Abstract: A flush toilet in which a comparatively large storage region that stores a functional unit can be formed in a region in more rear side than a bowl of a toilet main body, while improving designability of the whole flush toilet is provided. A toilet main body of a flush toilet includes a skirt and a rear function storage portion, the skirt includes an opening, the opening being formed in a portion of an upper part of an outer wall of the skirt, the opening allowing the rear function storage portion inside the skirt to open toward outside the skirt, and a part of the functional unit stored in the rear function storage portion forms an outer surface to close the opening.

Abstract: A film forming method includes: a first measurement process of measuring a substrate on which a pattern including recesses is formed using infrared spectroscopy; a film formation process of forming a film on the substrate after the first measurement process; a second measurement process of measuring the substrate using infrared spectroscopy after the film formation process; and an extraction process of extracting difference data between measurement data obtained in the first measurement process and measurement data obtained in the second measurement process.

Abstract: A group III nitride crystal, wherein the group III nitride crystal is doped with an N-type dopant and a germanium element, the concentration of the N-type dopant is 1×1019 cm?3 or more, and the concentration of the germanium element is nine times or more higher than the concentration of the N-type dopant.

Abstract: The tire is provided which has secured a traction performance in the side surface of the tire while showing a cut resistance property on the side surface of the tire. The tire includes a side block arranged on a side surface of the tire. The side block includes: a first block 11 formed on the side surface, the first block protruded from a tire surface 5 at a first height; a second block 12 formed on the side surface, the second block protruded from the tire surface at a second height different from the first height; a third block 13 formed on the side surface, the third block protruded from the tire surface at a third height different from the second height; and a fourth block 14 formed on the side surface, the fourth block protruded from the tire surface at a fourth height different from the third height.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic device that are configured to suppress the occurrence of noise and white blemishes in an amplification transistor having an element separation region which is formed by ion implantation. An amplification transistor has an element separation region formed by ion implantation. A channel region insulating film which is at least a part of a gate insulating film above a channel region of the amplification transistor is thin compared to a gate insulating film of a selection transistor, and an element separation region insulating film which is at least a part of a gate insulating film above the element separation region of the amplification transistor is thick compared to the channel region insulating film. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor, etc.

Abstract: An engine is provided, which includes a combustion chamber defined by a crown surface of a piston, an inner wall surface of a cylinder in which the piston is slidably accommodated, and a pentroof-type ceiling surface formed in a cylinder head and formed with an intake port and an exhaust port. The crown surface includes an exhaust-side bottom part, an intake-side bottom part, an exhaust-side sloped surface rising toward a center part of the crown surface from the exhaust-side bottom part, an intake-side sloped surface rising toward the center part from the intake-side bottom part, and a flat surface provided continuously between upper ends of the exhaust-side and intake-side sloped surfaces, and extending perpendicularly to a cylinder axial direction in the center part of the crown surface. A surface area of the flat surface is larger than a surface area of the exhaust-side sloped surface.

Abstract: A liquid supply device includes: a storage tank configured to store a processing liquid including a first processing liquid (sulfuric acid) and a second processing liquid (hydrogen peroxide solution); a circulation path having a first pipeline through which the processing liquid passes in a horizontal direction, and configured to circulate the processing liquid stored in the storage tank; a branch path configured to supply the processing liquid to a processing unit; and a branching part having an opening for allowing the processing liquid to flow out from the first pipeline to the branch path, wherein the opening is formed in the branching part and formed below a periphery of the first pipeline when the first pipeline is viewed in section.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid storage container that allows for a simplified structure and a reduction in the size and the cost of a printing apparatus. To this end, the liquid storage container includes: two liquid chambers partitioned from each other; a flow path through which liquid can move between the liquid chambers; a valve configured to open and close the flow path; a refilling port that is configured to be opened and closed and through which a liquid chamber can be refilled with the liquid; and a pressure adjustment mechanism that is provided in a liquid chamber configured not to be refilled with the liquid through the refilling port and that adjusts a pressure in the printing head.

Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam device capable of focusing with high accuracy even when a charged particle beam has a large off-axis amount. The charged particle beam device generates an observation image of a sample by irradiating the sample with a charged particle beam, and includes: a deflection unit that inclines the charged particle beam; a focusing lens that focuses the charged particle beam; an adjustment unit that adjusts a lens strength of the focusing lens based on an evaluation value calculated from the observation image; a storage unit that stores a relationship between a visual field movement amount and the lens strength; and a filter setting unit that calculates the visual field movement amount based on an inclination angle of the charged particle beam and the relationship, and sets an image filter to be superimposed on the observation image based on the calculated visual field movement amount.

Abstract: A device of an embodiment includes: an optical mechanism; a control computation unit that controls driving of the optical mechanism, acquires a tomographic image of skin by processing an optical interference signal from an optical system, and calculates a network of blood vessels on the basis of the tomographic image; and a display device that displays an image of the network of blood vessels. The control computation unit sets a reference profile obtained by function approximation of an intensity profile in a depth direction of the acquired tomographic image, calculates a difference between an intensity value on the reference profile and an actual intensity value as an outlier V, the intensity values being those in the depth direction in the tomographic image, determines, as blood vessels or blood vessel candidates, coordinates with the outliers V within a predetermined blood vessel determination range, and calculates the network of blood vessels.

