Abstract: A control device according to the present invention includes a plurality of arithmetic units that operate in parallel. A sensor value of the control amount is input to the first arithmetic unit in a signal transmission sequence, and a correction amount for the manipulation amount is output from the last arithmetic unit in the signal transmission sequence. The first arithmetic unit has a controller that produces an output by processing the input sensor value, and the arithmetic units other than the first arithmetic unit has a delay element that delays an input by a predetermined number of steps and a controller that produces an output by processing the delayed input.

Abstract: A roll-in oil and fat composition is prepared, in which 45 to 95% by weight of transesterified oils and fats, 5 to 25% by weight of a liquid oil, and less than 1% by weight of high-melting point oils and fats are contained in an oily phase, wherein the transesterified oils and fats have a lauric acid content of 5 to 25% by weight, a palmitic acid content of 5 to 25% by weight, and a stearic acid content of 10 to 35% by weight all relative to the total content of all of constituent fatty acids and have a stearic acid-to-palmitic acid weight ratio of 0.5 to 7, and the high-melting point oils and fats have an open-tubed melting point of higher than 45° C. Layered bakery food is produced using the roll-in oil and fat composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a modified nucleic acid monomer compound having a specific backbone such as 2-ethylglycerol or methoxymethyl-1,3-propanediol backbone instead of a ribose or deoxyribose backbone of a nucleoside, and an oligonucleic acid analogue containing the monomer compound as at least one of building blocks. The oligonucleic acid analogue containing the nucleic acid monomer compound of the present invention allows provision of an oligonucleic acid analogue having excellent biological stability and/or target gene silencing activity.

Abstract: In a scheme in which a top ring is held to an end portion of a swing arm, the present invention improves accuracy of polishing end point detection. A polishing apparatus for polishing between a polishing pad 10 and a semiconductor wafer 16 disposed opposed to the polishing pad 10 includes a polishing table 30A for holding the polishing pad 10 and a top ring 31A for holding the semiconductor wafer 16. A swing shaft motor 14 swings a swing arm 110 for holding the top ring 31A. The arm torque detection section 26 detects arm torque applied to the swing arm 110. An end point detection section 28 detects a polishing end point indicating an end of polishing based on the detected arm torque.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing device includes a table that supports an additive manufactured object, and a manufacturing unit including a first nozzle that is movable with respect to the table and a second nozzle that is movable with respect to the table and also movable with respect to the first nozzle. The manufacturing unit discharges powder from at least one of the first nozzle and the second nozzle, and emits an energy beam from at least one of the first nozzle and the second nozzle to melt or sinter the powder to additively manufacture the object supported on the table.

Abstract: An electromagnetic relay according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a housing including a base part on which an electromagnetic relay main body is mounted, and a cover part covering the electromagnetic relay main body, in which the housing is in a sealed state when a pressure inside the housing is equal to or lower than a predetermined pressure, in which when the pressure inside the housing is equal to or lower than the predetermined pressure, the cover part and the base part are butted against each other, and the electromagnetic relay includes a connection passage connecting an abutment part between the cover part and the base part to outside of the electromagnetic relay.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body and an intermediate transfer unit including an intermediate transfer belt, the intermediate transfer unit being provided as being attachable to and removable from the apparatus main body by sliding movement in a first direction. The apparatus main body includes a main body-side guide portion for guiding the intermediate transfer unit along the first direction. The intermediate transfer unit includes a side frame including a frame portion extending like a frame with the first direction being defined as a longitudinal direction thereof, the side frame being provided adjacently to the intermediate transfer belt in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a unit-side guide portion to be engaged with the main body-side guide portion. The unit-side guide portion is provided not to protrude outward relative to the frame portion in the second direction.

