Abstract: An anode for alkaline water electrolysis includes a conductive substrate having at least a surface made of nickel or a nickel-base alloy and a lithium-containing nickel oxide catalytic layer formed on a surface of the substrate. The molar ratio (Li/Ni) of lithium and nickel in the catalytic layer is in the range of 0.005 to 0.15.

Abstract: To provide an e-mail system for ensuring that a user is able to know content of an e-mail sent addressed to the user even when the e-mail is not delivered to the user. An e-mail sending unit (220) sends an e-mail sent addressed to the alternative mail address of the user to the actual mail address of the user, after setting a predetermined destination as a destination of a notice of failed delivery, if caused, of the e-mail. In a case where the notice of failed delivery of the e-mail sent addressed to the actual mail address of the user is received by the predetermined destination, an undelivered mail data saving unit (230) saves undelivered mail data indicating the undelivered e-mail in an undelivered mail data storage unit (410). An undelivered mail data sending unit (110) sends undelivered mail data indicating an e-mail sent addressed to the actual mail address of the user and failed to be delivered to a terminal device used by the user.

Abstract: Provided is a video processing device with which it is possible to efficaciously carry out a process of superpositioning a monitor character signal in a video signal which is inputted from a camera and outputting same separately from the video signal. The video processing device comprises: a character signal emitter which generates a character signal on the basis of the monitor data; and a character superposition unit which superpositions the character signal which is generated by the character signal emitter upon the least significant bits of the color difference signal of the video signal which is inputted from the camera. With respect to downconverting the video signal whereupon the character signal has been superpositioned, only a downsampling process on the least significant bits of the color difference signal is carried out, and an interpolation filter process is not carried out.

Abstract: The present invention resolves the problem by using a multilayer-structured carbon material, as a nonaqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery negative electrode, which satisfies the following (a) and (b): (a) (Void fraction calculated from DBP oil absorption)/(Void fraction calculated from tapping density) is less than 1.01; and (b) Surface oxygen content (O/C) determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is 1.5 atomic % or more.

Abstract: A method for producing a seed of a plant resistant to seedling diseases is provided which includes contacting a non-pathogenic microbe corresponding to a seed-borne pathogen with a flower part of a host plant around the flowering time and collecting a seed of the host plant colonized by the non-pathogenic microbe obtained thereafter, and a method for controlling seedling diseases using the seed.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a high-load durable anode for oxygen generation and a manufacturing method for the same used for industrial electrolyses including manufacturing of electrolytic metal foils such as electrolytic copper foil, aluminum liquid contact and continuously electrogalvanized steel plate, and metal extraction, having superior durability under high-load electrolysis conditions.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an anode for oxygen generation and a manufacturing method for the same used for industrial electrolyses including manufacturing of electrolytic metal foils such as electrolytic copper foil, aluminum liquid contact and continuously electrogalvanized steel plate, and metal extraction. The present invention features an anode for oxygen generation and a manufacturing method for the same comprising a conductive metal substrate and a catalyst layer containing iridium oxide formed on the conductive metal substrate wherein the coating is baked in a high temperature region of 410° C.-450° C. in an oxidation atmosphere to form the catalyst layer co-existing amorphous and crystalline iridium oxide and the catalyst layer co-existing the amorphous and crystalline iridium oxide is post-baked in a further high temperature region of 520° C.-560° C. in an oxidation atmosphere to crystallize almost all amount of iridium oxide in the catalyst layer.

Abstract: This redox flow secondary battery has an electrolyte tank (6) containing: a positive electrode cell chamber (2) containing a positive electrode (1) comprising a carbon electrode; a negative electrode cell chamber (4) containing a negative electrode (3) comprising a carbon electrode; and an electrolyte membrane (5) as a barrier membrane that separates/isolates the positive electrode cell chamber (2) and the negative electrode cell chamber (4). The positive electrode cell chamber (2) contains a positive electrode electrolyte containing an active substance, the negative electrode cell chamber (4) contains a negative electrode electrolyte containing an active substance, and the redox flow secondary battery charges and discharges on the basis of the change in valency of the active substances in the electrolytes.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an anode for oxygen generation and a manufacturing method for the same used for industrial electrolyses including manufacturing of electrolytic metal foils such as electrolytic copper foil, aluminum liquid contact and continuously electrogalvanized steel plate, and metal extraction. The present invention features an anode for oxygen generation and a manufacturing method for the same comprising a conductive metal substrate and a catalyst layer containing iridium oxide formed on the conductive metal substrate wherein the coating is baked in a low temperature region of 370° C.-400° C. in an oxidation atmosphere to form the catalyst layer containing amorphous iridium oxide and the catalyst layer containing amorphous iridium oxide is post-baked in a further high temperature region of 520° C.-600° C. in an oxidation atmosphere to crystallize almost all amount of iridium oxide in the catalyst layer.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a redox flow secondary battery which has low electrical resistance and excellent current efficiency in addition to durability. The present invention relates to: an electrolyte membrane for redox flow secondary batteries, which contains an ion exchange resin composition containing a fluorine-based polymer electrolyte; and a redox flow secondary battery which uses the electrolyte membrane for redox flow secondary batteries.

