Abstract: A transport system includes a transport path having at least two transporting modules, a carriage configured to move on the transport path, a controller provided on each of the two transporting modules and configured to drive the carriage in response to a drive command, and a sensor provided on each of the two transporting modules. The drive command is corrected with a distance between the sensors provided on the two transporting modules.

Abstract: A vapor chamber in which an enclosed space is formed, and a working fluid is sealed in this space, the enclosed space including: a plurality of condensate flow paths through which a fluid that is the working fluid in a condensing state flows; and vapor flow paths through which a vapor that is the working fluid in a vaporizing state flows, wherein each of projecting parts with which each of the vapor flow paths is provided has a projecting amount varying in an extending direction of the vapor flow paths; a pitch for opening parts that allow the vapor flow paths and the condensate flow paths to communicate varies in the extending direction of the vapor flow paths; or wall parts that separate the flow paths each have a given relationship with a transverse cross section of a given flow path.

Abstract: A power generation element includes a magnetic member that produces a large Barkhausen effect and magnetism collection members including an insertion part having the magnetic member inserted therethrough. The magnetism collection member includes a first component on an opposite side of a boundary plane to a magnetic field generation unit and a second component on the same side of the boundary plane as the magnetic field generation unit, the boundary plane passing through a center of an imaginary circle inscribed in the insertion part and having a diameter equal to a length of the insertion part in a third direction perpendicular to first and second directions, the first direction is a direction of the insertion of the magnetic member, and the second direction is a direction in which the magnetic field generation unit is disposed. A volume of the second component is larger than a volume of the first component.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a radiator including a fan, a driving seat provided on a rear side of the radiator, a dashboard disposed on the rear side of the radiator and on a front side of the driving seat, and a heat shield plate disposed between the radiator and the dashboard. According to this structure, it is possible to prevent a device (for example, an electric component disposed on the dashboard) disposed on the rear side of the radiator from directly contacting air that receives heat of the radiator.

Abstract: A display panel is attached to a central portion of the rear surface. A chassis has a rear plate covering the display panel from behind and has a side wall surrounding a side surface of the display panel from a periphery of the rear plate and extending frontward. A front frame is provided between a front end of the side wall and a periphery of the rear surface and is made of a resin. A rear portion of the front frame is attached to the chassis by holding the side wall of the chassis from a side of the front end. The front portion of the front frame has an attachment surface to which the periphery of the rear surface is attached.

Abstract: Provided is a packaging material for batteries, which has excellent insulating properties. A packaging material for batteries, which is formed of a laminate that is obtained by sequentially laminating at least a base layer, a bonding layer, a metal layer and a sealant layer, and wherein the base layer comprises a resin layer A that is formed of a thermoplastic resin having a volume resistivity of 1×1015 ?·cm or more.

Abstract: Provided is a packaging material for batteries, which has excellent insulating properties. A packaging material for batteries, which is formed of a laminate that is obtained by sequentially laminating at least a base layer, a bonding layer, a metal layer and a sealant layer, and wherein the base layer comprises a resin layer A that is formed of a thermoplastic resin having a volume resistivity of 1×1015 ?·cm or more.

Abstract: A rotor blade in an embodiment includes: a suction surface side projecting portion projecting from a suction surface on a leading edge side at a blade tip of the blade effective portion; and a pressure surface side projecting portion projecting from a pressure surface on a trailing edge side at the blade tip of the blade effective portion. The suction surface side projecting portion includes: a leading edge side end surface including a contact surface that comes into contact with the pressure surface side projecting portion of the adjacent rotor blade and a non-contact surface that does not come into contact with the pressure surface side projecting portion of the adjacent rotor blade during rotation; a groove portion formed from the non-contact surface to the trailing edge side; and a joining member joined to the groove portion, the joining member being formed of an erosion-resistance material.

Abstract: To provide a novel fluorine-containing compound that does not include any long chain perfluoroalkyl unit having 8 or more carbon atoms, which is problematic in terms of the environment, and that is excellent in water repellency/oil repellency, and a surface modifier using the compound. [Solution] There are used a fluorine-containing compound represented by the following general formula (1), the following general formula (2) or the following general formula (5): Rf1—(CR1?CR2—X—Rf2)n—Y—Z (1), Rf1—(X—CR1?CR2—Rf2)n—Y—Z (2) or Rf3—(CF?CR3—CR4?CF—Rf4)n—Y—Z (5); and a surface modifier using the compound.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a radiator including a fan, a driving seat provided on a rear side of the radiator, a dashboard disposed on the rear side of the radiator and on a front side of the driving seat, and a heat shield plate disposed between the radiator and the dashboard. According to this structure, it is possible to prevent a device (for example, an electric component disposed on the dashboard) disposed on the rear side of the radiator from directly contacting air that receives heat of the radiator.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave utilizing system includes an electromagnetic wave apparatus configured to perform transmitting and/or receiving of an electromagnetic wave, and a heater that heats a passage member. The heater includes a heating element and a holder. The heating element and the holder are transparent to allow the electromagnetic wave to transmit therethrough. The electromagnetic wave apparatus transmits and/or receives the electromagnetic wave while rotating on a horizontal plane. The heater is configured to rotate together with the electromagnetic wave apparatus or to surround the electromagnetic wave apparatus 360 degrees in a horizontal direction.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide: a molten metal plating furnace that can increase plating quality and work efficiency; a system for producing and method for producing a metal plated product; and a metal plated steel tube obtained by means of the method for producing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new compound having excellent safety which can be used as an anti-inflammatory agent, an anti-cancer agent against lung cancer, and the like. The compound or the salt thereof of the present invention is a compound represented by Formula (A) or Formula (B): where: X1 is a hexose or a hydroxyl group, and X2 is a phosphate group or a hydroxyl group.

