Abstract: A monitoring device of a fuel cell includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a predicted vehicle speed at each point on a scheduled traveling route of a vehicle which travels using the fuel cell, a temperature of a refrigerant that receives heat from the fuel cell, and a temperature of air outside the vehicle to which the refrigerant exposed to a traveling airflow radiates heat; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a predicted temperature of the refrigerant at a first point on the scheduled traveling route based on the predicted vehicle speed at the first point, the temperature of the refrigerant, and the temperature of the outside air and to calculate the predicted temperature at a second point on the scheduled traveling route based on the predicted vehicle speed at the second point, the predicted temperature at the first point, and the temperature of the outside air.

Abstract: An energy consumption predicting device includes: an acquisition unit acquiring a parameter correlated with at least one of a vehicle speed when a vehicle traveled on a route from a first point to a second point on which a vehicle traveling using only a power source consuming an energy source supplied from outside of the vehicle and stored therein is able to travel, a different vehicle speed when a different vehicle traveled on the route, an output of the power source when the vehicle traveled on the route, and an output of a different power source when the different vehicle traveling using only the same type of different power source as the power source traveled on the route; and a calculation unit calculating a predicted consumption of the energy source which is predicted when the vehicle travels on the route from the first point to the second point.

Abstract: An output performance recovering device for a fuel cell includes: a diagnosis unit configured to determine whether it is necessary to recover a catalyst of a fuel cell mounted as a power source for traveling in a vehicle from short-term performance deterioration; a recovery unit configured to control a voltage of the fuel cell and to perform recovery processing for recovering the catalyst from the short-term performance deterioration; a calculation unit configured to calculate a parameter correlated with a predicted output value of the fuel cell which has been predicted to be output on a scheduled traveling route of the vehicle based on a gradient of the scheduled traveling route of the vehicle and a predicted vehicle speed of the vehicle on the scheduled traveling route; and a determination unit configured to determine whether the parameter indicates the predicted output value is greater than a first threshold value.

Abstract: An output performance diagnosis apparatus for a fuel cell acquires, in a case where determination is made that a representative value of impedance of the fuel cell acquired during a trip of a vehicle traveling with a fuel cell as a power source is equal to or less than an impedance threshold, during the trip in which the impedance is acquired, a current-voltage characteristic of the fuel cell based on a change of an output voltage of the fuel cell after a period in which the output voltage of the fuel cell is maintained in a range equal to or higher than a lower limit voltage and equal to or lower than a voltage threshold higher than the lower limit voltage over a predetermined period or more, and calculates maximum output electric power of the fuel cell based on the acquired current-voltage characteristic.

Abstract: A fuel cell is provided with: a membrane electrode assembly (MEA); and a cathode-side separator assembled to the MEA, the cathode-side separator including first passages on a first surface of the cathode-side separator on a side closer to the MEA, and second passages on a second surface of the cathode-side separator on an opposite side, the first and second passages allowing oxidant gas to flow through the first and second passages, respectively.

Abstract: A screen display system includes a portable terminal apparatus and an image processing apparatus connectable with each other. The portable terminal apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits a screen image and application information to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes: a receiver that receives the screen image and the application information; a first judgment portion that judges whether or not the application supports both portrait and landscape orientations with reference to the application information; a display having a portrait or landscape display screen; and a display control processor that makes the display to display the screen image such that at least one part of the screen image is enlarged in a direction of the length of the screen image, if the application supports either portrait or landscape orientation and the orientation supported by the application does not match the orientation of the display screen of the display.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a plurality of cores, a shared resource that can be shared by the plurality of cores, and local registers that store configuration information peculiar to the respective cores. The shared resource is provided independently from the plurality of cores. The local registers are provided to the respective cores. This makes it possible to provide an information processing apparatus that can suppress increase in hardware resources even when the number of cores composing a multi-core system increases.

Abstract: An ophthalmic information system for long-term management of pathological conditions, in which, upon receipt of patient identification information and examination data from an ophthalmic examination apparatus, a server of the system specifies a medical institution terminal corresponding to the patient identification information, and sends the patient identification information and the examination data received to the medical institution terminal specified. Further, upon receipt of the patient identification information and a report based on the examination data from the medical institution terminal, the server stores at least part of the report in a patient information storage area associated with the patient identification information, and sends at least part of the report to a patient terminal corresponding to the patient identification information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, compositions, and kits for generating conjugated gold nanoparticles. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides methods of generating unsaturated conjugated gold nanoparticles by mixing naked gold nanoparticles with a first type of attachment molecules at a molar ratio such that the attachment molecules attach to the naked gold particles at a density level below the saturation level of the naked gold particles (e.g., at a saturation level of 1-99%). In some embodiments, a second type of attachment molecules (e.g., with the opposite charge as the first type of attachment molecules) are mixed with the unsaturated conjugated gold nanoparticles to generate double-conjugated gold nanoparticles (e.g., that are zwitterionic).

