Abstract: The present invention relates to an underlayer material to be used in a friction member, the underlayer material including a plant-derived resin, in which the friction member includes a friction material and a pressure plate, and the friction material includes a friction modifier, a binder, and a fiber base material. The plant-derived resin may be a lignin-modified phenol resin.

Abstract: In the electronic component, the second portion of the diffusion prevention layer extends parallel to the main surface of the base material. When the electronic component is surface-mounted on the mounting substrate, the conductive bonding material such as solder is interposed between the electrodes of the electronic component and the land electrodes of the mounting substrate. In the case that the bonding surface between the diffusion prevention layer and the substrate is wide, it is difficult for the metal component of the bonding material to reach the body portion of the electrodes through the bonding surface. Therefore, a situation in which metal component of the bonding material diffuse into the body portion is suppressed, and a decrease in strength of the electrodes due to the diffusion is suppressed.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for identifying a section of a first display corresponding to a user's initial gaze, identifying a string of text within the identified section of the first display, detecting a shift in the user's gaze from the identified section on the first display to an area on a second display, calculating coordinates corresponding to the area on the second display, identifying an input field in the second display closest to the calculated coordinates, and inputting the identified string of text within the input field in the second display. The method may further include determining whether content currently exists within the input field and subsequently removing the existing content from the input field, and replacing said existing content with the identified text.

Abstract: In a method for improving generation and relevancy of search results, a processor receives a search query comprising a search term. A processor generates a document group based on the search query and at least one synonym related to the search term in a synonym dictionary. The synonym dictionary may include search document attributes for base words and synonyms of the base words. A processor extracts, from the document group, an extracted document having a document attribute matching a search document attribute of the at least one synonym. A processor lists the extracted document as a search result.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a ?-diketone storage container including: a metal storage container to which a liquid ?-diketone is charged, the metal being an aluminum material; and an inorganic film on an inner surface of the storage container, the inorganic film containing at least one material selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide, silicon carbonitride, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, diamond, and diamond-like carbon.

Abstract: An electrochromic element includes a first transparent electrode layer, an oxidation color development layer, an electrolyte layer and a second transparent electrode layer in this order. The oxidation color development layer is an oxide layer or a hydroxide layer, and contains nickel as a main component, and metal elements other than nickel. The oxidation color development layer has a thickness of 20 nm or more. The first transparent electrode layer and the oxidation color development layer are in contact with each other. The oxidation color development layer and the electrolyte layer are in contact with each other. The oxidation color development layer includes a near-electrolyte layer and a near-electrode layer. The porosity of the near-electrolyte layer is larger than the porosity of the near-electrode layer.

Abstract: An insulation layer forming-composition including boehmite, a binder, and an organic solvent, wherein when a thermogravimetric analysis is performed on the boehmite and measurement is conducted at a temperature elevation rate of 10° C./min under an air flow, the weight reduction percentage in a range of 200-450° C. is 10.0 mass % or less, and the weight reduction percentage in a range of 450-600° C. is 5.0-13.5 mass %.

Abstract: A load applicator includes an elastic mechanism including elastic bodies, a first member configured to move in accordance with contraction of power storage cells, a second member provided opposite to the first member across the elastic mechanism, a switching device, and a restriction member. The elastic mechanism has a first form wherein a first restraint load is applied to a power storage module when the power storage module expands by a first dimension, and a second form wherein a second restraint load larger than the first restraint load is applied to the power storage module when the power storage module expands by the first dimension. The switching device performs an operation switching from the first form to the second form in a case where a restraint load smaller than the first restraint load is applied to the power storage module when the power storage module expands by the first dimension.

Abstract: A lighting device includes: a plurality of light sources that illuminate in all directions; a first detector that detects an installation orientation of the lighting device; and a controller that changes a light-emission pattern of each of the plurality of light sources according to the installation orientation of the lighting device detected by the first detector.

Abstract: A communication apparatus comprises a first communication unit, a second communication unit, and a control unit that, on a basis of predetermined information obtained from an external apparatus via the first communication unit, connects to the external apparatus via the second communication unit and generates operation information for operating the external apparatus on a basis of the predetermined information. The control unit, on a basis of an operation state of the external apparatus at a time when the external apparatus is connected via the second communication unit on a basis of the predetermined information, performs control to store the predetermined information and generate the operation information or generate the operation information without storing the predetermined information.

Abstract: In an approach for generating a user-specific personal corpus, a processor creates a basic corpus for a first user using a first set of data sources, wherein the basic corpus includes one or more basic words and one or more vectors of the one or more basic words. A processor extracts a set of text from a second set of data sources associated with the first user. Responsive to finding an unknown word included in the set of text extracted, a processor updates the basic corpus, wherein the basic corpus is updated by replacing a vector of the unknown word with an average vector of the one or more basic words in the basic corpus created and registering the unknown word in a first personal corpus.

