Abstract: A battery diagnosis apparatus includes a current source configured to apply a pulse current to a battery, a voltage sensor configured to detect a voltage between terminals of the battery, and a control device. The control device includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute processing including acquiring a voltage response obtained by applying the pulse current from the current source to the battery; deriving, based on the voltage response, an index indicating a comparison between an on-ATRF and an off-ATRF, the on-ATRF being an apparent transient resistance function of the battery when the pulse current is turned on, the off-ATRF being an apparent transient resistance function of the battery when the pulse current is turned off; and determining a degree of deposition of lithium in the battery, based on the derived.

Abstract: A carbon material dispersion may reduce a wide range of microorganisms, such as bacteria, molds, and yeasts, without adversely affecting other blending components, have high antiseptic and antibacterial effects, and high durability with a small amount over a long period of time under any environment, and thereby achieve both high dispersibility and storage stability. A slurry composition for a negative electrode for a secondary battery may use the dispersion, which is suitable for producing a battery such as a lithium ion battery and an electrode. Such a carbon material dispersion may contain at least a carbon material containing carbon nanotubes, a dispersant, a preservative, and a liquid medium.

Abstract: A battery management device to be mounted on an electric vehicle including a driving wheel, a traveling motor configured to generate a driving force for the driving wheel, and a battery configured to store electric power to be consumed by the traveling motor. The battery management device includes a detector configured to detect a state of the battery, and a controller configured to calculate a characteristic value indicating performance of the battery based on an output of the detector, and manage charging and discharging of the battery based on the characteristic value. The controller is configured to, when the characteristic value has deterioration, determine whether the deterioration of the characteristic value is reversible deterioration based on the output of the detector. The controller is configured to, upon determining that the deterioration of the characteristic value is the reversible deterioration, return the characteristic value to a value before the deterioration.

Abstract: A control unit configured to perform obtaining a quality map regarding the quality of wireless communication for each planned travel route and area of the first vehicle, and transmitting an alternative route that does not pass through the first area to the first vehicle in response to the planned travel route passing through the first area whose quality of wireless communication is lower than a predetermined quality.

Abstract: A control unit configured to execute: acquiring a usage purpose and authentication information of a model from a terminal of a user; extracting one or more first sensing data available to the user based on the authentication information from a storage unit storing a plurality of sensing data acquired from a plurality of vehicles; generating a model according to the usage purpose of the user using the extracted first sensing data; and providing the generated model to the terminal of the user.

Abstract: A control unit is provided which is configured to execute: acquiring an occurrence position of an abnormal interruption in communication with a vehicle and an occurrence position of an abnormal interruption in communication; detecting that a flood damage has occurred in the first area in response to an abnormal interruption in communication occurring a predetermined number of times or more at a position lower than a predetermined altitude in the first area; and outputting information on flood damage in response to detecting that a flood damage has occurred in the first area.

Abstract: A coin hopper includes a container, a base, a rotating body having separation holes for holding the coin and being disposed so as to face the base, and a control pin that is disposed in a conveyance path for the coin held by the rotating body, that comes into contact with the coin being conveyed, and that changes a moving direction of the coin. The rotating body includes a first resin rotating body, a metal rotating body, and a second resin rotating body. The metal rotating body is sandwiched between the first resin rotating body and the second resin rotating body. The first resin rotating body, the metal rotating body, and the second resin rotating body are fixed to one another.

Abstract: A carbon nanotube dispersion may have excellent dispersibility. Such a carbon nanotube dispersion may include at least carbon nanotubes, oxidized cellulose nanofibers, and water, wherein, of the oxidized cellulose nanofibers, 85% or more of the oxidized cellulose nanofibers have a fiber length in a range of from 50 to 250 nm.

Abstract: A carbon nanotube dispersion may have excellent dispersibility. Such a carbon nanotube dispersion may include at least carbon nanotubes, oxidized cellulose nanofibers, and water, wherein, of the oxidized cellulose nanofibers, 85% or more of the oxidized cellulose nanofibers have a fiber length of 50 nm to 250 nm.

