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: An information processing device acquires first data regarding the quality of wireless communication from the first apparatus, and acquires second data regarding the mobile environment of the first apparatus. Further, based on the plurality of first and second data, communication quality data, which is data obtained by mapping the quality of wireless communication to a geographical region, is generated for each segment of the mobile environment.

Abstract: The inventive negative electrode for the electrochemical element includes a negative electrode composition layer provided on at least one surface of a current collector made of a metal foil; in which the negative electrode composition layer includes material S comprising Si and a hardly-graphitizable carbon material as a negative electrode active material; in which assuming that the whole amount of the negative electrode active material contained in the negative electrode composition layer is 100 mass %, a ratio of the material S is 50 to 90 mass % and a ratio of the hardly-graphitizable carbon materials is 10 to 50 mass %. The inventive lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a nonaqueous electrolyte liquid, and the negative electrode is constituted by the negative electrode for the electrochemical element of the present invention.

Abstract: A communication control device includes a processor configured to control switching of a partner of communication with a mobile terminal for first traffic from a first edge server to a second edge server in a cellular network when a switching condition for the first traffic based on a reduction in quality of communication related to the first traffic at present or in future is met and a second edge server capable of taking over the communication related to the first traffic is discovered in a state in which the mobile terminal is performing communication related to the first traffic and second traffic with the first edge server via the cellular network, an allowable delay for the second traffic being longer than an allowable delay for the first traffic.

Abstract: Information processing for optimizing sensing device and sensing data analysis process optimization is disclosed. In one example, an information processing device includes an optimization processing section that updates and optimizes a set parameter of a sensing device simulator which estimates, on the basis of the parameter, sensing data obtained by a sensing device and that updates and optimizes a set parameter of an analysis process executing section which performs, on the basis of the parameter, an analysis process on the sensing data, on the basis of evaluation results of the analysis process performed by the analysis process executing section using, as an input, the sensing data estimated by the sensing device simulator.

Abstract: A communication control device includes a processor configured to perform communication throttling on a first user equipment determined to be located far from a base station out of a plurality of user equipments connected to the base station.

Abstract: A communication control device includes a processor configured to perform communication throttling for a plurality of user equipments when at least one of determinations is made. The determinations include the number of the user equipments connected to a base station being equal to or greater than a threshold, occurrence of congestion in the base station, and occurrence of traffic congestion in an area to which the base station belongs.

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 index.

Abstract: A prism lens includes a prism lens body and at least one cylindrical lens. The prism lens body has a set of facing planes a mutual distance of which decreases or increases from one end to another end. The cylindrical lens is integral to at least one plane of the set of planes. The cylindrical lens is formed such that a cross section shape thereof at a plane perpendicular to a direction of a slope of a plane of the prism lens body having the cylindrical lens thereon with respect to the other plane of the set of planes has a certain curved shape to be convex against the plane having the cylindrical lens thereon.

Abstract: Provided is a method for efficiently recovering metals from lithium ion battery waste while reducing the use of sodium hydroxide as a pH adjuster. A method for recovering metals from lithium ion battery waste includes wet processing of leaching metals containing lithium from lithium ion battery waste with an acid, and extracting the metals from the metal-containing solution in which the metals are dissolved, in which the lithium extracted in the wet processing is used as a pH adjuster used in the wet processing.

Abstract: A method for dissolving a lithium compound according to the present invention includes bringing a lithium compound into contact with water or an acidic solution, and feeding, separately from the lithium compound, a carbonate ion to the water or the acidic solution to produce carbonic acid, and allowing the carbonic acid to react with the lithium compound to produce lithium hydrogen carbonate.

Abstract: A method for purifying a nucleotide-based substance; including a protecting group introduction step of introducing a hydrophobic protecting group represented by the following formula (P1) or (P2) into a nucleotide-based substance to produce a hydrophobic nucleotide-based substance; an isolation and purification step of isolating and purifying the hydrophobic nucleotide-based substance under a hydrophobic environment; and a deprotection step of deprotecting the hydrophobic protecting group from the hydrophobic nucleotide-based substance to produce the nucleotide-based substance, wherein R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, R4 represents hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R2, R3, R5 and R6 represent hydrogen, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or the like, and may be the same or different; and * means a bond with a nucleotide-based substance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polynucleotide, containing a translated region from a start codon to a stop codon, a 5? untranslated region, and a poly A chain, in which 65% or more of nucleotides contained in the poly A chain are sugar-modified nucleotides.

