Abstract: For use in a system where a plurality of servers are connected to an external disk device, a method is provided for a server to boot an operating system from the external disk device. The method includes the steps of searching for the port of a network switch to which the server is connected; establishing a network to which only the server and a management server belong; sending a server information acquisition program from the management server to the server via a network boot operation; acquiring, by the server information acquisition program, unique information owned by the storage interface of the server for transfer to the management server; and setting, by the management server, a disk within the external disk device accessible from the server based on the unique information.

Abstract: An electrode for lithium batteries, in which a thin film of active material capable of storage and release of lithium, such as a microcrystalline or amorphous silicon thin film, is provided, through an interlayer, on a current collector, the electrode being characterized in that the interlayer comprises a material alloyable with the thin film of active material.

Abstract: A modeling device is disclosed that easily projects characteristic information obtained from an object onto a differently-shaped object, even if the object, from which the characteristic information is obtained, has a complex shape. A modeling device in one embodiment of the present invention includes a virtually electrifying section to calculate an electric potential at a spot in a heart at the time when a predetermined voltage is applied to the heart, and a projecting section to project a fiber orientation onto a heart model created on the basis of shape information that is input to the input section. The projecting section specifies a spot to be a target of projection on the basis of the electric potential obtained by the virtually electrifying section. Use of the electric potential in specifying the spot makes it possible to easily project the fiber orientation onto any heart having complex and various shapes.

Abstract: An inclined surface having an inclination angle ? is formed in an edge portion which forms an opening portion of an inter-layer insulating film, thereby reducing a stress by the inclined surface.

Abstract: A method for trapping nucleic acids on a surface of a solid phase substrate, which comprises the step of contacting a sample containing nucleic acids and having a pH of 12 or higher with the surface of the solid phase substrate on which divalent metal ions are immobilized, and a method for trapping nucleic acids on a surface of a solid phase substrate, which comprises the step of contacting a sample containing nucleic acids and a magnesium compound, of which pH is adjusted to be 12 or higher, with the surface of the solid phase substrate.

Abstract: Duplicate data are stored in separate storage units SU(0) 16 and the SU(1) 26, respectively. The storage area in each of the SU(0) 16 and the SU(1) 26 is divided into master storage regions and sub storage regions each of which is allocated alternately to the storage units SU(0) 16 and SU(1) 26 in increments of fixed addresses. The store request is issued to both of the storage units SU(0) 16 and SU(1) 26 allocated the master storage region and the sub storage region, and the fetch request is issued to one of the storage units SU(0) 16 and SU(1) 26 allocated the master storage region from the RSC(0) 34 and RSC(1) 44.

Abstract: Using a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing lithium iron phosphate as a positive electrode active material and graphite as a negative electrode active material, a low-cost, high energy density battery is provided that exhibits good performance at high rate current and good cycle performance even at high temperature. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material-containing layer formed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector, the positive electrode active material-containing layer containing a conductive agent and a positive electrode active material including lithium iron phosphate, a negative electrode containing a carbon material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The non-aqueous electrolyte contains vinylene carbonate.

Abstract: An electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery characterized in that thin films of active material capable of lithium storage and release, i.e., microcrystalline or amorphous silicone thin films are deposited on opposite faces of a plate-form current collector.

Abstract: A computing system and an exclusive access control method are provided for preventing degraded performance of a network caused by exclusive access control, and for permitting a computer to exclusively access a storage area irrespective of whether a storage has an exclusive access control function. In the computing system in which a plurality of computers and an external storage device storing shared data are connected through a relay, exclusive access control is executed by a device other than the storage. Specifically, the relay having a virtualizing function is instructed to execute exclusive access control. The relay has information indicating whether a storage area on the storage is an exclusive access area, so that the relay determines based on this information whether an access request received from a computer requests an access to an exclusive access area, and executes exclusive access control when it is an access request.

Abstract: An electrode for a lithium battery having a thin film composed of active material capable of lithium storage and release, e.g., a microcrystalline or amorphous silicon thin film, provided on a current collector, the electrode being characterized in that the current collector has a surface roughness Ra of 0.01 ?m or greater.

Abstract: In an electrode for a lithium battery having a lithium storing and releasing active thin film provided on a current collector, such as a microcrystalline or amorphous silicon thin film, the electrode is characterized in that the thin film is divided into columns by gaps formed therein in a manner to extend in its thickness direction and that the columnar portions are at their bottoms adhered to the current collector.

