Abstract: An object to be decontaminated contaminated with radioactive material is introduced into an acid eluting solvent to dissolve the radioactive material. The radioactive material dissolved is concentrated and separated from the eluting solvent in the present method. The object to be decontaminated comprises contaminated soil and contaminated liquid. One or both of the contaminated soil and the contaminated liquid are collected and introduced into the eluting solvent. The radioactive materials and the object to be decontaminated dissolved in the eluting solvent are separated into solid and liquid. The decontaminated soil separated from the eluting solvent is collected. The eluting solvent used for separating the radioactive material and in which radioactive material is dissolved is concentrated.

Abstract: Provided is an error correction encoder that performs coding on both a transmission area and a redundancy area of the transmission frame by using a product code, and when excess or deficiency is arisen with respect to allocation of an information sequence area and/or a parity sequence area in a product code frame generated by the coding using the product code, non-uniformly allocate the information sequence area to the parity sequence area, and/or non-uniformly allocate the parity sequence area to the information sequence area, where each of the non-uniform allocations is performed in accordance with the arisen excess or deficiency.

Abstract: A magnet temperature estimating system for a synchronous electric motor having a permanent magnet includes: a superimposing unit configured to superimpose a voltage or current of a frequency different from a frequency of a fundamental wave driving the synchronous electric motor on at least a d-axis of the synchronous electric motor; a calculator configured to calculate an impedance of the synchronous electric motor from the superimposed voltage or current and a current or voltage obtained by the superimposing; and a magnet temperature estimating unit configured to estimate a temperature of the permanent magnet on the basis of the calculated impedance.

Abstract: A torque estimating system for a synchronous electric motor having a permanent magnet includes: a superimposing unit configured to superimpose a voltage or current of a frequency different from a frequency of a fundamental wave driving the synchronous electric motor on at least a d-axis of the synchronous electric motor; a magnet temperature estimating unit configured to estimate a temperature of the permanent magnet from the superimposed voltage or current and a current or voltage obtained by the superimposing; and a torque estimating unit configured to estimate a torque of the synchronous electric motor from the estimated temperature of the permanent magnet.

Abstract: An input bit error ratio estimating method executed by a communication control unit includes a computing, a condition determining, a first input BER estimating, a second input BER estimating, a third input BER estimating, and an input BER estimation result outputting. In the condition determining, the communication control unit determines which of a plurality of conditions set in advance to be narrowed down to one has been established, based on a post-internal decoding residual error detection ratio. Based on the condition that is determined in the condition determining as one that has been established, the communication control unit selects one out of a plurality of processing procedures for estimating the input BER, namely, selects one of the first input BER estimating to the third input BER estimating and executes the selected processing.

Abstract: An error-correction coding method that includes outer coding of performing a coding process for an outer code; and inner coding of performing a coding process for an inner code that has an error correction capability adjusted based on an error correction capability of the outer code.

Abstract: A backlight unit includes: a light guide plate; a light source facing an entrance surface of the light guide plate; an optical sheet member located toward an exit surface of the light guide plate; and a frame surrounding the optical sheet member, the light source, and the light guide plate to retain the optical sheet member, the light source, and the light guide plate. The optical sheet member includes a protrusion protruding toward the light source and fixed to the light guide plate.

Abstract: Provided is compound for improving blood flow at sites of impaired circulation in the extremities, through promoting development of collateral blood circulation without angiogenesis; also provided is a therapeutic agent for sensitivity to cold or cold sensation, in which the active ingredient is a compound for improving blood flow at sites of impaired circulation in the extremities. A collateral blood flow development promoter, in which the active ingredient is (?)-6-[3-[3-cyclopropyl-3-[(1R,2R)-2-hydroxycyclohexyl]ureido]propoxy]-2(1H)-quinolinone or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof.

Abstract: A differential code optical transmission and reception device including: a digital signal processing optical transceiver that converts information data into an optical signal and transmits it to a communication channel, a reception front end part that receives the optical signal from the communication channel, an O/E conversion part that converts the optical signal received from the communication channel into an electrical signal, a skew correction part that regulates or correct a skew between lanes contained in the electrical signal, a differential decoder that decodes a differential code of the skew corrected electrical signal, and a lane exchange/rotation part that rearranges the electrical signal having passed through the differential decoder into a lane state thereof at the time of transmission in cases where lane exchange has occurred in the communication channel.

Abstract: A jetting apparatus for fire extinguishing gas has a gas cylinder which is charged with pressurized fire extinguishing gas therein and onto an opening of which a sealing plate opening is attached. The jetting apparatus has a two part case that can receive the gas cylinder. The jetting apparatus has a seal breaking member that has a neb capable of breaking the sealing plate. The jetting apparatus has a seal breaking member holder that is attached the seal breaking member. The jetting apparatus has a mouth part of the gas cylinder that is attached detachably, and a cylinder holder that has a through hole movably housing the seal breaking member therein. The jetting apparatus has a seal breaking member holder and a cylinder holder that can relatively approach each other. The jetting apparatus has a jetting port that is provided on the outside of the apparatus and can communicate with the through hole.

