Abstract: A rail installation assist device includes at least control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to acquire displacement information representing displacement of individual rail brackets and a rail joint from a reference position, the rail brackets that fix guide rails in an elevator shaft, the rail joint that joins the guide rails together; estimate, from the displacement information, a change in the displacement information of the rail brackets and the rail joint when the rail brackets are moved to given target positions; calculate an evaluation value for variation in the displacement information before the change and an evaluation value for variation in the displacement information after the change; and set positions of the rail brackets based on a result of comparison between the evaluation values.

Abstract: A support device of an embodiment includes a magnet unit, a first member, a second member, a magnetic member, and a magnetic fluid. The magnet unit generates a magnetic force. The first member is formed of a non-magnetic material and is disposed in a first direction of the magnet unit. The second member is formed of a non-magnetic material and is disposed in the first direction of the first member. The magnetic member is formed of a magnetic material and is disposed in the first direction of the second member. The magnetic fluid is disposed between the first member and the second member.

Abstract: A rail installation assist device includes at least control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to acquire displacement information representing displacement of individual rail brackets and a rail joint from a reference position, the rail brackets that fix guide rails in an elevator shaft, the rail joint that joins the guide rails together; estimate, from the displacement information, a change in the displacement information of the rail brackets and the rail joint when the rail brackets are moved to given target positions; calculate an evaluation value for variation in the displacement information before the change and an evaluation value for variation in the displacement information after the change; and set positions of the rail brackets based on a result of comparison between the evaluation values.

Abstract: Measuring the amount of lipocalin 15 in an olfactory mucosa sample or an olfactory mucus sample taken from a mammal is useful for non-subjectively and objectively diagnosing olfactory sense and is easily applied to clinical practice.

Abstract: A communication device that includes processing circuitry that receives an input to switch an operation mode between a first operation mode in which access to the communication device or a connected device connected to the communication device is restricted and a second operation mode in which access is not restricted; controls the access from devices that transmitted access requests in accordance with the first operation mode or the second operation mode, which is designated by the received input; and permits a no-permission device that has no permission for the access to access the communication device or the connected device based on an access request from the no-permission device by registering the no-permission device as a permission device, in a case where the operation mode is the second operation mode.

Abstract: A communication device that includes processing circuitry that receives an input to switch an operation mode between a first operation mode in which access to the communication device or a connected device connected to the communication device is restricted and a second operation mode in which access is not restricted; controls the access from devices that transmitted access requests in accordance with the first operation mode or the second operation mode, which is designated by the received input; and permits a no-permission device that has no permission for the access to access the communication device or the connected device based on an access request from the no-permission device by registering the no-permission device as a permission device, in a case where the operation mode is the second operation mode.

Abstract: A method for screening an objective substance such as a salty-taste modifying substance is provided. It is identified by using a TMC6 protein whether a test substance is an objective substance such as a salty-taste modifying substance.

Abstract: A method for screening an objective substance such as a salty-taste modifying substance is provided. It is identified by using a TMC6 protein whether a test substance is an objective substance such as a salty-taste modifying substance.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a vibration element comprising: a substrate; a ceramic layer containing glass and provided on the substrate; and a piezoelectric element comprising an electrode layer fixed to the substrate with the ceramic layer therebetween and a piezoelectric layer, wherein the piezoelectric layer, the electrode layer, the substrate, and the ceramic layer are integrated by the piezoelectric layer, the electrode layer, the substrate, and the ceramic layer being sintered together at a sintering temperature of from 800° C. or higher to 940° C. or lower.

Abstract: A vibration element includes: a substrate; a ceramic layer containing molten glass and provided on the substrate; and a piezoelectric element fixed to the substrate with the ceramic layer therebetween, wherein the piezoelectric element includes a first electrode layer provided in contact with the ceramic layer, a second electrode layer, and a piezoelectric layer provided between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and the first electrode layer has a thickness larger than that of the second electrode layer.

Abstract: A vibrating body includes a substrate, a piezoelectric element comprising a piezoelectric layer and electrode layers and joined to the substrate, and a ceramic layer between the substrate and the piezoelectric element. The ceramic layer comprises a first region and a second region which is adjacent to the first region in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the ceramic layer. The first region has a square shape, each side of the first region having a length equal to a thickness of the ceramic layer, the second region has a square shape, each side of the second region having the length equal to the thickness of the ceramic layer, and a difference between a porosity of the first region and a porosity of the second region is not greater than 15%.

