Abstract: A coil conductor and a via electrode placed away from the coil conductor are embedded in a magnetic layer. The magnetic layer is sandwiched between a pair of non-magnetic layers. The coil conductor and the via electrode are formed from a conductive material containing Cu as its main constituent, and the magnetic layer is formed from Ni—Mn—Zn ferrite where the CuO molar content is 5 mol % or less, and (x, y) falls within the range of A (25, 1), B (47, 1), C (47, 7.5), D (45, 7.5), E (45, 10), F (35, 10), G (35, 7.5), and H (25, 7.5) when the molar content x of Fe2O3 and the molar content y of Mn2O3 are represented by (x, y). Thus, insulation properties can be ensured, favorable electrical characteristics can be achieved, and a ceramic electronic component is achieved which is able to be reduced in size.

Abstract: A laminated coil component includes a magnetic body part made of a Ni—Zn-based ferrite material and a coil conductor containing Cu as a main component, which is wound into a coil shape, and the coil conductor is embedded in the magnetic body part to form a component base. The component base is divided into a first region near the coil conductor and a second region other than the first region. The grain size ratio of the average crystal grain size of the magnetic body part in the first region to the average crystal grain size of the magnetic body part in the second region is 0.85 or less. The molar content of CuO in the ferrite raw material is set to 6 mol % or less, and firing is performed in a reducing atmosphere in which the oxygen partial pressure is an equilibrium oxygen partial pressure of Cu—Cu2O or less.

Abstract: A low-cost failure diagnosis method, without addition of a measuring unit and a communication unit, provided for a solar battery system, of calculating a working temperature and the number of failed solar battery modules in a solar battery array, by calculating a solar radiation amount while updating a predetermined coefficient as a ratio between a short-circuit current and a working current in accordance with state of the solar battery array and using measured data having the working current and working voltage measured with a detection unit.

Abstract: A laminated coil component includes a magnetic body part made of a Ni—Zn-based ferrite material and a coil conductor containing Cu as a main component, which is wound into a coil shape, and the coil conductor is embedded in the magnetic body part to form a component base. The component base is divided into a first region near the coil conductor and a second region other than the first region. The grain size ratio of the average crystal grain size of the magnetic body part in the first region to the average crystal grain size of the magnetic body part in the second region is 0.85 or less. The molar content of CuO in the ferrite raw material is set to 6 mol % or less, and firing is performed in a reducing atmosphere in which the oxygen partial pressure is an equilibrium oxygen partial pressure of Cu—Cu2O or less.

Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a semiconductor stacked body, a light transmissive conductive film disposed on the semiconductor stacked body, the light transmissive conductive film including a plurality of through holes, insulation films disposed in the plurality of through holes, the plurality of through holes being disposed on the semiconductor stacked body; and a pad electrode disposed on the light transmissive conductive film and the insulation films.

Abstract: In order to provide a system which detects and classifies abnormality in a solar battery even during power generation, an output voltage and an output current of the solar battery during power generation are detected, and a solar battery characteristic equation and a threshold value for detecting an abnormal state are calculated using the detected voltage value and current value and the measurement data of an external environment measurement unit. The kind of abnormal state of the solar battery is classified using the calculation result of the characteristic equation and the threshold value.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a magnetic section composed of a ferrite material and a coil conductor containing Cu as its main constituent. The magnetic section is formed from Ni—Cu—Zn ferrite which falls within the range specified by (x, y)=A (25, 1), B (47, 1), C (47, 7.5), D (46, 7.5), E (46, 10), F (30, 10), G (30, 7.5), and H (25, 7.5) when the molar content x of Fe2O3 and the molar content y of Mn2O3 are represented by (x, y). A CuO molar content of 0.5 to 10.0 mol %, a ZnO content of 1.0 to 35.0 mol %, a MgO content of 5.0 to 35.0 mol %, and NiO as the balance is present. Even when co-firing with a conductive material containing Cu as its main constituent, insulation properties are ensured, favorable electrical properties are achieved, and a ceramic electronic component is achieved.

Abstract: There is provided a common mode choke coil in which a non-magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer stacked on a first magnetic layer and two facing conductive coils are included in the non-magnetic layer, the non-magnetic layer is formed of sintered glass ceramics, the conductive coils and are formed of a conductor containing copper, and at least one of the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer is formed of a sintered ferrite material containing Fe2O3, Mn2O3, NiO, ZnO and CuO. The sintered ferrite material has an Fe2O3-reduced content of 25 to 47 mol % and a Mn2O3-reduced content of 1 to 7.5 mol %, or Fe2O3-reduced content of 35 to 45 mol % and a Mn2O3-reduced content of 7.5 to 10 mol %, and a CuO reduced content of 5 mol %.

Abstract: A flow-rate regulator device for controlling a flow rate of a liquid includes a first flow-rate regulator component positioned on an upstream side of a liquid line, and a second flow-rate regulator component positioned on a downstream side of the liquid line and connected in series to the first flow-rate regulator component. The first flow-rate regulator component adjusts a degree of opening such that a flow rate of liquid flowing through the liquid line is set a specified number of times greater than a target flow rate when the second flow-rate regulator component has a full opening, and the second flow-rate regulator component adjusts a degree of opening such that the flow rate of the liquid flowing through the liquid line is to be at the target flow rate when the first flow-rate regulator component is adjusted to have the degree of opening.

