Abstract: A positive electrode material includes a mixture of a positive electrode active material, a solid electrolyte, and a conductive material. The conductive material contains a first conductive material having an average major axis diameter of greater than or equal to 1 ?m and a second conductive material having an average particle diameter of less than or equal to 100 nm. A ratio of a volume of the positive electrode active material to a total volume of the positive electrode active material and the solid electrolyte is greater than or equal to 60% and less than or equal to 90%.

Abstract: A cathode includes a mixture of a cathode active material, a solid electrolyte, and a conductive material. The conductive material includes carbon black having an average particle size of less than or equal to 100 nm. When a cross-section of the cathode is observed using a scanning electron microscope, an area in which the carbon black is concentrated is found between the cathode active material and the solid electrolyte.

Abstract: A positive electrode material includes a positive electrode active material, a coating layer, and a second solid electrolyte. The coating layer contains a first solid electrolyte and coats at least a portion of a surface of the positive electrode active material. The first solid electrolyte contains Li, M, and X, where M is at least one selected from the group consisting of metalloid elements and metal elements other than Li, and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. The second solid electrolyte is in indirect contact with the positive electrode active material with the coating layer disposed therebetween. A ratio of a volume of the first solid electrolyte to a total volume of the first solid electrolyte and the second solid electrolyte is greater than or equal to 4% and less than or equal to 60%.

Abstract: A coated active material includes a positive electrode active material and a coating layer coating at least a portion of a surface of the positive electrode active material. The coating layer includes a first coating layer, which contains a first solid electrolyte, and a second coating layer, which contains a base material. The first coating layer is located outside of the second coating layer. The first solid electrolyte contains Li, M, and X, where M is at least one selected from the group consisting of metalloid elements and metal elements other than Li, and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. A ratio of a specific surface area of the coated active material to a specific surface area of the positive electrode active material coated with the second coating layer is less than or equal to 42%.

Abstract: A coated active material includes a positive electrode active material and a coating layer coating at least a portion of a surface of the positive electrode active material. The coating layer includes a first coating layer and a second coating layer. The first coating layer is located outside of the second coating layer. A percentage of change in specific surface area from a specific surface area of the positive electrode active material coated with the second coating layer to a specific surface area of the coated active material is greater than or equal to ?62.8% and less than or equal to +3.79%.

Abstract: A coated active material including: a positive electrode active material; a second coating layer; and a first coating layer outside the second coating layer, in which a percentage of change from S1 to S2 is ?78.0% or greater and ?15.0% or less and/or a percentage of change from S3 to S4 is ?77.0% or greater and ?12.0% or less, where S1 is a sum of dV/dD over a range of pore diameters of 2 nm to 100 nm of the active material coated with the second coating layer; S2 is a sum of dV/dD over a range of pore diameters of 2 nm to 100 nm of the coated active material; S3 is dV/dD at a pore diameter of 3 nm of the active material coated with the second coating layer; and S4 is dV/dD at a pore diameter of 3 nm of the coated active material.

Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a coated active material capable of reducing a battery resistance. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a coated active material comprising: an active material including Ni, and a coating layer configured to coat at least a part of a surface of the active material, and a NiO layer is formed between the active material and the coating layer, and an average thickness of the NiO layer is 0.9 nm or less.

Abstract: In a method for producing a coated active material, a coating layer containing Nb is formed on at least a part of a surface of an active material. The method includes: transforming a slurry containing the active material and a coating solution containing Nb into droplets to obtain slurry droplets; drying the slurry droplets in a heated gas stream to obtain a precursor; and baking the precursor. When obtaining the slurry droplets, a temperature of the slurry before the slurry is transformed into droplets is 5° C. or more and less than 25° C.

Abstract: To provide a fiber bundling agent containing: a vinyl ester resin (A) having an alkoxy polyoxyalkylene structure, a urethane bond, a (meth)acryloyl group, and an epoxy group; and an aqueous medium, in which the vinyl ester resin (A) has an epoxy equivalent of 3,500 g/eq to 11,000 g/eq. Since the fiber bundling agent is excellent in bundling properties and in interfacial shear strength between fiber resins, the fiber bundling agent is suitably used for production of a fiber material capable of imparting excellent strength to a molded product.

