Abstract: An electrochemical cell including at least one dense solid electrolyte body, at least two dense interconnectors for collecting current flowing the cell, cathodes and anodes, wherein the at least one dense solid electrolyte body and at least two dense interconnectors constitute a structural body, a plurality of first gas flow channels and a plurality of second gas flow channels both extend in a given direction, and are each defined and surrounded by a part of the at least one solid electrolyte body and a part of the at least two interconnectors, the anodes are formed on respective walls defined by a part of at least one solid electrolyte body and a part of at least two interconnectors and constituting the respective first gas flow channels, the cathodes are formed on respective walls defined by a part of at least one solid electrolyte body and a part of at least two interconnectors and constituting the respective second gas flow channels, every anode is opposed to an adjacent cathode or adjacent cathodes via a

Abstract: A communication terminal device that carries out broadcast communication with a plurality of other ends, includes an entry accepting unit, a searching unit, a fixing unit, and a destination information storage unit. The entry accepting unit accepts entry of destination information designated by a user. The searching unit searches a destination information storage device using the destination information as a search key. The fixing unit fixes the destination information that matches the search key in the searching unit as the other end. The destination information storage unit can store a plurality of the other ends which have been fixed. The searching unit does not search other ends that are already fixed by the fixing unit.

Abstract: A ceramic porous body having plural pores formed in a ceramic substrate at a specified porosity. A pore part 1 is discriminated from a non-pore part 2 by binarizing a cross-sectional plane image of the substrate by image analysis. When a center line 3 passing the central part of the pore part 1 is drawn, the porosity (? (%)), a mean width (DP (?m)) of the pore part represented by a mean value of a distance, between outlines specifying the pore part (1), perpendicular to the center line 3, a mean length (L (?m)) of the pore part represented by a mean value of a length of the center line 3 between adjacent branch points 4 and a length of the center line 3 between an end 5 of the center line 3 and the branch point 4, and a mean pore size (DH (?m)) satisfy a specified relation.

Abstract: In diffusion weighted imaging, motion monitoring navigation echoes are measured at every measurement of data after applying an RF excitation pulse, and one of them is set as a reference navigation echo. The reference navigation echo and other navigation echoes are one-dimensionally Fourier-transformed, a linear phase gradient thereof is calculated from those data, a linear phase gradient of the reference navigation echo is compared with those of other navigation echoes, and it is judged whether a difference therebetween is within an acceptable value or not. An echo signal corresponding to a navigation echo having the above difference being larger than the acceptable value is judged that correction based on the navigated motion correction is not applicable therein, and the image is produced by using an echo signal measured along with a navigation echo having the difference being the acceptable value or less.

Abstract: An image communication device can transmit image data to a remote archive device. The image communication device can prevent transmission of the image data without an archive processing executed. The image communication device includes a transmission unit, an archive transmission unit and an archive processing control unit. The transmission unit transmits the image data to a prescribed destination. The archive transmission unit carries out an archive transmission of the image data, which has been transmitted to the destination by the transmission unit, to the remote archive device. The archive processing control unit suspends the transmission of the image data when receiving a transmission instruction of the image data under a state in which the archive transmission unit cannot carry out the archive transmission.

Abstract: A highly heat-conductive Si-containing material containing a Si phase whose lattice constant at room temperature is controlled at a level of more than 0.54302 nm but 0.54311 nm or less. Firing is conducted using a kiln material containing no B compound. With this highly heat-conductive Si-containing material and the process for production thereof, a reduction in heat conductivity can be prevented and a high heat conductivity can be exhibited stably.

Abstract: A porous material 1 wherein silicon carbide particles 2 as an aggregate are bonded with one another via silicon nitride 3 as a binder in such a state that pores 5 are present between the silicon carbide particles 2, wherein no columnar silicon nitride (silicon nitride whisker) is formed on the surface of the silicon nitride 3 within each pore 5, or that, even when silicon nitride whiskers are inevitably formed there, the number of the columnar silicon nitride having a thickness of more than 2 ?m and an aspect ratio of less than 10 is greater than that of the columnar silicon nitride having a thickness of 2 ?m or less or an aspect ratio of 10 or more. The present invention provides a porous material superior in heat resistance and gas permeability, a method for production thereof, and a honeycomb structure.

Abstract: A complex oxide and an oxide-ion conductor made of the complex oxide are provided. The complex oxide has a basic composition of (Sm1-xAx)(Al1-yBy)O3, wherein “A” represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of barium, strontium and calcium, “B” represents an element selected from the group consisting of magnesium, iron and cobalt, x is a value in a range of 0.10 to 0.30, and y is a value in a range of 0 to 0.30.

Abstract: A silicon carbide based porous material (1) containing silicon carbide particles (2) as an aggregate and metallic silicon (3) as a bonding material and having a number of pores (5) formed by them, characterized in that it has an oxide phase (4) in at least a part of the pore (5), and the oxide phase (4) contains respective oxides of silicon, aluminum and an alkaline earth metal and contains substantially no alkaline earth metal silicate crystal phase; a method for producing the above porous material; and a honeycomb structure comprising the silicon carbide based porous material. The above porous material is capable of effectively inhibiting the corrosion by an acid (especially acetic acid) used in the operation of carrying a catalyst, that is, is improved in the resistance to an acid.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure having a large number of channels through along the axial direction and being defined by partition walls. A honeycomb structure containing a refractory particle to be an aggregate and metallic silicon and being porous. This honeycomb structure can be suitably used under high SV conditions as a filter for purifying automobile exhaust gas by treatment such as clogging or catalyst supporting.

