Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a new active material that can be used in a fluoride ion battery. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an active material to be used in a fluoride ion battery, the active material comprising: a crystal phase including an infinite layer structure, and represented by ApBqOr, provided that A is at least one of an alkali earth metal element and a rare earth element, B is a transition metal element, p satisfies 0.8?p?1, q satisfies 0.8?q?1, and r satisfies 1.5?r?2.5.

Abstract: A D-type flip-flop (DFF) includes an input circuit having a plurality of transistors configured to receive a clock signal and a data signal, a first inverter (INV1) having a pair of transistors, the first inverter configured to receive an input voltage (x) from the input circuit at a first inverter input, the first inverter configured to provide an output voltage (y) to a first inverter output, a second inverter (INV2) coupled to the first inverter (INV1), the second inverter having a second inverter input and a second inverter output, the second inverter input coupled to the first inverter output, a third inverter (INV3) coupled to the second inverter (INV2), the third inverter having a third inverter input and a third inverter output, and a current device coupled to the first inverter output, the current device configured to provide a current at the first inverter output.

Abstract: There is provided an audio information providing system that can solve the problem with the audio lag and includes navigation with higher accuracy. The audio information providing system is an audio guidance system including an audio output device that is worn in the ear of a user and an information processing terminal that is communicatively connected to the audio output device. The audio output device includes: an audio output unit configured to output audio to the ear of the user; and a detection unit configured to detect the direction of the head of the user.

Abstract: A waste-heat recovery system includes a waste-heat-recovery heat a tank, a circulation circuit, a circulation pump, and a control device that is configured to obtain the temperature of the heat medium flowing through a heat medium outlet piping of the circulation circuit and the temperature of the water stored in the tank. The control device stops the circulation pump or reduces the rotational frequency thereof in a case where the temperature of the heat medium flowing through the heat medium outlet piping is lower, or lower by a predetermined temperature or more, than the temperature of the water.

Abstract: A waste-heat recovery system includes a compressor main body; a gas piping, a waste-heat-recovery heat exchanger, a circulation circuit, and a tank with a water inlet piping and a water outlet piping that stores water that exchanges heat with the heat medium by connecting to the circulation circuit. The waste-heat recovery system also includes an inlet valve, a circulation pump, and a gas temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the compressed gas by arranging in the gas piping. The waste-heat recovery system also includes a water temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the water in the tank, and a control device that controls the inlet valve and the outlet valve according to detection temperature of the gas temperature sensor and the water temperature sensor.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a substantially constant DC reference voltage. The apparatus includes a reference voltage generator configured to generate a substantially constant direct current (DC) reference voltage based on a voltage on a data signal transmission line, wherein the voltage is based on a bandgap reference voltage. In one implementation, the data signal transmission line is a differential signal transmission line and the voltage is a common mode voltage. In another implementation, the data signal transmission line is an I-data signal transmission line and a Q-data signal transmission line, and the voltage is an average or weighted-average of the common mode voltages of the I- and Q-differential signals. In another implementation, the reference voltage is based on a single-ended (e.g., positive- and/or negative)-component or vice-versa of I- and Q-data signals, respectively.

Abstract: Provided is a fluid machine configured such that liquid supplied to a working chamber from the outside of the fluid machine is dispersed extensively in the working chamber. This fluid machine is constituted of a screw rotor and a casing for accommodating the screw rotor and is provided with a liquid supply section for supplying liquid into a working chamber from the outside. The liquid supply section is configured so that liquid is dispersed in the longitudinal direction of the tooth groove of the screw rotor rather than in the width direction thereof.

Abstract: A plant disease control agent which contains a compound represented by formula (1) as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A package-type compressor includes a body unit, a controller, a casing, a first cooling air inlet, a second cooling air inlet, a cooling air outlet, a fan duct, a cooling fan, an air cooling type heat exchanger, a machine chamber, and a cooling duct. The cooling duct is provided below the fan duct, the cooling duct causing the cooling air taken in at the second cooling air inlet to flow along the controller toward the suction port of the fan duct. A vertical projection plane of the cooling fan overlaps the machine chamber and the cooling duct.

Abstract: Provided is a package-type compressor that can improve cooling performance for cooling a body unit and a control panel. The package-type compressor includes: a cooling fan accommodated in a fan duct to induce a flow of cooling air taken in through inlets and discharged through an outlet; a machine chamber that causes the cooling air taken in at the inlet to flow along a body unit; and a cooling duct that causes the cooling air taken in at the inlet to flow along the control panel. A center position of the suction port of the fan duct is offset away from the inlet and toward the inlet with respect to a center position of a drive shaft of a motor of the body unit.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a substantially constant DC reference voltage. The apparatus includes a reference voltage generator configured to generate a substantially constant direct current (DC) reference voltage based on a voltage on a data signal transmission line, wherein the voltage is based on a bandgap reference voltage. In one implementation, the data signal transmission line is a differential signal transmission line and the voltage is a common mode voltage. In another implementation, the data signal transmission line is an I-data signal transmission line and a Q-data signal transmission line, and the voltage is an average or weighted-average of the common mode voltages of the I- and Q-differential signals. In another implementation, the reference voltage is based on a single-ended (e.g., positive- and/or negative)-component or vice-versa of I- and Q-data signals, respectively.