Abstract: A rear fender supporting structure of a saddle-type vehicle includes a rear wheel supported through a swing arm to a body frame, and a rear fender covering a rear upper part of the rear wheel. The rear fender is supported to the swing arm on one side in a left-right direction. The swing arm includes an arm portion extending in a front-rear direction, a through hole provided at a rear end of the arm portion to support an axle, and a split-clamp portion supporting the axle by fastening an upper circular-arc and a lower circular-arc surrounding the through hole with a fastening member. The rear fender is mounted on a front-side fixing portion positioned on a front side of the upper circular-arc and on an upper surface of the arm portion, and on a rear-side fixing portion positioned on a rear side of the lower circular-arc.

Abstract: A polishing unit 3A includes a state acquisition section 846 and a learning section. The state acquisition section can acquire a state variable including at least one of data on a state of a top ring making up the polishing unit and data on a state of a semiconductor wafer. The learning section has learned a relationship between the state variable and a change in film thickness of the semiconductor wafer using a neural network, the learning section being capable of receiving the state variable from the state acquisition section to predict the change and/or receiving the state variable from the state acquisition section to determine that the change is abnormal.

Abstract: A composition includes an amorphous fluoropolymer having at least one of: a segment represented by formula I: —CF(Rf)—(CX2)n—(CX2CXR)m—O—R?fOk—(CXR?CX2)p—(CX2)q—CF(R?f)— (I); or a terminal segment represented by formula III: Rf—CF(I)—(CX2)n—(CX2CXR)m—O—R?fOk—(CXR?CX2)p—(CX2)q—CF(R?f)— (III), and fluoroplastic particles having a mean particle size of less than 500 nanometers. Each X is independently F, H, or Cl; Rf and R?f are each independently F or a monovalent perfluoroalkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R is F or a partially fluorinated or perfluorinated alkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R?f is a divalent fluoroalkylene having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or a divalent fluorinated alkylene ether having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and at least one ether linkage; k is 0 or 1; and n, m, p, and q are each independently an integer from 0 to 5, with the proviso that when k is 0, n+m is at least 1 and p+q is at least 1. A method of making the composition is also provided.

Abstract: Provided is a novel double-stranded ribonucleic acid for suppressing expression of complement C5. A double-stranded ribonucleic acid comprising a combination of sense strand and antisense strand, wherein the combination of the sense strand and antisense strand are selected from the group consisting of combinations: SEQ ID NO: 13/14, SEQ ID NO: 159/160, SEQ ID NO: 115/116, SEQ ID NO: 117/118, SEQ ID NO: 119/120, SEQ ID NO: 121/122, SEQ ID NO: 123/124, SEQ ID NO: 125/126, SEQ ID NO: 127/128, SEQ ID NO: 129/130, SEQ ID NO: 131/132, SEQ ID NO: 133/134, SEQ ID NO: 137/138, SEQ ID NO: 139/140, SEQ ID NO: 141/142, SEQ ID NO: 143/144, SEQ ID NO: 145/146, SEQ ID NO: 147/148, SEQ ID NO: 149/150, SEQ ID NO: 151/152, and SEQ ID NO: 153/154.

Abstract: A polishing apparatus 100 includes a first electric motor 14 that rotationally drives a polishing table 12, and a second electric motor 22 that rotationally drives a top ring 20 that holds a semiconductor wafer 18. The polishing apparatus 100 includes: a current detection portion 24; an accumulation portion 110 that accumulates, for a prescribed interval, current values of three phases that are detected by the current detection portion 24; a difference portion 112 that determines a difference between a detected current value in an interval that is different to the prescribed interval and the accumulated current value; and an endpoint detection portion 29 that detects a polishing endpoint that indicates the end of polishing of the surface of the semiconductor wafer 18, based on a change in the difference that the difference portion 112 outputs.

