Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor connected to an output electrode and an input electrode of a mounting substrate includes a laminated body. In the laminating direction of the laminated body, the shortest distance from an outer first internal electrode to the surface of an external electrode on the side closer to a first principal surface, and the shortest distance from an outer second internal electrode to the surface of an external electrode on the side closer to a second principal surface are each about 40 ?m or less. In the width direction of the laminated body, the shortest distance from an end of an internal electrode to the surface of the external electrode on the side closer to a first side surface, and the shortest distance from an end of an internal electrode to the surface of the external electrode on the side closer to a second side surface are each about 40 ?m or less.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic element, a first inner electrode, a second inner electrode, an outer electrode, and a first auxiliary electrode. The first auxiliary electrode extends to a first surface of the ceramic element. The first inner electrode extends along a first direction on the first surface. The first auxiliary electrode extends outward from the region where the first inner electrode is disposed in the first direction on the first surface. The outer electrode covers the first inner electrode and the first auxiliary electrode.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor connected to an output electrode and an input electrode of a mounting substrate includes a laminated body. In the laminating direction of the laminated body, the shortest distance from an outer first internal electrode to the surface of an external electrode on the side closer to a first principal surface, and the shortest distance from an outer second internal electrode to the surface of an external electrode on the side closer to a second principal surface are each about 40 ?m or less. In the width direction of the laminated body, the shortest distance from an end of an internal electrode to the surface of the external electrode on the side closer to a first side surface, and the shortest distance from an end of an internal electrode to the surface of the external electrode on the side closer to a second side surface are each about 40 ?m or less.

Abstract: A first terminal electrode extends from a second principal surface onto first and second side surfaces and a first end surface such as not to reach a first principal surface. A second terminal electrode extends from the second principal surface onto the first and second side surfaces and a second end surface such as not to reach the first principal surface. A third terminal electrode extends from the second principal surface onto the first and second side surfaces such as not to reach the first principal surface.

Abstract: A first terminal electrode extends from a second principal surface onto first and second side surfaces and a first end surface such as not to reach a first principal surface. A second terminal electrode extends from the second principal surface onto the first and second side surfaces and a second end surface such as not to reach the first principal surface. A third terminal electrode extends from the second principal surface onto the first and second side surfaces such as not to reach the first principal surface.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic element, a first inner electrode, a second inner electrode, an outer electrode, and a first auxiliary electrode. The first auxiliary electrode extends to a first surface of the ceramic element. The first inner electrode extends along a first direction on the first surface. The first auxiliary electrode extends outward from the region where the first inner electrode is disposed in the first direction on the first surface. The outer electrode covers the first inner electrode and the first auxiliary electrode.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic element, a first inner electrode, a second inner electrode, an outer electrode, and a first auxiliary electrode. The first auxiliary electrode extends to a first surface of the ceramic element. The first inner electrode extends along a first direction on the first surface. The first auxiliary electrode extends outward from the region where the first inner electrode is disposed in the first direction on the first surface. The outer electrode covers the first inner electrode and the first auxiliary electrode.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for assigning programs in a workflow to one or more nodes for execution. Prior to the assignment, a priority of execution of each program is calculated in relation to its dependency upon data received and transmitted data. Based upon the calculated priority and the state of each of the nodes, the programs in the workflow are dynamically assigned to one or more nodes for execution. In addition to the node assignment based upon priority, preemptive execution of the programs in the workflow is determined so that the programs in the workflow may not preemptively be executed at a selected node in response to the determination.

Abstract: In a monolithic ceramic capacitor, the size of end surfaces of a capacitor body in a two-dimensional surface in which ceramic layers extend is greater than the size of side surfaces in the two-dimensional surface in which the ceramic layers extend. External terminal electrodes include a resistive component. In each of first to fourth internal electrodes, a width-direction size of a lead-out portion is less than a width-direction size of a capacitance portion. The lead-out portions of the first and third internal electrodes and the lead-out portions of the second and fourth internal electrodes are arranged so as to partially overlap each other or not to overlap each other.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a laminate of ceramic layers, and a capacitor unit provided in the laminate. In the multilayer capacitor, the relationships P?Ra and P?W are established, wherein P represents the average projection height of first and second via conductors from the upper surface, Ra represents the surface roughness of the upper surface, and W represents an amount of curvature of the laminate. Further, the projecting portions of the first and second via conductors projecting from the upper surface are buried in first and second external electrodes, respectively.

Abstract: An interface device in accordance with the present claimed invention is an interface device 4 that intervenes between a measuring means 2 that measures brain activities of a subject H and an object 31 to be controlled, and that comprises a reference signal storing part D1 that stores a brain activity signal measured at a time when the subject H conducts predetermined thinking different from direct thinking in order to control the object 31 to be controlled in a desired mode as a reference signal, a discriminating part 41 that compares the brain activity signal measured by the measuring means 2 with the reference signal and discriminates whether or not the thinking of the subject H is the predetermined thinking, and a controlling part 42 that controls the object 31 to be controlled in the desired mode when the discriminating part 41 discriminates that the thinking of the subject H is the predetermined thinking.

