Abstract: In the electrode laminate of the present disclosure, a fixing member including a curable resin is disposed on at least one side face portion. The fixing member has a thin film region and a thick film region. The thin film region is formed on at least one end portion including the terminal end of the fixing member, and the thick film region is formed at a portion other than the thin film region. The thickness of the fixing member is thinnest at the terminal end. Further, the battery of the present disclosure includes the electrode laminate of the present disclosure and a laminate film sealing the electrode laminate.

Abstract: To provide a metal plate which is elongated and has a high homogeneity in a wider range, a method for manufacturing the metal plate, a metal mask obtained from the metal plate, and a method for manufacturing the metal mask. Provided is a metal plate which is elongated and is to be used for manufacturing a metal mask, in which when a differential expansion rate En in a unit length L0 in a longitudinal direction for an arbitrary position n in a width direction of the metal plate is measured at each of an arbitrary plurality of positions in the longitudinal direction, a difference in the differential expansion rate En in a central portion in the width direction is 9.0×10?6 or less at a plurality of the positions, and the central portion is a portion that occupies 80% in the width direction of the metal plate excluding both side portions that occupy 10% in the width direction.

Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam apparatus capable of realizing a highly reliable insulating structure. This charged particle beam apparatus emits a charged particle beam from a charged particle beam emission device onto a sample, detects charged particles generated from the sample, and creates a sample image or processes the sample. The charged particle beam emission device is provided with a charged particle source and a shield arranged in an interior of a metal housing that is filled with an insulating gas, and an acceleration electrode arranged below the charged particle source, power being supplied to the acceleration electrode via the shield.

Abstract: A communication system includes a vehicle including a control device configured to store a control program, a terminal configured to give a notification about predetermined information, and a server configured to communicate with the vehicle and the terminal. The server is configured to transmit update data for the control program. The processor is configured to reduce a data amount of information to be transmitted to the terminal about a transmission status of the update data when the server transmits the update data to the vehicle via the terminal, as compared to a data amount of information to be transmitted to the terminal about the transmission status when the server transmits the update data to the vehicle without intermediation of the terminal.

Abstract: A method for producing magnetic particles containing a manganese-aluminum alloy includes: mixing manganese particles, an aluminum source, an activator containing a halide, and an anti-sintering agent to obtain a mixed powder; heating the mixed powder to calorize the manganese particles by utilizing gaps between particles of the anti-sintering agent formed by the anti-sintering agent, to obtain a treated mixture containing magnetic particles containing a manganese-aluminum alloy, wherein a mass ratio of aluminum to manganese (Al/Mn) in the manganese-aluminum alloy is in a range from 25/75 to 35/65; removing the anti-sintering agent from the treated mixture to recover the magnetic particles containing the manganese-aluminum alloy.

Abstract: Provided is a humanized antibody that, through IGF-I receptor, increases muscle mass but does not lower the blood glucose level. This humanized antibody: is an anti-IGF-I receptor humanized antibody, a fragment thereof, or a derivative thereof; has a specific amino acid sequence such as SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 6 serving as a CDR sequence; and specifically binds to IGF-I receptor extracellular domain.

Abstract: A high-pressure hydrogen tank includes a metal circular cylinder configured to store high-pressure hydrogen therein, a cap part configured to cover each of opposite end portions of the metal circular cylinder, an outer cylinder surrounding an outer periphery of a circular-cylindrical portion of the metal circular cylinder, and a fastening part configured to fix the cap part to the outer cylinder.

Abstract: The objects are to provide an active ingredient that can be ingested for prevention of secondary infectious diseases after viral infections on a daily basis at ease without risk of emergence of resistant bacteria, and to clarify the effect of EPS of lactic acid bacteria on secondary infectious diseases after viral infections. There is provided a composition for preventing a secondary infectious disease, e.g., pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus, after viral infection, or for reducing the risk of developing the same, which contains an exopolysaccharide of lactic acid bacteria.

Abstract: A warranty-terms setting system includes a remaining-lifetime consumption-degree predicting unit that predicts a remaining-lifetime consumption degree based on usage history information on another mobile unit other than a subject mobile unit by a first user, the remaining-lifetime consumption degree being indicative of to what degree the remaining lifetime of the subject mobile unit has been consumed per predetermined period, a predicted remaining-lifetime decreasing period calculating unit that, based on the remaining-lifetime consumption degree, calculates a predicted remaining-lifetime decreasing period indicative of a predicted period in which a remaining lifetime of the subject mobile unit decreases from the determined remaining lifetime to a predetermined criterion value or lower when it is assumed that the first user uses the subject mobile unit after the point of determination, and a warranty-terms setting unit that sets warranty terms for the subject mobile unit based on the predicted remaining-lifet

Abstract: A mobile object brokerage system includes a desired-remaining-life condition recognition section configured to recognize a desired-remaining-life condition of a user for a mobile object, a candidate-mobile-object remaining-life recognition section, a remaining-life consumption degree recognition section configured to recognize a remaining-life consumption degree on the basis of use history information about a mobile object by the user, a corrected-remaining-life calculation section configured to calculate a corrected remaining life obtained by correcting the remaining life of each of the plurality of candidate mobile objects with the remaining-life consumption degree, and a transaction target mobile-object selection section configured to select, as a target for a predetermined transaction with the user U, the candidate mobile object having the corrected remaining life that meets the desired-remaining-life condition.

