Abstract: A function defined in source code of an application is further partitioned into a plurality of logics without depending on function definition performed by a developer. An application partitioning apparatus (1) for partitioning an application distributively processed by a plurality of information processing apparatuses into a plurality of logics includes an acquisition unit (121) which acquires source code of the application, a first partitioning unit (122) which identifies a plurality of functions defined in the source code and partitioning the source code into the plurality of functions, a determination unit (123) which determines whether each of the partitioned functions can be further partitioned according to rules set in advance, and a second partitioning unit (124) which, when it is determined that each of the partitioned function can be partitioned, partitions the function into a plurality of functions including one or a plurality of rows.

Abstract: In a fuel cell stack, an electrically insulating frame shaped resin film having a constant thickness is provided on an outer peripheral side of a power generation surface of an MEA. An outer peripheral end of the resin film protrudes outside of a first outer peripheral end of a first metal separator and a second outer peripheral end of a second metal separator over the entire periphery.

Abstract: An API coordination device according to the present invention executes a coordinated service combining wholesale services of a plurality of wholesale providers by launching an API published to a service provider and by launching, in response to an order from the service provider, APIs through which the wholesale providers publish the wholesale services. The API coordination device includes: a catalog/rule management section configured to hold a coordination rule defining API simplification which is to be performed in such a way that, among parameters for executing the coordinated service, a subset of the parameters is hidden and the others of the parameters are published to the service provider; and an execution section configured to read the coordination rule and to launch the API published to the service provider in such a way as to hide the subset of the parameters and publishes the others of the parameters to the service provider.

Abstract: An analysis device for analyzing services on a network includes: a storage unit configured to store, maintenance information collected, from the network, at a predetermined time interval and for each of the services, application rules describing a technique for applying a plurality of types of analysis logics classified by use, and a catalog describing specifications of the analysis logics; a rule application unit configured to, upon receipt of a request related to an analysis target service, apply the maintenance information over a predetermined period of the analysis target service to the application rules; an analysis logic selection unit configured to select the analysis logics for each use based on a result of the application to the application rules; and a collaborative catalog generation unit configured to generate a collaborative catalog including a combination of the catalogs describing the specifications of the selected analysis logics.

Abstract: A service coordination device including: an order execution unit that is configured to execute a coordinated service order that has been registered in and is read from an order management database in order to process an instance of the coordinated service generated over a utilized resource of the coordinated service; and an exclusion control unit that is configured to carry out exclusion control among coordinated service orders, wherein when there are conflicting coordinated service orders targeting to process a same instance, before the conflicting coordinated service orders are executed by the order execution unit at the same time, the exclusion control unit is configured to prioritize a coordinated service order that is executed first among the conflicting coordinated service orders and prevents other ones of the conflicting coordinated service orders from being executed.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide an API adapter, an API adapter creation method, and a program capable of efficiently creating an API adapter unit.

Abstract: A process for producing nickel powder capable of obtaining inexpensive, and also, high-performance nickel powder, even when using wet process. A process for producing nickel powder, including a crystallization step for obtaining nickel crystal powder by reductive reaction in reaction solution in which at least water-soluble nickel salt, metal salt of metal more noble than nickel, reducing agent, alkali hydroxide, amine compound, and water are mixed, wherein the reducing agent to be mixed in the crystallization step is hydrazine, the amine compound is autolysis inhibitor of hydrazine, and contains two or more primary amino groups in molecule, or contains one primary amino group and one or more secondary amino groups in molecule, and ratio of molar number of the amine compound with respect to molar number of nickel in the reaction solution is in a range of 0.01 mol % to 5 mol %.

Abstract: An object is to provide a catalyst particle that can exhibit high activity. The catalyst particle is an alloy particle formed of platinum atom and a non-platinum metal atom, wherein (i) the alloy particle has an L12 structure as an internal structure and has an extent of ordering of L12 structure in the range of 30 to 100%, (ii) the alloy particle has an LP ratio calculated by CO stripping method of 10% or more, and (iii) the alloy particle has a dN/dA ratio in the range of 0.4 to 1.0.

Abstract: To provide a means capable of achieving excellent input/output characteristics and cycle durability in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which is suitable for mounting on a vehicle. An electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a current collector, a first electrode active material layer including a first electrode active material, arranged on a surface of the current collector, and a second electrode active material layer including a second electrode active material, arranged on a surface of the first electrode active material layer, in which the first electrode active material layer includes a binder in a crystallized state and the second electrode active material layer does not substantially include a binder in a crystallized state.

Abstract: A horn antenna array is provided with a plurality of horn antennas arranged in one direction. Each of the plurality of horn antennas includes two pairs of inclined planes, which define a frustum-shape horn, and on an electromagnetic wave incident side of the horn, ends of a pair of inclined planes arranged in the one direction out of the two pairs of inclined planes project from ends of the other pair of inclined planes out of the two pairs of inclined planes.

Abstract: To provide an electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having excellent shape retention of an electrode active material layer and exhibiting high cycle durability. An electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a current collector and an electrode active material layer arranged on a surface of the current collector, and is used for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a liquid volume coefficient of 1.4 or more, in which the electrode active material layer includes an electrode active material and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF), and the polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF) binds the electrode active material in a fibrous form in the electrode active material layer.

