Abstract: Provided is a cellulose acylate composition containing cellulose acylate particles and metal compound-containing particles. The total degree of substitution of the cellulose acylate is from 0.7 to 2.9. The metal compound is one or more types of compounds selected from an alkali metal compound and an alkaline earth metal compound. The composition is produced by adding one or more types of metal compounds selected from an alkali metal compound and an alkaline earth metal compound during and/or after removing a water-soluble polymer from a dispersion containing, as a dispersoid, cellulose acylate impregnated with a plasticizer to form cellulose acylate particles.

Abstract: A steering control device is provided with at least one of a first torque correction computing part and a second torque correction computing part; wherein the first torque correction computing part is equipped with a weight computing part which computes an increment of weight based on a magnitude of the driver torque, and accumulates the increment of weight to generate a weight, a clip value computing part which computes an automatic driver torque clip value according to the weight, and a clip processing part which clip processes the automatic driver torque with the automatic driver torque clip value; and the second torque correction computing part is equipped with a gain computing part which computes an increment of gain according to the driver torque, and accumulates the increment of gain to generate a gain, and a gain processing part which outputs an automatic driver torque multiplied by the gain.

Abstract: A malfunction detection method detects a malfunction in an electronic control device. The electronic control device includes a normal power supply terminal connected to a normal power supply mounted on a vehicle, a starting power supply terminal connected to a starting power supply, a controller activated by supply of a normal voltage, and a wake-up circuit having a wake-up switch to open and close a power supply path from the normal power supply terminal to the controller. The wake-up circuit turns on the wake-up switch when a starting voltage input to the starting power supply terminal is equal to or greater than an ON threshold. The malfunction detection method includes determining by the controller that the wake-up switch has an ON sticking malfunction when the normal voltage is equal to or greater than a threshold and the starting voltage is less than the ON threshold.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device in which, after user authentication is executed on the basis of identification information of a user acquired through a reader configured to read information from a contactless medium, a control unit causes a display unit to display a home screen when no job corresponding the identification information is registered, the control unit executes a process according to one piece of a job when only the one job is registered, and the control unit executes a process according to a job selected through an operation of the user from among two or more jobs when the two or more jobs are registered.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fuel cell stack, a fuel cell system and a method for controlling a fuel cell stack, which can reduce obstruction of reactive gas fluid channels caused by freezing of retained water, while allowing size to be reduced. The fuel cell stack of the disclosure comprises water storage units that are formed between every two adjacent fuel cell unit cells, surrounded by the adjacent separators, the wall members and the gaskets, and that communicate with the reactive gas discharge manifold via the gaps of the wall members. The fuel cell system of the disclosure controls either or both the valve and compressor in a reactive gas supply channel and/or the valve in a reactive gas discharge channel, to cause liquid water retained in the water storage units to be discharged out of the fuel cell stack.

Abstract: A fuel cell single cell includes a pair of separators each having manifold holes, a frame disposed between the separators, a power generating unit disposed in an opening of the frame, and a plurality of gas flow channels configured to connect the power generating unit with the manifold holes. Each of the gas flow channels has a distal channel portion defined by a frame groove provided in the frame and configured to communicate with the manifold holes, and a proximal channel portion defined by a separator groove provided in the corresponding separator and configured to communicate with the power generating unit. Each of the gas flow channels is configured to be independent of adjacent other gas flow channels, at least over a range from a distal end of the distal channel portion, which communicates with the manifold holes, to a point in the proximal channel portion.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device in which, after user authentication is executed on the basis of identification information of a user acquired through a reader configured to read information from a contactless medium, a control unit causes a display unit to display a home screen when no job corresponding the identification information is registered, the control unit executes a process according to one piece of a job when only the one job is registered, and the control unit executes a process according to a job selected through an operation of the user from among two or more jobs when the two or more jobs are registered.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus is configured to be connected to an external terminal via a network. The image reading apparatus includes a transmitter, a reading section, and a controller. The controller executes an image generation process of generating a single first image file from image data of a document read by the reading section and causes the transmitter to transfer the first image file to the external terminal connected via the network. The controller executes a compression rate determination process of determining a compression rate of a second image file in the image generation process based on a transfer rate of the network when the first image file is transferred to the external terminal and a reading rate of the reading section.

Abstract: Provided is a fuel cell including: a membrane electrode-gas diffusion layer assembly including an electrolyte membrane; a sheet member; and a pair of separators. A first separator has a first projection that protrudes toward a side opposite from where the electrolyte membrane is disposed. A second separator has a second projection that protrudes toward a side opposite from where the electrolyte membrane is disposed. When seen from a direction perpendicular to the electrolyte membrane, the first projection and the second projection overlap at least part of the electrolyte membrane; the first projection has a first overlapping portion and a first non-overlapping portion; the second projection has a second overlapping portion and a second non-overlapping portion; the first projection is shaped so as to extend in a first longitudinal direction; and the second projection is shaped so as to extend in a second longitudinal direction intersecting the first longitudinal direction.

