Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains a lithium titanium complex oxide having a composition expressed as Li4Ti5-xMnxO12 (where 0<x?0.3), Li4Ti5-x-yMnxVyO12 (where 0<x?0.3, 0<y?0.05), or Li4Ti5-x-zMnxBzO12 (where 0<x?0.3, 0<z?0.3).

Abstract: The ultrasound probe insertable into a body cavity of a subject has a clamped member including a plurality of pairs of clamped surfaces capable of being clamped by a forcep. The clamped member is formed so as to protrude from a surface which is the opposite side of the surface from where ultrasound waves are emitted, among the surfaces of the probe head.

Abstract: To improve high temperature storage characteristic of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery suitable for high input/output application, the structure of a positive electrode active material is optimized. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes; and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode active material includes secondary particles, each formed of an aggregate of primary particles. A value (VPr) defined by the formula: VPr=(1?C/D)/(A2×B3) is not less than 0.0005 and not greater than 0.04, where an average particle size of the primary particles is A ?m, an average particle size of the positive electrode active material is B ?m, a tap density of the positive electrode active material is C g/ml, and a true specific gravity of the positive electrode active material is D g/ml.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which is one example of an embodiment of the present disclosure is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a non-aqueous electrolyte which contains a non-aqueous solvent. The non-aqueous solvent contains a fluoroethylene carbonate, a difluorobutylene carbonate, and at least one of a fluorinated chain carbonate and a fluorinated chain carboxylic acid ester, total volumetric contents of which is more than 50 percent with respect to the total volume of the non-aqueous solvent.

Abstract: A device fixing adaptor according to an embodiment fixes a device disposed at a grip part of an ultrasound probe to the ultrasound probe, by having such a shape that causes the device and a cable connected to the device to be pressed against the grip part from a top face thereof and inhibits the device from shifting a position thereof around the grip part.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery disclosed in the present application includes: a positive electrode capable of absorbing and releasing lithium, containing a positive electrode active material composed of a lithium-containing transition metal oxide having a layered crystalline structure; and a negative electrode capable of absorbing and releasing lithium, containing a negative electrode active material composed of a lithium-containing transition metal oxide obtained by substituting some of Ti element of a lithium-containing titanium oxide having a spinel crystalline structure with one or more element different from Ti, wherein a retention of the negative electrode is set to be greater than a retention of the positive electrode, and an irreversible capacity rate of the negative electrode is set to be greater than an irreversible capacity rate of the positive electrode, whereby a discharge ends by negative electrode limitation.

Abstract: An ultrasound probe is provided that includes piezoelectric bodies, each of which is provided with electrodes on the front surface on the side from which ultrasound is emitted and a rear surface opposing the front surface. At least a part of the ultrasound probes is disposed in a curved manner. A flexible printed circuit board comprises a first part that is provided in parallel with the curved surface of the piezoelectric bodies in a circular direction on the rear surface side of the piezoelectric bodies, and a second part that extends from the first part near the end part of the arranged piezoelectric bodies and further extends to the electronic circuit, the electric circuit, or the interface. Furthermore, the flexible printed circuit board is provided with a wiring pattern that conducts between at least one electrode of the piezoelectric body and the electronic circuit, the electric circuit, or the interface.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for lithium ion secondary batteries of the present invention includes a lithium-titanium composite oxide that has a composition represented by Li4Ti5-xFexO12 (where x satisfies 0<x?0.3) or Li4Ti5-yMnyO12 (where y satisfies 0<y?0.3) and that has an average particle diameter of primary particles which is not less than 1 ?m.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery disclosed in the present application includes: a positive electrode capable of absorbing and releasing lithium, containing a positive electrode active material composed of a lithium-containing transition metal oxide having a layered crystalline structure; and a negative electrode capable of absorbing and releasing lithium, containing a negative electrode active material composed of a lithium-containing transition metal oxide obtained by substituting some of Ti element of a lithium-containing titanium oxide having a spinel crystalline structure with one or more element different from Ti, wherein a retention of the negative electrode is set to be greater than a retention of the positive electrode, and an irreversible capacity rate of the negative electrode is set to be greater than an irreversible capacity rate of the positive electrode, whereby a discharge ends by negative electrode limitation.

