Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a wound electrode group and a lithium-ion conductive nonaqueous electrolyte. The wound electrode group includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode current collector includes: a layer having a first surface facing outward of the winding of the electrode group and a second surface facing inward of the winding of the electrode group; first protrusions protruding from the first surface; and second protrusions protruding from the second surface. Lithium metal is deposited on the first surface and the second surface by charging. A first average height of the first protrusions is higher than a second average height of the second protrusions.

Abstract: A carbon fiber recovery method for recovering carbon fibers from a fiber reinforced plastic member having a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) layer on which a glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) layer is formed is provided. This method includes: forming a cut that penetrates through the GFRP layer and reaches the CFRP layer in the fiber reinforced plastic member; causing a heated phosphorus-containing solution to penetrate from the cut and separating the CFRP layer from the GFRP layer in the vicinity of an interface between the CFRP layer and the GFRP layer; and dissolving, by a resin solution, a resin part of the CFRP layer from which the GFRP layer has been removed and then recovering the remaining carbon fibers.

Abstract: An ECU controls a PCU to perform capacity recovery control of recovering a capacity of an assembled battery. The capacity recovery control includes a discharge mode and a capacity recovery mode. In the discharge mode, the ECU discharges the assembled battery to a predetermined overdischarge region. In the capacity recovery mode, the ECU repeatedly performs, in the overdischarge region, a voltage increase of increasing a voltage across a lithium ion secondary battery due to a stop of the discharging and a pulse discharge of discharging the lithium ion secondary battery while oscillating a discharge current.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus capable of interchanging a lens unit includes a processing unit configured to perform image correction processing based on data acquired by an acquisition unit. In the image capturing apparatus, the acquired data includes information of a first shooting condition, configured in a discrete manner, information of a plurality of second shooting conditions provided for each information of the first shooting condition, and correction information corresponding to a combination of the information of the first shooting condition and the information of the second shooting condition.

Abstract: A carbon fiber recovery method for recovering carbon fibers from a fiber reinforced plastic member having a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) layer on which a glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) layer is formed is provided. This method includes: forming a cut that penetrates through the GFRP layer and reaches the CFRP layer in the fiber reinforced plastic member; causing a heated phosphorus-containing solution to penetrate from the cut and separating the CFRP layer from the GFRP layer in the vicinity of an interface between the CFRP layer and the GFRP layer; and dissolving, by a resin solution, a resin part of the CFRP layer from which the GFRP layer has been removed and then recovering the remaining carbon fibers.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus capable of interchanging a lens unit includes a processing unit configured to perform image correction processing based on data acquired by an acquisition unit. In the image capturing apparatus, the acquired data includes information of a first shooting condition, configured in a discrete manner, information of a plurality of second shooting conditions provided for each information of the first shooting condition, and correction information corresponding to a combination of the information of the first shooting condition and the information of the second shooting condition.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus which performs recovery processing that corrects aberration of an imaging optical system used when generating the image and recover image quality degradation, determines an adjustment value for adjusting a degree of emphasis of an edge included in an image, and performs edge emphasis processing by detecting an edge signal from the image, adjusting intensity of the detected edge signal based on the determined adjustment value, and adding the edge signal after adjustment to the image, wherein the adjustment value is determined based on whether the recovery processing has been performed for an image where the edge signal is detected, and with the adjustment value in a case where the recovery processing has been performed, degree of emphasis is suppressed compared to the adjustment value in a case where the recovery processing has not been performed.

