Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer, an element region, and fin transistors. The substrate includes a principal surface. The semiconductor layer is formed as a surface layer or on the principal surface of the substrate, the surface layer being the principal surface of the substrate. The semiconductor layer has a crystal structure in which an angle between two of crystal orientations with equivalent relationships on a crystal plane having a correspondence with the principal surface of the substrate is 60 degrees or 120 degrees. The element region includes unit element regions formed on the principal surface of the substrate. The fin transistors are formed in the semiconductor layer, in the respective unit element regions. The fin transistors radially extend from a center toward an outer periphery of the element region. Adjacent two of the fin transistors have a spacing with a 60° angle or a 120° angle.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a recovery method of 226Ra, and the recovery method of 226Ra includes a step (A1) of immersing a solid-state 226Ra containing substance and a carrier having a function of adsorbing 226Ra ions in a processing solution, and then irradiating the processing solution with ultrasonic waves.

Abstract: An electric power conversion apparatus includes a rotating electric machine including armature windings, a first inverter connecting the armature windings with a first storage battery, a second inverter connecting the armature windings with a second storage battery, a changeover switch configured to connect or disconnect between first and second positive buses or between first and second negative buses, and an operating unit configured to perform, with the changeover switch being in an ON state, first and second energization processes alternately. In the first energization process, electric current is supplied from the first storage battery to the second storage battery via the first inverter, at least one of the armature windings and the second inverter. In the second energization process, electric current is supplied from the second storage battery to the first storage battery via the second inverter, at least one of the armature windings and the first inverter.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide methods of producing a cyclic organic compound using a continuous stirred tank reactor(s) (CSTR), the methods being capable of achieving excellent impurity-suppressing effects (quality improvement), reduction in reaction-tank size, continuous production, and such. The present inventors conducted studies on cyclization reactions using a CSTR(s), which had not been conventionally used for cyclization reactions for cyclic compounds. As a result, the inventors have found that the present methods can achieve excellent impurity-suppressing effects (quality improvement), reduction in reaction-tank size, continuous production, and such, as compared with conventional cyclization methods.

Abstract: A control device of a vehicle, the vehicle having: a power source including an engine and an electric motor; and a power transmission shaft to which the power source is coupled in a power transmittable manner; the vehicle comprising: a power transmission device transmitting a torque of the power source input to the power transmission shaft, to driving wheels; and an electric-power accumulator supplying/receiving electric power to/from the electric motor, the control device comprising: a power source control unit performing charge control for increasing a torque of the engine that achieves a drive demand amount during running of the vehicle in a driving state; and a charge limit control unit performing charge limit control for limiting a charging power in the charge control.

Abstract: A controller for a hybrid electric vehicle. The hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine, a motor generator, a clutch arranged between a crankshaft and the motor generator, and a catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage. The controller includes first processing circuitry that executes a catalyst warming process that warms the catalyst under a situation in which the hybrid electric vehicle is at a standstill and second processing circuitry configured to control the clutch and the motor generator. The first processing circuitry requests the second processing circuitry to prohibit disengagement of the clutch when the catalyst warming process is executed.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide methods of producing a cyclic organic compound using a continuous stirred tank reactor(s) (CSTR), the methods being capable of achieving excellent impurity-suppressing effects (quality improvement), reduction in reaction-tank size, continuous production, and such. The present inventors conducted studies on cyclization reactions using a CSTR(s), which had not been conventionally used for cyclization reactions for cyclic compounds. As a result, the inventors have found that the present methods can achieve excellent impurity-suppressing effects (quality improvement), reduction in reaction-tank size, continuous production, and such, as compared with conventional cyclization methods.

Abstract: A woven gauze fabric excellent in balance between breathability and heat-retaining property, transparency preventing property, and good touch feeling (softness). The woven gauze fabric includes a surface layer G1 and a back layer G3, wherein the layer G1 and G3 are directly and/or indirectly joined together. The layer G1 is formed of a hollow yarn having a yarn count of 30-50 (both inclusive), and the layer G3 is formed of a hollow yarn having a yarn count of 30-50 (both inclusive). In a case where the woven gauze fabric is a triple gauze including a middle layer G2, the hollow yarn of the layer G1 and G3 have a yarn count of 40-50 (both inclusive). In a case where the woven gauze fabric is a double gauze, the hollow yarn of the layer G1 and G3 have a yarn count of 30-40 (both inclusive).

