Abstract: A steel sheet for a crown cap has sufficient strength and formability even when the thickness thereof is reduced for use, and has a composition containing, in percent by mass, C: 0.010% to 0.025%, Si: 0.10% or less, Mn: 0.05% to 0.50%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.005% to 0.050%, Al: 0.020% to 0.070%, N: less than 0.0040%, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein yield strength after heat treatment at 210° C. for 15 minutes is as follows: the yield strength is 550 MPa or more in a rolling direction, and the yield strength in a direction 45° from the rolling direction in a rolling plane is equal to or less than the average of the yield strength in the rolling direction and the yield strength in a direction 90° from the rolling direction in the rolling plane.

Abstract: A cathode active material with high durability and a lithium ion secondary battery. The cathode active material is a cathode active material represented by a general formula Li(1+a)NixCoyMnzWtO2 (?0.05?a?0.2, x=1?y?z?t, 0?y<1, 0?t<1, 0<t?0.03), wherein the cathode active material satisfies the following formula (1): ?1/t1?0.92??(1) where t1 is an element concentration average of insides and grain boundaries of primary particles of a W element, and ?1 is an element concentration standard deviation of the insides and grain boundaries of the primary particles of the W element.

Abstract: A steel sheet for a crown cap having sufficient strength and formability suitable for forming crown caps even when reduced in gauge, and a method for producing the steel sheet for a crown cap. The steel sheet for a crown cap having a composition that includes, in terms of % by mass: C: 0.002% or more and 0.010% or less, Si: 0.05% or less, Mn: 0.05% or more and 0.30% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: less than 0.0100%, N: 0.0050% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The C content is more than 0.003% when the Al content is 0.005% or more. The yield strength in the rolling direction is 500 MPa or more. The average Lankford value is 1.3 or more.

Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a sulfide solid electrolyte that enables a sulfide solid electrolyte whose ion-conducting characteristic is easy to be improved, to be manufactured. The present invention is a method for manufacturing a sulfide solid electrolyte including loading a raw material for manufacturing a sulfide solid electrolyte which is mainly composed of a substance represented by the general formula of (100?x)(0.75Li2S.0.25P2S5).xLiI (here, 0<x<100), into a vessel; and amorphizing the raw material after said loading, wherein a reaction site temperature in the vessel is controlled so that x included in the general formula and the reaction site temperature y [° C.] in the vessel in said amorphizing satisfy y<?2.00x+1.79×102.

Abstract: A can steel plate includes: equal or less than 0.0030% by mass of C; equal or less than 0.02% by mass of Si; 0.05-0.60% by mass of Mn; equal or less than 0.020% by mass of P; equal or less than 0.020% by mass of S; 0.010% to 0.100% by mass of Al; 0.0010-0.0050% by mass of N; 0.001-0.050% by mass of Nb; and balance Fe and impurities. Intensity of (111) [1-21] orientation (where ?2 represents 2 with bar in Miller indices) and intensity of (111)[1-10] orientation (where ?1 represents 1 with bar in Miller indices) satisfy the following equation (1), and in a rolling direction and 90° direction from the rolling direction in a horizontal plane, tensile strength TS (MPa) and fracture elongation El (%) satisfy relations of the following equations (2) and (3). (Intensity of (111) [1-21] orientation)/(Intensity of (111) [1-10] orientation)>0.9 . . . (1), TS>550 . . . (2), El>?0.02×TS+17.5 . . . (3).

Abstract: A method for producing a sulfide glass ceramic, including reacting a lithium compound, a phosphorus compound and a halogen compound in a solvent that contains a hydrocarbon and an ether compound to produce a sulfide glass that contains a Li element, a P element, a S element and one or more halogen elements, and heating the sulfide glass to produce a sulfide glass ceramic.

