Abstract: Provided is an absorbent body that, for example, in a case where the absorbent body has been used in an absorbent article, such as a thin disposable diaper, having an absorbent body with a low proportion of fiber material (hydrophilic fibers) such as pulp, enables the absorbent article such as a disposable diaper to have an improved liquid trapping function on second and subsequent urinations over the conventional ones and particularly to have an increased amount of liquid trapped under load on the second and subsequent urinations over the conventional ones. Also provided is a water-absorbing resin that is used in the absorbent body and has an increased absorption capacity under load on the second and subsequent urinations over the conventional ones. The absorbent body includes a water-absorbing resin having a gel expansion force under a load of 4.83 kPa of 26 N or more.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an absorbent article comprising a water-absorbing resin having an excellent initial water absorption speed under load even substantially without adding a liquid permeability enhancer. The method steps for producing the water-absorbing resin includes the step of polymerizing a monomer while adding certain polyalkylene glycol thereto so as to generate, during or after the polymerization, a crosslinked hydrogel polymer containing the polyalkylene glycol of a specific molecular weight, wherein the crosslinked hydrogel polymer has a centrifuge retention capacity within a given range and a final water-absorbing resin to be obtained has various physical properties (CRC, AAP, SFC, FSR) being within given ranges.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an energy management system capable of improving energy efficiency. The energy management system includes: a fuel cell configured to supply energy used in a facility; a first hydrogen supply unit configured to supply hydrogen to the fuel cell by causing a power generation apparatus that uses renewable energy to perform water electrolysis; a second hydrogen supply unit configured to supply hydrogen to the fuel cell by reforming natural gas supplied via a pipeline; and a control unit configured to determine a ratio between hydrogen supplied from the first hydrogen supply unit to the fuel cell and hydrogen supplied from the second hydrogen supply unit to the fuel cell. The control unit determines the ratio in accordance with a percentage of heat energy and energy other than the heat energy with respect to the energy used in the facility.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an energy management system capable of improving energy efficiency. The energy management system includes: a fuel cell configured to supply energy used in a facility; a first hydrogen supply unit configured to supply hydrogen to the fuel cell by causing a power generation apparatus that uses renewable energy to perform water electrolysis; a second hydrogen supply unit configured to supply hydrogen to the fuel cell by reforming natural gas supplied via a pipeline; and a control unit configured to determine a ratio between hydrogen supplied from the first hydrogen supply unit to the fuel cell and hydrogen supplied from the second hydrogen supply unit to the fuel cell. The control unit determines the ratio in accordance with a percentage of heat energy and energy other than the heat energy with respect to the energy used in the facility.

Abstract: Provided is a material capable of further extending the life of a cell including a zinc species as a negative electrode active material. The present invention relates to an anion conducting membrane formed using an anion conducting membrane-forming material, the anion conducting membrane-forming material including a conjugated diene based polymer and/or a (meth)acrylic based polymer, and a compound containing at least one element selected from Groups I to XVII of the periodic table, the anion conducting membrane having a cross-section in which a ratio of a combined area of particles of the compound containing at least one element selected from Groups I to XVII of the periodic table to a combined area of the components of the anion conducting membrane-forming material other than the compound (particles of the compound/components of the anion conducting membrane-forming material other than the compound) is 70/30 to 30/70.

Abstract: Provided is a material capable of further extending the life of a cell including a zinc species as a negative electrode active material. The present invention relates to an anion conducting membrane formed using an anion conducting membrane-forming material, the anion conducting membrane-forming material including a conjugated diene based polymer and/or a (meth)acrylic based polymer, and a compound containing at least one element selected from Groups I to XVII of the periodic table, the anion conducting membrane having a cross-section in which a ratio of a combined area of particles of the compound containing at least one element selected from Groups I to XVII of the periodic table to a combined area of the components of the anion conducting membrane-forming material other than the compound (particles of the compound/components of the anion conducting membrane-forming material other than the compound) is 70/30 to 30/70.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides an information processing program. The information processing program includes image obtaining instructions, search target detection instructions, shape recognition instructions, event occurrence instructions, virtual image generation instructions, and display control instructions. The search target detection instructions cause a computer to detect a search target from an image of a subject obtained in accordance with the image obtaining instructions. The shape recognition instructions cause the computer to recognize a shape of the search target. The event occurrence instructions cause the computer to cause an event to occur in a virtual space in accordance with the shape of the search target. The virtual image generation instructions cause the computer to generate a virtual image by shooting the event that occurs in accordance with the event occurrence instructions with a virtual camera arranged in the virtual space.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides an information processing program. The information processing program includes image obtaining instructions, search target detection instructions, event occurrence instructions, virtual image generation instructions, and display control instructions. The search target detection instructions cause a computer to detect a search target from an image of a subject. The event occurrence instructions cause the computer to cause an event to occur in a virtual space in accordance with variation in number of search targets. The virtual image generation instructions cause the computer to generate a virtual image by shooting the event with a virtual camera arranged in the virtual space. The display control instructions cause a display to display the virtual image such that the virtual image is visually recognized by a user as superimposed on the image of the subject or on the subject seen through a screen of the display.

Abstract: A game system capable of determining, and reflecting in games contents, nervousness of a player due to fear or the like is provided. A game device main body 110 performs the game processing based on an operation of the player on the first controller 121, and calculates, in a scene of a game, a nervousness parameter indicating the degree of nervousness of the player in the scene based on an operation of the player on the first controller 121. Specifically, the game device main body 110 calculates the nervousness parameter in such a way that the degree of nervousness increases according to the number of operations of the player on the first controller 121 that are irrelevant to the progress of the game, or the like, and causes the nervousness parameter to be reflected in the game processing.

