Abstract: A method for producing a fluoropolymer which method includes polymerizing a perfluoromonomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a polymer (1) to obtain a fluoropolymer, wherein the content of a polymerized unit derived from the perfluoromonomer in the fluoropolymer is 90 mol % or more based on all polymerized units of the fluoropolymer, the polymer (1) is a polymer of a monomer (1) represented by the general formula (1): CF2?CF—O—R-(Rf-SO3M)m, a polymerized unit (1) derived from the monomer (1) in the polymer (1) is 50% by mass or more based on all polymerized units of the polymer (1), and the content of a dimer and a trimer of the monomer (1) in the polymer (1) is 1.0% by mass or less based on the polymer (1).

Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerant-containing composition by using a refrigerant that has a refrigerating capacity equivalent to that of widely used R404A, and a low GWP. Specifically, the present invention provides a composition that contains a refrigerant containing difluoromethane (R32), pentafluoroethane (R125), 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (R143a), 2,3,3,3-tetrafluropropene (R1234yf), and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R134a) in specific concentrations.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant (mixed refrigerant), the composition having three types of performance; i.e., a coefficient of performance (COP) and a refrigerating capacity (Cap) that are equivalent to or higher than those of R404A and/or R410A, and a sufficiently low GWP. The present disclosure specifically provides a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising difluoromethane (HFC-32), 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), and at least one of 1,1-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132a) and tetrafluoroethylene (FO-1114).

Abstract: No studies have been made regarding what kinds of refrigerants should be used in a refrigeration cycle device for a vehicle. An air conditioner (1) for a vehicle includes a refrigerant circuit (10) and a refrigerant that is sealed in the refrigerant circuit (10). The refrigerant circuit (10) includes a compressor (80), a first heat exchanger (85), which serves as a heat dissipater in a dehumidifying heating mode, an outside-air heat exchanger (82), a cooling control valve (87), and a second heat exchanger (86), which serves as an evaporator in the dehumidifying heating mode. The refrigerant is a refrigerant having a low GWP.

Abstract: A screw compressor for compressing a working medium sucked through a suction opening and discharging the compressed working medium through a delivery opening, wherein the screw compressor includes: a male rotor and a female rotor that rotate while meshing with each other; a casing that houses the male rotor and the female rotor and is provided with a bore which forms a working chamber designed, together with the male rotor and the female rotor, to compress the working medium; a drive unit that rotationally drives at least one of the male rotor and the female rotor; a working chamber closing unit that forms a suction port for sucking the working medium into the working chamber and closes the working chamber when the working chamber reaches a specified capacity; and a suction space that connects the suction opening and the suction port to allow communication therebetween, wherein an open space that connects the suction opening and the suction port to allow communication therebetween is provided between a shaft

Abstract: A showcase includes a refrigerant circuit and a refrigerant enclosed in the refrigerant circuit. The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor (121), a radiator (122), an expansion valve (123), and an evaporator (124). The refrigerant is a low-GWP refrigerant.

Abstract: An adhesion device 10 that defines a decompression space D to be decompressed between a wall surface W and the adhesion device 10, and adheres to the wall surface W, comprises: a base 11 disposed facing a wall surface W at a distance from the wall surface W and connected to a decompression device 14 that depressurizes the decompression space D created between the base 11 and the wall surface W; a first partition 12 disposed on a fringe of the base 11, wherein the first partition 12 forms the base 11 side portion of the peripheral wall of the decompression space D with an elastic member; a second partition 13 disposed closer to the wall surface W side than the first partition 12, wherein the wall surface W side portion of the peripheral wall of the decompression space D is formed by an elastic member so that the wall surface W side end of the second partition 13 contacts the wall surface W; and a first restricting member 16 formed in a frame shape corresponding to that of the second partition 13 by a member ha

Abstract: A moving device for moving on a wall surface that includes at least two or more vehicles each having a body, two main wheels each disposed on the body and rotatable around a shaft for moving on a wall surface, two rotation drivers which rotate each of the two main wheels respectively, and an adhesion mechanism disposed on the body to adhere onto the wall surface; and a coupler that connects vehicles located adjacent to each other among the at least two or more vehicles in the traveling direction of each of the vehicles.

Abstract: An adhesion device 10 that defines a decompression space D to be decompressed between a wall surface W and the adhesion device 10, and adheres to the wall surface W, comprises: a base 11 disposed facing a wall surface W at a distance from the wall surface W and connected to a decompression device 14 that depressurizes the decompression space D created between the base 11 and the wall surface W; a first partition 12 disposed on a fringe of the base 11, wherein the first partition 12 forms the base 11 side portion of the peripheral wall of the decompression space D with an elastic member; a second partition 13 disposed closer to the wall surface W side than the first partition 12, wherein the wall surface W side portion of the peripheral wall of the decompression space D is formed by an elastic member so that the wall surface W side end of the second partition 13 contacts the wall surface W; and a first restricting member 16 formed in a frame shape corresponding to that of the second partition 13 by a member ha

Abstract: An evaluation device includes a display configured to display evaluation purpose images; a gaze point detecting unit configured to detect positional data of a gaze point of a subject who observes the display; an area setting unit configured to set determination areas in the evaluation purpose images; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the positional data of the gaze point, whether the gaze point is present inside the determination areas to define determination values for the determination areas; an arithmetic unit configured to calculate, based on the determination values, a number of the at least one determination area in which the gaze point is present; and an evaluation unit configured to obtain evaluation data for evaluating a possibility that the subject is a person with a developmental disability based on the number of the at least one determination area in which the gaze point is present.