Abstract: This invention provides an X-ray CT image processing method that allows more flexible expression by expressing X-ray absorption coefficients probabilistically, makes it possible to acquire reconstructed images that are comparable to those obtained by conventional methods but involve lower X-ray doses, and can reduce beam-hardening artifacts. A probability distribution for the observation of projected X-rays is set and statistical inference is performed. Said probability distribution is expressed in terms of the process of observing a multiple-X-ray sum resulting from multiple projected X-rays being incident upon a detector. Bayesian inference in which the expected value of the posterior distribution is used for statistical inference is performed on the basis of a prior distribution for X-ray absorption coefficients, said prior distribution having parameters for the material and the observation process in terms of which the multiple-X-ray sum is expressed.

Abstract: The present invention provides, without use of a surfactant, an oil-in-water emulsion composition and cosmetics having fresh and smooth feeling without powderiness in use, and having excellent emulsion stability by preparing a Pickering emulsion using a spherical polylactic acid powder. An oil-in-water emulsion composition is obtained as a composition containing (a) a spherical polylactic acid powder having an average particle size of from 0.5 to 1.5 ?m, wherein 90% by volume or more of the whole particles of the powder have a particle size of 3 ?m or less, (b) an oil phase component, and (c) an aqueous phase component, and containing substantially no surfactant. Desired cosmetics are obtained by using the oil-in-water emulsion composition.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus includes: a memory, a signal processing section, a user interface, and an assigner. The assigner that, in response to an installation of a plug-in from a user, confirms whether or not a plug-in is already mounted on the signal processing section, and if a confirmation is negative, assigns predetermined resource to the plug-in to mount the plug-in on the signal processing section.

Abstract: A steel sheet containing C: 0.02% or more and 0.10% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 0.5% or less, P: 0.001% or more and 0.100% or less, S: 0.001% or more and 0.020% or less, N: 0.007% or more and 0.025% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and {?4.2×N (%)+0.11}% or less, Mnf: 0.10% or more and less than 0.30% where Mnf is defined by equation Mnf=Mn?1.71×S, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which the steel sheet has a thickness of 0.35 (mm) or less, the product of the lower yield point (N/mm2) of the steel sheet and the thickness (mm) is 160 (N/mm) or less, and the product of the upper yield point (N/mm2) of the steel sheet is 52.0 (N) or more.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a sulfide-based solid electrolyte material includes: preparing a raw material mixture, containing LiHS and LiX (X is one of F, Cl, Br and I), from a single lithium source; and desorbing hydrogen sulfide from the LiHS in the raw material mixture to form Li2S and synthesizing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte material from the LiX and the Li2S.

Abstract: Provided is a bipolar all-solid-state battery capable of preventing breakage of a current collector of a bipolar electrode to suitably prevent a short circuit from occurring, and a method for producing the above-mentioned bipolar all-solid-state battery. The bipolar all-solid-state battery includes: a bipolar electrode having a current collector and an electrode active material layer including a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material, formed on one surface of the current collector, and an anode active material layer containing an anode active material, formed on the other surface of the current collector, and a solid electrolyte layer containing a solid electrolyte. The bipolar all-solid-state battery has a plurality of the bipolar electrodes laminated via the solid electrolyte layer and a reinforcing layer formed on the surface of the current collector is disposed between the end of the electrode active material layer and the surface of the current collector.

Abstract: A mixing console includes: a plurality of operating regions provided by dividing an operation panel of the mixing console into a plurality of regions, wherein a plurality of channels are allocated to each of the plurality of operating regions. Each of the operating regions includes each of channel selectors, respectively. Each of the channel selectors is configured to select one of the plurality of channels allocated to the operating region corresponding to the channel selector as a selected channel, and to set a plurality of parameters for signal processing on audio signals of the selected channel. Thus, a plurality of selected channels can be selected, and values of the parameters of the plurality of selected channels can be adjusted promptly and in real-time.

Abstract: An audio signal processing device, including: input ports; channels; a first input patch to patch one of the input ports to one of the channels; a second input patch to patch one of the input ports to one of the input channels, wherein whether switching is enabled or disabled is set for each channel; and a mode selector to select a first mode or a second mode, wherein, in the first mode, the one input channel receives audio signals of the one input port patched in the first input patch, and wherein, in the second mode, the one channel set to be enabled receives audio signals of the one input port patched in the second input patch while the one channel set to be disabled receives audio signals of the one input port patched in the first input patch.