Abstract: A jetting apparatus for fire extinguishing gas has a gas cylinder which is charged with pressurized fire extinguishing gas therein and onto an opening of which a sealing plate opening is attached. The jetting apparatus has a two part case that can receive the gas cylinder. The jetting apparatus has a seal breaking member that has a neb capable of breaking the sealing plate. The jetting apparatus has a seal breaking member holder that is attached the seal breaking member. The jetting apparatus has a mouth part of the gas cylinder that is attached detachably, and a cylinder holder that has a through hole movably housing the seal breaking member therein. The jetting apparatus has a seal breaking member holder and a cylinder holder that can relatively approach each other. The jetting apparatus has a jetting port that is provided on the outside of the apparatus and can communicate with the through hole.

Abstract: An error correction method and device and a communication system using them, including an LDPC code generation method capable of adjusting an encoding rate of an LDPC code in a variable manner while leaving the length of the code constant by use of an efficient encoding method or mechanism supporting a variable encoding rate, so that the encoding rate of the LDPC code can be adjusted without changing the code length. An error correction method includes a row dividing to divide each of a part or all of rows into two or more rows based on one parity check matrix, and a code construction to construct a plurality of LDPC codes with arbitrary code rates, respectively.

Abstract: An error correction encoding device includes an outer encoding circuit that performs encoding processing for an outer code and an inner encoding circuit that performs encoding processing for an inner code. The inner encoding circuit includes an inner-encoding input circuit that performs interleaving processing in which a parallel input sequence is divided into lanes and in which a barrel shift is performed for each inner frame in the lanes. Thus, allocation ratios between an information sequence area and a parity sequence area are made uniform.

Abstract: In row calculation, a value which is obtained by subtracting an offset according to a minimum of the absolute values of column LLRs from the minimum of the absolute values of the column LLRs is set as a row LLR corresponding to a column of the column LLRs.

Abstract: Provided is an error correction encoder that performs coding on both a transmission area and a redundancy area of the transmission frame by using a product code, and when excess or deficiency is arisen with respect to allocation of an information sequence area and/or a parity sequence area in a product code frame generated by the coding using the product code, non-uniformly allocate the information sequence area to the parity sequence area, and/or non-uniformly allocate the parity sequence area to the information sequence area, where each of the non-uniform allocations is performed in accordance with the arisen excess or deficiency.

Abstract: An input bit error ratio estimating method executed by a communication control unit includes a computing, a condition determining, a first input BER estimating, a second input BER estimating, a third input BER estimating, and an input BER estimation result outputting. In the condition determining, the communication control unit determines which of a plurality of conditions set in advance to be narrowed down to one has been established, based on a post-internal decoding residual error detection ratio. Based on the condition that is determined in the condition determining as one that has been established, the communication control unit selects one out of a plurality of processing procedures for estimating the input BER, namely, selects one of the first input BER estimating to the third input BER estimating and executes the selected processing.

Abstract: When an error correction decoding unit 26 of a data reception device 2 fails in error correction decoding of a codeword, an MIMO processing unit 15 of a data transmission device 1 deforms transmitted codewords according to a predetermined rule, and transmits the codewords, and the error correction decoding unit 26 of the data reception device 2 reproduces data by using the deformed codewords. As a result, not only the noise but the interference wave components can be reduced, and the success rates of the demodulation and error correction decoding can be improved greatly.

Abstract: A driving apparatus includes a piezoelectric element which undergoes expansion/contraction motion by a driving signal; a driving shaft which is mounted on the piezoelectric element, and undergoes reciprocating movement according to the expansion/contraction motion of the piezoelectric element; a first movement member which is friction-engaged with the driving shaft, and moves due to the reciprocating movement of the driving shaft; and a first control portion which applies driving signals to the piezoelectric element; the first control portion applies driving control pulse signals when the first movement member is to be moved, and applies stop control pulse signals when the stopped first movement member is not to be moved to put the first movement member into a vibration-arrested state. By this means, the stopped first movement member can be smoothly moved, and the first movement member in motion can be smoothly stopped.

Abstract: To provide an anodic oxidation method, a titanium oxide film manufacturing method and a catalyst carrying method which is suitable, for example, for anodic oxidation of aluminum, titanium and catalyst carrying on the surface of alumite (registered trademark), capable of generating an oxide film at a low cost and rapidly by eliminating the use of a strongly acid or strongly basic electrolytic solution and using a carbonated water as an electrolytic solution, capable of controlling the sealing treatment of oxide film through a simple method, capable of effecting the oxide film dyeing and catalyst carrying rationally and easily, and capable of effecting the catalyst carrying safely and surely without eroding a base material. An object (3) to be treated is electrolyzed in an electrolytic solution received in a treatment vessel (1) serving the object (3) as an anodic electrode. It is an anodic oxidation method in which an oxide film is generated on the surface of the object (3).

Abstract: For an automobile there is provided a fire extinguisher which is rapidly activatable in combination with a device for cutting a seatbelt and a device for breaking open a windshield.