Abstract: A negative-electrode active material disclosed herein contains a lithium titanate having a spinel structure, and satisfies the relationship B×P<50, where B is a specific surface (unit: m2/g) of the lithium titanate as measured by a BET technique; and P is obtained by immersing 1 g of the lithium titanate in 50 cm3 of redistilled water and determining a pH of the redistilled water after 30 minutes of agitation.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a ultrasound probe and an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus which are able to reduce the time and labor for the operation and to prevent image quality from deteriorating. the ultrasound probe of the embodiments comprises an acoustic window, a transducer part, and a moving mechanism. The acoustic window comprises more than one holding surface with a recessed surface shape that engages with a subject. The transducer part comprises a plurality of transducers arranged in one or a plurality of rows for transceiving ultrasound waves with respect to the subject that comes into contact with the holding surface via the acoustic window. The moving mechanism moves the transducer part in a direction vertical to the arrangement direction of each row of the transducers.

Abstract: A nonaqueous solvent for an electricity storage device includes a fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate represented by the following general formula (1) (in general formula (1), R1 is a methyl group or an ethyl group; R2 through R4 are independently fluorine, a methyl group or an ethyl group; and at least one of R2 through R4 is fluorine):

Abstract: A battery pack (21A) according to embodiments of the present invention comprises a plurality of battery modules (11A-11D) connected to each other in either one or both of a series connection mode and a parallel connection mode. An identifying information setting section (25) sets identifying information on each of the plurality of battery elements (11A-11D). A connection mode managing section (47) manages the connection mode between the plurality of battery elements (11A-11D) by using the identifying information set by the identifying information setting section (25). The identifying information on each of the plurality of battery elements (11A-11D) is made up of a combination of first identifying information on the potential of the one of the plurality of battery elements (11A-11D) and second identifying information on the battery pack (21A) serving as a superordinate battery element to which the one of the plurality of battery elements (11A-11D) belongs.

Abstract: An ultrasound probe is provided that may improves specific desensitization of the frequency observed in the frequency characteristics and/or directional characteristics. The ultrasound probe related to this embodiment comprises an ultrasound transducer 10 and a plurality of acoustic matching layers 20 arranged in layers in the direction of irradiation irradiated from the ultrasound transducer 10, wherein, the plurality of acoustic matching layers 20 form a film and each of the adjacent acoustic impedance of longitudinal waves is substantially the same and has a different Poisson's ratio.

Abstract: The entire voltage of batteries is transmitted to a higher-ranking controller as information. The higher-ranking controller gives a discharge instruction or the like to a lower-ranking controller having a voltage higher than those of the other controllers. Thus, voltage variation of the respective batteries is balanced.

Abstract: In a computer system that can configure a virtual machine being able to transit to a hibernation state, data of a main memory of the virtual machine stored in an auxiliary storage device is reduced. At a point in time when the virtual machine has transitioned to a hibernation state, from consideration as to whether the data of the main memory of the virtual machine stored in the auxiliary storage device is unnecessary, data stored in the auxiliary storage device is rewritten in order to reduce the data.

Abstract: A protein comprising (I) an anti-CD14 antibody or its active fragment, or a derivative thereof and (II) an inhibitor for a protease, or its active fragment, or a derivative thereof is provided.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses a rotary cutter device comprising a rotator having a rotary blade including a first blade edge part, and a holding body having a fixed blade including a second blade edge part. The first blade edge part and the second blade edge part are rubbed with each other so as to cut. A rotation-side separating member is brought into contact with the cut object in which a cut portion of the cut object adheres to the first blade edge part and rotating together with the rotary blade from inside in the radial direction and applying a reaction force to the outside. A fixed-side separating member is fixed so as to be located outside a rotation range of the first blade edge part, and is brought into contact with the cut object from outside in the radial direction and constrains movement of the cut object to the outside.

Abstract: An ultrasound probe and an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus are provided that are capable of reducing the frequency with which false images are generated in an ultrasound diagnostic image. An ultrasound probe of an embodiment comprises a transducer element unit in which multiple groups of transducer elements are arranged, and a selection means. Each of the multiple groups of transducer elements has a first to nth subgroups of transducer elements. Emitting surfaces of the transducer elements included in the first to the nth subgroups of transducer elements are arranged such that they face different directions for each subgroups of transducer elements. The selection means is provided to selectively activate a specific subgroup of transducer elements from among the first to the nth subgroups of transducer elements, based on an external activation signal.