Abstract: An electrode active material has a high energy density, high output, and a superior cycle property with little decrease in capacity even after repeated charge and discharge. An electrode and a secondary battery can include the electrode active material. An electrode active material which contains a compound having a dithiadiazine group, and is used as an active material of a secondary battery that repeats charge and discharge by a battery electrode reaction, and electrode containing the electrode active material and a conductive material. In addition, a secondary battery wherein the electrode active material is contained in any one of a reaction starting material, a product, and an intermediate product of at least a discharge reaction of the battery electrode reaction.

Abstract: To provide a negative electrode for a secondary battery and a secondary battery having a large energy density and a capacity less likely to reduce even after repeated charging and discharging, and manufacturing methods thereof. The above-described problem is solved by a negative electrode for a secondary battery (3) comprising a negative electrode active material layer (3?) including at least a silicon-based active material and a binder, and a negative electrode current collector (14) having a structural form in which the silicon-based active material has an amorphous region including lithium and island-shaped lithium carbonate is distributed in the amorphous region.

Abstract: A position identification unit (110) maps a plurality of tumor sample reads to a human genome sequence, and identifies, for each target gene, a target position which is a genome position of a base, the genome position having changed with respect to the human genome sequence. A frequency calculation unit (120) calculates a variant allele frequency for each target position of each target gene. A distance calculation unit (130) calculates, for each target gene, a feature distance equivalent to a difference between a variant allele frequency corresponding to a peak density and a reference variant allele frequency in a density distribution indicating a density of the number of mapping reads with respect to the variant allele frequency. A coefficient calculation unit (140) calculates a correction coefficient using the feature distance of each target gene.

Abstract: To provide a negative electrode for a secondary battery and a secondary battery having a large energy density and a capacity less likely to reduce even after repeated charging and discharging, and manufacturing methods thereof The above-described problem is solved by a negative electrode for a secondary battery (3) comprising a negative electrode active material layer (3?) including at least a silicon-based active material and a binder, and a negative electrode current collector (14) having a structural form in which the silicon-based active material has an amorphous region including lithium and island-shaped lithium carbonate is distributed in the amorphous region.

Abstract: The present invention provides a substance and/or a material, which is inexpensive compared to platinum, has a hydrogen-generating catalyst capability, has the desired oxidation-reduction properties, and is provided with multiple holes. The present invention provides a two-dimensional metal complex comprising a metal core M (M is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Cu, Pt, Pd, Fe, Mn, Re, Ru, Os, Rh, Ir, Ag, and Au), and a ligand having three or more positions for coordination through two sites, at least one site among the two sites being NH. Substantially all of the atoms of the ligand and the metal core substantially forming the metal complex are present approximately on the same plane.

Abstract: Provided is an object information acquiring apparatus including a supporting unit configured to be capable of holding a liquid acoustic matching member, a plurality of receiving elements each supported on the supporting unit to receive an acoustic wave propagated from an object via the acoustic matching member and output an electrical signal, a scanning unit that changes a relative position of each of the receiving elements and the object by moving the supporting unit, a controlling unit that controls a velocity of movement of the supporting unit performed by the scanning unit, and a processing unit that acquires specific information of an inside of the object based on the electrical signal. The scanning unit moves the supporting unit on a path having portions of different curvatures.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes (a-1) a first electrode 21 and a second electrode 22 disposed apart from each other, and (a-2) a photoelectric conversion material layer 30 disposed between the first electrode 21 and the second electrode 22. The photoelectric conversion material layer 30 is formed of the following structural formula (1).

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes (a-1) a first electrode 21 and a second electrode 22 disposed apart from each other and (a-2) a photoelectric conversion material layer 30 disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoelectric conversion material layer contains a substance formed of the following structural formula (1).

Abstract: A measurement apparatus capable of measuring a position and a size of an absorber with high accuracy, which includes: a light source unit for emitting a pulse beam; an illumination optical unit for leading the pulse beam emitted by the light source unit to an inside of an inspection object; and an acoustic signal detection unit for detecting a photoacoustic signal generated by the pulse beam in which the illumination optical unit includes a first and second illumination optical units that are arranged so that the inspection object is irradiated with the pulse beam from both sides thereof opposingly; and the acoustic signal detection unit is provided so that a detection surface of the acoustic signal detection unit is positioned on the same side as that of one of irradiation surfaces of the inspection object which the first and second illumination optical units irradiate with the pulse beam.

