Abstract: Provided is a block polymer including two or more polymer block As each having a value ? of 0.20 or less and a functional group F containing at least one element selected from a group consisting of nitrogen, silicon, oxygen, and sulfur in a part or all of terminals of the two or more polymer block As, in which the block polymer has a value ? of 0.75 or more, when p, q, r and s are defined as a component proportion (molar proportion) of a structural unit represented by Formula (1), a component proportion of a structural unit represented by Formula (2), a component proportion of a structural unit represented by Formula (3), and a component proportion of a structural unit represented by Formula (4), in the polymer, respectively.

Abstract: In an MMC-based power conversion device, a control device generates, for each leg circuit, a first voltage command value not based on circulating current circulating between a plurality of leg circuits and a second voltage command value based on the circulating current. A plurality of individual controllers are provided respectively corresponding to a plurality of converter cells and generate a gate control signal for controlling turning on and off of a switching element of the corresponding converter cell, based on the first voltage command value and the second voltage command value. When generating the gate control signal using pulse width modulation, each individual controller modulates a carrier signal in accordance with the second voltage command value such that the pulse width of the gate control signal changes in accordance with the second voltage command value.

Abstract: A heater control apparatus including: a determination section configured to acquire first temperature information when the vehicle is brought into an unactuated state, the first temperature information indicating a temperature of an available battery pack to which the high-voltage relay is not yet connected and that is capable of being charged and discharged, the determination section being configured to determine whether or not the first temperature information indicates a temperature equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold; and a control section configured to acquire second temperature information indicating the temperature of the available battery pack after connection of the high-voltage relay of the available battery pack when the first temperature information indicates the temperature equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold, the control section being configured to control a heating operation of the battery heater based on the second temperature information.

Abstract: There is provided a polymer composition using which a molded product having excellent balance between rigidity, wear resistance, viscoelastic properties, and heat resistance can be obtained. A polymer composition according to the disclosure includes (A) a conjugated diene rubber (where, a polymer corresponding to the following component (B) is excluded); and (B) a hydrogenated product of a polymer that satisfies the following (1) to (3), which is a polymer in which 80% or more of structural units derived from butadiene are hydrogenated: (1) being a copolymer of a conjugated diene compound containing butadiene and an aromatic vinyl compound, (2) including a polybutadiene block having a vinyl group content of 20% or less, and (3) including a block composed of a conjugated diene compound and an aromatic vinyl compound.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first and a second insulating layer; a first conductive layer; an oxide semiconductor layer; and a third insulating layer disposed between the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer, and the first conductive layer; and the oxide semiconductor layer. The third insulating layer includes: a first part that covers a part of a side surface of the first insulating layer; and a second part that covers a part of side surfaces of the second insulating layer and the first conductive layer. A region extending in a direction different from an extending direction of the first and the second part is disposed. The region is disposed between a region corresponding to the first part and a region corresponding to the second part in a contact surface between the third insulating layer and the oxide semiconductor layer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, a gate electrode surrounding the oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer provided between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer and separated from the first electrode, a first insulating layer provided between the first electrode and the gate electrode. The gate insulating layer is between first insulating layer and the oxide semiconductor layer, and a second insulating layer is provided between the first electrode and the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer has a chemical composition or density that is different from that of the first insulating layer.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus is a battery management apparatus configured to manage a plurality of battery packs that are mounted in a vehicle and connected in parallel, the battery management apparatus including: a storage section configured to store a first computer program used in the battery management apparatus and a second computer program used in each of the plurality of battery packs; a judgment section configured to judge whether or not there is a mismatch between version information of the second computer program stored in each of the plurality of battery packs and version information of each of the first computer program and the second computer program stored in the storage section; and a notification section configured to notify a host computer of the battery management apparatus of the mismatch of the version information when there is the mismatch.

Abstract: A power supply system is capable of commonizing battery packs and reducing an increase in production costs. The power supply system includes a plurality of battery packs each including a terminating resistor, a control section that performs communication control on each of the battery packs via a communication line, and a harness that connects the terminating resistor included in any one of the battery packs to the communication line. The communication line extends in a predetermined direction along predetermined positions each corresponding to one of the battery packs, and the terminating resistor connected to the communication line is the terminating resistor included in the battery pack corresponding to the predetermined position located at the terminal end of the communication line in the predetermined direction, for example.

Abstract: A control apparatus and a control method are capable of preventing an erroneous protection operation from being performed. The control apparatus includes a plurality of detection sections each detecting the state of one of a plurality of batteries connected to an external load, a determination section that determines whether a detection result of each of the detection sections is valid, and a control section configured to control so as to perform a protection operation based on a determination result of the determination section. The determination section determines the validity of the detection result by comparing the detection results of the plurality of detection sections with one another, for example.

Abstract: A relay welding diagnosing apparatus can lower a risk of erroneous diagnosis while preventing energy of a battery from being discharged uselessly. The relay welding diagnosing apparatus including a positive electrode side relay, a negative electrode side relay, and a capacitor and a load circuit that are connected in parallel between the positive electrode side relay and the negative electrode side relay, which is forced discharge, by connecting the capacitor and the load circuit; and a determining section that, in a case where the negative electrode side relay is not welded, determines whether or not the positive electrode side relay is welded after the active discharge is performed and, in a case where the negative electrode side relay is welded, determines whether or not the positive electrode side relay is welded after passive discharge of the capacitor, which is natural discharge, is performed.

