Abstract: A voice data creation device is a device configured to create voice data including an additional word which is a word to be added to a recognition target in a speech recognition system, and includes: a sentence example extraction unit configured to extract one or more text corpora including the additional word from a text corpus group including a plurality of text corpora consisting of sentence examples including a plurality of words; a sentence example selection unit configured to select a text corpus having a highest measure indicating a likelihood of occurrence as a sentence among the text corpora extracted by the sentence example extraction unit 11 as an optimal sentence example for the additional word; and a voice creation unit configured to output a synthesized voice of the optimal sentence example generated by a predetermined voice synthesis system as voice data corresponding to the additional word.

Abstract: An eccentric oscillation gear device according to the disclosure includes: a casing; a first member supported by the casing via a first bearing; a second member supported by the casing via a second bearing; and a fastening portion fastening the first member and the second member to each other in an axial direction of the casing. The fastening portion includes an externally threaded portion and an internally threaded portion. At least one selected from the group consisting of feet of threads of the externally threaded portion and roots of threads of the internally threaded portion has elasticity portions for facilitating elastic deformation of the threads associated with the elasticity portions when the externally threaded portion and the internally threaded portion are tightened to each other.

Abstract: A heating unit includes a board including metal, an insulating layer including insulating material and formed on a surface of the board, a heating element disposed on the insulating layer to generate heat by passing an electric current through the heating element, and a conductive portion electrically connecting the heating element and the board to each other. The heating unit further includes a first power supplying electrode electrically connected to the heating element and a second power supplying electrode electrically connected to the board. The heating element, the conductive portion and the board constitute an electric circuit between the first power supplying electrode and the second power supplying electrode. The heating element generates the heat in a case where the first power supplying electrode and the second power supplying electrode are electrically connected to a power source and the electric current is passed through the electric circuit.

Abstract: A cell system includes: a stacked-type cell module (100) having a plurality of lithium ion unit cells (1) being stacked and having through holes (3a, 3b) formed therein; a gas supply part (31); a cooling liquid supply part (32); a temperature sensor (35); and a control part (36) that controls switching between a normal control mode and a high-temperature control mode based on a signal from the temperature sensor (35). In the normal control mode, the control part (36) controls the gas supply part (31) to supply a gas to the through holes (3a, 3b), and at the same time, controls the cooling liquid supply part (32) to stop supply of a cooling liquid, and in the high-temperature control mode, the control part (36) controls the cooling liquid supply part (32) to supply the cooling liquid to the through holes (3a, 3b) to which the gas is supplied, and at the same time, controls the gas supply part (31) to stop supply of the gas.

Abstract: Provided is a hydrophilic treatment coating composition which imparts a soil guard property and is superior in durability of soil guard performance. Provided is a hydrophilic treatment coating composition for an inorganic substrate surface-treated with a silane coupling agent (S), comprising a hydrophilic compound (A) and a hydrophilic compound (B), wherein the hydrophilic compound (A) is a compound having at least one of a sulfonic acid group and an alkali metal salt of a sulfonic acid group, and the hydrophilic compound (B) is a compound having a quaternary ammonium cationic group.

Abstract: Provided is a means for imparting hydrophilicity to a surface of a sanitary facility by means other than hydrophilic particles. A sanitary facility having a hydrophilized organic surface, wherein the hydrophilized organic surface has at least an organic cationic group, and a zeta potential at pH=7 of the hydrophilized organic surface is more than ?40 mV.

Abstract: A positive electrode for a lithium-ion battery comprising a current collector and a positive electrode composition layer disposed on a surface of the current collector, wherein the current collector and the positive electrode composition layer are not adhered to each other, the positive electrode composition layer contains coated positive electrode active material particles in which at least a part of a surface of each positive electrode active material particle is coated with a coating layer containing a polymer compound (A), and a conductive auxiliary agent, the polymer compound (A) is any one of a copolymer (A1) having methacrylic acid, lauryl methacrylate and 1,6-hexanediol dimethacrylate as constituent monomers, a copolymer (A2) having isobornyl methacrylate and 1,6-hexanediol dimethacrylate as constituent monomers, or a copolymer (A3) having lauryl methacrylate, 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate and 1,6-hexanediol dimethacrylate as constituent monomers, the weight proportion of 1,6-hexanediol dimethacrylate con

Abstract: A dental impression material for use in a combination impression method includes a base material paste containing an alginate and water, a gelling agent, and a curing material paste containing a water-insoluble liquid compound, wherein a consistency of a kneaded material formed of the base material paste and the curing material paste is 36 mm or more, and a compressive strength of a cured body is 0.35 MPa or more.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention includes: a paste curing material used for dental alginate impression. The paste curing material includes a gelatinizing reactant; a poorly water-soluble liquid compound; and a smectite.

Abstract: A functional unit for a toilet system includes: a discharge section discharging, into a toilet bowl, a test agent that allows for determination of a health condition of a human body through a reaction with urine; an input device configured to allow a user to perform an operation for discharging the test agent from the discharge section; and a control section controlling the discharge section based on the operation of the input device by the user. A functional unit for a toilet system includes: a discharge section discharging, into a toilet bowl, a test agent that allows for determination of a health condition of a human body through a reaction with urine; a control section controlling the discharge section; and a sensor, in which the control section performs control to discharge at least one of foam or the test agent based on a detection by the sensor.