Abstract: To provide a novel fluorine-containing compound that does not include any long chain perfluoroalkyl unit having 8 or more carbon atoms, which is problematic in terms of the environment, and that is excellent in water repellency/oil repellency, and a surface modifier using the compound. [Solution] There are used a fluorine-containing compound represented by the following general formula (1), the following general formula (2) or the following general formula (5): Rf1—(CR1?CR2—X—Rf2)n—Y—Z (1), Rf1—(X—CR1?CR2—Rf2)n—Y—Z (2) or Rf3—(CF?CR3—CR4?CF—Rf4)n—Y—Z (5); and a surface modifier using the compound.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing nickel sulfide from an acidic sulfuric acid solution containing nickel, which is capable of suppressing particle diameters of nickel sulfide obtained thereby. The present invention is a method for producing nickel sulfide by causing a sulfurization reaction by blowing a hydrogen sulfide gas into an acidic sulfuric acid solution containing nickel, wherein: nickel sulfide having particle diameters of 5-20 ?m and serving as seed crystals is added into an acidic sulfuric acid solution having a nickel concentration of 0.5-5.0 g/L in an amount of 40-500% by mass relative to the amount of nickel contained in the acidic sulfuric acid solution; and a hydrogen sulfide gas is blown into the acidic sulfuric acid solution, into which the seed crystals have been added, while setting the amount of the hydrogen sulfide gas blown in to be within the range of 0.30-0.85 Nm3/kg-Ni.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing nickel sulfide from an acidic sulfuric acid solution containing nickel, which is capable of suppressing particle diameters of nickel sulfide obtained thereby. The present invention is a method for producing nickel sulfide by causing a sulfurization reaction by blowing a hydrogen sulfide gas into an acidic sulfuric acid solution containing nickel, wherein: nickel sulfide having particle diameters of 5-20 ?m and serving as seed crystals is added into an acidic sulfuric acid solution having a nickel concentration of 0.5-5.0 g/L in an amount of 40-500% by mass relative to the amount of nickel contained in the acidic sulfuric acid solution; and a hydrogen sulfide gas is blown into the acidic sulfuric acid solution, into which the seed crystals have been added, while setting the amount of the hydrogen sulfide gas blown in to be within the range of 0.30-0.85 Nm3/kg-Ni.

Abstract: For sharpening an input image by up-converting the input image in order to increase the number of pixels of an image and generating a frequency component higher than a frequency component contained in an input image signal representing the input image, the number of multipliers is reduced, thereby achieving significant downsizing of an apparatus and cost reduction. An image processing apparatus includes a path on a base image side for up-converting the input image signal and a path on a sharpening processing side for carrying out nonlinear arithmetic processing on the input image signal. The path on the sharpening processing side includes an up-converter at a subsequent stage of at least one filter, after which the nonlinear arithmetic processing is carried out. The at least one filter may be either a two-dimensional low pass filter for noise removal or a high pass filter for removing a DC component.

Abstract: A heat exchange device has a heat transfer member having thermal conductivity and a fin that is provided integrally with the heat transfer member. A heat transfer is performed between the heat transfer member and the fin. The fin is configured by more than one of a carbon nanotube aggregate that is configured by carbon nanotubes assembled together. The carbon nanotube aggregates are arranged on the heat transfer member and distanced from each other, and protrude from the heat transfer member in an axial direction of the carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: An image is sharpened by using a frequency component exceeding a Nyquist frequency. In particular, an image processing apparatus 100 of the disclosure herein for generating an output image by sharpening an input image includes a first nonlinear processing unit 101 configured to generate a first signal by carrying out nonlinear processing on an input image signal representing the input image, a sharpening processing block 102 configured to generate a second signal containing a frequency component higher than a frequency component contained in the first signal by carrying out sharpening processing on the first signal, and an adder 103 configured to generate an output image signal representing the output image by adding the second signal to the input image signal.

Abstract: Provided is a packaging material for batteries, which has excellent insulating properties. A packaging material for batteries, which is formed of a laminate that is obtained by sequentially laminating at least a base layer, a bonding layer, a metal layer and a sealant layer, and wherein the base layer comprises a resin layer A that is formed of a thermoplastic resin having a volume resistivity of 1×1015 ?·cm or more.