Abstract: Provided is a package-type compressor that can improve cooling performance for cooling a body unit and a control panel. The package-type compressor includes: a cooling fan accommodated in a fan duct to induce a flow of cooling air taken in through inlets and discharged through an outlet; a machine chamber that causes the cooling air taken in at the inlet to flow along a body unit; and a cooling duct that causes the cooling air taken in at the inlet to flow along the control panel. A center position of the suction port of the fan duct is offset away from the inlet and toward the inlet with respect to a center position of a drive shaft of a motor of the body unit.

Abstract: There is provided an audio information providing system that can solve the problem with the audio lag and includes navigation with higher accuracy. The audio information providing system is an audio guidance system including an audio output device that is worn in the ear of a user and an information processing terminal that is communicatively connected to the audio output device. The audio output device includes: an audio output unit configured to output audio to the ear of the user; and a detection unit configured to detect the direction of the head of the user.

Abstract: A waste-heat recovery system includes a compressor main body; a gas piping, a waste-heat-recovery heat exchanger, a circulation circuit, and a tank with a water inlet piping and a water outlet piping that stores water that exchanges heat with the heat medium by connecting to the circulation circuit. The waste-heat recovery system also includes an inlet valve, a circulation pump, and a gas temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the compressed gas by arranging in the gas piping. The waste-heat recovery system also includes a water temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the water in the tank, and a control device that controls the inlet valve and the outlet valve according to detection temperature of the gas temperature sensor and the water temperature sensor.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a substantially constant DC reference voltage. The apparatus includes a reference voltage generator configured to generate a substantially constant direct current (DC) reference voltage based on a voltage on a data signal transmission line, wherein the voltage is based on a bandgap reference voltage. In one implementation, the data signal transmission line is a differential signal transmission line and the voltage is a common mode voltage. In another implementation, the data signal transmission line is an I-data signal transmission line and a Q-data signal transmission line, and the voltage is an average or weighted-average of the common mode voltages of the I- and Q-differential signals. In another implementation, the reference voltage is based on a single-ended (e.g., positive- and/or negative)-component or vice-versa of I- and Q-data signals, respectively.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is: to enable hot water at a required temperature to be supplied, even in cases when compressor load factor is low; to suppress heat dissipation from a waste-heat recovery device; and to improve waste-heat recovery rate. A waste-heat recovery system in an oil-cooled gas compressor is provided with: a compressor main body (3); an oil separator (6); gas piping (8) which supplies, to a demanded destination, compressed gas separated from oil by the oil separator; oil piping (7) which returns, to the compressor main body, the oil separated by the oil separator; and a waste-heat-recovery heat exchanger (10) which recovers heat from the compressed gas and/or the oil.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid feeding type screw compressor that can reduce size and weight and improve vibration insulation and sound insulation. A liquid feeding type screw compressor includes as components: a compressor main body; a motor driving the compressor main body; and a gas-liquid separator separating a liquid from a compressed air discharged from the compressor main body. The motor is arranged above the compressor main body. The gas-liquid separator is arranged below the compressor main body. A compressor main body casing constituting an inner cylindrical space forming a compression operation chamber together with the screw rotor and constituting the contour of the compressor main body and a casing constituting the contour of another component consist of an integrally molded single member.

Abstract: An example apparatus is disclosed for alias rejection through charge sharing. The apparatus includes a filter-sampling network, a digital-to-analog converter, and a charge-sharing switch. The filter-sampling network includes a capacitor and a first switch, which is coupled between an input node and the capacitor. The filter-sampling network is configured to connect or disconnect the capacitor to or from the input node via the first switch. The digital-to-analog converter includes a capacitor array and a second switch, which is coupled between the input node and the capacitor array. The capacitor array is coupled between the second switch and a charge-sharing node. The digital-to-analog converter is configured to connect or disconnect the capacitor array to or from the input node via the second switch. The charge-sharing switch is coupled between the charge-sharing node and the capacitor and is configured to connect or disconnect the capacitor to or from the digital-to-analog converter.

Abstract: An example apparatus is disclosed for alias rejection through charge sharing. The apparatus includes a filter-sampling network, a digital-to-analog converter, and a charge-sharing switch. The filter-sampling network includes a capacitor and a first switch, which is coupled between an input node and the capacitor. The filter-sampling network is configured to connect or disconnect the capacitor to or from the input node via the first switch. The digital-to-analog converter includes a capacitor array and a second switch, which is coupled between the input node and the capacitor array. The capacitor array is coupled between the second switch and a charge-sharing node. The digital-to-analog converter is configured to connect or disconnect the capacitor array to or from the input node via the second switch. The charge-sharing switch is coupled between the charge-sharing node and the capacitor and is configured to connect or disconnect the capacitor to or from the digital-to-analog converter.

Abstract: Provided is a fluid machine configured such that liquid supplied to a working chamber from the outside of the fluid machine is dispersed extensively in the working chamber. This fluid machine is constituted of a screw rotor and a casing for accommodating the screw rotor and is provided with a liquid supply section for supplying liquid into a working chamber from the outside. The liquid supply section is configured so that liquid is dispersed in the longitudinal direction of the tooth groove of the screw rotor rather than in the width direction thereof.