Abstract: A cover structure of an upper unit in which a power source of an outboard motor is provided, the cover structure includes a main body cover including a pair of divided covers connected to each otter, the pair of the divided covers being configured to be divided into each other in a left-right direction with respect to a traveling direction of a boat, an attachable and detachable cover that is attachable to and detachable from a part of an outer surface of at least one of the pair of divided covers and that includes a light transmitting portion in at least a part of the attachable and detachable cover, the light transmitting portion configured to transmit light, and a light emitter that is provided at a mounting position of the attachable and detachable cover and that includes a light source.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnosis apparatus includes a table, an imaging unit, and processing circuitry. The table includes a table top on which a subject is placed. The imaging unit includes an X-ray tube which emits X-rays to the subject and an X-ray detector which detects the X-rays. The processing circuitry detects contact between an object and at least one of the imaging unit and the table. The processing circuitry executes control to display contact position information relating to a position in contact with the object based on a detection result.

Abstract: A metal anode is provided, including: an active layer formed of lithium and a base material in which the lithium is solid-dissolved; and a base material layer formed of the base material, in which the metal anode has a plate shape including a first surface and a second surface facing each other, the active layer is present on a side of the first surface, the base material layer is present on a side of the second surface, the active layer and the base material layer are laminated in contact with each other, the base material includes one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Sn, and Pb, and the base material layer has a standard deviation of length, which is from the second surface to the active layer, of 0 or greater and 10 or less.

Abstract: A boat propulsion machine includes a power source, a drive shaft, a propeller, a gear mechanism, a gear case, a tank configured to store a cooling liquid for cooling the power source, a heat sink configured to cool the cooling liquid, a cooling liquid passage connecting the power source and the heat sink, and a pump a pump configured to pump the cooling liquid to circulate through the cooling liquid passage. The power source, the tank, and the pump are provided at an upper portion of the boat propulsion machine. The gear case is provided at a lower portion of the boat propulsion machine. The drive shaft extends in an upper-lower direction between the power source and the gear mechanism. The heat sink is provided at a position lower than the power source and higher than the gear case in the boat propulsion machine.

Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery including: an aluminum anode configured to occlude and release lithium ions; a cathode configured to occlude and release lithium ions; and an electrolyte solution, in which the aluminum anode is formed of an aluminum-containing metal, and the electrolyte solution contains an electrolyte, an organic solvent, and an additive.

Abstract: A cover structure of an upper unit in which a power source of an outboard motor is provided, the cover structure includes a main body cover including a pair of divided covers connected to each other, the pair of the divided covers being configured to be divided into each other in a left-right direction with respect to a traveling direction of a boat, and an attachable and detachable cover that is attachable to and detachable from a part of an outer surface of at least one of the pair of the divided covers.

Abstract: An optical incoupling tape (50) attachable on a lightguide (20) is provided, comprising a substrate (50A) and at least one pattern (51) formed with a number of periodic pattern features (52) embedded in the substrate (50A) and configured as optically functional cavities (52) filled with a material having a refractive index different from the refractive index of the material of the substrate (50A) surrounding the cavity (52). The pattern (51) is configured to incouple light incident thereto and to adjust direction of the incoupled light such, that the incoupled light acquires a propagation path through a lightguide medium (20) via a series of total internal reflections. A method for manufacturing the tape (50), related uses and an optical apparatus comprising the tape (50) integrated with a light emitter device (22) are further provided.

Abstract: An optical deflection tape (10) attachable on a lightguide (20) is provided, comprising a substrate (10A) and at least one pattern (11) formed with a number of periodic pattern features (12) embedded in the substrate (10A) and configured as optically functional cavities (12) filled with a material having a refractive index different from the refractive index of the material of the substrate (10A) surrounding the cavity (12). The pattern (11) is configured to adjust direction of light received thereto such, that light incident at the pattern (11) is deflected to acquire a propagation path through a lightguide medium (20) via a series of total internal reflections and, by virtue of said at least one pattern (11), the optical deflection tape (10) is configured to control distribution of light propagating through the lightguide (20). A method for manufacturing the tape (10) and related uses are further provided.

Abstract: An optical incoupling element (100) provided in the form of a discrete item attachable on a lightguide (20) is provided, comprising a substrate (100A) and at least one three-dimensionally formed optical surface (104). The optical surface (104) is configured to incouple light incident thereto and to adjust direction of the incoupled light transmitted through an optical contact surface (107) established at an interface between the element substrate (100A) and a lightguide medium (20) such, that the incoupled light acquires a propagation path through a lightguide medium (20) via a series of total internal reflections. The optical surface (104) may comprise at least on optical cavity pattern (101). The element (100) is configured to receive light onto said at least one three-dimensionally formed optical surface (104) from a direction essentially parallel to a longitudinal plane of the planar lightguide (20).

