Abstract: A display control apparatus comprises an internal temperature measurement unit, a fan, a fan controller which controls to rotate the fan when the internal temperature becomes not lower than a start threshold, and to stop the fan when the internal temperature becomes lower than a stop threshold, and a display controller which controls to display first information when the internal temperature becomes not lower than a first threshold, and to display second information in place of the first information when the internal temperature becomes higher than the first threshold and not lower than a second threshold higher than the stop threshold, and control to continue display of the second information even when the internal temperature becomes lower than the second threshold, and to set the second information in a non-display state when the fan is stopped.

Abstract: A vehicle drive motor, capable of efficiently cooling the motor stator without being accompanied by an increase in size, includes a stator having an annular stator core, provided in an inner periphery of a tubular motor casing, and a stator coil provided in the stator core, and a rotor on an inner side of the stator core and rotatable relative to the stator. The motor casing includes an oil supply passage and an oil discharge passage in the motor casing and opening at an inner diametric surface of the motor casing, which are opposite axially to each other. Stator core grooves communicated with the oil supply passage and the oil discharge passage extend axially in an outer diametric surface of the stator core. Accordingly, lubricant oil may flow from the oil supply passage towards the oil discharge passage through the stator core groove.

Abstract: A motor drive device (20) includes a circuit (31) (e.g., an inverter) with a connection configuration that is switchable among: (a) a drive operative connection configuration that allows a motor unit (6) to be driven with power supplied from a battery unit; (b) a regenerative braking connection configuration; and (c) a short-circuit connection configuration that causes motor coils of the motor unit (6) to short-circuit to create a braking force. The motor drive device (20) also includes a short-circuit current controller (26) configured to control a short-circuit current that flows when the connection configuration of the circuit is (c) the short-circuit connection configuration. The motor drive device (20) also includes a regenerative braking and short-circuit braking switching controller (25) that may cause switching from (b) the regenerative braking connection configuration to (c) the short-circuit connection configuration, or vise versa.

Abstract: There is disclosed a honeycomb structure including: a plurality of honeycomb segments each having porous partition walls, and plugged portions arranged in open frontal areas of the predetermined cells; joining portions in which the plurality of honeycomb segments are joined; and an outer peripheral wall, and having: an aspect ratio (a long axis/a short axis) of 1.2 or more, wherein corners which are regions of the joining portions in the region of 10 mm or less from each intersection between the joining portion and the outer peripheral wall along a direction of the short axis are present in the region of 25 mm or less, and a thickness of each of the joining portions is 0.5 mm or more and 5 mm or less, and a thickness of each of the other joining portions is 1.5 mm or less.

Abstract: To provide a driving device for an in-wheel motor vehicle that can be reduced in size, weight and cost, the driving device for the in-wheel motor vehicle includes a plurality of in-wheel motor assemblies, which are disposed in at least two of a plurality of drive wheels, and a plurality of motor drivers for controlling those in-wheel motor assemblies. Each of the motor drivers includes a smoothing circuit, a control unit, an inverter unit and a cooler for cooling the inverter unit. The plurality of the motor drivers are put together at one location and disposed within the common casing.

Abstract: Memory management by garbage collection involves a memory area that is allocated in a computer. Data is created in the memory area in accordance with a program executed by a processor of the computer, and it is checked whether or not data necessary to execute the program exists in the memory area to be released, in response to an explicit instruction to release the memory area. As a result of the check, if data necessary to execute the program does not exist in the memory area, the memory area is released. As a result of the check, if data necessary to execute the program exists in the memory area, the data is moved to a memory area different from the memory area to be released.

Abstract: To provide a controller apparatus of a type, in which the controller is given the redundancy so that the control of the drive motor can be properly performed at all times when an abnormality such as the failure of the controller occurs, with the reliability consequently increased, a plurality of controllers are provided, each including a power circuit for outputting a drive current for the drive motor and a control circuit, which is a light electric circuit, for controlling the power circuit in response to a motor drive command fed from a higher control. An abnormality determiner is provided for determining an abnormality occurring in the controller then in use according to a prescribed rule and then generating a switching signal. A switch is provided, which is operable in response to the switching signal to change the controller then in a state of functioning relative to the drive motor.

