Abstract: When an installation task for a second application in an image forming apparatus is prepared, a management apparatus displays a warning indicating that an installation license will not be updated in an image forming apparatus when the image forming apparatus has failed to communicate with a license management system in accordance with an instruction, and prepares the installation task for delivering the second application and an update license or the update license when the image forming apparatus has succeeded in communicating with the license management system in accordance with the instruction.

Abstract: A separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery that is composed of a composite membrane containing a porous substrate, and a heat-resistant adhesive porous layer provided on one side or both sides of the porous substrate, in which the heat-resistant adhesive porous layer contains an acrylic type resin, and a heat-resistant resin that has a glass transition temperature of 200° C. or more and that has an amide-structure.

Abstract: A separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery, including a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that is formed on at least one side of the porous substrate and contains a carbon material and a polyvinylidene fluoride resin. The separator has an initial static voltage of 0 V as measured in accordance with JIS L1094.

Abstract: An optical transmitter includes: a splitter; a first optical modulator and a second optical modulator that modulate each of light beams split by the splitter; a first semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and a second SOA that are connected to a subsequent stage of the first optical modulator and a subsequent stage of the second optical modulator, respectively; a first detector and a second detector that detect light output intensity of the first SOA and light output intensity of the second SOA, respectively; a controller that sets gains of the first and second SOAs such that the first and second SOAs are equal in the light output intensity based on detection values of the first and second detectors; and a combiner that combines an output light beam of the first SOA and an output light beam of the second SOA.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery, which has good adhesion to electrodes and is also capable of ensuring sufficient ion permeability even after attachment to electrodes. The separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery of the invention includes a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that is formed on at least one side of the porous substrate and contains a polyvinylidene-fluoride-based resin. The separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery is characterized in that the adhesive porous layer has a crystal size of 1 to 13 nm.

Abstract: A sensing electrode for sensing a predetermined gas component of a measurement gas, which is provided in a mixed-potential gas sensor that measures the concentration of the predetermined gas component, is formed of a cermet containing a noble metal and an oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte. The noble metal comprises Pt and Au. An Au abundance ratio, which is an area ratio of a portion covered with Au to a portion at which Pt is exposed in a surface of noble metal particles forming the sensing electrode, is 0.3 or more.

Abstract: A function of a device is displayed as a first display on a client device, and local user authentication information is displayed as a second display according to the function of the device selected on the first display on the client device.

Abstract: A separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, containing a porous substrate, and an adhesive porous layer that is provided on one side or both sides of the porous substrate, in which the adhesive porous layer contains a polyvinylidene fluoride type resin including a vinylidene fluoride monomer unit and a hexafluoropropylene monomer unit, and the polyvinylidene fluoride type resin has an acid value of from 3.0 mgKOH/g to 20 mgKOH/g.

Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit having discrete optical components arranged on a top side of a substrate includes a first and second optical sources respectively configured to emit light beams, a first interferometer having a first and second input ports respectively coupled to the first and second optical sources via first waveguides, a second interferometer configured to receive signals from the first interferometer via second waveguides and combine the signals to transmit a combined signal via a third waveguide, and a submount configured to contact a back side of the substrate, wherein the submount includes a first thermal conductor having a first thermal conductivity and a second conductor having a second thermal conductivity, wherein the first thermal conductivity is greater than the second thermal conductivity, and the first and second optical sources are more proximity to the first thermal conductor than the second thermal conductor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery including a porous substrate, and an adhesive porous layer that is formed at one or both sides of the porous substrate, that contains polyvinylidene fluoride resin A and polyvinylidene fluoride resin B, and that has a porosity of from 30% to 60% and an average pore size of from 20 nm to 100 nm.

Abstract: A separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery including a porous substrate, and an adhesive porous layer that is formed on one side or both sides of the porous substrate and contains the following resin A and the following resin B. Resin A: a polyvinylidene fluoride resin containing structural units derived from vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and structural units derived from hexafluoropropylene (HFP), a total content ratio of structural units derived from HFP in each of the VDF copolymers being from 0.5 mol % to 1.5 mol % of a total content of structural units in each of the VDF copolymers; and Resin B: a polyvinylidene fluoride resin containing structural units derived from VDF and structural units derived from HFP, a total content ratio of structural units derived from HFP in each of the VDF copolymers being greater than 1.5 mol % of a total content of structural units in each of the VDF copolymers.

Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit having discrete optical components arranged on a top side of a substrate includes a first and second optical sources respectively configured to emit light beams, a first interferometer having a first and second input ports respectively coupled to the first and second optical sources via first waveguides, a second interferometer configured to receive signals from the first interferometer via second waveguides and combine the signals to transmit a combined signal via a third waveguide, and a submount configured to contact a back side of the substrate, wherein the submount includes a first thermal conductor having a first thermal conductivity and a second conductor having a second thermal conductivity, wherein the first thermal conductivity is greater than the second thermal conductivity, and the first and second optical sources are more proximity to the first thermal conductor than the second thermal conductor.

