Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte and a separator. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material containing LixNi1-a-bCoaMnbMcO2 (0.9<x?1.25, 0<a?0.4, 0?b?0.45, 0?c?0.1, and M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ti, Zn, Zr, Ca, and Sn). The separator includes polyester. A pore volume in a pore size distribution according to a mercury intrusion porosimetry is in a range of 0.9 cm3/g to 3 cm3/g. An air permeability value according to a Gurley method is in a range of 2 sec/100 ml to 15 sec/100 ml.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy includes: a core material made of an aluminum alloy including Si, Cu, and Mn, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities; a brazing material cladded onto one side surface of the core material, and made of an aluminum alloy including Si, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities; and a sacrificial anode material cladded onto the other side surface of the core material, and made of an aluminum alloy including Zn and Si, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, wherein a total number density of single phase pure Si and a intermetallic compound existing in the sacrificial anode material and having a grain size of 0.1 ?m or more and 1.0 ?m or less is 1×103/mm2 or more and 1×106/mm2 or less.

Abstract: A registration system includes a management apparatus configured to acquire first information of an authentication key for registration from a communication processing apparatus to communicate with the management apparatus, put a signature for the first information with a first registration key, and transmit the first information completed with the signature to the communication processing apparatus, and a registration server configured to acquire a registration request including the first information completed with the signature by the management apparatus from the communication processing apparatus to communicate with the registration server, verify the signature put for the first information included in the registration request, by using a second registration key paired with the first registration key, and register the first information included in the registration request, based on a result of verifying the signature put for the first information.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a spinel type lithium-manganese composite oxide and a lithium cobalt oxide, which satisfy formula (1): 0.01?B/(A+B)<0.05. The negative electrode includes a titanium-containing oxide. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery satisfies formula (2): 0.3?C/D 0.8. A is a weight ratio (wt %) of the spinel type lithium-manganese composite oxide. B is a weight ratio (wt %) of the lithium cobalt oxide. C is a pore specific surface area (m2/g) of the positive electrode. D is a pore specific surface area (m2/g) of the negative electrode.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to one embodiment includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material-containing layer. The negative electrode active material-containing layer contains a negative electrode active material containing an orthorhombic Na-containing niobium titanium composite oxide. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material-containing layer. The positive electrode active material-containing layer contains a positive electrode active material. A mass C [g/m2] of the positive electrode active material per unit area of the positive electrode and a mass A [g/m2] of the negative electrode active material per unit area of the negative electrode satisfy the formula (1): 0.95?A/C?1.5.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes a current collector and an active material-containing layer formed on the current collector. The active material-containing layer contains a lithium nickel cobalt manganese composite oxide and a lithium cobalt composite oxide. Pore size distribution obtained by mercury intrusion porosimetry for the active material-containing layer has a first peak top indicating a highest intensity I1 within a pore size range of from 0.1 ?m to 1 ?m and a second peak top indicating an intensity I2 which is a second highest intensity after the highest intensity I1 within the pore size range of from 0.1 ?m to 1 ?m. A pore size at the first peak top is smaller than a pore size at the second peak top.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode active material layer contains carbon dioxide and releases the carbon dioxide in the range of 0.1 ml to 5 ml per 1 g when heated at 200° C. for 1 minute.

Abstract: A determination method performed by a first apparatus corresponding to a first user, the determination method includes acquiring, from a second apparatus corresponding to a second user which is different from the first user, first aggregated information in which identification information for identifying each user having a specific relationship with each user having a specific relationship with the first user is summarized; acquiring, from the second apparatus, second aggregated information in which identification information for identifying each user having a specific relationship with the second user is summarized; identifying a result which indicates a specific relationship between the first user and the second user based on the acquired first aggregated information and the acquired second aggregated information; and outputting the identified result.

Abstract: A generation method implemented by a computer, the method includes: calculating a degree of similarity between a business entity being evaluated and a counterparty business entity that has a business relationship with the business entity being evaluated; and generating information on a degree of trust in the business entity being evaluated, based on the calculated degree of similarity.

Abstract: A verification method implemented by a first system including a plurality of computers, the method includes: calculating a first hash value for an original document; calculating a second hash value for an original document by using the first hash value; calculating a first modified version's first hash value for the first modified version document; calculating a first modified version's second hash value that is a hash value obtained by combining the first modified version's first hash value and the original document's second hash value; in response to a second modified version document obtained by modifying the first modified version document, calculating a second modified version's first hash value for the second modified version document; and calculating a second modified version's second hash value that is a hash value obtained by combining the second modified version's first hash value and the first modified version's second hash value.

