Abstract:
Materials having charge-storing properties and made variously of dipyridine-fused benzoquinones of formula (1) below or derivatives thereof, dipyridine-fused benzoquinones of formula (4) below or derivatives thereof, or dipyridine-fused benzoquinone skeleton-containing polymers are provided. In the formulas, Ar1 and Ar2 are each independently a pyridine ring that forms together with two carbon atoms on a benzoquinone skeleton, or a derivative thereof. When used as electrode active materials, these charge storage materials are capable of providing high-performance batteries possessing a high capacity, high rate characteristics and high cycle characteristics.
Abstract:
A well has a pair of side surfaces, and one of the side surfaces is in contact with a compartment of a first channel with a gas-permeable membrane being interposed therebetween and the other side surface is in contact with a compartment of a second channel with a gas-permeable membrane being interposed therebetween. The well is filled with a liquid cell culture medium, and in such a state, a high-concentration gas and a low-concentration gas, which are different in the concentration of a specific component from each other, are allowed to flow through the first and second channels, respectively, to form a concentration distribution of the specific component in the well.
Abstract:
A method of producing fibrous carbon nanostructures uses a fluidized bed process, and comprises supplying a source gas to a reaction site in which a supported catalyst having a particulate carrier and a catalyst supported on a surface of the carrier is fluidizing, to form fibrous carbon nanostructures on the catalyst of the supported catalyst, wherein the source gas contains a double bond-containing hydrocarbon and carbon dioxide, and a content of the carbon dioxide is 0.3 vol % or more with respect to a total volume of the source gas.
Abstract:
A control system (10) according to the present invention includes a robot arm (11) provided in a manner capable of moving in a given space, a motor (14) for operating the robot arm (11), a torque adjustment device (16) for operating in a manner capable of adjusting a transmitted torque that is transmitted from the motor (14) to the robot arm (11), and a control device (19) for performing operation control of the robot arm (11). The robot arm (11) is provided with a gravity-compensating mechanism (12) for cancelling an effect of gravity due to the robot arm (11), and the control device (19) commands adjustment of the transmitted torque at the torque adjustment device (16), without taking into account the effect of the gravity of the robot arm (11).
Abstract:
It is provided a processor system comprising at least one processor core provided on a semiconductor chip and including a processor, a memory and an accelerator. The memory includes an instruction area, a synchronization flag area and a data area. The accelerator starts, even if the processor is executing another processing, acceleration processing and executes the task in a case of confirming that a flag indicating that the processor has completed predetermined processing has been written into the synchronization flag area; and stores the data subjected to the acceleration processing into the data area, and further writes a flag indicating that the completion of the acceleration processing. The processor starts, even if the accelerator is executing another processing, the task corresponding to a flag in a case of confirming that the flag indicating the completion of the acceleration processing has been written into the synchronization flag area.
Abstract:
A light-emitting electrochemical cell 10 includes an emitting layer 12 and electrodes 13 and 14, one on each side of the emitting layer 12. The emitting layer 12 contains a light-emitting material and an ionic compound. The ionic compound has general formula (1), wherein M is N or P; R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent a C1-C20 saturated aliphatic group; and X is preferably an anion having a phosphoric ester bond or a sulfuric ester bond. The light-emitting material is preferably an organic light-emitting polymer, a metal complex, an organic low molecular compound, or a quantum dot.
Abstract:
It is provided a processor system comprising at least one processor core provided on a semiconductor chip and including a processor, a memory and an accelerator. The memory includes an instruction area, a synchronization flag area and a data area. The accelerator starts, even if the processor is executing another processing, acceleration processing and executes the task in a case of confirming that a flag indicating that the processor has completed predetermined processing has been written into the synchronization flag area; and stores the data subjected to the acceleration processing into the data area, and further writes a flag indicating that the completion of the acceleration processing. The processor starts, even if the accelerator is executing another processing, the task corresponding to a flag in a case of confirming that the flag indicating the completion of the acceleration processing has been written into the synchronization flag area.
Abstract:
A puncture assistance system provides information on a collapse state of a blood vessel to be punctured, caused by pressing action of an ultrasonic probe, when ultrasonic images of the blood vessel are acquired. A puncture assistance system 10 includes: vascular diameter detecting means 18 for detecting a vascular diameter during acquisition of the ultrasonic images from an ultrasonic diagnostic device 11; puncture assistance information generating means 12 for generating puncture assistance information for determination of whether or not puncture is allowed to be performed based on a collapse state of a blood vessel B caused by pressing action of an ultrasonic probe 15 against skin S by comparing a current vascular diameter detected by the vascular diameter detecting means 18 with a standard vascular diameter stored in advance; and a monitor 19 that presents the puncture assistance information.
Abstract:
An adsorption characteristic measuring apparatus according to the invention supplies a predetermined adsorption gas to a film formed body as a sample accommodated in a sample tube to measure adsorption characteristics. In the inside of the sample tube, a void between an inner wall surface of the sample tube and the sample is filled with a particle-like filler having higher thermal conductivity than the adsorption gas under a measurement pressure. In addition, a glass rod as a dead volume reducing rod, a spacer ring for forming a thermal insulation space between the particle-like filler and the glass rod, and a reflective plate for reflecting radiant heat are disposed.
Abstract:
A parallelization compiling method includes analyzing a sequential program prepared for a single-core processor; dividing the sequential program into a plurality of processes based on an analysis result; and generating a parallelized program, which is subjected to a parallelized execution by a multi-core processor, from the plurality of processes. The generating of the parallelized program includes compiling the plurality of processes under an execution order restriction defined based on a predetermined parameter.