Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an active material wherein a volume variation due to charge/discharge is small. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an active material comprising a silicon clathrate II type crystal phase, including a void inside a primary particle, and a void amount of the void with a fine pore diameter of 100 nm or less is 0.05 cc/g or more and 0.15 cc/g or less.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a photomask includes a plurality of unit regions arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction. Each of the unit regions includes a first region having a first light-shielding rate, and a second region having a second light-shielding rate different from the first light-shielding rate. The second region is provided around the first region. The unit regions include a first unit region and a second unit region having same size each other. A distance between the first unit region and a center of a range in which the unit regions are arranged is different from a distance between the second unit region and the center. A light-shielding rate of the first unit region is different from a light-shielding rate of the second unit region.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light detection device includes a first region, a second region, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The first region includes a plurality of first semiconductor light detection elements, and a plurality of first lenses respectively located on the plurality of first semiconductor light detection elements. The second region includes a plurality of second semiconductor light detection elements. No lens is located directly above the plurality of second semiconductor light detection elements. The first electrode is electrically connected with the plurality of first semiconductor light detection elements. The second electrode is electrically connected with the plurality of second semiconductor light detection elements.

Abstract: A light detector according to one embodiment, includes an element region, a light concentrator, a structure part and a light-shielding part. The element region includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, and a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type. The light concentrator is separated from the element region in a first direction. The light concentrator is configured to concentrate light incident on the light concentrator. The structure part is arranged with the element region in a direction crossing the first direction. The structure part has a different refractive index from the element region. The light-shielding part is located between the element region and the light concentrator. The light-shielding part includes an opening. At least a portion of the light incident on the light concentrator is able to be incident on the element region by passing through the opening.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy plastically-processed article, capable of preventing a burning crack from occurring due to processing heat generated during plasticity processing while maintaining a solution-treatment temperature of an aluminum alloy material for ensuring a mechanical strength thereof. A method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy plastically-processed article, includes a step of performing a solution treatment for an aluminum alloy material by heating and maintaining the aluminum alloy material at a solution-treatment temperature, a step of performing plasticity processing for the aluminum alloy material subjected to the solution treatment, and steps of cooling the plastically-processed aluminum alloy material at a time at which the step of the plasticity processing is completed, and aging the cooled aluminum alloy material.

Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an active material wherein a volume variation due to charge/discharge is small. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an active material comprising at least Si and Al, including a silicon clathrate type crystal phase, and a proportion of the Al to a total of the Si and the Al is 0.1 atm % or more and 1 atm % or less.

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode active material that contains silicon clathrate II and that is suitable for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery. The negative electrode active material includes a silicon material in which silicon clathrate II represented by composition formula NaxSi136 (0?x?10) is contained and a volume of a pore having a diameter of not greater than 100 nm is not less than 0.025 cm3/g.

Abstract: An information processing method executed by a computer includes: specifying one or a plurality of first physical resources on which virtual resources used by a first user operate; specifying a device connected to the first physical resource and one or a plurality of second physical resources different from the first physical resource, which is connected to the device and on which virtual resources used by a user other than the first user operate; and outputting information that indicates the first physical resource and information that indicates the second physical resource.

Abstract: A travel plan generation device generates a travel plan in which a vehicle passes through a first supply facility for supplying energy for travel of the vehicle, acquires supply availability information on the energy of the first supply facility at a predetermined timing after the vehicle starts traveling based on the generated travel plan, determines whether or not supply of energy is available at the first supply facility based on the supply availability information, when determining that the supply of the energy is not available at the first supply facility, identifies a second supply facility different from the first supply facility, and generates the travel plan in which the vehicle passes through the second supply facility instead of the first supply facility.

Abstract: A performance information visualization apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory configured to stores, as node information, information that indicates a connection relationship of a node, and information that indicates a generation in which the node is added to an information processing system and a generation in which the node is deleted from the information processing system. The processor configured to that synthesizes configuration information by, when an event occurrence node where an event has occurred does not exist in configuration information of a specific generation associated with a time when the event has occurred and the event occurrence node is added to the configuration information, adding a node and connection between nodes including a connection relationship of the event occurrence node, based on the node information.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light detector includes a plurality of elements, a plurality of insulating parts, and an intermediate part. The plurality of elements are arranged along a first direction and a second direction. The first direction and the second direction cross each other. Each of the plurality of elements includes a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region. The first semiconductor region is of a first conductivity type. The second semiconductor region is located around the first semiconductor region in a first plane. The first plane is along the first and second directions. The second semiconductor region is of a second conductivity type. The plurality of insulating parts are located respectively around the plurality of elements in the first plane. The intermediate part is located around the plurality of insulating parts in the first plane. The intermediate part includes a semiconductor.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light detector includes a conductive layer, a first element, a second element, a first member, a first insulating part, and a second insulating part. The conductive layer includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion. The first element includes a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer. The second element includes a fourth semiconductor layer and a fifth semiconductor layer. The first member is provided between the first element and the second element and electrically connected to the conductive layer. The first member is conductive. The first insulating part is provided between the first element and the first member. The second insulating part is provided between the second element and the first member.

