Abstract: A voltage monitoring device 2 includes: a comparator circuit 31; a state determination circuit 32; a pulse pattern setting circuit 33; an output circuit 36; a VDD port 21; a VSS port 22; an input port 24; and an output port 23. The comparator circuit 31 is connected to the state determination circuit 32. The state determination circuit 32 is connected to the pulse pattern setting circuit 33. The pulse pattern setting circuit is connected to the output port 23 via the output circuit 36.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveyance unit, a carriage, a recording head, a frame, and a guide member. The conveyance unit conveys a sheet in a conveyance direction. The carriage moves in a scanning direction crossing the conveyance direction and has a first abutment portion and a second abutment portion higher in position than the first abutment portion. The recording head is mounted on the carriage, arranged to face a sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit, and ejects a liquid onto the conveyed sheet to record an image. The frame has a first sliding portion in abutment with the first abutment portion and has a second sliding portion in abutment with the second abutment portion. The guide member supports the carriage and is fixed to the frame at a position separated from the first sliding portion.

Abstract: A resin container manufacturing device includes: an injection molding part configured to injection-mold a first number of bottomed resin preforms by using an injection molding mold including an injection core mold and an injection cavity mold; a temperature adjustment part including a housing member configured to receive and perform temperature adjustment on the preforms demolded from the injection core mold in a high-temperature state; and a blow molding part configured to receive the preforms from the temperature adjustment part and blow-mold the preforms into resin containers. The injection core mold is configured to reciprocate between an injection molding position and a demolding position of the preforms. The temperature adjustment part is configured to perform the temperature adjustment by dividing the preforms housed in the housing member into a third number of groups each including a second number of preforms smaller than the first number.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following Formula (1), a hole transport material containing the compound, a hole transport material composition for a photoelectric conversion element containing the hole transport material, a photoelectric conversion element using the hole transport material composition for a photoelectric conversion element, and a solar cell using the photoelectric conversion element.

Abstract: The present invention provides a metal alkoxide compound represented by the following general formula (1), a thin-film-forming raw material containing the same, and a thin film production method of forming a metal-containing thin film using the raw material:

Abstract: An electronic component that includes: a substrate; a first electrode layer on the substrate and including conductive fillers and a binder; an insulation layer on the first electrode layer, the insulation layer having a via hole that penetrates the insulation layer in a lamination direction of the substrate, the first electrode layer, and the insulation layer; a second electrode layer on the insulation layer; and a via conductor in the via hole, the via conductor electrically coupling the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, wherein a portion of the first electrode layer overlapping with the via hole in a top view includes a coupling layer coupled to the via conductor, the coupling layer having a content rate of the binder lower than a content rate of the binder in a portion of the first electrode layer positioned outside the via hole in the top view.

Abstract: Provided is a thin-film forming raw material containing a compound represented by the following formula (1): in the formula (1), R1 to R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or a group containing a fluorine atom, M represents a metal atom, and “n” represents a valence of the metal atom represented by M, provided that at least one of R2, R3, and R4 represents the group containing a fluorine atom.

Abstract: A cell assembly for structural observation is provided which can allow X rays to effectively penetrate a cell which is the observation target in a relative wide range, and appropriately handle expansion/contraction of the cell itself. A cell assembly for structural observation for observing an internal structure of a cell by X-ray CT includes: a pair of restraining members (a first restraining member and a second restraining member) which restrain the cell serving as the observation target by sandwiching from both sides thereof, and in which one of the restraining members (the first restraining member) among the pair of restraining members has an X-ray irradiated part of relatively thinner thickness than the other restraining member (the second restraining member) formed at a site corresponding to the cell. In this mode, a displacement detection region is established in the X-ray irradiated part.

Abstract: A cell assembly for structural observation for observing the internal structure of a cell by X-ray CT includes: a pair of main restraining members which restrain a cell serving as an observation target by sandwiching from both sides thereof; and auxiliary restraining members of relatively thinner than the main restraining member, and are respectively interposed between the cell and the pair of the main restraining members, in which the pair of main restraining members are respectively configured by a plurality of partial restraining members disposed with a predetermined gap, and the auxiliary restraining members are disposed to overlap the gap of the main restraining members in a restraining direction view of the cell.

Abstract: A GHG emission estimation method includes: deriving, based on a vehicle usage rate of each distance class for each precipitation amount class based on a vehicle commuting distance of each employee and precipitation amount data of each past commuting day for the precipitation amount class, a first approximation function that estimates the vehicle usage rate; deriving a second approximation function that approximates a parameter value of the first approximation function; integrating the first approximation function and the second approximation function to derive a function for estimating the vehicle usage rate; calculating a corrected vehicle usage rate in which an appearance rate of the precipitation amount class is reflected in an output value of the function for the precipitation amount class; and calculating an estimated value of estimated GHG emissions based on the distance and the number of commuting days of the employee.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a posting history acquisition unit which acquires posting history data indicating a history of posts to an SNS; an analysis unit which analyzes elements common to words and phrases included in the posting history data; and a data generation unit which generates data indicating elements common to the words and phrases and information indicating the reliability of each of the elements on the basis of the analyzed result.

