Abstract: To speed up processing for decoding a source packet from a coded packet based on rateless coding, a terminal is provided with: a storage unit which holds a matrix with n rows and n columns and an n-bit flag; and a calculation unit which performs processing for extracting an element that becomes 1 in both a received n-bit coded packet and the flag, and performing processing for performing an exclusive OR operation of a row vector of the matrix that corresponds to the element number of the extracted element and the received coded packet on all extracted elements, determines an element that is the first to become 1 in the coded packet after the exclusive OR operation, and inserts, into the matrix, the coded packet after the exclusive OR operation as a row vector corresponding to the element number of the determined element.

Abstract: The transmission includes: an open-end cover fitted to an inner circumference of an open end portion of a rotary housing, the cover being configured to close the open end portion; an O-ring provided between the rotary housing and the open-end cover in the compressed state in the axial direction of the rotary housing, the O-ring being configured to seal between the inner circumferential portion of the rotary housing and the outer circumferential portion of the open-end cover; and a snap ring configured to restrict the movement of the open-end cover in the axial direction. The open-end cover is pushed against the snap ring by the repulsive force exerted by the compressed O-ring.

Abstract: Provided are a positive electrode active material with which a secondary battery having high charging and discharging capacities and an excellent cycle characteristic can be obtained, and a method for producing the same. A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a lithium-metal composite oxide represented by a general formula: LiaNixCoyMnzMtO2+? and containing a secondary particle formed of a plurality of flocculated primary particles. A void ratio obtained from an image analysis result of a cross section of the secondary particle, the image thereof being obtained by a scanning electron microscope, is at least 5% and up to 50% in a first area that is from a central part of the secondary particle to one half of a radius of the secondary particle, and is up to 1.5% in a second area that is outside the first area.

Abstract: The present invention provides a 1,2,3-triazole derivative and an insecticide or acaricide containing the 1,2,3-triazole derivative as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for a keratin substance, such as skin, comprising: (a) at least one plate type filler having a particle size of 10 ?m or less, preferably 5 ?m or less, and more preferably 3 ?m or less; (b) at least one pearlescent pigment having a particle size of 15 ?m or less, preferably 12 ?m or less, and more preferably 10 ?m or less; and (c) at least one hollow or porous particle, wherein the (a) plate type filler has a refractive index of 2.0 or less, preferably 1.9 or less, and more preferably 1.8 or less, and the (b) pearlescent pigment has a colored reflection. The composition according to the present invention can provide a keratin substance with sufficient coverage of imperfections on the keratin substance, while providing the keratin substance with brightness and natural finish.

Abstract: A vehicle drive device that includes the rotating electrical machine disposed at such a position that at least a part of the rotating electrical machine overlaps the speed change mechanism as viewed in a radial direction of the rotating electrical machine, and the rotating electrical machine disposed on the first side in the axial direction with respect to the input gear so as to overlap the input gear or a member that rotates with the input gear as viewed in the axial direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a titanium alloy sheet for electrode, including at least one of 0.1 to 1.0% by mass of Al and 0.1 to 1.0% by mass of Si, with the balance being Ti and inevitable impurities, wherein the total content of Al and Si is 0.2 to 1.0% by mass and an average grain size is 5 to 20 ?m.

Abstract: A packet processing device is connected as a route of a plurality of I/O devices and configures a PCIe fabric. The packet processing device includes a plurality of first request processing units and a second request processing unit that process a PCIe packet issuing request to the I/O device; and a first selecting unit that selects the plurality of first request processing units or the second request processing unit, based on a request classification of the PCIe packet issuing request, and a load exerted on the PCIe fabric by a packet to be transmitted to the I/O device. The first selecting unit includes a first determining unit that determines whether the PCIe packet issuing request is possible to pass another PCIe packet issuing request being processed by the first request processing unit, based on a transaction identifier included in the PCIe packet issuing request.

Abstract: A Management system 10 includes: resource pools 111-114 which act as the hardware components on which multiple virtual machines are running; an inter-connecting network 12 which connects various resource pools; and a HA manager 13 which snoops all traffic of the inter-connecting network 12 to detect failure of a target VM and triggers corresponded actions when failure is detected.

Abstract: To avoid degradation of access performance and resource use efficiency when a multi-node system utilizing a resource-disaggregated architecture makes data access across nodes under the control of software and the like which are not compatible with the resource-disaggregated architecture, an access control unit 410-1 is a unit included in an access control system 2, wherein remote access from a first processor 420-1 to a second information processing resource 440-2 is made via first and second communication networks, and is equipped with: a determination part 411-1 for determining whether or not the access made by the first processor 420-1 is remote access; and an access conversion part 412-1 for converting, when the access is remote access, the remote access to local access by updating access destination management information 432-1 such that the second information processing resource is associated with a first information processing device.

Abstract: Void formation in a semiconductor device is to be prevented. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, signal lines, and a protective layer. In the semiconductor device, the semiconductor element is mounted on a substrate. The signal lines in the semiconductor device are connected to the semiconductor element on the substrate. Further, the protective layer in the semiconductor device is provided in an inter-line region interposed between both edges of two adjacent signal lines among the signal lines on the substrate.

