Abstract: A drilling apparatus includes: a drill rotatable about a center axis and capable of advancing and retracting along the axis; and a pressing unit for pressing a work in an advancing direction of the drill. The drilling apparatus advances the drill while rotating the drill about the center axis to form a hole in the work, in a state in which the work is pressed by the pressing unit. A pressing force applied on the work by the pressing unit is set to a predetermined pressing force based on machining reaction applied to the drill from the work during drilling and the pressing force causing deformation of the work in the advancing direction of the drill. The predetermined pressing force can suppress deformation of the work and displacement of the drill due to the machining reaction. The machining reaction and the pressing force are calculated beforehand in a drilling test.

Abstract: The present invention provides a stretched optical compensation film which is a phase difference film comprising a cellulose-based resin and having excellent optical properties. The stretched optical compensation film of the present invention comprises 0.5 to 30 parts by mass of ?-diketone compound represented by the following Formula (I) with respect to 100 parts by mass of the cellulose-based resin: (wherein, R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which is optionally substituted, an arylalkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms which is optionally substituted or an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms which is optionally substituted; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is in that a body waste treating material can be manufactured by using a defective fibrous material unsuitable for forming paper generated upon treating a pulpable raw material without materials for complementing a water absorptive property and a water retention property and a wasting step in manufacturing at a low cost, and resources may be efficiently used. [Solution to Problem] This invention is characterized by molding a defective fibrous material unsuitable for forming paper that is a fibrous material obtained by defiberizing and dehydrating a pulpable raw material to a certain shape. The defective fibrous material is characterized by including thin and/or short fibers.

Abstract: Disclosed in a method that is for producing a solar cell and that is characterized by performing an annealing step on a semiconductor substrate before an electrode-forming step. By means of performing annealing in the above manner, it is possible to improve the electrical characteristics of the solar cell without negatively impacting reliability or outward appearance. As a result, the method can be widely used in methods for producing solar cells having high reliability and electrical characteristics.

Abstract: In an emphasis optimization device, a calculating unit calculates an inverse characteristic of an amplitude characteristic based on the amplitude characteristic of a transmission path, and an inverse Fourier transform unit performs an inverse Fourier transform on the inverse characteristic to obtain an impulse response. An extracting unit extracts, from the obtained impulse response, an impulse response corresponding to the number of taps necessary for emphasis to be added to a digital signal to be transmitted on the transmission path. An emphasis amount calculating unit converts the extracted impulse response into a value of the emphasis to calculate an emphasis amount.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an adsorbent for oral administration comprising ACF that has high adsorption or removal performance by adsorbing or removing toxic substances in the living body greatly and rapidly. The present invention is an adsorbent for oral administration comprising activated carbon fibers for treating or preventing kidney diseases or dialysis complications.

Abstract: A phase adjuster 2a receives a trigger clock synchronized with a data signal to be measured as input, and controls the phase of the trigger clock such that the trigger period of samples of the data signal to be measured becomes one sample per bit. An adjustable frequency divider 2b has a frequency division ratio which is set such that a trigger pulse is generated at the fixed timing of the waveform pattern of the data signal to be measured. An interleaving unit 4d uses a discrete value which is in prime relation to the measured pattern length of the data signal to be measured, and acquires data for the number of samples corresponding to the measured pattern length from a sampler 3 by the trigger pulse from the adjustable frequency divider 2b.

Abstract: A plug-in distribution system includes a distribution server and an image processing apparatus. The distribution server distributes a plug-in. The image processing apparatus is connected to the distribution server via a network and receives a plug-in from the distribution server and uses the received plug-in. In response to a request to distribute a plug-in from the image processing apparatus, the distribution server sets a function for the requested plug-in in accordance with function setting information which is set for each plug-in and for each distribution destination, and distributes the plug-in to the image processing apparatus.

Abstract: [Technical Problem] In a body waste treating material, a method for manufacturing the body waste treating material, and an apparatus for manufacturing the same, a technical problem is in manufacturing the body waste treating material without a water absorbing agent as a material for complementing a water absorptive property and a water retention property and a wasting step in manufacturing easily at a low cost.

