Abstract: A vehicle driving apparatus is provided that includes a drive motor, an internal combustion engine, and an electrical generator and can inhibit a weight balance and motion performance of a vehicle from being deteriorated and lowered. A vehicle driving apparatus driving a vehicle by motive power of a motor, the vehicle driving apparatus including a drive motor that is driven by electric power, an internal combustion engine that produces motive power by fuel, and an electrical generator that is driven by the internal combustion engine, the vehicle driving apparatus being characterized in that the drive motor, the internal combustion engine, and the electrical generator are arranged in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle in order of the drive motor, the internal combustion engine, and the electrical generator.

Abstract: A ball joint reducing influence on a characteristic by fixing a plug by swaging while preventing corotation of a bearing sheet. The ball joint includes a housing-including a housing body part and the plug fixed to the housing body part at one end portion thereof by swaging and closing the housing body part at the one end portion. The ball joint includes the cylindrical bearing sheet rotatably holding a ball part and housed and held in the housing. The bearing sheet includes a groove formed at an end facing the plug. The plug includes a projection inserted into the groove. The height of the projection is less than the depth of the groove, the width of the projection is greater than the width of the groove, and the projection contacts the bearing sheet at a width smaller on an inner side than on an outer side relative to the groove.

Abstract: An optical element according to some embodiments includes: a plurality of lower electrodes spread on a surface of a lower substrate and including first and second lower electrodes arranged adjacent in a first direction in the lower substrate plane; a plurality of upper electrodes spread on a surface of an upper substrate and including a first upper electrode that faces the first lower electrode and a second upper electrode that faces a portion of the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode; and a conductive member that is sandwiched between and electrically connects the first lower electrode and the second upper electrode, the conductive member being selectively disposed in an overlap region in which the first lower electrode and the second upper electrode overlap when the first lower electrode and the second upper electrode are projected on a virtual plane parallel to the lower substrate or the upper substrate.

Abstract: An exacerbation risk prediction system predicts an exacerbation risk of a patient suffering from a respiratory disease. The exacerbation risk prediction system includes an oxygen concentrator that supplies oxygen to the patient through a cannula, an acquisition unit that acquires first information including biological information of the patient wearing the cannula on exertion and at rest and patient information regarding a disease state, a storage that stores the first information, a prediction unit that predicts the exacerbation risk based on the first information, and a learning unit that learns the first information and an evaluation regarding exacerbation in association with each other. The biological information is at least one of respiratory rate, respiratory waveform, and exhaled gas component amount. The biological information is acquired from the oxygen concentrator. The prediction unit predicts the exacerbation risk by inputting the first information to a learning model created by the learning unit.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a photoelectric conversion layer, and an electron transport layer. The electron transport layer includes metal oxide particles. In response to performing an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis on the electron transport layer, two peaks representing Is orbitals of oxygen atoms are detected. A formula Y/(X+Y)?0.5 is satisfied, where a peak area of a peak on a low-energy side among the two peaks is X and a peak area of a peak on a high-energy side among the two peaks is Y.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes a first electrode (13), a photoelectric conversion layer (16) over the first electrode, and a second electrode (18) over the photoelectric conversion layer. The photoelectric conversion element further includes a surface protection portion (19) adjacent to a face of one electrode selected from the first electrode and the second electrode where the face does not face the photoelectric conversion layer. The surface protection portion contains a compound derived from a fluorine-based silane compound.

Abstract: An RX electrode for a capacitive touch sensor including an electrode body, which includes first to fourth conductors, one of which includes a connecting portion. The first and second conductors are arrayed and located close to each other with a gap therebetween in a first direction, extend in a second direction. Application of external noise to the electrode body induces current flows in opposite directions through the first and second conductors, so that an electric field generated in the first conductor and an electric field generated in the second conductor offset each other. The third conductor, located on the one side in the second direction relative to the gap, connects first end portions of the first and second conductors. The fourth conductor, located on the other side in the second direction relative to the gap, connects second end portions of the first and second conductors.

Abstract: An intestinal activity regulation device includes a regulator that performs a regulation process of regulating intestinal activity of a target person based on the state of the intestinal activity detected by a detector that detects the state of the intestinal activity of the target person.

Abstract: A video distribution server according to one embodiment of the present invention encourages communication among viewers of a live video, while strengthening the relationship between a distributor of the live video and each of the viewers. The server provides a live video distribution service for distributing and viewing live videos to users via user terminals. The server generates a combo when an input of an item by each of a plurality of viewers of the live video satisfies a predetermined combo condition, thus encouraging communication among the viewers of the live video. In addition, the benefit is given to the distributor upon the generation of the combo, which may strengthen the relationship between the distributor and each of the viewers.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion module includes photoelectric conversion elements electrically coupled. The photoelectric conversion elements each sequentially include first electrode, photoelectric conversion layer, and second electrode. The photoelectric conversion module includes first photoelectric conversion element, second photoelectric conversion element, coupling portion to couple the first and second photoelectric conversion elements in series, first partition portion, and second partition portion. The first electrode or the second electrode forming the first photoelectric conversion element includes a contact region in contact with the coupling portion. A value of X/(Y?X) is 0.3 or greater, where X denotes a length of the contact region and Y denotes a predetermined length in the coupling direction around the contact region.

