Abstract: A vehicle including: a communication section configured to receive operation information to operate a travel device from an external operation device; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: acquire peripheral information peripheral to a vehicle body from a peripheral information detection section, generate a travel plan based on the peripheral information, and control the travel device so as to perform autonomous driving in which travel is based on the generated travel plan, and perform remote driving in which travel is based on the operation information received by the communication section; and the vehicle further comprising a presentation device configured to present, at a vehicle exterior, identifying information received by the communication section, the identifying information relating to a user making use of transportation by the autonomous driving or the remote driving.

Abstract: A polypropylene film has an excellent long-term operating reliability in a high temperature environment when used in a high-voltage capacitor, which is suitable for use in such capacitor applications and the like, and which has an excellent structural stability to heat; and a metal film-laminated film and a film capacitor including the same. The polypropylene film, wherein the relationship between the sum (E?135 (MD+TD)) of the storage moduli in the machine direction and the transverse direction of the film, as determined by solid viscoelasticity measurement at 135° C., and the sum (E?125(MD+TD)) of the storage moduli, as determined by solid viscoelasticity measurement at 125° C., satisfies formula (1): E?135(MD+TD)/E?125(MD+TD)>0.7??(1).

Abstract: An authentication server may, in a case where a communication state between the authentication server and a management server is a non-connecting state, send first authentication information to an external device. A printer may, in a case where a communication state between the printer and the management server changes from a communication-enabled state to a communication-disabled state, shift a state of the printer from a first permission state to a first prohibition state, while the state of the printer is the first prohibition state, accept an input of second authentication information from a user; and, in a case where the input of the second authentication information is accepted and the second authentication information matches the first authentication information, shift the state of the printer from the first prohibition state to a second permission state.

Abstract: A vehicle control system, comprising a remote operator selection server, a vehicle control device, and a remote operation terminal. The vehicle control device is configured to transmit a manual operation information to the remote operator selection server. The remote operator selection server is configured to acquire the manual operation information transmitted from the vehicle control device, to compute a difference between the manual operation information and a remote operation information for each of the plurality of remote operators, to select a remote operator for whom the difference satisfies a predetermined criterion as a remote operator to remotely operate the vehicle.

Abstract: An elongated medical instrument includes: a base material part; and an outer layer part made of a resin based on a resin suspension that is coated on an outer peripheral surface of the base material part; where a surface of the outer layer part has irregularly disposed recesses formed from cracks generated by drying of the resin suspension, and protrusions formed with an outer peripheral surface formed on an outer peripheral side of the recesses.

Abstract: An elongated medical instrument includes a base material part, and an outer layer part made of a resin provided on a surface of the base material part. An outer surface of the outer layer part is a substantially flat surface other than the presence of irregularly disposed recesses or protrusions.

Abstract: A polypropylene film in which: during a heating process in thermomechanical analysis (TMA), the relationship (Ts?Tf)?40° C. is satisfied by the temperature (Ts) (° C.) at which the film contracts by 0.1% in the longitudinal direction and the temperature (Tf) (° C.) at which the longitudinal shrink stress reaches 0.01 MPa; and the skewness (Ssk), which is the degree of bias of the protrusion shape, of at least one surface of the film is greater than ?30 and less than 5. Thus provided is a polypropylene film that has excellent reliability and withstand voltage characteristics in high temperature environments when used in high voltage capacitors, that has a structure with excellent stability against heat and is suitable for applications in capacitors or the like to be used at high temperatures and high voltages, and that has excellent processability and does not wrinkle during a conveyance process including a vapor deposition process.

Abstract: An authentication server may, in a case where a communication state between the authentication server and a management server is a non-connecting state, send first authentication information to an external device. A printer may, in a case where a communication state between the printer and the management server changes from a communication-enabled state to a communication-disabled state, shift a state of the printer from a first permission state to a first prohibition state, while the state of the printer is the first prohibition state, accept an input of second authentication information from a user; and, in a case where the input of the second authentication information is accepted and the second authentication information matches the first authentication information, shift the state of the printer from the first prohibition state to a second permission state.

Abstract: To provide a guide wire including a core shaft having an elongated outer shape, and a coating film on an outer surface of the core shaft, the coating film containing a resin. The coating film includes a marker portion containing a pigment on an outer surface of the coating film and a resin portion not containing the pigment. On the outer surface of the coating film, the marker portion and the resin portion are alternately visible in a stretching direction. Of the coating film, a thickness of a portion where the marker portion is visible on the outer surface and a thickness of a portion where the resin portion is visible on the outer surface are substantially the same, or the thickness of the portion where the marker portion is visible is smaller than the thickness of the portion where the resin portion is visible.

Abstract: A guide wire includes a main body portion having an elongated outer shape and having a base and a marker alternately presented on an outer surface along an extending direction, and a resin layer having light permeability, covering the outer surface of the main body portion, and including a recessed portion and a protruding portion alternately arranged along the extending direction of the main body portion, wherein in longitudinal cross-section along the extending direction of the main body portion, a width of the marker is wider than a width of the protruding portion.

