Abstract: A congestion prediction device, a congestion prediction method, and a storage medium are provided. A mapping outputs an output variable when input variables are input to the mapping. The output variable indicates a degree of congestion in a predetermined specific area. The mapping is learned in advance by machine learning. The input variables include congestion variables. Each of the congestion variables indicates a degree of congestion in the specific area at regular time intervals within a specific period. The output variable indicates a degree of congestion after a lapse of the regular time interval from an end time of the specific period.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes: an alarm unit that executes a monitoring function of detecting a wrongful act on a vehicle and causes an alarm output unit to output an alarm when the wrongful act is detected by the monitoring function; a software update unit that performs an update of software of an electronic device equipped in the vehicle; and an alarm output control unit that performs restriction of the output of the alarm when the software update unit performs the update of the software of the electronic device.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is to be applied to a vehicle including a torque converter and an engine. The vehicle control apparatus includes a turbine hub, a lock-up piston, a damper mechanism, and a control system. The damper mechanism permits relative rotation between a hub of the turbine hub and a cylindrical part of the lock-up piston. The control system controls the engine. The control system calculates, with the lock-up piston engaged with a crankshaft of the engine, a PV value that is a product of a sliding surface pressure and a sliding speed between the hub and the cylindrical part. When the PV value is greater than a threshold, the control system changes an engine torque more gradually than when the PV value is equal to or less than the threshold. The engine torque is an output torque of the crankshaft.

Abstract: A continuous administration device configured to be indwelled in a living body for sustained release of a substance to be administered, the continuous administration device including: a cylindrical main body portion having an inner cavity; a plug slidable in the inner cavity in a liquid-tight manner; a pressing portion disposed on an upstream side with respect to the plug and configured to press the plug toward a downstream side; the substance to be administered, which is stored in the inner cavity on the downstream side with respect to the plug and released into the living body by the plug sliding toward the downstream side; and a sliding solid coating layer that reduces initial sliding resistance and normal sliding resistance of the plug, on at least one of an outer surface of the plug or a region where the plug slides in the inner cavity.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip having first and second main electrodes disposed on opposite surfaces of a silicon carbide substrate, first and second heat dissipation members disposed so as to sandwich the semiconductor chip, and joining members disposed between the first main electrode and the first heat dissipation member and between the second main electrode and the second heat dissipation member. At least one of the joining members is made of a lead-free solder having an alloy composition that contains 3.2 to 3.8 mass % Ag, 0.6 to 0.8 mass % Cu, 0.01 to 0.2 mass % Ni, x mass % Sb, y mass % Bi, 0.001 to 0.3 mass % Co, 0.001 to 0.2 mass % P, and a balance of Sn, where x and y satisfy relational expressions of x+2y?11 mass %, x+14y?42 mass %, and x?5.1 mass %.

Abstract: A system includes first and second acquisition units that acquire first and second biological information of a target, and an estimation unit. The first acquisition unit includes at least one first sensor. The second acquisition unit includes at least one second sensor different from the at least one first sensor. The estimation unit estimates a thermal comfort of the target based on the first and second biological information. The estimation unit further estimates a first thermal comfort of the target based on the first biological information, and the thermal comfort of the target based on the first and second biological information. When the second acquisition unit does not acquire the second biological information, the estimation unit sets, as the thermal comfort of the target, the first thermal comfort that is corrected using previous thermal comfort of the target estimated by the estimation unit based on at least the second biological information previously acquired by the second acquisition unit.

Abstract: An injection formulation includes a medical container having an oxygen-permeable container that is filled with a sugammadex sodium aqueous solution containing sugammadex sodium as an effective component and sterilized with high-pressure steam and a poorly oxygen-permeable packaging container, in which (i) the medical container is accommodated and sealed in the poorly oxygen-permeable packaging container together with an oxygen absorber or (ii) the medical container is accommodated and sealed in the poorly oxygen-permeable packaging container purged with an inert gas.

Abstract: A system includes first and second acquisition units that acquire first and second biological information of a target, and an estimation unit. The first acquisition unit includes at least one first sensor. The second acquisition unit includes at least one second sensor different from the at least one first sensor. The estimation unit estimates a thermal comfort of the target based on the first and second biological information. The estimation unit further estimates a first thermal comfort of the target based on the first biological information, and the thermal comfort of the target based on the first and second biological information. When the second acquisition unit does not acquire the second biological information, the estimation unit sets, as the thermal comfort of the target, the first thermal comfort that is corrected using previous thermal comfort of the target estimated by the estimation unit based on at least the second biological information previously acquired by the second acquisition unit.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material contains particles of negative electrode active material, wherein the particles of negative electrode active material contain a silicon compound represented by SiOx (0.5?x?1.6), and when the particles of negative electrode active material are measured by an atom probe method, and an Si 75% equivalent concentration surface obtained by the atom probe method is defined to be a boundary surface of a silicon grain, an average diameter of the silicon grains at a center portion of the particle in the particles of negative electrode active material is in the range of 0.25 nm to 5 nm. According to this constitution, when it is used as the negative electrode active material of a secondary battery, a negative electrode active material is capable of increasing battery capacity and improving cycle characteristics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a negative electrode material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, which is composed of a silicon composite body that has a structure wherein microcrystals or fine particles of silicon are dispersed in a substance having a composition different from that of the microcrystals or fine particles, said silicon composite body having a crystallite size of the microcrystals or fine particles of 8.0 nm or less as calculated using Scherrer's equation on the basis of the half width of the diffraction peak belonging to Si(220) in an X-ray diffraction. The present invention is able to provide a negative electrode material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, which has excellent coulombic efficiency, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery.