Abstract: A hydrogen supply system is configured to supply hydrogen to a fuel-cell vehicle by using a receptacle for hydrogen transport, and includes: a filling unit provided at a hydrogen filling facility and configured to fill the receptacle with hydrogen; a management unit configured to calculate a transport timing at which the hydrogen-filled receptacle is transported to a business facility that operates the fuel-cell vehicle; a transport unit configured to transport the hydrogen-filled receptacle to the business facility in accordance with the transport timing; and a disposition unit configured to dispose the hydrogen-filled receptacle transported to the business facility at a place to which the fuel-cell vehicle is capable of accessing to have a refill of the hydrogen in the business facility.

Abstract: An air circulator includes a blower unit having an airflow opening on a front side of the blower unit and a grill in the airflow opening, and a support unit that supports the blower unit. The grill has a plurality of airflow guide blades arranged in a spiral, and inner end portions of the airflow guide blades proximal to a center of the spiral of the plurality of airflow guide blades protrude from outer end portions of the airflow guide blades in an airflow direction. The blower unit includes a cover forming an outer panel of the blower unit and an air passage forming member provided inside the cover. A reinforcing rib is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the air passage forming member.

Abstract: Methods and devices provide for enhancements to the Steering of Roaming (SoR) provisioning during the registration procedure by introducing a new parameter generated by a user data management network function of the home network which indicates to roaming networks whether to request updated SoR information based on a registration type received in a registration request from a mobile terminal.

Abstract: A network node that transfers a signal between a service-user-side network node and a service-provider-side network node includes: a reception section that receives a first control signal including information indicating an application of connection requested by the service-user-side network node; a control section that determines whether the connection for the application is permitted; and a transmission section that transmits a second control signal including information indicating a result of the determination to the service-user-side network node.

Abstract: An optical waveguide alignment method includes a step of covering an end portion of an optical fiber, an end portion of a PLC, and a microlens with an adhesive before curing in a state in which at least one microlens is disposed between incidence and emission end faces of end portions of the optical fiber and the PLC, a step of causing light for alignment to be incident on at least one of the optical fiber or the PLC so that light enters a portion covered with the adhesive between the optical fiber and the PLC, and a step of curing the adhesive after the microlens moves onto an optical path between the optical fiber and the PLC due to radiation pressure of light. The optical fiber and the PLC are optically connected via the adhesive and the microlens, and the optical fiber, the PLC, and the microlens are mechanically connected by the adhesive.

Abstract: An air circulator includes a blower unit that is provided with an airflow opening on a front side of the blower unit. A grill is provided in the airflow opening, and is provided with airflow guide blades in a spiral manner. The air circulator also includes a controller that achieves a rhythm air in which weak wind and strong wind are switched over by controlling a rotational speed of a motor of the blower unit. The grill is provided with plural airflow guide blades in a spiral manner. Inner end portions of the airflow guide blades closer to the center of the spiral of the airflow guide blades are protruded from outer end portions if the airflow guide blades in an airflow direction.

Abstract: A residual life determination system includes: a first estimated residual life recognition unit configured to recognize a first estimated residual life of the target component according to a cumulative fatigue degree of the target component based on the load measurement information; a second estimated residual life recognition unit configured to recognize a second estimated residual life of the target component according to a degradation degree of the physical property value of the target component based on the physical property value measurement information; and a residual life determination unit configured to determine the residual life of the target component based on the first estimated residual life in a first period before the second estimated residual life becomes longer than the first estimated residual life.

Abstract: A network node is a first network node in a VPLMN (Visited Public land mobile network), the network node including a receiving unit configured to receive information relating to network selection, from a second network node in an HPLMN (Home Public land mobile network); a transmitting unit configured to transmit the information relating to network selection, to a user equipment; and a control unit configured to transmit, to the second network node, a response indicating that the user equipment was unable to receive the information relating to network selection, when a response, with respect to the information relating to network selection transmitted to the user equipment, is not received from the user equipment.

Abstract: The present disclosure promotes distribution of sensor data among a plurality of business operators. A controller that an information processing system according to the present disclosure includes collects first data including a plurality of items and personal information from mobile bodies belonging to a first business operator. The controller converts the first data to second data not being usable to identify individuals. The controller provides data in a range decided based on content of a predetermined data use contract, among the second data, to a second business operator. The controller calculates a consideration for the data that is to be paid by the second business operator, based on a data use record of the second business operator.

Abstract: A signal transmission cable is provided with a conductor, an insulator covering around the conductor, a shield layer covering around the insulator, a sheath covering around the shield layer, and a plating base layer is provided between the insulator and the shield layer to cover around the insulator. The shield layer has a plating layer provided to cover the plating base layer to be in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the plating base layer. A surface roughness of an outer peripheral surface of the plating layer is less than a surface roughness of an inner peripheral surface of the plating layer.