Abstract: A method for inhibiting dentinal hypersensitivity by applying a dentinal hypersensitivity inhibitor on a dentin surface. The dentinal hypersensitivity inhibitor contains at least one tetracalcium phosphate particle, an alkali metal salt of phosphoric acid, and at least one acidic calcium phosphate particle. The tetracalcium phosphate particle has an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 40 ?m. The dentinal hypersensitivity inhibitor contains a blended amount of the tetracalcium phosphate particle of 5 to 55 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of a whole amount of the dentinal hypersensitivity inhibitor and a blended amount of the alkali metal salt of phosphoric acid of 1 to 100 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the tetracalcium phosphate particle.

Abstract: A calcium phosphate composition comprising calcium phosphate particles (A) and a sulfonic acid salt (B), wherein the calcium phosphate composition contains 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of the sulfonic acid salt (B) based on 100 parts by weight of the calcium phosphate particles (A). This provides a calcium phosphate composition that has a time between the addition of a liquid agent to the calcium phosphate composition and the completion of setting in the use at a clinical site and the like, i.e., a setting time which is within an appropriate range and that is high in mechanical strength and good in marginal sealing ability.

Abstract: When a program execution unit of a computer executes a creation instruction of objects utilized by an execution target program in process of executing the execution target program, the program execution unit disposes a created object in an internal heap when a life period of the created object is not contained within life period of objects for root class and gets average value of life time corresponding to set of objects to which the created object belongs with reference to memory allocation information table to dispose the created object as a long-life object in an external heap when the gotten average value of life time is equal to or larger than a predetermined value. Accordingly, life time of objects is measured and long-life objects are not managed by GC, so that program utilizing objects can be executed at high speed.

Abstract: A dental composition of the present invention includes: a polymerizable monomer component (A); and an amorphous filler (B) having an average particle size of 1 to 20 ?m and including silica-based fine particles and coatings of an oxide that cover the surfaces of the silica-based fine particles. The oxide contains a zirconium atom, a silicon atom, and an oxygen atom. The dental composition contains 20 to 500 parts by weight of the filler (B) per 100 parts by weight of the polymerizable monomer component (A). The dental composition has a viscosity of 10 to 800 Pa·s. It is preferable that the filler (B) contain spherical particles, and that the percentage of the spherical particles in the filler (B) be at least 60%.

Abstract: A dental composition of the present invention includes: a polymerizable monomer (A); an amorphous filler (B) having an average particle size of 1 to 20 ?m and including silica-based fine particles and coatings of an oxide that cover the surfaces of the silica-based fine particles; and inorganic particles (C) having an average particle size of 0.1 to 1.0 ?m. The oxide contains a zirconium atom, a silicon atom, and an oxygen atom. It is preferable that the dental composition contain 50 to 400 parts by weight of the filler (B) and 100 to 400 parts by weight of the inorganic particles (C) per 100 parts by weight of the polymerizable monomer (A).

Abstract: The present invention provides a dental composition exhibiting both an excellent light diffusion property and excellent transparency, and having high mechanical strength and surface smoothness and gloss after polishing as a cured product and good handling properties as a paste. The present invention is a dental composition including: a polymerizable monomer (A); and an amorphous powder (B). The amorphous powder (B) has an average particle size of 1 to 20 ?m, and includes silica-based fine particles and coatings of an oxide that cover the surfaces of the silica-based fine particles. The oxide contains a zirconium atom, a silicon atom, and an oxygen atom. The difference in refractive index between the cured product of the polymerizable monomer (A) and the amorphous powder (B) is 0.005 to 0.03.