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle in which an internal combustion engine can be suitably assisted by a rotating electrical machine. The vehicle is provided with an internal combustion engine, a rotating electrical machine, a transmission, a clutch placed between the transmission and the combination of the internal combustion engine and rotating electrical machine, and a motive power control device that controls the motive power of the internal combustion engine and the rotating electrical machine. The motive power control device calculates additional motive power for the rotating electrical machine on the basis of the difference between the motive-power-transmitting capacity of the clutch and the motive power of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle is provided. A vehicle V has a gasoline particulate filter (GPF) provided on an exhaust passage to capture particulate matter (PM) included in exhaust, a generator motor connected to a crank shaft of an engine, an exhaust temperature sensor acquiring a filter temperature correlated with a temperature of the GPF, and an electronic control unit (ECU) performing motor drive control for rotating the crank shaft with the generator motor when a filter temperature is higher than or equal to a PM combustion start temperature and a PM combustion integration amount that is an integration amount of PM combusted in the GPF is less than a PM discharge integration amount.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle is provided. A vehicle V has a gasoline particulate filter (GPF) provided on an exhaust passage to capture particulate matter (PM) included in exhaust, a generator motor connected to a crank shaft of an engine, an exhaust temperature sensor acquiring a filter temperature correlated with a temperature of the GPF, and an electronic control unit (ECU) performing motor drive control for rotating the crank shaft with the generator motor when a filter temperature is higher than or equal to a PM combustion start temperature and a PM combustion integration amount that is an integration amount of PM combusted in the GPF is less than a PM discharge integration amount.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle in which an internal combustion engine can be suitably assisted by a rotating electrical machine. The vehicle is provided with an internal combustion engine, a rotating electrical machine, a transmission, a clutch placed between the transmission and the combination of the internal combustion engine and rotating electrical machine, and a motive power control device that controls the motive power of the internal combustion engine and the rotating electrical machine. The motive power control device calculates additional motive power for the rotating electrical machine on the basis of the difference between the motive-power-transmitting capacity of the clutch and the motive power of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A power control device of a vehicle disallows generation of additional power of rotating electrical machines when power of an internal combustion engine is transmitted to a transmission via a clutch and an amount of operation of an accelerator pedal is lower than an operation threshold value. The power control device allows generation of additional power of the rotating electrical machines when power of the internal combustion engine is transmitted to the transmission via the clutch and the amount of operation of an accelerator pedal is higher than the operation threshold value.

Abstract: In a vehicle, a first rotating electrical machine, is connected to first wheels via a clutch, and second rotating electrical machines are connected to second wheels or the first wheels without going through the clutch. A power control device allocates electric power to the second rotating electrical machines with higher priority over the first rotating electrical machine when adding additional power to power of an internal combustion engine, thereby generating power of the second rotating electrical machines with higher priority over power of the first rotating electrical machine.

Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of quickly and properly ensuring excellent fuel economy of the engine even when atmospheric pressure has changed. The control system includes an ECU. The ECU performs weighted average calculation on lowland map values and highland map values, based on atmospheric pressure, to thereby calculate map values of a demanded torque that minimize a fuel consumption ratio of the engine in the atmospheric pressure, and calculates engine demanded output. The ECU calculates demanded torque and demanded engine speed using the map values and the engine demanded output, respectively. The ECU controls the engine using the demanded torque.

Abstract: In a vehicle, a first rotating electrical machine, is connected to first wheels via a clutch, and second rotating electrical machines are connected to second wheels or the first wheels without going through the clutch. A power control device allocates electric power to the second rotating electrical machines with higher priority over the first rotating electrical machine when adding additional power to power of an internal combustion engine, thereby generating power of the second rotating electrical machines with higher priority over power of the first rotating electrical machine.

Abstract: A power control device of a vehicle disallows generation of additional power of rotating electrical machines when power of an internal combustion engine is transmitted to a transmission via a clutch and an amount of operation of an accelerator pedal is lower than an operation threshold value. The power control device allows generation of additional power of the rotating electrical machines when power of the internal combustion engine is transmitted to the transmission via the clutch and the amount of operation of an accelerator pedal is higher than the operation threshold value.

Abstract: A slide rail includes: an outer rail; an inner rail, including a space into which a guide pin, which is attached to a to-be-mounted object, is capable of being inserted from one end side of the inner rail, configured to slide in a longitudinal direction of the outer rail; and a locking mechanism configured to fix the inner rail onto the outer rail.

Abstract: A woven gauze fabric excellent in balance between breathability and heat-retaining property, transparency preventing property, and good touch feeling (softness). The woven gauze fabric includes a surface layer G1 and a back layer G3, wherein the layer G1 and G3 are directly and/or indirectly joined together. The layer is formed of a hollow yarn having a yarn count of 30-50 (both inclusive), and the layer G3 is formed of a hollow yarn having a yarn count of 30-50 (both inclusive). In a case where the woven gauze fabric is a triple gauze including a middle layer G2, the hollow yarn of the layer G1 and G3 have a yarn count of 40-50 (both inclusive). In a case where the woven gauze fabric is a double gauze, the hollow yarn of the layer G1 and G3 have a yarn count of 30-40 (both inclusive).

Abstract: An intake control system for an internal combustion engine, which, even when there are a plurality of intake air amounts for attaining one target torque, is capable of positively selecting a minimum intake air amount therefrom without causing hunting, and setting the minimum intake air amount as a target intake air amount, thereby making it possible to improve fuel economy. The intake control system calculates a maximum intake air amount, sets a plurality of provisional intake air amounts within a range of 0 to the maximum intake air amount, calculates torques estimated to be output from the engine with respect to the provisional intake air amounts, respectively, selects a minimum provisional intake air amount that makes the estimated torque equal to or close to the target torque from the relationship between the provisional intake air amounts and the estimated torques, and sets the same as the target intake air amount.