Abstract: A lithium ion battery module includes a first metal sheet, a power storage element, and a second metal sheet in this order, in which the power storage element includes a lithium ion cell in which a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer, a separator, a negative electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode current collector are laminated in this order, the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector are provided as outermost layers, and an electrolytic solution is enclosed by sealing outer peripheries of the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, a conductive elastic member is arranged between the positive electrode current collector of the outermost layer of the power storage element and the first metal sheet, and/or between the negative electrode current collector of the outermost layer of the power storage element and the second metal sheet, and the first metal she

Abstract: There is provided a production method for a recyclable electrode active material for a lithium ion battery, the lithium ion battery having a charge storage element including a first electrode that has a first current collector and a first electrode active material layer formed on the first current collector and consisting of a first electrode composition containing a first electrode active material, a second electrode that has a second current collector and a second electrode active material layer formed on the second current collector and consisting of a second electrode composition containing a second electrode active material, and a separator disposed between the first electrode active material layer and the second electrode active material layer, in which the first current collector is a first resin current collector, the production method including an isolation step of isolating the first electrode active material from the lithium ion battery in which a first current collector is a first resin current co

Abstract: A predoping method for a negative electrode active material to dope the negative electrode active material with lithium ions. The predoping method for a negative electrode active material includes: a predoping process and a post-doping modification process. In the predoping process, the negative electrode active material is doped with lithium ions, to thereby reduce a potential of the negative electrode active material relative to lithium metal. In the post-doping modification process, after the predoping process, reaction is caused between a reactive compound that is reactive with lithium ions and lithium ions doped into the negative electrode active material, to thereby increase the potential of the negative electrode active material relative to lithium metal. The potential of the negative electrode active material relative to lithium metal is 0.8 V or more at completion of the post-doping modification process.

Abstract: A word weight calculation system is a system that calculates the weight of an additional word registered in a word dictionary used for speech recognition, and includes: a text acquisition unit configured to acquire a combination of a speech recognition result text, which is a result of speech recognition using a word dictionary including an additional word with a predetermined weight set in advance, and a correct text, which is a correct answer for the speech recognition, the combination including the additional word in any of the texts; and a weight calculation unit configured to calculate the weight of the additional word according to an erroneous word corresponding to the additional word included in any of the acquired texts, and a preset number of preceding words before the additional word or the erroneous word included in the correct text.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a lithium ion battery having a set of a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer, a separator, a negative electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode current collector laminated in this order, and having a configuration in which outer peripheries of the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer are sealed with a sealing material and an electrolytic solution is enclosed, the method including: a step of manufacturing a positive electrode and/or a negative electrode by an electrode manufacturing step including a supply step of preparing a frame-shaped sealing material and a bottom member, and supplying an electrode active material composition containing electrode active material particles and an electrolytic solution to a space surrounded by the sealing material and the bottom member, and a compression step of compressing the electrode active material co

Abstract: A negative electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery provides a means for improving output characteristics at a high rate. The negative electrode has a negative electrode active material layer having a thickness of 150 to 1500 ?m formed on a surface of a current collector. In addition, the negative electrode active material layer includes coated negative electrode active material particles in which at least a part of a surface of a negative electrode active material is coated with a coating agent containing a coating resin and a conductive aid. Furthermore, a porosity of the negative electrode active material layer is 39.0% to 60.0% and a density of the negative electrode active material layer is 0.60 to 1.20 g/cm3.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nucleic acid molecule dimer that includes a first nucleic acid molecule having complementarity with at least part of a target nucleic acid molecule, and a second nucleic acid molecule having complementarity with the first nucleic acid molecule, wherein the first nucleic acid molecule has a linear form, the second nucleic acid molecule has a cyclic form, and the first and second nucleic acid molecules at least partially form a double strand.

Abstract: A heating unit includes a board including metal, an insulating layer including insulating material and formed on a surface of the board, a heating element disposed on the insulating layer to generate heat by passing an electric current through the heating element, and a conductive portion electrically connecting the heating element and the board to each other. The heating unit further includes a first power supplying electrode electrically connected to the heating element and a second power supplying electrode electrically connected to the board. The heating element, the conductive portion and the board constitute an electric circuit between the first power supplying electrode and the second power supplying electrode. The heating element generates the heat in a case where the first power supplying electrode and the second power supplying electrode are electrically connected to a power source and the electric current is passed through the electric circuit.

Abstract: A fixing unit includes a film including a tubular shape and configured to rotate, a heater arranged inside the film and including a heating resistor configured to generate heat by passing alternating current therethrough and an insulator configured to cover the heating resistor, a sliding member arranged between the heater and the film and configured to be in sliding contact with an inner surface of the film, the sliding member having electric conductivity, a pressing member configured to be in pressure contact with the sliding member across the film to form a nip portion between the sliding member and the pressing member, and a conductive member electrically connected to a ground potential via at least one impedance element. The sliding member is electrically connected to the conductive member.

Abstract: Provided is a technique capable of further improving the cycle characteristics in a negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which a silicon-based negative electrode active material and a carbon-based negative electrode active material are used in combination as a negative electrode active material, and constituent components of the electrode are not bound to each other via a binder. The negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the present invention has a configuration in which a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material is formed on a surface of a current collector. The negative electrode active material contains composite secondary particles in which silicon-based negative electrode active material particles and carbon-based negative electrode active material particles are bound to each other via a binder.