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a detection unit that detects a pinch operation that is an operation of increasing or decreasing a distance between two touch positions on a touch panel; an adjustment unit that, upon reception of setting of a size of a non-standard size sheet, adjusts the set size in accordance with the pinch operation; an angle specification unit that specifies, as a pinch operation angle resulting from the pinch operation, an angle formed by a straight line connecting the two touch positions and one of two orthogonal coordinate axes of a coordinate system of the touch pad; and an adjustment amount change unit that changes an adjustment amount for the set size per operation in accordance with whether the pinch operation angle falls within a first angular range or a second angular range that does not overlap the first angular range.

Abstract: Part of a plurality of ways are selected from among the ways according to a value of select data created based on tag address information which is part of address information, and cache tags are read. Further, when performing cache fill, the cache memory performs the cache fill on a cache entry selected from part of the ways according to the value of the select data. For select data used for selecting a way, e.g. parity data in connection with tag address information is used. A way to read a cache tag from is selected based on a value of parity data and further, the way of a cache entry to perform cache fill on is selected.

Abstract: [Problem] Provided is an anti-human BDCA-2 antibody for preventing or treating an autoimmune disease by binding to a human BDCA-2 to control the function of a plasmacytoid dendritic cell through human BDCA-2.

Abstract: A memory protection circuit includes a memory access information register that stores memory access information related to memory areas which can be accessed by respective virtual machines, and an access determination circuit that determines whether to allow the virtual machines to access the memory areas based on a memory address when each of the virtual machines accesses a memory, information related to the virtual machines that access the memory, and the memory access information stored in the memory access information register. The memory access information register may comprise memory area setting registers and memory area allocation registers. A register access information register may indicate register areas which can be accessed by the virtual machines. A virtual machine scheduler or thread scheduler may determine an order of instructions to be executed.

Abstract: A method for estimating a lifetime of a cathode in an electron beam lithography apparatus according to an embodiment, includes: calculating emittance of the cathode by using a lifetime reference value of the cathode; calculating an emitter lifetime diameter of the cathode by using the emittance; writing a pattern on a target object by using an electron beam emitted from the cathode; measuring emission current of the electron beam; calculating an emitter diameter by using the emission current; determining a regression formula of a change with time of the emitter diameter; and estimating the lifetime of the cathode by using the regression formula and the emitter lifetime diameter.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an input portion for a user to enter information, the input portion including a first input portion, and a second input portion with which information being entered is hard to be seen by a person around the user as compared with the first input portion. The information processing apparatus also includes a determination portion configured to determine whether or not entry target information to be entered by the user is sensitive. The information processing apparatus further includes a call portion configured to, prior to entry of the entry target information, call the first input portion when the determination portion determines that the entry target information is not sensitive, and call the second input portion when the determination portion determines that the entry target information is sensitive.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a plurality of cores, a shared resource that can be shared by the plurality of cores, and local registers that store configuration information peculiar to the respective cores. The shared resource is provided independently from the plurality of cores. The local registers are provided to the respective cores. This makes it possible to provide an information processing apparatus that can suppress increase in hardware resources even when the number of cores composing a multi-core system increases.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising: a first processor; a second processor; a first delay circuit delaying a signal input into the first processor by a predefined number of cycles and inputting the signal into the second processor; a first compression circuit compressing a signal of n-bit width from the first processor into a signal of m-bit width (m<n) and outputting the signal of m-bit width; a second compression circuit compressing a signal of n-bit width from the second processor into a signal of m-bit width and outputting the signal of m-bit width; a second delay circuit delaying the signal from the first compressor by the predefined number of cycles and outputting the delayed signal; and a coincidence comparison circuit comparing bit-wise the corresponding bits of the signals from the second delay circuit and from the second compression circuit to check whether the corresponding bits coincide with each other or not.

Abstract: An image forming system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses which are each equipped with an image forming section and a control section, and which are connected such that each image forming apparatus can form an image on the same recording sheet. The control section has a function to perform a first activation control to in tandem activate the plurality of image forming apparatuses and a second activation control to independently activate each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses. With this configuration, activation and stopping are managed appropriately with respect to each operating state, and wasteful power consumption is reduced.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a plurality of cores, a shared resource that can be shared by the plurality of cores, and local registers that store configuration information peculiar to the respective cores. The shared resource is provided independently from the plurality of cores. The local registers are provided to the respective cores. This makes it possible to provide an information processing apparatus that can suppress increase in hardware resources even when the number of cores composing a multi-core system increases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, compositions, and kits for generating conjugated gold nanoparticles. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides methods of generating unsaturated conjugated gold nanoparticles by mixing naked gold nanoparticles with a first type of attachment molecules at a molar ratio such that the attachment molecules attach to the naked gold particles at a density level below the saturation level of the naked gold particles (e.g., at a saturation level of 1-99%). In some embodiments, a second type of attachment molecules (e.g., with the opposite charge as the first type of attachment molecules) are mixed with the unsaturated conjugated gold nanoparticles to generate double-conjugated gold nanoparticles (e.g., that are zwitterionic).