Abstract: According to an embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery is provided. The nonaqueous electrolyte includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes negative electrode active material particles. The negative electrode active material particles include a spinel-type lithium titanate. The negative electrode has such a surface state that a ratio ALi/ATi of an Li atom abundance ratio ALi to a Ti atom abundance ratio ATi, according to a photoelectron spectroscopic measurement for a surface, is increased at a rate of 0.002 to 0.02 per cycle in a charge-and-discharge cycle test under the predetermined condition.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical test apparatus includes a pump beam generating unit, a probe beam generating unit, and a photodetector. The pump beam generating unit is configured to irradiate a first surface region of a test object with a pump beam having a first wavelength which is transmitted through a first region including the first surface region and a first inner region adjacent to the first surface region and absorbed by an absorber arranged in the first inner region. The probe beam generating unit is configured to irradiate a second surface region outside the first surface region with a probe beam having a second wavelength which is reflected by the second surface region. The photodetector is configured to receive the probe beam reflected by the second surface region.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: controlling circuitry configured to change a value of a first parameter in accordance with a history of uplink multi-user transmission or whether capability of uplink multi-user transmission is in an enabled or disabled state, the first parameter defining an upper limit of duration during which a wireless medium is allowed to be occupied; and a transmitter configured to transmit a first frame.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a noise reduction apparatus includes a speaker, a generator and a controller. The speaker outputs control sound. The generator generates self-excited sound. The controller controls a phase and an amplitude of the control sound to reduce noise generated from a noise source, based on the control sound and the self-excited sound that is synchronized with the control sound.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a cell which includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductive type, a base region of a second conductive type on the first semiconductor region, a source region of the first conductive type on the base region, a gate electrode penetrating through the base region in a first direction to reach the first semiconductor region and extending in a second direction, and a gate insulting film between the gate electrode and the first semiconductor region, between the gate electrode and the base region, and between the gate electrode and the source region. The cell has a region having a first threshold voltage and a region having a second threshold voltage higher than the first threshold voltage.

Abstract: A memory circuit according to an embodiment includes: a first inverter circuit including a first p-channel MOS transistor and a first n-channel MOS transistor; a second inverter circuit cross-coupled with the first inverter and including a second p-channel MOS transistor and a second n-channel MOS transistor; a third n-channel MOS transistor in which one of a source and drain terminals is connected to a first output terminal of the first inverter circuit, and a gate terminal is connected to a first wiring line; a fourth n-channel MOS transistor connected to the third n-channel MOS transistor; a fifth n-channel MOS transistor in which one of a source and drain terminals is connected to a second output terminal of the second inverter circuit; and a sixth n-channel MOS transistor connected to the fifth n-channel MOS transistor.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a grasping control device controls a grasping device including grasping members to grasp an object. The grasping control device includes a selector, a first determination unit and a controller. The selector selects at least one grasping form for the object based on first information relating to the object, from among a plurality of grasping forms determined by a number and an arrangement of the grasping members. The first determination unit determines a usage form realizing the selected grasping form, from among a plurality of usage forms determined by at least one of second information relating to the grasping device and third information relating to an obstacle. The controller controls the grasping device such that at least one of grasping members grasps the object according to the determined usage form.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a first electrode, a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, a third semiconductor region of the first conductivity type, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The first semiconductor region includes a first region and a second region. The second semiconductor region is provided on the second region. The third semiconductor region is provided on a portion of the second semiconductor region. The third electrode is provided on the second semiconductor region and the first semiconductor region. A first layer is provided on the third electrode. The first layer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of titanium, nickel, and vanadium. A second layer is provided on the first layer. The second layer includes silicon and at least one selected from the group consisting of nitrogen and oxygen.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a sensing element portion and a first magnetic portion. The sensing element portion includes a supporter, a deformable film portion supported by the supporter, and a first element including a magnetic layer and being provided at the film portion. The first magnetic portion is separated from the sensing element portion. The first magnetic portion includes a plurality of first holes. A width of one of the plurality of first holes along a second direction is narrower than a length of the sensing element portion along the second direction and wider than a length of the first element along the second direction. The second direction crosses a first direction from the film portion toward the first element.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a recognition device includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to identify presence or absence of composition elements of a target from input observation data, acquire setting information indicative of a relationship between a type and composition elements, and identify a type of the target based on the setting information acquired and the presence or absence of the composition elements.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a management device includes: a setting memory configured to store an access method indicating which of a first access process of performing writing or reading with respect to data transferred from a non-volatile memory to a first memory, or a second access process of directly performing writing or reading with respect to data stored in the non-volatile memory, is to be executed for each of the plurality of pages; and circuitry configured to select any page set to the second access process among the plurality of pages, as an exchange target page, when a write amount with respect to the non-volatile memory is larger than a set value, and change an access method of the exchange target page from the second access process to the first access process.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, the silicon substrate includes a thinned portion and a side wall provided around the thinned portion. The thinned portion is thinned selectively from one surface. The optical element is formed on a surface of the thinned portion. The surface of the thinned portion is opposite to the one surface of the silicon substrate. The light guide member includes a lens portion, a light guide portion, and an alignment portion. The light guide portion is provided between the lens portion and the optical element. The alignment portion is for an optical connector. The thinned portion of the silicon substrate is provided between the light guide portion of the light guide member and the optical element.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises a tray, a conveyor, a detector and a movement mechanism. The tray accommodates at least one document. The conveyor conveys the document placed on the tray. The detector detects that the document is placed on the tray. The movement mechanism moves the tray from a first position to a second position closer to the conveyor than the first position based on the detection that the document is placed on the tray, and after moving the tray from the first position to the second position, moves the tray to the first position based on a setting of a mixed stacking mode in which mixing of the documents with different sizes on the tray is permitted.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material-containing layer. The positive electrode active material-containing layer includes at least one lithium-nickel composite oxide and a conductive agent. The positive electrode active material-containing layer has, in a particle size distribution obtained by a laser diffraction scattering method, an average particle diameter d50 within a range of 1 ?m to 5.5 ?m, a maximum particle diameter within a range of 10 ?m to 100 ?m, a particle diameter d10 within a range of 0.5 ?m to 3 ?m, and X, represented by X=(d50?d10)/d50, within a range of 0.5 to less than 1.

