Abstract: A data circulation support apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to execute calculating a score indicating reliability of a contract condition related to circulation of data based on information indicating a sense of value related to contract compliance of each of a user of a circulation source of the data and a user of a circulation destination of the data, and to identifying a contract condition whose score is greater than or equal to a threshold; and recording the contract condition in a ledger upon receiving information indicating approval to the contract condition by the user of the circulation source or the circulation destination.

Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus is provided, which is capable of more securely supporting left and right cheekbone portions of a subject in accordance with the size and shape of the subject's face allowing the subject to respond orally where the positions of the subject's eyes are fixed. The ophthalmologic apparatus includes a forehead contact portion coming into contact with the forehead of the subject, and a cheek contact portion coming into contact with the cheeks of the subject. The cheek contact portion includes a first cheek-contact body that supports one of the cheeks of the subject, a second cheek-contact body that supports the other one of the cheeks of the subject, and an opening/closing mechanism portion that opens and closes in a horizontal direction the first cheek-contact body and the second cheek-contact body in a direction of coming close to each other and a direction of separating from each other.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for a positive electrode having high binding properties and high flexibility. A composition for a positive electrode, comprising: a graft copolymer-based resin; a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin, wherein the graft copolymer-based resin includes a graft copolymer in which a monomer, having (meth)acrylonitrile as a main component, is graft-copolymerized with a polyvinyl alcohol. The graft copolymer-based resin optionally further includes at least one of a (meth)acrylonitrile-based non-graft polymer and a polyvinyl alcohol homopolymer. And, a slurry for a positive electrode comprising the composition. A positive electrode comprising a metal foil and a coating film of the slurry. The composition preferably has a mass ratio of the graft copolymer-based resin and the polyvinylidene fluoride resin, which is: graft copolymer-based resin/polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin=2/8 to 8/2.

Abstract: A method by which an intermediate product of an azole derivative can be produced at a lower cost and in a higher yield than those of known production methods is realized. A method of producing a compound of General Formula (III) includes: producing the compound of General Formula (III) by allowing a cyanide compound to act on a ketone derivative of General Formula (II); and washing the compound of General Formula (III) produced in the producing the compound of General Formula (III) with an alkaline aqueous solution.

Abstract: A method by which an intermediate product of an azole derivative can be produced at a lower cost and in a higher yield than those of known production methods is realized. A method of producing a compound of General Formula (III) includes: producing the compound of General Formula (III) by allowing a cyanide compound to act on a ketone derivative of General Formula (II); and washing the compound of General Formula (III) produced in the producing the compound of General Formula (III) with an alkaline aqueous solution.

Abstract: A light detection device includes a Fabry-Perot interference filter, a light detector, a spacer that has a placement surface on which a portion outside a light transmission region in a bottom surface of the interference filter is placed, and an adhesive member that adheres the interference filter and the spacer to each other. Elastic modulus of the adhesive member is smaller than elastic modulus of the spacer. At least a part of a lateral surface of the interference filter is located on the placement surface such that a part of the placement surface of the spacer is disposed outside the lateral surface. The adhesive member is disposed in a corner portion formed by the lateral surface of the interference filter and the part of the placement surface of the spacer and contacts each of the lateral surface and the part of the placement surface.

Abstract: A composition with an excellent cycle capacity retention rate at high temperatures is provided. According to the present invention, a composition comprising a graft copolymer, wherein the graft copolymer has a stem polymer and a plurality of branch polymers, the stem polymer has a polyvinyl alcohol structure, each of a first monomer unit and a second monomer unit is included in at least one of the plurality of branch polymers, the second monomer unit is different from the first monomer unit, a glass transition temperature of the composition is 260K to 365K is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a slurry having excellent stability and a composition for a positive electrode capable of producing a battery having excellent rate characteristics. According to the present invention, a composition comprising a graft copolymer is provided. The graft copolymer has a stem polymer and a plurality of branch polymers, the stem polymer has a polyvinyl alcohol structure, each of a first monomer unit and a second monomer unit is included in at least one of the plurality of branch polymers, the first monomer unit is a (meth) acrylonitrile monomer unit and/or a (meth)acrylic acid monomer unit, and the second monomer unit has an ether structure.

Abstract: A composition serving as a binder with well-balanced peel strength, high-rate discharge capacity retention ratio, and penetration resistance, a slurry for positive electrode, and a secondary battery using the composition is provided. According to the present invention, a composition containing a graft copolymer is provided. The graft copolymer has a stem polymer and a plurality of branch polymers, the stem polymer has a polyvinyl alcohol structure, each of a first monomer unit and a second monomer unit is included in at least one of the plurality of branch polymers, the second monomer unit is different from the first monomer unit, when a content of the polyvinyl alcohol structure in the composition is CPVA % by mass and a total content of the first monomer unit and the second monomer unit in the composition is CM % by mass, the ratio of the content of the polyvinyl alcohol structure to the total content of the first monomer unit and the second monomer unit (CPVA/(CM+CPVA)) is 0.05 to 0.

