Abstract: A high-temperature superconducting magnetic sensor having superconducting layers formed on a substrate, a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) being formed on the superconducting layers, the high-temperature superconducting magnetic sensor includes: a pickup coil that is formed on the superconducting layer and is connected to an inductor of the SQUID; and an input coil that is formed on the superconducting layer, is connected to the inductor of the SQUID and the pickup coil to form a closed loop, and is magnetically coupled with the inductor of the SQUID. In planar view, at least one turn of the input coil surrounds the inductor of the SQUID, or is surrounded by the inductor of the SQUID. The width of the superconductor forming the inductor of the SQUID is 10 ?m or less.

Abstract: A high-temperature superconducting magnetic sensor having superconducting layers formed on a substrate, a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) being formed on the superconducting layers, the high-temperature superconducting magnetic sensor includes: a pickup coil that is formed on the superconducting layer and is connected to an inductor of the SQUID; and an input coil that is formed on the superconducting layer, is connected to the inductor of the SQUID and the pickup coil to form a closed loop, and is magnetically coupled with the inductor of the SQUID. In planar view, at least one turn of the input coil surrounds the inductor of the SQUID, or is surrounded by the inductor of the SQUID. The width of the superconductor forming the inductor of the SQUID is 10 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided is an iron-based superconducting material including an iron-based superconductor having a crystal structure of ThCr2Si2, and nanoparticles which are expressed by BaXO3 (X represents one, two, or more kinds of elements selected from a group consisting of Zr, Sn, Hf, and Ti) and have a particle size of 30 nm or less. The nanoparticles are dispersed in a volume density of 1×1021m?3 or more.

Abstract: A high-temperature superconducting magnetic sensor having a superconducting layer formed on a substrate and a plurality of superconducting quantum interference devices fabricated on the superconducting layer, which includes: a plurality of input coils that are formed on the superconducting layer and connected to or magnetically coupled with each of the plurality of the superconducting quantum interference devices; a pickup coil that is formed on the superconducting layer and connected so as to form a closed loop together with the plurality of the input coils; and a plurality of trimming wires that are formed on the superconducting layer and can be cut off, while making a short-circuit between both ends of each of the plurality of the input coils.

Abstract: A high-temperature superconducting magnetic sensor having a superconducting layer formed on a substrate and a plurality of superconducting quantum interference devices fabricated on the superconducting layer, which includes: a plurality of input coils that are formed on the superconducting layer and connected to or magnetically coupled with each of the plurality of the superconducting quantum interference devices; a pickup coil that is formed on the superconducting layer and connected so as to form a closed loop together with the plurality of the input coils; and a plurality of trimming wires that are formed on the superconducting layer and can be cut off, while making a short-circuit between both ends of each of the plurality of the input coils.

Abstract: A Josephson device includes a first superconducting electrode layer, a barrier layer, and a second superconducting electrode layer that are successively stacked. The first and second superconducting electrode layers are made of an oxide superconductor material having (RE)1(AE)2Cu3Oy as a main component, where an element RE is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, and an element AE is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Ba, Sr and Ca. The barrier layer is made of a material that includes the element RE, the element AE, Cu and oxygen, where the barrier layer has a composition different from compositions of the first and second superconducting electrode layers.

Abstract: A Josephson device includes a first superconducting electrode layer, a barrier layer and a second superconducting electrode layer that are successively stacked. The first and second superconducting electrode layers are made of an oxide superconductor material having (RE)1(AE)2Cu3Oy as a main component, where an element RE is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, and an element AE is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Ba, Sr and Ca. The barrier layer is made of a material that includes the element RE, the element AE, Cu and oxygen, where in cations within the material forming the barrier layer, a Cu content is in a range of 35 At. % to 55 At. % and an RE content is in a range of 12 At. % to 30 At. %, and the barrier layer has a composition different from compositions of the first and second superconducting electrode layers.

Abstract: A controlling unit of a replacement part management server specifies a maintenance target equipment and acquires order conditions from a responsible personnel terminal. The controlling unit acquires maintenance information and part information both relating to the maintenance target equipment. The controlling unit calculates prediction residual regarding target parts of an initial value setting process, and compares the prediction residual with the shortest cycle. When the prediction residual is smaller than the shortest cycle, the controlling unit sets the number of replacements in the part order data storing unit. When an initial value setting process regarding all the parts is completed, an order input screen is output. When an order request is received from the responsible personnel terminal, an order management server acquires part order data and transmits a preparation instruction of a PM kit to the purchaser.

Abstract: A speaker identifying apparatus includes: a module for performing a principal component analysis on predetermined vocal tract geometrical parameters of a plurality of speakers and calculating an average and principal component vectors representing speaker-dependent variation; a module for performing acoustic analysis on the speech data being uttered for each of the speakers to calculate cepstrum coefficients; a module for calculating principal component coefficients for approximating the vocal tract geometrical parameter of each of the plurality of speakers by a linear sum of principal component coefficients; a module for determining, by multiple regression analysis, a coefficient sequence for estimating principal component coefficients by a linear sum of the plurality of prescribed features, for each of the plurality of speakers; a module for calculating a plurality of features from speech data of the speaker to be identified, and estimating principal component coefficients for calculating the vocal tract ge

Abstract: A controlling unit of a replacement part management server specifies a maintenance target equipment and acquires order conditions from a responsible personnel terminal. The controlling unit acquires maintenance information and part information both relating to the maintenance target equipment. The controlling unit calculates prediction residual regarding target parts of an initial value setting process, and compares the prediction residual with the shortest cycle. When the prediction residual is smaller than the shortest cycle, the controlling unit sets the number of replacements in the part order data storing unit. When an initial value setting process regarding all the parts is completed, an order input screen is output. When an order request is received from the responsible personnel terminal, an order management server acquires part order data and transmits a preparation instruction of a PM kit to the purchaser.

