Abstract: A template substrate including a first seed region and a growth restricting region that are aligned in a first direction, and a first semiconductor part positioned above the template substrate are provided, the first semiconductor part includes a first base positioned above the first seed region, and a first wing connected to the first base, the first wing facing the growth restricting region with a first void space interposed therebetween, the first wing includes an edge positioned above the growth restricting region, and a ratio of a width of the first void space with respect to a thickness of the first void space in the first direction is equal to or larger than 5.0.

Abstract: An acoustic wave filter includes series arm resonators and parallel arm resonators each including an acoustic wave resonator including an IDT electrode including a pair of comb-shaped electrodes each including electrode fingers and a busbar electrode. An electrode finger connected to neither of the busbar electrodes of the pair of comb-shaped electrodes is a floating withdrawal electrode, and of all the electrode fingers of the pair of comb-shaped electrodes, the electrode finger that is connected to a same busbar electrode to which the electrode fingers on both sides thereof are connected is a polarity-reversing withdrawal electrode, and, of the series arm resonators, the series arm resonator having a lowest anti-resonant frequency includes an IDT electrode including the floating withdrawal electrodes, and the series arm resonator includes an IDT electrode including the polarity-reversing withdrawal electrodes.

Abstract: A capacitor module includes a capacitor element, a plurality of connection terminals for electrically connecting the capacitor element to a semiconductor module and a power supply that are another equipment, and an exterior coating that includes a resin film having electrical insulating property and wraps the capacitor element except the plurality of connection terminals.

Abstract: A congestion prediction device, a congestion prediction method, and a storage medium are provided. A mapping outputs an output variable when input variables are input to the mapping. The output variable indicates a degree of congestion in a predetermined specific area. The mapping is learned in advance by machine learning. The input variables include congestion variables. Each of the congestion variables indicates a degree of congestion in the specific area at regular time intervals within a specific period. The output variable indicates a degree of congestion after a lapse of the regular time interval from an end time of the specific period.

Abstract: The present invention provides a paste-like dental glass composition having good ease of handling due to a reduction in paste runniness while enabling accurate shade adjustments with no discoloration to hues such as black or grey after firing. The present invention relates to a paste-like dental glass composition comprising a glass powder (A), and an organic solvent (B) having two or less hydroxyl groups within the molecule and a viscosity at 20° C. of 2,500 mPa·s or less, and being essentially free of an organic compound having three or more hydroxyl groups within the molecule.

Abstract: An acoustic wave filter device includes first and second signal terminals, a series arm circuit connected between the first and second signal terminals and including series arm resonators, and a parallel arm circuit connected in series between the series arm circuit and a ground potential and including at least one parallel arm resonator. The series arm resonators include first and second series arm resonators having different anti-resonant frequencies from each other. The anti-resonant frequency of the first series arm resonator is lowest among anti-resonant frequencies of the plurality of series arm resonators. The first series arm resonator and the second series arm resonator are connected to each other without another circuit element interposed therebetween.

Abstract: An acoustic wave filter includes series arm resonators and parallel arm resonators each including an acoustic wave resonator including an IDT electrode including a pair of comb-shaped electrodes each including electrode fingers and a busbar electrode. An electrode finger connected to neither of the busbar electrodes of the pair of comb-shaped electrodes is a floating withdrawal electrode, and of all the electrode fingers of the pair of comb-shaped electrodes, the electrode finger that is connected to a same busbar electrode to which the electrode fingers on both sides thereof are connected is a polarity-reversing withdrawal electrode, and, of the series arm resonators, the series arm resonator having a lowest anti-resonant frequency includes an IDT electrode including the floating withdrawal electrodes, and the series arm resonator includes an IDT electrode including the polarity-reversing withdrawal electrodes.

Abstract: An acoustic wave filter includes a divided resonator group and series arm resonators in a path connecting an input-output terminal and an input-output terminal to each other and parallel arm resonators each between a node in the path described above and the ground. The divided resonator group, the series arm resonators, and the parallel arm resonators each include an acoustic wave resonator including an interdigital transducer electrode on a piezoelectric substrate. The divided resonator group includes divided resonators coupled in series with each other. The IDT electrode included in the divided resonator includes a first withdrawal electrode. The IDT electrode included in the divided resonator includes a second withdrawal electrode different from the first withdrawal electrode with respect to the electrode finger structure.

Abstract: A heater of the present disclosure includes: a columnar heater main body including a ceramic body, and a heat generating resistor embedded within the ceramic body, the heat generating resistor being drawn out at a rear end portion of the ceramic body to a side surface of the heater main body; a tubular metal support member attached to the side surface of the heater main body, the metal support member including a first region joined via a bonding material to the heater main body and a second region spaced away from the heater main body, the metal support member being configured so as to open toward the rear end portion; and a lid body which is disposed between the heater main body and the second region to separate front end-side space and rear end-side space of the heater.

Abstract: A clutch apparatus includes a clutch hub, a clutch drum, a multi-plate clutch having inner clutch plates and outer clutch plates, a piston for pressing the multi-plate clutch, an electric motor, a moving mechanism for moving the piston in an axial direction in accordance with the amount of rotation of the electric motor, and a control unit for controlling the electric motor. When increasing a rotational force that is transmitted between the clutch hub and the clutch drum by increasing electric current that is supplied to the electric motor, the control unit moves the piston in the axial direction by temporarily supplying the electric motor with the electric current having a first current value that is greater than a second current value corresponding to a target rotational force that needs to be transmitted between the clutch hub and the clutch drum.