Abstract: Chirped pulse amplification (CPA) systems configured to generate and amplify multi-pulses are described. The nonlinear interaction of pulses can generate a multiple pulse pack with a dense time separation between pulses. Reducing or eliminating the nonlinear interaction can be provided by spectrally and/or temporally splitting pulses in the chirped amplification system.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an electrode performs press-working of a strip electrode being conveyed. This manufacturing apparatus includes a press roll including a roll surface having a width that is twice or more a width of the strip electrode, a switch configured to switch a contact region of the roll surface contacting with the strip electrode during press-working, and a controller. When an abnormality of the roll surface is detected in a state where the contact region of the roll surface is a region located on the left side with respect to a center line of the roll surface, the controller controls the switch such that the contact region of the roll surface is switched to a region located on the right side with respect to the center line of the roll surface.

Abstract: A light detection device includes a Fabry-Perot interference filter, a light detector, a spacer that has a placement surface on which a portion outside a light transmission region in a bottom surface of the interference filter is placed, and an adhesive member that adheres the interference filter and the spacer to each other. Elastic modulus of the adhesive member is smaller than elastic modulus of the spacer. At least a part of a lateral surface of the interference filter is located on the placement surface such that a part of the placement surface of the spacer is disposed outside the lateral surface. The adhesive member is disposed in a corner portion formed by the lateral surface of the interference filter and the part of the placement surface of the spacer and contacts each of the lateral surface and the part of the placement surface.

Abstract: A light detection device includes a Fabry-Perot interference filter, a light detector, a spacer that has a placement surface on which a portion outside a light transmission region in a bottom surface of the interference filter is placed, and an adhesive member that adheres the interference filter and the spacer to each other. Elastic modulus of the adhesive member is smaller than elastic modulus of the spacer. At least a part of a lateral surface of the interference filter is located on the placement surface such that a part of the placement surface of the spacer is disposed outside the lateral surface. The adhesive member is disposed in a corner portion formed by the lateral surface of the interference filter and the part of the placement surface of the spacer and contacts each of the lateral surface and the part of the placement surface.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an electrode performs press-working of a strip electrode being conveyed. This manufacturing apparatus includes a press roll including a roll surface having a width that is twice or more a width of the strip electrode, a switch configured to switch a contact region of the roll surface contacting with the strip electrode during press-working, and a controller. When an abnormality of the roll surface is detected in a state where the contact region of the roll surface is a region located on the left side with respect to a center line of the roll surface, the controller controls the switch such that the contact region of the roll surface is switched to a region located on the right side with respect to the center line of the roll surface.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an electrode performs press-working of a strip electrode being conveyed. This manufacturing apparatus includes a press roll including a roll surface having a width that is twice or more a width of the strip electrode, a switch configured to switch a contact region of the roll surface contacting with the strip electrode during press-working, and a controller. When an abnormality of the roll surface is detected in a state where the contact region of the roll surface is a region located on the left side with respect to a center line of the roll surface, the controller controls the switch such that the contact region of the roll surface is switched to a region located on the right side with respect to the center line of the roll surface.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for a positive electrode having high binding properties and high flexibility. A composition for a positive electrode, comprising: a graft copolymer-based resin; a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin, wherein the graft copolymer-based resin includes a graft copolymer in which a monomer, having (meth)acrylonitrile as a main component, is graft-copolymerized with a polyvinyl alcohol. The graft copolymer-based resin optionally further includes at least one of a (meth)acrylonitrile-based non-graft polymer and a polyvinyl alcohol homopolymer. And, a slurry for a positive electrode comprising the composition. A positive electrode comprising a metal foil and a coating film of the slurry. The composition preferably has a mass ratio of the graft copolymer-based resin and the polyvinylidene fluoride resin, which is: graft copolymer-based resin/polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin=2/8 to 8/2.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for negative electrode that has good binding property with an active material and a metal foil and is superior in reduction resistance. A binder composition for negative electrode comprising a graft copolymer obtained by graft copolymerizing, with polyvinyl alcohol, a monomer containing (meth)acrylonitrile as a main component, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol has an average degree of polymerization of 300 to 3000; the polyvinyl alcohol has a saponification degree of 70 to 100 mol %; the graft copolymer has a polyvinyl alcohol amount of 10 to 90 mass %; and the graft copolymer has a poly(meth)acrylonitrile amount of 90 to 10 mass %.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wound electrode body by holding a first separator sheet between a pair of electrode sheets formed of a negative sheet and a positive sheet, laminating a second separator sheet in an outside of the pair of electrode sheets, and winding the pair of electrode sheets and the first and second separator sheets onto an outer circumferential surface of a winding core is provided. Before at least one electrode sheet of the pair of electrode sheets is attached to the winding core, a first fold line extended in a longitudinal direction of the one electrode sheet is formed in a leading part of the one electrode sheet.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition having flexibility.

Abstract: Chirped pulse amplification (CPA) systems configured to generate and amplify multi-pulses are described. The nonlinear interaction of pulses can generate a multiple pulse pack with a dense time separation between pulses. Reducing or eliminating the nonlinear interaction can be provided by spectrally and/or temporally splitting pulses in the chirped amplification system.