Abstract: An oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst, a membrane-electrode assembly and a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell containing the catalyst are provided. The ORR catalyst is a solid catalyst on a carbon support and the solid catalyst contains platinum metal or a platinum alloy metal having a surface complexed with a monodentate thiol ligand comprising an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring containing at least one of a bromide and an iodide substituent.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fuel cell stack, a fuel cell system and a method for controlling a fuel cell stack, which can reduce obstruction of reactive gas fluid channels caused by freezing of retained water, while allowing size to be reduced. The fuel cell stack of the disclosure comprises water storage units that are formed between every two adjacent fuel cell unit cells, surrounded by the adjacent separators, the wall members and the gaskets, and that communicate with the reactive gas discharge manifold via the gaps of the wall members. The fuel cell system of the disclosure controls either or both the valve and compressor in a reactive gas supply channel and/or the valve in a reactive gas discharge channel, to cause liquid water retained in the water storage units to be discharged out of the fuel cell stack.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus is configured to be connected to an external terminal via a network. The image reading apparatus includes a transmitter, a reading section, and a controller. The controller executes an image generation process of generating a single first image file from image data of a document read by the reading section and causes the transmitter to transfer the first image file to the external terminal connected via the network. The controller executes a compression rate determination process of determining a compression rate of a second image file in the image generation process based on a transfer rate of the network when the first image file is transferred to the external terminal and a reading rate of the reading section.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a transportation unit configured to transport a document; a reading unit configured to read the document transported by the transportation unit; a medium placement unit which is positioned upstream of the reading unit in the transportation, and on which the document and a setting sheet that includes setting information for setting a condition of reading processing of the document are placed; a detection unit which is disposed in the medium placement unit, and is configured to detect the setting information from the setting sheet placed on the medium placement unit; and a control unit configured to control the reading processing, in which the control unit sets the condition of the reading processing based on the setting information detected by the detection unit, and executes, under the condition that is set, the reading processing including reading of the document by the reading unit.

Abstract: Provided is a fuel cell including: a membrane electrode-gas diffusion layer assembly including an electrolyte membrane; a sheet member; and a pair of separators. A first separator has a first projection that protrudes toward a side opposite from where the electrolyte membrane is disposed. A second separator has a second projection that protrudes toward a side opposite from where the electrolyte membrane is disposed. When seen from a direction perpendicular to the electrolyte membrane, the first projection and the second projection overlap at least part of the electrolyte membrane; the first projection has a first overlapping portion and a first non-overlapping portion; the second projection has a second overlapping portion and a second non-overlapping portion; the first projection is shaped so as to extend in a first longitudinal direction; and the second projection is shaped so as to extend in a second longitudinal direction intersecting the first longitudinal direction.

Abstract: The fuel cell FC includes a discharge manifold AMe for discharging anode offgas from inside the fuel cell to outside the fuel cell. In the discharge manifold AMe, discharge pipe 45 is placed, and a support mechanism 400 is provided, the support mechanism including one or plural supporting portions 41 for supporting the discharge pipe 45 as well as an engaging portion 43 for placing a distal end portion 45a of the discharge pipe 45 at a position apart from a closed end E2 of the discharge manifold AMe.

Abstract: An oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst, a membrane-electrode assembly and a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell containing the catalyst are provided. The ORR catalyst is a solid catalyst on a carbon support and the solid catalyst contains platinum metal or a platinum alloy metal having a surface complexed with a monodentate thiol ligand comprising an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring containing at least one of a bromide and an iodide substituent.

Abstract: A fuel cell single cell includes a pair of separators each having manifold holes, a frame disposed between the separators, a power generating unit disposed in an opening of the frame, and a plurality of gas flow channels configured to connect the power generating unit with the manifold holes. Each of the gas flow channels has a distal channel portion defined by a frame groove provided in the frame and configured to communicate with the manifold holes, and a proximal channel portion defined by a separator groove provided in the corresponding separator and configured to communicate with the power generating unit. Each of the gas flow channels is configured to be independent of adjacent other gas flow channels, at least over a range from a distal end of the distal channel portion, which communicates with the manifold holes, to a point in the proximal channel portion.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a transportation unit configured to transport a document; a reading unit configured to read the document transported by the transportation unit; a medium placement unit which is positioned upstream of the reading unit in the transportation, and on which the document and a setting sheet that includes setting information for setting a condition of reading processing of the document are placed; a detection unit which is disposed in the medium placement unit, and is configured to detect the setting information from the setting sheet placed on the medium placement unit; and a control unit configured to control the reading processing, in which the control unit sets the condition of the reading processing based on the setting information detected by the detection unit, and executes, under the condition that is set, the reading processing including reading of the document by the reading unit.

Abstract: A single cell of a fuel cell has: a membrane-electrode assembly; and first and second separators holding the membrane-electrode assembly therebetween. The first separator has plural first straight or wavy groove channels that are arranged in parallel to each other in a first in-plane direction. A cross section along the first in-plane direction of each of the plural first groove channels has a first uneven shape. The first uneven shape has a first pitch P1 along the first in-plane direction. The second separator has plural second wavy groove channels that are aligned along the first in-plane direction. A second uneven shape of the plural second groove channels has a second pitch P2 along the first in-plane direction. The first pitch P1 and the second pitch P2 differ from each other, and neither a value of P1/P2 nor a value of P2/P1 is an integer.

Abstract: A fuel battery 11 includes a cell laminated body 21 including lamination of a plurality of cells 20, a current-collecting plate 22 disposed at an end of the cell laminated body 21, the current-collecting plate being made of a metal material, and an anti-rust plate 23 disposed between the cell laminated body 21 and the current-collecting plate 22, the anti-rust plate being made of a metal material that is different from the metal material of the current-collecting plate 22. The anti-rust plate 23 includes a protrusion 31, and the current-collecting plate 22 includes a fitting hole 41, into which the protrusion 31 is fitted.