Abstract: The iron loss of a dust core is reduced. A dust core (1) includes soft magnetic metal particles (3) having an average particle size of 5 ?m or more and 30 ?m or less, and a particle boundary phase (6). The particle boundary phase (6) includes a polycrystalline compound containing Al (aluminum). When a sectional structure of the dust core (1) is observed, an area percentage of ?-Al2O3 in the particle boundary phase (6) is 75% or less. An average thickness Ta of the particle boundary phase (6) is 10 nm or more and 300 nm or less. According to the present invention, the iron loss is reduced.

Abstract: A silicon carbide substrate includes a dopant. The silicon carbide substrate has, on an off-downstream side with respect to a center of the silicon carbide substrate in plan view, a portion having a resistivity lower than a resistivity at the center of the silicon carbide substrate in plan view. A value obtained by dividing a difference between the resistivity of the silicon carbide substrate at the center of the silicon carbide substrate in plan view and a minimum resistivity of the silicon carbide substrate on the off-downstream side with respect to the center of the silicon carbide substrate in plan view by the resistivity of the silicon carbide substrate at the center of the silicon carbide substrate in plan view is 0.015 or less. The resistivity of the silicon carbide substrate increases from a position at which the silicon carbide substrate has the minimum resistivity toward the off-downstream side.

Abstract: A heat sealable resin composition includes an ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A), an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer (B), and a tackifier resin (C), a content ratio of a constituent unit derived from a vinyl ester included in the ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A) is 8% by mass or more with respect to total copolymer constituent units constituting the ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A), and the tackifier resin (C) includes an alicyclic hydrocarbon resin (C1) and an aromatic hydrocarbon resin (C2).

Abstract: A heat sealable resin composition includes an ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A), and a tackifier resin (B), a content ratio of a constituent unit derived from a vinyl ester included in the ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A) is 8% by mass or more with respect to total copolymer constituent units constituting the ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A), and the tackifier resin (B) includes an alicyclic hydrocarbon resin (B1) and an aromatic hydrocarbon resin (B2).

Abstract: The assay device (10) comprises a micro flow path (76); a porous medium provided near the distal end portion (80) of the micro flow path (76); and a space (82) provided between the micro flow path (76) and the porous medium for controlling the flow rate of a fluid moving from the micro flow path (76) to the space (82). After a fluid moved along the micro flow path (76) based on a lateral flow is brought into contact with the porous medium beyond the space (82) and is absorbed to the porous medium, the fluid is divided by the space (82) so that the fluid stays in the micro flow path (76). With this structure, it is possible to perform solution exchange in the micro flow path without using an external device such as a pump.

Abstract: The assay device (10) comprises a micro flow path (76); a porous medium provided near the distal end portion (80) of the micro flow path (76); and a space (82) provided between the micro flow path (76) and the porous medium for controlling the flow rate of a fluid moving from the micro flow path (76) to the space (82). After a fluid moved along the micro flow path (76) based on a lateral flow is brought into contact with the porous medium beyond the space (82) and is absorbed to the porous medium, the fluid is divided by the space (82) so that the fluid stays in the micro flow path (76). With this structure, it is possible to perform solution exchange in the micro flow path without using an external device such as a pump.

Abstract: In a method of producing a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device including a nitride semiconductor active layer (105) held between an n-type nitride semiconductor layer (103, 104) and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer (106 to 108) on a substrate (101), at least any one of the n-type layer, the active layer and the p-type layer includes a multilayer film structure, and a surfactant material is supplied to a crystal growth surface just before, during or after crystal growth of a layer included in the multilayer film structure.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device including the step of contacting a surfactant material with the surface of an n-type nitride semiconductor layer or the surface of a p-type nitride semiconductor layer before the growth of an active layer, or, with a grown crystal surface during or after the growth of the active layer. According to this manufacturing method, a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device having higher light-emitting efficiency can be obtained.

Abstract: In a method of producing a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device including a nitride semiconductor active layer (105) held between an n-type nitride semiconductor layer (103, 104) and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer (106 to 108) on a substrate (101), at least any one of the n-type layer, the active layer and the p-type layer includes a multilayer film structure, and a surfactant material is supplied to a crystal growth surface just before, during or after crystal growth of a layer included in the multilayer film structure.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device including the step of contacting a surfactant material with the surface of an n-type nitride semiconductor layer or the surface of a p-type nitride semiconductor layer before the growth of an active layer, or, with a grown crystal surface during or after the growth of the active layer. According to this manufacturing method, a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device having higher light-emitting efficiency can be obtained.