Abstract: A semiconductor device inspection apparatus according to embodiments comprises: an action unit that generates an internal stress in a predetermined direction in a semiconductor device; a stress controller that controls a magnitude of the internal stress generated in the semiconductor device by the action unit; a probe electrically connected to the semiconductor device; a probe controller that supplies a current to the semiconductor device via the probe; and a controller that screens the semiconductor device based on a first current flowing through the semiconductor device via the probe while the internal stress is not generated in the semiconductor device and a second current flowing through the semiconductor device via the probe while the action unit generates the internal stress in the semiconductor device.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain images in a time series including images of a blood vessel of a subject and correlation information indicating a correlational relationship between physical indices of the blood vessel and function indices of the blood vessel related to vascular hemodynamics, calculate blood vessel morphology indices in a time series indicating morphology of the blood vessel of the subject, on a basis of the images in the time series, and identify a function index of the blood vessel of the subject, by using a physical index of the blood vessel of the subject obtained from the blood vessel morphology indices, on a basis of the correlation information.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rare earth magnet includes: preparing a powder by preparing a rapidly-solidified ribbon by liquid solidification, and by crushing the rapidly-solidified ribbon; manufacturing a sintered compact by press-forming the powder; and manufacturing a rare earth magnet by performing hot deformation processing on the sintered compact to impart anisotropy to the sintered compact. In this method, the rapidly-solidified ribbon is a plurality of fine crystal grains. The powder includes a RE-Fe—B main phase and a grain boundary phase of a RE-X alloy present around the main phase. RE represents at least one of Nd and Pr. X represents a metal element. A nitrogen content in the powder is adjusted to be at least 1,000 ppm and less than 3,000 ppm by performing at least one of the preparation of the powder and the manufacturing of the sintered compact in a nitrogen atmosphere.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material includes a plurality of layers and lithium located between the plurality of layers, each of the plurality of layers containing carbon and boron, and nitrogen or phosphorus, wherein a molar ratio of the boron to the carbon is more than 0.6.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material includes a layered compound that includes: a plurality of layers and calcium located between the plurality of layers; each of the plurality of layers containing carbon and boron and further containing nitrogen or phosphorus.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode depositing a lithium metal in a charged state, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a nonaqueous solvent and a lithium salt represented by a formula LiB(C6H5-mRm)4, where Rs each independently represent F or CF3, and m is an integer of 1 to 5.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material includes a compound represented by a composition formula of MgxMe1-xO1-xH2x, where Me is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu, and 0.5?x?0.9.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode on which a lithium metal is deposited in a charged state, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a nonaqueous solvent and a lithium salt containing a carborane anion.

Abstract: A lithium metal secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a solid electrolyte, and a soft electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector having at least one hole, in which lithium metal is deposited in a charged state. The solid electrolyte is disposed on the surface, which face negative electrode current collector, of the positive electrode. The soft electrolyte fills the space between the negative electrode current collector and solid electrolyte and entering into the at least one hole. The solid and soft electrolytes have lithium ion conductivity.

Abstract: A negative-electrode active material comprises: a graphite including boron; and a covering layer that covers a surface of the graphite. The covering layer comprises carbon. A ratio R satisfies 0?R?0.001, where R=SB/(SB+SC), and SB denotes a total peak area of a boron 1 s spectrum of the negative-electrode active material obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and SC denotes a total peak area of a carbon 1 s spectrum of the negative-electrode active material obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution filled between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode includes: an electrically conductive layer having a surface; and lithium metal pieces arranged spaced from each other on the surface of the electrically conductive layer. There is no lithium metal on an imaginary line extending from a first end to a second end opposite to the first end of the surface of the electrically conductive layer and traversing a space between the lithium metal pieces.

Abstract: A negative-electrode active material comprises a graphite including at least boron and fluorine. The fluorine is disposed at least on a surface of the graphite. A ratio R satisfies 0.5?R?1, where R=SBB/SB, and SB denotes a total peak area of a boron 1s spectrum of the graphite obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and SBB denotes a peak area of all spectra each having a peak in a binding energy range of not less than 184.0 eV and not more than 188.5 eV in the boron 1s spectrum.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode including a negative electrode collector having a surface, on which a lithium metal is deposited during charge; a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution filled between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode collector includes projection portions projecting from the surface toward the separator. There is no projection portion on an imaginary line extending from a first end to a second end opposite to the first end of the surface of the negative electrode collector and traversing a space between the projection portions.