Abstract: The vehicle controller controls a vehicle. The vehicle includes a transmission and an internal combustion engine that has a variable valve actuation device. The vehicle controller includes an execution device. The execution device executes first and second gear ratio adjustment processes and first and second intake VVT adjustment processes. The first intake VVT adjustment process includes adjusting the intake valve timing such that the internal combustion engine is operated in an Atkinson cycle. The second intake VVT adjustment process includes setting the intake valve timing such that the closing timing of the intake valve is more advanced than in a case in which the first intake VVT adjustment process is executed.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member and a rotatable developing member to carry developer made up of toner particles and carrier particles adhered to surfaces of the toner particles. Where a pressing force pressing the developing member against the image bearing member is F1, a total number of the carrier particles interposed between the toner particles and the image bearing member is N1, and an adhesion Ft between a carrier particle and a toner particle, measured when the carrier particle is pressed against the toner particle with F1/N1 that is a pressing force per unit carrier particle, and an adhesion Fdr1 between the carrier particle and the image bearing member, measured when the carrier particle is pressed against the image bearing member with F1/N1, satisfy Ft?Fdr1.

Abstract: A grid interconnection system for a power grid includes: a storage battery; a power conversion device that converts power from the storage battery into AC; and an interconnection control device that supplies power from a commercial power supply to a load and supplies power from the power conversion device to the load when the commercial power supply fails. When the commercial power supply is restored, the interconnection control device starts supply of power from the commercial power supply to the load, and stops supply of power from the power conversion device to the load after the supply of power from the commercial power supply to the load is started.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fiber-sizing agent which when applied to an inorganic reinforcement material contained in a resin composition, can provide a molded article having excellent impact resistance and high surface gloss properties. The fiber-sizing agent according to the present invention contains a modified olefin wax (A), a polyolefin resin (B), and a silane-coupling agent (C), wherein the mass ratio (A)/(B) of the modified olefin wax (A) to the polyolefin resin (B) is in the range of 0.2-10.

Abstract: A novel vinyl chloride resin composition having exceptional transparency is provided. This resin composition comprises 3-15 parts by mass of a rubbery impact-absorbing material (B) for which the glass transition point in differential scanning calorimetry does not exceed 0° C., and 0.1-10 parts by mass of a lubricant (C) that satisfies (i)-(iv) below, the content amounts above being indicated relative to 100 parts by mass of a vinyl chloride resin (A) having a chlorine content of 55-75 mass %. (i) The melt viscosity at 200° C. is 5-5,000 mPa·s (ii) The softening point is in the range of 60?180° C. (iii) The glass transition point (Tg) as measured in DSC is in the range of 0?100° C.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electroconductive resin composition that has excellent electroconductivity and high mechanical strength. The electroconductive resin composition according to the present invention comprises 75-99 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin (A), 1-25 parts by mass of a carbon material (B), and more than 1 part by mass but not more than 10 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the thermoplastic resin (A) and the carbon material (B), of a modified polyolefin wax (C), wherein the carbon material (B) is a granular carbon material having an average grain diameter of 500 nm or less or a fibrous carbon material having an average fiber length of 1000 ?m or less.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an electroconductive resin composition which combines high electrical conductivity with excellent processability. The electroconductive resin composition comprises a thermoplastic resin (A), carbon nanotubes (B) having an outer diameter of 100 nm or smaller, and an aromatic-monomer-modified polyolefin wax (C) obtained by modifying a polyolefin wax with an aromatic monomer. The composition comprises the thermoplastic resin (A), the carbon nanotubes (B), and the aromatic-monomer-modified polyolefin wax (C) in amounts of 74.9-99.4 parts by mass, 0.5-25 parts by mass, and 0.1-10 parts by mass, respectively, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the sum of the thermoplastic resin (A), the carbon nanotubes (B), and the aromatic-monomer-modified polyolefin wax (C).

Abstract: An object is to provide a power system interconnection system and a method of installing the power system interconnection system that are able to supply a load with required power. A power system interconnection system comprises a storage battery an AC-DC power conversion device for the storage battery a charge and discharge station for an electric-powered automobile and an interconnection control device that are installed on a parking lot. The interconnection control device supplies a first load with power from at least one of the charge and discharge station and the AC-DC power conversion device in a case where the electric power system is in an emergency situation.

Abstract: A novel vinyl chloride resin composition having exceptional transparency is provided. This resin composition comprises 3-15 parts by mass of a rubbery impact-absorbing material (B) for which the glass transition point in differential scanning calorimetry does not exceed 0° C., and 0.1-10 parts by mass of a lubricant (C) that satisfies (i)-(iv) below, the content amounts above being indicated relative to 100 parts by mass of a vinyl chloride resin (A) having a chlorine content of 55-75 mass %. (i) The melt viscosity at 200° C. is 5-5,000 mPa·s (ii) The softening point is in the range of 60?180° C. (iii) The glass transition point (Tg) as measured in DSC is in the range of 0?100° C.

Abstract: A grid interconnection system for a power grid includes: a storage battery; a power conversion device that converts power from the storage battery into AC; and an interconnection control device that supplies power from a commercial power supply to a load and supplies power from the power conversion device to the load when the commercial power supply fails. When the commercial power supply is restored, the interconnection control device starts supply of power from the commercial power supply to the load, and stops supply of power from the power conversion device to the load after the supply of power from the commercial power supply to the load is started.

Abstract: An object is to provide a power system interconnection system and a method of installing the power system interconnection system that are able to supply a load with required power. A power system interconnection system comprises a storage battery an AC-DC power conversion device for the storage battery a charge and discharge station for an electric-powered automobile and an interconnection control device that are installed on a parking lot. The interconnection control device supplies a first load with power from at least one of the charge and discharge station and the AC-DC. power conversion device in a case where the electric power system is in an emergency situation.

