Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a drift region that is arranged on a main surface of a substrate, and has a higher impurity concentration than the substrate; a first well region that is connected to the drift region; and a second well region that is arranged adjacent to the first well region and faces the drift region. The second well region has a higher impurity concentration than the first well region. A distance between the source region that faces the drift region via the first well region and the drift region is greater than a distance between the second well region and the drift region, in a direction parallel to the main surface of the substrate. A depletion layer extending from the second well region reaches the drift region.

Abstract: A binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery negative electrode contains a particulate binder and an aromatic ring-fused nitrogen-containing five-membered ring compound or an aromatic-substituted nitrogen-containing five-membered ring compound. The particulate binder includes at least an aromatic vinyl monomer unit and an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit. The aromatic ring-fused nitrogen-containing five-membered ring compound or the aromatic-substituted nitrogen-containing five-membered ring compound is an anionic aromatic compound having 4n+2 ring ? electrons (n is an integer of 1 or more). The content of the anionic aromatic compound is more than 1 part by mass and less than 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the particulate binder.

Abstract: A content generation apparatus capable of easily confirming content data, the information of which is registered in a blockchain, is provided. An image pickup apparatus generates an image file and then immediately calculates a hash value of the image file, and transmits image file information including the hash value to a management system. In response to receipt of a registration completion notification indicating that a process of registering the image file information in a blockchain is completed, the image pickup apparatus stores registration-completed information indicating that the image file information is registered in the blockchain, relating to the image file.

Abstract: A content generation apparatus capable of guaranteeing that a provider of a content is a generator of the content is provided. The content generation apparatus that generates a content according to an instruction received from a user includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire biometric information of the user, a biometric authentication unit configured to perform biometric authentication of the user based on the biometric information of the user, a hash value generation unit configured to generate a hash value of the content in a case that the biometric authentication of the user has succeeded, and a communication unit configured to transmit the content and information of the content to a management server that registers the hash value and the information of the content in a blockchain. The information of the content includes result information indicating a result of the biometric authentication of the user.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode that can form an electrode for a non-aqueous secondary battery having excellent moisture resistance. The binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode contains phenolic compound particles and a particulate polymer formed of a graft polymer that includes an acidic graft chain and that is obtained through a graft polymerization reaction of an acidic group-containing monomer and/or macromonomer with core particles containing a block copolymer that includes an aromatic vinyl block region formed of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit and an aliphatic conjugated diene block region formed of an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit.

Abstract: A composition for an electrochemical device functional layer contains a polymer A and a solvent. The polymer A contained in the composition for an electrochemical device functional layer includes an alkylene oxide structure-containing monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 5 mol % and not more than 95 mol %.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer with which it is possible to form a functional layer that can cause a battery component including the functional layer to display a balance of both high blocking resistance and high process adhesiveness. The composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer contains a particulate polymer having a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion at least partially covering an outer surface of the core portion. The core portion is formed by a polymer A and the shell portion is formed by a polymer B including not less than 1 mass % and not more than 20 mass % of a cyano group-containing monomer unit.

Abstract: Provided is a method of efficiently producing a laminate for a non-aqueous secondary battery having excellent process adhesiveness. The method of producing a laminate for a non-aqueous secondary battery is a method of producing a laminate for a non-aqueous secondary battery including an electrode and a separator that are affixed to each other and includes: a step (A) of supplying, to at least one of an affixing surface of the electrode and an affixing surface of the separator, a substance that can plasticize a polymer contained in a surface layer part at an affixing surface side of at least one of the electrode and the separator; and a step (B) of affixing the electrode and the separator to each other after step (A).

Abstract: Provided is a technique relating to a functional layer for an electrochemical device that has excellent process adhesiveness and heat resistance and enables good electrolyte solution injectability. The functional layer contains inorganic particles and a particulate polymer. In this functional layer, a proportion of area occupied by the inorganic particles per unit area of a surface of the functional layer in plan view of the surface of the functional layer is more than 90%, the particulate polymer has a volume-average particle diameter of not less than 1.0 ?m and not more than 10.0 ?m, and the volume-average particle diameter of the particulate polymer is larger than the thickness of an inorganic particle layer.

Abstract: A first stereoscopic image display device includes a light guide plate having a plurality of reflectors and causes an observer to recognize an undistorted stereoscopic image even when the observer views a stereoscopic image from a high angle with respect to a direction normal to the front surface of the light guide plate. In a plan view from a direction vertical to an outgoing surface, when four quadrants are specified for each of the reflectors, the four quadrants taking a position of each of the reflectors as an origin, the four quadrants being divided by two straight lines orthogonal to each other and inclined 45° with respect to a direction in which the incident light is incident on each of the reflectors, light changed in the optical path by each of the reflectors is emitted to a quadrant adjacent to a quadrant on which incident light is incident.

