Abstract: Disclosed system specifies, based on measurement results of communication times taken for accessing a plurality of external databases, relation between the communication times taken for accessing the plurality of external databases, calculates, when accepting an instruction to execute processing using at least one of the plurality of external databases, a processing load when accessing the at least one of the external databases, based on the relation between the communication times, and controls an access to data included in the at least one of the external databases according to the calculated processing load.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip having a first face and a second face on an opposite side to the first face, and including semiconductor elements arranged on the first face. Columnar electrodes are arranged above the first face, and electrically connected to any of the semiconductor elements. A first member is located around the columnar electrodes above the first face. An insulant covers the columnar electrodes and the first member. The first member is harder than the columnar electrodes and the insulant. The first member and the columnar electrodes are exposed from a surface of the insulant.

Abstract: A vehicle is positively charged with static electricity due to an external factor. The vehicle includes a battery, a static eliminator sheet, and a holding member. The battery includes at least one cell, an electrolyte, a resin case, and negative and positive terminals. The resin case accommodates the components and electrolyte of each cell. The negative terminal is grounded to the vehicle body. The positive terminal is supplied with electric power from a charger. The static eliminator sheet is made of a material on a positive side of a triboelectric series with respect to a material of the resin case. The holding member holds the static eliminator sheet and the resin case in contact with each other. The holding member holds the battery at a predetermined location of the vehicle body in a state where the resin case and the static eliminator sheet are slidable due to vehicle body vibrations.

Abstract: A vehicle is positively charged with static electricity due to an external factor. The vehicle includes a battery, a static eliminator sheet, and a holding member. The battery includes at least one cell, an electrolyte, a resin case, and negative and positive terminals. The resin case accommodates the components and electrolyte of each cell. The negative terminal is grounded to the vehicle body. The positive terminal is supplied with electric power from a charger. The static eliminator sheet is made of a material on a positive side of a triboelectric series with respect to a material of the resin case. The holding member holds the static eliminator sheet and the resin case in contact with each other. The holding member holds the battery at a predetermined location of the vehicle body in a state where the resin case and the static eliminator sheet are slidable due to vehicle body vibrations.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to crystalline forms of 2-[(2S)-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-yl]-6-(3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one hemihydrate (Compound 1) and/or tautomers thereof, wherein Compound 1 has the structure: (I)·0.5H2O; processes for preparing crystalline forms of Compound 1 and/or tautomers thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline forms; methods of inhibiting a cell division cycle 7 in a mammal comprising administering the crystalline forms; and methods of treating a cell division cycle 7 mediated cancer in a mammal comprising administering the crystalline forms or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the crystalline forms.

Abstract: The positive electrode disclosed herein includes a positive electrode current collector foil, positive electrode active material layers disposed on both surfaces of the current collector foil, a first protection layer disposed adjacent to the positive electrode active material layer on one surface of the current collector foil. The current collector foil has an exposed portion in which the current collector foil is exposed, at least at one end. The first protection layer is located between the exposed portion and the positive electrode active material layer. The first protection layer has an inclined portion in which a thickness of the first protection layer decreases from the positive electrode active material layer side toward the exposed portion. The inclined portion is configured so that an angle to the surface of the current collector foil is constant or decreases toward the exposed portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to crystalline forms of 2-[(2S)-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-yl]-6-(3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one hemihydrate (Compound 1) and/or tautomers thereof, wherein Compound 1 has the structure: (I).0.5H2O; processes for preparing crystalline forms of Compound 1 and/or tautomers thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline forms; methods of inhibiting a cell division cycle 7 in a mammal comprising administering the crystalline forms; and methods of treating a cell division cycle 7 mediated cancer in a mammal comprising administering the crystalline forms or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the crystalline forms.

Abstract: This optical semiconductor element includes: a substrate; a first ridge formed on the substrate and having a first first-conductivity-type cladding layer, a first core layer, a first second-conductivity-type cladding layer, and a first contact layer in this order from a lower side, with first ridge grooves provided on both lateral sides of the first ridge; and a first electrode formed in contact with the first contact layer, on the first ridge, without spreading to the first ridge grooves, the first electrode including a first solder layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides processes and synthetic intermediates for the synthesis of 2-[(2S)-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-yl]-6-(3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4 {3H)-one or a salt, hydrate, or tautomer thereof, or any combination thereof, which are Cdc7 kinase inhibitors, and are useful for the treatment of disorders of cell proliferation, particularly cancer, and other disorders associated with Cdc7 activity.

Abstract: A resin membrane (8) covering a semiconductor device (5) and a dicing line (7) of a semiconductor substrate (1) is formed on a main surface of the semiconductor substrate (1). The resin membrane (8) around the first electrode (2) is removed and the resin membrane (8) on the second electrode (3,4) is removed to form a first contact hole (9) without removing the resin membrane (8) on the dicing line (7). A resin film (11) is applied to a top surface of the resin membrane (8) to form a hollow structure (12) around the first electrode (2). The resin film (11) is patterned to form a second contact hole (13) connected to the first contact hole (9) and a first opening (14) above the dicing line (7) simultaneously. After forming the first opening (14), the semiconductor substrate (1) is diced along the dicing line (7).