Abstract: An acoustic wave receiving apparatus comprises: a light irradiation unit that irradiates a subject portion with light; a receiving array; a transmitting and receiving array; an array support unit that has a supporting region for supporting the receiving array and supports the transmitting and receiving array; and a scanning unit that scans an effective reception region, wherein a focusing region formed by the transmitting and receiving array transmits the ultrasound waves and the effective reception region overlap each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is an acoustic wave receiving apparatus including: a light irradiation unit; a receiving array receiving photoacoustic waves generated by a subject portion to output photoacoustic signals; a transmitting and receiving array transmitting ultrasound waves to the subject portion and receiving echo waves to output ultrasound signals; an array support unit having a first portion supporting the receiving array a second portion supporting the transmitting and receiving array; a scanning unit integrally scanning the arrays. The array support unit is so configured that effective reception region and a focusing region formed by the transmitting and receiving array do not overlap each other.

Abstract: Provided is an object information acquiring apparatus including a supporting unit configured to be capable of holding a liquid acoustic matching member, a plurality of receiving elements each supported on the supporting unit to receive an acoustic wave propagated from an object via the acoustic matching member and output an electrical signal, a scanning unit that changes a relative position of each of the receiving elements and the object by moving the supporting unit, a controlling unit that controls a velocity of movement of the supporting unit performed by the scanning unit, and a processing unit that acquires specific information of an inside of the object based on the electrical signal. The scanning unit moves the supporting unit on a path having portions of different curvatures.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes (a-1) a first electrode 21 and a second electrode 22 disposed apart from each other, and (a-2) a photoelectric conversion material layer 30 disposed between the first electrode 21 and the second electrode 22. The photoelectric conversion material layer 30 is formed of the following structural formula (1).

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes (a-1) a first electrode 21 and a second electrode 22 disposed apart from each other and (a-2) a photoelectric conversion material layer 30 disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoelectric conversion material layer contains a substance formed of the following structural formula (1).

Abstract: An image information obtaining apparatus having: a light source; a transducer which detects an acoustic wave and converts the acoustic wave to an electrical signal; a signal processing unit which generates image data, using the electrical signal; and a memory unit which stores a reference acoustic signal produced by the transducer detecting an acoustic wave generated when light is irradiated from the light source onto a phantom having acoustic parameters and optical parameters substantially the same as an object and converting the acoustic wave to an electrical signal, wherein the transducer produces an object acoustic signal by converting the acoustic wave, generated when light is irradiated onto an object from the light source, to an electrical signal; and the signal processing unit subtracts the reference acoustic signal from the object acoustic signal and generates image data from the signal resulting from this subtraction.

Abstract: A photoacoustic apparatus includes a light source; transducers that receives acoustic waves and outputs electric signals, the acoustic waves being generated when an object is irradiated with light generated from the light source; a support member that supports the transducers such that directivity axes of the transducers gather; a movement region setting unit that sets a movement region of the support member; a moving unit that moves the support member in the movement region such that relative position between the object and the support member changes; and an information acquiring unit that acquires object information based on the electric signals, wherein the light source emits the light when the support member is positioned in the movement region, and wherein the movement region setting unit acquires coordinate information about a surface of the object and determines the movement region based on the coordinate information.

Abstract: The present invention employs an object information acquiring apparatus that includes a light source, a holding plate configured to hold an object, a supporting unit configured to support the holding plate, and a probe configured to receive, via the holding plate, an acoustic wave generated from the object on which light is irradiated from the light source. A light reflecting member is provided between the supporting unit and the holding plate.

Abstract: A subject-information acquiring apparatus includes a light source; a bed having a holder holding an examined portion of a subject, the bed being configured to support the subject; acoustic wave detectors configured to detect acoustic waves and output electric signals, the acoustic waves being generated when the examined portion is irradiated with light from the light source; a supporting member configured to support the acoustic wave detectors such that a direction of maximum reception sensitivity of at least some acoustic wave detectors and a direction of maximum reception sensitivity of other acoustic wave detectors different from the at least some acoustic wave detectors are different and are directed toward a specific region; and a signal processing unit configured to acquire information about the inside of the examined portion on the basis of the electric signals. The holder can be changed in shape to fit a shape of the examined portion.

Abstract: A subject information acquisition apparatus according to the present invention includes multiple first conversion elements which receive photoacoustic waves. A direction in which reception sensitivity is highest differs between a first part of the first conversion elements, and a second part of the first conversion elements which is different from the first part of the first conversion elements. Both are disposed on the supporting member with the direction in which reception sensitivity is highest each facing toward a predetermined region. Also included is a plurality of second conversion elements which are different from the first conversion elements and which transmit acoustic waves to the subject and each receive reflection waves reflected within the subject.

Abstract: A 3D image display apparatus is disclosed which includes a ray modulator which emits a directive ray in a time series manner based on parallax image information, a scanner which deflects the ray from the ray modulator and scans a predetermined plane two-dimensionally with the deflected ray, a light emitting point distributor which is arranged on a light emission side of the scanner to form a plurality of light emitting points, and a light emitting point multiplexer which is arranged on the light emission side of the light emitting point distributor to form a plurality of secondary light emitting points with rays from individual ones of the light emitting points, to enable stereopsis with a super multi-view region at a high resolution.