Abstract: A transport vehicle system includes a transport vehicle to travel along a track, a controller to control the transport vehicle, and a power supply provided at each of a plurality of sections of the track. Each of the power supplies includes a sensor to monitor a state of the power supply and a communicator to transmit the monitoring result by the monitor to the controller. The controller is configured or programmed to control the transport vehicle in accordance with the monitoring result.

Abstract: Management of post-medication conditions for a wider range of medication target persons who have been administered medications is enabled. A management control apparatus acquires and manages, from a terminal device used by a medication target person, post-medication information discretionarily input by the medication target person after the medication, and post-medication information input for a designated report item as medicated person notebook information and report information for a medication manager, respectively. Then, by selectively using the medicated person notebook information and the report information for the medication manager, handling processing is executed according to a change in post-medication condition of the medication target person.

Abstract: Verification of not only medication completion information but also information indicating post-medication conditions can be realized. The medication completion information indicating the fact of the medication having been administered to a target recipient is obtained, and the obtained medication completion information is stored in association with the unique identification information of the target recipient. The post-medication information indicating the condition of the target recipient after the medication is obtained from the user terminal, and the obtained post-medication information is stored in association with the medication completion information. Medication certification information is created based on the stored medication completion information and post-medication information, and the process for submitting the created medication certification information from the target recipient to an organization is controlled.

Abstract: A collection device includes processing circuitry configured to determine a date of and an amount of transmission of a medical questionnaire according to a user, transmit a medical questionnaire to the user based on the date of and the amount of transmission, and receive an answer of the user to the transmitted medical questionnaire and store the answer in a storage.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a terminal device transmits administration completion information to a support control apparatus together with unique identification information of the patient. The support control apparatus receives the administration completion information and stores it in association with the unique identification information, extracts a patient corresponding to an extraction condition as a research target person based on the administration completion information and a preset extraction condition, and transmits a request for response to the terminal device of the extracted research target person. The terminal device returns response information representing a condition after medicine administration input by the patient in response to the request for response to the support control apparatus together with the unique identification information.

Abstract: A provision device includes processing circuitry configured to store patient information on each patient and examination-treatment information on examination and treatment on each patient dispersedly, acquire consent information indicating consent for provision of the patient information and the examination-treatment information from each patient to a third-party organization and add the consent information to the patient information in a storage, generate provision information obtained by combining the patient information containing the consent information and the examination-treatment information with respect to each patient, and provide the generated provision information to the third-party organization in response to a request from the third-party organization.

Abstract: A protected lithium electrode structure for a lithium-air battery includes a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer, which is made of a lithium metal, an alloy or a compound mainly containing lithium, which is stacked on the negative electrode current collector, and a separator stacked on the negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer is sealed by the separator and the negative electrode current collector. A fine powder capturing layer for fine powder lithium metal produced during charging and discharging is provided between the negative electrode active material layer and the separator.

Abstract: A metal-air battery and a protected anode used therein, which make it possible to prevent the metal such as Li being an anode active material and formed into fine powder from dispersing away from the anode layer, and to improve charging and discharging cycle characteristics, even in the case of a charging and discharging cycle over a long period of time.

Abstract: An objective is to provide an anode composite structure for use in a lithium-air battery to make the lithium-air battery less likely to degrade in charge-discharge performance. Provided is an anode composite structure for a lithium-air battery, including: an anode current collector; an anode layer stacked on the anode current collector, the anode layer being metallic lithium, an alloy containing lithium as a main component, or a chemical compound containing lithium as a main component; and a separator stacked on the anode layer. The anode layer is sealed in by the separator and the anode current collector.

Abstract: An objective is to provide an anode composite structure for use in a lithium-air battery to make the lithium-air battery less likely to degrade in charge-discharge performance. Provided is an anode composite structure for a lithium-air battery, including: an anode current collector; an anode layer stacked on the anode current collector, the anode layer being metallic lithium, an alloy containing lithium as a main component, or a chemical compound containing lithium as a main component; and a separator stacked on the anode layer. The anode layer is sealed in by the separator and the anode current collector.

Abstract: A metal-air battery and a protected anode used therein, which make it possible to prevent the metal such as Li being an anode active material and formed into fine powder from dispersing away from the anode layer, and to improve charging and discharging cycle characteristics, even in the case of a charging and discharging cycle over a long period of time.

Abstract: A protected lithium electrode structure for a lithium-air battery includes a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer, which is made of a lithium metal, an alloy or a compound mainly containing lithium, which is stacked on the negative electrode current collector, and a separator stacked on the negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer is sealed by the separator and the negative electrode current collector. A fine powder capturing layer for fine powder lithium metal produced during charging and discharging is provided between the negative electrode active material layer and the separator.