Abstract: A multi-finger transistor including plural control electrodes (2), plural first electrodes (3), and plural second electrodes (4) is provided on a semiconductor substrate (1). A resin film (14,15) covers the transistor. A first wiring (8) electrically connecting the plural first electrodes (3) to one other is provided on the resin film (14,15). The resin film (14,15) covers contact portions between the first wiring (8) and the plural first electrodes (3). A first hollow structure (16) sealed with the resin film (14,15) is provided around the plural control electrodes (2) and the plural second electrodes (4).

Abstract: The present invention provides an IP telephone and the like capable of preventing a loss of the beginning part of a talk. A communication apparatus according to the present invention includes: a memory (110) configured to store communication data with a communication destination; and a control unit (120) configured to transmit and receive the communication data to and from the communication destination in each first duration and store the transmitted and received communication data in the memory (110), then output, after a communication session with an external recording apparatus that records the communication data is established, the communication data stored in the memory (110) to the external recording apparatus in each second duration that is shorter than the first duration.

Abstract: The present invention includes a step for depositing an active layer, a cladding layer, and a contact layer on a semiconductor substrate, a step for etching the layers to form a mesa structure, a step for forming an insulation film to cover the mesa structure, a step for reducing the thickness of the insulation film until the top surface of the contact layer is exposed and using the remaining insulation film as a side wall, a step for forming a dielectric resin layer and burying the mesa structure and the side wall, a step for selectively etching the dielectric resin layer to form an opening and causing the top surface of the contact layer to be exposed, and a step for forming an electrode in the opening.

Abstract: A vehicular static eliminating device includes: a negative ion generating device; and a guide device configured to guide negative ions and release the negative ions from an emission port to a static elimination target spot which is positively charged, the guide device including: a guide member defining a passage through which to guide the negative ions, the guide member being made of a resin which is easily negatively charged in a triboelectric series; and a tip-shaped part configured to discharge, by corona discharge, negative electric charges, which have accumulated on the guide member, to the static elimination target spot, the tip-shaped part being provided in a part defining the emission port and in proximity to the static elimination target spot.

Abstract: The present invention provides processes and synthetic intermediates for the synthesis of 2-[(2S)-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-yl]-6-(3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4 (3H)-one or a salt, hydrate, or tautomer thereof, or any combination thereof, which are Cdc7 kinase inhibitors, and are useful for the treatment of disorders of cell proliferation, particularly cancer, and other disorders associated with Cdc7 activity.

Abstract: A seat moving structure for a utility vehicle includes a seat and a seat rail for guiding movement of the seat in a longitudinal direction of the seat. The seat has a seat rail contact portion which is in contact with the seat rail. The seat rail has a rail support surface portion which supports the seat rail contact portion from below. The seat rail contact portion is made of a resin. The seat is movably supported in a line contact state or in a point contact state in the longitudinal direction of the seat on the rail support surface portion by the seat rail contact portion.

Abstract: A resin membrane (8) covering a semiconductor device (5) and a dicing line (7) of a semiconductor substrate (1) is formed on a main surface of the semiconductor substrate (1). The resin membrane (8) around the first electrode (2) is removed and the resin membrane (8) on the second electrode (3,4) is removed to form a first contact hole (9) without removing the resin membrane (8) on the dicing line (7). A resin film (11) is applied to a top surface of the resin membrane (8) to form a hollow structure (12) around the first electrode (2). The resin film (11) is patterned to form a second contact hole (13) connected to the first contact hole (9) and a first opening (14) above the dicing line (7) simultaneously. After forming the first opening (14), the semiconductor substrate (1) is diced along the dicing line (7).

Abstract: A method for producing water-soluble or water-dispersible microparticles, which includes preparing a solution or dispersion that contains a protein and an anionic polysaccharide and that has a pH higher than the isoelectric point of the protein, and mixing the solution or dispersion to set the pH of the solution or dispersion to a value closer to the isoelectric point.

Abstract: A communication disabled time during a network failure can be shortened. An SW1 capable of generating a layer 3 packet from a received layer 2 frame and transmitting the generated layer 3 packet includes: a plurality of ports 200 which is capable of transmitting and receiving data; a layer 2 ring processing unit 203 which detects a failure of a network 3 connected via the ports 200; and a VXLAN processing unit 4 which generates a plurality of layer 3 packets from one layer 2 frame received via the ports 200 when the failure of the network 3 is detected by the layer 2 ring processing unit 203, and transmits the generated plurality of layer 3 packets to a network via the plurality of ports 200.

Abstract: A seat moving structure for a utility vehicle includes a seat and a seat rail for guiding movement of the seat in a longitudinal direction of the seat. The seat has a seat rail contact portion which is brought into contact with the seat rail. The seat rail has a rail support surface portion which supports the seat rail contact portion from below. The seat rail contact portion is made of a resin. The seat is movably supported in a line contact state or in a point contact state in the longitudinal direction on the rail support surface portion by way of the seat rail contact portion.