Abstract: The invention relates to a clamp (10) for a flexible tube, in particular an infusion tube, composed of a substantially U-shaped plastic band, the free end (111) of the first branch (11?) of the U being bent over, so as to form the head (11) of the clamp, to the free end (121) of the second branch, called the back (12), in such a way that, in the closed position, the free end (121) of the back (12) is situated resting under the free end (111) of the head (11), whereas, in the opened position, the free end (121) of the back (12) is situated at a distance above the free end (111) of the head (11), the clamp having a pair of openings (114, 134) to allow a flexible tube to extend through the clamp and be supported by the latter, and two opposite projections (113, 123) for obturating the flexible tube by compressing it when the clamp is in the closed position.

Abstract: A patterning process includes (1) coating a first positive resist composition onto a substrate, baking, exposing, post-exposure baking, and alkali developing to form a first resist pattern, (2) coating a resist-modifying composition onto the first resist pattern and heating to effect modifying treatment, and (3) coating a second positive resist composition, baking, exposing, post-exposure baking, and alkali developing to form a second resist pattern. The resist modifying composition comprises a base resin comprising recurring units having formula (1) wherein A1 is alkylene, R1 is H or methyl, R2 is alkyl or bond together to form a nitrogen-containing heterocycle, and an alcohol-based solvent.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising, forming a first gate electrode in a first region of a semiconductor substrate and forming a second gate electrode in a second region of the semiconductor substrate, forming a first sidewall along a lateral wall of the first gate electrode and forming a second sidewall along a lateral wall of the second gate electrode, forming an oxide film to cover the semiconductor substrate, the first gate electrode, the second gate electrode, the first sidewall and the second sidewall, forming a resist above the oxide film to cover the first region, removing the oxide film in the second region by etching the oxide film with the resist serving as a mask, removing the resist, and executing a plasma process by using a gas containing chlorine with respect to the semiconductor substrate and the oxide film in the first region.

Abstract: A combined cycle power generating plant that can realize a reduction in the start-up time includes a gas turbine, a steam turbine, a steam supplying section that supplies steam to the gas turbine, a first steam pipe that directs steam from the steam supplying section to the gas turbine, a second steam pipe that directs steam from the gas turbine to the steam turbine, a first release section that carries out control such that the supply destination of steam that is directed to the first steam pipe is one of either the outside of the gas turbine or the outside of the first steam pipe, a second release section that carries out control such that the supply destination of steam that is directed to the second steam pipe is one of either the outside of the steam turbine or the outside of the second steam pipe, and a bypass pipe that directs at least a portion of the steam inside the first steam pipe to the second steam pipe between the gas turbine and the second steam pipe.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a photobase generator capable of efficiently generating amines (tertiary amines and amidine) high in catalytic activity by sensing light with a wavelength of from 350 to 500 nm (especially, from 400 to 500 nm). The present invention is a photobase generator characterized in being represented by general formula (1) or (2). Y+ is a quaternary ammonio group of general formula (3) to (5), and X? is a counter anion selected from among a borate anion, a phenolate anion, and a carboxylate anion.

Abstract: An injection foam molding machine according to the present invention includes: a clamping unit that moves a movable die plate 3 relative to a fixed die plate 2 to clamp the die plates; a fixed side mold attached to the fixed die plate 2; a movable side mold attached to the movable die plate 3; a plurality of drive units 50 that widen an interval between both of the die plates 2 and 3; and a die-plate-interval adjusting unit 60 that adjusts a distance over which the movable die plate 3 is moved by the drive units 50, and when a molten foam resin is foamed, an inner-side interval within the mold cavity is determined, and thus an accurate molded product can be obtained.

Abstract: A polarizing plate of the present invention includes a polyvinyl alcohol-based polarizer and transparent protective films provided on both sides of the polarizer with an adhesive layer interposed between the polarizer and each transparent protective film, wherein the transparent protective film on one side comprises a lactone ring structure-containing (meth)acrylic resin and is a retardation plate having an in-plane retardation of 40 nm or more and/or a thickness direction retardation of 80 nm or more, and the transparent protective film on the other side has an in-plane retardation of less than 40 nm and a thickness direction retardation of less than 80 nm. The polarizing plate can satisfy durability and display uniformity (unevenness).