Abstract: A control method implemented by a computer which is configured to be operated as a terminal apparatus, the control method including: transmitting, from the terminal apparatus to a first management server, a first request for transmission of a certificate of a first server, the first server being one of a plurality of servers, the first management server being configured to manage certificates for the plurality of servers; in response to the transmitting of the first request, receiving the certificate of the first server from the first management server; in response to the receiving of the certificate, determining a certificate authority by using information included in the received certificate, the certificate authority being a server from which the received certificate has been issued; and transmitting, from the terminal apparatus to the determined certificate authority, a second request for transmission of first address information on the first server.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a container member, a positive electrode stored in the container member, a negative electrode stored in the container member, and a nonaqueous electrolyte stored in the container member. A gas composition in the container member satisfies, when a charge ratio of the nonaqueous electrolyte battery is set to 30% and the nonaqueous electrolyte battery is left stand at 35° C. for 24 hrs, 0.02 (cc/g)?VH2?0.1 (cc/g)??(1) 0.05?VC3H6/VCO?0.1??(2) 1?VCO/VH2?9??(3).

Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte battery that includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The separator is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The separator includes a fiber-made nonwoven fabric having a tortuosity of 1.8 to 3 and a vacancy of 40% to 60%. The negative electrode has an operating potential of 0.7 V or more with respect to the potential of metallic lithium.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchangers, the aluminum alloy fin material being made of aluminum alloy comprising: 1.00 to 1.60 mass % of Mn; 0.70 to 1.20 mass % of Si; 0.05 to 0.50 mass % of Fe; 0.05 to 0.35 mass % of Cu; and 1.00 to 1.80 mass % of Zn, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, in which a matrix of the aluminum alloy has a fibrous structure, and tensile strength thereof is 170 to 230 MPa. According to the present invention, an aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchangers having excellent formability before brazing, excellent brazing properties, and excellent strength properties and corrosion resistance after brazing can be provided.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a container member, a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The container member is provided with a gas relief structure. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode mixture layer. The negative electrode mixture layer contains a titanium-containing oxide and Mn. Abundance ratios RTi, RMn, RA and RB obtained according to an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy spectrum of the negative electrode mixture layer satisfy the following relational expressions: 0.01?RMn/RTi?0.2??(1); 3?RA/RMn?50??(2); and 0.5?RA/RB?5??(3).

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery is provided. The nonaqueous electrolyte includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes negative electrode active material particles. The negative electrode active material particles include a spinel-type lithium titanate. The negative electrode has such a surface state that a ratio ALi/ATi of an Li atom abundance ratio ALi to a Ti atom abundance ratio ATi, according to a photoelectron spectroscopic measurement for a surface, is increased at a rate of 0.002 to 0.02 per cycle in a charge-and-discharge cycle test under the predetermined condition.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode material layer including a titanium-containing oxide. A logarithmic differential pore volume distribution curve of the separator obtained by a mercury intrusion method includes a first peak at which a pore diameter is in the range from 0.02 ?m to 0.15 ?m and second peak at which the pore diameter is in the range from 1.5 ?m to 30 ?m. A ratio P2I/P1I of a second peak intensity to a first peak intensity is more than 1.00 and not more than 3.00. The pore specific surface area of the separator is 70 m2/g or more.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes lithium manganese composite oxide particles having a spinel crystal structure and lithium cobalt composite oxide particles. The negative electrode includes a titanium-containing oxide. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains a propionate ester. The battery satisfies 0.8?p/n?1.2 and 1?w/s?60. p denotes a capacity per unit area of the positive electrode. n denotes a capacity per unit area of the negative electrode. w denotes a content of the propionate ester in the nonaqueous electrolyte and is in a range of 10% by weight to 60% by weight. s denotes an average particle size of the lithium manganese composite oxide particles.

Abstract: A positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes specific peaks in pyrolysis GC/MS measurement, and includes specific pore diameters and pore volumes in a pore distribution curve attained by a mercury intrusion method.

Abstract: An electrode according to an embodiment contains an electrode mixture layer containing an active material and a conductive assistant. In a logarithmic differential pore volume distribution by a mercury intrusion method, the electrode mixture layer satisfies: a ratio P1/P2 within a range of 2 or more and less than 8, and a ratio S1/S2 within a range of 3 or more and less than 10. P1 is a value of a maximum logarithmic differential pore volume in a pore diameter range of 0.1 ?m or more and 1 ?m or less. P2 is a value of a logarithmic differential pore volume of a pore diameter of 0.03 ?m. S1 is an integrated value in a pore diameter range of 0.1 ?m or more and 1 ?m or less. S2 is an integrated value in a pore diameter range of more than 0 ?m and less than 0.1 ?m.