Abstract: The problem addressed by the present invention is to obtain an electrolyte membrane that, as an electrolyte membrane for a redox flow secondary battery, is able to suppress the ion permeability of an active substance without detracting from proton (H+) permeability, has superior ion-selective permeability, has low electrical resistivity, and has superior current efficiency. The present invention solves the abovementioned problem by means of the electrolyte membrane for a redox flow secondary battery containing a perfluorocarbon sulfonic acid resin having a specific structure and an equivalent weight (EW), and the ion conductivity being adjusted to a predetermined range.

Abstract: Provided is a video processing device with which it is possible to efficaciously carry out a process of superpositioning a monitor character signal in a video signal which is inputted from a camera and outputting same separately from the video signal. The video processing device comprises: a character signal emitter which generates a character signal on the basis of the monitor data; and a character superposition unit which superpositions the character signal which is generated by the character signal emitter upon the least significant bits of the color difference signal of the video signal which is inputted from the camera. With respect to downconverting the video signal whereupon the character signal has been superpositioned, only a downsampling process on the least significant bits of the color difference signal is carried out, and an interpolation filter process is not carried out.

Abstract: To provide an e-mail system for ensuring that a user is able to know content of an e-mail sent addressed to the user even when the e-mail is not delivered to the user. An e-mail sending unit (220) sends an e-mail sent addressed to the alternative mail address of the user to the actual mail address of the user, after setting a predetermined destination as a destination of a notice of failed delivery, if caused, of the e-mail. In a case where the notice of failed delivery of the e-mail sent addressed to the actual mail address of the user is received by the predetermined destination, an undelivered mail data saving unit (230) saves undelivered mail data indicating the undelivered e-mail in an undelivered mail data storage unit (410). An undelivered mail data sending unit (110) sends undelivered mail data indicating an e-mail sent addressed to the actual mail address of the user and failed to be delivered to a terminal device used by the user.

Abstract: The present invention resolves the problem by using a multilayer-structured carbon material, as a nonaqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery negative electrode, which satisfies the following (a) and (b): (a) (Void fraction calculated from DBP oil absorption)/(Void fraction calculated from tapping density) is less than 1.01; and (b) Surface oxygen content (O/C) determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is 1.5 atomic % or more.

Abstract: An antenna structure includes a radiation conductor made of a metal plate that is supported by legs provided upright on a surface of a dielectric substrate and is spaced apart from the surface. The radiation conductor is circularly shaped such that the contour of the radiation conductor conforms to the outer periphery of the dielectric substrate and such that the radiation conductor includes an open portion. One of the legs functions as a feeding terminal and the other functions as a grounding terminal, whereby the radiation conductor operates as a dipole antenna. The radiation conductor has slots for adjusting impedance. Impedance can be adjusted by changing the length of the slots.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus capable of efficiently processing bitstream in a small circuit scale includes an input buffer in which a bitstream is stored, a first processor which generates a program for processing a signal B corresponding to a signal A by taking out the signal A from the bitstream stored in the input buffer and by using at least one related signal included in the signal A, the related signal being related to the signal B; and a second processor which acquires the program generated by the first processor and executes the acquired program to process the signal B corresponding to the signal A.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of reactivating an electrode for electrolysis, which includes successively conducting two steps including an acid treatment step of dipping an electrode for electrolysis whose activity has decreased through electrolysis due to deposition of an electrode surface deposit containing a lead compound on a surface of the electrode for electrolysis in an aqueous solution containing from 5% by mass to 30% by mass of nitric acid and from 5% by mass to 20% by mass of hydrogen peroxide and a high-pressure water washing step of conducting high-pressure water washing under a pressure of from 50 to 100 MPa, or successively conducting three steps including an alkali treatment step of dipping in an alkali metal hydroxide aqueous solution of from 5% by mass to 20% by mass and the foregoing acid treatment step and the foregoing high-pressure water washing step, to remove an electrode surface deposit containing a lead compound or a lead compound and antimony oxide, thereby reactivating th

Abstract: An antenna structure includes a radiation conductor made of a metal plate that is supported by legs provided upright on a surface of a dielectric substrate and is spaced apart from the surface. The radiation conductor is circularly shaped such that the contour of the radiation conductor conforms to the outer periphery of the dielectric substrate and such that the radiation conductor includes an open portion. One of the legs functions as a feeding terminal and the other functions as a grounding terminal, whereby the radiation conductor operates as a dipole antenna. The radiation conductor has slots for adjusting impedance. Impedance can be adjusted by changing the length of the slots.

Abstract: A sunshade device for a vehicle includes a first panel being slidable relative to a roof panel by receiving a driving force so as to open or close an opening portion formed in the roof panel of a vehicle, a second panel being slidable by receiving a driving force from the first panel so as to open or close the opening portion, a lifting mechanism for lifting the second panel upward relative to the first panel in a predetermined sliding position, and a link member provided between the first panel and the second panel and rotatably connected to the first panel and the second panel. When the second panel is lifted upward relative to the first panel by the lifting mechanism, the link member rotates relative to the first panel and the second panel.

Abstract: An adaptive white defect correction method and an image-pickup apparatus implementing the method. Pixel data on lines located above and below a white defect pixel are judged according to a predetermined algorithm to determine which of a plurality of previously supposed kinds of pattern most resembles an image obtained near a white defect pixel. On the basis of a result of the determination, suitable interpolation data is generated. As for the determination of the image pattern, a pair of two pixels are selected from pixels on the lines located above and below the white defect pixel, and processing of determining whether there is correlation between pixel values of the selected pixels is repetitively executed until a image pattern near the white defect pixel is determined.