Abstract: A method for creating a Full Data Set Directory (FDSD) entry, in accordance with one embodiment, includes acquiring a record count and file mark count of a data set written to and/or to be written to a magnetic recording tape. A writing position on the tape where the data set will be written is determined. The data set is written on the tape. An FDSD entry is generated for the data set. The FDSD entry includes information about each of the following: a tape write pass in which the data set is written, a position of the data set on the tape, the record count, and the file mark count.

Abstract: A power generation support system for a vehicle in which a plurality of solar cell panels are attached to a vehicle body, the power generation support system including: a estimation unit configured to estimate an amount of power generated per unit hour by the plurality of solar cell panels when the vehicle is to be parked in a scheduled parking area so that the front of the vehicle faces a first direction and estimate an amount of power generated per unit hour by the plurality of solar cell panels when the vehicle is to be parked in the scheduled parking area so that the front of the vehicle faces a second direction that is opposite to the first direction; and an output unit configured to output information about a direction in which the vehicle faces when it is to be parked in the scheduled parking area.

Abstract: The invention provides a chemical-mechanical polishing composition comprising: (a) an abrasive particle; (b) an ionic oxidizer; and (c) water, wherein the chemical-mechanical polishing composition has a pH of about 1 to about 7, the abrasive particle has an isoelectric point that is higher than 8, and the ionic oxidizer has a negative charge at the pH of the chemical-mechanical polishing composition. The invention also provides a method of chemically-mechanically polishing a substrate, especially a substrate comprising a silicon carbide layer on a surface of the substrate, using said composition.

Abstract: Provided are a photon up-conversion film, which is capable, of high-efficiency up-conversion even in air and even when low-intensity light is used, and a simple method of producing the film. The photon up-conversion film according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a matrix including a resin; and a pore portion, wherein the photon up-conversion film includes at least a sensitizing component capable of absorbing light in a first wavelength region ?1, and a light-emitting component capable of radiating light in a second wavelength region ?2 including wavelengths shorter than those of the first wavelength region ?1, and wherein the sensitizing component and the light-emitting component are present at an interface between the matrix and the pore portion.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and computer program product for offsetting a reading head on a magnetic tape to improve verification. A processor determines a write head width, a read head width, and a track pitch based on determining an LTO standard of the magnetic tape. The processor determines a distance of the reading head from a writing head using the write head width, the read head width, and the track pitch, and causes a tape appliance to relocate the read head on the magnetic tape to the determined distance.

Abstract: A charge support system including: a detection unit configured to detect that a vehicle is scheduled to be parked for a predetermined period or longer; an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a charging of a storage battery when the detection unit detects that the vehicle is scheduled to be parked for a predetermined period or longer; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit, whether or not it is necessary to keep storing electricity generated by a solar cell panel in the storage battery; and a notification unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that it is not necessary to keep storing the electricity generated by the solar cell panel in the storage battery, send a notification prompting a driver to connect a charging cable to a storage apparatus outside the vehicle.

Abstract: A charge support system for a plurality of vehicles capable of traveling autonomously, each of the vehicles including a solar cell panel attached to a vehicle body and a storage battery configured to store electricity generated by the solar cell panel, the charge support system including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, regarding the plurality of vehicles parked in a predetermined parking area, at least information about charging efficiencies of a plurality of the storage batteries of the respective vehicles by the electricity generated by a plurality of the solar cell panels of the respective vehicles and information about charging rates of the plurality of the storage batteries of the respective vehicles; and a traveling control unit configured to move the plurality of vehicles within a range of the predetermined parking area based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: Primary information relating to generation or use of electrical energy generated by the solar power generation apparatus (23) mounted in the vehicle (5) and secondary information relating to the vehicle (5) mounting the solar power generation apparatus (23) are acquired, and natural energy utilization information tying the acquired secondary information with the acquired primary information is prepared.

Abstract: Provided are a photon up-conversion film, which is capable of high-efficiency up-conversion even in air and even when low-intensity light is used, and a simple method of producing the film. The photon up-conversion film according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a matrix including a resin; and a pore portion, wherein the photon up-conversion film includes at least a sensitizing component capable of absorbing light in a first wavelength region ?1, and a light-emitting component capable of radiating light in a second wavelength region ?2 including wavelengths shorter than those of the first wavelength region ?1, and wherein the sensitizing component and the light-emitting component are present at an interface between the matrix and the pore portion.

Abstract: A wearable medical device is provided for monitoring a cardiac condition of a patient, where the device is releasably mounted to the patient's chest and includes at least two skin-facing electrodes forming a first one or more ECG leads for ongoing monitoring of heart functioning and at least one touch electrode for intermittently obtaining additional circuit vectors for deriving additional metrics regarding the functioning of the patient's heart. Each touch electrode is configured to form an additional lead/vector that is a larger vector and/or separated by at least 15° from a corresponding first lead/vector formed from the first one or more ECG leads in a vector cardiogram representation of the first one or more ECG leads and the additional lead/vector.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for monitoring progression of a cardiac disease in a patient by providing cardio-vibrational image matrixes and/or ECG image matrices generated using sensor data supplied by a medical device. In some examples, cardio-vibrational image matrices and/or ECG image matrices are output as image files. In some implementations, systems and methods are provided for using such cardio-vibrational image matrices and/or an ECG image matrices, and/or other clinical information, using machine learning classifiers, to assess cardiac risk in a patient. In some implementations, systems and methods are provided for using cardio-vibrational image matrixes and/or ECG image matrices, and/or other clinical information for real-time analysis of cardiac risk.