Abstract: The present invention provides a branching unit, the height of which can be reduced, and a vehicular system. The branching unit includes a switch equipped with a fixed electrode and a movable electrode; a first bushing conductor which is connected either to the fixed electrode or to the movable electrode; and a second bushing conductor which is connected to the other of the fixed electrode and the movable electrode. A first T-shaped cable head is connected at one end to the first bushing conductor, a second T-shaped cable head is connected to a different end part of the first T-shaped cable head from the one end, a third T-shaped cable head is connected at one end to the second bushing conductor, the first T-shaped cable head and the second T-shaped cable head are respectively connected to different circuits, and surfaces of the respective T-shaped cable heads and the switch are at a ground potential.

Abstract: An inattention measurement device, system, and method wherein an index value indicating an inattention level of a subject is calculated based on information relating to a history of a gazing point of a subject when presented with a task of searching for a prescribed target.

Abstract: The present invention provides a branching unit, the height of which can be reduced, and a vehicular system. The branching unit includes a switch equipped with a fixed electrode and a movable electrode; a first bushing conductor which is connected either to the fixed electrode or to the movable electrode; and a second bushing conductor which is connected to the other of the fixed electrode and the movable electrode. A first T-shaped cable head is connected at one end to the first bushing conductor, a second T-shaped cable head is connected to a different end part of the first T-shaped cable head from the one end, a third T-shaped cable head is connected at one end to the second bushing conductor, the first T-shaped cable head and the second T-shaped cable head are respectively connected to different circuits, and surfaces of the respective T-shaped cable heads and the switch are at a ground potential.

Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery which can properly maintain the temperature of a hot gas while requiring a smaller amount of hot gas, and a hot-gas drying furnace used for the method. A control device calculates an amount of decrease in temperature of a hot gas at a blowing position of a nozzle (first position) based on a temperature of the hot gas at second position situated downstream of the first position and a temperature of the hot gas at third position situated downstream of the second position. The control device adds the amount to a set temperature of the hot gas at the first position to calculate a modified set temperature. The control device adjusts an output of a heater depending on a difference between the modified set temperature and the temperature at the first position.

Abstract: A railroad vehicle includes a plurality of vehicle units, a cable, and a disconnector. In the plurality of vehicle units respective vehicles are coupled. The cable is placed astride the vehicles to connect the power supply unit of each vehicle unit. The disconnector is installed at some midpoint in the cable and electrically separates the vehicle units from one another.

Abstract: The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery 10 provided by the present invention comprises a positive electrode 30, a negative electrode 50 and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode 50 includes a negative electrode current collector 52 and a negative electrode active material layer 54 formed on the current collector 52, the negative electrode active material layer 54 containing a negative electrode active material 55 capable of storing and releasing charge carriers and having shape anisotropy so that the charge carriers are stored and released along a predefined direction. The negative electrode active material layer 54 includes, at a bottom thereof contacting the current collector 52, a minute conductive material 57 with granular shape and/or minute conductive material 57 with fibrous shape having an average particle diameter that is smaller than that of the negative electrode active material 55, and includes, at the bottom thereof; a part of the negative electrode active material 55.

Abstract: Provided is a reliable switch having a contact surface that is prevented from being roughened. To solve the problem, there is provided a switch including a plurality of switching units 2 and 3 each including a fixed electrode and a movable electrode that is disposed to be opposed to the fixed electrode and is closed or opened with respect to the fixed electrode, the switch being characterized in that the switching units 2 and 3 each make or break a current to be applied to the switch, the switching units 2 and 3 are electrically connected in series to each other, and the switching units 2 and 3 are each configured such that a first switching unit 3 is first closed, and then a second switching unit 2 is closed.

Abstract: An inattention measurement device, system, and method wherein an index value indicating an inattention level of a subject is calculated based on information relating to a history of a gazing point of a subject when presented with a task of searching for a prescribed target.

Abstract: Method, system and device for assisting diagnosis of autism which enable assistance of early detection and early definite diagnosis of autism (especially in infants) based on objective evaluation, using a conventionally suggested “eye-gaze detection technique”. The method for assisting diagnosis of autism of a subject uses an eye-gaze detecting unit, the unit having at least an imaging camera portion. The method includes displaying, at the position in front of the subject along the direction of the eye gaze of the subject, an illusionary image contained in a plane of an illusion-causing image on a displaying device. The eye-gaze position information of the subject looking at the plane is detected, and the eye-gaze position information of the subject is input into an eye-gaze position information storage portion The eye-gaze positions of the subject can be evaluated using a algorithm for assisting diagnosis of autism.

Abstract: A hairspring material for a mechanical timepiece includes an alloy which contains 37.5 to 39.5% by mass of Ni, 9.2 to 9.9% by mass of Cr, 0.35 to 0.55% by mass of Ti, and 0.6 to 0.9% by mass of Be, based on the total amount of the alloy, and contains in the remainder Fe and unavoidable impurities, the alloy being an alloy containing, as the unavoidable impurities, C (carbon), Mn in an amount of more than 0% by mass but not more than 0.5% by mass and Al in an amount of more than 0% by mass but less than 0.03% by mass, the amount of the C (carbon) being limited to not more than 0.03% by mass. The hairspring material can provide a smaller variation in Young's modulus than that of conventional hairspring materials.