Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin and a crystalline resin, wherein the binder resin comprises an amorphous resin, when the toner is measured with a temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimeter, at least one endothermic peak derived from the crystalline resin is present in a temperature range from 55.0° C. to 95.0° C. in a total heat flow; and a ratio of an endothermic quantity of the endothermic peak in a reversing heat flow to an endothermic quantity of the endothermic peak in the total heat flow is 50.0% or more, a glass transition temperature Tg1st obtained in the reversing heat flow in a first temperature rise and a glass transition temperature Tg2nd obtained in a reversing heat flow in a second temperature rise satisfy Tg1st?Tg2nd?7.0° C.

Abstract: A compound represented by Formula (1): The compound can be used as insecticides.

Abstract: A microorganism having at least one SPX gene encoding SPX protein responsive to phosphorus deficiency, and characterized in that a function of the SPX protein is decreased or lost by introducing gene mutation into the SPX gene.

Abstract: A compound represented by Formula (1): The compound can be used as insecticides.

Abstract: A wireless power supply system supplies power to an electrical device by wireless power supply. The electrical device is equipped with a power receiving unit including a power receiving coil. The wireless power supply system includes a flat surface, a power transmitting unit, and a standing portion. The electrical device is placed on the flat surface. The power transmitting unit includes a power transmitting coil disposed below the flat surface. The power transmitting unit supplies power to the power receiving unit by the wireless power supply. The standing portion defines, on the flat surface, a boundary between the outside and the inside of a placement area for the electrical device for supplying power from the power transmitting unit to the power receiving unit by the wireless power supply. The standing portion protrudes from the flat surface.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. An electrode mixture layer of the positive electrode contains: first lithium metal composite oxide particles that are non-aggregated particles which have a volume-based median diameter of from 2 ?m to 10 ?m; and second lithium metal composite oxide particles that are secondary particles, in each of which primary particles having an average particle diameter of from 50 nm to 2 ?m aggregate, and which have a volume-based median diameter of from 10 ?m to 30 ?m. With a first region and the second region sequentially halved from the surface side of the positive electrode mixture layer, the content of the first lithium metal composite oxide particles in the first region is higher than the content of the first lithium metal composite oxide particles in the second region.

Abstract: A system for charging an electric vehicle including a battery includes a management computer and a charging station. The management computer stores multiple charging profiles for different battery types. The charging station includes a power transmission device and a charging controller. The power transmission device supplies electric power to the electric vehicle. The charging controller controls charging of the battery with the electric power from the power transmission device. The charging controller stores identification information about the battery. The charging controller transmits the identification information to the management computer. The charging controller acquires the charging profile corresponding to the identification information from the management computer. The charging controller controls charging of the battery according to the charging profile.

Abstract: A system for charging an electric vehicle including a battery includes a charging station, a management computer, and a charging controller. The charging station includes a power transmission device that supplies electric power to the electric vehicle. The management computer stores multiple charging profiles for different battery types. The charging controller is mounted on the electric vehicle and controls charging of the battery with the electric power from the power transmission device. The charging controller stores identification information about the battery. The charging controller transmits the identification information to the management computer. The charging controller acquires the charging profile corresponding to the identification information from the management computer. The charging controller controls charging of the battery according to the charging profile.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition that can provide molded articles that are not only highly rigid but also inhibited from generating hitting sound is provided, which has a bending modulus of 1850 MPa or higher as measured in accordance with ISO 178 and has a maximum sound pressure value of 2.0 Pa/N or lower as determined over a range of 20-20,000 Hz based on a frequency spectrum of sound pressure obtained by striking the center of one surface of a test piece with a force of 20±5 N using a stainless steel hammer, and collecting a sound generated at this moment using a sound pressure microphone placed at a distance of 12 cm perpendicularly from the above surface, the test piece being an integrally molded article having a rectangular main body that is 120 mm long, 60 mm wide and 3 mm thick and is provided with an upper end thereof with a trapezoidal protrusion that has a 20 mm upper base and a 40 mm lower base, is 8 mm tall and 1.5 mm thick, and being suspended by two strings taped to the protrusion.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition capable of providing a molded article which is inhibited from making rattling noise and preferably has high rigidity is provided, which comprises a rubber-reinforced resin (A) having a rubber portion (a1) derived from a block copolymer, or hydrogenated product thereof; and a resin portion (a2) comprising a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound. The block copolymer includes a block (I) having a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound, and a block (II) having a structural unit derived from isoprene or from isoprene and butadiene, and having a main dispersion peak of tan ? at no less than 0° C. The thermoplastic resin composition has a maximum value of sound pressure of 3.0 Pa/N or less over a frequency range of 20-20,000 Hz measured under predetermined conditions.

Abstract: This disclosure aims to accurately track a tracking target regardless of a surrounding environment. A tracking processor may be provided, which includes a tracking processing module configured to perform processing of tracking a tracking target, and a congestion degree calculating submodule configured to calculate a degree of congestion of objects located within an area including an estimated position of the tracking target. The tracking processing module may perform the processing of tracking the tracking target based on a value of the congestion degree calculated by the congestion degree calculating submodule.

