Abstract: An apparatus has a first operation model containing connection information indicating a connecting relation between pins of the integrated circuits including a first integrated circuit and a second integrated circuit and containing a designation of an output pin for outputting data to the outside of the first integrated circuit or a designation of an input pin for inputting the data from the outside of the first integrated circuit, and a second operation model containing a designation of the output pin or the input pin outside the second integrated circuit and having a definition of an interface specification for inputting and outputting the data to the input pin and the output pin of the second integrated circuit via the communication pin.

Abstract: At least one of holes is formed at a position that is at a higher level than a surface of an electrolyte in use of a nonaqueous secondary battery, and that is not overlapped with an electrode laminate.

Abstract: This invention provides a branched polycarbonate resin obtained from a dihydric phenol compound, a branching agent, monohydric phenols and phosgene by an interfacial polymerization reaction method in the presence of an alkali aqueous solution and an organic solvent, the branched polycarbonate resin having features that: (i) the branching agent content (X) thereof is over 0.70 mol % but 1.50 mol % or less, (ii) the branching agent content (X) and the melt tension (Y) thereof at 280° C. satisfy the following expression (1), 3.8X?2.4?Y?3.8X+4.5 (1), and (iii) the entire N content in the branched polycarbonate resin is 0 to 7 ppm.

Abstract: A resin composition comprising an aromatic polycarbonate resin having excellent transparency and flame retardancy. The resin composition comprises 100 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate resin having a branched structure with a branching ratio of 0.7 to 1.1 mol % (component A) and 0.005 to 12 parts by weight of at least one flame retardant.

Abstract: An archive device includes: a storage for storing divided data and attribute information, the divided data being received from an external device and divided from original data by a predetermined size, the attribute information being associated with a hash value and identification information, the hash value being calculated from the divided data, the identification information identifying the original data before being divided; and a controller for calculating a hash value for divided data that is received from the external device, writing the divided data and the attribute information corresponding to the divided data to the storage when the calculated hash value is not included in the attribute information stored in the storage, and adding the identification information corresponding to the calculated hash value to the attribute information when the calculated hash value is included in the attribute information stored in the storage.

Abstract: The invention provides a compound that is a CETP activity inhibitor. The compound can increase HDL and at the same time decrease LDL through selective inhibition of CETP activity, the invention also provides for the use of the compound to prevent or treat atherosclerosis or hyperlipidemia.

Abstract: Provided are a secondary battery and a battery pack, in which when a plurality of secondary batteries having a laminated electrode assembly are stacked to constitute the battery pack, deformation of each secondary battery can be suppressed, electrode assemblies are not shifted, and no breakage occurs in terminals, even if an external force such as vibration is applied. For this purpose, a secondary battery (RB) includes anti-displacement members disposed inside and outside of the lid member (12) so as to be symmetric with respect to a surface of the lid member (12), so that secondary batteries are formed. Then, the secondary batteries are stacked and housed as a unit in a battery pack casing (CA), and a fixing means for uniformly pressing the same position in the stack direction so as to press and fix all the secondary batteries as a unit, so that a battery pack (M1) is formed.

Abstract: Provided is a large secondary battery including a lamination body in which multiple positive electrode plates, multiple negative electrode plates, and multiple separators are laminated, having a structure in which the lamination body is not shifted. The secondary battery with high reliability and a manufacturing method thereof is provided, in which there is no abnormal state even if an external force such as vibration is applied. Positive electrode plate (2), negative electrode plate (3), and separator (4) are laminated and integrated to form a predetermined number of layers of a lamination body unit. A plurality of the lamination body unit are stacked to form an electrode assembly (1). Uneven surfaces, i.e., salients (21) and recesses (23) are formed on contacting surfaces of the lamination body units to be stacked. Using the uneven surfaces, the lamination body units are positioned and stacked to form a secondary battery (RB1).

Abstract: A resin composition comprising an aromatic polycarbonate resin and having excellent transparency and flame retardancy. The resin composition comprises 100 parts by weight of the aromatic polycarbonate resin having a branched structure with a branching ratio of 0.7 to 1.1 mol % (component A) and 0.005 to 12 parts by weight of a flame retardant.

Abstract: The invention seeks to provide a branched polycarbonate resin having a high branching agent content, which has a good melt tension, virtually causes no drawdown and permits stable molding when it is molded in extrusion molding, blow molding, injection molding, vacuum molding, etc., and a process for producing the same. This invention provides a branched polycarbonate resin obtained from a dihydric phenol compound, a branching agent, monohydric phenols and phosgene by an interfacial polymerization reaction method in the presence of an alkali aqueous solution and an organic solvent, the branched polycarbonate resin having features that: (i) the branching agent content (X) thereof is over 0.70 mol % but 1.50 mol % or less, (ii) the branching agent content (X) and the melt tension (Y) thereof at 280° C. satisfy the following expression (1), 3.8X?2.4?Y—3.8X+4.5??(1), and (iii) the entire N content in the branched polycarbonate resin is 0 to 7 ppm.