Abstract: A coolant flow field of a fuel cell stack includes a power-generation-portion-cooling flow path including a portion overlapping a power generation section of a membrane electrode assembly, a bypass flow path provided on outer peripheries of separators, a main supply flow path extending from a coolant supply passage through the bypass flow path and communicating with the power-generation-portion-cooling flow path, and a bubble release flow path extending from an upper portion of the coolant supply passage in the gravity direction toward the bypass flow path and communicating with the bypass flow path, wherein the bubble release flow path extends upward in the gravity direction above the coolant supply passage.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with a plurality of communication apparatuses simultaneously, a second wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with one of the plurality of communication apparatuses selectively, a control unit that controls establishment of a wireless connection with one of the plurality of communication apparatuses via the second wireless communication unit based on information shared via the first wireless communication unit, and a transmission unit that transmits, in a case a request to establish a wireless connection via the second wireless communication unit is received from one of the plurality of communication apparatuses, a notification indicating that a connection via the second wireless communication unit is not allowed to a communication apparatus that has a wireless connection to the information processing apparatus via the first wireless communication unit, and is not a t

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer; cell trenches formed in the semiconductor layer; an insulating layer on the semiconductor layer; electrodes, each embedded in corresponding one of the cell trenches via the insulating layer; and one or more outer peripheral trenches formed in the semiconductor layer, wherein the cell trenches include: first set of cell trenches extending in first direction and arranged at first pitch in second direction; and second set of cell trenches extending in the second direction and arranged at second pitch in the first direction, wherein the semiconductor layer includes first and second cell regions where the first and second sets of cell trenches are arranged respectively, and the one or more peripheral trenches surround the first and second cell regions in a plan view, and wherein inter-cell distance between the first and second cell regions is smaller than both the first and second pitches.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: injecting an inert element or an electron beam into a GaN-based semiconductor substrate; implanting magnesium into the GaN-based semiconductor substrate; and performing a heat treatment after the injecting and the implanting. A first implantation range of inert element or electron beam and a second implantation range of magnesium overlap with each other. A reference depth Dref (nm) calculated using a formula of Dref=D1+140 and a deepest injection depth D1 (nm) in the injecting is deeper than a deepest implantation depth D2 (nm) in the implanting. After the heat treatment, a concentration of magnesium decreases toward a deeper side at a predetermined decrease rate at a position of the reference depth Dref. The predetermined decrease rate is smaller than a decrease rate at which a concentration of magnesium becomes 1/10 per depth of 300 nm.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode, a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode current collector, a positive electrode terminal, a negative electrode terminal, and an insulating plate. The positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal each have a main side surface and a sub side surface having an area smaller than that of the main side surface. The positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal are arranged so that the main side surface of the positive electrode terminal and the main side surface of the negative electrode terminal face each other. The insulating plate is arranged between the main side surface of the positive electrode terminal and the main side surface of the negative electrode terminal.

Abstract: A load applicator includes an elastic mechanism, a first member configured to move in accordance with contraction of power storage cells, a second member provided on a side opposite to the first member across the elastic mechanism, and a switching device. The elastic mechanism has a first form in which a first restraint load is applied to the power storage module when the power storage module expands by a first dimension, and a second form in which a second restraint load larger than the first restraint load is applied to the power storage module when the power storage module expands by the first dimension. The switching device performs an operation to switch from the first form to the second form in a case where a restraint load smaller than the first restraint load is applied to the power storage module when the power storage module expands by the first dimension.

Abstract: An illumination control system includes an illumination device including light sources, and an illumination control device which is capable of individually controlling light emission of the light sources and includes: a measurer which obtains space information regarding a space in which the illumination device is to be installed and position information indicating a position at which the illumination device is to be installed inside the space; an information transmitter which transmits control information to the illumination device; and an information processor which optimizes control information for controlling a lighting mode of each of the light sources, according to an installation condition of the illumination device indicated in the space information and the position information.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a single positive electrode terminal formed in a flat plate shape, a single negative electrode terminal formed in a flat plate shape, a holder holding the single positive and negative electrode terminals, and a laminate exterior body. The single positive and negative electrode terminals each have a single protruding portion protruding from the laminate exterior body in one direction. An insulating plate is arranged between main side surfaces of the single protruding portions of the terminals. On one side of the insulating plate in a facing direction, only the single protruding portion of the positive terminal protrudes from the laminate exterior body, and on the other side of the insulating plate in the facing direction, only the single protruding portion of the negative terminal protrudes from the laminate exterior body.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a paper barrier base material includes a step of applying a water vapor barrier layer coating liquid that contains at least a water vapor barrier resin and a pigment onto a paper base material by a curtain coating method to form a water vapor barrier layer, and a step of applying a gas barrier layer coating liquid that contains at least one polymer selected from water-soluble polymers and water-dispersible polymers onto the water vapor barrier layer by a curtain coating method without a drying step interposed between the two steps to form a gas barrier layer. The gas barrier layer coating liquid has a B-type viscosity equal to or higher than a B-type viscosity of the water vapor barrier layer coating liquid. The method is intended to suppress the occurrence of coating unevenness in wet-on-wet coating by a curtain coating method.