Abstract: A state-of-charge estimation device and a state of charge estimation method are provided that estimate a state of charge in a battery having a large polarization, requiring a long time for depolarization, and having a large charge/discharge hysteresis in its SOC-OCV characteristics. The state-of-charge estimation device includes a voltage measuring unit which measures a closed circuit voltage in a battery, a charge estimation unit which estimates a state of charge in a charge mode by referring to charge mode information that associates a closed circuit voltage with a state of charge in the battery, and a discharge estimation unit which estimates a state of charge in a discharge mode by referring to discharge mode information that associates a closed circuit voltage generated by use of a discharge pattern of the battery with a state of charge in the battery by use of the measured closed circuit voltage.

Abstract: A state-of-charge estimation device includes a transition estimation unit, when a transition from a charge mode to a discharge mode starts, which starts current integration by use of a measured current and obtains a second state of charge by use of a first state of charge at the start of the transition and a current integration value, so as to estimate that the second state of charge is a state of charge upon transition until a target state of charge is reached that is determined by a current integration value obtained for a predetermined time period after the start of the transition, and/or when a transition from a discharge mode to a charge mode starts, which starts current integration by use of a measured current and obtains a sixth state of charge by use of a third state of charge at the start of the transition and a current integration value.

Abstract: When it has been determined according to a voltage detected by a voltage detecting unit 31 that a voltage detection line 23 between a focused-on battery 21 and the voltage detecting unit 31 has been broken, operations of each of switches 22 are controlled to separate a battery module 2 that includes the voltage detection line 23 from a power supply apparatus 1. When it has been determined according to the voltage detected by the voltage detecting unit 31 that the focused-on battery 21 has been overcharged or overdischarged, power input to, or output from, every battery module 2 is limited.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition that can provide molded articles that are not only highly rigid but also inhibited from generating hitting sound is provided, which has a bending modulus of 1850 MPa or higher as measured in accordance with ISO 178 and has a maximum sound pressure value of 2.0 Pa/N or lower as determined over a range of 20-20,000 Hz based on a frequency spectrum of sound pressure obtained by striking the center of one surface of a test piece with a force of 20±5 N using a stainless steel hammer, and collecting a sound generated at this moment using a sound pressure microphone placed at a distance of 12 cm perpendicularly from the above surface, the test piece being an integrally molded article having a rectangular main body that is 120 mm long, 60 mm wide and 3 mm thick and is provided with an upper end thereof with a trapezoidal protrusion that has a 20 mm upper base and a 40 mm lower base, is 8 mm tall and 1.5 mm thick, and being suspended by two strings taped to the protrusion.

Abstract: A vehicle seat including a seat cushion, a seat back, a seat belt, and a seat belt retractor is provided. The vehicle seat includes: a seat back frame comprising: right and left side frames disposed at a distance away from each other in a lateral direction; an upper frame connecting upper end portions of the right side frame and the left side frame; a lower frame connecting lower end portions of the right side frame and the left side frame; and a connecting frame made of a pipe member and disposed at distances away from the right and left side frames and connecting the upper frame and the lower frame; and a first bracket by which the seat belt retractor is attached to the seat back frame. The first bracket is provided on the connecting frame at distances away from the upper frame and the lower frame.

Abstract: A vehicle seat including a seat cushion, a seat back, a seat belt, and a seat belt retractor is provided. The vehicle seat includes: a seat back frame comprising: right and left side frames disposed at a distance away from each other in a lateral direction; an upper frame connecting upper end portions of the right side frame and the left side frame; a lower frame connecting lower end portions of the right side frame and the left side frame; and a connecting frame made of a pipe member and disposed at distances away from the right and left side frames and connecting the upper frame and the lower frame; and a first bracket by which the seat belt retractor is attached to the seat back frame. The first bracket is provided on the connecting frame at distances away from the upper frame and the lower frame.

Abstract: When it has been determined according to a voltage detected by a voltage detecting unit 31 that a voltage detection line 23 between a focused-on battery 21 and the voltage detecting unit 31 has been broken, operations of each of switches 22 are controlled to separate a battery module 2 that includes the voltage detection line 23 from a power supply apparatus 1. When it has been determined according to the voltage detected by the voltage detecting unit 31 that the focused-on battery 21 has been overcharged or overdischarged, power input to, or output from, every battery module 2 is limited.

Abstract: Please make the following amendments to the abstract. Material to be inserted in replacement paragraphs or sections is in bold and underline, and material to be deleted is in and/or in if the deletion would be difficult to see. This disclosure aims to accurately track a tracking target regardless of a surrounding environment. A tracking processor may be provided, which includes a tracking processing module configured to perform processing of tracking a tracking target, and a congestion degree calculating submodule configured to calculate a degree of congestion of objects located within an area including an estimated position of the tracking target. The tracking processing module may perform the processing of tracking the tracking target based on a value of the congestion degree calculated by the congestion degree calculating submodule.

Abstract: A method and a device are provided for estimating a remaining capacity of a battery. Transient characteristics are generated that represent a correlation between the remaining capacity and a closed circuit voltage, the correlation transitioning from one of a charging-side and a discharging-side characteristic to the other when the charging/discharging of the battery has been switched, on the basis of map data of a charging-side characteristic that is only conducted from a fully-discharged to a fully-charged state and a discharging-side characteristic that is only conducted from the fully-charged to the fully-discharged state, the characteristics representing a correlation between the remaining capacity and the Closed Circuit Voltage of the battery. When charging and discharging of the battery have been switched, the remaining capacity of the battery is estimated from the Closed Circuit Voltage of the battery by using the transient characteristics until polarization of the battery enters a saturated state.