Abstract: Provided is a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, including: a porous substrate, and a heat resistant porous layer that is provided on one side or both sides of the porous substrate, that is an aggregate of resin particles and an inorganic filler, and that satisfies the following expression (1). In expression (1), Vf is a volume proportion (% by volume) of the inorganic filler in the heat resistant porous layer, and CPVC is a critical pigment volume concentration (% by volume) of the inorganic filler. Also provided is a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, including: a porous substrate, a heat resistant porous layer that is provided on one side or both sides of the porous substrate, that includes a resin and an filler, and that satisfies the following expression (2), and an adhesive porous layer that is provided on both sides of a stacked body of the porous substrate and the heat resistant porous layer, and that includes an adhesive resin.

Abstract: The separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery which includes a porous substrate, and an adhesive porous layer that is provided on one side or both sides of the porous substrate and that contains a polyvinylidene fluoride type resin, the adhesive porous layer further contains (1) a carboxylic anhydride, a resin that contains a carboxylic anhydride as a monomer component, or a combination thereof, and (2) a resin that contains a hydroxyl group or an amino group.

Abstract: A separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, containing a porous substrate, and an adhesive porous layer that is provided on one side or both sides of the porous substrate and contains an acrylic type resin and a polyvinylidene fluoride type resin, the adhesive porous layer has a porous structure in which the acrylic type resin and the polyvinylidene fluoride type resin are contained in a mixed state, a content of the acrylic type resin in the adhesive porous layer is from 2 to 40% by mass with respect to a total mass of the acrylic type resin and the polyvinylidene fluoride type resin, and the acrylic type resin is a copolymer containing an acrylic type monomer and a styrene type monomer as monomer components, or the acrylic type resin is a copolymer containing, as monomer components, a first monoacrylate type monomer, and a second monoacrylate type monomer that has an oxyalkylene structural unit with a repetition number of from 2 to 10,000.

Abstract: Provided is a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, including: a porous substrate having an average pore diameter of from 20 nm to 100 nm; and a porous layer provided on one or both sides of the porous substrate and including a polyvinylidene fluoride resin and a filler, the porous layer including a filler in an amount of from 45% by volume to 75% by volume with respect to a total solid content of the porous layer, a weight average molecular weight of the polyvinylidene fluoride resin being 1,000,000 or more, and a peel strength between the porous substrate and the porous layer being 0.20 N/12 mm or more.

Abstract: A separator includes a porous substrate, and a porous layer formed on one or both surfaces of the substrate and containing a polyvinylidene fluoride type resin and a filler, in which the filler content in the porous layer is from 30 to 80% by mass with respect to the total mass of the polyvinylidene fluoride type resin and the filler, and the polyvinylidene fluoride type resin is at least one resin selected from the following resin A and B: resin A: a copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 100,000 to 350,000, and a content of HFP is more than 5% by mass but not more than 11% by mass; and resin B: a copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 100,000 to 1,000,000, in which a content of HFP is more than 11% by mass but not more than 15% by mass.

Abstract: Provided is a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, including: a porous substrate, and a heat resistant porous layer that is provided on one side or both sides of the porous substrate, that is an aggregate of resin particles and an inorganic filler, and that satisfies the following expression (1). In expression (1), Vf is a volume proportion (% by volume) of the inorganic filler in the heat resistant porous layer, and CPVC is a critical pigment volume concentration (% by volume) of the inorganic filler. Also provided is a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, including: a porous substrate, a heat resistant porous layer that is provided on one side or both sides of the porous substrate, that includes a resin and an filler, and that satisfies the following expression (2), and an adhesive porous layer that is provided on both sides of a stacked body of the porous substrate and the heat resistant porous layer, and that includes an adhesive resin.

Abstract: An optical modulator element includes first and second optical modulators, an optical input terminal, and a branch coupler. Each of the first and second optical modulators includes a pair of Mach-Zehnder waveguides, a first optical coupler to split rays from the branch coupler into the pair of Mach-Zehnder waveguides, and a second optical coupler to combine rays transmitted through the pair of Mach-Zehnder waveguides. The first and second optical modulators are disposed in such a manner that a traveling direction of rays propagating through the pair of Mach-Zehnder waveguides of the first optical modulator and a traveling direction of rays propagating through the pair of Mach-Zehnder waveguides of the second optical modulator are angled toward each other.

Abstract: Provided is a separator for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery, including a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that is provided on one side or both sides of the porous substrate and contains an adhesive resin. The ratio of the standard deviation of the areal weight of the adhesive porous layer to the mean of the areal weight of the adhesive porous layer (g/m2) (standard deviation/mean) is 0.3 or less.