Abstract: In embodiments, a conveying apparatus includes a base, a wheel, a lifter, a lower side distance detection unit, and a control unit. The wheel is connected to the base via a suspension mechanism and is rotatable. The lifter is able to be lifted and lowered with respect to the base in a direction of a conveyance target. The lower side distance detection unit detects a lower side distance between a reference surface of the base and a ground contact surface of the wheel. The control unit controls a lifting/lowering operation of the lifter and rotative driving of the wheel. The control unit causes the lifter to be lifted and lowered based on the lower side distance and to support a part of a weight of the conveyance target, and causes the wheel to be rotatively driven and to convey the conveyance target.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a base, a first semiconductor chip mounted on the base, and a second semiconductor chip provided above the first semiconductor chip. The second semiconductor chip includes a first portion, a second portion including a region directly above a center of the first semiconductor chip, and a third portion including part of a portion of the second semiconductor chip other than a region directly above the first semiconductor chip. The second portion is thicker than the first portion. The third portion is thicker than the second portion and is disposed at a position sandwiching the first semiconductor chip.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a holding device includes a suction device, a sucker, a light amount sensor, and a controller. The suction device is configured to suction gas. The sucker is configured to communicate with the suction device and to adhere to an object by suction of the suction device. The light amount sensor is configured to two-dimensionally detect an amount of light from the object. The controller is configured to control the suction device on the basis of information detected by the light amount sensor.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nucleic acid reaction tool includes a support having a first surface, a covering body having a second surface, and a groove opened on the second surface, and a primer set. The covering body is in contact with the support to form a reaction space surrounded by the first surface and the groove. The groove includes, on an inner surface of the reaction space, rising surfaces opposed to each other, and a rear surface connecting one end of the side surfaces, and a primer fixing region to which the primer set is fixed, the primer fixing region being located at a corner where the one end of the side surfaces connected to the rear surface in the reaction space.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an inspection device includes a transmitter, a receiver, a feeder, and a processor. The transmitter emits an ultrasonic wave. The feeder causes an inspection object to move relative to the transmitter and the receiver in a space between the transmitter and the receiver. The processor processes a received signal corresponding to the ultrasonic wave obtained by the receiver. In a first state in which the inspection object includes a first region and a second region, the first region includes a foreign object, and the second region does not include the foreign object. The received signal includes a first signal level in a first interval, a second signal level in a second interval, and a third signal level in a third interval. The processor detects the foreign object by detecting at least one extreme value occurring in the received signal in a fourth interval.

Abstract: A gas processing apparatus of an embodiment includes a gas processing unit, a flow forming unit, an AC power supply, and first and second filters. The gas processing unit includes a plurality of stacks each having a dielectric substrate, a first to a third electrode. The flow forming unit forms a flow of a target gas flowing toward the gas processing unit. The AC power supply applies an AC voltage across the first, second electrodes and the third electrode so as to generate plasma induced flows of the target gas between the dielectric substrates. The first filter is disposed at an upstream of the gas processing unit, and removes ozone. The second filter is disposed at a downstream of the gas processing unit, and removes ozone.