Abstract: The optical measurement apparatus includes an interface unit and a measuring unit. The interface unit is configured to receive a synchronization signal transmitted from a PLC to a fieldbus at a constant communication cycle, and output, in synchronization with the synchronization signal, a result of measurement (a measured value) by the optical measurement apparatus and a synchronization supervisory signal. The measuring unit is configured to execute optical measurement at a measurement cycle irrelevant to the communication cycle and generate a result of the measurement and a synchronization supervisory signal. The measuring unit sets the synchronization supervisory signal into an ON state in synchronization with receipt of the synchronization signal by the interface unit after start of the measurement, and sets the synchronization supervisory signal into an OFF state in synchronization with receipt of the synchronization signal by the interface unit when the interface unit outputs the measurement result.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cationic lipid which is able to be used for nucleic acid delivery to the cytoplasm. A cationic lipid according to the present invention is, for example, a compound represented by formula (1a) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. (In formula (1a), each of L1 and L2 independently represent an alkylene group having 3-10 carbon atoms; each of R1 and R2 independently represent an alkyl group having 4-22 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group having 4-22 carbon atoms; X1 represents a single bond or —CO—O—; and ring P represents one of formulae (P-1) to (P-5).) (In formulae (P-1) to (P-5), R3 represents an alkyl group having 1-3 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A displacement measuring device capable of accurately measuring a distance to a measurement target surface is provided. The displacement measuring device includes a light projecting part generating light, a sensor head irradiating a measurement target with the light and receiving light of the irradiated light reflected by a measurement target surface of the measurement target, and a control part calculating a value indicating a distance to the measurement target surface on the basis of the light received by the sensor head. The control part processes the calculated value as the value indicating the distance to the measurement target surface on condition that the calculated value is included in a preset numerical range and resets the preset numerical range on the basis of the calculated value.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicular suspension device that achieves both of improvement in driving stability and improvement in vehicle movement performance. The vehicular suspension device includes a suspension capable of adjusting a roll center height by control of an actuator, and a roll center controller. The controller includes a traveling state corresponding height determination unit configured to determine the roll center height of the suspension in accordance with a predetermined rule on the basis of vehicle speed information and road surface information, and an actuator controller configured to control the actuator so that the roll center height reaches the roll center height determined by the unit.

Abstract: A displacement measurement device and a measurement method are provided. A displacement measurement device includes a light projecting unit configured to generate a light beam; a sensor head configured to emit the light beam to a measurement target object and receive a light beam reflected at the measurement target surface within the emitted light beam; a storage unit configured to store a function using a distance between the sensor head and the measurement target surface as a variable; and a control unit configured to calculate the distance based on a wavelength of the light received by the sensor head. The control unit calculates a value of the function using a distance between the sensor head and the measurement target surface of the measurement target object as a value of the variable. The control unit corrects the calculated distance using the calculated value of the function.

Abstract: A measurement system and method, which increases a degree of freedom for setting a measurement period and a transmission period of measurement values and has a high accuracy, are provided. The measurement system includes a control device and a measurement device that measures a measurement object in a first period and transmits measurement values obtained from the measurement device to the control device. The measurement device transmits the measurement values waiting to be transmitted and additional information including information of the number of the measurement values waiting to be transmitted to the control device using frames transmitted in a second period that is longer than the first period. The control device generates time series data in which the measurement values are arranged in time series using the additional information.

Abstract: This vehicle turning control device controls the turning characteristic of a vehicle having braking/driving sources capable of independently controlling a braking/driving torque for each wheel. The vehicle turning control device includes a yaw moment control device for controlling a yaw moment occurring in the vehicle, and a slip determination device for determining a road surface state from the angular velocity and the angular acceleration of the wheel and the vehicle speed. The yaw moment control device includes a control gain calculator for calculating a control gain, a target yaw rate calculator for calculating a target yaw rate from the vehicle speed, the steering angle, and the control gain, and a yaw moment calculator for calculating the braking/driving torque for each wheel in accordance with the target yaw rate. The control gain calculator calculates the control gain on the basis of a determination result of the slip determination device.

Abstract: A control device for a continuously variable transmission includes: a line pressure generating-section configured to generate a line pressure; a pilot valve configured to supply a pilot pressure regulated so as not to exceed a first predetermined pressure when the line pressure exceeds the first predetermined pressure; a control section configured to generate the clamping forces by controlling the pilot pressure; a line pressure increase section configured to increase the line pressure to be greater than the first predetermined pressure when the control to increase the line pressure is performed when the line pressure is lower than the first predetermined pressure.