Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a secondary battery that is capable of forming an electrode for a secondary battery that has excellent peel strength and inhibition of swelling and that can cause a secondary battery to display excellent cycle characteristics. The binder composition for a secondary battery contains a binder and water. When viscosity of the binder composition for a secondary battery under conditions of a temperature of 25° C., a solid content concentration of 1.0 mass %, and a pH of 8.0 is taken to be ?1(mPa·sec) and viscosity of the binder composition for a secondary battery under conditions of a temperature of 25° C., a solid content concentration of 1.0 mass %, and a pH of 13.0 is taken to be ?2(mPa·sec), a viscosity change rate, calculated by: viscosity change rate={(?2-?1)/?1}×100 [%], is not less than ?45% and not more than 50%.

Abstract: A binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery negative electrode contains a particulate polymer and water. The particulate polymer is formed of a polymer including an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer unit, an aromatic vinyl monomer unit, and an alkylene structural unit. A binder film formed using the binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery negative electrode displays a maximum displacement of 30 ?m or less when the binder film compressed to a maximum load of 20 mN at a loading rate of 0.2975 mN/s using a micro compression tester.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery negative electrode capable of producing a slurry composition having suppressed foaming and forming a negative electrode mixed material layer having excellent resistance to peeling. The binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery negative electrode contains a particulate binder and water. The particulate binder includes a polymer including an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer unit, an aromatic vinyl monomer unit, and an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit. When a film of the particulate binder is formed, the film has a degree of swelling of insoluble content in tetrahydrofuran of 300 mass % to 1500 mass % and an amount of insoluble content in tetrahydrofuran of 85 mass % to 99 mass %. A ratio of viscosity at pH 8.0 relative to viscosity at pH 3.0 of the binder composition when set to a solid content concentration of 30 mass % is 1.5 to 200.

Abstract: An imaging system located on a moving body, includes an imaging device, a blur correction device, and an image processor. Based on a subject distance from the imaging device to the object to be imaged, the blur correction device sets a blur correction amount of blur in a movement direction caused when the imaging device captures images during movement of the moving body. The blur correction device corrects blur during image capturing by use of the set blur correction amount. The image processor calculates a pixel movement amount of a feature portion common to a first image and a second image. Based on the pixel movement amount and the movement amount of the moving body, the blur correction device calculates a third distance as the subject distance.

Abstract: A sound pickup device for picking up a target sound includes: a first input interface that inputs image data generated by a camera; a second input interface that inputs an audio signal output from a microphone array; a controller that determines a sound pickup direction in which the target sound is picked up, based on the image data and the audio signal; and an output interface that outputs information to be presented to the user. The controller determines whether an image indicated by the input image data and an audio sound indicated by the input audio signal are in a predetermined state. When determining that the image and the audio sound are in the predetermined state, the controller causes the output interface to output an instruction to the user, and inputs additional image data and an additional audio signal after the instruction is output, to determine the sound pickup direction.

Abstract: An air-conditioner is provided with a refrigerant circuit and an indoor fan. The refrigerant circuit has a compressor, a first four-way valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, a first expansion valve, a second four-way valve, a third four-way valve, an indoor heat exchanger, and a second expansion valve. The indoor heat exchanger has a first heat exchange portion and a second heat exchange portion. During a cooling operation, in the first heat exchange portion and the second heat exchange portion, a flow of refrigerant with respect to a flow of air sent by the indoor fan is a parallel flow. In a reheating dehumidification operation, in the first heat exchange portion, the flow of refrigerant with respect to the flow of air is the parallel flow, and in the second heat exchange portion, the flow of refrigerant with respect to the flow of air is a counterflow.

Abstract: An imaging system located on a moving body includes an imaging device, a blur correction assembly, and a controller. The blur correction assembly that corrects blur in movement direction of the moving body when the imaging device captures images during movement of the moving body. The controller controls exposure time of the imaging device, based on a movement velocity of the moving body and a correctable blur amount by the blur correction assembly.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a secondary battery with which a slurry composition for a secondary battery having low foaming can be produced, and that can improve handleability of a functional layer or electrode layer formed using the produced slurry composition for a secondary battery. The binder composition for a secondary battery contains a polymer A and a solvent. The polymer A includes an amide group-containing monomer unit and a carboxylic acid ester-containing monomer unit including an alkyl chain having a carbon number of not less than 2 and not more than 9. Content of the carboxylic acid ester-containing monomer unit in the polymer A is not less than 12 mass % and not more than 28 mass %.

Abstract: Provided is a conductive material paste for an electrochemical device electrode with which it is possible to produce a slurry composition that has excellent viscosity stability and can cause an electrochemical device to display excellent cycle characteristics. The conductive material paste contains a fibrous conductive carbon, a triazine skeleton-containing compound, a water-soluble polymer, and water. The amount of the triazine skeleton-containing compound is not less than 1 part by mass and not more than 50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the fibrous conductive carbon, and the amount of the water-soluble polymer is not less than 1 part by mass and not more than 50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the fibrous conductive carbon.

Abstract: In an air-conditioning apparatus, a first flow passage selection device and a second flow passage selection device each are a constant-energized-type three-way valve in which a position of a main valve can be fixed in a de-energized state. When the refrigerant circuit is switched to the cooling circuit by a flow switching device, when at least one of the first flow passage selection device and the second flow passage selection device is in a de-energized state, the first flow passage selection device or the second flow passage selection device in the de-energized state is configured to output refrigerant discharged from the compressor and input therein via the flow switching device and the bypass pipe to a corresponding one of an upper-side outdoor heat exchanger and a lower-side outdoor heat exchanger.