Abstract: A wearable medical device is provided for monitoring a cardiac condition of a patient, where the device is releasably mounted to the patient's chest and includes at least two skin-facing electrodes forming a first one or more ECG leads for ongoing monitoring of heart functioning and at least one touch electrode for intermittently obtaining additional circuit vectors for deriving additional metrics regarding the functioning of the patient's heart. Each touch electrode is configured to form an additional lead/vector that is a larger vector and/or separated by at least 15° from a corresponding first lead/vector formed from the first one or more ECG leads in a vector cardiogram representation of the first one or more ECG leads and the additional lead/vector.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for monitoring progression of a cardiac disease in a patient by providing cardio-vibrational image matrixes and/or ECG image matrices generated using sensor data supplied by a medical device. In some examples, cardio-vibrational image matrices and/or ECG image matrices are output as image files. In some implementations, systems and methods are provided for using such cardio-vibrational image matrices and/or an ECG image matrices, and/or other clinical information, using machine learning classifiers, to assess cardiac risk in a patient. In some implementations, systems and methods are provided for using cardio-vibrational image matrixes and/or ECG image matrices, and/or other clinical information for real-time analysis of cardiac risk.

Abstract: Provided is a chemical-mechanical polishing composition comprising an abrasive, a basic component, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a quaternary polyammonium salt, a quaternary ammonium salt having 6 or more carbon atoms, and an alkylated polymer having an amide structure, and an aqueous carrier; a rinse composition comprising the at least one compound and an aqueous carrier, as well as a method of chemically-mechanically polishing a substrate, and a method of rinsing a substrate, in which the respective compositions are used.

Abstract: Provided is a chemical-mechanical polishing composition including an abrasive, a basic component, a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether represented by the formula (i) RO-(AO)n—H, wherein R is a linear or branched C1 to C15 alkyl group, A is an alkylene group selected from the group consisting of an ethylene group, a propylene group, and a combination thereof, and n represents average addition mol numbers of AO and is 2 to 30, and an aqueous carrier, a rinse composition including the polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether and an aqueous carrier, and a substrate chemical-mechanical polishing method and a rinsing method in which these are used.

Abstract: An iron core (1, 11, 31) for a stationary induction apparatus according to one embodiment is configured by laminating a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates (5, 16, 33). The electromagnetic steel plates are laminated so that joint parts (6, 17, 18, 32), at which the end portions of the electromagnetic steel plates abut one another, are disposed in a staggered manner; and the electromagnetic steel plates are provided with a magnetic domain fine differentiation processed part (7, 19, 34), which is located on the portion, of a surface of the end portion of each of the electromagnetic steel plates, lapped with the joint part of another electromagnetic steel plate, and which has been subjected to warping-derived magnetic domain fine differentiation.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for monitoring progression of a cardiac disease in a patient by providing cardio-vibrational image matrixes and/or ECG image matrices generated using sensor data supplied by a medical device. In some examples, cardio-vibrational image matrices and/or ECG image matrices are output as image files. In some implementations, systems and methods are provided for using such cardio-vibrational image matrices and/or an ECG image matrices, and/or other clinical information, using machine learning classifiers, to assess cardiac risk in a patient. In some implementations, systems and methods are provided for using cardio-vibrational image matrixes and/or ECG image matrices, and/or other clinical information for real-time analysis of cardiac risk.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing composition for polishing a silicon wafer comprises, consists essentially of, or consists of a water based liquid carrier, colloidal silica particles dispersed in the liquid carrier, about 0.01 weight percent to about 2 weight percent of a dipolar aprotic solvent at point of use, and a pH in a range from about 8 to about 12. A method for polishing a silicon wafer may include contacting the wafer with the above described polishing composition, moving the polishing composition relative to the wafer, and abrading the wafer to remove silicon from the wafer and thereby polish the wafer.

Abstract: Provided is a chemical-mechanical polishing composition including an abrasive, a basic component, a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether represented by the formula (i) RO-(AO)n—H, wherein R is a linear or branched C1 to C15 alkyl group, A is an alkylene group selected from the group consisting of an ethylene group, a propylene group, and a combination thereof, and n represents average addition mol numbers of AO and is 2 to 30, and an aqueous carrier, a rinse composition including the polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether and an aqueous carrier, and a substrate chemical-mechanical polishing method and a rinsing method in which these are used.

Abstract: A polishing means is provided that can improve the flatness of a substrate without significantly reducing the polishing speed. More specifically, a polishing composition is provided which includes inorganic particles, water, and a modified polyalkylene oxide represented by formula (1): wherein each R1 is independently a group represented by R11—(O—R12)x—, where each R11 is independently a C1-24 alkyl group, each R12 is independently a C2-4 alkylene group, and x is an integer of 0 to 500; each R2 is independently a hydrocarbon group; each R3 is independently a C2-4 alkylene group; n is an integer of 1 to 1000, and m is an integer of 1 or more.