Abstract: A method of leasing a power storage includes obtaining, for a vehicle including a power storage, a value of the power storage based on a capacity retention rate of the power storage, determining an insurance fee for a user of the vehicle to receive an insurance service relating to replacement of the power storage based on an accident risk of the vehicle, and determining a lease fee of the power storage based on the value of the power storage and the insurance fee.

Abstract: A laminated resin film includes: a resin layer; and a Cu film provided on one surface or both surfaces of the resin layer, in which in the Cu film, a peak intensity y of a (200) plane is 2 to 30 when a peak intensity of a (111) plane in X-ray diffraction measurement is set to 100, and Expression (1) is satisfied. y?2.5×?7.5??Expression (1) (in Expression (1), y is the peak intensity of the (200) plane when the peak intensity of the (111) plane in the X-ray diffraction measurement is set to 100, and x is a peak intensity of a (220) plane when the peak intensity of the (111) plane in the X-ray diffraction measurement is set to 100.

Abstract: A server (management apparatus) includes: a communication unit (first acquisition unit) that acquires a request regarding adjustment of electric power supply-and-demand in a power grid; and a processor (controller) that performs, based on the request, control to notify, a user of an electrically powered vehicle, of a replacement cost required for battery replacement at a battery station (battery replacement apparatus). When charging with electric power of the power grid is requested and a battery (first battery) of the electrically powered vehicle has an SOC lower than the SOC of a battery (second battery) having a maximum SOC to be used for charging, among a plurality of batteries (second batteries), the processor performs control to notify the user of the replacement cost lower than a normal replacement cost.

Abstract: A server includes a communication unit (first communication unit) (second communication unit) that receives information about a request for adjustment of power supply-and-demand in a power grid. The server includes a processor (controller) that predicts a schedule of replacement of a battery (first battery) at a battery station (battery replacement apparatus). The processor specifies, based on the schedule, a battery (second battery) available for charging or discharging for the request for adjustment, and determines, based on the specified battery, whether or not it is possible to respond to the request for adjustment.

Abstract: The electronic component includes an element body, an internal conductor, a cover layer, and a conductor layer. The internal conductor is disposed in the element body. The cover layer is disposed on an outer surface of the element body and has an electrical insulation property. The conductor layer is disposed on the cover layer and is electrically connected to the internal conductor. The conductor layer includes a portion. The portion protrudes toward the element body through the cover layer and is physically and electrically connected to the internal conductor. The conductor layer is electrically connected to the internal conductor.

Abstract: A laminated body contains a first metal layer containing copper and a second metal layer containing nickel and directly laminated on the first metal layer. A full width at half maximum of an X-ray diffraction peak having the maximum intensity among at least one X-ray diffraction peak derived from a nickel-containing crystal in the second metal layer is 0.3° or more and 1.2° or less.

Abstract: A laminated resin film includes: a resin layer; and a Cu film having on one surface or both surfaces of the resin layer, in which in the Cu film, an orientation index of a plane is 0.15 or more according to a Lotgering method, a half-width of an X-ray diffraction peak obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement of the plane is 0.3° or less, and Expression (1) is satisfied. y>3.75x?0.675 ??Expression (1) (in Expression (1), Y is the orientation index of the plane in the Cu film according to the Lotgering method, and x is the half-width of the X-ray diffraction peak obtained by the X-ray diffraction measurement of the plane in the Cu film.

Abstract: A laminated body contains a first metal layer containing copper; and a second metal layer containing nickel and laminated directly on the first metal layer. A first surface of the second metal layer is a surface in contact with the first metal layer. A second surface of the second metal layer is a reverse face of the first surface. A thickness direction of the second metal layer is a direction approximately perpendicular to the first surface and oriented from the first surface toward the second surface. A unit of a content of nickel in the second metal layer is % by mass. The content of nickel in the second metal layer 2 decreases along the thickness direction D.

Abstract: A laminated body contains a first metal layer containing copper and a second metal layer containing nickel and laminated directly on the first metal layer. A first surface of the second metal layer is a surface in contact with the first metal layer. A second surface of the second metal layer is a reverse surface of the first surface. A thickness direction of the second metal layer is a direction approximately perpendicular to the first surface and oriented from the first surface toward the second surface. A unit of a content of nickel in the second metal layer is % by mass. The content of nickel in the second metal layer increases along the thickness direction.

Abstract: There is provided a coil component including a coil portion that has at least one layer of planar coil including a coil-wound portion and an insulative layer which covers the periphery of the coil-wound portion, a covering portion that covers the coil portion and is constituted of a mixture including magnetic fillers and resin, and a conductor post that is penetratingly provided inside the covering portion and extends from the coil-wound portion to an upper surface of the covering portion along an axial direction of the planar coil. The conductor post has a post portion which extends from the coil-wound portion in the axial direction of the planar coil, and a lid portion which is exposed from the covering portion and extends from an end portion of the post portion on the upper surface side along a surface direction of the upper surface.