Abstract: A game system capable of determining, and reflecting in games contents, nervousness of a player due to fear or the like is provided. A game device main body 110 performs the game processing based on an operation of the player on the first controller 121, and calculates, in a scene of a game, a nervousness parameter indicating the degree of nervousness of the player in the scene based on an operation of the player on the first controller 121. Specifically, the game device main body 110 calculates the nervousness parameter in such a way that the degree of nervousness increases according to the number of operations of the player on the first controller 121 that are irrelevant to the progress of the game, or the like, and causes the nervousness parameter to be reflected in the game processing.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides an information processing program. The information processing program includes image obtaining instructions, search target detection instructions, distance calculation instructions, event occurrence instructions, virtual image generation instructions, and display control instructions. The search target detection instructions cause a computer to detect a search target from an image of a subject. The event occurrence instructions cause the computer to cause an event to occur in a virtual space in accordance with a distance between an image pick-up apparatus and the search target. The virtual image generation instructions cause the computer to generate a virtual image by shooting the event with a virtual camera. The display control instructions cause a display to display the virtual image such that the virtual image is visually recognized by a user as superimposed on the image of the subject or on the subject seen through a screen of the display.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides an information processing program. The information processing program includes image obtaining instructions, search target detection instructions, distance calculation instructions, event occurrence instructions, virtual image generation instructions, and display control instructions. The search target detection instructions cause a computer to detect a search target from an image of a subject. The event occurrence instructions cause the computer to cause an event to occur in a virtual space in accordance with a distance between an image pick-up apparatus and the search target. The virtual image generation instructions cause the computer to generate a virtual image by shooting the event with a virtual camera. The display control instructions cause a display to display the virtual image such that the virtual image is visually recognized by a user as superimposed on the image of the subject or on the subject seen through a screen of the display.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides an information processing program. The information processing program includes image obtaining instructions, search target detection instructions, shape recognition instructions, event occurrence instructions, virtual image generation instructions, and display control instructions. The search target detection instructions cause a computer to detect a search target from an image of a subject obtained in accordance with the image obtaining instructions. The shape recognition instructions cause the computer to recognize a shape of the search target. The event occurrence instructions cause the computer to cause an event to occur in a virtual space in accordance with the shape of the search target. The virtual image generation instructions cause the computer to generate a virtual image by shooting the event that occurs in accordance with the event occurrence instructions with a virtual camera arranged in the virtual space.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides an information processing program. The information processing program includes image obtaining instructions, search target detection instructions, event occurrence instructions, virtual image generation instructions, and display control instructions. The search target detection instructions cause a computer to detect a search target from an image of a subject. The event occurrence instructions cause the computer to cause an event to occur in a virtual space in accordance with variation in number of search targets. The virtual image generation instructions cause the computer to generate a virtual image by shooting the event with a virtual camera arranged in the virtual space. The display control instructions cause a display to display the virtual image such that the virtual image is visually recognized by a user as superimposed on the image of the subject or on the subject seen through a screen of the display.

Abstract: An integral type objective lens unit which has the first lens part used for the first wavelength light, and the second lens part used for the second wavelength light whose wavelength is different from the first wavelength, and in which the first lens part and the second lens part are arranged in adjoining manner, and the objective lens unit for the optical pick-up apparatus in which, on the optical surface of the first lens part and the optical surface of the second lens part, a common reflection prevention film adopted for the light having the first wavelength and the light having the second wavelength is provided.

Abstract: A spherical recess is provided to one end wall of a first planar lens and the opposite end walls of a second planar lens, the first planar lens having a thicknesswise index distribution in the vicinity of the one end wall whereas the second planar lens has a thicknesswise index distribution in the vicinity of each of the opposite end walls. A high refractive index homogeneous sphere lens is sandwiched between the first planar lens and the second planar lens to be brought into contact with the spherical recesses. A homogeneous semi-sphere lens is held to contact the other spherical recess of the second planar lens. The homogeneous sphere lens side first planar lens and second planar lens of the first planar lens and second planer lens increase in refractive index toward the homogeneous sphere lens so that the sphere lens is corrected in spherical aberration, and so that distribution gradient of the refractive index is selected for correcting the sphere lens in coma.

Abstract: A spherical lens of graded refractive index distribution comprises a core of uneven refractive index of the shape of a sphere or hemisphere and a clad of the shape of a spherical shell and a rod clad, with the two clads disposed on the periphery of the core. By the combination of the core showing negative aberration characteristic and the spherical-shell type clad and the rod clad both showing positive aberration characteristic, there can be formed a lens of corrected aberration. This lens suits combination or integration with other elements and permits easy manufacture of clads. It also provides effective convergence of beams of light desirable for use in an optical pickup, for example.

Abstract: An optical memory playback apparatus is constructed so that a single longitudinal mode of laser beam emitted from a self-coupling semiconductor laser element is projected through an optical system onto an information recording medium and the laser beam reflected by the information recording medium is returned through the same optical system back to the semiconductor laser element. In addition, the apparatus interposes a spatially uneven phase plate in the optical system, whereby the longitudinal mode of emission of the semiconductor laser element is converted into a random multi-mode at all times and, consequently, the reproduction of information from the information recording medium is effected by detecting the variation in the intensity of output or terminal voltage of the semiconductor laser element which occurs in conformity with the variation in the intensity of the reflected laser beam.

Abstract: A cladded lens having an uneven refractive index comprises a spherical core having a graded refractive index and producing negative lateral aberration and a cladding producing positive lateral aberration. The aberrations of the core and the cladding are canceled by each other to be considerably corrected. Such a cladded lens is especially effective for optical communication and optical recording-regenerating as in PCM technology.