Abstract: A sticking diagnosis apparatus for diagnosing a presence of sticking at a positive-electrode relay and at a negative-electrode relay, the sticking diagnosis apparatus including: an obtaining section that obtains, a first voltage value that is a voltage between a point downstream of the positive-electrode relay and a point upstream of the negative-electrode relay and a second voltage value that is a voltage of a diagnosis circuit provided in parallel to the negative-electrode relay; a determination section that when the first voltage value is greater than or equal to a first threshold, determines that the positive-electrode relay is in a state in which the positive-electrode relay remains in the closed state, and when the second voltage value is less than or equal to a second threshold, determines that the negative-electrode relay is in a state in which the negative-electrode relay remains in the closed state.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an electrode layer on a film containing indium and etching portions of the electrode layer left exposed by a mask layer until at least a portion of the film is exposed. A spacer film is formed to cover an upper surface of the electrode layer, side surfaces of the electrode layer, and an exposed upper surface of the film. The spacer film on the upper surface of the electrode layer and the exposed upper surface of the film is removed while leaving the spacer film on the side surfaces of the electrode layer. The exposed upper surface of the film is exposed to a reductive gas plasma to reduce portions of the film. These reduced portions of the film are then etched with a chemical solution.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus, a system including the power supply apparatus, and an insulation resistance diagnostic method for diagnosing an insulation resistance of the power supply apparatus are capable of shortening shutdown time of the system. The power supply apparatus that includes a battery and in which electric power supply is performed between the battery and high-voltage equipment includes: a control section configured to control switching of electrical connection/disconnection between the battery and the high-voltage equipment; and an insulation resistance diagnostic section configured to diagnose an insulation resistance of the battery after the battery and the high-voltage equipment are electrically disconnected from each other. For example, in a system including the power supply apparatus, the insulation resistance diagnostic section further diagnoses the insulation resistance of the battery after shutdown of the system is completed.

Abstract: A correction amount specifying apparatus comprises circuitry for storing diffraction data including a combination of the diffraction angle of the irradiation X-rays with respect to the sample rotation angle and the sample surface height, the diffraction data being acquired by irradiating X-rays to a standard sample that is an aggregate of isotropic and stress free crystal particles, determining a first correspondence relationship based on the diffraction data, and specifying a correction amount of the sample surface height with respect to a desired sample rotation angle and a desired diffraction angle based on the first correspondence relationship.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an animal cell culture method which is high in protein productivity. Provided is a method for culturing animal cells in a culture medium, wherein the culture medium comprises a nucleic acid component(s) (deoxyuridine, thymidine, and/or deoxycytidine, or a salt(s) thereof). Also provided is a method for producing a protein, the method comprising the step of culturing animal cells expressing the protein in a culture medium, wherein the culture medium comprises a nucleic acid component(s).

Abstract: A second dynamic vibration absorber is higher in resonance frequency than a first dynamic vibration absorber. At least one of the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber or the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber is shifted from associated at least one of the first resonance frequency or the second resonance frequency such that a peak frequency of antiresonance occurring in a higher frequency region of the first dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber is substantially different from that of antiresonance occurring in a lower frequency region of the second dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber.

Abstract: A second dynamic vibration absorber is higher in resonance frequency than a first dynamic vibration absorber. At least one of a ratio of a mass of a body of the first dynamic vibration absorber to a reciprocating inertial mass of the reciprocative rotation mechanism or a ratio of a mass of a body of the second dynamic vibration absorber to the reciprocating inertial mass of the reciprocative rotation mechanism is set such that a peak frequency of antiresonance occurring in a higher frequency region of the first dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber is substantially different from that of antiresonance occurring in a lower frequency region of the second dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber.

Abstract: A second dynamic vibration absorber is higher in resonance frequency than a first dynamic vibration absorber. At least one of the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber or the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber is shifted from associated at least one of the first resonance frequency or the second resonance frequency such that a peak frequency of antiresonance occurring in a higher frequency region of the first dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber is substantially different from that of antiresonance occurring in a lower frequency region of the second dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber.

Abstract: A second dynamic vibration absorber is higher in resonance frequency than a first dynamic vibration absorber. At least one of a ratio of a mass of a body of the first dynamic vibration absorber to a reciprocating inertial mass of the reciprocative rotation mechanism or a ratio of a mass of a body of the second dynamic vibration absorber to the reciprocating inertial mass of the reciprocative rotation mechanism is set such that a peak frequency of antiresonance occurring in a higher frequency region of the first dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber is substantially different from that of antiresonance occurring in a lower frequency region of the second dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an animal cell culture method which is high in protein productivity. Provided is a method for culturing animal cells in a culture medium, wherein the culture medium comprises a nucleic acid component(s) (deoxyuridine, thymidine, and/or deoxycytidine, or a salt(s) thereof). Also provided is a method for producing a protein, the method comprising the step of culturing animal cells expressing the protein in a culture medium, wherein the culture medium comprises a nucleic acid component(s).