Abstract: A sound system that processes multichannel sound signals to output sound from a plurality of speakers includes: a sound appliance; and a sound signal processing device provided communicably with the sound appliance and configured to receive the multichannel sound signals from the sound appliance. The sound signal processing device outputs part of the received multichannel sound signals to a first speaker constituting part of the plurality of speakers, and returns another part of the received multichannel sound signals to the sound appliance. The sound appliance outputs the another part of the sound signals returned from the sound signal processing device to a second speaker constituting another part of the plurality of speakers.

Abstract: Provided is a slurry composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer with which it is possible to form a functional layer that has excellent adhesiveness after immersion in electrolyte solution and can cause a secondary battery to display excellent rate characteristics and cycle characteristics while, on the other hand, reducing the amount of gas remaining inside the secondary battery. The slurry composition contains a particulate polymer and a solvent. The particulate polymer has a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion at least partially covering an outer surface of the core portion. The particulate polymer has a glass-transition temperature of 20° C. or higher and has a surface acid content of not less than 0.05 mmol/g and not more than 0.50 mmol/g.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer which comprises a particulate polymer and a binder, wherein the particulate polymer comprises 5% to 50% by mass of a (meth)acrylonitrile monomer unit and 0.1% to 3.5% by mass of a cross-linkable monomer unit. Also disclosed is a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer prepared by using the composition for non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer. Also disclosed is a laminate which comprises a substrate and the non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer disposed on at least one side of the substrate either directly or indirectly through one or more other layers. Also disclosed is a non-aqueous secondary battery wherein at least one of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator comprises the non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer.

Abstract: The disclosed non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer is formed using a composition that includes non-conductive inorganic particles and organic particles, wherein a difference in density between the non-conductive inorganic particles and the organic particles is 1.5 g/cm3 or more, at least a surface layer portion of the organic particles is made of polymer having a degree of swelling in electrolysis solution of greater than 1 time to 4 times and having a glass-transition temperature of 50° C. or above, and a volume-average particle diameter of the organic particles is 0.80 to 1.50 times a volume-average particle diameter of the non-conductive inorganic particles.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode that enables production of a slurry composition that can be used in high-speed application and high-speed pressing and that enables formation of an electrode for a non-aqueous secondary battery that can cause a non-aqueous secondary battery to display excellent low-temperature cycle characteristics. The binder composition contains water and a particulate polymer that is formed of a polymer including a block region formed of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit. The particulate polymer has a volume-average particle diameter of not less than 0.08 ?m and less than 0.6 ?m.

Abstract: Provided is a technique relating to a slurry for a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer that enables simple detection of an adhesive layer formed on a battery member while also causing a secondary battery to display good battery characteristics. The adhesive layer is formed using a slurry for a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer that contains a polymer (A), an organic coloring material, and water, and in which the organic coloring material has a proportional content of not less than 0.1 parts by mass and not more than 50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the polymer (A).

Abstract: Provided is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer with which it is possible to form a functional layer that can cause a battery member including the functional layer to have a good balance of blocking resistance and adhesiveness to another battery member after immersion in electrolyte solution. The composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer contains a particulate polymer and non-conductive porous particles containing an organic material. The particulate polymer has a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion at least partially covering an outer surface of the core portion.

Abstract: A first stereoscopic image display device (2) is provided with a light guide plate (20) including a plurality of reflectors (31a, 31b, 31c), the first stereoscopic image display device (2) causing an observer to recognize an undistorted stereoscopic image even when the observer views a stereoscopic image from an angle being a high angle with respect to a direction normal to the front surface of the light guide plate.

Abstract: Provided is a slurry for a non-aqueous secondary battery with which an adhesive material can be efficiently provided at a surface of a battery member by an inkjet method or the like and that enables strong adhesion of the battery member to another battery member. The slurry contains a particulate polymer, a polyhydric alcohol compound, and water. The particulate polymer has a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion at least partially covering an outer surface of the core portion. The slurry contains not less than 10 parts by mass and not more than 400 parts by mass of the polyhydric alcohol compound per 100 parts by mass of the particulate polymer.

Abstract: A slurry composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer contains organic particles, a sulfosuccinic acid ester or a salt thereof, a hydrocarbon having a molecular weight of 1,000 or less, and water.