Abstract: The present invention provides an epoxy resin composition containing: a component (A): epoxy resin; a component (B): microcapsular curing agent; a component (C): reactive diluent; and a component (D): compound represented by formula (1) below: wherein X1 has 2 or more and 5 or less consecutive carbon-carbon bonds, and a substituent of carbon contained in X1 and R1 to R5 are each one selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl group, an unsaturated aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heteroatom-containing substituent, a halogen atom-containing substituent, and a halogen atom; the substituent of carbon contained in X1 and R1 to R5 are the same as or different from each other; and the compound is optionally a fused ring compound in which any of R1 to R5 are present in the same ring.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a silicon clathrate electrode active material having low expansion during charging and a solid-state lithium-ion battery comprising such a silicon clathrate electrode active material. The silicon clathrate electrode active material of the present disclosure comprises greater than 0% by mass and less than 19.4% by mass of oxygen atoms. The solid-state lithium-ion battery of the present disclosure comprises the negative electrode active material layer of the present disclosure. The negative electrode active material layer of the present disclosure contains the negative electrode mixture of the present disclosure. The negative electrode mixture of the present disclosure comprises a silicon clathrate electrode active material and a solid electrolyte.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser device includes: a semiconductor laminate body; an insulating layer disposed above the semiconductor laminate body and including a first opening extending in a first direction that is a direction from a front end surface toward a rear end surface; a first electrode disposed above the semiconductor laminate body; a second electrode disposed above the first electrode and the insulating layer; and an adhesion layer disposed between the second electrode and the insulating layer. The adhesion layer includes a second opening that at least partially overlaps with the first opening in plan view, the first electrode is at least partially disposed inside the first opening and the second opening, and the second electrode and the adhesion layer are disposed above the insulating layer between the first opening and at least one of the front end surface or the rear end surface.

Abstract: A silicon clathrate electrode active material having low expansion during charging and a solid-state lithium-ion battery including such a silicon clathrate electrode active material. The silicon clathrate electrode active material includes a sodium compound. In the silicon clathrate electrode active material, a ratio of a mass of the sodium compound relative to a total mass of the silicon clathrate electrode active material and the sodium compound is 0.1% by mass or greater and 5.0% by mass or less. The solid-state lithium-ion battery includes the negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer contains the negative electrode mixture. The negative electrode mixture includes a silicon clathrate electrode active material and a solid electrolyte.

Abstract: Semiconductor device assemblies with molded support substrates and associated methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device assembly includes a support substrate, a first semiconductor die embedded within the support substrate, a second semiconductor die coupled to the support substrate, and a third semiconductor die coupled to the support substrate. The assembly can also include a redistribution network formed on a first and/or second side of the support substrate, and a plurality of conductive contacts electrically coupled to at least one of the first, second or third semiconductor dies.

Abstract: Provided is a compound with a high biomass ratio (preferably a compound with a biomass ratio of 100%) obtained by using a natural pigment and having excellent color developability and light resistance. The compound is a compound in which a natural pigment of curcumin is bound to an organic acid has a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 400 to 4,950.

Abstract: An epoxy resin composition comprising an epoxy resin (A) and a latent curing agent (B), wherein the latent curing agent (B) is solid at 25° C.

Abstract: A route planning apparatus configured to create a travel plan that includes a planned travel route for a leading vehicle to electronically tow a following vehicle using inter-vehicle communication, the route planning apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a request to stop at a waypoint during traveling by the electronic towing, the stop-over request being input on a second information processing apparatus that is used by an occupant of the following vehicle: a searching unit configured to search, for a waypoint according to the request, the planned travel route and a surrounding region of the planned travel route; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit information regarding a found waypoint and a route to the waypoint to a first information processing apparatus that is used by an occupant of the leading vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes: a magnetic member configured to cause a large Barkhausen effect; a power generation coil disposed so as to be wound around the magnetic member; and soft magnetic members formed at both end portions of the magnetic member so as to be in contact with the magnetic member and so as to press the magnetic member. Consequently, evenness of a magnetic flux density inside the magnetic member is increased, and the large Barkhausen effect is stably caused, whereby a highly stable power generation element is obtained.

Abstract: The ink jet recording method includes ejecting an aqueous ink from a recording head to apply the aqueous ink to a recording medium, to thereby record an image. The ink jet recording method includes: ejecting the aqueous ink heated to a temperature TH (° C.) from the recording head to apply the aqueous ink to the recording medium; and heating the recording medium having the aqueous ink applied thereto to a temperature TF (° C.), the aqueous ink containing a pigment and a polyester resin particle, a glass transition temperature TG (° C.) of the polyester resin particle, the temperature TH (° C.) and the temperature TF (° C.) satisfying relationships of the following expressions (1) to (3). TG(° C.)>TH(° C.)??(1) TF(° C.)?TH(° C.)+10° C.??(2) TF(° C.)?TG(° C.)?10° C.