Abstract: A terminal (20) includes a transmission control unit (203). The transmission control unit (20) sets a plurality of LL transmission queues (113_LL1, 113_LL2, 113_LL3), into each of which is input low latency data, regarding which latency conditions relating to latency are stricter than predetermined latency conditions. The latency conditions demanded of the low latency data that is input are different from each other among the plurality of LL transmission queues (113_LL1, 113_LL2, 113_LL3).

Abstract: Provided are a condensed cyclic compound represented by one of Formulae 1 to 4, an organic light-emitting device including the condensed cyclic compound, and an electronic apparatus including the organic light-emitting device: Formulae 1 to 4 may respectively be understood by referring to the descriptions Formulae 1 to 4 provided herein.

Abstract: Embodiments provide an amine compound having a large amount of an acid gas to be absorbed and strong oxidation resistance, an absorbent containing the amine compound, a method for removing an acid gas, and an acid gas removal apparatus. The acid gas absorbent includes an amine compound of Formula (1a) or (2b): wherein: R1 to R3 are each independently a hydrogen alkyl group, R2's are each independently an alkyl group, and at least two of R2's contained in one-CR23 are not hydrogen, a's are each independently 0 or 1, m is a number of 1 to 3; n's are each independently a number of 1 to 4.

Abstract: A map information system includes a map database including map information; and a driving assist level determination device. The map information is associated with an evaluation value indicating a certainty of the map information for each location in an absolute coordinate system. Information indicating that the intervention operation is performed is included in driving environment information indicating a driving environment of a vehicle. The driving assist level determination device is configured to acquire, based on the driving environment information, intervention operation information indicating an intervention operation location where the intervention operation is performed, acquire, based on the map information, the evaluation value for each point or section in a target range, and determine, based on the evaluation value and the intervention operation location, an allowable level for each point or section within the target range.

Abstract: A light control sheet including a first transparent electrode layer, a second transparent electrode layer, a light control layer including a resin layer which is formed between the first and second transparent electrode layers and includes a liquid crystal composition in holes formed in the resin layer, the liquid crystal composition including liquid crystal molecules, and a first alignment layer formed between the first transparent electrode layer and the light control layer such that a haze of the light control layer is increased upon application of a voltage to the first transparent electrode layer. The light control layer includes a first high-density portion and a low-density portion, and the first high-density portion is in contact with the first alignment layer and includes the liquid crystal composition at a density higher than a density of the liquid crystal composition in the low-density portion per unit thickness of the light control layer.

Abstract: A photographing control device includes: a first acquiring unit that acquires a first photographed image obtained by a first photographing device; a first authentication controlling unit that causes an authentication device to perform first facial authentication of the first photographed image; a calculating unit that calculates, in the first photographed image, a proportion of an area of a facial region; a second acquiring unit that acquires a second photographed image capturing the person and obtained by a second photographing device installed within a predetermined range from the first photographing device and having a wider angle than the first photographing device, if the proportion is no smaller than a predetermined value; a second authentication controlling unit that causes the authentication device 200 to perform second facial authentication of the second photographed image; and an output unit that outputs the second photographed image to the outside.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a pharmaceutical composition, in particular a compound suitable for prevention and/or treatment of an inflammatory disease and/or a neurodegenerative disease. The inventors of the present invention conducted extensive studies to find a compound that has suppressive action on NLRP3 inflammasome activation, and found that a substituted pyridazine compound has suppressive action on NLRP3 inflammasome activation, leading to completion of the present invention. The substituted pyridazine compound according to the present invention is expected to serve as a drug for prevention and/or treatment of an inflammatory disease and/or a neurodegenerative disease.

Abstract: A virtual-break-room providing system includes: a detection device including a detection unit configured to detect, based on a detection result of a position detection sensor about a position of a user, whether the user satisfies a condition to connect to a virtual break room that enables the user to communicate with another user in virtual space; and a terminal device. The terminal device includes a virtual-break-room connection unit configured to connect to the virtual break room when the detection device detects that the user satisfies the condition to connect to the virtual break room, a virtual-break-room-information acquisition unit configured to acquire information about the virtual break room, and an output control unit configured to output the information about the virtual break room.

Abstract: (Object) To improve the accuracy of the placement of liquid droplets. (Means of Achieving the object) A liquid droplet discharging method is performed by a liquid droplet discharging apparatus configured to discharge a liquid droplet from a nozzle hole formed in a film-like member, the liquid droplet discharging method including positioning the nozzle hole inside a recessed portion provided in a container; and discharging the liquid droplet from the nozzle hole positioned inside the recessed portion.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a disk, a head including a read head that reads data from the disk, a write head that writes data to the disk, and an assist element that generates energy to enhance write performance by the write head, and a controller that selects and performs a first recording mode and a second recording mode different from the first recording mode, and selects and performs one of the first recording mode and the second recording mode according to an assist effect of the assist element.