Abstract: A plug-in distribution system includes a distribution server and an image processing apparatus. The distribution server distributes a plug-in. The image processing apparatus is connected to the distribution server via a network and receives a plug-in from the distribution server or another image processing apparatus and uses the received plug-in. The plug-in includes usage settings data that defines at least one of the number of usage times and transfer permissions concerning the plug-in, which are conditions to be imposed when the plug-in is used in the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus controls at least one of the usage and the transfer of the plug-in by using the usage settings data.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image reading unit configured to read information as image data, a character recognition unit configured to recognize individual characters included in the image data, a grouping unit configured to group the individual characters recognized into one or more character string based on character information indicating a format of the character, a character extraction unit configured to extract a character string for which a link is to be created based on an importance of the character string obtained by the grouping, a character search unit configured to search the image data in which the characters have been recognized for the character string having the same character base among the character strings extracted, and a link setting unit configured to link the character strings having the same character base that are retrieved to each other based on the importance.

Abstract: [Technical Problem] In a body waste treating material, a method for manufacturing the body waste treating material, and an apparatus for manufacturing the same, a technical problem is in manufacturing the body waste treating material without a water absorbing agent as a material for complementing a water absorptive property and a water retention property and a wasting step in manufacturing easily at a low cost.

Abstract: There is provided a positive electrode active material including a particle containing a lithium-containing compound, and an inorganic oxide layer provided on at least part of a surface of the particle. An average thickness of the inorganic oxide layer falls within a range of 0.2 nm or more and 5 nm or less.

Abstract: An apparatus serves as a base station included in a base-station network. The apparatus transmits a range-check message, via the base-station network, to other base stations in the base-station network, where the range-check message includes designated-range information that defines a service-area range indicating a range of a service area to which distribution data is to be distributed within the base-station network. The apparatus detects response messages that are transmitted from one or more base stations included in the other base stations, via the base-station network, in response to the range-check message, where the response messages include cell information identifying cells that are covered by the one or more base stations. The apparatus transmits the cell information, via the base-station network, to a data-distribution apparatus that distributes the distribution data to one or more mobile stations located within the service-area range via the base-station network.

Abstract: A power collecting device (101) according to the present invention includes: a polling interval determination unit configured to determine a polling interval (212) as a time interval at which measured data (220) is collected from an appliance (102); a band measurement unit configured to measure a communicable band (711) usable for communication between the power collecting device (101) and the appliance (102); a sampling interval determination unit (710) configured to determine a sampling interval (712) as an interval between measurement times of a plurality of measured values included in the measured data (220) so that a data volume of the measured data (220) becomes equal to or smaller than a data volume that can be communicated at the polling interval (212) by using the communicable band (711); and a data transmission request unit (204) configured to transmit, to the appliance (102) at the polling interval (212), a data transmission request message (213) requesting the appliance (102) for transmitting the

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image reading unit configured to read information as image data, a character recognition unit configured to recognize individual characters included in the image data, a grouping unit configured to group the individual characters recognized into one or more character string based on character information indicating a format of the character, a character extraction unit configured to extract a character string for which a link is to be created based on an importance of the character string obtained by the grouping, a character search unit configured to search the image data in which the characters have been recognized for the character string having the same character base among the character strings extracted, and a link setting unit configured to link the character strings having the same character base that are retrieved to each other based on the importance.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides a hinge structure capable of achieving improved durability. The hinge structure includes a hinge pin having a first member and a second member having one end surface and the other end surface provided at a distance from each other in an axial direction, having a protrusion portion provided to protrude from one end surface in the axial direction, arranged to be opposed to the first member at the other end surface, and being pivotable with respect to the first member, and a hinge pin reception portion having a recess portion fitting to a part of the second member and the protrusion portion of the hinge pin. The protrusion portion has a first surface portion extending in a radial direction of the second member. The recess portion has a second surface portion which can be engaged with the first surface portion.

Abstract: Provided are a cellulose resin composition and cellulose resin film which are free from the problem of bleeding even when containing a plasticizer in a relatively large amount. The present invention relates to a cellulose resin composition obtained by adding (A) polyester plasticizer to a cellulose resin, wherein the aforementioned (A) polyester plasticizer is obtained by allowing a polybasic acid and a polyalcohol to react and 80 mol % or more of said polybasic acid is a succinic acid and an adipic acid. The present invention also relates to a cellulose resin film obtained from the cellulose-based resin composition.

Abstract: A document management apparatus includes: a handwriting extracting unit configured to extract a handwritten comment area within a document image; a data management unit configured to store, in a storage device, document image data indicative of the document image and, in association therewith, handwritten data that defines content of the handwritten comment area within the document image; and a handwriting operation unit configured to update, upon receipt of an operation for editing content of the handwritten comment area, the handwritten data in accordance with the operation for editing.