Abstract: An electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery which includes a thin film composed of active material that expands and shrinks as it stores and releases lithium, e.g., a microcrystalline or amorphous silicon thin film, deposited on a current collector, characterized in that said current collector exhibits a tensile strength (=tensile strength (N/mm2) per sectional area of the current collector material×thickness (mm) of the current collector) of not less than 3.82 N/mm.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a substrate; and a plurality of semiconductor thin films formed on said substrate, each of said semiconductor thin films having a pn-junction, and electrodes of p-type and n-type for injecting carriers to the pn-junction, wherein said semiconductor thin films are formed so that all or a part of said pn-junctions are connected serially. As different from a semiconductor thin film constituted of a single pn-junction, the light emission with the invented semiconductor apparatus is the summation of the light emission intensities of the entire pn-junctions, so that the light emitting intensity can be increased largely.

Abstract: A liquid tank includes: a first container; a second container provided in the first container to contain liquid and gas; a joint which is provided in the first container and discharges the liquid outside the first container; an outlet pipe which connects the joint to the second container; and a remaining indicator window provided to make the interior of the outlet pipe viewable.

Abstract: A fuel cell system of the present invention includes a fuel cell stack, a fuel feeder that provides the fuel cell stack with fuel, a fuel cell DC/DC converter that converts the output voltage of the fuel cell stack to a predetermined voltage and then outputs it, a rechargeable battery that is an electric storage device, and a rechargeable battery DC/DC converter that converts the output voltage of the rechargeable battery to a predetermined voltage and then outputs it. The setting of a voltage at a node at which an output end of the fuel cell DC/DC converter and an output end of the rechargeable battery DC/DC converter are connected together is changeable, and the rechargeable battery is detachable. As a result, the fuel cell system of the present invention has high versatility.

Abstract: An analyzer characterized by comprising a chip and a detector, wherein the chip is an organic polymer member having a fine capillary through which a fluid sample or a fluid sample and a fluid reagent flow and can perform a chemical reaction on the sample in the capillary without using a separate weighing means, and the detector is a photothermal conversion detector for measuring a physical quantity change such as a refractive index change caused by a partial temperature change of the sample and the reagent by applying an excitation light to a substance to be measured produced by the chemical reaction, thereby providing a small analyzer excellent in chip waste-disposal, capable of analyzing inexpensively, simply and in a short time and being suitable for a POC analysis.

Abstract: Duplicate data are stored in separate storage units SU(0) 16 and the SU(1) 26, respectively. The storage area in each of the SU(0) 16 and the SU(1) 26 is divided into master storage regions and sub storage regions each of which is allocated alternately to the storage units SU(0) 16 and SU(1) 26 in increments of fixed addresses. The store request is issued to both of the storage units SU(0) 16 and SU(1) 26 allocated the master storage region and the sub storage region, and the fetch request is issued to one of the storage units SU(0) 16 and SU(1) 26 allocated the master storage region from the RSC(0) 34 and RSC(1) 44.

Abstract: In a polymer electrolyte battery provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a polymer electrolyte, a polymer-based material containing a copolymer of ethylene glycol (meth)acrylate compound represented by the following general formula (1) and alkyl (meth)acrylate represented by the following general formula (2) is used as said polymer electrolyte.

Abstract: A computing system and an exclusive access control method are provided for preventing degraded performance of a network caused by exclusive access control, and for permitting a computer to exclusively access a storage area irrespective of whether a storage has an exclusive access control function. In the computing system in which a plurality of computers and an external storage device storing shared data are connected through a relay, exclusive access control is executed by a device other than the storage. Specifically, the relay having a virtualizing function is instructed to execute exclusive access control. The relay has information indicating whether a storage area on the storage is an exclusive access area, so that the relay determines based on this information whether an access request received from a computer requests an access to an exclusive access area, and executes exclusive access control when it is an access request.

Abstract: Duplicate data are stored in separate storage units SU(0) 16 and SU(1) 26, respectively. The storage area in each of SU(0) 16 and SU(1) 26 is divided into master storage regions and sub storage regions each of which is allocated alternately to the storage units in increments of fixed addresses. The store request is issued to both of the storage units allocated the master storage region and the sub storage region, and the fetch request is issued to one of the storage units allocated the master storage region from the RSC(0) 34 and RSC(1) 44.