Abstract: An electrochemical device includes an electrolyte layer containing an electrodepositable material including Ag and a mediating material including any of Ta, Mo, and Nb, a pair of substrates to hold the electrolyte layer therebetween, and a pair of electrodes that are disposed on the mutually opposed surfaces of the respective substrates and are insoluble in the electrolyte layer.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes a base, a first electrode on or above the base, an electron-transporting layer on or above the first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer on or above the electron-transporting layer, a hole-transporting layer on or above the photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode on or above the hole-transporting layer. The photoelectric conversion element has a penetration portion penetrating the electron-transporting layer and the photoelectric conversion layer. The photoelectric conversion element includes, in the penetration portion, a material of the hole-transporting layer and a material of the second electrode.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode in sequence. The photoelectric conversion device includes a sealing member on a non-facing surface side of one electrode selected from the first electrode and the second electrode, the non-facing surface side not facing the photoelectric conversion layer. The sealing member includes an insulating layer, a metal layer, and a base in sequence from the one electrode. In an end of the sealing member in a surface direction, a length of the insulating layer in the surface direction is equal to or longer than a length of the metal layer in the surface direction, and the length of the metal layer in the surface direction is longer than a length of the base in the surface direction by 0.1 ?m or more.

Abstract: A ball joint reducing influence on a characteristic by fixing a plug by swaging while preventing corotation of a bearing sheet. The ball joint includes a housing-including a housing body part and the plug fixed to the housing body part at one end portion thereof by swaging and closing the housing body part at the one end portion. The ball joint includes the cylindrical bearing sheet rotatably holding a ball part and housed and held in the housing. The bearing sheet includes a groove formed at an end facing the plug. The plug includes a projection inserted into the groove. The height of the projection is less than the depth of the groove, the width of the projection is greater than the width of the groove, and the projection contacts the bearing sheet at a width smaller on an inner side than on an outer side relative to the groove.

Abstract: An electrochemical device includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed face-to-face and each including an opposing electrode disposed on an opposing surface, and an electrolytic solution provided between the first substrate and the second substrate containing a solvent, a supporting electrolyte, a mediator, and an electrodeposition material containing Ag wherein the mediator contains one or more of Mo, Sn, Nb, Sb, and Ti.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion module includes photoelectric conversion elements electrically coupled. The photoelectric conversion elements each sequentially include first electrode, photoelectric conversion layer, and second electrode. The photoelectric conversion module includes first photoelectric conversion element, second photoelectric conversion element, coupling portion to couple the first and second photoelectric conversion elements in series, first partition portion, and second partition portion. The first electrode or the second electrode forming the first photoelectric conversion element includes a contact region in contact with the coupling portion. A value of X/(Y?X) is 0.3 or greater, where X denotes a length of the contact region and Y denotes a predetermined length in the coupling direction around the contact region.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion module includes photoelectric conversion elements electrically coupled. The photoelectric conversion elements each sequentially include first electrode, photoelectric conversion layer, and second electrode. The photoelectric conversion module includes first photoelectric conversion element, second photoelectric conversion element, and coupling portion to couple the first and second photoelectric conversion elements in series. The first electrode or the second electrode forming the first photoelectric conversion element includes a contact region in contact with the coupling portion, and a contactless region in contactless with the coupling portion and at a side of the first photoelectric conversion element relative to the coupling portion. The length of the contactless region in a coupling direction in which the first and second photoelectric conversion elements are coupled to each other is 30 mm or less.

Abstract: An optical element according to some embodiments includes: a plurality of lower electrodes spread on a surface of a lower substrate and including first and second lower electrodes arranged adjacent in a first direction in the lower substrate plane; a plurality of upper electrodes spread on a surface of an upper substrate and including a first upper electrode that faces the first lower electrode and a second upper electrode that faces a portion of the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode; and a conductive member that is sandwiched between and electrically connects the first lower electrode and the second upper electrode, the conductive member being selectively disposed in an overlap region in which the first lower electrode and the second upper electrode overlap when the first lower electrode and the second upper electrode are projected on a virtual plane parallel to the lower substrate or the upper substrate.

Abstract: A video distribution server according to one embodiment of the present invention encourages communication among viewers of a live video, while strengthening the relationship between a distributor of the live video and each of the viewers. The server provides a live video distribution service for distributing and viewing live videos to users via user terminals. The server generates a combo when an input of an item by each of a plurality of viewers of the live video satisfies a predetermined combo condition, thus encouraging communication among the viewers of the live video. In addition, the benefit is given to the distributor upon the generation of the combo, which may strengthen the relationship between the distributor and each of the viewers.

Abstract: Provided is a method for treating a surface of an aluminum article capable of imparting an effective anchoring effect to a surface of the aluminum article and enabling a strong chemical bond between the surface of the aluminum article and an organic material layer such as a coated resin layer or a laminated FRP applied to the surface without using a chemical solution that is not easy to treat. In the method for treating a surface of an aluminum article according to the present invention, the surface of the aluminum article is subjected to at least one of an etching treatment, a boehmite treatment, and a zirconium treatment, and then further subjected to at least one of a silane coupling agent treatment, an isocyanate compound treatment, and a thiol compound treatment.