Abstract: A polypropylene film exhibits a high breakdown voltage even in a high temperature environment and can exhibit a voltage resistance and reliability even in a high temperature environment when used as a capacitor, and a metal layer laminated film and a film capacitor using the polypropylene film. For the polypropylene film, at least one surface of the film has an elastic modulus of 2.6 GPa or more, measured by nanoindentation measurement, and the sum of heat shrinkage rates is in the film longitudinal and width directions 5% or less in a heat treatment at 130° C. for ten minutes.

Abstract: Provided are a polypropylene film that has excellent structural stability relative to heat, is suitable for use in high-voltage capacitors or the like, and, when used in a high-voltage capacitor, has excellent long-term reliability in high-temperature environments; a metal layer laminated film that uses the polypropylene film; and a film capacitor. The polypropylene film has the sum of F5 values for the longitudinal direction and the width direction at 130° C. of at least 15 MPa and, for dielectric breakdown testing at 130° C., a dielectric breakdown voltage (B150) (V/?m) after heat treating for 1 minute at 150° C. and a dielectric breakdown voltage (B0) (V/?m) without heat treating satisfy the following relationship. (B150)/(B0)?0.

Abstract: A polypropylene film has an excellent long-term operating reliability in a high temperature environment when used in a high-voltage capacitor, which is suitable for use in such capacitor applications and the like, and which has an excellent structural stability to heat; and a metal film-laminated film and a film capacitor including the same. The polypropylene film, wherein the relationship between the sum (E?135 (MD+TD)) of the storage moduli in the machine direction and the transverse direction of the film, as determined by solid viscoelasticity measurement at 135° C., and the sum (E?125(MD+TD)) of the storage moduli, as determined by solid viscoelasticity measurement at 125° C., satisfies formula (1): E?135(MD+TD)/E?125(MD+TD)>0.7??(1).

Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition containing polycarbonate resin (A) having structural units represented by general formula (1) and polycarbonate resin (B) having a structural unit represented by general formula (2): (in general formula (1), R represents a hydrogen atom or C1-C4 alkyl group); (in general formula (2), R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, C1-C20 alkyl group, C1-C20 alkoxyl group, C5-C20 cycloalkyl group, C5-C20 cycloalkoxyl group, C6-C20 aryl group or C6-C20 aryloxy group, and Y represents a C1-C4 alkylene group.

Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition containing polycarbonate resin (A) having structural units represented by general formula (1) and polycarbonate resin (B) having a structural unit represented by general formula (2): (in general formula (1), R represents a hydrogen atom or C1-C4 alkyl group); (in general formula (2), R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, C1-C20 alkyl group, C1-C20 alkoxyl group, C5-C20 cycloalkyl group, C5-C20 cycloalkoxyl group, C6-C20 aryl group or C6-C20 aryloxy group, and Y represents a C1-C4 alkylene group.

Abstract: A polypropylene film exhibits a high breakdown voltage even in a high temperature environment and can exhibit a voltage resistance and reliability even in a high temperature environment when used as a capacitor, and a metal layer laminated film and a film capacitor using the polypropylene film. For the polypropylene film, at least one surface of the film has an elastic modulus of 2.6 GPa or more, measured by nanoindentation measurement, and the sum of heat shrinkage rates is in the film longitudinal and width directions 5% or less in a heat treatment at 130° C. for ten minutes.

Abstract: To provide a printing apparatus and a method for determining a service life of a cleaning mechanism, capable of more accurately determining a service life of a cleaning mechanism. For the purpose, a service life of a recovery unit is determined by multiplication of a number of times a blade wipes a face surface by a coefficient different depending on a quantity of liquid adhering to the face surface.

Abstract: To provide a printing apparatus and a method for determining a service life of a cleaning mechanism, capable of more accurately determining a service life of a cleaning mechanism. For the purpose, a service life of a recovery unit is determined by multiplication of a number of times a blade wipes a face surface by a coefficient different depending on a quantity of liquid adhering to the face surface.

Abstract: An ink jet printing apparatus prints an image by employing a print head capable of ejecting ink from ejection ports. The printing apparatus comprises a cap configured to cover the ejection ports, a valve configured to open and close an atmospheric communicating portion that communicates an inside of the cap and the atmosphere, a suction unit configured to generate a suction force, and a control unit. The control unit performs a first operation where the suction unit applies a first suction force to the inside of the cap in a state where the cap covers the ejection ports and the valve closes the atmospheric communicating portion, and a second operation where the suction unit applies a second suction force, less than the first suction force, to the inside of the cap in a state where the cap covers the ejection ports and the valve opens the atmospheric communicating portion.

Abstract: An ink jet printing apparatus prints an image by employing a print head capable of ejecting ink from ejection ports. The printing apparatus comprises a cap configured to cover the ejection ports, a valve configured to open and close an atmospheric communicating portion that communicates an inside of the cap and the atmosphere, a suction unit configured to generate a suction force, and a control unit. The control unit performs a first operation where the suction unit applies a first suction force to the inside of the cap in a state where the cap covers the ejection ports and the valve closes the atmospheric communicating portion, and a second operation where the suction unit applies a second suction force, less than the first suction force, to the inside of the cap in a state where the cap covers the ejection ports and the valve opens the atmospheric communicating portion.