executes a quantum operation using a quantum bit group based on a predetermined parameter; and a control device that controls the actual quantum computer and the virtual quantum computer, wherein the virtual quantum computer includes an estimation unit that estimates a state of a target quantum bit in the quantum bit group by simulating the operation of the actual quantum computer, and the control device includes a feedback control unit that changes the parameter and transmits the changed parameter to the virtual quantum computer until a deviation between an estimation state of the target quantum bit by the estimation unit and a quantum operation result from the actual quantum computer becomes a first design value or less.

Abstract: A parts supply body includes a plurality of parts supply units including parts of a model, the parts supply units being connected to each other. Each of the parts supply units is structured such that only at least one or more parts belonging to one portion among a plurality of portions that constitute the model are each connected to a first runner by a second runner. The first runners of the parts supply units are connected to each other such that the parts supply units are separable from each other. Each parts supply unit includes first identification information and second identification information, the first identification information indicating one of the portions that corresponds to the parts supply unit, the second identification information being used to uniquely distinguish the parts supply body from another one or more parts supply bodies including other parts of the model.

Abstract: Provided is a plasma processing apparatus having high safety whose running cost is reduced. The plasma processing apparatus includes: a vacuum container; a processing chamber disposed inside the vacuum container; and a processing gas line through which a processing gas is supplied into the processing chamber to form plasma in the processing chamber, in which the processing unit includes a plurality of pipes through which a plurality of types of gases flow respectively every type of gas, and a box body surrounding the pipes, and air whose temperature is adjusted to a predetermined range is supplied to the box body.

Abstract: A threat analysis method includes acquiring system configuration information indicating hardware components of a system for which threat analysis is performed, function allocation information indicating functions allocated to the hardware components, an asset information indicating assets used in each function, and asset input/output information indicating hardware components of input/output sources and input/output destination of the asset; deriving a physical data flow that indicates a flow of the asset corresponding to each hardware component and a logical data flow that indicates a flow of the asset corresponding to each function in accordance with the acquired information and analyzing a likelihood of an attack on the asset and an impact of the attack on the asset for each of the hardware components and each of the functions in accordance with the physical data flow and the logical data flow; and outputting a result of the analysis.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cable test system, an analysis apparatus, a cable test method, and a program capable of recognizing a sag section of an overhead cable without sending a worker to a site. A cable test system according to the present invention includes an optical fiber vibration distribution measurement apparatus 11 that acquires a vibration distribution waveform of an overhead optical fiber cable 50 to be tested, the vibration distribution waveform being represented in a time domain and a distance domain in a longitudinal direction, and an analysis apparatus 12 that calculates a propagation speed of vibrations propagating through the overhead optical fiber cable 50 from the vibration distribution waveform and detects, as a cable sag section, a section of the overhead optical fiber cable 50 in which the propagation speed is equal to or lower than a threshold value.

Abstract: An information processing device for store management includes a storage unit and a control unit. The control unit calculates congestion values for a store based on the number of occupied seats and the total number of seats in the store, identifies whether the store is in an off-peak state based on a congestion value, and acquire information indicating whether an item ordered by a customer has already been provided to the customer. The control unit determines based on the acquired provision information whether all ordered items for a table have been provided. When the store is in the off-peak state, the control unit causes a coupon to be transmitted to the table for which all ordered items have already been provided to the customers. The coupon grants a privilege associated with the placing of an additional order for an item during the present store visit.