Abstract: A Josephson device includes a first superconducting electrode layer, a barrier layer and a second superconducting electrode layer that are successively stacked. The first and second superconducting electrode layers are made of an oxide superconductor material having (RE)1(AE)2Cu3Oy as a main component, where an element RE is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, and an element AE is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Ba, Sr and Ca. The barrier layer is made of a material that includes the element RE, the element AE, Cu and oxygen, where in cations within the material forming the barrier layer, a Cu content is in a range of 35 At. % to 55 At. % and an RE content is in a range of 12 At. % to 30 At. %, and the barrier layer has a composition different from compositions of the first and second superconducting electrode layers.

Abstract: A demand prediction apparatus connected to an order reception record storage unit for storing an order reception record of a product and an association information storage unit for storing association information associating products with each other, first acquires identification information of a product for which demand prediction is to be performed. The demand prediction apparatus specifies a product associated with the product having the acquired identification information based on the association information stored in the association information storage unit, and acquires an order reception record of the specified product from the order reception record storage unit. The demand prediction apparatus derives a demand prediction function that is fitted to the order reception record, by using the acquired order reception record.

Abstract: A speaker identifying apparatus includes: a module for performing a principal component analysis on predetermined vocal tract geometrical parameters of a plurality of speakers and calculating an average and principal component vectors representing speaker-dependent variation; a module for performing acoustic analysis on the speech data being uttered for each of the speakers to calculate cepstrum coefficients; a module for calculating principal component coefficients for approximating the vocal tract geometrical parameter of each of the plurality of speakers by a linear sum of principal component coefficients; a module for determining, by multiple regression analysis, a coefficient sequence for estimating principal component coefficients by a linear sum of the plurality of prescribed features, for each of the plurality of speakers; a module for calculating a plurality of features from speech data of the speaker to be identified, and estimating principal component coefficients for calculating the vocal tract ge

Abstract: In a method of producing pyromellitic acid by liquid-phase oxidizing 2,4,5-trimethylbenzaldehyde in a water solvent with molecular oxygen, a recrystallization mother liquor separated in a recrystallization step is recycled to the oxidation step after a part of the water solvent is removed. With this method, the loss of pyromellitic acid and the oxidation catalyst can be minimized and the burden of discharging the waste water is reduced without lowering the efficiency of the liquid-phase oxidation reaction.

Abstract: A Josephson junction having a barrier layer sandwiched by two superconductors wherein the superconductors include one or more elements selected from the group of Y, La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, one or more elements selected from the group of Ba, Sr and Ca, and Cu and oxygen, wherein the two superconductors each include at least five elements with compositions different from each other, or the barrier layer (5) includes one or more elements selected from the group of La, Nd, Sm and Eu, and one or more elements selected from the group of Y, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu.

Abstract: An intake system for an internal combustion engine in which the inflow characteristic of a mixture of gas is varied by a partition wall provided replaceably in an intake port opening, whereby the output characteristic of the internal combustion engine is regulated to a desired condition, and a vehicle having appropriate operating characteristics is provided. A replaceable partition wall A is mounted in an intake port opening 1a of an internal combustion engine. The partition wall A is composed of a plate P that differs in length as compared to other plates. The plate P is inserted into an upper-lower pair of grooves provided in the intake port opening 1a, whereby the plate P is replaceably mounted, and the inflow characteristic of a mixture of gas sucked in through the intake port opening 1a is varied by replacement of the plate P thus mounted, whereby the output characteristic of the internal combustion engine is regulated to a desired condition.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a Josephson device includes the steps of forming a first superconducting layer and forming a second superconducting layer to form a Josephson junction therebetween, wherein the step of forming the second superconducting layer includes the steps of conducting a first step of forming the second superconducting layer with improved uniformity and conducting a second step of forming the second superconducting layer on the second superconducting layer formed in the first step with improved film quality.

Abstract: In a method of producing pyromellitic acid by liquid-phase oxidizing 2,4,5-trimethylbenzaldehyde in a water solvent with molecular oxygen, a recrystallization mother liquor separated in a recrystallization step is recycled to the oxidation step after a part of the water solvent is removed. With this method, the loss of pyromellitic acid and the oxidation catalyst can be minimized and the burden of discharging the waste water is reduced without lowering the efficiency of the liquid-phase oxidation reaction.

Abstract: An intake system for an internal combustion engine in which the inflow characteristic of a mixture of gas is varied by a partition wall provided replaceably in an intake port opening, whereby the output characteristic of the internal combustion engine is regulated to a desired condition, and a vehicle having appropriate operating characteristics is provided. A replaceable partition wall A is mounted in an intake port opening 1a of an internal combustion engine. The partition wall A is composed of a plate P that differs in length as compared to other plates. The plate P is inserted into an upper-lower pair of grooves provided in the intake port opening 1a, whereby the plate P is replaceably mounted, and the inflow characteristic of a mixture of gas sucked in through the intake port opening 1a is varied by replacement of the plate P thus mounted, whereby the output characteristic of the internal combustion engine is regulated to a desired condition.

Abstract: A Josephson junction having a barrier layer sandwiched by two superconductors wherein the superconductors include one or more elements selected from the group of Y, La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, one or more elements selected from the group of Ba, Sr and Ca, and Cu and oxygen, wherein the two superconductors each include at least five elements with compositions different from each other, or the barrier layer (5) includes one or more elements selected from the group of La, Nd, Sm and Eu, and one or more elements selected from the group of Y, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu.