Abstract: Water softening device includes water softening tank and neutralizing tank. Water softening tank softens raw water containing a hardness component by weakly acidic cation exchange resin. Water softening tank includes first water softening tank and second water softening tank. Neutralizing tank neutralizes the pH of softened water that has passed through water softening tank by weakly basic anion exchange resin. Neutralizing tank includes first neutralizing tank and second neutralizing tank. Water softening device is configured to cause raw water containing a hardness component to flow through first water softening tank, first neutralizing tank, second water softening tank, and second neutralizing tank in this order.

Abstract: A purifying method includes: illuminating a measurement area with excitation light; detecting fluorescence from the measurement area; measuring an amount of amino acids included in the measurement area, based on an intensity of the fluorescence; and discharging a chemical agent to the measurement area, when the amount of amino acids exceeds a first threshold.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide, for example, an oral composition containing reduced CoQ10 that exhibits reduced discoloration caused over time, that has high safety, and that is applicable to foods and drinks, a method for producing the same, and a method for reducing discoloration of a composition containing reduced CoQ10. The present invention relates to, for example, an oral composition containing reduced coenzyme Q10 and at least one sesamin compound, and having a mixing ratio by weight of the sesamin compound to the reduced coenzyme Q10 (sesamin compound/reduced coenzyme Q10) of 0.01 to 10.

Abstract: A purifying method includes determining an intended position that ejected matter ejected from an ejecting apparatus is made to reach; judging whether an object touches the ejected matter within a period of time from ejection of the ejected matter from the ejecting apparatus to reaching of the ejected matter to the intended position based on positional information on the object, the positional information being obtained by a first sensor; and controlling, based on a result of the judging, how the ejecting apparatus ejects the ejected matter into an area including the intended position.

Abstract: A purifying method includes: illuminating a measurement area with excitation light; detecting fluorescence from the measurement area; measuring an amount of amino acids included in the measurement area, based on an intensity of the fluorescence; and discharging a chemical agent to the measurement area, when the amount of amino acids exceeds a first threshold.

Abstract: A plasma generating method, used in a plasma generating apparatus which includes a container, a first electrode, and a second electrode, includes: supplying a liquid in the container so that the second electrode is in contact with the liquid; in a first period, generating first plasma in a bubble generated in the liquid by applying a first voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode; supplying a first gas in the liquid in a second period after the first period; and generating second plasma in the first gas by applying a second voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. In generating the first plasma, the first gas is not supplied in the liquid. The bubble contains a second gas.

Abstract: A plasma generation device includes: a pair of electrodes that cause plasma to be generated in atmospheric pressure by a voltage being applied between the pair of electrodes; and a power source that includes a step-up transformer that has a coupling coefficient of 0.9 or greater and 0.9999 or less and generates the voltage.

Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: a high-voltage battery; a generator for generating electric power having a voltage higher than a battery voltage of high-voltage the battery; a first electric motor driven by electric power having a generation voltage of the generator; a second electric motor driven by electric power having the battery voltage of the high-voltage battery; a transformer for reducing a voltage of a part of the electric power generated by the generator which is to be distributed to the high-voltage battery from the generation voltage of the generator to the battery voltage of the high-voltage battery; and a controller for reducing a distribution ratio of the electric power to be distributed to the second electric motor from the generator if the temperature of the transformer is determined to have increased to reach a first predetermined temperature or higher.

Abstract: A plasma generating method, used in a plasma generating apparatus which includes a container, a first electrode, and a second electrode, includes: supplying a liquid in the container so that the second electrode is in contact with the liquid; in a first period, generating first plasma in a bubble generated in the liquid by applying a first voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode; supplying a first gas in the liquid in a second period after the first period; and generating second plasma in the first gas by applying a second voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. In generating the first plasma, the first gas is not supplied in the liquid. The bubble contains a second gas.

Abstract: A plasma generation device includes: a pair of electrodes that cause plasma to be generated in atmospheric pressure by a voltage being applied between the pair of electrodes; and a power source that includes a step-up transformer that has a coupling coefficient of 0.9 or greater and 0.9999 or less and generates the voltage.

Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: a high-voltage battery; a generator for generating electric power having a voltage higher than a battery voltage of high-voltage the battery; a first electric motor driven by electric power having a generation voltage of the generator; a second electric motor driven by electric power having the battery voltage of the high-voltage battery; a transformer for reducing a voltage of a part of the electric power generated by the generator which is to be distributed to the high-voltage battery from the generation voltage of the generator to the battery voltage of the high-voltage battery; and a controller for reducing a distribution ratio of the electric power to be distributed to the second electric motor from the generator if the temperature of the transformer is determined to have increased to reach a first predetermined temperature or higher.

Abstract: A cooling system to be mounted in a hybrid vehicle including a motor driven and a generator includes a cooling path and a pressurizing unit. In the cooling path, coolant for cooling the motor and the generator is recirculated. The pressurizing unit pumps the coolant. The motor is disposed downstream of the pressurizing unit in a recirculating direction of the coolant. The generator is disposed downstream of the motor and upstream of the pressurizing unit in the recirculating direction.

Abstract: To provide a rotating electrical machine for a vehicle having efficiently increased protection strength, a protective member mounted on a facing surface facing a side member of a rotating electrical machine disposed on the inner side along the width direction of the vehicle than the side member, has a protective portion apart from the outer surface of a cover forming a facing surface of the rotating electrical machine in an area of the rotating electrical machine facing the side member, and has a space ensured between the outer surface of the cover forming the facing surface of the rotating electrical machine and the protective portion.

Abstract: Provided is an implant fixture storage case capable to prevent mistake in combination. The implant fixture storage case comprises an implant fixture holding member (20) for holding an implant fixture and which has a length based on the implant fixture to be held, and a storage main body (10) on which a value related to the length of the implant fixture is displayed, and which holds the implant fixture holding member thereinside and has at least one part being transparent, and a position display means (12) provided to the storage main body based on a position of an end portion of the implant fixture holding member, wherein the end portion of the implant fixture holding member and the position display means are viewable at the same time.

Abstract: To provide a rotating electrical machine for a vehicle having efficiently increased protection strength, a protective member mounted on a facing surface facing to a side member of a rotating electrical machine disposed on the inner side along the width direction of the vehicle than the side member, has a protective portion apart from the outer surface of a cover forming a facing surface of the rotating electrical machine in an area of the rotating electrical machine facing to the side member, and has a space ensured between the outer surface of the cover forming the facing surface of the rotating electrical machine and the protective portion.

Abstract: Provided is an implant fixture storage case capable to prevent mistake in combination. The implant fixture storage case comprises an implant fixture holding member (20) for holding an implant fixture and which has a length based on the implant fixture to be held, and a storage main body (10) on which a value related to the length of the implant fixture is displayed, and which holds the implant fixture holding member thereinside and has at least one part being transparent, and a position display means (12) provided to the storage main body based on a position of an end portion of the implant fixture holding member, wherein the end portion of the implant fixture holding member and the position display means are viewable at the same time.

Abstract: A rear protection structure is provided for a vehicle which is equipped with an engine and a rear wheel-driving motor each as a traveling-driving power source of the vehicle and in which the rear wheel-driving motor is arranged between left and right rear wheels and of the vehicle, and a fuel tank for the engine and the rear wheel-driving motor are arranged adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A rear suspension supporting the rear wheel-driving motor has a suspension member with an octothorpe-like shape, and the rear wheel-driving motor and high-voltage lines connected to the rear wheel-driving motor are arranged within a space enclosed by the suspension member.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine apparatus includes a first rotary electric machine that includes a first rotor, a first stator and a first housing for containing the first rotor and the first stator, a second rotary electric machine that includes a second rotor, a second stator and a second housing for containing the second rotor and the second stator, a pump that supplies a cooling liquid to the first rotary electric machine and the second rotary electric machine, and a communication pipe that communicates a gas-phase in the first housing and a gas-phase in the second housing so that an internal pressures of the first housing and the second housing are balanced to each other.

Abstract: A front-and-rear-wheel-drive vehicle includes first and second electric drive motors which drive front and rear wheels, the second electric drive motor has a maximum torque greater than that of the first electric drive motor, a first speed reducer which reduces rotation of the first electric drive motor, a second speed reducer which reduces rotation of the second electric drive motor at a speed reduction ratio smaller than that of the first speed reducer, the speed reduction ratios of the first and second speed reducers are set in a manner that a maximum rate of rotation of one of the front and rear wheels corresponding to that of the second electric drive motor is greater than a maximum rate of rotation of the other wheel corresponding to that of the first electric drive motor.