Abstract: A heater of the present disclosure includes: a columnar heater main body including a ceramic body, and a heat generating resistor embedded within the ceramic body, the heat generating resistor being drawn out at a rear end portion of the ceramic body to a side surface of the heater main body; a tubular metal support member attached to the side surface of the heater main body, the metal support member including a first region joined via a bonding material to the heater main body and a second region spaced away from the heater main body, the metal support member being configured so as to open toward the rear end portion; and a lid body which is disposed between the heater main body and the second region to separate front end-side space and rear end-side space of the heater.

Abstract: A clutch apparatus includes a clutch hub, a clutch drum, a multi-plate clutch having inner clutch plates and outer clutch plates, a piston for pressing the multi-plate clutch, an electric motor, a moving mechanism for moving the piston in an axial direction in accordance with the amount of rotation of the electric motor, and a control unit for controlling the electric motor. When increasing a rotational force that is transmitted between the clutch hub and the clutch drum by increasing electric current that is supplied to the electric motor, the control unit moves the piston in the axial direction by temporarily supplying the electric motor with the electric current having a first current value that is greater than a second current value corresponding to a target rotational force that needs to be transmitted between the clutch hub and the clutch drum.

Abstract: A toner is provided. The toner includes toner particles each including a binder resin and a release agent. From 20% to 80% by number of the toner particles satisfy the following formula (1) and (2): 2/3?T/Dv?1.5??(1) 1/3?R/Dv?1.0??(2) wherein Dv represents a volume average particle diameter of the toner particles; and T and R represent the longest cross-sectional diameters of each toner particle and the release agent contained therein, respectively, measured by observing cross-sections of the toner particles with scanning transmission electron microscope.

Abstract: A toner is provided. The toner includes a crystalline resin and a non-crystalline resin, and has a thermal property such that when the toner is heated after being firstly heated to 60° C. followed by cooling in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), the toner has a clear peak specific to melting of the crystalline resin at a temperature T1, and when the toner is heated after being firstly heated to 80° C. followed by cooling in the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), the toner does not have a clear peak specific to melting of the crystalline resin at a temperature not higher than the temperature T1.

Abstract: A toner is provided. The toner includes toner particles each including a binder resin and a release agent. From 20% to 80% by number of the toner particles satisfy the following formulae (1) and (2): 2/3?T/Dv?1.5 ??(1) 1/3?R/Dv?1.0 ??(2) wherein Dv represents a volume average particle diameter of the toner particles; and T and R represent the longest cross-sectional diameters of each toner particle and the release agent contained therein, respectively, measured by observing cross-sections of the toner particles with scanning transmission electron microscope.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: an electrostatic latent image bearing member; an electrostatic latent image forming unit configured to form an electrostatic latent image on the electrostatic latent image bearing member; and a developing unit containing a toner and configured to develop the electrostatic latent image with the toner to thereby form a visible image, wherein the developing unit is a contact type one-component developing unit which includes a toner bearing member being in contact with the electrostatic latent image bearing member, wherein a contact pressure between the electrostatic latent image bearing member and the toner bearing member is 2.0×104 N/m2 to 7.5×104 N/m2, wherein the toner contains a binder resin and a releasing agent, and wherein an extracted amount of the releasing agent extracted with hexane from the toner is 10 mg/g to 25 mg/g.

Abstract: A developing roller, including: a shaft containing a metal; an elastic layer on a circumference of the shaft; and a surface layer on a circumferential surface of the elastic layer, wherein the surface layer contains: a polyurethane which is a reaction product between a fluoroethylene vinyl ether copolymer and an isocyanurate form of an isocyanate; and particles having an average primary particle diameter of 5 nm to 30 nm, and wherein the polyurethane has a peak intensity ratio of a NCO group to a hydroxyl group of 5.6 to 8.8 in an infrared absorption spectrum obtained by an attenuated total reflection method.

Abstract: A toner is provided. The toner includes toner particles each including a binder resin and a release agent. From 20% to 80% by number of the toner particles satisfy the following formulae (1) and (2): ??T/Dv?1.5 ??(1) ??R/Dv?1.0 ??(2) wherein Dv represents a volume average particle diameter of the toner particles; and T and R represent the longest cross-sectional diameters of each toner particle and the release agent contained therein, respectively, measured by observing cross-sections of the toner particles with scanning transmission electron microscope.

Abstract: Provided is a developing device, including: a toner having an average circularity of from 0.880 to 0.960; and a developing roller configured to rotate while carrying the toner, wherein the developing roller has on a surface thereof, a plurality of streaky grooves each formed in a circumferential direction, and a plurality of steps each formed in a direction of a rotation axis.

Abstract: In relation to a polymerizable composition for forming a transparent optical resin layer to be interposed between an image display section of an image display device and a light-transmissive protective section thereof, the present invention provides a polymerizable composition that does not give rise to display defects caused by the deformation of the image display section, enables high-luminance, high-contrast image displaying, has excellent heat resistance, and also has a low dielectric constant. This polymerizable composition comprises: (1) a urethane (meth)acrylate obtained by reacting a hydrogenated polyolefin polyol and a compound having an isocyanato group and a (meth)acryloyl group; (2) a (meth)acryloyl-group-containing compound having a hydrocarbon group with a carbon number of 6 or greater; and (3) a photopolymerization initiator.