Abstract: Compositions containing one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of 25 mol % to 45 mol % of leucine, and 20 mol % to 40 mol % of phenylalanine relative to the total content of leucine, lysine, valine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, histidine, and tryptophan, are useful for improving cognitive function, for improving anxiety-like symptoms, and for suppressing cerebral atrophy and are highly safe and can be ingested or administered continuously.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for predicting the effectiveness of an angiogenesis inhibitor in a subject suffering from a tumor. Provided is a method comprising a step of testing for the presence or absence of an a mutation or loss of expression of B-Raf and PTEN in a sample of tumor tissue from the subject. By using the presence or absence of or a mutation or loss of expression of B-Raf and PTEN as an indicator, this method enables the antitumor effectiveness of the angiogenesis inhibitor to be predicted without administering the angiogenesis inhibitor to the subject.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition that can result in high peel strength in an electrode and excellent cycle characteristics in a secondary battery. A binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery contains a water-soluble polymer (A) and a water-soluble polymer (B). The water-soluble polymer (A) is formed of one or more types of units selected from the group consisting of unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer units, unsaturated carboxylic acid amide monomer units, unsaturated carboxylic acid ester monomer units, hydroxyl group-containing vinyl monomer units, and vinyl alcohol structural units, and includes a predetermined amount of unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer units. The water-soluble polymer (B) is formed of one or more types of ethylenically unsaturated monomer units, and includes a predetermined amount of sulfo group-containing aromatic vinyl monomer units.

Abstract: A propeller fan includes: a rotation-axis part that serves as a center of rotation; and a plurality of blades provided on an outer circumferential side of the rotation-axis part, the plurality of blades being joined to adjoining blades at leading edges and trailing edges thereof. A first rib projecting towards the center of rotation of the rotation-axis part to surround the rotation-axis part, and second ribs projecting towards the center of rotation to extend from the rotation-axis part toward the first rib are provided on pressure surfaces of the plurality of blades. Among ends of the second ribs in the direction of the center of rotation, the ends distant from the pressure surfaces project away from the pressure surfaces farther than an end of the first rib distant from the pressure surfaces, among the ends of the first rib in the direction of the center of rotation.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a secondary battery with which excellent close adherence is obtained between a substrate and a layer obtained using the binder composition and that can result in a secondary battery having good cycle characteristics. The binder composition contains a polymer and a solvent, wherein the polymer is core-shell particles including a core portion formed of a polymer (a1) and a shell portion formed of a polymer (a2). The polymer (a2) includes specific monomer units with specific amounts, wherein at least one type of monomer unit selected from a monofunctional unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer unit and a monofunctional unsaturated sulfonic acid monomer unit is not less than 0.1 mol and not more than 15,000 mol relative to 1 mol of a monomer unit of a monomer including at least two vinyl functional groups.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for lithium ion secondary battery electrode-use that reduces internal resistance of a lithium ion secondary battery while also providing the lithium ion secondary battery with excellent life characteristics. The binder composition contains a copolymer X and a solvent. The copolymer X is obtained from a monomer composition X that contains at least 20.0 mass % and no greater than 75.0 mass % of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid compound (A) composed of either or both of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid salt, and at least 20.0 mass % and no greater than 75.0 mass % of a copolymerizable compound (B) that has an ethylenically unsaturated bond and a solubility of at least 7 g in 100 g of water at 20° C. The copolymer X has a degree of swelling in electrolysis solution of less than 120 mass %.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a secondary battery with which it is possible to produce a slurry composition for a secondary battery electrode that has excellent preservation stability and can produce an electrode having excellent peel strength. The binder composition for a secondary battery contains a water-soluble polymer and polyvalent metal ions. The water-soluble polymer includes a vinyl alcohol structural unit and a carboxy group-containing monomer unit. The content of the polyvalent metal ions is not less than 0.1 mass ppm and not more than 10,000 mass ppm relative to the water-soluble polymer.

Abstract: A binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode contains a water-soluble polymer including, in a proportion of at least 0.1 mass % and not more than 20 mass %, a monomer unit derived from a monomer represented by general formula (1): CH2?C(R1) —C?O—NH—R2—OH (R1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group and R2 is (CHR3)n(O(CHR3)m)l[n=1 to 10; m=1 to 4; 1=0 to 3; and R3 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 4]).

Abstract: Provided is a conductive material paste for a lithium ion secondary battery electrode in which conductive carbon is dispersed well. The conductive material paste for a lithium ion secondary battery electrode contains a dispersant (A), a dispersant (B), conductive carbon, and a solvent. The dispersant (A) is a compound that includes not fewer than 2 and not more than 15 aromatic hydrocarbon monocycles and includes not fewer than 2 and not more than 15 functional groups including either or both of a sulfur atom and a nitrogen atom as averages per one molecule. The dispersant (B) includes an isothiazoline compound.

Abstract: In an air-conditioning, first flow passage selection device and a second flow passage selection device each are a constant-energized-type three-way valve in which a position of a main valve can be fixed in a de-energized state. When the refrigerant circuit is switched to the cooling circuit by a flow switching device, when at least one of the first flow passage selection device and the second flow passage selection device is in a de-energized state, the first flow passage selection device or the second flow passage selection device in the de-energized state is configured to output refrigerant discharged from the compressor and input therein via the flow switching device and the bypass pipe to a corresponding one of an upper-side outdoor heat exchanger and a lower-side outdoor heat exchanger.