Abstract: A latent heat storage gypsum plate includes: a gypsum plate having a first main face and a second main face located on an opposite side of the gypsum plate from the first main face; and a latent heat storage layer disposed over at least part of the first main face of the gypsum plate and including a latent heat storage material and a binder. A heat storage capacity of the latent heat storage gypsum plate is 260 kJ/m2 or more, the heat storage capacity being measured in a measurement temperature range of from 15° C. through 35° C. through heat storage capacity measurement specified in ASTM C 1784. The latent heat storage gypsum plate exhibits heat generation property grade 1 as evaluated by a heat generation property test specified in JIS A 6901 (2014), with the face in which the latent heat storage layer is disposed being set as a back face.

Abstract: An antenna module including a passive element, a ground electrode, a feed element, a feed line, and a feed line. The feed element includes a radiating electrode and a radiating electrode. The feed lines pass through respective through holes formed in the passive element and are connected to the radiating electrode, respectively. The feed element radiates radio waves in a second frequency band higher than a first frequency band of radio waves radiated by the passive element. The passive element is capable of radiating radio waves including polarized waves in a first polarization direction and polarized waves in a second polarization direction. The polarization direction of the radiating electrode and the polarization direction of the radiating electrode differ from each other.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a novel method that can quantify diaminopimelic acid-containing bacteria in a test sample. The present invention relates to a method of quantifying diaminopimelic acid-containing bacteria in a test sample, including a step of quantifying the diaminopimelic acid-containing bacteria, using, as an index, the amount of diaminopimelic acid derived from the diaminopimelic acid-containing bacteria in the test sample.

Abstract: A turning tool includes a tool body extending along a tool axis and having a base on a tip of the tool body, a cutting insert detachably attached to the base, and a measurement device attached to the tool body. The measurement device has a first distance sensor which measures a distance to an object located radially outward of the tool axis.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, according to one embodiment of the present invention, is provided with a negative electrode core and a negative electrode mixture layer provided on the surface of the negative electrode core. The negative electrode mixture layer has a first layer that includes: at least one of at least one kind of metal element selected from Si, Sn, Sb, Mg, and Ge, and a compound containing said metal element; at least one of multi-walled carbon nanotubes and single-walled carbon nanotubes; and a binding agent. The negative electrode mixture layer also has a second layer that includes graphite A with a particle fracture strength of 10-35 MPa. The porosity of the first layer is preferably 50-65%.

Abstract: There is provided an Ag-plated material and a related technique, including: an Ag-plated layer on a substrate that comprises a conductive metal; and a plurality of two-layer plating structures on the substrate, the two-layer plating structures having a porous Ni-plated layer and an Ag-plated layer in this order from a substrate side.

Abstract: There is provided an Ag-coated material and its related technique, including a base material and an Ag film on the base material, the Ag film including alternately laminated at least three Ag layers with average crystal grain sizes different by three times or more.

Abstract: A lithium ion conductive material has a composition formula of Lia(OH)bFcBr, where 1.8?a?2.3, b=a?c?1, 0.01?c?0.11, and includes an antiperovskite-type crystal phase. Preferably, the lithium ion conductive material further includes a layered antiperovskite-type crystal phase. More preferably, 0?B/(A+B)?0.2 is satisfied, where A is the peak intensity in the vicinity of 2?=31.2° in the X-ray diffractometry using Cu-K? ray and B is the peak intensity in the vicinity of 2?=30.2°.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte is composed primarily of a component expressed by a composition formula of Lia+dMbXcAeOf by using values a to f that are greater than 0, where M is an element serving as a trivalent cation, X is a halogen element, and A is a sulfur element or a phosphorus element, wherein 0.8c?(a+3b)?1.2c and 1.6f?(d+n×e)?2.4f are satisfied, where when A is a sulfur element, n is 4 or 6, and when A is a phosphorus element, n is 5.

Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte which contains a composition expressed by 3LiOH·Li2SO4. The solid electrolyte has a lithium ion conductivity of 0.1×10?6 S/cm or more at 25° C. and an activation energy of 0.6 eV or more.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes composite particles containing a lithium silicate phase, a silicon phase dispersed in the lithium silicate phase, and a crystalline phase of silicon dioxide dispersed in the lithium silicate phase. The crystalline phase of silicon dioxide contains ?-cristobalite and quartz.

