Abstract: A sole structure for a shoe includes an upper wall portion disposed on the upper side, a lower wall portion disposed below and away from the upper wall portion, and a sidewall portion that is disposed between the upper wall portion and the lower wall portion and that is elastically deformable in the vertical direction. The upper and lower wall portions and the sidewall portion are formed of resin-made wall-shaped members. A three-dimensional elastic fiber structure formed of resin fibers is provided in the interior region between the upper wall portion and the lower wall portion. The interior region includes a hollow portion that is in contact with the three-dimensional elastic fiber structure via a partition wall formed of a resin-made wall-shaped member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fiber branch structure for spatial optical communication for transmitting information by emitting communication light. The fiber branch structure is provided with: a light emitter configured to emit communication light; a light emission controller configured to control the light emitter; an optical fiber configured to transmit the light emitted from the light emitter; a distributor configured to distribute the light, the distributer being optically coupled to an output terminal of the optical fiber; and an optical fiber group optically coupled to a plurality of output terminals of the distributor. According to the present invention, a communication area can be established without blind spots. That is, the fiber branch structure for spatial optical communication according to the present invention includes an optical fiber group optically coupled to a plurality of output terminals of the distributor.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable and which includes an accommodating portion and a replenishment port, a transfer portion configured to transfer a developer image on an image bearing member onto a recording material, a supporting tray including a supporting surface configured to support the recording material thereon, and a discharge portion configured to discharge the recording material, onto which the developer image has been transferred, on the supporting surface, wherein the supporting surface has an opening portion opening such that the replenishment port is exposed through the supporting surface, and wherein an opening/closing member configured to be movable between a closed position where the opening/closing member covers the replenishment port and serves as a part of the supporting surface and an open position where the replenishment port is exposed is provided.

Abstract: A photoelectric fiber includes a fiber including a core through which light is guided; an electrical unit formed continuously with the fiber, the electrical unit being configured to house a photoelectric conversion chip including a photoelectric conversion element; and an external electrode formed on a front surface of at least one of the fiber or the electrical unit, wherein the photoelectric conversion chip is optically connected to the core and electrically connected to the external electrode.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a micro chip is for liquid sample analysis and has a flow path therein. The method includes preparing a base material having, in a surface thereof, a groove serving as a flow path, preparing a film which covers the surface of the base material to seal the groove and can thus form a flow path, applying, on the base material, an adhesive and/or a sticking agent, and attaching the film onto the base material so that a surface of the base material, to which the adhesive and/or the sticking agent is applied, and the film overlap each other. The attaching includes pressure-bonding the film and the base material under 32-643 kPa, and curing the adhesive and/or the sticking agent.

Abstract: A comparison system includes: a first acquisition unit which acquires a first input/output electrical power amount of a first electrical power device including a first terminal, the first input/output electrical power amount being an input/output electrical power amount more on a side of the first electrical power device than the first terminal; a second acquisition unit which acquires a second input/output electrical power amount of a second electrical power device including a second terminal attachable to the first terminal, the second input/output electrical power amount being an input/output electrical power amount more on a side of the second electrical power device than the second terminal; and a comparison unit which compares the first input/output electrical power amount and the second input/output electrical power amount when input/output of electrical power is performed between the first and second electrical power device while the first and second terminal are attached to each other.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a microchip for a blood coagulation test includes preparing a substrate which has, in the surface thereof, a groove serving as a flow channel, and has a first through-hole serving as an inlet and provided on one end side of the groove. A film having a surface coated with collagen and/or tissue thromboplastin is prepared so as to cover a region of a portion on the flow channel when the film is bonded to the surface, of the substrate, having the groove therein overlaps the surface, of the film, coated with the collagen and/or tissue thromboplastin.

Abstract: In a control method of a stocking apparatus, the stocking apparatus includes a plurality of housings formed separately and independently. Each of the plurality of housings includes a plurality of stockers, each of which stocks an item. The control method comprises: acquiring a demand number which is a number of at least one item being the item to be received by the stocking apparatus from a utilizer of the stocking apparatus or a number of at least one item being the item to be provided by the stocking apparatus to the utilizer of the stocking apparatus; and determining a receiving-and-providing stocker which is at least at least one of the plurality of stockers of the plurality of housings and receives the item from the utilizer or provides the item to the utilizer, based on the demand number.

Abstract: A temperature of a power device to which a power storage device is attached is estimated on the basis of a temperature detected by a temperature detector provided in a power storage device detachably held in the power device.

