Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a multilayer analytical element having a non-fibrous porous film with high film strength, which does not produce uneven coloration in the form of a white-out and which has high accuracy of analysis. The present invention provides a dry multilayer analytical element for the analysis of a liquid sample which comprises a water-non-transmitting planar support on one side of which at least one adhesion layer and a porous liquid-sample-developing layer are integrally layered in the mentioned order, wherein the porous liquid-sample-developing layer comprises a non-fibrous porous film whose bending fracture strength is 20 g weight or more and whose elongation ratio when pulled with a 50-g weight is 2% or less, and wherein a adhesion layer polymer binder is caused to become seeped up in the non-fibrous porous film to 2 to 50 ?m.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device is disclosed. The device includes an anode, a cathode formed above the anode, a light-emitting layer containing an organic light-emitting material that is formed between the anode and the cathode, a hole-injecting layer on the anode that includes a hole-transporting material and an acceptor, and an electron-transporting suppressing stack between the hole-injecting layer and the light-emitting layer. The electron-transporting suppressing stack consists of multiple carrier-transporting layers, and forms energy barriers relative to electrons flowing from the light-emitting layer to the hole-injecting layer.

Abstract: In an optical signal transmission system which can perform high-speed optical transmission not lower than 1 Gbps, VCSEL has light-emission points. A core diameter of an optical fiber GI-POF is set to not lower than 200 ?m, and the light-emission points of VCSEL are arranged inside an outer periphery at an end face of GI-POF. A polymerization composition material constituting the core of GI-POF is made of a compound containing deuterated poly methacrylic ester. A wavelength of the light beam of VCSEL is set to the range of 770 nm to 810 nm.

Abstract: The image forming method includes a recording step of recording an image on an image recording layer of an image recording medium according to image data, a material setting step of setting a coating film to be provided on the image recording layer according to glossiness data indicating glossiness of the image reproduced by the image data, a condition setting step of determining a condition of a surface processing of the coating film by considering the set coating film and according to the glossiness data, and a processing step of performing the surface processing of the coating film in accordance with the determined surface processing condition.

Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a self-emitting first display device (10) which is in a light transmission state when no image is displayed, and a second display device (40) which is formed on the first display device (10), and is capable of being switched between a light transmission state and a light non-transmission state, wherein an image which is displayed by the first display device and an image which is displayed by the second display device are superposed upon one another to display a prescribed image. By configuring such a display apparatus, a good black color display can be obtained, and a full color display with a good contrast can be provided even if the surrounding light is intense. In addition, by causing the display device (40) to provide a solid black color display, the information on the display surface on the display device (10) side will not be displayed on the display surface on the display device (40) side.

Abstract: (wherein R1 and R4 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkenyl, or the like; R5 represents a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or the like; R2 represents —C(?W)R6 or the like; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, —C(?WA)R6A, or the like) Antitumor agents which comprises a thiadiazoline derivative represented by the aforementioned general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient are provided.

Abstract: A multi-nozzle ink jet head using piezoelectric elements and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. A head (1) has a nozzle member (10) in which a plurality of nozzles (12) are formed, a pressure chamber wall member (14) in which a plurality of pressure chambers (15) are formed, and piezoelectric type actuators that have a diaphragm (18) and a plurality of piezo elements (19) and apply pressure to each of the plurality of pressure chambers for ejecting ink from the nozzles. A rigid coating member (23, 25) is provided on inner surfaces of the pressure chamber walls or on parts of the diaphragm in contact with the pressure chamber wall member, thus increasing the rigidity of the pressure chamber walls.

Abstract: A method of producing a near-infrared absorbing dye compound, useful for image forming materials, infrared heat-sensitive recording devices, optical film materials, and the like, containing a process of reacting a compound represented by formula (I) with peroxomonosulfuric acid or its salt. wherein R111, R112, R121, R122, R131, R132, R141 and R142 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; R103, R113, R123, R133 and R143 each independently represent a substituent; and n103, n113, n123, n133 and n143 each independently denote an integer from 0 to 4.

Abstract: (wherein R1 and R4 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkenyl, or the like; R5 represents a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or the like; R2 represents —C(?W)R6 or the like; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, —C(?WA)R6A, or the like) Antitumor agents which comprises a thiadiazoline derivative represented by the aforementioned general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient are provided.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an organic electroluminescent device emitting a light at an emission chromaticity properly adjusted while the luminescence brightness is kept constant. The organic electroluminescent device according to the invention, has an organic electroluminescence element having electrodes and an organic electroluminescent layer emitting white light at a chromaticity corresponding to the drive current density formed between the electrodes, and a drive unit driving the organic electroluminescence element while supplying current and controlling the drive current and the current-applying period per unit time in response to chromaticity adjustment input.

Abstract: Provided is a cellulose acylate film formed through melt casting that is capable of being built in liquid-crystal display devices to solve the display trouble at the time of black level of display. That is a cellulose acylate film formed through melt casting, in which the number of polarizing minor impurities is from 0 to 10/mm2 and the number of black impurities is from 0 to 10/mm2, and which has a transmittance at 450 nm (T450) of from 90 to 100%.