Abstract: Memory management by garbage collection involves a memory area that is allocated in a computer. Data is created in the memory area in accordance with a program executed by a processor of the computer, and it is checked whether or not data necessary to execute the program exists in the memory area to be released, in response to an explicit instruction to release the memory area. As a result of the check, if data necessary to execute the program does not exist in the memory area, the memory area is released. As a result of the check, if data necessary to execute the program exists in the memory area, the data is moved to a memory area different from the memory area to be released.

Abstract: Memory management by garbage collection involves a memory area that is allocated in a computer. Data is created in the memory area in accordance with a program executed by a processor of the computer, and it is checked whether or not data necessary to execute the program exists in the memory area to be released, in response to an explicit instruction to release the memory area. As a result of the check, if data necessary to execute the program does not exist in the memory area, the memory area is released. As a result of the check, if data necessary to execute the program exists in the memory area, the data is moved to a memory area different from the memory area to be released.

Abstract: A drive motor for an electrically powered automotive vehicle is provided which includes a motor stator including a magnetic body and coils. The inner peripheral surface of the magnetic body has a plurality of teeth protruding therefrom, around which the coils are wound. The drive motor also includes a motor housing mounted to an outer periphery of the motor stator to retain the motor stator. The outer peripheral surface of the magnetic body includes cutout portion(s) formed at circumferential location(s) thereof, with the circumferential location(s) being at the same phase as those of the teeth. An inner peripheral surface of the motor housing includes engagement portion(s) formed at circumferential location(s) thereof, with the circumferential location(s) being opposed to the cutout portion(s). The engagement portion(s) is/are engageable with the cutout portion(s). The engagement portion(s) and the cutout portion(s) cooperate with each other to form arresting unit(s) for arresting the motor stator.

Abstract: To provide a controller apparatus of a type, in which the controller is given the redundancy so that the control of the drive motor can be properly performed at all times when an abnormality such as the failure of the controller occurs, with the reliability consequently increased, a plurality of controllers are provided, each including a power circuit for outputting a drive current for the drive motor and a control circuit, which is a light electric circuit, for controlling the power circuit in response to a motor drive command fed from a higher control. An abnormality determiner is provided for determining an abnormality occurring in the controller then in use according to a prescribed rule and then generating a switching signal. A switch is provided, which is operable in response to the switching signal to change the controller then in a state of functioning relative to the drive motor.

Abstract: A kit for bonding to biological hard tissues, containing a phosphorylated polysaccharide, a polyvalent metal salt other than phosphates, and a solvent. The adhesive composition for biological hard tissues provided by the kit for bonding to biological hard tissues is suitably used in for medical uses, such as cement for bones or dental cement.

Abstract: A drive motor for an electric vehicle is an IPM motor including a motor rotor (25), which is made up of a rotor core portion (29) having an inner peripheral surface, which is mounted externally on a rotary output shaft (24) and which is round in sectional shape, and a permanent magnet (30) disposed within the rotor core portion (29). At a circumferential position which will become proximate to a site of the permanent magnet (30), displaced towards an outer diametric side of the rotor core portion (29), an inner peripheral surface of the rotor core portion (29) and an outer peripheral surface of the rotary output shaft are provided with respective non-round shaped portions (29a, 24a) of a circular shape in section, which form respective parts of a detention or arresting unit (31) for arresting the motor rotor (25) from rotating relative to the rotary output shaft (24).

Abstract: An in-wheel motor drive apparatus is provided that facilitates the dissipation of the heat generated by a motor and that is excellent in cooling performance. A range (L) of number of revolutions within which a motor (B) generates a maximum torque by low-speed-rotation includes a high-output sub-zone (LH) in which a torque is no less than 50% of the maximum torque. In the high-output sub-zone, a loss in a stator represents no less than 50% of a loss in the motor (B), with the loss in the motor consisting of copper loss and core loss. The motor (B) may include cooling medium passage(s) (45) configured to cool coil portion(s) (28) of the stator (23) with a cooling liquid, and the copper loss may represent no less than 25% of the loss in the motor (B).