Abstract: A positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector, an adhesive layer, and a positive electrode layer. The positive electrode current collector, the adhesive layer, and the positive electrode layer are stacked in this order. The adhesive layer contains spherical carbon and fibrous carbon as an electrically conductive material, and contains an acrylic binder as an adhesive.

Abstract: There is provided an electrode layer for an all-solid state battery, which contains an electrode active material and a sulfide solid electrolyte, where the sulfide solid electrolyte has an average particle diameter of less than 1 µm and the electrode layer contains an imidazoline-based dispersion material.

Abstract: An electrode of the present disclosure includes an electrode mixture layer and an electrode current collector layer. The electrode current collector layer is in contact with the electrode mixture layer. The electrode mixture layer includes a solid electrolyte material and an active material. The solid electrolyte material includes Li, M, and X. M is at least one selected from the group consisting of metal elements other than Li and metalloid elements. X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. The electrode current collector layer has a surface material in contact with the electrode mixture layer, and a copper content in the surface material is less than 50 mass %.

Abstract: A battery including a first and second electrode layer, and an electrolyte layer including a first solid electrolyte material. The battery satisfies (A), (B), (C), or (D). (A) The current collector layer has, in at least a partial region thereof, a copper content of less than 50 mass %. (B) At least one selected from the group of the current collector layer and an electrode lead has, in at least a partial region thereof, a copper content of less than 50 mass %. (C) At least one selected from the group of the current collector layer and an exterior body has, in at least a partial region thereof, a copper content of less than 50 mass %. (D) at least one selected from the group of the current collector layer, the electrode lead, and the exterior body has, in at least a partial region thereof, a copper content of less than 50 mass %.

Abstract: An electrode of the present disclosure includes an electrode mixture layer and an electrode current collector layer. The electrode current collector layer is in contact with the electrode mixture layer. The electrode mixture layer includes a solid electrolyte material and an active material. The solid electrolyte material includes Li, M, and X. M is at least one selected from the group consisting of metal elements other than Li and metalloid elements. X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. The electrode current collector layer has a surface material in contact with the electrode mixture layer, and an iron content in the surface material is 50 mass % or less.

Abstract: A measurement device including a hardware processor that: extracts a frame image at a time of deep inspiration from a plurality of frame images of a dynamic image obtained by performing radiation imaging of a dynamic state of a chest of a subject; and performs cardiothoracic ratio measurement to the extracted frame image at the time of deep inspiration.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a display that displays multiple dynamic images and a hardware processor. The multiple dynamic images include at least two dynamic images and show a target region. The hardware processor enlarges/reduces at least one of the at least two dynamic images at an enlargement/reduction ratio that equalizes a size of the target region in a specific state among the at least two dynamic images, and causes the display to display the at least two dynamic images.

Abstract: Provided is a fiber sizing agent including a vinyl ester resin (A), an epoxy compound (B), and an aqueous medium. The vinyl ester resin (A) has an alkoxy polyoxyalkylene structure and a urethane linkage. The fiber sizing agent exhibits excellent binding ability for various fibers, such as glass fibers and carbon fibers. Molded articles produced from a molding material including the fiber sizing agent have various excellent physical properties, and examples of the physical properties include flexural strength, compressive strength, and interlaminar shear strength. Accordingly, the molded articles can be used, for example, in automotive parts, aircraft parts, windmill parts, industrial parts, and the like.

Abstract: A fiber sizing agent includes: a vinyl ester resin (A) having an alkoxy polyoxyalkylene structure and a urethane bond; and an aqueous medium. The fiber sizing agent has excellent fiber sizing properties for various fibers such as glass fibers and carbon fibers. A molded article obtained from a molding material including the fiber sizing agent is excellent in various physical properties such as bending strength, compressive strength, and interlaminar shear strength, and thus can be used, for example, for an automobile member, an aircraft member, a windmill member, and an industrial member.

Abstract: Described herein are nutritional compositions, such as ketogenic compositions, leucine-enriched amino acid mixtures, etc., useful, for example, for dietary management of intractable epilepsy. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of inhibiting epileptic seizures in a subject comprising administering to the subject a leucine-enriched amino acid mixture.

Abstract: The present invention provides a food intake regulating agent which improves anorexia and overeating and is safe for ingestion for a long term. The present invention relates to a food intake regulating agent containing 3 kinds of amino acids: threonine, methionine and tryptophan, as active ingredients.