Abstract: A device and method for preparing a nano-fragmented product. A polysaccharide slurry is circulated in a polysaccharide supply path (3) via a chamber (2). Specifically, using a pump (8), the polysaccharide slurry in a tank (7) is circulated in a circulation path (9) which is formed using a vinyl hose, a rubber hose or the like. On the other hand, another slurry than the polysaccharide slurry is circulated through a second fluid medium supply path (4) as another circulation path via the chamber (2). Specifically, using a pump (11), the slurry other than the polysaccharide slurry in a tank (10) is caused to pass through a heat exchanger (12) and a plunger (13) and thereby circulate in the other circulation path. The slurry other than the polysaccharide slurry circulated in the second fluid medium supply path (4) is orifice-injected against the polysaccharide slurry circulated in the polysaccharide slurry supply path (3) and flowing through the chamber (2).

Abstract: The semiconductor device and the method of fabricating the same includes, on a surface of a semiconductor substrate 1 of a first conductivity type which is P-type or N-type, a diode element using a PN junction including a high-concentration first conductivity type impurity region 6 of the first conductivity type, a high-concentration second conductivity type impurity region 5 of a second conductivity type that is a conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type, and an element isolation region 2 sandwiched between the high-concentration first conductivity type impurity region and the high-concentration second conductivity type impurity region, and a floating layer 3 of the second conductivity type separated from the high-concentration second conductivity type impurity region below the high-concentration second conductivity type impurity region on the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: An electrode for a secondary cell includes a current collector and an electrode layer. The electrode layer has a gas flow passage disposed on the surface and/or in the interior of the electrode layer. The gas flow passage extends in the in-plane direction of the electrode layer. The electrode layer is made from an electrode layer forming material that contains an electrode active material and an ion conductive liquid and is a non-bonded body. A secondary cell comprises a power generation element having an electrolyte layer, a positive electrode disposed on a first surface side of the electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode disposed on a second surface side on the back of the first surface side of the electrolyte layer; and an outer casing that houses the power generation element. At least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode is the electrode for a secondary cell.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging control apparatus, method, and a vehicle, capable of efficiently analyzing an image. Among a short accumulation signal and a long accumulation signal of a photographed image, the short accumulation signal of a preceding frame is set to correspond to the short accumulation signal of a succeeding frame. The signal of the succeeding frame is processed by using the short accumulation signal of the preceding frame. The present technology is applicable to control imaging in an apparatus that supports driving of a vehicle by performing various processing, in each of frames of an N-frame sequence, for example, of recognizing various target objects necessary in supporting the driving of the vehicle, such as an obstacle, a guidance object, and other target objects, for example.

Abstract: The problem is to provide a polymerizable compound having suitable polymerization reactivity, a high conversion ratio, low polymerization starting temperature, and high solubility in a liquid crystal composition; a liquid crystal composition containing the compound; and a liquid crystal display device including the composition. A means thereof includes a compound represented by formula (1) and a liquid crystal composition containing the compound. In formula (1), R1, R2 and R3 are independently alkyl or the like; n is 0 or the like; ring A1 is phenyl or the like, and ring A2 and ring A3 are independently 1,4-phenylene or the like; Z1 and Z2 are independently a single bond or the like; Sp1 to Sp4 are a single bond or the like; a is 1 or the like; c, d and e are independently 0 or 1, and a sum of c, d and e is 1 or the like; and P1 to P4 are a polymerizable group, and at least one of P1 to P4 is a polymerizable group represented by formula (P-1).

Abstract: This invention provides an agent and a composition that induces cancer cell death and suppresses cancer cell proliferation. The agent and the composition comprises, as an active ingredient, a drug for suppressing GST-? and MRPL17 or comprises, as active ingredients, a drug for suppressing GST-? and a drug for suppressing MRPL17.

Abstract: To provide a means capable of suppressing the generation of cracks in an electrode active material layer in the production of an electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. Provided is a method for producing an electrode for use in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a current collector and an electrode active material layer including an electrode active material, arranged on a surface of the current collector, and a dispersion is by mixing the electrode active material, a binder formed of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF), a first solvent in which the polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF) is not dissolved, and a second solvent in which the polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF) can be dissolved. Then, an electrode active material slurry is prepared by removing the second solvent from the obtained dispersion. Then, a coating film is formed by coating the obtained electrode active material slurry on the surface of the current collector, thereby producing an electrode.

Abstract: To provide a polar compound having high chemical stability, a high ability to align liquid crystal molecules, and high solubility in a liquid crystal composition, and a high voltage holding ratio of a liquid crystal display element. A compound represented by Formula (1): R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group that may be substituted; a is 2 to 12; and R2 is Formula (1-a), Formula (1-b), and Formula (1-c); Sp1 to Sp3 are a single bond or an alkylene group that may be substituted; M1 and M2 are H, F, Cl, or an alkyl group that may be substituted; and X1 is —OH, —NH2, —OR3, —N(R3)2, —COOH, —SH or —Si(R3)3.

Abstract: There is provided a water-based ink for ink-jet recording including: a self-dispersible black pigment; a resin-dispersed chromatic pigment including a resin-dispersed magenta pigment and a resin-dispersed cyan pigment; and water. A ratio (Col/Bk) of a solid content mass (Col) of the resin-dispersed chromatic pigment to a solid content mass (Bk) of the self-dispersible black pigment is in a range of 0.24 to 0.73 and a mean particle diameter of the self-dispersible black pigment is greater than a mean particle diameter of the resin-dispersed chromatic pigment.