Abstract: Provided is a technique for efficiently predicting the number (quantity) of occurrences of emergency medical service requests in a target area.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an antibacterial sheet which is particularly extremely effective for preventing cloudiness or dew condensation and can prevent or inhibit the bacterial multiplication, an antibacterial coat, a laminate, and an antibacterial solution. The antibacterial sheet of the present invention has a support and at least one antibacterial layer disposed on the support, in which the antibacterial layer contains a binder and at least one kind of an antibacterial agent, and a water contact angle of only the binder is equal to or less than 20°.

Abstract: A distributed multimedia server system includes a buffer server module, a storage server module, and an intercluster connection network. Based on memory information on a buffer memory of the storage server module that stores divided multimedia information, the buffer server module obtains the divided multimedia information from the buffer memory using remote direct memory access. The storage server module reads the divided multimedia information requested from the buffer server module from a storage device, and stores the divided multimedia information in the buffer memory.

Abstract: A chemical bath deposition apparatus includes: a reaction vessel for containing a reaction solution for chemical bath deposition to form a film on a surface of a substrate; a substrate holding section for holding the substrate such that at least the surface of the substrate contacts the reaction solution, the substrate holding section including a fixing surface made of stainless steel on which a back side of the substrate is closely fixed; a heater disposed at a rear side of the fixing surface, the heater heating the substrate from the back side of the substrate; and a reaction solution temperature control unit for controlling temperature of the reaction solution in the reaction vessel.

Abstract: To provide a method for producing a carbonate, including: growing seed crystals, wherein the seed crystals are grown in a reaction solution containing at least urea. An aspect in which the seed crystals are strontium carbonate particles, an aspect in which the reaction solution contains a metal ion source and the metal ion source is a hydroxide of strontium, and the like are favorable.

Abstract: The photoelectric conversion device of the present invention is a photoelectric conversion device which includes a substrate on which the following are layered in the order listed below: a lower electrode layer; a photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer which includes, as a major component, at least one kind of compound semiconductor having a chalcopyrite structure formed of a group Ib element, a group IIIb element, and a group VIb element; a buffer layer; and a transparent conductive layer, in which a carbonyl ion is provided on a surface of the buffer layer on the side of the transparent conductive layer and the buffer layer is a thin film layer having an average film thickness of 10 nm to 70 nm and includes a ternary compound of a cadmium-free metal, oxygen, and sulfur.

Abstract: To provide an optical resin composition containing carbonate crystals, which have oriented birefringence, have a needle- or rod-like shape, and are able to negate the birefringence without sacrificing the light transmittance of a transparent polymeric resin where the carbonate crystal exists, and a method for producing the resin composition. To achieve this provided are an optical resin composition containing a resin and carbonate crystals, wherein the carbonate crystals have a specific surface area of 4 m2/g or more, and the carbonate crystals dispersed into the resin have an average dispersion diameter of 500 nm at a maximum, and a method for producing the optical resin composition.

Abstract: An integrated circuit according to the invention includes a reconfigurable circuit including a plurality of computing units interconnected in a reconfigurable manner, and an input data controlling section. The input data controlling section controls input data such that the data is inputted to the reconfigurable circuit in response to a configuration of the reconfigurable circuit.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a carbonate crystal, which has oriented birefringence, is needle- or rod-like, and is able to negate the birefringence without sacrificing the light transmittance of a transparent polymeric resin when it exists in the transparent resin; a manufacturing method of the carbonate crystal; and a transparent optical resin composition comprising the carbonate resin. The carbonate crystal has an aspect ratio of two or greater, the average major axis length of 400 nm or shorter, and the variation coefficient expressed in Formula (1) below is 0.40 or less: 1 r × { 1 n - 1 ? ? i = 1 n ? ( r i - r ) 2 } 1 2 Formula ? ? ( 1 ) wherein r denotes an average major axis length, n denotes the number of particles used for the measurement of the major axis length, and n denotes the major axis length of the ith particle measured.

Abstract: A method for producing star-shaped zinc oxide particles, the method including heating a solution containing tetrahydroxozincate(II) ion [Zn(OH)4]2?, and diluting the solution containing tetrahydroxozincate(II) ion [Zn(OH)4]2? with a solvent in the course of reaction so that the concentration of zinc ion (Zn2+) after the dilution is adjusted to 0.008 M or lower.

Abstract: A dynamic reconfiguration supporting method that generates a driver function to cause a dynamic reconfiguration circuit to execute a program of an application described in a predetermined language, includes acquiring a configuration defining file representing a configuration of a cluster of the dynamic reconfiguration circuit in execution of the process of the application, generating an address map representing an address of a processing element (to be referred to as “PE” hereinafter) in the cluster on the basis of the configuration defining file acquired by the acquiring operation, generating a driver function that associates the function and an address of the PE which executes the function with reference to the address map, when a PE which executes a function described in the application is allocated from the PE, and creating a driver function file that stores the driver function.