Abstract: Provided is an aqueous ink that can record an image achieving both of high abrasion resistance and high color developability. The aqueous ink is an aqueous ink for ink jet including: a coloring material; and a resin particle. A resin for forming the resin particle includes a unit having an aromatic group, a unit having a cyano group, a unit derived from a (meth)acrylic acid ester having a branched alkyl group and a unit represented by the following general formula (1). In the following general formula (1), “n” represents the number of a repeating unit, R1 represents an alkyl group and E represents the number of repeating units of an ethylene oxide group and satisfies E?1.

Abstract: Provided is an aqueous ink for ink jet capable of recording an image that is excellent in abrasion resistance immediately after recording and glossiness. The aqueous ink for ink jet includes: a coloring material dispersed by an action of an anionic group, a resin particle and a wax particle dispersed by a dispersant. A resin for forming the resin particle includes a unit having a cyano group and a volume-based 50% cumulative particle diameter Dw of the wax particle is larger than a volume-based 50% cumulative particle diameter Dc of the coloring material and a volume-based 50% cumulative particle diameter Dr of the resin particle.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink jet recording method capable of recording an image having good abrasion resistance by using an aqueous ink and a reaction liquid. In the ink jet recording method, the aqueous ink containing a resin particle and the reaction liquid containing a reactant for aggregating the component in the aqueous ink are ejected from a recording head of the ink jet system and applied onto a recording medium. The reaction liquid contains a compound represented by the general formula (1) (n in the formula represents an integer of 0 to 3). At least one of the aqueous ink and the reaction liquid contains a surfactant having an HLB value of ? 15.

Abstract: The ink jet recording method includes ejecting an aqueous ink from a recording head to apply the aqueous ink to a recording medium, to thereby record an image. The ink jet recording method includes: ejecting the aqueous ink heated to a temperature TH (° C.) from the recording head to apply the aqueous ink to the recording medium; and heating the recording medium having the aqueous ink applied thereto to a temperature TF (° C.), the aqueous ink containing a pigment and a polyester resin particle, a glass transition temperature TG (° C.) of the polyester resin particle, the temperature TH (° C.) and the temperature TF (° C.) satisfying relationships of the following expressions (1) to (3). TG(° C.)>TH(° C.) ??(1) TF(° C.)?TH(° C.)+10° C. ??(2) TF(° C.)?TG(° C.)?10° C.

Abstract: An object is to provide a magnetic sensor module that suppresses a size of a magnetic sensor chip while applying a uniform calibration magnetic field to a magneto-resistive element. Provided is a magnetic sensor module comprising an IC chip having a first coil; and a magnetic sensor chip that is disposed on a surface of the IC chip and includes a first magnetic sensor that detects magnetism in a direction of first axis, wherein a planar shape of the IC chip encompasses a planar shape of the magnetic sensor chip, and the first coil has a planar shape including three or more sides, and is, when seen in a cross section along at least one side of the planar shape, is formed so as to cover a region, in a direction of the one side, of the first magnetic sensor.

Abstract: Provided is a hydrodesulfurization catalyst for hydrocarbon oil, the catalyst comprising: an inorganic oxide carrier comprising Si, Ti and Al; and at least one metal component, carried on the inorganic oxide carrier, being selected from the group consisting of group 6 elements, group 8 elements, group 9 elements and group 10 elements, wherein the content of Al in the inorganic oxide carrier is 50% by mass or higher in terms of Al2O3; the content of Si therein is 1.0 to 10% by mass in terms of SiO2; and the content of Ti therein is 12 to 28% by mass in terms of TiO2; and in the inorganic oxide carrier, the absorption edge wavelength of an absorption peak from Ti is 364 nm or shorter as measured by ultraviolet spectroscopy.

Abstract: A magnetic sensor device includes a composite chip component, and a sensor chip mounted on the composite chip component. The sensor chip includes a first magnetic sensor, a second magnetic sensor, and a third magnetic sensor that detect components of an external magnetic field that are in directions parallel to an X direction, parallel to a Y direction, and parallel to a Z direction, respectively. The composite chip component includes a first magnetic field generator, a second magnetic field generator, and a third magnetic field generator for generating additional magnetic field components that are in directions parallel to the X direction, parallel to the Y direction, and parallel to the Z direction, respectively.

Abstract: Semiconductor device assemblies with molded support substrates and associated methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device assembly includes a support substrate, a first semiconductor die embedded within the support substrate, a second semiconductor die coupled to the support substrate, and a third semiconductor die coupled to the support substrate. The assembly can also include a redistribution network formed on a first and/or second side of the support substrate, and a plurality of conductive contacts electrically coupled to at least one of the first, second or third semiconductor dies.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel medical application to regenerative medicine that uses pluripotent stem cells (Muse cells). The present invention provides a cell preparation for treating cerebral infarction and sequelae associated therewith that contains SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cells isolated from mesenchymal tissue in the body or cultured mesenchymal cells. The cell preparation of the present invention is based on a brain tissue regeneration mechanism by which Muse cells differentiate into nerve cells and the like in damaged brain tissue by administering Muse cells into cerebral parenchyma.