Abstract: Provided is a novel production method for producing silicon clathrate II. In the production method for producing silicon clathrate II, in a reaction system in which a Na—Si alloy containing Na and Si and an Na getter agent coexist so as not to be in contact with each other, the Na—Si alloy is heated and Na evaporated from the Na—Si alloy is thus caused to react with the Na getter agent to reduce an amount of Na in the Na—Si alloy.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light detector includes a first region, a second region, and a lens group. The first region includes a plurality of elements arranged along a first direction and a second direction. The first direction and the second direction cross each other. Each of the elements includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, and a second semiconductor region located on the first semiconductor region. The second semiconductor region is of a second conductivity type. The second region is adjacent to the first region in the second direction. The second region has a different structure from the first region. The lens group is positioned on the first and second regions. The lens group includes a plurality of lenses located to correspond respectively to the elements. The first region, the second region, and the lens group are repeatedly provided in the second direction.

Abstract: An information processing method, an information processing system, an information processing device, and an information terminal of the present invention, accepts a destination for the vehicle, then searches for the travel route to the destination and sets as a first travel route, and sets a travel start time to start traveling on the first travel route. Then, vehicle information is acquired for the vehicle in advance of the travel start time by a prescribed time after the setting of the first travel route; and a travel route to the destination is searched again and a second travel route is set based on the vehicle information.

Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an active material wherein an expansion upon intercalation of a metal ion such as a Li ion is suppressed. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an active material comprising a silicon clathrate type crystal phase, and the active material includes a Na element, a Si element and a M element that is a metal element with an ion radius larger than the Si element, and a proportion of the M element to a total of the Si element and the M element is 0.1 atm % or more and 5 atm % or less.

Abstract: An information processing method, an information processing system, an information processing device, and an information terminal are configured to set a first time at which a vehicle will start traveling on a travel route based on an operation accepted from a user via a terminal, and set a second time at which a notification to the user will be issued based on a position of the terminal, a position of the vehicle, and the first time.

Abstract: A fuel tank cap includes: a cap body which opens and closes a fuel supply port of a fuel tank; a ring member which is disposed around the fuel supply port and is shaped so as to surround the cap body; and a hinge member which is coupled to the ring member to support the cap body in a turnable manner between a closed position and an open position. A first peripheral part of the ring member, which is opposed to an outer periphery of the cap body, has a larger dimension in a circumferential direction than a dimension of a second peripheral part of the hinge member, which is opposed to the outer periphery of the cap body. The ring member and the hinge member are made of mutually different materials.

Abstract: A method includes: acquiring, based on status information, a failure risk of each of a plurality of devices including physical devices and virtual machines, each of the virtual machines being operated on any of the physical devices, the status information indicating the statuses of the plurality of devices; acquiring an influence range based on route information indicating a link in a range affected by a failure; acquiring a first influence risk based on a failure risk acquired for a first device, the first physical device being any of the physical devices; acquiring a second influence risk based on a failure risk of a second device, the second influence risk indicating a possibility of a target device being affected by a failure in another device; and determining the second physical devices as a destination candidate of the target device when the second influence risk is lower than the first influence risk.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy plastically-processed article, capable of preventing a burning crack from occurring due to processing heat generated during plasticity processing while maintaining a solution-treatment temperature of an aluminum alloy material for ensuring a mechanical strength thereof. A method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy plastically-processed article, includes a step of performing a solution treatment for an aluminum alloy material by heating and maintaining the aluminum alloy material at a solution-treatment temperature, a step of performing plasticity processing for the aluminum alloy material subjected to the solution treatment, and steps of cooling the plastically-processed aluminum alloy material at a time at which the step of the plasticity processing is completed, and aging the cooled aluminum alloy material.