Abstract: A wireless communication unit and a wireless network system enable a plurality of wireless communication units to be wirelessly cooperated with a simple structure, can easily realize cooperative operations, and can execute IP packet transfer control without acquiring communication path information from an external network. A relay wireless communication portion that is connectable to an upstream unit (upstream wireless base station portion) that is another upstream wireless communication unit via an upstream inter-unit wireless bearer is provided. A wireless base station portion is connectable to a downstream unit (downstream relay wireless communication portion) that is another downstream wireless communication unit via a downstream inter-unit wireless bearer.

Abstract: A method of producing lithium hydroxide using a variety of aqueous solutions as a source liquid. The method includes: providing a lithium ion extraction liquid, including a first mixing of an aqueous solution containing lithium and at least one kind of an element other than lithium and a base in a reaction tank, with a pH regulated to 6 or more and 10 or less, a second mixing of the aqueous solution and the base, with a pH regulated to 12 or more, and removal of a hydroxide of the element other than lithium formed through the first and second mixing; recovering only lithium ion from the lithium ion extraction liquid to a recovery liquid with an electrochemical device including a Li-selectively permeable membrane; and performing the regulation of pH by returning the lithium ion extraction liquid after recovering lithium ion with the electrochemical device to the reaction tank.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a format data acquisition unit, a measurement data acquisition unit, a generation unit, and a record processing unit. The format data acquisition unit is configured to acquire format data including a measurement item. The measurement data acquisition unit is configured to acquire measurement data of a biological body relating to the measurement item from an electronic apparatus relating to measurement of the measurement item based on communication with the electronic apparatus. The generation unit is configured to generate measurement result data including the measurement item and biological information based on the measurement data. The record processing unit is configured to record the measurement result data.

Abstract: A Li ion recovery member and a Li recovery device may prevent occurrence of breakage of a permselective membrane and implement stable Li ion recovery for a long period of time even when a size of a Li recovery device is increased. The Li ion recovery member may include: a permselective membrane including a Li ion conductor made of an inorganic substance; electrodes; and a reticular elastic body, in which the electrodes are provided on at least one main surface side of the permselective membrane, at least one electrode of the electrodes is a porous electrode or a membrane electrode, and the porous electrode or the membrane electrode is sandwiched between the reticular elastic body and the permselective membrane. The Li recovery device may include a Li ion recovery electrolytic cell including the Li ion recovery member and configured to recover Li ions by electrodialysis.

Abstract: A stacked body may include a support, a buffer layer, and an electrode layer, in this order, wherein the buffer layer may include one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Ga, Al, In, and Zn, and oxygen, the electrode layer comprises an oxide of magnesium and an oxide of zinc, and the electrode layer has a half width of a diffraction peak observed at 2?=34.8±0.5 deg in X-ray diffraction measurement of 0.43 deg or smaller.

Abstract: An oxide sintered body may include zinc, magnesium, a positive trivalent or positive tetravalent metal element X, and oxygen as constituent elements. The atomic ratio of the metal element X to the sum of the zinc, the magnesium, and the metal element X [X/(Zn+Mg+X)] may be 0.0001 or more and 0.6 or less. The atomic ratio of the magnesium to the sum of the zinc and the magnesium [Mg/(Zn+Mg)] may be 0.25 or more and 0.8 or less.

Abstract: A sintered body, containing zinc, magnesium and oxygen as constituent elements, wherein the atomic ratio of zinc to the sum of zinc and magnesium [Zn/(Zn+Mg)] is 0.20 to 0.75, the atomic ratio of magnesium to the sum of zinc and magnesium [Mg/(Zn+Mg)] is 0.25 to 0.80, and the sintered body consists of a single crystal structure as measured by X-ray diffraction.

Abstract: A stacked body comprising: a semiconductor layer comprising a group III-V nitride semiconductor, and an electrode layer, wherein the electrode layer comprises magnesium oxide and zinc oxide, wherein the molar ratio of magnesium based on the sum of magnesium and zinc of the electrode layer [Mg/(Mg+Zn)] is 0.25 or more and 0.75 or less, and conductivity of the electrode layer is 1.0×10?2 S/cm or more.

Abstract: A sintered body, containing zinc, magnesium and oxygen as constituent elements, wherein the atomic ratio of zinc to the sum of zinc and magnesium [Zn/(Zn+Mg)] is 0.20 to 0.75, the atomic ratio of magnesium to the sum of zinc and magnesium [Mg/(Zn+Mg)] is 0.25 to 0.80, and the sintered body consists of a single crystal structure as measured by X-ray diffraction.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a fixing device and a control unit. The fixing device forms an image represented by print data on an image forming medium by causing a part or all of a plurality of heat generating cells to generate heat, and by fixing a developer image corresponding to the print data on the surface of the image forming medium. The control unit corrects image data before correction so as to reduce the number of heat generating cells which are caused to generate heat among the plurality of heat generating cells based upon an arrangement of an image represented by the image data before correction and an arrangement of the plurality of heat generating cells, and uses image data after correction obtained by correcting the image data before correction as the print data.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a fixing device and a control unit. The fixing device forms an image represented by print data on an image forming medium by causing a part or all of a plurality of heat generating cells to generate heat, and by fixing a developer image corresponding to the print data on the surface of the image forming medium. The control unit corrects image data before correction so as to reduce the number of heat generating cells which are caused to generate heat among the plurality of heat generating cells based upon an arrangement of an image represented by the image data before correction and an arrangement of the plurality of heat generating cells, and uses image data after correction obtained by correcting the image data before correction as the print data.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a fixing device and a control unit. The fixing device forms an image represented by print data on an image forming medium by causing a part or all of a plurality of heat generating cells to generate heat, and by fixing a developer image corresponding to the print data on the surface of the image forming medium. The control unit corrects image data before correction so as to reduce the number of heat generating cells which are caused to generate heat among the plurality of heat generating cells based upon an arrangement of an image represented by the image data before correction and an arrangement of the plurality of heat generating cells, and uses image data after correction obtained by correcting the image data before correction as the print data.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a sheet discharge tray, a sheet discharge unit positioned between the image forming unit and the sheet discharge tray to discharge a first sheet after an image has been formed on the first sheet by the image forming unit, onto the sheet discharge tray, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to cause a second sheet, which is a light blocking sheet, to be discharged onto the first sheet after the first sheet has been discharged onto the sheet discharge tray.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of producing a sintered hard metal having a diamond film wherein a gas that is obtained by activating a raw material gas containing 2 to 60 mol % of carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas is brought in contact with a sintered hard metal to form a diamond film, thereby a diamond film can be formed on said sintered hard metal with the adhesion of the diamond excellent.