Abstract: A method of a first user equipment (UE) may comprise: receiving a downlink (DL) reference signal transmitted by a base station using a beam included in a beam candidate group to be used for sidelink (SL) communication with a second UE; measuring a DL reference signal received power (RSRP) of the DL reference signal; determining a transmit power of a beam included in the beam candidate group based on the measured DL RSRP; and transmitting SL data to the second UE with the determined transmit power.

Abstract: An operation method of a relay node may include: receiving, from a first communication node, first data composed of n bits; receiving, from a second communication node, second data composed of m bits; in response to determining that n is greater than m, generating first T-data of m bits excluding (n-m) bits from the n-bits of the first data and first R-data of (n-m) bits; generating third data by performing a network coding operation on the first T-data and the second data; transmitting the third data to the first communication node; and transmitting the third data and the first R-data to the second communication node.

Abstract: A seat for a vehicle, includes a second row center seat and a second row side seat provided on a partition wall positioned rearward of a driver seat, the second row center seat may move leftward or rightward, and an interval between the seats may be increased in a state in which the second row center seat is moved in a right direction away from the second row side seat, which makes it possible to maximally prevent body contact between a passenger in the second row center seat and a passenger in the second row side seat.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle rear seat including: a center seat; and side seats located on the left and right of the center seat, wherein, the center seat is capable of protruding by moving the center seat forward with respect to the side seats, and in the state in which the center seat protrudes forward, it is possible to increase an inter-passenger distance so that physical contact between the passenger of the center seat and the passenger of each of the side seats can be prevented as much as possible.

Abstract: A hardly graphitizable carbonaceous material can be used in a negative electrode material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries (for example, a lithium ion battery) having not only high charge capacity but also high charge-discharge efficiency and being fully charged to be used and a method for producing the same. Such hardly graphitizable carbonaceous material may have an oxygen element content of 0.25% by mass or less.

Abstract: A carbonaceous material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having an average interplanar spacing d002 of the (002) plane within a range of 0.36 to 0.42 nm calculated by using the Bragg equation according to a wide-angle X-ray diffraction method, a specific surface area within a range of 8 to 30 m2/g obtained by a nitrogen adsorption BET three-point method, a nitrogen element content of 0.5 mass % or less, an oxygen element content of 0.3 mass % or less, and an average particle diameter of 1 to 2.8 ?m according to a laser scattering method.

Abstract: Provided is a carbonaceous material used in a negative electrode of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that shows favorable charge/discharge capacities and low resistance and having favorable resistance to oxidative degradation. The carbonaceous material has an average interplanar spacing d002 of the (002) plane of 0.36 to 0.42 nm calculated by using the Bragg equation according to a wide-angle X-ray diffraction method, a specific surface area of 20 to 65 m2/g obtained by a nitrogen adsorption BET three-point method, a nitrogen element content of 0.3 mass % or less, an oxygen element content of 2.5 mass % or less, and an average particle diameter of 1 to 4 ?m according to a laser scattering method.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to: a non aqueous electrolyte battery binder composition containing a polyamine and a neutralized salt of an ?-olefin-maleic acid copolymer obtained through copolymerization of an ?-olefin and maleic acid; and a non aqueous electrolyte battery slurry composition, a non aqueous electrolyte battery negative electrode, and a non aqueous electrolyte battery, etc., using the non aqueous electrolyte battery binder composition.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a slurry composition for non aqueous electrolyte battery electrodes that includes a binder composition, an active material, and a solvent, in which the active material is a lithium-containing metal oxide, the binder composition contains a neutralized salt of an ?-olefin-maleic acid copolymer in which an ?-olefin and a maleic acid are copolymerized, and the degree of neutralization for carboxylic acid generated from the maleic acid in the copolymer is from 0.3 to 1.0. The present invention further pertains to a non aqueous electrolyte battery positive electrode and a non aqueous electrolyte battery using the slurry composition for non aqueous electrolyte battery electrodes.