Abstract: The semiconductor device includes an n-channel transistor including n-type source/drain regions and a first gate electrode, a first sidewall insulating film formed on a side wall of the first gate electrode and having a Young's modulus smaller than a Young's modulus of silicon, a p-channel transistor including p-type source/drain regions and a second gate electrode, a second sidewall insulating film formed on a side wall of the second gate electrode and having a Young's modulus larger than the Young's modulus of silicon, a tensile stressor film formed, covering the n-channel transistor, and a compressive stressor film formed, covering the p-channel transistor.

Abstract: Provided is a cleaning agent for electronic materials, which enables very efficient advanced cleaning such that yield in the production of the electronic materials is improved and cleaning in a short period of time becomes possible, the cleaning agent having excellent cleaning power for fine-grained particles and organic matter and being able to reduce metallic contamination on the substrate. The cleaning agent for electronic materials comprises sulfamic acid (A), an anionic surfactant having at least one sulfonic acid group or a salt thereof in the molecule (B), a chelating agent (C), and water, wherein the pH at 25 C is preferably not more than 3.0 and the (B) is preferably a polymeric anionic surfactant (B1) having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 2,000,000.

Abstract: A composite of a magnesium part or a magnesium alloy part and a resin composition, improved to have high corrosion resistance, is manufactured by: a step of shaping a magnesium alloy part 1 from a casting or an intermediate material; a step of immersing and chemically etching the shaped part in an acidic aqueous solution; a step of immersing the chemically etched shaped part in an aqueous solution containing potassium permanganate and forming on the surface thereof a thin layer having manganese oxide as a component; a step of inserting the part, on which the thin layer has been formed, into a metallic mold for injection molding and injecting into the mold a resin composition selected out of a resin composition whose main component is polyphenylene sulfide, a resin composition whose main component is a polybutylene terephthalate resin and a resin composition whose main component is an aromatic polyamide resin and then integrally affixing the magnesium alloy part 1 and the resin composition 4; and a step of sub

Abstract: In an optical coordinate input apparatus, beams emitted from one light emitting element are simultaneously guided through a plurality of cores provided at a waveguide to edges on Y-side and X-side of light emitting sides of an operational area, a light receiving element group includes light receiving elements corresponding respectively to cores aligned on Y-side of light receiving sides and light receiving elements corresponding respectively to cores aligned on X-side of the light receiving sides of the operational area, a scan is performed on each of the light receiving elements sequentially so as to detect presence or absence of a light shielding signal, and a scan time for the scan of all the light receiving elements included in the light receiving element group is set to be not more than 1 ms.

Abstract: A cerium salt wherein, when 20 g of the cerium salt is dissolved in a mixed liquid of 12.5 g of 6N nitric acid and 12.5 g of a 30% hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution, a concentration of an insoluble component present in the solution is 5 ppm or less by mass ratio to the cerium salt before dissolution and cerium oxide produced by processing the cerium salt at high temperatures. Scratch on a surface to be polished can be reduced when a cerium based polishing slurry containing the cerium oxide particles is used, since an amount of impurities in cerium oxide particles and cerium salt particles, raw material thereof, is reduced for high purification.

Abstract: A technique of backing up data for networked storage devices using de-duplication is disclosed in which a communication device divides a to-be-stored new file into data blocks, defines and updates a statistical value representative of a history of reference to each data block within previous files, and transmits the statistical value to another communication device. The communication device, upon reception of the statistical value, selects a preloaded data block, based on the received statistical value, and transmits to another communication device a copying request for making a copy of a real data block identical to the preloaded data block. The communication device, upon reception of the copy, stores the copy as the preloaded data block.