Abstract: In a storage system, a storage apparatus has an encryption key generator and an encryption processor that encrypts data to be recorded in a storage region using an encryption key from the encryption key generator, and is able to change an encryption key for each divided region set in the storage region. A control apparatus has a logical volume setting unit that requests the encryption processor to set an individual divided region for each storage region set as a logical volume in the storage region of the storage apparatus and a data erasure processor that requests the encryption processor to change the encryption key used for encryption in the divided region corresponding to the logical volume to be erased.

Abstract: An antenna device comprising an antenna element disposed on a mounting board separate from a main circuit board, a coupling means disposed on the mounting board such that it is electromagnetically coupled to the antenna element, and a frequency-adjusting means disposed on the mounting board such that it is connected to the coupling means, the antenna element comprising first and second strip-shaped antenna elements integrally connected for sharing a feeding point, the second antenna element being shorter than the first antenna element; the coupling means being formed on a dielectric chip attached to the mounting board, and having a coupling electrode electromagnetically coupled to part of the first antenna element. The frequency-adjusting means comprises a parallel resonance circuit comprising a variable capacitance circuit and a first inductance element, and a second inductance element series-connected to the parallel resonance circuit.

Abstract: In an image recording apparatus using an image recording medium which generates a gas when irradiated with a light beam, the gas and the like are prevented from drifting into a space between the image recording medium and a drum, and thus contamination of the back surface of the image recording medium is prevented. The gas is effectively prevented from drifting to the back surface of a plate P by setting a relative positional relationship of an extending direction of each suction groove L, an attaching position of the plate P, and an air blowing direction so that unclosed regions, not closed by the plate P, of suction grooves L formed in a drum surface do not occur downstream in a gas moving direction.

Abstract: To obtain a secondary battery that surely positions and fixes a laminated type of electrode group by effectively curbing lateral deviation and vertical deviation, in secondary batteries RB1 to RB11 that include a laminated type of electrode group 1 in which a positive-electrode plate 2 and a negative-electrode plate 3 are so laminated via a separator 4 as to form a plurality of laminated layers, a structure is employed, in which vertical deviation in a lamination direction and lateral deviation in a lamination surface direction are curbed via a fix means that fixes the electrode group 1 to a predetermined position in an outer case 11 that houses the electrode group 1.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cerium oxide-zirconium oxide-based mixed oxide having superior platinum dispersibility and a suitable OSC, and a simple production process thereof. The cerium oxide-zirconium oxide-based mixed oxide comprises cerium oxide and zirconium oxide, wherein (1) the weight ratio of CeO2:ZrO2 is 60:40 to 90:10, and (2) the cerium oxide and the zirconium oxide are present as a mixture, the zirconium oxide being composed of a solid solution in which tetragonal or cubic zirconium oxide contains cerium.

Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a written state bit map memory that stores a written state bit map that includes bits each allocated to one of partial areas of a storage device for storing write management information indicating whether written data is present in a partial area of the storage device that is allocated to one of the bits, a bit map management section, when data is written into a partial area of the storage device in response to a write request from the host apparatus, that sets a value indicating that the data is written into the partial area to a bit allocated to the partial area in which the data is written, and a patrolling process section for performing a patrolling process on the partial areas of the storage device on the basis of the write management information stored in the written state bit map memory.

Abstract: The present invention aims at provision of a method for inhibiting remnant lipoprotein production and a remnant lipoprotein production inhibitor, which includes administering a compound having a CETP inhibitory activity to an administration subject. The remnant lipoprotein production inhibitor of the present invention contains a compound having a CETP inhibitory activity as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A remote copy method for copying data within a first storage apparatus to a second storage apparatus via a network, includes transmitting data from the first storage apparatus in units of first buffer sets each formed by a plurality of first recording exclusive buffers within the first storage apparatus, and receiving the data by the second storage apparatus in units of second buffer sets each formed by a plurality of second recording exclusive buffers within the second storage apparatus, so as to maintain a sequence guarantee with respect to the data that is copied.

Abstract: An object is to provide a wavelength tunable semiconductor laser device, a controller for the same and a control method for the same, which prevent wavelength drifts. The wavelength tunable semiconductor laser device includes an active region for oscillating a laser beam, and a wavelength tuning region for shifting a wavelength of the laser beam. In this device, a thermal compensation region for converting most of the inputted electric power to heat is provided adjacent to the wavelength tuning region, and the sum of an electric power inputted into the wavelength tuning region and an electric power inputted into the thermal compensation region is always kept constant.