Abstract: A buffer layer manufacturing method, including the steps of forming a fine particle layer of ZnS, Zn(S, O), and/or Zn(S, O, OH), mixing an aqueous solution (I) which includes a component (Z), an aqueous solution (II) which includes a component (S), and an aqueous solution (III) which includes a component (C) to obtain a mixed solution and mixing an aqueous solution (IV) which includes a component (N) in the mixed solution to prepare a reaction solution in which the concentration of the component (C) is 0.001 to 0.25M, concentration of the component (N) is 0.41 to 1.0M, and the pH before the start of reaction is 9.0 to 12.0, and, using the reaction solution, forming a Zn compound layer of Zn(S, O) and/or Zn(S, O, OH) on the fine particle layer by a liquid phase method with a reaction temperature of 70 to 95° C.

Abstract: In a process for producing a photoelectric conversion device comprising a bottom electrode layer, a photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer, a buffer layer, and a transparent conductive layer, which are stacked in this order on a substrate, all film forming stages ranging from a stage of forming the buffer layer to a stage of forming the transparent conductive layer are performed with a liquid phase technique. The buffer layer is formed with a chemical bath deposition technique, and the transparent conductive layer is formed with an electrolytic deposition technique.

Abstract: A method of producing a photoelectric conversion device having a multilayer structure formed on a substrate, the multilayer structure including a lower electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer made of a compound semiconductor layer, an n-type buffer layer made of a compound semiconductor layer, and a transparent conductive layer, is disclosed. A reaction solution, which is an aqueous solution containing an n-type dopant element, at least one of ammonia and an ammonium salt, and thiourea, is prepared, the n-type dopant is diffused into the photoelectric conversion layer by immersing the substrate including the photoelectric conversion layer in the reaction solution controlled to a temperature in the range from 20° C. to 45° C.; and the buffer layer is deposited on the photoelectric conversion layer by immersing the substrate including the photoelectric conversion layer subjected to the diffusion step in the reaction solution controlled to a temperature in the range from 70° C. to 95° C.

Abstract: To provide a process for producing carbonate particles, capable of efficient, easy formation of carbonate particles which have high crystallinity, less prone to agglomeration and offer orientation birefringence, particularly carbonate particles that are needle- or rod-shaped, and of controlling the particle size. In the process a metal ion source and a carbonate ion source are heated together in a liquid of 55° C. or higher for reaction to produce carbonate particles with an aspect ratio of greater than 1, wherein the metal ion source contains at least one metal ion selected from the group consisting of Sr2+, Ca2+, Ba2+, Zn2+ and Pb2+. The carbonate particles are preferably needle- or rod-shaped, pH of the liquid after heating reaction is preferably 8.20 or more, and in its X-ray diffraction spectrum the full-width at half maximum of the diffraction peak corresponding to (111) plane is preferably less than 0.8°.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a pump jack pump-off control method and a pump jack control apparatus in which, even when the speed of a pump jack is reduced due to generation of a pump-off condition, the pump jack is not caused to stop due to the motor overload abnormality or the coagulated crude oil and, even when the pump-off condition is generated, the reduction of the production capacity of the pump jack can be prevented as much as possible. On detecting the pump-off condition, while the pump jack is in operation with the speed thereof being reduced, or while the pump jack is in operation at the lowest speed, according to the overload warning signal of an ac electric motor, the pump jack is switched over to its intermittent operation.

Abstract: A reconfigurable circuit includes a network circuit for controlling connections between the output terminal and the input terminal of an arithmetic unit group, and a first selector connected between the arithmetic unit group and the network circuit. When a first control signal is in a first state, the first selector connects a first terminal of the arithmetic unit group to a first terminal of the network circuit, and also connects a second terminal of the arithmetic unit group to a second terminal of the network circuit. Meanwhile, when the first control signal is in a second state, the first selector connects the first terminal of the arithmetic unit group to the second terminal of the network circuit, and also connects the second terminal of the arithmetic unit group to the first terminal of the network circuit.

Abstract: A buffer layer manufacturing method, including: a preparation step for preparing a reaction solution which includes a component (Z) of at least one kind of zinc source, a component (S) of at least one kind of sulfur source, a component (C) of at least one kind of citrate compound, a component (N) of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of ammonia and ammonium salt, and water, in which the concentration of the component (C) is 0.001 to 0.25M, the concentration of the component (N) is 0.001 to 0.40M, and the pH of the reaction solution before the start of reaction is 9.0 to 12.0; and a film forming step for forming a Zn compound layer consisting primarily of Zn(S, O) and/or Zn(S, O, OH) by a liquid phase method with a reaction temperature of 70 to 95° C.

Abstract: To provide an optical resin composition containing carbonate crystals, which have oriented birefringence, have a needle- or rod-like shape, and are able to negate the birefringence without sacrificing the light transmittance of a transparent polymeric resin where the carbonate crystal exists, and a method for producing the resin composition. To achieve this provided are an optical resin composition containing a resin and carbonate crystals, wherein the carbonate crystals have a specific surface area of 4 m2/g or more, and the carbonate crystals dispersed into the resin have an average dispersion diameter of 500 nm at a maximum, and a method for producing the optical resin composition.

Abstract: An electrically conductive zinc oxide layered film having been formed on a substrate, at least a surface of the substrate being electrically non-conductive, comprises: (i) an electrically conductive zinc oxide fine particle layer, which is formed on the electrically non-conductive surface of the substrate, and which comprises at least one kind of a plurality of fine particles containing electrically conductive zinc oxide as a principal ingredient, and (ii) an electrically conductive zinc oxide thin film layer, which is formed on the electrically conductive zinc oxide fine particle layer.