Abstract: This invention provides an X-ray CT image processing method that allows more flexible expression by expressing X-ray absorption coefficients probabilistically, makes it possible to acquire reconstructed images that are comparable to those obtained by conventional methods but involve lower X-ray doses, and can reduce beam-hardening artifacts. A probability distribution for the observation of projected X-rays is set and statistical inference is performed. Said probability distribution is expressed in terms of the process of observing a multiple-X-ray sum resulting from multiple projected X-rays being incident upon a detector. Bayesian inference in which the expected value of the posterior distribution is used for statistical inference is performed on the basis of a prior distribution for X-ray absorption coefficients, said prior distribution having parameters for the material and the observation process in terms of which the multiple-X-ray sum is expressed.

Abstract: To provide cosmetic pigments that are human-body friendly with good skin adhesion and that provide good feeling, their production method, and cosmetics containing such cosmetic pigments which provide fresh and enriched feeling accordingly. Pigment surfaces are coated with mannosylerythritol lipid, which is glucolipids, consisting of mannose, sugar alcohol and a fatty acid as shown in the general expression (1) below: (Note: In the general expression, R1 and R2 denote aliphatic acyl group with carbon numbers 6 through 20, which can be either same or different. R3 and R4 denote hydrogen or acetyl group, which can be either same or different. n denotes an integer in the range of 2 to 4.

Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a sulfide solid electrolyte that enables a sulfide solid electrolyte whose ion-conducting characteristic is easy to be improved, to be manufactured. The present invention is a method for manufacturing a sulfide solid electrolyte including loading a raw material for manufacturing a sulfide solid electrolyte which is mainly composed of a substance represented by the general formula of (100-x)(0.75Li2S.0.25P2S5).xLiI (here, 0<x<100), into a vessel; and amorphizing the raw material after said loading, wherein a reaction site temperature in the vessel is controlled so that x included in the general formula and the reaction site temperature y [° C.] in the vessel in said amorphizing satisfy y<?2.00x+1.79×102.

Abstract: An x-ray CT image processing method which carries out a statistical estimate in prior knowledge relating to the movement and the x-ray absorption coefficient of a measurement subject comprises: a step of hypothesizing that the measurement subject changes smoothly over time, and defining a first probability model (prior knowledge of the measurement subject over all times) relating to movement and a second probability model (projected image observation model over all times) relating to observation; and a step of carrying out a statistical estimate dependent on both the first probability model and the second probability model. The first probability model relating to the movement of the measurement subject and the second model relating to observation are defined as probability models with which statistical estimates are carried out at the outset, and motion and CT images are simultaneously estimated by carrying out induction based on the probability models.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte capable of producing a sulfide solid electrolyte whose ion conductive property is improved, by using a raw material including LiBr. The method for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte includes a charging step of charging a raw material for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte mainly including a substance represented by a general formula (100-x) (0.75Li2S. 0.25P2S5).xLiBr (0<x<100) in a container, after the charging step, an amorphizing step of producing an amorphous body in which the raw material is amorphizied, after the amorphizing step, a firing step of firing the amorphous body, wherein a temperature y[° C.] in a reaction field in the container in the amorphizing step is controlled such that x included in the above general formula and y satisfy y<0.5x+1.48×102.

Abstract: A high strength and high formability steel sheet contains, by mass % of the steel sheet: greater than 0.020% and less than 0.040% of C; not less than 0.003% and not greater than 0.100% of Si; not less than 0.10% and not greater than 0.60% of Mn; not less than 0.001% and not greater than 0.100% of P; not less than 0.001% and not greater than 0.020% of S; not less than 0.005% and not greater than 0.100% of Al; and greater than 0.0130% and not greater than 0.0170% of N, wherein a remainder is Fe and inevitable impurities, and the steel sheet has: a tensile strength in a rolling direction of not lower than 520 MPa; an Erichsen value of not less than 5.0 mm; and a resin film layer at least on a side to be an inner surface of a can.