Abstract: The present invention provides, as an enzyme which can be used for enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease, a protein having ?-galactosidase activity, which shows no allergic adverse side effect, shows a high stability in blood, and can be easily incorporated into a cell of an affected organ. The protein of the present invention is a protein which has acquired ?-galactosidase activity by changing the structure of the active site of wild-type human ?-N-acetylgalactosaminidase.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element from which an anode lead projects forward and having a surface on which a cathode layer is formed, an exterior resin covering the capacitor element, and anode and cathode terminals including, respectively, an anode and cathode terminal surfaces which are exposed from a bottom surface of the exterior resin. The anode terminal is formed from one metal plate, and includes a terminal part forming the anode terminal surface, a folded part folded back at a side edge of the terminal part and arranged over a top surface of the terminal part, and an upright part bent vertically to the top surface of the terminal part at a front edge or a rear edge of a tip end part of the folded part. A tip end part of the anode lead is electrically connected to a tip end of the upright part.

Abstract: A laminate type battery includes a laminate battery case and an electrode assembly. The laminate battery case includes two laminate films each having a metal layer and plastic layers provided on both faces of the metal layer, and has a welded portion in which peripheral edges of the two laminate films are welded to each other. The electrode assembly is enclosed in the laminate battery case, and has a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator disposed therebetween. An internal gas pressure sensing portion, in which the inner plastic layer of each of the laminate films is absent and the metal layers are in contact with each other so as to be in an electrically conductive state, is formed in a portion of the welded portion. A voltage detection hole, in which the outer plastic layer is absent and the metal layer is exposed, is formed in a surface of each of the two laminate films.

Abstract: A cam shaft phase variable device of an engine in which the attachment angle of a crankshaft and a cam shaft is maintained securely without being shifted by disturbance torque. The device has a drive body of revolution having a tubular section and a guide groove of reducing diameter and rotating relatively to the cam shaft and being driven by a crankshaft, a control body of revolution rotating relatively to the drive body through a rotary operating force imparting means and having the outer circumferential surface supported by the inner circumferential surface of the tubular section, an eccentric circular cam rotating synchronously, a movable member for displacing the guide groove, a cam guide intersecting the central axis perpendicularly and displaced by the eccentric circular cam, and an intermediate body of revolution displacing in the direction intersecting the cam guide perpendicularly while being supported on, and rotating integrally with, the camshaft.

Abstract: In an apparatus for fabricating an optical fiber, the apparatus includes a drawing furnace provided with an insertion opening for receiving an optical fiber perform, a feed mechanism configured to support one end of the optical fiber preform so as to feed into the drawing furnace, a first sealing unit configured to seal a clearance gap between the optical fiber preform and the insertion opening, and a second sealing unit configured to seal a gap between the optical fiber preform and the first sealing unit when a tapered portion formed at the one end side of the optical fiber preform passes through the insertion opening. As a result, the available entirety of the optical fiber preform can be changed to an optical fiber, so that the cost for fabricating the optical fiber can be significantly reduced.

Abstract: A resist protective coating material is provided comprising a polymer having a partial structure of formula (1) wherein R0 is H, F, alkyl or alkylene, and R1 is fluorinated alkyl or alkylene. In a pattern-forming process, the material forms on a resist film a protective coating which is water-insoluble, dissolvable in alkaline developer and immiscible with the resist film, allowing for effective implementation of immersion lithography. During alkali development, development of the resist film and removal of the protective coating can be simultaneously achieved.

Abstract: A biometrics authentication system uses biometrics authentication media to simplify the process of issuing biometrics authentication media, and reduce issuing costs. A biometrics authentication application is downloaded from a server to a mobile communication terminal, and an area for authenticated biometrics information is created. A user brings this mobile communication terminal to a service area and causes an image of his own biometrics information to be captured, and this biometrics data and an account number are stored in a common area of the mobile communication terminal. Therefore, the mobile communication terminal has functions of an individual card storing biometrics information, and issuing of a card for use in biometrics authentication is completed.