Abstract: An on-vehicle motor-driven compressor includes a compression unit, an electric motor, and an inverter device. The inverter device includes an inverter circuit and a noise reducer. The noise reducer includes a common-mode choke coil and a smoothing capacitor. The common-mode choke coil includes a loop-shaped core, a first winding wound around the core, a second winding wound around the core, the second winding being spaced apart from and opposed to the first winding, and a loop-shaped conductor that covers the core while extending over the first winding and the second winding. The core includes an exposed portion that is not covered with the conductor. Parts of the conductor that are opposed to each other between the first winding and the second winding are spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: A packet forwarding apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit a multicast packet requesting a response to a plurality of relay apparatuses each configured to relay a packet in a network, a memory configured to store apparatus information relating to on a relay processing status of the packet in each of the plurality of relay apparatuses, and a processor configured to update the apparatus information according to whether the response is received from each of the plurality of relay apparatuses, and switch a forwarding destination of the packet from a relay apparatus with no response to a relay apparatus with the response among the plurality of relay apparatuses according to updated data in the apparatus information.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head to discharge liquid and control circuitry to generate a drive waveform including drive pulses applied to the head. The drive waveform includes a non-discharge pulse not to discharge the liquid and a discharge pulse to discharge the liquid. The non-discharge pulse and the discharge pulse are serial in time in the drive waveform. Td is in a range of Tc?0.2×Tc to Tc+0.45×Tc. Vp1 is in a range of ?10% to +10% of Vpp1. Td represents a time interval between the non-discharge pulse and the discharge pulse. Tc represents a natural vibration period of a pressure chamber of the head. Vp1 represents a peak value of the non-discharge pulse. Vpp1 represents a peak value of the non-discharge pulse at which a droplet speed of liquid discharged by the discharge pulse takes a local minimum value.

Abstract: A method for producing a fluoropolymer, which includes polymerizing a fluoromonomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a polymer (1), the polymer (1) including a polymerized unit derived from a monomer CX2?CY(—CZ2—O—Rf-A), wherein X is the same or different and is —H or —F; Y is —H, —F, an alkyl group, or a fluorine-containing alkyl group; Z is the same or different and is —H, —F, an alkyl group, or a fluoroalkyl group; Rf is a C1-C40 fluorine-containing alkylene group or a C—C100 fluorine-containing alkylene group and having an ether bond; and A is —COOM, —SO3M, or —OSO3M, wherein M is —H, a metal atom, —NR74, imidazolium optionally having a substituent, pyridinium optionally having a substituent, or phosphonium optionally having a substituent, wherein R7 is H or an organic group, providing that at least one of X, Y, and Z contains a fluorine atom.

Abstract: A game medium identification system applied to a game in which each of physical game media, that includes an appearance element characterizing appearance, is used in combination with an additional thing, and identifying the game media, the game medium identification system includes: an information medium provided on the additional thing and holding identification information; a medium image identification device identifying the game medium based on an image of the game medium; an association setting device associating an identification result by the medium image identification device with an identification information of the information medium in accordance with correspondence relationship between one game medium and the additional thing to be used in the game in combination with the one game medium; and a medium identification device detecting the identification information from the information medium and identifying the game medium based on the identification information and association set by the associati

Abstract: A liquid circulating apparatus includes a circulation route configured to circulate liquid through a liquid ejecting head, the circulation route including: a supply-side tank leading to a supply port of the liquid ejecting head; and a discharge-side tank leading to a discharge port of the liquid ejecting head, wherein the liquid is circulated by setting pressure in the supply-side tank higher than pressure in the discharge-side tank, and a sum of the pressure in the supply-side tank and the pressure in the discharge-side tank is set smaller when initial filling for filling the circulation route with the liquid is performed than when the liquid is circulated.

Abstract: In a game tendency analysis system applied to a game in that a plurality of players compete against each other using an aggregate of a plurality of physical game media, and analyzing a tendency related to constitution of the aggregate used in the game, at least a part of the game media included in an aggregate, which is constituted to be used in the game by each player, is identified, an identification result thereof is separately recorded, as constitution example information which indicates a constitution example of the aggregate, in predetermined constitution example data for each of the aggregates, and a frequent-use media group, which is a combination of game media included in the aggregate with a relatively high frequency, is estimated as an element representing at least a part of the tendency, based on the constitution example data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having the basic structure shown by Formula (I) in which the indole ring and the pyrazolopyridine structure is bound through a substituent, a salt thereof or a solvate of either the compound or a salt of the compound, as well as a preventative agent or a therapeutic agent for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (Type 2 diabetes) or obesity containing such compound, salt or solvate as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A game progress information generation system for a game, in which players compete against each other while respectively arranging physical game media in a field, configured to generate progress information for specifying progress status of the game, and comprising: a medium information acquiring device acquiring medium information required for identification of the arranged game medium; a medium identification device identifying the arranged game medium based on the acquired medium information; an action information acquiring device acquiring action information required for identification of action of the player; an action identification device identifying the action of the player based on the acquired action information; and a progress information generation device repeatedly determining the progress status of the game while referring to an identification result of each of the medium identification device and the action identification device, and generating the progress information based on a determination

Abstract: A door beam including an aluminum alloy extruded material of a closed section structure having a welded part along the longitudinal direction, webs and an outer flange are inhibited from buckling and further the welded part in the outer flange is inhibited from breaking at the time of collision. In a cross section of an aluminum alloy extruded material perpendicular to the extrusion direction, each of the webs includes an outer part connected to the outer flange and an inner part connected to an inner flange and the thickness of the outer part is larger than the thickness of the inner part. Each of the outer parts is positioned in a region outside a cross section center of the aluminum alloy extruded material in the vehicle body width direction.

