Abstract: A heat storage apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a heat storage material and a member. The heat storage material forms a clathrate hydrate by cooling. The member has a surface with a plurality of holes. In the case that the lattice constant of the clathrate hydrate is denoted by L and the outside diameter of a cage included in the clathrate hydrate is denoted by D, the plurality of holes are spaced at intervals of 1L to 10L, and each of the plurality of holes has a hole diameter of 1D to 20D.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R is a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group optionally substituted with one or more hydroxyl groups, a C1-6 alkoxy group, or a cyano group.

Abstract: The heat storage apparatus of the present disclosure includes a casing, a heat storage material that is located in the casing, a stirrer that is located in the casing, that is in contact with the heat storage material, and that rotates to stir the heat storage material, and a projection that is in contact with the heat storage material, that projects from the stirrer, and that rotates with rotation of the stirrer. The projection is continuously in contact with an inner face of the casing while the stirrer rotates.

Abstract: A communication device includes: a receiver unit that receives a plurality of measurement packets among a plurality of measurement packets that respectively have consecutive numbers and are scheduled to be received; an extraction unit that extracts a valid packet group including a plurality of measurement packets having consecutive numbers from among the plurality of received measurement packets; and a calculation unit that calculates an available bandwidth using the extracted valid packet group.

Abstract: Provided is a latent heat cold storage material containing: water; a crystalline powder; and at least one inorganic salt. The crystalline powder is formed of a compound having a saturated concentration of less than 7.0 wt % to an aqueous solution of the inorganic salt having a concentration of 25 wt % at 25° C. A concentration of the crystalline powder exceeds a saturated concentration of the crystalline powder to the aqueous solution of the inorganic salt at 25° C.

Abstract: A communication device performs communication with an external device. The communication device includes: a measurement packet transmission unit that transmits a measurement packet at a first transmission time point; a return packet reception unit that receives a return packet at a second reception time point, the return packet being transmitted as a reply to the measurement packet at a second transmission time point by the external device, the return packet including information relating to a processing time indicating a duration from a first reception time point at which the measurement packet is received by the external device, to the second transmission time point, the return packet having a same packet size as the measurement packet; and a delay time specification unit that specifies, as a round-trip delay time, a duration obtained by subtracting the processing time from a duration from the first transmission time point to the second reception time point.

Abstract: A heat storage apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a casing, a heat storage material, and movable components. An internal space in the casing is partitioned into a plurality of spaces. The heat storage material is located in each of the plurality of spaces. At least one movable component is disposed in contact with the heat storage material in each of the plurality of spaces, and is capable of changing a position thereof relative to a position of the casing as time proceeds.

Abstract: A heat storage material composition contains a sugar alcohol and a stabilizer that allows the sugar alcohol to maintain a liquid state and a supercooled state. The stabilizer is one selected from (i) a salt that has a solubility of 9 g or more in 100 mL of 20° C. water and gives a monovalent anion, (ii) a polymer prepared by using the salt as a monomer, and (iii) a polymer having a molecular weight of 7,000 or more and 4,000,000 or less prepared by using, as a monomer, an alcohol having a solubility of 9 g or more in 100 mL of 20° C. water.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R is a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group optionally substituted with one or more hydroxyl groups, a C1-6 alkoxy group, or a cyano group.

Abstract: A heat storage material composition contains sodium acetate, water, and an organic compound comprising a hydrophobic group and a hydrophilic group. A weight ratio R (sodium acetate/water) of the sodium acetate to the water is 57/43 or less. A concentration Ws of the sodium acetate in three components of the sodium acetate, the water, and the organic compound comprising a hydrophobic group and a hydrophilic group is 52% by weight or more. A concentration Wa of the organic compound comprising a hydrophobic group and a hydrophilic group in the three components is 1% by weight or more.

Abstract: A latent heat storage material contains sodium acetate, water, and a supercooling stabilizer containing a group 11 metal-containing compound, and has a group 11 metal concentration of 2.0×105 ppm or less.

Abstract: Provided is a latent heat cold storage material containing: water; a crystalline powder; and at least one inorganic salt. The crystalline powder is formed of a compound having a saturated concentration of less than 7.0 wt % to an aqueous solution of the inorganic salt having a concentration of 25 wt % at 25 C. A concentration of the crystalline powder exceeds a saturated concentration of the crystalline powder to the aqueous solution of the inorganic salt at 25 C.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises: a bump forming step of forming a bump electrode 100 on a semiconductor chip 1, the bump electrode 100 protruding in a substantially conical shape; a pad forming step of forming a pad electrode 200 on a substrate 10, the pad electrode 200 having a recess 210 with inner lateral surfaces thereof defining a substantially pyramidal shape or a prism shape; a pressing step of pressing the bump electrode 100 and the pad electrode 200 in a direction which brings them closer to each other, with the bump electrode 100 being inserted in the recess 210 so that the central axis of the bump electrode 100 and the central axis of the recess 210 coincide with each other; and an ultrasonic joining step of joining the bump electrode 100 and the pad electrode 200 by vibrating at least one of the bump electrode 100 and the pad electrode 200 using ultrasonic waves.

Abstract: A latent heat storage material contains sodium acetate, water, and a supercooling stabilizer containing a group 11 metal-containing compound, and has a group 11 metal concentration of 2.0×105 ppm or less.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus stores identification information of an output apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus, stores display state information indicating a display state at the time of a stop of a system of the information processing apparatus, and controls restoration of the display state based on identification information of an external output apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus and the stored identification information in a case where the system is restarted after the stop of the system.

Abstract: A therapeutic agent for renal failure including, as an active ingredient, a 4,8-inter-m-phenylene prostaglandin I2 derivative, and also a method for treatment of renal failure using the same.

Abstract: A display system for displaying one image on a display surface by combining a first image displayed by a first display apparatus and a second image displayed by a second display apparatus, wherein: the first display apparatus displays a first index image at a position which is close to the image displayed by the second display apparatus and which is included in a display range of the first display apparatus, the first index image having a predetermined color and the image having luminances which are changed in a direction parallel to a side adjacent to the image displayed by the second display apparatus; and the first display apparatus corrects the image displayed by the first display apparatus on the basis of a designated position of the first index image.

Abstract: A heat storage material composition contains a sugar alcohol and a stabilizer that allows the sugar alcohol to maintain a liquid state and a supercooled state. The stabilizer is one selected from (i) a salt that has a solubility of 9 g or more in 100 mL of 20° C. water and gives a monovalent anion, (ii) a polymer prepared by using the salt as a monomer, and (iii) a polymer having a molecular weight of 7,000 or more and 4,000,000 or less prepared by using, as a monomer, an alcohol having a solubility of 9 g or more in 100 mL of 20° C. water.

Abstract: A heat storage apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a heat storage material and a member. The heat storage material forms a clathrate hydrate by cooling. The member has a surface with a plurality of holes. In the case that the lattice constant of the clathrate hydrate is denoted by L and the outside diameter of a cage included in the clathrate hydrate is denoted by D, the plurality of holes are spaced at intervals of 1L to 10L, and each of the plurality of holes has a hole diameter of 1D to 20D.

Abstract: A polypropylene molded article has a crystallinity degree of 48% or more by wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurement. The half width of an orientation peak in an azimuth angular distribution obtained by wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurement on the polypropylene molded article is 5.5° or less, and the long period of the polypropylene molded article obtained by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement is 12 nm or more and 16 nm or less.