Abstract: A silicon carbide porous body of the present invention, comprising silicon carbide particles and metallic silicon bonded together in such a manner that pores are retained between the silicon carbide particles and/or between the silicon carbide particle and metallic silicon, wherein an oxide phase containing oxides of silicon, aluminum, and alkaline earth metal is buried in at least some of fine pore portions having a minimum distance of 10 ?m or less between the surfaces of the silicon carbide particles or between the surfaces of the silicon carbide particle and metallic silicon among the pores, and a ratio of a total volume of portions in which the oxide phase is not buried among the fine pore portions is 20% or less with respect to a total volume of portions in which the oxide phase is not buried among the pores including the fine pore portions.

Abstract: The silicon carbide-based catalytic body of the present invention comprises: a porous body of given shape comprising a first bonded structure formed by bonding a large number of silicon carbide particles as an aggregate to each other in a state that a large number of fine pores are present, and a catalyst containing an alkali metal and/or an alkaline earth metal, loaded on the porous body, characterized in that the catalyst is loaded via a crystalline coating film comprising an oxide and formed on at least part of the surfaces of the silicon carbide particles forming the first bonded structure. In the catalytic body, the catalyst such as NOx occlusion catalyst or the like, loaded thereon can maintain its activity over a long period.

Abstract: In diffusion weighted imaging, motion monitoring navigation echoes are measured at every measurement of data after applying an RF excitation pulse, and one of them is set as a reference navigation echo. The reference navigation echo and other navigation echoes are one-dimensionally Fourier-transformed, a linear phase gradient thereof is calculated from those data, a linear phase gradient of the reference navigation echo is compared with those of other navigation echoes, and it is judged whether a difference therebetween is within an acceptable value or not. An echo signal corresponding to a navigation echo having the above difference being larger than the acceptable value is judged that correction based on the navigated motion correction is not applicable therein, and the image is produced by using an echo signal measured along with a navigation echo having the difference being the acceptable value or less.

Abstract: There are provided a honeycomb structure and a method of manufacturing the structure, capable of preventing or reducing generation of CO2 or harmful gas during firing to thereby prevent or inhibit pollution and global warming, and capable of obtaining a honeycomb structure having few defects such as cracks and maintaining high strength and low thermal expansion. In a method of manufacturing a honeycomb structure, in which a forming material containing a cordierite forming material and an organic binder is kneaded and formed to prepare a honeycomb-shaped formed article (honeycomb formed article), and the prepared honeycomb formed article is fired to obtain a honeycomb-shaped structure (honeycomb structure) mainly composed of cordierite: the forming material containing a layered clay mineral whose layer charge (X) is 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication terminal device and a communication method which access a folder of a terminal connected to a network. When a selection is made by an operation key, in accordance with a path associated with the selected operation key, image data is written into the folder or data is fetched from the folder.

Abstract: A silicon carbide-based porous material characterized by comprising silicon carbide particles as an aggregate, metallic silicon and an oxide phase containing Si, Al and an alkaline earth metal; it is high in porosity and strength and superior in oxidation resistance and thermal shock resistance and, when used as a filter, is very low in risk of having defects such as cuts (which cause leakage of fluid) and the like, as well as in pressure loss.

Abstract: A communication terminal device includes a registered information storage area, an address information acquiring unit, and a display unit. A directory server includes a database which stores address information including a plurality of attributes and item names of the attributes by associating to one another. From the database, the address information acquiring unit acquires the address information retrieved in accordance with the retrieval condition, and the item name. A correspondence table storage area stores a communication method and an item name by associating to one another. A detecting unit refers to the correspondence table storage area with the item name as the key and detects the attribute corresponding to the destination of the communication from the attributes included in the address information acquired by the address information acquiring unit. A display processing unit displays the attribute detected by the detecting unit.

Abstract: A communication device which reduces labor of a user required for an operation for specifying data without losing convenience of the data, and a data conversion device which converts the data into data which can be used in such a communication device. When creating a transmission file by a terminal device, an identifier is added to the file by a driver and the file is stored in any location within a retrieval range. At the communication device, the user inputs an identifier from an input unit. With the identifier as a retrieval key, a file on a data exchange network is retrieved and the acquired file is transmitted as a transmission file from a communication unit. In this case, the identifier added to the file is deleted and then the file is transmitted. When a plurality of files are retrieved, the files are selected and designated by the user and the selected file is transmitted.

Abstract: A highly heat-conductive Si-containing material containing a Si phase whose lattice constant at room temperature is controlled at a level of more than 0.54302 nm but 0.54311 nm or less. Firing is conducted using a kiln material containing no B compound. With this highly heat-conductive Si-containing material and the process for production thereof, a reduction in heat conductivity can be prevented and a high heat conductivity can be exhibited stably.

Abstract: A facsimile machine (F) that is capable of performing a confidential transmission, broadcast transmission, etc. by batch transmission. If a user of the facsimile machine wants to send a plurality of image data to a recipient, for instance, confidentially and simultaneously at a specified time, the image data is accumulated in a memory box (5a) for confidential batch transmission. The image data is then sent to the recipient by batch transmission. The facsimile machine (F) determines whether image data is for batch transmission or real time transmission. If the image data is for real time transmission, it is not stored in the memory box (5a).