Abstract: [Problem] To present a solar heat collecting device capable of enhancing the heat collecting efficiency by effectively utilizing the sunlight entering an area near the end part of the reflector at the opposite side of the direction of location of the sun. [Solving Means] In the solar heat collecting device for collecting the reflected light of sunlight Sb1, Sb2 entering a trough type reflector 1 having a parabolic section to a heat collecting pipe 2 erected at a position of focus of the reflector 1, and transmitting energy to a heat medium passing inside of the heat collecting pipe 2, the solar heat collecting device is installed so that central axis L1 of the reflector 1 may be directed along the north-south axis, and a plane reflector 3 is disposed orthogonally to central axis L1, at the end part of the reflector 1 at the opposite side of the direction of location of the sun.

Abstract: A parallel distributed processing system includes multiple parallel distributed processing execution servers which stores data blocks pre-divided in a storage device and executes tasks processing the data blocks in parallel, and a management computer controlling the multiple parallel distributed processing execution servers.

Abstract: A superconductive electromagnet according to an embodiment includes a pair of main coils that have an annular shape, a pair of magnetic poles that are arranged on an inner peripheral side of the main coils, and that respectively have opposing surfaces which are planes opposing each other while being separated from each other in an axial direction of the main coils, and a pair of correction coils that are arranged between a pair of the magnetic poles. In this manner, density of a magnetic flux generated by the main coils is corrected by density of a magnetic flux generated by the correction coils. Accordingly, it is possible to realize improved uniformity in the density of the magnetic flux in a beam duct inside a deflection electromagnet.

Abstract: A superconductive electromagnet includes a first coil portion that is arranged close to a gap of a yoke, a second coil portion that is arranged farther from the gap than the first coil portion, and first and second power sources that supply currents to the first and second coil portions, respectively. This configuration can change respective values of the currents flowing in the first and second coil portions. The value of the current flowing in the first coil portion is set to be greater than the value of the current flowing in the second coil portion, thereby increasing distribution of the value of the current flowing in the first coil portion and decreasing distribution of the current flowing in the second coil portion. When a magnetomotive force generated by the superconductive coil is applied in the same manner, a cross-sectional area of the second coil portion is reduced.

Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a cathode active material which performs favorable discharge capacity. The present invention solves the problem by providing a cathode active material comprising a crystal phase of an inverse-spinel structure represented by LiM1?xFexVO4 (M is Co or Ni, and x satisfies 0<x<1).

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a cathode active material configured to increase, when used in a lithium battery, the discharge capacity of the lithium battery higher than conventional lithium batteries, and a lithium battery including the cathode active material. Presented is a cathode active material for lithium batteries, wherein the cathode active material is represented by the following composition formula (1) and has a rock salt type crystal structure including formula (1): Li2Ni1-x-yCoxMnyTiO4 wherein x and y are real numbers that satisfy x>0, y>0 and x+y<1.

Abstract: Provided is an image capturing apparatus for capturing an image of a target object by optically scanning the target object by moving in a predetermined scanning direction. The apparatus includes light-receiving devices that are arranged on a light-receiving surface of the image capturing apparatus in a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction, where each light-receiving device accumulates an electric charge according to an amount of light received from the target object; and an output device that outputs the electric charge accumulated by each light-receiving device regularly at a predetermined output period which is determined in a manner such that the larger the length in the scanning direction of a light-receiving range for the target object by the light-receiving device, the longer the output period.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an oxide catalyst that prevents the reduction degradation of the catalyst even during industrial operation for a long time and less reduces unsaturated aldehyde yields, diolefin yields, or unsaturated nitrile yields, and a method for producing the same, and methods for producing unsaturated aldehyde, diolefin, and unsaturated nitrile using the oxide catalyst. The present invention provides an oxide catalyst for use in the production of unsaturated aldehyde, diolefin, or unsaturated nitrile from olefin and/or alcohol, the oxide catalyst satisfying the following (1) to (3): (1) the oxide catalyst comprises molybdenum, bismuth, iron, cobalt, and an element A having an ion radius larger than 0.96 ? (except for potassium, cesium, and rubidium); (2) an atomic ratio a of the bismuth to 12 atoms of the molybdenum is 1?a?5, an atomic ratio b of the iron to 12 atoms of the molybdenum is 1.

Abstract: A photosensitive resin laminate comprising infrared ablation layer which could be removed by infrared laser, wherein the photosensitive resin laminate has excellent properties such as membrane strength, scratch resistance, adhesion with photosensitive resin layer, handling easiness when making the plates, plotting property with infrared laser, solubility to flexographic developing solvent and sensitivity improvement to infrared laser.

Abstract: An air spring includes a top plate, a bottom plate disposed with a distance in a main load direction from the top plate, and a diaphragm made of elastically deformable rubber and connected to the top plate and the bottom plate to form a closed space therebetween. A modulus of elasticity of a material constituting a connection section which is disposed in the top plate and the bottom plate and connected to the diaphragm is greater than a modulus of elasticity of the rubber constituting the diaphragm and smaller than a modulus of elasticity of aluminum.