Abstract: A lithium-air battery having a lithium anode composite and an air electrode. The lithium anode composite includes a plate-shaped or strip-shaped anode current collector; two plate-shaped anode layers made from metallic lithium, an alloy primarily composed of lithium, or a compound primarily composed of lithium and arranged to sandwich a part of the anode current collector; two plate-shaped isolating layers made from glass ceramics having lithium ion conductivity and arranged to sandwich another part of the anode current collector and the whole of the two anode layers; and a junction provided to join and close outer peripheral portions of the two isolating layers with rest of the anode current collector being exposed outward between the two isolating layers. The air electrode includes an air electrode layer having an electroconductive material and a plate-shaped or strip-shaped air electrode current collector electrically connected to the air electrode layer.

Abstract: Problem to be Solved The present invention reduces decrease in discharge voltage of a metal-air battery and reduces the size of the battery. Solution A positive electrode includes plural plate-shaped pieces of positive electrode material 32 having a porosity structure or fibrous structure and containing an electrically conductive material and the positive electrode material 32 is electrically connected with a positive electrode collector 31. Surfaces of the plural pieces of the positive electrode material 32 are coated with a catalyst, the pieces of the positive electrode material 32 are stacked with the catalyst-coated surfaces facing each other, and a direction in which the pieces of the positive electrode material 32 are stacked is arranged to be parallel to a direction in which the positive electrode and negative electrode are stacked.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device may include, but is not limited to the following processes. A first group identifier allocated to a first group of semiconductor wafers is detected. The first group of semiconductor wafers includes a first semiconductor wafer to be processed first among the first group. A first processor of a plurality of processors, which process respective ones of the first group of semiconductor wafers, are determined based on the first group identifier. The first processor is used for processing the first semiconductor wafer. The first semiconductor wafer is supplied to the first processor.

Abstract: A lithium-air battery having a lithium anode composite and an air electrode. The lithium anode composite includes a plate-shaped or strip-shaped anode current collector; two plate-shaped anode layers made from metallic lithium, an alloy primarily composed of lithium, or a compound primarily composed of lithium and arranged to sandwich a part of the anode current collector; two plate-shaped isolating layers made from glass ceramics having lithium ion conductivity and arranged to sandwich another part of the anode current collector and the whole of the two anode layers; and a junction provided to join and close outer peripheral portions of the two isolating layers with rest of the anode current collector being exposed outward between the two isolating layers. The air electrode includes an air electrode layer having an electroconductive material and a plate-shaped or strip-shaped air electrode current collector electrically connected to the air electrode layer.

Abstract: A production management system has processing devices A, B, C, D, E, and P. A kind of product ? is processed in the order of the processing devices A, P, B, P, and C, and a kind of product ? is processed in the order of the processing devices D, P, E, and P. To determine whether the processing device P is to be used to produce the product ? or the product ?, an input ratio of each kind of product is multiplied by the number of times of passing the processing device P for each kind of product, thereby calculating a core of each kind of product. Based on the calculated score, whether the processing device P is to be used to produce the product ? or the product ? is determined. Accordingly, the work-in-process balance of key processes between different kinds of products can be equalized.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device may include, but is not limited to the following processes. A first group identifier allocated to a first group of semiconductor wafers is detected. The first group of semiconductor wafers includes a first semiconductor wafer to be processed first among the first group. A first processor of a plurality of processors, which process respective ones of the first group of semiconductor wafers, are determined based on the first group identifier. The first processor is used for processing the first semiconductor wafer. The first semiconductor wafer is supplied to the first processor.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling work process includes a lot allocation unit that gives a highest priority for lot-allocation to a device available for process. The device, which is given the highest priority, has at least one of a minimum number of lots-in-process and a maximum number of unworkable processes among devices available for process.

Abstract: Processing apparatuses A, B, C, and D are included in a job-shop production line, and process 1 to process 6 are performed by the processing apparatuses A, B, C, B, D, and B, respectively. The processing apparatus B is repeatedly used in process 2, process 4, and process 6; therefore, these processes are key processes. Based on the key processes, process 1 to process 6 are classified into a plurality of groups, and the number of in-process products of each of the groups is counted by a counting unit. According to this, a determining unit determines priority orders of the key processes such that a higher priority is given to a key process in a group having a large number of the in-process products. Thus, it becomes possible to perform determination of the priority orders further according to an actual situation, and to improve production efficiency.