Abstract: Provided is an all-solid lithium battery including: a low-angle oriented positive electrode plate that is a lithium complex oxide sintered plate having a porosity of 10 to 50%; a negative electrode plate containing Ti and capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions at 0.4 V or higher (vs. Li/Li+); and a solid electrolyte having a melting point lower than the melting point or pyrolytic temperature of the oriented positive electrode plate or the negative electrode plate, wherein at least 30% of pores in the oriented positive electrode plate is filled with the solid electrolyte in an observation of a cross-section perpendicular to a main face of the oriented positive electrode plate.

Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, compositions and methods for prophylaxis and treatment of autoimmune disease. The present invention is based, in part, on the surprising discovery that a human interleukin-2 mutein activates proliferation of regulatory T cells. In one aspect, the present invention provides compositions and methods for proliferation of regulatory T cells. In another aspect, a human interleukin-2 (IL-2) mutein comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to the wild type IL-2 protein is described, wherein the IL-2 mutein has at least one amino acid substitution selected from a group consisting of T111H, T37Y, E15T, M23L, P34F, E68F and E62A.

Abstract: There are provided a silver-plated product having a more excellent wear resistance than that of conventional silver-plated products, and a method for producing the same. The method comprises the steps of: preparing a silver-plating solution which is an aqueous solution containing silver potassium cyanide or silver cyanide, potassium cyanide or sodium cyanide, and a benzothiazole or a derivative thereof; and forming a surface layer of silver on a base material by electroplating at a liquid temperature and at a current density in the silver-plating solution so as to satisfy (BC/A)2/D?10 (° C.2·dm2/A) assuming that a concentration of free cyanide in the silver-plating solution is A (g/L), that a concentration of a benzothiazole content of the benzothiazole or derivative thereof in the silver-plating solution is B (g/L), that the liquid temperature of the silver-plating solution is C (° C.) and that the current density during the electroplating is D (A/dm2).

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes composite particles, and a conductive layer disposed on a surface of each of the composite particles. The composite particles each have a silicate phase, and silicon phases dispersed in the silicate phase. The conductive layer contains a calcium component.

Abstract: A neutron beam shielding gypsum-based building board includes gypsum, a boron-containing material containing boron an amount of which is in a range from 1.0 parts by mass to 120 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the gypsum, and a water reducing agent in a range from 0.05 parts by mass to 2.0 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the gypsum. The boron-containing material includes one or more kinds selected from calcium borate, boron carbide, boric acid, boron oxide, sodium borate, and calcium boride, and a specific gravity in a dry condition is in a range from 0.65 to 1.6.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a secondary battery includes a lithium silicate phase, and a silicon phase dispersed in the lithium silicate phase. An electron diffraction image of the negative electrode active material obtained using a transmission electron microscope has a spot image, and an average particle diameter of the negative electrode active material is 8 ?m or less.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a secondary battery includes a lithium silicate phase; and a silicon phase dispersed in the lithium silicate phase. The lithium silicate phase contains at least one element M selected from the group consisting of alkali metals (except lithium), Group II elements, rare-earth elements, zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), vanadium (V), titanium (Ti), phosphorus (P), bismuth (Bi), zinc (Zn), tin (Sn), lead (Pb), antimony (Sb), cobalt (Co), fluorine (F), tungsten (W), aluminum (Al), and boron (B). An electron diffraction image of the negative electrode active material obtained using a transmission electron microscope has a spot image.

Abstract: The present invention provides a silver-plated member with a surface layer made of a silver-plating layer being formed on a base member, wherein a crystal plane of the surface layer has a {110} plane preferential orientation, and the orientation proportion of the {110} plane is 30% or more and 75% or less.

Abstract: A secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a carbon material, a first silicon-containing material, and a second silicon-containing material. The first silicon-containing material includes a silicate phase, and first silicon phases dispersed in the silicate phase. The second silicon-containing material includes a carbon phase, and second silicon phases dispersed in the carbon phase.