Abstract: The present invention provides a negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising negative electrode active material particles containing a silicon compound expressed by SiOx at least partially coated with a carbon coating where 0.5?x?1.6. The negative electrode active material particles have a negative zeta potential and exhibiting fragments of CyHz compound in an outermost surface layer of the silicon compound when subjected to TOF-SIMS. This negative electrode material can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and battery initial efficiency. The invention also provides a negative electrode active material layer, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using this material, and a method of producing this material.

Abstract: The present invention is a negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including negative electrode active material particles composed of a silicon compound (SiOx, where 0.5?x?1.6) containing a lithium compound, the negative electrode active material particles being coated with a coating containing at least two of a substance having two or more hydroxyl groups per molecule, phosphoryl fluoride, lithium carbonate, and a hydrocarbon that exhibits a positive ion spectrum CyH2 (1?y?3 and 2?z?5) when subjected to TOF-SIMS. There can be provided a negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a negative electrode using this negative electrode material, and a method of producing negative electrode active material particles that can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and initial charge and discharge performance.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material including: a particle of negative electrode active material containing silicon-based material of SiOx (0.5?x?1.6); wherein the intensity A of a peak in a Si-region given in the chemical shift region of from ?50 to ?95 ppm and the intensity B of a peak in a SiO2-region given in the chemical shift region of from ?96 to ?150 ppm in a 29Si-MAS-NMR spectrum of the silicon-based material satisfy a relationship that A/B?0.8. This provides a negative electrode active material which can increase a battery capacity, and can improve cycle characteristics and initial charge/discharge characteristics when used as a negative electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material that includes negative electrode active material particles that contain a silicon compound that contains a Li compound. The silicon compound is at least partially coated with a carbon coating, and the negative electrode active material particles are coated with a coating composed of at least one of a compound having a boron-fluorine bond and a compound having a phosphorous-fluorine bond on at least a part of the surface of either or both of the silicon compound and the carbon coating. The negative electrode active material particles contain a boron or a phosphorous element in a range of 10 to 10000 ppm by mass with respect to the total amount of negative electrode active material particles. These features can provide for a negative electrode active material that can increase battery capacity and improve cycle performance in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery.

Abstract: The present invention is a negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including negative electrode active material particles containing a silicon compound expressed by SiOx where 0.5?x?1.6, the silicon compound being coated with a carbon coating layer composed of a carbon component, wherein the negative electrode active material particles contain a SiO2 component having a tridymite structure and exhibit a diffraction peak around 21.825° with a half width (2?) of 0.15° or less in X-ray diffraction. This negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and the initial charge and discharge performance.

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery contains negative electrode active material particles containing a silicon compound expressed by SiOx, where 0.5?x?1.6, and a coating layer composed of an organic polymer coating the silicon compound, the silicon compound containing a lithium compound on its surface or inside. As a result, a negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and battery initial efficiency.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including negative electrode active material particles containing a silicon compound expressed by SiOx where 0.5?x?1.6, the negative electrode active material particles at least partially coated with a carbon coating, the carbon coating exhibiting a specific surface area ranging from 5 m2/g to 1000 m2/g, the specific surface area being measured by a multipoint BET method after the carbon coating is separated from the negative electrode active material particles, the carbon coating exhibiting a compression resistivity ranging from 1.0×10?3 ?·cm to 1.0 ?·cm when the carbon coating is compressed so as to have a density of 1.0 g/cm3, the compression resistivity being measured after the carbon coating is separated from the negative electrode active material particles. This negative electrode active material can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and battery initial efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a conductive powder composed of silicon-based active material particles coated with a conductive carbon film, in which the conductive carbon film exhibits a d-band having a peak half width of 100 cm?1 or more as determined from a Raman spectrum of the conductive carbon film. The invention provides a negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that has excellent cycle performance and keeps high charge and discharge capacity due to use of a silicon-based active material, a method of producing the negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including negative electrode active material particles containing a silicon compound (SiOx where 0.5?x?1.6), the negative electrode active material particles being coated with a carbon coating composed of a substance at least partially containing carbon, the carbon coating having a density ranging from 1.2 g/cm3 to 1.9 g/cm3, the negative electrode active material particles having a characteristic of type II or type III adsorption-desorption isotherm in the IUPAC classification, as obtained by adsorption-desorption isotherm measurement with nitrogen gas. This negative electrode active material can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and battery initial efficiency.

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery contains negative electrode active material particles containing a silicon compound expressed by SiOx, where 0.5?x?1.6, and a coating layer composed of an organic polymer coating the silicon compound, the silicon compound containing a lithium compound on its surface or inside.