Abstract: Provided are a compound represented by the following Formula (1) useful as a hole transport material for a photoelectric conversion element, and a photoelectric conversion element using the compound in a hole transport layer.

Abstract: Provided is a thin-film forming raw material, which is used in an atomic layer deposition method, including a compound represented by the following general formula (1): M(R1)x1[A1-N(R2)(R3)]y1 ??(1) in the formula (1), R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, A1 represents a linear or branched alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, x1 represents an integer of from 0 to 2, y1 represents an integer of from 1 to 3, and M represents an indium atom or a zinc atom, provided that when M represents an indium atom, a compound in which x1 represents 2, y1 represents 1, and R1, R2, and R3 each represent a methyl group is excluded.

Abstract: An analysis device of an embodiment is an analysis device of an active material layer of an electrode of a secondary battery, and includes a processor configured to execute a program to acquire image data that represents active materials in the active material layer processed by ion milling and voids or fillings between the active materials by a difference in brightness, and compare patterns of the difference in brightness between the image data in at least two different states of the active material layer.

Abstract: In a hierarchical storage management system including: a hierarchical storage that is provided in an individual data center and has at least one storage medium; and a hierarchical storage control apparatus that manages at least one hierarchical storage, the hierarchical storage control apparatus includes a calculation unit that performs processing for obtaining, for individual data managed by the hierarchical storage control apparatus, a storage medium in a data center that satisfies an operation policy by calculating power consumption needed for storing the data, a cost needed for storing the data, and communication time for transferring the data from a data center to a reference source area and by comparing the calculated power consumption, cost, and communication time with the operation policy set for the data.

Abstract: The present invention provides an alkoxide compound represented by the following general formula (1), a thin-film forming raw material containing the compound, and a method of producing a thin-film: where R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or a fluorine atom-containing alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R3 and R4 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or a fluorine atom-containing alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom-containing group, or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R6 represents a fluorine atom-containing group, M represents a metal atom or a semimetal atom, and “n” represents the valence of the atom represented by M, provided that when M represents a copper atom, R3 and R4 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, and R5 represents a hydrogen atom.

Abstract: The vehicle battery inspection device includes a circular ring-shaped rail 10; a vehicle stand 20 that is arranged inside the rail 10, on the vehicle stand 20 the vehicle can self-travel substantially along the axial direction of the rail 10; a vehicle stand driver 30 that movably supports the vehicle stand 20; an X-ray source 40 configured to be movable along a circumferential direction of the rail 10 and irradiates the vehicle on the vehicle stand 20 with X-rays; an X-ray detector 50 configured to be movable in synchronization with the X-ray source 40 along the circumferential direction while being held in an orientation facing the X-ray source 40 and detects the X-rays to output an X-ray CT image of the battery; and a controller 90 which controls the vehicle stand driver 30 to arrange the battery at a location of inspection with the X-rays.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a charge/discharge control system and a charge/discharge control method capable of performing, in real time, highly accurate analysis of an internal state of a battery that is actually operating in a vehicle, and capable of performing control on the battery with a high accuracy based on the analysis, for improvement of safety. A battery charge/discharge control system 1 includes: an image acquirer 10 arranged in an inside of a battery 100 configured as a liquid battery, and configured to capture an image of the inside of the battery 100; a transferer 30 configured to transfer data of the image captured by the image acquirer 10 and a control signal; and controllers 14 and 50 configured to perform charge/discharge control on the battery based on the data of the image transferred from the transferer 30.

Abstract: An expansion/contraction amount calculation device 1 calculates an amount of deformation of an electrode by calculating an amount of expansion/contraction of the electrode based on 3D data of the electrode. The expansion/contraction amount calculation device 1 includes a controller 10 including: a feature point identifier 11 configured to identify a feature point from arrangement information regarding a piece of an active material, the arrangement information being included in the 3D data; a coordinate generator 12 configured to generate, based on relative positional information regarding the feature point, a coordinate system for calculation of the amount of deformation; and a calculator 14 configured to calculate, by comparing first 3D data with second 3D data, the amount of expansion/contraction of the electrode and the amount of deformation of the electrode.

Abstract: To accurately detect the moving state of secondary atomic ions at the time of targeted voltage application and the moving state of secondary atomic ions due to diffusion. An ion movement measuring device includes a test specimen and a detector. The test specimen has a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrolyte disposed between them. The first electrode and the second electrode each have a layer of an identical element, and have the identical potential in a state where no voltage is applied from outside the test specimen. At least the first electrode contains second atoms being isotopes of first atoms at an abundance ratio higher than a natural abundance ratio of the second atoms, the first atoms being present at a highest natural abundance ratio in the element. The detector detects some of ions of the first atoms and the second atoms, which are discharged from the electrolyte.