Abstract: An acquirer acquires an observed amount related to at least one of an operation amount of a power device or an environmental state of the power device, the power device including an electric operation unit accommodated in a housing and a wind generation unit that supports a flow of air inside and outside of the housing, a comparator compares the observed amount acquired by the acquirer with a reference amount, and a determiner determines an abnormal change in the power device on the basis of a result of comparing the observed amount with the reference amount in the comparator.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte for a non-aqueous secondary battery includes a non-aqueous solvent, an electrolyte salt, an isocyanate compound, and a nitrile compound having two or more nitrile groups, in which a content CNCO of the isocyanate compound is higher on a mass basis than a content CCN of the nitrile compound.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery with a positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer that is supported by a first main surface and a second main surface. The first main surface includes a first exposed section on which the positive electrode active material layer is not arranged. A positive electrode lead is connected to the first exposed section and includes an extension section and an overlapping section. At least a portion of the first exposed section, along with at least a portion of the overlapping section, is covered with a positive electrode insulating tape which has a base, a first layer that adheres to the first exposed section and to the overlapping section, and a second layer interposed between the base and the first layer; and the second layer expands when heated above a threshold.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a microchip for analyzing a component in a liquid sample by passing the sample through a flow path provided inside and performing a reaction in a reaction portion provided in a portion of the flow path, the method including: a step of providing a substrate including on the surface thereof a groove serving as a flow path and a reaction portion in a portion between the both ends of the groove; a step of applying an adhesive agent or a gluing agent on an area other than the groove on the grooved surface of the substrate; a step of providing a film on an area of which a reaction substance is applied; and a step of attaching the film on the substrate in a specific manner.

Abstract: An information acquisition device includes an attachment/detachment information acquisition unit configured to acquire, regarding a first terminal provided in a power storage device and a second terminal provided in an electrical power device and is configured to be attachable/detachable to/from the first terminal, a number of times of attachment/detachment between the first terminal and the second terminal. An estimation device includes an estimation unit configured to estimate, regarding a first terminal provided in a power storage device and a second terminal provided in an electrical power device and is configured to be attachable/detachable to/from the first terminal, a deterioration degree of at least one of the first terminal or the second terminal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lens unit having a cover member which does not cause deviation in precision and capable of being manufactured efficiently at low cost. In a lens unit 10A, side surfaces of a cover member 14a continuing from a front end surface 29 to a rear end surface located at a lens side are formed in a regular quadrangular prism, at least two of corners of the regular quadrangular prism are in contact with an inner peripheral surface 27 of a housing space 17 of a holder 11a for housing the cover member 14a, a gap 34 is formed between each of the side surfaces of the cover member 14a and the inner peripheral surface 27 of the holder 11a, and an effective area of a light beam is located inside a light receiving area having a regular quadrangular shape surrounded by an outer peripheral edge of the front end surface 29 of the cover member 14a.

Abstract: A power storage device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a separator interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a barrier layer interposed between at least one of the following: between the first electrode and the separator and between the second electrode and the separator, wherein the barrier layer includes a complexing agent and a resin material.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material, a separator, a negative electrode facing the positive electrode with the separator interposed therebetween, and a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte, wherein the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte includes a non-aqueous solvent, and 6-alkylthio-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-dithiol; at least a portion of the 6-alkylthio-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-dithiol is dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent; and the alkylthio group at a 6th position preferably has an alkyl group with 1 to 8 carbon atoms.

Abstract: An imaging module includes: an electrical cable; an imaging device; and a flexible wiring board with wirings electrically connecting the imaging device with the electrical cable. The flexible wiring board includes: a device mounting portion on which the imaging device is mounted, and one end of the device mounting portion in a longitudinal direction has a bent portion; and a rear portion that bends and extends from the bent portion to a side opposite the imaging device. The device mounting portion has a mounting surface intersecting an axial direction of a distal end of the electrical cable, and the imaging device is mounted on the mounting surface, and the wirings extend from the mounting surface, pass through the bent portion, and connect with the electrical cable at the rear portion.

Abstract: Ocular lenses having UV absorbing properties are disclosed. The ocular lens comprises a hydrogel polymer comprising polymerised residues derived from a polymerisable UV absorber of formula (I): U-L-Py??(I) wherein: U is a UV absorbing moiety; L is a hydrophilic non-polyalkylene glycol linker comprising an anionic, a zwitterionic or a saccharide moiety; and Py is an ethylenically unsaturated polymerisable moiety.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a hydrogel having a favorable shape stability not only after releasing an anionic drug contained but also in the process of releasing such an anionic drug, compared with the conventional techniques; and an anionic drug-containing ophthalmic device obtained by applying the hydrogel. The objective can be achieved by an anionic drug-containing ophthalmic device comprising: (1) an anionic drug; and (2) a copolymer which comprises a cationic monomer and a monomer capable of copolymerizing with the cationic monomer, wherein the cationic monomer comprises, as a structural component, a condensation product of (meth)acrylic acid with an aminoalkyl quaternary ammonium compound having a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, or a salt of the condensation product; and the like.