Abstract: Upon providing on-line vehicle information using an information providing apparatus that belongs to a vehicle manufacturer, and a user terminal possessed by a user, information (e.g., including photographed images during assembly, position information during transportation, and the like) associated with the progress status of a specific vehicle corresponding to identification information which is received from the terminal and specifies the user is acquired from information associated with the progress status of a plurality of vehicles before shipping, which information is stored in a progress management DB, and the acquired information is provided to the user terminal from which the identification information was output.

Abstract: There is disclosed a server which provides a high quality service taking into account a balance of business processing of a dealer and a desire of a client. More specifically, the server in accordance with the present invention receives specification information specifying specifications of a vehicle and an estimation request, and decides whether to sends an estimated price stored in an estimated price database to the client terminal or to inquire an estimated price from a dealer. In addition, the server in accordance with the present invention refers to automatic reply prohibited client data and decides whether or not the client is stored in the data as a client to whom an estimated price should not be automatically returned. Moreover, the server in accordance with the present invention decides whether or not a comment of the client is included in estimation request data from the client.

Abstract: The vehicle sales support apparatus decides a customized vehicle having a combination of a plurality of optional items according to an operation of a user terminal 2, and sets an article designation code for the customized vehicle when an article designation code has not been set for a vehicle having a combination of the same optional items as the decided customized vehicle.

Abstract: Upon providing on-line vehicle information using an information providing apparatus that belongs to a vehicle manufacturer, and a user terminal possessed by a user, information (e.g., including photographed images during assembly, position information during transportation, and the like) associated with the progress status of a specific vehicle corresponding to identification information which is received from the terminal and specifies the user is acquired from information associated with the progress status of a plurality of vehicles before shipping, which information is stored in a progress management DB, and the acquired information is provided to the user terminal from which the identification information was output.

Abstract: In providing an estimated price of a vehicle to a customer online, an access history information database for storing access history information of accesses made by each customer for specification selection and/or estimate request regarding a vehicle is previously prepared. When a vehicle distributor inputs an estimated price in response to an estimate request from a customer, the access history information of the customer having made the estimate request read from the access history information database and/or information introducible from the access history information is presented to the distributor.

Abstract: In a vehicle sales support system for supporting vehicle sales to customers online by providing an estimated price of a vehicle calculated on the basis of calculation data stored in an estimated price DB, the calculation data stored in the estimated price DB is corrected/updated on the basis of prescribed data stored in a reference information DB. Thus, an improper estimated price can be prevented from being provided to a customer.

Abstract: In the case where an estimated price of a vehicle is presented online to a customer, reference information database for storing reference information to be used by each of a plurality of vehicle distributors in examining estimated prices of vehicles having various specifications is previously prepared, so that the reference information read from the reference information database can be presented to a distributor when the distributor inputs an estimated price.

Abstract: In response to a purchase contract for a vehicle made with a customer, a manufacturer server, a dealer server or a plant server stores the specification of the vehicle in contracted information DB in association with vehicle identification information for specifying the vehicle, and then issues a certificate for certifying the specification of the vehicle related to the purchase contract at a given timing. Also, the server receives a request for confirming the specification of the vehicle related to the purchase contract and the identification information from an online user terminal, selects the specification information of the vehicle from the contracted information DB, and sends the selected specification information to be displayed in the user terminal. Thus, the customer having purchased the vehicle with the specification selected online can grasp the selected specification after the purchase.

Abstract: An estimated price providing system allows a user of a user terminal to select an article with desired specifications in accordance with predetermined choices, which are set in advance in association with article specifications that a manufacturer can supply, in response to operation at the user terminal, which accesses a vehicle manufacturer server. When the article with the desired specifications is selected, or when the user makes request operation at the terminal, the vehicle manufacturer server or a dealer server calculates an estimated price when a dealer sells the article with the desired specifications by referring to a storage device, in which estimated prices that the dealer can offer are registered in advance for respective choices, in accordance with the desired specifications, and provides the calculated estimated price per article to the terminal.