Abstract: In an LW-reverse-type monolithic ceramic capacitor including external terminal electrodes each including a resistance component, internal electrodes include nickel or a nickel alloy, and the external terminal electrodes each include a first layer, a second layer provided on the first layer, and a third layer provided on the second layer. The first layer has a wrap-around portion extending from an end surface to principal surfaces and side surfaces of a capacitor main body, and contains a glass component and a compound oxide that reacts with Ni or the Ni alloy. The second layer covers the first layer such that the edge of the wrap-around portion of the first layer remains exposed, and contains a metal. The third layer covers the edge of the wrap-around portion of the first layer and the second layer, and is formed by plating.

Abstract: We paid attention to stearoyl-CoA desaturase gene, and investigated the relation between this gene and the unsaturated fatty acid content in beef fat. As a result, we found that the unsaturated fatty acid content was associated with the genotype of this gene, classified according to several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on this gene. The present invention is a method to predict the unsaturated fatty acid content in beef (or milk) fat, on the basis of the genotype of bovine stearoyl-CoA desaturase, and useful prediction method for beef quality such as taste and texture.

Abstract: To provide lossless embedding of a visible watermark in compressed motion picture data. The present invention includes a quantization/dequantization operation part 10 for dequantizing motion picture data that has been subjected to compression including frequency transformation and quantization, and a watermark embedding/removing operation part 30 for generating and embedding a pattern of a visible watermark corresponding to a motion compensated prediction in motion picture data dequantized by the quantization/dequantization operation part 10. The quantization/dequantization operation part 10 quantizes motion picture data with a watermark embedded by the watermark embedding/removing operation part 30.

Abstract: In an LW-reverse-type monolithic ceramic capacitor including external terminal electrodes each including a resistance component, internal electrodes include nickel or a nickel alloy, and the external terminal electrodes each include a first layer, a second layer provided on the first layer, and a third layer provided on the second layer. The first layer has a wrap-around portion extending from an end surface to principal surfaces and side surfaces of a capacitor main body, and contains a glass component and a compound oxide that reacts with Ni or the Ni alloy. The second layer covers the first layer such that the edge of the wrap-around portion of the first layer remains exposed, and contains a metal. The third layer covers the edge of the wrap-around portion of the first layer and the second layer, and is formed by plating.

Abstract: In a monolithic ceramic capacitor, the size of end surfaces of a capacitor body in a two-dimensional surface in which ceramic layers extend is greater than the size of side surfaces in the two-dimensional surface in which the ceramic layers extend. External terminal electrodes include a resistive component. In each of first to fourth internal electrodes, a width-direction size of a lead-out portion is less than a width-direction size of a capacitance portion. The lead-out portions of the first and third internal electrodes and the lead-out portions of the second and fourth internal electrodes are arranged so as to partially overlap each other or not to overlap each other.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for assigning programs in a workflow to one or more nodes for execution. Prior to the assignment, a priority of execution of each program is calculated in relation to its dependency upon data received and transmitted data. Based upon the calculated priority and the state of each of the nodes, the programs in the workflow are dynamically assigned to one or more nodes for execution. In addition to the node assignment based upon priority, preemptive execution of the programs in the workflow is determined so that the programs in the workflow may not preemptively be executed at a selected node in response to the determination.

Abstract: A monolithic capacitor includes a laminate of ceramic layers, the laminate having first and second surfaces, at least one pair of first and second internal electrodes, first and second external electrodes disposed on the first surface, third and fourth external electrodes disposed on the second surface, a first via conductor that electrically connects the first external electrode to the first internal electrode and to the third external electrode and that contains a metal oxide, and a second via conductor that electrically connects the second external electrode to the second internal electrode and to the fourth external electrode and that contains a metal oxide, wherein, in each of the first and second via conductors, the metal oxide content at an end on the second surface side is higher than the metal oxide content at a center or at an end on the first surface side.

Abstract: A monolithic capacitor includes a laminate of ceramic layers, the laminate having first and second surfaces, at least one pair of first and second internal electrodes, first and second external electrodes disposed on the first surface, third and fourth external electrodes disposed on the second surface, a first via conductor that electrically connects the first external electrode to the first internal electrode and to the third external electrode and that contains a metal oxide, and a second via conductor that electrically connects the second external electrode to the second internal electrode and to the fourth external electrode and that contains a metal oxide, wherein, in each of the first and second via conductors, the metal oxide content at an end on the second surface side is higher than the metal oxide content at a center or at an end on the first surface side.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a laminate of ceramic layers, and a capacitor unit provided in the laminate. In the multilayer capacitor, the relationships P?Ra and P?W are established, wherein P represents the average projection height of first and second via conductors from the upper surface, Ra represents the surface roughness of the upper surface, and W represents an amount of curvature of the laminate. Further, the projecting portions of the first and second via conductors projecting from the upper surface are buried in first and second external electrodes, respectively.