Abstract: A tackifier (B) according to the present invention comprises a copolymer (C) that comprises a structural unit derived from ?-methylstyrene or isopropenyltoluene and a structural unit derived from styrene, and the copolymer (C) satisfies the following (i) to (iii): (i) a content of the structural unit derived from ?-methylstyrene or isopropenyltoluene is in the range of 30 to 70 mol %, (ii) a softening temperature (Tm) measured by the ring-and-ball method according to JIS K 2207 is in the range of 110° C. to 170° C., and (iii) a content of a fraction having molecular weight of not more than 350, as determine by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and calculated from polystyrene standard, is less than 1.5 mass %.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fiber-sizing agent which when applied to an inorganic reinforcement material contained in a resin composition, can provide a molded article having excellent impact resistance and high surface gloss properties. The fiber-sizing agent according to the present invention contains a modified olefin wax (A), a polyolefin resin (B), and a silane-coupling agent (C), wherein the mass ratio (A)/(B) of the modified olefin wax (A) to the polyolefin resin (B) is in the range of 0.2-10.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electroconductive resin composition that has excellent electroconductivity and high mechanical strength. The electroconductive resin composition according to the present invention comprises 75-99 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin (A), 1-25 parts by mass of a carbon material (B), and more than 1 part by mass but not more than 10 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the thermoplastic resin (A) and the carbon material (B), of a modified polyolefin wax (C), wherein the carbon material (B) is a granular carbon material having an average grain diameter of 500 nm or less or a fibrous carbon material having an average fiber length of 1000 ?m or less.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide compositions which have low-temperature heat sealing properties, are free from stickiness, may achieve a heat seal strength controlled within a certain definite range when heat sealing takes place at low temperatures, have small changes in heat seal strength with time, and are such that in the packaging applications, the strength required to open the packages may be easily controlled within a certain definite range, and high-performance packages may be designed. The invention resides in a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer composition including 99 to 1 parts by mass of at least one olefin polymer (X) selected from propylene polymers (X-1) and ethylene polymers (X-2), and 1 to 99 parts by mass of a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer (Y) containing 0.1 to 30 mol % of one or more ?-olefins selected from ?-olefins and having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.0 to 3.5 [wherein the total of (X) and (Y) in the composition is 100 parts by mass].

Abstract: A storage battery (1) including an electric storage unit (10), an auxiliary electric storage unit (11) connected to the electric storage unit (10) in parallel, a temperature measurement unit (13) measuring a temperature, and a charge and discharge control unit (14) controlling charge and discharge of the electric storage unit (10) and the auxiliary electric storage unit (11), in which the charge and discharge control unit (14) changes an SOC (a charge completion SOC) of the electric storage unit (10) and the auxiliary electric storage unit (11) in a charge completion state of not allowing any more charge according to a measurement result of the temperature measurement unit (13), increases the charge completion SOC of the auxiliary electric storage unit (11) when the charge completion SOC of the electric storage unit (10) decreases, and decreases the charge completion SOC of the auxiliary electric storage unit (11) when the charge completion SOC of the electric storage unit (10) increases.

Abstract: An optical transmitter includes a dummy optical source, a polarized wave beam coupler, and an auto gain control (AGC)-system amplifier. The dummy optical source outputs, out of an optical signal in which an optical path signal and an optical packet signal are mixed, a dummy signal having a wavelength identical to that of the optical packet signal. The polarized wave beam coupler multiplexes the dummy signal with the optical signal so that the dummy signal is orthogonal to the optical signal so as to output an output signal. The AGC-system amplifier inputs the output signal, and amplifies the output signal with a predetermined amplification factor corresponding to a power difference between input power and output power of an optical amplifier.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a resin composition with excellent mold releasability and blocking resistance. [Solution] A resin composition containing a 4-methyl-1-pentene polymer includes 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of a 4-methyl-1-pentene polymer (B) per 100 parts by mass of at least one resin (A) selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic resins and thermosetting resins, wherein the 4-methyl-1-pentene polymer (B) has (B1) an intrinsic viscosity [?] of 0.01 or more but less than 0.50 dl/g measured at 135° C. in a decalin solvent.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide compositions which have low-temperature heat sealing properties, are free from stickiness, may achieve a heat seal strength controlled within a certain definite range when heat sealing takes place at low temperatures, have small changes in heat seal strength with time, and are such that in the packaging applications, the strength required to open the packages may be easily controlled within a certain definite range, and high-performance packages may be designed. The invention resides in a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer composition including 99 to 1 parts by mass of at least one olefin polymer (X) selected from propylene polymers (X-1) and ethylene polymers (X-2), and 1 to 99 parts by mass of a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer (Y) containing 0.1 to 30 mol % of one or more ?-olefins selected from ?-olefins and having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.0 to 3.5 [wherein the total of (X) and (Y) in the composition is 100 parts by mass].

Abstract: An optical transmitter includes an amplifying unit, a monitor, an identifying unit, and a controlling unit. The amplifying unit amplifies an optical signal in which an optical packet signal is mixed in optical path signals. The monitor monitors power of the optical signal on an input stage and an output stage of the optical amplifying unit, respectively. The identifying unit identifies an optical packet signal section on the input stage side based on the monitoring result on the input stage side, and identifies an optical packet signal section on the output stage side based on the monitoring result on the output stage side. The controlling unit compares the power of the identified section on the input stage side with the power of the identified section on the output stage side, and controls an amplification factor of the amplifying unit based on a power difference resulting from the comparison.