Abstract: In the present invention, it has been an object to obtain a physical property improvement agent for improving the various physical properties of wheat-based food such as bread, wheat-flour baked sweets, and noodles. By using a water-soluble pea polysaccharide, it is possible to obtain a physical property-improving effect in wheat-based food such as bread, wheat-flour baked sweets, and noodles. In bread and wheat-flour baked sweets, while changes in the mouthfeel caused by aging of starch are suppressed, the workability is enhanced by improving the spreadability of the dough, furthermore, the volume after baking is increased, and mouthfeel with good crispness and meltability in the mouth is obtained. In noodles, it is possible to suppress aging when braised noodles are stored at room temperature or with refrigerating.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a dispersion stabilizer that can minimize coagulated precipitation of a protein under acidic conditions, especially in the pH range of around pH 5 which is closer to neutrality than the range around the isoelectric point of the protein. It is possible to stabilize dispersion of protein particles around pH 5, and thus prepare an acidic protein food, by using a legume seed polysaccharide esterified with a succinic acid derivative having a hydrocarbon chain bonded to the 2-position carbon of succinic acid or succinic acid. The hydrocarbon chain of the succinic acid derivative preferably has 2 to 18 carbon atoms, and is most preferably an octenyl group. The esterified legume seed polysaccharides also have high emulsifying ability.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pectic polysaccharide, wherein a degree of methyl esterification of constituent galacturonic acid is 45% or less, a structure of a single molecule observed with an atomic force microscope comprises a star structure, and a diameter of the molecule is more than 100 nm and equal to or less than 200 nm.

Abstract: An ink supply method in an ink supply apparatus including an ink fountain, a plurality of ink fountain keys, an ink fountain roller, an ink ductor roller, and an ink roller group. An ink film thickness distribution corresponding to an image on a printing plate is formed in the ink roller group. The ink roller group is divided into a plurality of roller subgroups. After or before division, a throw-on operation is performed for at least one of the plurality of roller subgroups, and a plate cylinder on which the printing plate to be used for printing of the next job is mounted. Ink in at least one of the plurality of roller subgroups is supplied to the printing plate mounted on the plate cylinder by rotating the plate cylinder and at least one of the plurality of roller subgroups. An ink supply apparatus is also disclosed.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of laminated photoelectric conversion sections; a reading section configured of a semiconductor region formed inside a semiconductor substrate and reading electric charge that has been subjected to photoelectric conversion in the photoelectric conversion sections; a charge accumulation section accumulating the electric charge read by the reading section; and a light shielding structure shielding, from light, a portion other than the reading section and the photoelectric conversion sections.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing carrot pectin wherein carrot is extracted with water at a temperature of below 100° C. under conditions with a pH of between 2 and 5, inclusive. The carrot pectin obtained by this production method exhibits excellent dispersion stability for proteins in a wide pH range.

Abstract: [Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a natural polymeric emulsifier improved in so-called “emulsifying power”, said natural polymeric emulsifier being capable of forming, even by the addition thereof in a small amount, an oil-in-water emulsion which has a small emulsified particle diameter and a uniform particle size distribution and which rarely suffers from the aggregation or coalescence of emulsified particles even when has undergone heating, long-term storage, aging or the like. [Solution] The purpose can be achieved by using water-soluble soybean polysaccharides which have a methyl ester content of 30% or below relative to the uronic acids and an acetate content of 1 wt % or higher in terms of free acetic acid and relative to the water-soluble soybean polysaccharides.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid medication dispensing machine that can remove a liquid medication from one end of a supply pipe with higher reliability. The liquid medication dispensing machine includes a plurality of supply nozzles located at equal intervals through which liquid medications flow from a plurality of liquid medication bottles containing the liquid medications, respectively, to a prescription bottle. The plurality of supply nozzles are moved sequentially to a supply position where a supply nozzle faces an upper opening of the prescription bottle. The liquid medication dispensing machine further includes a cleaning unit that removes the liquid medication adhering to the supply nozzle. The supply nozzles are moved sequentially to a cleaning position where the cleaning unit removes the liquid medication from the supply nozzle. The cleaning position is provided at a position away from the supply position by a distance smaller than a spacing between the supply nozzles.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a camera device including: a housing having an opening; a lens exposed from the opening of the housing; a lens barrel for holding the lens, the lens barrel being fitted in the housing to expose the lens from the opening of the housing; a packing provided between the lens barrel and the housing for preventing the entry of a water flow passed through the opening; an imaging mechanism having an imaging device for detecting incident light transmitted through the lens; and a buffer portion configured to reduce the pressure of the water flow in a water flow path between the opening and the packing.

Abstract: A stacking unit accommodates sheets stacked on it. The stacking unit is capable of moving up and down within an operation range from a predetermined upper limit to a predetermined lower limit. A determination unit releases a determination of the fully loaded state if elapsed time from the time when the determination unit determines that the stacking unit has been fully loaded with sheets to the time when a sheet detection unit again detects an uppermost sheet of the stacked sheets as a result of the stacking unit being lifted up when the sheet detection unit can no longer detect the sheet after detection of the sheet exceeding a first threshold time preset in correspondence with the amount of curl imparted to the sheet.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a magnetic section composed of a ferrite material and a coil conductor containing Cu as its main constituent. The magnetic section is formed from Ni—Cu—Zn ferrite which falls within the range specified by (x, y)=A (25, 1), B (47, 1), C (47, 7.5), D (46, 7.5), E (46, 10), F (30, 10), G (30, 7.5), and H (25, 7.5) when the molar content x of Fe2O3 and the molar content y of Mn2O3 are represented by (x, y). A CuO molar content of 0.5 to 10.0 mol %, a ZnO content of 1.0 to 35.0 mol %, a MgO content of 5.0 to 35.0 mol %, and NiO as the balance is present. Even when co-firing with a conductive material containing Cu as its main constituent, insulation properties are ensured, favorable electrical properties are achieved, and a ceramic electronic component is achieved.