Abstract: In order to provide an organic radical battery excellent in the high output performance and the discharge characteristic at large currents, an electrode using, as an electrode active material, a copolymer having a repeating unit having a nitroxide radical site represented by the formula (1-a) and a repeating unit having carboxy-lithium represented by the formula (1-b) in the range of x satisfying 0.1 to 10 is used for the organic radical battery.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a non aqueous electrolyte battery binder composition containing a polyether and a neutralized salt of an ?-olefin-maleic acid copolymer obtained through copolymerization of an ?-olefin and maleic acid; and a non aqueous electrolyte battery slurry composition, a non aqueous electrolyte battery negative electrode, and a non aqueous electrolyte battery using the non aqueous electrolyte battery binder composition.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to: a non aqueous electrolyte battery binder composition containing a polyamine and a neutralized salt of an ?-olefin-maleic acid copolymer obtained through copolymerization of an ?-olefin and maleic acid; and a non aqueous electrolyte battery slurry composition, a non aqueous electrolyte battery negative electrode, and a non aqueous electrolyte battery, etc., using the non aqueous electrolyte battery binder composition.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carbonaceous material (carbonaceous material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery) used for a negative electrode of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery (e.g., a lithium ion secondary battery) exhibiting favorable charge/discharge capacities and low resistance and having favorable resistance to oxidative degradation. The present invention relates to a carbonaceous material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having an average interplanar spacing d002 of the (002) plane within a range of 0.36 to 0.42 nm calculated by using the Bragg equation according to a wide-angle X-ray diffraction method, a specific surface area within a range of 20 to 65 m2/g obtained by a nitrogen adsorption BET three-point method, a nitrogen element content of 0.3 mass % or less, an oxygen element content of 2.5 mass % or less, and an average particle diameter of 1 to 4 ?m according to a laser scattering method.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carbonaceous material (carbonaceous material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery) used for a negative electrode of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery (e.g., a lithium ion secondary battery) exhibiting favorable charge/discharge capacities and low resistance and having favorable resistance to oxidative degradation. The present invention relates to a carbonaceous material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having an average interplanar spacing d002 of the (002) plane within a range of 0.36 to 0.42 nm calculated by using the Bragg equation according to a wide-angle X-ray diffraction method, a specific surface area within a range of 8 to 30 m2/g obtained by a nitrogen adsorption BET three-point method, a nitrogen element content of 0.5 mass % or less, an oxygen element content of 0.3 mass % or less, and an average particle diameter of 1 to 4 ?m according to a laser scattering method.

Abstract: A quality assurance system for radiation therapy equipment includes an image capturing unit installed on radiation therapy equipment and capturing an image of an indicating part indicating an operational state of the radiation therapy equipment, an image processing unit extracting an edge of the indicating part in image captured by the image capturing unit, a center point extraction unit extracting a center point with respect to the edge, and a quality evaluation unit evaluating quality of the radiation therapy equipment by tracking movement of the center point.

Abstract: To provide a hardly graphitizable carbonaceous material used in a negative electrode material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries (for example, a lithium ion battery) having not only high charge capacity but also high charge-discharge efficiency and being fully charged to be used and a method for producing the same. To provide a negative electrode material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries comprising such a hardly graphitizable carbonaceous material, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising such a negative electrode material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries and being fully charged to be used. A hardly graphitizable carbonaceous material, being a hardly graphitizable carbonaceous material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries fully charged to be used and having an oxygen element content of 0.25% by mass or less.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a slurry composition for non aqueous electrolyte battery electrodes that includes a binder composition, an active material, and a solvent, in which the active material is a lithium-containing metal oxide, the binder composition contains a neutralized salt of an ?-olefin-maleic acid copolymer in which an ?-olefin and a maleic acid are copolymerized, and the degree of neutralization for carboxylic acid generated from the maleic acid in the copolymer is from 0.3 to 1.0. The present invention further pertains to a non aqueous electrolyte battery positive electrode and a non aqueous electrolyte battery using the slurry composition for non aqueous electrolyte battery electrodes.

Abstract: A quality assurance system for radiation therapy equipment includes an image capturing unit installed on radiation therapy equipment and capturing an image of an indicating part indicating an operational state of the radiation therapy equipment, an image processing unit extracting an edge of the indicating part in image captured by the image capturing unit, a center point extraction unit extracting a center point with respect to the edge, and a quality evaluation unit evaluating quality of the radiation therapy equipment by tracking movement of the center point.

Abstract: A quality assurance system for radiation therapy equipment includes an image capturing unit installed on radiation therapy equipment and capturing an image of an indicating part indicating an operational state of the radiation therapy equipment, an image processing unit extracting an edge of the indicating part in image captured by the image capturing unit, a center point extraction unit extracting a center point with respect to the edge, and a quality evaluation unit evaluating quality of the radiation therapy equipment by tracking movement of the center point.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyarylene sulfide that is prepared from a composition including 100 parts by weight of solid sulfur, 500 to 10,000 parts by weight of iodinated aryl compounds, and 0.03 to 30 parts by weight of a sulfur-containing polymerization terminator with respect to 100 parts by weight of the solid sulfur, and has a melting temperature (Tm) of 255 to 285° C., and luminosity of 40 or higher as defined by the CIE Lab color model, and a process of preparing the same. The PAS resin is prepared from a composition including a sulfur-containing polymerization terminator and thus has excellent thermal properties and luminosity.