Abstract: The hard copy has a transparent coat layer which is formed on an image recording surface of a recording medium on a side of which an image is recorded and covers at least a part of the image recording surface. The transparent coat layer has asperities corresponding to three-dimensional information of the image, materials of objects forming the image, or density variation in the surface area of the image. The size, shape, spacing, height or other features of the asperities can be varied. The hard copy creation method records the image on the recording medium on the side of the image recording surface and then forms on the image recording surface the transparent coat layer having the asperities. The hard copy is created by first printing the image, and then forming on the image a transparent coat layer with the asperities.

Abstract: Preference of tone and color for a specific target is reflected on image data obtained by a digital camera, and colors and tones can be set as desired for each model of a digital camera. A reference tone setting menu and a model tone setting menu are prepared in a memory and can be customized when provided to tone setting device. Color correction device can also select and customize a desired one of reference color correction conditions and a desired one of model color correction conditions from a reference color correction menu and a model color correction menu prepared in a memory.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus comprises: an ink ejection device which ejects droplets of a radiation-curable ink onto a recording medium; a conveyance device which causes the ink ejection device and the recording medium to move relatively to each other in a relative movement direction by conveying at least one of the ink ejection device and the recording medium; a radiation irradiation device which irradiates radiation to the droplets deposited on the recording medium by the ink ejection device; a dot formation conditions determination device which determines a dot size of dots and a pitch between adjacent dots to be formed by the ejected droplets, according to print data; and a droplet ejection timing control device which sets an ejection interval between the droplets according to information relating to the dot size and the dot pitch determined by the dot formation conditions determination device, and controls an ejection timing of a subsequent droplet ejected subsequently in an overlapping fashion, in such a

Abstract: To provide an image-receiving sheet for electrophotography that suppresses blocking, allows toner images to fix satisfactorily, has excellent glossiness and reduced brittleness and can form high-quality images and to provide a process for image formation using the image-receiving sheet for electrophotography, an image-receiving sheet for electrophotography includes a substrate containing a base and a resin layer arranged on at least one side of the base; and at least one toner-image-receiving layer arranged on the resin layer of the substrate. The resin layer arranged between the toner-image-receiving layer and the base includes a polyethylene resin having a mass-average density of 0.935 g/cm3 or less and/or a melt flow rate MFR of 11 g/10 min. or less. In addition, an image-receiving sheet for electrophotography including a support and at least one toner-image-receiving layer over the support, the toner-image-receiving layer including a polyolefin resin.

Abstract: The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head having a plurality of ejection ports which eject droplets of liquid; a light emitting device which emits a determination light beam intersecting with flight paths of the droplets ejected from at least two of the ejection ports to be examined; a light receiving device which receives the determination light beam having passed through the flight paths of the droplets and outputs a determination signal corresponding to an amount of received light; an ejection port selection device which selects the at least two of the ejection ports to be examined so that the at least two of the ejection ports are disposed on a line parallel to an optical axis of the determination light beam, and that a distance between the at least two of the ejection ports along the optical axis of the determination light beam is smaller than a prescribed specific distance; an ejection control device which performs ejection driving to eject the droplets at substantially same time f

Abstract: There is provided an album whose contents of images is well balanced.

Abstract: To provide a polarizing plate which has superior characteristics of expressing in-plane and thicknesswise retardation and which is less susceptible to time-varying changes in retardation value attributable to ambient humidity, as well as to provide a liquid crystal display which undergoes little tune-varying change in view angle characteristic, the polarizing plate which contains a transparent protective film having the retardation specified in the specification is housed in a moisture-proofed container under the humidity condition specified in the specification, and the liquid crystal display contains the polarizing plate.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes: an image capturing section for capturing an image; a person determining section for determining whether the image captured by the image capturing section includes any person; an input notification section for notifying a user that the person included in the image captured by the image capturing section should be inputted when the image determining section determines that the image includes the person; a personal identification information input section for causing the user to input personal identification information indicative of the person included in the image captured by the image capturing section by a predetermined timing after the input notification section notifies the user that the person included in the image captured by the image capturing section should be inputted; and an image storage section for storing the personal identification information inputted by the personal identification information input section in association with the image captured by the ima

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device is provided and has; three photoelectric conversion layers stacked above a semiconductor substrate 1, each detecting a different color; three signal charge accumulators in a semiconductor substrate for accumulating signal charges generated in each of the three photoelectric conversion layers: and a signal readout circuit in the semiconductor substrate for reading out signals corresponding to the signal charges accumulated in the signal charge accumulators. The three signal charge accumulators are arranged in a direction in the surface of the semiconductor substrate as a pixel and a plurality of the pixels are arranged in a square lattice pattern both in the direction and a direction perpendicular thereto. The three signal charge accumulators arranged in each pixel in an odd row are arranged such that an array of the signal charge accumulators in the first sub-row of each pixel has all of the three signal charge accumulators.