Abstract: A device includes a first interface unit connected to a first controller area network (CAN) bus, a second interface unit connected to a second CAN bus, and a control unit configured to identify, in a case where transmission of a CAN frame is started, a CAN bus detected to be in a dominant state first after end of arbitration from the first CAN bus or the second CAN bus, as a CAN bus to which a transmission source device of the CAN frame is connected.

Abstract: A high-temperature-steam-oxidation-resistive coated reinforcement fiber applicable to a fiber reinforced composite, is provided with: a reinforcement fiber; a coating layer covering the reinforcement fiber and including a rare-earth silicate; an exfoliative layer intervening in an interface between the coating layer and the reinforcement fiber; and a supplemental coating layer covering the reinforcement fiber, the exfoliative layer and the coating layer.

Abstract: A mixing process of mixing a lithium-transition metal composite oxide with lithium phosphate; a milling process of applying mechanical stress to a mixture obtained in the mixing process to form the lithium-transition metal composite oxide having a layered crystal structure and the lithium phosphate into an amorphous or low-crystalline NiO-like rock-salt type crystal structure; and a heat treatment process of subjecting the mixture to a heat treatment to obtain a lithium-transition metal composite oxide having a layered rock-salt type crystal structure in which lithium phosphate is finely crystallized and dispersed, wherein the lithium-transition metal composite oxide is represented by a general formula: LisNi1-x-y-zCoxMnyMzO2+?, and the crystallized lithium phosphate covers a surface of a primary particle of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide, and is dispersed inside or on a surface of a secondary particle of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide having the layered rock-salt type crystal stru

Abstract: A work vehicle includes: an operation tool that is operated by an operator; and a controller that determines a target flow rate for hydraulic oil fed to a hydraulic device on a basis of the amount of operation of the operation tool. The controller calculates a bleed-off target flow rate on a basis of the flow rate of hydraulic oil fed from a hydraulic oil pump and the target flow rate for hydraulic oil fed to the hydraulic device, calculates a bleed-off throttle differential pressure on a basis of a pressure of hydraulic oil fed from the hydraulic oil pump and a pressure of hydraulic oil in a hydraulic oil tank, calculates a bleed-off target opening area on a basis of the bleed-off target flow rate and the bleed-off throttle differential pressure, and controls a hydraulic oil control valve such that the bleed-off target opening area is achieved.

Abstract: Provided is a fullerene structure including: a column-shaped part; and a fin part projecting from the column-shaped part, in which both of the column-shaped part and the fin part are fullerenes. Provided is a method of manufacturing a fullerene structure including: heating a fullerene raw material to a sublimable temperature or higher under a non-oxidizing gas; and cooling an atmosphere in which the fullerene raw material is heated. In one example, the method includes supplying the non-oxidizing gas in one direction; heating the fullerene raw material to the sublimable temperature or higher at an upstream side of a supply direction of the non-oxidizing gas; and cooling the atmosphere in which the fullerene raw material is heated at a downstream side of the supply direction of the non-oxidizing gas.

Abstract: The present invention realizes industrially excellent effects such that when electric power having a large output fluctuation, such as renewable energy, is used as a power source, electrolysis performance is unlikely to be deteriorated and excellent catalytic activity is retained stably over a longer period of time, and in addition, the present invention provides a technique that enables forming a catalyst layer of an oxygen generation anode, which gives such excellent effects, with a more versatile materials and by a simple electrolysis method.

Abstract: A photon detection device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a superconducting photon detector array in which a plurality of superconducting photon detectors (SPDs) are arranged; a plurality of first transmission lines connected to the plurality of SPDs and configured to transmit a detection current output from each of the plurality of SPDs; an address information generation circuit connected to the plurality of first transmission lines and configured to generate, based on the detection current, an address information signal that specifies a superconducting photon detector from which the detection current is output; a second transmission line magnetically coupled to all of the plurality of first transmission lines; and a time information generation circuit connected to the second transmission line and configured to generate, based on the detection current, a time information signal indicating a time at which a photon is incident on the plurality of superconductive photon detection SPDs.

Abstract: Disclosed is a positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion battery, wherein the positive electrode active material has small volume changes during charging and discharging, and when applied to a battery, can improve the cycle characteristics of the battery. The positive electrode active material of the present disclosure has a disordered rock salt structure belonging to space group Fm-3m, and has a composition represented by Li1+xTiyVzO2 (where 0<x?0.20, 0<y?0.40, and 0.40?z?0.85).

Abstract: A neural network system includes a primary input layer configured to acquire data in both a learning mode and an operation mode, an auxiliary input layer configured to acquire data solely in the learning mode, a first partial network configured to carry out learning using both an output of the primary input layer and an output of the auxiliary input layer and to subsequently carry out learning solely using the output of the primary input layer so as to produce a same calculation result as a calculation result produced using both the output of the primary input layer and the output of the auxiliary input layer, and a second partial network configured to carry out calculations in the learning mode and the operation mode upon receiving an output of the first partial network.

Abstract: A management system includes a course data generation unit that generates course data for each of a plurality of unmanned vehicles such that loading work for the plurality of unmanned vehicles by a loader is sequentially performed on a work site where a plurality of the loaders operates; and a priority determination unit that determine a passage order at an intersection on the work site of the plurality of unmanned vehicles traveling according to the course data so as to reduce a total loading loss indicating a total of loss amounts in operation of each of the plurality of the loaders.

Abstract: A molding device includes a movement processing unit configured to move a liquid column sandwiched between two substrates and a molding unit configured to perform a molding process by partially changing the liquid column to a solid within a prescribed molding region.

