Abstract: According to an embodiment, a photosensitive composition is provided. The photosensitive composition contains a photosensitive material. The photosensitive composition, when a whole amount of the composition is 100 pts. mass, a sum total of values each obtained by multiplying a SP value, which is a solubility parameter, by a mass percentage of a photopolymerizable monomer contained in the composition is any value within a range of 17 to 20 [(J/cm3)1/2].

Abstract: It is an object to improve the initial charge-discharge efficiency of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that uses, as negative electrode active materials, a carbon material and a metal or metal oxide that forms an alloy with lithium. There is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte, and a negative electrode which includes, as negative electrode active materials, a carbon material and a metal or metal oxide that forms an alloy with lithium and in which at least part of a surface of the carbon material is coated with a polymer material that does not react with lithium. The mass percentage of the polymer material that does not react with lithium relative to the carbon material is preferably 0.5 to 2 mass %.

Abstract: A positive electrode for a secondary battery wherein the electrode includes a collector and a positive electrode active material layer which is stacked upon the collector, and which includes a positive electrode active material, a conductive agent, and a binder; the binder includes a first polymer and a second polymer; the first polymer is a fluorine-containing polymer; the second polymer includes a polymerized moiety having a nitrile group, a polymerized moiety having a hydrophilic group, a polymerized (meth)acrylic acid ester moiety, and a straight-chain polymerized alkylene moiety having a carbon number of at least 4; the proportion of the first polymer and the second polymer in the binder, expressed as a mass ratio, is in the range of 95:5 to 5:95.

Abstract: A planar patch clamp device comprising: an electrical insulating substrate (2) having a first surface having a cell arrangement region and a second surface of the opposite surface and having a through hole (3) in the cell arrangement region which does not pass cells, but pass liquid; a first reservoir (6) provided at the first surface side (2S) of the electrical insulating substrate (2) to be able to communicate with the through hole (3) and hold a first conductive liquid; a first electrode part (7) arranged to be able to be electrically conductive with the first reservoir (6) through the first conductive liquid; a second reservoir (6?) provided at the second surface side (2S?) of the electrical insulating substrate to be able to communicate with the through hole (3) and hold a second conductive liquid; a second electrode part (7?) arranged to be able to be electrically conductive with the second reservoir (6?) through the second conductive liquid; a supply path (8) connected to the second reservoir (6?) and

Abstract: A tinnitus masking system for use by a person having tinnitus. The system comprises a sound delivery system having left and right ear-level audio delivery devices and is configured to deliver a masking sound to the person via the audio delivery devices such that the masking sound appears to originate from a virtual sound source location that substantially corresponds to the spatial location in 3D auditory space of the source of the tinnitus as perceived by the person. The masking sound being represented by left and right audio signals that are converted to audible sound by the respective audio delivery devices.

Abstract: The initial charge/discharge efficiency and cycle characteristics of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery are improved. Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a porous layer placed on the negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The porous layer has flat voids. The minor axis direction of each flat void is perpendicular to the plane direction of the porous layer and the major axis direction of the flat void is parallel to the plane direction of the porous layer. The ratio of the major axis to the minor axis of the flat void preferably ranges from 1.4 to 2.2.

Abstract: An interactive gaming system for a user suffering tinnitus. The system comprises a game machine configured to provide a game scenario in which the user's performance in the game scenario is based on the user's response to audio cue arrangements comprising a combination of sounds, and where at least one of the sounds has one or more sound characteristics, that are configured based on one or more sound characteristics of the user's perceived tinnitus. The system further comprises an audio delivery device or devices that are driven by the game machine to present the audio cue arrangements to the user in accordance with the game scenario and a user interface in signal communication with the game machine and which is operable by a user to interact with the game scenario by responding to the audio cue arrangements.

Abstract: A tinnitus masking system for use by a person having tinnitus The system comprises a sound delivery system having left and right ear-level audio delivery devices and is configured to deliver a masking sound to the person via the audio delivery devices such that the masking sound appears to originate from a virtual sound source location that substantially corresponds to the spatial location in 3D auditory space of the source of the tinnitus as perceived by the person. The masking sound being represented by left and right audio signals that are converted to audible sound by the respective audio delivery devices.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a resist material to be used in an imprint process includes a diluent monomer having a hydroxyl group and at least one functional group selected from a vinyl ether group, an epoxy group and an oxetanyl group. The material further includes a dendrimer having at least two reactive groups for photo-cationic polymerization, The material further includes a photo-acid generator as a polymerization initiator.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a tobacco raw material in which the green color of the tobacco raw material is maintained and a browning-involved enzyme included in tobacco leaves is deactivated. Specifically, a method of manufacturing a tobacco raw material is provided that includes a step for heating a tobacco leaf material, which has an a* value of 1.0 or less, the a* value being expressed by the L*a*b* method, and which has a moisture content of 8 wt % or less, at a temperature of 75° C. or higher and under a humidity-controlled environment so that the a* value is 1.0 or less and the content of the browning-involved enzyme is 0.1 U/g or less.