Abstract: A hydrogen generating apparatus includes a reformer generating hydrogen-containing gas through a reforming reaction, a raw material supplier supplying a raw material to the reformer, a reaction gas supplier supplying reaction gas other than the raw material to the reformer, a hydro-desulfurizer removing a sulfur compound in the raw material supplied to the reformer, a recycle flow passage through which part of the hydrogen-containing gas generated by the reformer is supplied to the hydro-desulfurizer, a closing device that closes the recycle flow passage, and a controller that, when stopping operation, closes the closing device and controls the raw material supplier and the reaction gas supplier such that the raw material and the reaction gas are supplied to the reformer, before a temperature of the reformer drops down to a temperature at which deposition of carbon from the raw material on a reformation catalyst disposed inside the reformer is suppressed.

Abstract: A sunlight heat utilized steam absorption chiller is provided with a generator which uses steam generated by sunlight heat as a heat source, an absorber, an evaporator, and a condenser, and has a heat exchanger for allowing heat exchange between a dilute solution flowing from the absorber to the generator and a strong solution flowing from the generator to the absorber. The chiller is provided with a burning heat source for generating steam, and either the steam generated by the burning heat source or the steam generated using sunlight heat can be used as the heat source for the generator. The chiller is provided with a steam drain heat recovery unit for allowing heat exchange between at least part of the dilute solution flowing from the absorber to the generator and a steam drain discharged from the generator so as to allow heat recovery from the steam drain.

Abstract: Rotating machinery of the invention includes a 2n-pole rotor, 72n slots, and three-phase armature windings (n?1). Each of the slots houses a top coil on an inner radius side of the slots and a bottom coil on an outer radius side thereof. Each of the armature windings is formed by connecting the top and bottom coils and has 2n phase belts per phase. Each of the phase belts includes a first parallel winding and a second parallel winding. The top and bottom coils are formed by arranging the first and second parallel windings in a predefined order when a circumferential mean position of all top coils and bottom coils in each of the phase belts is defined as a phase belt center and an arrangement of the first and second parallel windings in at least one phase belt is viewed in an order of proximity to the phase belt center.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a lithium battery with a higher initial capacity than ever before. Disclosed is a lithium battery containing: a cathode containing LiMPO4 (in which M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Mn and Ni); an anode containing a lithium titanate; and a liquid electrolyte disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the liquid electrolyte contains a lithium salt and sodium salt, and wherein the content of the sodium salt is more than 0 mol % and less than 30 mol % when the total content of the lithium salt and the sodium salt is taken as 100 mol %.

Abstract: An extended display utilization environment is provided that permits comfortable operation. An information processing device includes: a touch panel 101 for detecting a plurality of operation input points; and extended operation means 108 for, when a plurality of operation input points have simultaneously been detected on the touch panel 101, on the basis of the plurality of detected operation input points, controlling an object displayed on an external display 102.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material provided by the present invention is formed of a lithium-nickel-containing metal phosphate compound represented by a general formula: LiNi(1-x)MxPO4(1) (in Formula (1), M is one or more metal elements selected from divalent and trivalent metal elements, and x is a number satisfying the condition 0<x<0.5). At least part of a surface of the lithium-nickel-containing metal phosphate compound is covered with carbon, and the lithium-nickel-containing metal phosphate compound covered with carbon has an olivine-type crystal structure confirmed by structure analysis by X-ray diffraction.

Abstract: A forging process is conducted in a temperature range of 350-600° C. on at least a portion that is required to have a fatigue strength in an intermediate forged product having a ferrite and pearlite texture obtained by conducting a hot forging on a steel in which N is not greater than an amount at which N is unavoidably dissolved as a solid, thereby improving strength of the portion that is required to have a fatigue strength. With this, there is provided a forged product having a good strength and a low price.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing mesoporous silica particles including a silica-containing outer shell portion with a mesoporous structure. The method includes the steps of: (I) pressurizing a mixed solution containing a hydrophobic organic compound, a surfactant, and an aqueous solvent by a high-pressure emulsification method so as to form an emulsion that includes emulsion droplets containing the hydrophobic organic compound; (II) adding a silica source to the emulsion so as to form a silica-containing outer shell portion with a mesoporous structure on a surface of the emulsion droplets, and precipitating composite silica particles including the outer shell portion and the emulsion droplets on an inner side relative to the outer shell portion; and (III) removing the emulsion droplets from the composite silica particles.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery is provided which can exhibit excellent battery performances for a long period of time and has an excellent crystal structure stability. The positive electrode of the lithium secondary battery provided according to the present invention includes positive electrode active material particles mainly containing a lithium-containing phosphate compound represented by the general formula: LixM[P(1-y)Ay]O4, where M is one or two or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ni, Mn, Fe and Co; A is a pentavalent metal element; and x and y are real numbers satisfying 0<x?2 and 0<y?0.15.

Abstract: An oxide catalyst for use in an oxidation reaction of an olefin and/or an alcohol, the oxide catalyst comprising: the oxide catalyst contains molybdenum, bismuth, iron, cobalt, and cerium; an atomic ratio a of bismuth to 12 atoms of molybdenum is 2?a?6, an atomic ratio b of iron to 12 atoms of molybdenum is 2.5<b?5, an atomic ratio c of cobalt to 12 atoms of molybdenum is 2?c?8, an atomic ratio d of cerium to 12 atoms of molybdenum is 0.5?d?6, and an atomic ratio of iron/cobalt is 0.4?b/c?2.5; wherein when a spacing d of a complex oxide of cerium and molybdenum showing a peak at 33.50° in a X-ray diffraction is taken as a reference, a change rate of d is 5000 to 9000 ppm.