Abstract: An organic hydride production apparatus includes: an electrolyte membrane having proton conductivity; a cathode that includes a cathode catalyst layer used to hydrogenate a hydrogenation target substance using protons to produce an organic hydride and also includes a cathode chamber; an anode that includes an anode catalyst layer used to oxidize water to produce protons and also includes an anode chamber; and a gas introduction unit that introduces, into the anolyte at a certain position, a certain gas used to remove at least one of the hydrogenation target substance and the organic hydride that have passed through the electrolyte membrane and been mixed into the anolyte.

Abstract: Provided is a fullerene structure including: a column-shaped part; and a fin part projecting from the column-shaped part, in which both of the column-shaped part and the fin part are fUllerenes. Provided is a method of manufacturing a fullerene structure including: heating a fullerene raw material to a sublimable temperature or higher under a non-oxidizing gas; and cooling an atmosphere in which the fullerene raw material is heated. In one example, the method includes supplying the non-oxidizing gas in one direction; heating the fullerene raw material to the sublimable temperature or higher at an upstream side of a supply direction of the non-oxidizing gas; and cooling the atmosphere in which the fullerene raw material is heated at a downstream side of the supply direction of the non-oxidizing gas.

Abstract: A sensor module includes: a metal member having a recessed portion; a resin portion embedded within the recessed portion; a radiator provided within the resin portion and configured to emit radio waves; a wireless communication portion provided within the resin portion and connected to the radiator; and a sensor connected to the wireless communication portion, wherein the metal member is insulated from the radiator by the resin portion and functions as a parasitic element.

Abstract: A light receiver array according to the present invention is constituted by array-aligning plural receivers having slow light waveguides of photonic crystals, and a LiDAR device according to the present invention is constituted by linearly arranging a light receiver array and a transmitter. An arranging relationship of plural receivers of the light receiver array is an array-like element formed by array-aligning plural receivers having the slow light waveguides of photonic crystals, and the array alignment is defined by alignment for defining a position relationship between the plural receivers constituting the light receiver array, and orientation for defining a direction of each receiver. A relationship p=?/sin ??r is satisfied between the alignment pitch p, wavelength ? of the reception light, and an arrival angle ??r when a phase difference between reception lights received by waveguide ends of adjacent receivers is one wavelength.

Abstract: Provided are the following: an MWW type zeolite which has many Brønsted acid sites when in the form of a proton type and which is highly suitable as a cracking catalyst for cumene; a method for producing same; and an application of same. The present invention provides an MWW type zeolite in which the ratio (B/A) of the peak intensity (B) attributable to tetracoordinate aluminum relative to the peak intensity (A) attributable to hexacoordinate aluminum is 2 or more in 27Al MAS NMR, when measured as an ammonium type. The present invention also provides a method for producing an MWW type zeolite, the method having a step for carrying out a hydrothermal synthesis reaction in the presence of: a seed crystal of an MWW type zeolite containing no organic structure-directing agent; and a reaction mixture containing a silica source, an alumina source, an alkali source, an organic structure-directing agent, and water. The reaction mixture satisfies the following molar ratio: X/SiO2<0.

Abstract: An organic hydride production apparatus includes: an electrolyte membrane having proton conductivity; a cathode, provided on one side of the electrolyte membrane, that contains a cathode catalyst used to hydrogenate a hydrogenation target substance using protons to produce an organic hydride; an anode, provided opposite to the one side of the electrolyte membrane, that contains an anode catalyst used to oxidize water to produce protons; and an anode support, provided opposite to the electrolyte membrane side of the anode, that supports the anode. The anode support is formed of an elastic porous body of which the Young's modulus is greater than 0.1 N/mm2 and less than 43 N/mm2.

Abstract: A metal porous body having a three-dimensional network structure, includes: a framework forming the three-dimensional network structure; and a coating layer having fine pores and coating the framework, the three-dimensional network structure including a rib and a node connecting a plurality of ribs, the framework including an alkali-resistant first metal, the fine pores having an average fine pore diameter of 10 nm or more and 1 ?m or less, the coating layer including an alkali-resistant second metal and optionally including an alkali-soluble metal, the alkali-soluble metal being contained at a proportion of 0% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less with reference to a total mass of the framework and the coating layer.

Abstract: In a light deflection device and a lidar device, a parallel operation can be realized with a simple constitution, so as to avoid enlargement or complication of a system. The reflection angle of the light deflection device depends on a wavelength and a refractive index, so that light beams with respective wavelengths different from each other are simultaneously and parallelly deflected in directions of deflection angles each defined by the wavelength and the refractive index. The light beams with the plural wavelengths different from each other are deflected at the different deflection angles each defined by each wavelength and the refractive index, so that they can be deflected simultaneously and parallelly. The plural deflected light beams can be distinguished from each other based on the difference in the wavelength and the deflection angle of the light, even in the simultaneous and parallel operation.

Abstract: A solution search device includes a variable value calculation circuit provided for each variable in a conjunctive-normal-form logical expression of an instance of the Boolean Satisfiability problem (SAT) and calculates a value of the variable; and a notification path that notifies another variable value calculation circuit of the value, in which each of the variable value calculation circuit includes a positive-side variable value calculation circuit that calculates a value of a target variable making all clauses including a target variable having no negation among clauses of the logical expression be true, a negative-side variable value calculation circuit that calculates the value of the target variable making all clauses including a target variable having negation among clauses of the logical expression be true, and a current value calculation circuit that calculates the value of the target variable based on the value of the target variable calculated by the positive- side variable value calculation circu