Abstract: Described herein are coating dispersions and coatings based on hydrophobic nanofiber and silicone microbeads dispersed in a hydrophobic polymer matrix that provide a damage tolerant hydrophobic, superhydrophobic, and/or snowphobic capability. Methods of creating snow resistant materials by employing the aforementioned coatings are also described.

Abstract: Described herein is a method for making a thermoelectric device, the method comprising: providing a sheet of alternating rows of parallel columns of p- or n-type thermoelectric materials; and electrically communicating the parallel columns such that the rows can be connected in series. Also described is where the columns within each row can also be electrically connected in parallel. Also described herein are thermoelectric devices made according to these methods and/or thermoelectric devices having a similar structure.

Abstract: Described herein are coatings based on a hydrophobic polymer matrix and hydrophobic nanoparticles that provide a damage tolerant hydrophobic, superhydrophobic, and/or snowphobic capability, wherein the nanoparticles can comprise modified and phyllosilicate nanoclays. The micro and nano roughness of the composite surface is described. Methods of creating snow resistant materials by employing the aforementioned coatings are also described.

Abstract: Described herein are superhydrophobic coatings based on silica nanoparticles, metal compound nanoparticles, and hydrophobic polymers that provide a damage tolerant superhydrophobic capability, wherein the metal compound nanorods can comprise a rare earth metal phosphate salt or an aluminum oxide. Methods of creating water resistant materials by employing the aforementioned coatings are also described.

Abstract: Described herein are coatings based on a hydrophobic polymer matrix, hydrophobic nanoparticles and hydrophilic nanoparticles, that provide a damage tolerant hydrophobic, superhydrophobic, and/or snowphobic capability, wherein the nanoparticles can comprise modified and non-modified phyllosilicate nanoclays and modified silicon dioxide. Methods of creating snow resistant materials by employing the aforementioned coatings are described. The micro and nano roughness of the composite surface is also described.

Abstract: A restoration apparatus restores backup data without running an operating system (OS) until a time point until which the total amount of the data read out along with the start-up of the OS and a business system remains equal to or smaller than the total amount of the data that is restorable while running the OS and the business system, and subsequently restores the backup data in parallel with the start-up of the OS and the business system.

Abstract: A restoration apparatus restores backup data without running an operating system (OS) until a time point until which the total amount of the data read out along with the start-up of the OS and a business system remains equal to or smaller than the total amount of the data that is restorable while running the OS and the business system, and subsequently restores the backup data in parallel with the start-up of the OS and the business system.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a backup data storage unit, a monitoring information storage unit and a backup data transfer unit. The backup data storage unit stores backup data. The monitoring information storage unit stores monitoring information that includes at least identification information and priority information of the backup data. The backup data transfer unit transfers the backup data to a backup server via a network in response to a transfer request for the backup data. The transfer request is received from the backup server on the basis of the priority information of the monitoring information which is notified to the backup server from the information processing apparatus.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor with a high voltage resistance property and a method of manufacturing the same is disclosed. The solid electrolytic capacitor is formed including an electrolyte layer on an anode electrode formed of a metal oxide dielectric by a polymerization reaction in which the polymerizable monomer or the monomer solution is mixed with an oxidant, wherein a Lewis base having a steric hindrance group with a nitrogen atom or a Lewis base having a hydrophilic radical with a nitrogen atom is adhered to a surface of the dielectric or incorporated in the electrolyte layer.

Abstract: A network environment to which an information processing device is connected is recognized and an operating environment of an OS running on the information processing device is changed to an operating environment according to the recognized network environment.

Abstract: In order to provide a system environment recovery method that enables easy system environment recovery of a plurality of information processor apparatuses without a special environment, the plurality of information processor apparatuses comprise an image file obtaining unit 101 for obtaining an image file 107, an image file writing unit 102 for writing the image file 107 to a storage device 109, an apparatus-specific-information obtaining unit 103 for obtaining apparatus-specific information of the apparatus to which it is connected, an individual-setting-information obtaining unit 104 for obtaining individual-setting information from an individual-setting information list 108 and an individual-setting-information setting unit 105 for applying the individual-setting information to the recovered system environment.

Abstract: The curable composition of the present invention contains (A1) a silyl-containing ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene random copolymer rubber which has a structural unit derived from a norbornene compound as the non-conjugated polyene with at least one specific vinyl group at the terminal and contains a specific hydrolyzable silyl group, and (B) a compound, other than the rubber (A1), having a hydroxyl group and/or a hydrolyzable group, e.g., (B1) a compound having a silanol group and/or a compound which can react with moisture to form a compound having a silanol group in the molecule. This compound improves elongation of the cured product and residual surface tackiness, and, at the same time, is high in curing speed and capable of giving the cured product of high resistance to weather. It is suitable for, e.g., adhesives, tackifiers, paints, sealants, waterproof materials, spray materials, shaping materials and casting rubber materials.