Abstract: A parameter determination apparatus is provided with: an input/output I/F configured to receive topology information representing connections between nodes included in a communication system, and node pair information indicating node pairs that communicate with each other; a parameter determination unit configured to simultaneously determine, based on the topology information and the node pair information, a group formed of 1 or more node pairs and a transmission rate to be assigned to the group; and a parameter setting unit configured to give notification of the group and the transmission rate to the nodes included in the communication system. In this way, network utilization efficiency is increased.

Abstract: In order to achieve a communication apparatus capable of efficiently transmitting data, the present invention is provided with a plurality of buffers configured to cause a communication packet to wait therein, and an intra-buffer packet switching means for moving a predetermined communication packet among packets waiting in the plurality of buffers from a first buffer in which the predetermined communication packet waits to a second buffer among the plurality of buffers.

Abstract: Disclosed are a management node and the like for enabling packets to be efficiently sent to a plurality of destination terminals, while preventing the increase of implementation scale of network interface cards (NIC). The management node includes: a rule determination means for determining a prescribed rule for distributing packets to a plurality of rate control means included in the network interface cards (NIC) provided to the terminals; and a rule sending means for sending the determined prescribed rule to the terminals.

Abstract: A process for producing a separator material suitable for fuel cells, wherein the separator includes a pure titanium or a titanium alloy as a base material. The method comprises an application step and a heat treatment step. The application step is a step of applying a carbon black to a surface of the base material which has a carbon concentration, at a position located at a depth of 10 nm from an outermost surface, of 10 atom % or less. The heat treatment step subjects the base material, which has undergone the application step, to a heat treatment in a low-partial-oxygen-pressure atmosphere having a partial oxygen pressure of 0.0667 Pa or more and 25 Pa or less.

Abstract: A corrosion protection anode using an external power supply in which a reinforcing layer formed of a fiber base material is laminated with an adhesive layer on one surface of a conductive layer formed of a graphite sheet, and an electrolyte layer of an electrolyte-containing resin formed in a sheet shape and having adhesive power such that the layer is capable of being adhered to the conductive layer and to a surface layer of an object to be protected from corrosion is adhered by the adhesive power thereof to the other surface of the conductive layer, wherein the conductive layer always has a resistance value of 4 ? or less between any two points on the surface thereof on a side that comes into contact with the electrolyte layer.

Abstract: Provided are an adhesive resin composition that can be uniformly applied, has high adhesiveness, and further has high strength in acid resistance, and a laminate including the same. Provided is an adhesive resin composition including an acid-modified polyolefin resin component having a melting point of higher than 80° C. and 140° C. or lower, a crosslinking agent component, and a solvent component, in which the solvent component contains an aromatic solvent, an aliphatic solvent, and a ketone-based solvent, the aromatic solvent has a highest boiling point, and the solvent component contains the aromatic solvent in an amount of 50 parts by mass or more and 80 parts by mass or less, the aliphatic solvent in an amount of 10 parts by mass or more and 30 parts by mass or less, and the ketone-based solvent in an amount of 5 parts by mass or more and 20 parts by mass or less, based on 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the solvent component.

Abstract: Provided are an adhesive resin composition having high adhesiveness and high strength in acid resistance, and a laminate including the same. Provided is an adhesive resin composition including an acid-modified polyolefin resin component (A) having a weight average molecular weight of 30,000 or more and 150,000 or less, a resin component (B) having an epoxy group in a molecule, a resin component (C) having an amino group at a molecular end, and a solvent (S), in which a content of the resin component (B) is 1 part by mass or more and 30 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the acid-modified polyolefin resin component (A), and a content of the resin component (C) is 0.5 parts by mass or more and 15 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the acid-modified polyolefin resin component (A).

Abstract: [Problem] In a case where a plurality of packets are compiled for transmission to a network, the length of data to be continuously transmitted to each of a plurality of destinations is increased and hence the time interval in which the packet(s) addressed to each destination gets a transmission opportunity is increased, with the result that the packet delay is disadvantageously increased. [Solution] A packet extraction unit (22 of FIG. 2) extracts a plurality of packets as a whole from a packet compilation queue (21 of FIG. 2) that sorts, according to destinations, and stores packets. A limited number of packets to be extracted as a whole at this time is given in accordance with a maximum packet compilation number defined by a maximum compilation number calculation unit (29 of FIG. 2) on the basis of a band increase and a delay increase due to a packet compilation.

Abstract: Provided is contribution for improving response performance. For that, a storage system includes a control device and a memory device that is connected to the control device via an interconnected network, wherein the memory device includes a data memory unit that stores data and a comparison write unit that performs a comparison write process of comparing first data specified by the control device with second data stored into a predetermined area in the data memory means and determining whether to update data in the predetermined area depending on a result of the comparison, and wherein the control device includes a read command issuance unit that issues a read command to the memory device; a write buffer memory unit that holds data that has been read based on the read command; and a comparison write command unit that designates data written to the write buffer memory means as the first data and instructs, in the form of a comparison write command, the memory device to perform the comparison write process.