Abstract: This invention provides a material that is capable of preparing an external composition that achieves high smoothness and low roughness and that reflects near-infrared rays. Specifically, a granular composite comprising keratin and hexagonal plate-shaped zinc oxide particles is provided.

Abstract: A solid-oxide-electrolysis-cell-type hydrogen production apparatus includes a cell structure including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrolyte layer, a gas diffusion layer disposed adjacent to the first electrode, and a gas channel plate disposed adjacent to the gas diffusion layer, in which the gas diffusion layer is formed of a porous metal body having a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton, the gas channel plate includes a first region including a first channel, a second region including a second channel, and a third region including a third channel, the first channel includes a slit extending from the center of the gas channel plate toward its outer edge at the boundary surface between the first region and the second region, letting the total area of the first channel at the boundary surface be a first opening area S1, letting the total area of the second channel at the boundary surface between the second region and the third region be a second opening area S2, and letting the total area

Abstract: A door beam includes an aluminum alloy extrusion body extended in a longitudinal direction and having a pair of webs and a pair of flanges to be positioned on an inner side and an outer side in a width direction of a vehicle body. The pair of webs connect the pair of flanges at joint portions of each of the pair of webs such that the pair of webs and the pair of flanges form a closed cross section in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and the pair of webs do not have a welded portion.

Abstract: Provided are conducting members for fuel cells obtained by applying a protective film forming agent to a surface-treated base material having a base material and at least one alloy plating layer formed on the base material in order to form a protective film on the alloy plating layer, and thereafter subjecting the surface-treated base material to an acid treatment. In the conducting members for fuel cells of the present invention, the protective film forming agent preferably contains a mixture of a compound having a thiol group and an azole-based compound, and/or an azole-based compound having a thiol group. In the conducting members for fuel cells of the present invention, the acid treatment is preferably a treatment using sulfuric acid or nitric acid.

Abstract: There is provided a silver powder which has a small average particle diameter and a small thermal shrinkage percentage, and a method for producing the same. While a molten metal of silver heated to a temperature (1292 to 1692° C.), which is higher than the melting point (962° C.) of silver by 330 to 730° C., is allowed to drop, a high-pressure water is sprayed onto the molten metal of silver (preferably at a water pressure of 90 to 160 MPa) to rapidly cool and solidify the molten metal of silver to powderize silver to produce a silver powder which has an average particle diameter of 1 to 6 ?m and a shrinkage percentage of not greater than 8% (preferably not greater than 7%) at 500° C., the product of the average particle diameter by the shrinkage percentage at 500° C. being 1 to 11 ?m·% (preferably 1.5 to 10.5 ?m·%).

Abstract: An imaging sensor includes a pixel, an amplifier, and a successive approximation analog-to-digital (AD) converter. The pixel is configured to output a pixel signal. The amplifier is configured to output an amplification signal obtained by amplifying the pixel signal. The successive approximation AD converter detects whether or not the amplification signal is within a predetermined signal range.

Abstract: A peptide capable of preventing pathogenic bacteria from colonizing in digestive organs comprises a first domain having an amino acid sequence capable of binding to a minor pilin of IVb fimbriae, and a second domain having an amino acid sequence capable of multimerization, the second domain connect to the first domain via a linker sequence.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle to discharge a liquid, an individual chamber communicating with the nozzle, a supply channel communicating with the individual chamber to supply the liquid to the individual chamber, and a discharge channel communicating with the individual chamber to discharge the liquid in the individual chamber. A fluid resistance of the supply channel is greater than a fluid resistance of the discharge channel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preventing transmission of influenza, wherein said method comprises administering an effective amount of a compound to a patient having an influenza virus infection, herein referred to as “index patient”, wherein the compound has one of the formulae (I) and (II), or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. The compound to be used in the present invention reduces infectivity of the influenza virus of the index patient, and therefore, reduces the risk of the index patient to trigger an influenza epidemic or an influenza pandemic as compared to a control patient.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles to discharge liquid, a plurality of pressure chambers communicating with the nozzles, a plurality of individual flow paths communicating with the plurality of pressure chambers, and a common flow path communicating with the plurality of individual flow paths. Further, each individual flow path includes a first flow path portion and a second flow path portion each having a fluid resistance higher than a fluid resistance of a pressure chamber of the plurality of pressure chambers that communicates with the individual flow path, and a third flow path portion disposed between the first flow path portion and the second flow path portion, the third flow path portion having a fluid resistance lower than the fluid resistance of the first flow path portion and the third resistance of the second flow path portion.