Abstract: There are provided a row of external permanent magnets and a row of internal permanent magnets; a floating output ring is provided on which is wound a 3-phase coil, between these rows. The floating output ring has no mechanical restraining relationship with any other member in the linear motor). Instead, a controller that controls a PWM inverter that injects AC exciting current into the 3-phase coil brings the central axes of the double cylinder and the floating output ring into coincidence by generating supporting force with respect to the floating output ring by magnetism, by controlling the d axis current component of the exciting current.

Abstract: Provided are a blow-molded hollow article a method for producing the blow-molded hollow article, a resin composition for blow-molded hollow articles for exclusively providing the blow-molded hollow article, and a method for producing the resin composition. More specifically, provided are a method for producing a blow-molded hollow article containing a polyarylene sulfide resin and a fiber reinforcing material having a fiber length of 5 mm or more, including heating a long fiber-reinforced polyarylene sulfide resin composition containing the polyarylene sulfide resin and the fiber reinforcing material having a fiber length of 5 mm or more at a temperature not lower than a melting point of the resin so as to melt the resin, and subjecting the composition to blow hollow molding, a blow-molded hollow article, a resin composition for blow-molded hollow articles, and a method for producing the resin composition.

Abstract: A vibration element includes a substrate, a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer and an electrode layer, and a bonding layer provided between the piezoelectric element and the substrate and comprising ceramic containing melted glass powder, wherein the vibration element causes the substrate to vibrate by vibration energy of the piezoelectric element to output the vibration energy of the substrate, and the piezoelectric element is fixed to the substrate via the bonding layer.

Abstract: There are provided a row of external permanent magnets and a row of internal permanent magnets; a floating output ring is provided on which is wound a 3-phase coil, between these rows. The floating output ring has no mechanical restraining relationship with any other member in the linear motor). Instead, a controller that controls a PWM inverter that injects AC exciting current into the 3-phase coil brings the central axes of the double cylinder and the floating output ring into coincidence by generating supporting force with respect to the floating output ring by magnetism, by controlling the d axis current component of the exciting current.

Abstract: Provided are a microporous membrane including a thermoplastic resin having a melting point of 220° C. or more and a polyolefin, the thermoplastic resin (a) having an acicular structure, and a method for producing the microporous membrane. The microporous membrane has high resistance to thermal shrinkage since it includes a polyolefin and a high-melting-point thermoplastic resin having an acicular structure. Thus, a battery separator for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries and, in particular, a single-layer battery separator for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries which have a good shut-down function and high resistance to thermal shrinkage may be produced.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes an elastic member, an electrical-mechanical energy conversion element fixed to the elastic member, configured to cause the elastic member to generate vibration, and a supporting member that supports the elastic member. The electrical-mechanical energy conversion element is formed of a piezoelectric material in which, in a usage temperature range of the piezoelectric device, a piezoelectric constant decreases along with temperature rise. A supporting member that supports the elastic member is formed of a material in which, in the usage temperature range of the piezoelectric device, Q value increases along with temperature rise.

Abstract: A vibration element includes a substrate, a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer and an electrode layer, and a bonding layer provided between the piezoelectric element and the substrate and comprising ceramic containing melted glass powder, wherein the vibration element causes the substrate to vibrate by vibration energy of the piezoelectric element to output the vibration energy of the substrate, and the piezoelectric element is fixed to the substrate via the bonding layer.

Abstract: A power switch operating mechanism comprises: a series of external permanent magnets, a series of internal permanent magnets, an internal pipe, an external pipe, a three-phase coil, an output ring and a power supply lead. In the series of external permanent magnets, the magnets are juxtaposed in such a way that their magnetic poles are rotated by a maximum of 90° in each case. In the series of internal permanent magnets, the magnetic poles have magnetization vector radial components that are in the same direction as that of the series of external permanent magnets and magnetization vector, axial components that are in the opposite direction to that of the series of external permanent magnets. The series of external permanent magnets and the series of internal permanent magnets are fixed so that their magnetization vector radial components are in the same direction.

Abstract: Provided are a vibrating body and a vibration wave actuator, which can suppress vibration attenuation along with a reduction in size with an inexpensive structure, to thereby improve vibration efficiency, and can output stable vibration energy. A vibrating body includes: a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer and an electrode layer; a ceramic substrate to which the piezoelectric element is fixed; and a ceramic layer including the same main component as a main component of the ceramic substrate, which is provided between the piezoelectric element and the ceramic substrate, and the piezoelectric element is fixed to the ceramic substrate through intermediation of the ceramic layer.