Abstract: Provided is a graphite dispersion for a battery electrode, which is suitable for production of a battery electrode of a lithium ion battery or the like. The graphite dispersion for a battery electrode of the present disclosure includes at least graphite particles having an average particle size of 5 to 50 ?m, a dispersing agent, and water.

Abstract: A coin hopper includes a container, a base, a rotating body having separation holes for holding the coin and being disposed so as to face the base, and a control pin that is disposed in a conveyance path for the coin held by the rotating body, that comes into contact with the coin being conveyed, and that changes a moving direction of the coin. The rotating body includes a first resin rotating body, a metal rotating body, and a second resin rotating body. The metal rotating body is sandwiched between the first resin rotating body and the second resin rotating body. The first resin rotating body, the metal rotating body, and the second resin rotating body are fixed to one another.

Abstract: Provided herein is a capped RNA which has a translated region beginning with a start codon and encoding a protein and an upstream region upstream of the start codon, and a branch part having a cap structure.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing lithium hydroxide, which can obtain lithium hydroxide from lithium sulfate with a relatively low cost. A method for producing lithium hydroxide from lithium sulfate includes: a hydroxylation step of allowing the lithium sulfate to react with barium hydroxide in a liquid to provide a lithium hydroxide solution; a barium removal step of removing barium ions in the lithium hydroxide solution using a cation exchange resin and/or a chelate resin; and a crystallization step of precipitating lithium hydroxide in the lithium hydroxide solution that has undergone the barium removal step.

Abstract: A method for raising a temperature of a battery module for a vehicle. The method including generating heat in one or more resistors of the battery module by supplying one or more voltages from at least a part of cells of the battery module. The battery module includes the cells coupled in series, and the one or more resistors configured to generate heat after being energized and cause temperature of the cells to be raised. Voltages of the cells are subjected to monitoring and controlling by a cell monitoring unit of the battery module.

Abstract: A primer for amplifying a nucleic acid having a structure represented by the formula (1): where B represents a base, R1 represents a decomposable protecting group, and R2 represents hydrogen or a hydroxyl group, and the symbol * represents a bond to a sugar of an adjacent nucleotide. A device for producing double-stranded DNA, includes: a forward primer and a reverse primer, having a structure represented by formula (1); a PCR device for forming double-stranded DNA with 3?-recessed ends by performing multiple cycles of PCR by using a template DNA as a template; and a photoirradiation unit for deprotecting R1 and forming a sticky end with a 3?-protruding end.

Abstract: A method for producing a capped RNA which is an RNA having the 5?-end modified with a cap, the method including: reacting an activated capping compound represented by with a monophosphate RNA having the 5?-end monophosphorylated, where, L represents a leaving group.

Abstract: A diagnostic method to be implemented by a computer includes conducting a deterioration diagnosis of a dummy battery through which a mirror current based on a current flowing through a battery used as a power source for a drive motor flows; and, in a case where it is determined in the deterioration diagnosis that the dummy battery is deteriorated, conducting a reversible deterioration diagnosis of the dummy battery based on a usage state of the battery.

Abstract: The information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit selects a communication path to be used for communication by using a first index based on a communication quality corresponding to each of a plurality of candidates of a communication path using two or more communication infrastructures and a second index that is an index other than the communication quality corresponding to each of the plurality of candidates with respect to an in-vehicle terminal that performs communication using two or more communication infrastructures of a plurality of communication carriers.

Abstract: A communication system includes a communication control device. The communication control device is configured to output an instruction to control transmission of information to each of a plurality of pieces of user equipment recognized as existing at the same position in such a manner that, concerning information to be transmitted to a specific destination from each of the plurality of pieces of UE via a cellular network, the specific destination receives information transmitted from representative UE among the plurality of pieces of UE and does not receive information from UE other than the representative UE.

Abstract: An in-vehicle communication device mounted in a vehicle, comprises a control unit that determines transmission power for wireless communication on a basis of whether a current charging mode corresponds to a first mode or a second mode with respect to the wireless communication using the in-vehicle communication device performed when the vehicle is in a parked state and in a charging state where a secondary cell that supplies power to a motor provided in the vehicle is being charged.