Abstract: An electrode for power storage devices includes: a resin layer; a conductive layer containing copper and being disposed on the resin layer; and an active material layer containing graphite and being disposed on the conductive layer, wherein when measured by an X-ray diffraction method from a surface of the active material layer, a peak intensity ratio A/B between an intensity A at a highest X-ray diffraction peak in a range where a diffraction angle is 48° or more and 53° or less and an intensity B at a highest X-ray diffraction peak in a range where a diffraction angle is 52° or more and 57° or less satisfies Expression (1): 0.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cytoplasmic male sterile Rudbeckia plant. The Rudbeckia plant of the present disclosure is cytoplasmic male sterile.

Abstract: A coil component includes an element body having a rectangular main surface; a coil provided within the element body, wherein the coil having a lower coil portion and an upper coil portion; terminal electrodes provided at positions corresponding to corners of the main surface; extracting conductors connected within the element body to both end portions of the coil, wherein the extracting conductors extending from the end portions of the coil to terminal electrodes provided on the main surface; and a dummy electrode provided on the main surface at a position different from those of the terminal electrodes, wherein the dummy electrode is conducted to neither of the extracting conductors.

Abstract: Provided is a production management system including: an operational data acquisition unit for acquiring operational data regarding a production element in a target production process as a target among a plurality of production processes for producing a product from a material; a quality data acquisition unit for acquiring quality data indicating quality of a target product; an analysis unit for analyzing the operational and quality data to estimate an influence, caused by an upstream product, on the quality of the target product, the upstream product being a product of an upstream production process and serving as a material in the target production process; and a feedback unit for outputting, based on an analysis result, feedback data for evaluating a production element in the upstream production process based on the quality of the target product in the upstream production process.

Abstract: Provided is an integrated management system including: a registration unit configured to register a plurality of production management systems for each managing a target production process as a target among a plurality of production processes of producing a product from a material in association with a sequence of the plurality of production processes; a feedback data acquisition unit configured to acquire, from at least one of the plurality of production management systems, feedback data for evaluating a production element in an upstream production process, which is an upstream process of the target production process, on a basis of quality of a target product, which is a product of the target production process, in the upstream production process; and a feedback data providing unit configured to provide the feedback data to an upstream production management system configured to manage the upstream production process on a basis of the sequence.

Abstract: Provided is a production management system including: an operational data acquisition unit for acquiring operational data regarding a production element in a target production process as a target among a plurality of production processes for producing a product from a material; a quality data acquisition unit for acquiring, as quality data indicating quality of a target product, feedback data for evaluating the production element in the target production process based on quality of a downstream product in the target production process, the feedback data being output from a production management system for managing a downstream production process of producing the downstream product by using, as a material, the target product; an analysis unit for analyzing the operational feedback data; and a control information decision unit for deciding control information for controlling the production element in the target production process based on an analysis result.

Abstract: Provided is a prediction apparatus including: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire setting value data indicating a setting value of a controlled object and physical quantity data indicating a physical quantity of a product obtained by controlling the controlled object; a prediction unit configured to calculate, using the setting value data and the physical quantity data, a plurality of prediction values obtained by predicting a plurality of physical quantities in the product on a basis of a setting value used for control of the controlled object; an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the plurality of prediction values on a basis of a predefined reference; and an output unit configured to output a setting value recommended according to a result of the evaluation.

Abstract: Provided is an evaluation apparatus comprising: an environmental data acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental data indicating an operation environment of equipment; a performance data acquisition unit configured to acquire performance data indicating an operation performance of the equipment; an estimation unit configured to estimate an operation performance on an operation basis in a learning target period under an operation environment in an evaluation target period, based on the environmental data and the performance data in the learning target period; an evaluation unit configured to calculate an indicator that relatively evaluates an actually measured value of an operation performance in the evaluation target period with respect to an estimated value of the estimated operation performance; and an output unit configured to output the indicator.

Abstract: An optical modulator includes: a substrate; a waveguide layer including first and second optical waveguides formed of an electro-optic material film on the substrate to have a ridge shape and to be disposed adjacent to each other; an RF part that applies a modulated signal to the optical waveguides; and a DC part that applies a DC bias to the optical waveguides. The DC part includes: a buffer layer covering at least upper surfaces of the optical waveguides; a first bias electrode opposed to the first optical waveguide through the buffer layer; and a second bias electrode provided adjacent to the first bias electrode. A first DC bias voltage is applied between the first and second bias electrodes. A waveguide layer removal area in which at least part of the waveguide layer is removed is provided at least under an area between the first and second bias electrodes.

Abstract: A prepreg includes; sizing agent-coated carbon fibers coated with a sizing agent; and a thermosetting resin composition impregnated into the sizing agent-coated carbon fibers. The sizing agent includes an aliphatic epoxy compound (A) and an aromatic compound (B) at least containing an aromatic epoxy compound (B1). The thermosetting resin composition includes a thermosetting resin (D) and a latent hardener (E), and optionally includes an additive (F) other than the thermosetting resin (D) and the latent hardener (E). The (a)/(b) ratio is within a predetermined range where (a) is the height of a component at a binding energy assigned to CHx, C—C, and C?C and (b) is the height of a component at a binding energy assigned to C—O in a C1s core spectrum of the surfaces of the sizing agent-coated carbon fibers analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.