Abstract: An inspection system includes a battery pack accommodating a vehicle battery, intake and exhaust ducts, a chloride-ion sensor disposed inside the pack and detecting a chloride ion, and a controller. The sensor includes first and second electrodes, a control electrode, and a reference electrode. A potential of the control electrode changes according to a voltage applied to the reference electrode and a chloride-ion concentration. An electric current between the first and second electrodes changes according to the potential. The controller includes a processor and a memory. The processor performs an inspection of corrosion of the pack based on a detection value of the sensor in a first state where the voltage is applied to the reference electrode, and inspects the sensor based on the detection value of the sensor in a second state where the voltage is applied directly to the control electrode without intervention of the reference electrode.

Abstract: A bill processor includes a circulation conveyance path that can convey a bill to enable circulation thereof. In the circulation conveyance path, a first linear conveyance path and a second linear conveyance path are arranged to oppose each other, upper portions thereof are connected by a first curved conveyance path, and lower portions thereof are connected by a second curved conveyance path. By forming the circulation conveyance path in a rounded rectangular shape in a side view, the bill processor can be downsized in a depth direction. Each functional unit connected to the first linear conveyance path or the second linear conveyance path has a constant entry angle, at which the bill enters/exits the circulation conveyance path. In this way, the bill is conveyed stably.

Abstract: A substrate processing method includes a liquid film forming step of forming a liquid film, a liquid film heat retaining step of keeping the liquid film warm, a gas phase layer forming step of forming a gas phase layer which holds the processing liquid on a center portion of the liquid film, an opening forming step of forming an opening in the center portion of the liquid film by excluding the processing liquid held by the gas phase layer, a substrate rotating step of rotating the substrate around a rotation axis, and an opening expanding step of expanding the opening, while a state in which the gas phase layer is formed on an inner circumferential edge of the liquid film is maintained, by moving the irradiation region toward a circumferential edge portion of the substrate while the liquid film heat retaining step and the substrate rotating step are performed.

Abstract: A substrate processing method includes a liquid film forming step of forming a liquid film, a liquid film heat retaining step of keeping the liquid film warm, a gas phase layer forming step of forming a gas phase layer which holds the processing liquid on a center portion of the liquid film, an opening forming step of forming an opening in the center portion of the liquid film by excluding the processing liquid held by the gas phase layer, a substrate rotating step of rotating the substrate around a rotation axis, and an opening expanding step of expanding the opening, while a state in which the gas phase layer is formed on an inner circumferential edge of the liquid film is maintained, by moving the irradiation region toward a circumferential edge portion of the substrate while the liquid film heat retaining step and the substrate rotating step are performed.

Abstract: There is provided a controller configured to: determine, among a plurality of charging stations, a second charging station which is a charging station in which the process requested from a vehicle is completed during a charging period of the vehicle, and in which an excess power in a plurality of power generation facilities is smaller than that in a case where a process requested from the vehicle is performed in a first charging station, based on information related to the process requested from the vehicle, information related to an amount of power generation, and information related to a delay of the network; and instruct the first charging station to transmit information related to the process requested from the vehicle to the second charging station.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing lithium carbonate from lithium ion battery waste, the lithium ion battery waste including battery positive material components containing Li and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni and Mn, wherein, after subjecting the lithium ion battery waste to a wet process, thereby separating the at least one metal of the battery positive material components from the lithium ion battery waste to obtain crude lithium carbonate, the method includes: a dissolution step of dissolving the crude lithium carbonate in a liquid while feeding a carbon dioxide gas; and a decarbonization step of heating a lithium dissolved solution obtained in the dissolution step to release carbonic acid, and wherein when dissolving the crude lithium carbonate in the liquid in the dissolution step, the liquid is stirred in a reaction vessel using a stirrer, and a ratio of a diameter (d) of a stirring blade of the stirrer to an inner diameter (D) of the reaction vessel (d/D) is from 0.

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.