Abstract: Provided are a binder composition which has high electrolyte resistance characteristics, and a secondary battery which uses a positive electrode using the binder composition for high-temperature cycle characteristics. [Solution] The binder composition for the secondary battery positive electrode according to the present invention contains a polymerized unit which contains a nitrile group; a polymerized unit of (meth) acrylic acid ester; a polymerized unit which contains a hydrophilic group; and a polymerized unit of linear alkylene having a carbon number of at least four. In a mixed solvent in which a volume ratio EC:DEC between ethylene carbonate (EC) and diethyl carbonate (DEC) at 20° C. is 1:2, a degree of swelling with respect to an electrolyte in which LiPF6 is dissolved to have a concentration of 1.0 mol/L is between 100% and 500%.

Abstract: A planar patch clamp device comprising: an electrical insulating substrate (2) having a first surface having a cell arrangement region and a second surface of the opposite surface and having a through hole (3) in the cell arrangement region which does not pass cells, but pass liquid; a first reservoir (6) provided at the first surface side (2S) of the electrical insulating substrate (2) to be able to communicate with the through hole (3) and hold a first conductive liquid; a first electrode part (7) arranged to be able to be electrically conductive with the first reservoir (6) through the first conductive liquid; a second reservoir (6?) provided at the second surface side (2S?) of the electrical insulating substrate to be able to communicate with the through hole (3) and hold a second conductive liquid; a second electrode part (7?) arranged to be able to be electrically conductive with the second reservoir (6?) through the second conductive liquid; a supply path (8) connected to the second reservoir (6?) a

Abstract: The generation of as in nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries during storage at elevated temperature is reduced to improve the elevated-temperature storage properties thereof. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The positive electrode contains an oxide containing lithium and a metal element M. The metal element N is at least one element selected from the group consisting of cobalt and nickel. The negative electrode contains SiOx (where x=0.5 to 1.5), a graphite having a BET specific surface area of 10 m2/g, and a material having a BET specific surface area of 10 m2/g, or more. The ratio a/Mc of the total content a of lithium in the positive and negative electrodes to the content Mc of the metal element M in the oxide is greater than 1.01.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a photosensitive composition is provided. The photosensitive composition contains a photosensitive material. The photosensitive composition, when a whole amount of the composition is 100 pts. mass, a sum total of values each obtained by multiplying a SP value, which is a solubility parameter, by a mass percentage of a photopolymerizable monomer contained in the composition is any value within a range of 17 to 20 [(J/cm3)1/2].

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery including an active material layer that is disposed on a current collector and that contains a negative electrode active material and a binder, in which the negative electrode active material includes an alloy active material and a carbon active material, and the weight ratio between the alloy active material and the carbon active material in the active material layer is 20:80 to 50:50, and the binder contains 0.1 to 15 wt % of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer polymerization unit.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a method of forming a pattern includes forming a first layer on a fabrication target film, making a mold and the first layer push each other to form a protrusion on the fabrication target film, and forming first and second regions, forming a block copolymer layer including first and second blocks in the first and second regions, phase-separating the block copolymer layer, forming second and third layers in the first region, and forming fourth and fifth layers in the second region; and removing the third and fifth layers. The first region is surrounded by the first layer and the protrusion. The second region is surrounded by the first layer and contacts the first region via the protrusion. The third layer is surrounded by the second layer. The fifth layer is surrounded by the fourth layer.

Abstract: It is an object to improve the initial charge-discharge efficiency of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that uses, as negative electrode active materials, a carbon material and a metal or metal oxide that forms an alloy with lithium. There is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte, and a negative electrode which includes, as negative electrode active materials, a carbon material and a metal or metal oxide that forms an alloy with lithium and in which at least part of a surface of the carbon material is coated with a polymer material that does not react with lithium. The mass percentage of the polymer material that does not react with lithium relative to the carbon material is preferably 0.5 to 2 mass %.

Abstract: The initial charge/discharge efficiency and cycle characteristics of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery are improved. Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a porous layer placed on the negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The porous layer has flat voids. The minor axis direction of each flat void is perpendicular to the plane direction of the porous layer and the major axis direction of the flat void is parallel to the plane direction of the porous layer. The ratio of the major axis to the minor axis of the flat void preferably ranges from 1.4 to 2.2.

Abstract: Provided are a binder composition which has high electrolyte resistance characteristics, and a secondary battery which uses a positive electrode using the binder composition for high-temperature cycle characteristics. [Solution] The binder composition for the secondary battery positive electrode according to the present invention contains a polymerized unit which contains a nitrile group; a polymerized unit of (meth) acrylic acid ester; a polymerized unit which contains a hydrophilic group; and a polymerized unit of linear alkylene having a carbon number of at least four. In a mixed solvent in which a volume ratio EC:DEC between ethylene carbonate (EC) and diethyl carbonate (DEC) at 20° C. is 1:2, a degree of swelling with respect to an electrolyte in which LiPF6 is dissolved to have a concentration of 1.0 mol/L is between 100% and 500%.

Abstract: A positive electrode for a secondary battery wherein the electrode includes a collector and a positive electrode active material layer which is stacked upon the collector, and which includes a positive electrode active material, a conductive agent, and a binder; the binder includes a first polymer and a second polymer; the first polymer is a fluorine-containing polymer; the second polymer includes a polymerized moiety having a nitrile group, a polymerized moiety having a hydrophilic group, a polymerized (meth)acrylic acid ester moiety, and a straight-chain polymerized alkylene moiety having a carbon number of at least 4; the proportion of the first polymer and the second polymer in the binder, expressed as a mass ratio, is in the range of 95:5 to 5:95.