Abstract: A transparent optical device (100) is provided, comprising a lightguide medium (101) configured for light propagation, and an at least one optically functional layer (10) comprising at least one optically functional feature pattern (11) formed in a light-transmitting carrier medium (11 1) by a plurality of embedded features provided as optically functional internal cavities (12), wherein said at least one feature pattern (11) is configured to perform an incident light control function and at least a light outcoupling function, whereby stray light is minimized and optical transparency of the device (100) is established.

Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery including: an aluminum anode configured to occlude and release lithium ions: a cathode configured to occlude and release lithium ions; and an electrolyte, in which the aluminum anode is formed of an aluminum-containing metal, the cathode has a cathode active material, and the cathode active material contains a metal oxide containing nickel.

Abstract: Provided is a laminate for a lithium secondary battery including: a metal anode configured to occlude and release lithium ions; a cathode configured to occlude and release lithium ions; and an electrolyte, in which the metal anode is formed of an aluminum-containing metal, the metal anode has a plate shape, and a surface of flat surfaces of the metal anode facing the cathode has a ceramic separator or a solid electrolyte layer.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a lithium secondary battery including an aluminum anode configured to occlude and release lithium ions, a cathode configured to occlude and release lithium ions, and an electrolyte, the aluminum anode being formed of an aluminum-containing metal, the method including: a step of assembling the lithium secondary battery; a step of charging the assembled lithium secondary battery; a step of storing the lithium secondary battery for at least 4 hours after the charging; and a step of inspecting a capacity of the lithium secondary battery after the step of storing.

Abstract: The cooling device for a power source for a ship propulsion device that pumps up cooling water, from which foreign matters with sizes that cause clogging of a cooling water route have been removed, supplies the cooling water to a cooling water passage (30), and discharges the cooling water to outside after cooling a power source (10) includes: a cartridge-type filtration device (40, 73) that is provided at a midpoint of a first water passage (36, 71) in the cooling water route and incorporates a filter (45, 46) for filtrating foreign matters remaining in the cooling water; and a second water passage (38, 72) that is branched from the first water passage and adapted such that a valve member (53) is opened to cause the cooling water to flow in a case in which clogging occurs in the filter.

Abstract: Clothes includes: fabrics having a stretchability; and a joined part where the fabrics are fixed together using an adhesive. A difference between a stress of the joined part at 50% elongation in a longitudinal direction of the joined part and a stress of the fabrics fixed by the joined part at 50% elongation in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the joined part is within 30%.

Abstract: A compound of the Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, Ca, Cb, Cd, and n are the same as described in the specification. Disclosed is a method of diagnosing or monitoring a patient suffering from cancer, the method comprising: administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of an active agent, wherein the active agent is the compound of Formula I, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing thereof, or a combination thereof, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to the patient and diagnosing or monitoring the patient by hyperpolarized 13C-MRI. Also disclosed is a method of synthesizing 1-13C-5-12C-diacid.

Abstract: An anode for a current collector-integrated secondary battery includes: an anode surface, and a current collector surface, in which the anode for a current collector-integrated secondary battery is a plate-shaped metal anode, and an average crystal grain size when a cross section of the metal anode is observed in a scanning ion microscope (SIM) image is 200 ?m or less.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes: a metal anode capable of being doped and dedoped with lithium ions; a cathode capable of being doped and dedoped with the lithium ions; and an electrolyte disposed between the metal anode and the cathode, in which the metal anode has a plate shape, and is composed of lithium and a base material in which the lithium is solid-dissolved, the metal anode in a discharged state has a layer of a substitutional solid solution, the substitutional solid solution has a structure in which a part of a crystal lattice of a metal constituting the base material is substituted with the lithium, and the layer is located on a surface of the metal anode opposite to a surface facing the cathode or inside the metal anode.

Abstract: Provided is a garment made of a stretchable fabric and having an opening. The opening has a structure in which a fabric edge is folded back, and the fabric edge is fastened to a main body of the fabric with adhesives, a part of the opening is formed with a pattern in which curvature of the opening changes, and a row of the adhesives that are applied on a side closest to the edge of the fabric is applied within 2 mm from the edge of the fabric, and a difference between an average of spacings between adjacent adhesives applied in a row in a 3-cm section of a portion having the largest curvature radius at the opening and an average of spacings between adjacent adhesives applied in a row in a 3-cm section of a portion having a smaller curvature radius at the opening is within 15%.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling a cordless telephone device for use in a system that allows remote control of a home electric appliance. The method includes a first generation step of causing a first generation unit in a handset to encode audio input via a sound receiving unit in the handset to generate a first stream, and a first transmission step of transmitting the first stream to a base unit. The first generation step includes causing the first generation unit to generate instruction bit information and a first instruction stream when a first trigger indicating a request to start the remote control is given to the first generation unit. The first transmission step includes transmitting the instruction bit information and the first instruction stream to the base unit through a multiplexing scheme that is common to transmission of a first stream generated when the first trigger is not given.