Abstract: The curable composition of the present invention contains (A1) a silyl-containing ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene random copolymer rubber which has a structural unit derived from a norbornene compound as the non-conjugated polyene with at least one specific vinyl group at the terminal and contains a specific hydrolyzable silyl group, and (B) a compound, other than the rubber (A1), having a hydroxyl group and/or a hydrolyzable group, e.g., (B1) a compound having a silanol group and/or a compound which can react with moisture to form a compound having a silanol group in the molecule. This compound improves elongation of the cured product and residual surface tackiness, and, at the same time, is high in curing speed and capable of giving the cured product of high resistance to weather. It is suitable for, e.g., adhesives, tackifiers, paints, sealants, waterproof materials, spray materials, shaping materials and casting rubber materials.

Abstract: An angular ball bearing is provided which can suppress runout of a retainer during high-speed rotation. A retainer of a synthetic resin is mounted between an outer ring and an inner ring, and balls are housed in pockets formed in the retainer. The pockets are cylindrical. Conical guide surfaces are formed on the cylindrical inner surface of each pocket at its inner-diameter end in the circumferential direction of the retainer. The radius of curvature of the conical guide surfaces at the large diameter ends thereof is greater than the radius of curvature of the cylindrical inner surfaces, thereby preventing the contact points between the balls and the conical guide surfaces from becoming markedly displaced in the diametric direction during high-speed rotation, and thus suppressing runout of the retainer.

Abstract: To secure a load bearing capability along with a smooth supply and drainage of a lubricant oil into and from a rolling bearing assembly, a retainer and the rolling bearing assembly provided with such retainer are of a design in which the retainer (5) includes an annular wing portion (5a) and a plurality of pillars (5b) extending from circumferential locations of the annular wing portion (5a) and formed with a pocket (6) between the neighboring pillars (5b) for rollingly retaining rolling elements (4) of the rolling bearing assembly. The annular wing portion (5a) has an inner peripheral surface formed to define an inclined annular face (7). This inclined annular face (7) is deployed over a substantially entire width of the annular wing portion (5a) in an axial direction of the retainer (5) and is inclined to flare axially outwardly to have a diameter decreasing towards a mid-center portion of the retainer (5) in the axial direction.

Abstract: An angular ball bearing is provided which can suppress runout of a retainer during high-speed rotation. A retainer of a synthetic resin is mounted between an outer ring and an inner ring, and balls are housed in pockets formed in the retainer. The pockets are cylindrical. Conical guide surfaces are formed on the cylindrical inner surface of each pocket at its inner-diameter end in the circumferential direction of the retainer. The radius of curvature of the conical guide surfaces at the large diameter ends thereof is greater than the radius of curvature of the cylindrical inner surfaces, thereby preventing the contact points between the balls and the conical guide surfaces from markedly displacing in the diametric direction during high-speed rotation, and thus suppressing runout of the retainer.

Abstract: A network environment to which an information processing device is connected is recognized and an operating environment of an OS running on the information processing device is changed to an operating environment according to the recognized network environment.

Abstract: The curable composition of the present invention contains (A1) a silyl-containing ethylene/&agr;-olefin/non-conjugated polyene random copolymer rubber which has a structural unit derived from a norbornene compound as the non-conjugated polyene with at least one specific vinyl group at the terminal and contains a specific hydrolyzable silyl group, and (B) a compound, other than the rubber (A1), having a hydroxyl group and/or a hydrolyzable group, e.g., (B1) a compound having a silanol group and/or a compound which can react with moisture to form a compound having a silanol group in the molecule.

Abstract: The microcellular polyurethane elastomer of the present invention has (1) an overall density (D) of 100 kg/m3 or more but 900 kg/m3 or less, and (2) overall density (D) and compression set (CS2, unit: %) satisfying the relationship shown by the following equation (1): and CS2≦0.00008*D2−0.091*D+42   (1)  overall density (D) and cell diameter (X, unit: &mgr;m) on the skin surface satisfying the relationship shown by the following equation (2): X≦120e−0.0015D   (2).

Abstract: The object is to provide a method for producing a polyoxyalkylene polyol and a method for producing a derivative thereof wherein the remaining catalyst compound is efficiently removed from a crude polyoxyalkylene polyol by a simple manner, and a method for producing a polyoxyalkylene polyol wherein a crude polyoxyalkylene polyol is produced by addition polymerization of an epoxide compound to an active hydrogen compound using as a catalyst a compound having a P═N bond, then, the crude polyoxyalkylene polyol is allowed to contact with a solid acid having a specific surface area of 450 to 1200 m2/g and an average pore diameter of 40 to 100 Å to control the catalyst-remaining amount in the polyoxyalkylene polyol to 150 ppm or less, and a method for producing a derivative of the-above-described polyol are provided.