Abstract: The liquid supply device supplies ejection liquid to a plurality of ejection heads from a liquid tank, and comprises: a supply pipe which connects the liquid tank to the plurality of ejection heads, an upstream end portion of the supply pipe being connected to the liquid tank, a downstream side of the supply pipe being branched into a plurality of branch pipes having different numbers of branches by means of a plurality of ramifying sections, ends of the plurality of branch pipes being respectively connected to the plurality of ejection heads; and a flow path resistance altering device which alters a flow path resistance in at least one of flow paths from the plurality of ramifying sections to the plurality of ejection heads, wherein branch pipes having a relatively small number of branches among the plurality of branch pipes are connected to ejection heads having a relatively high ejection frequency among the plurality of ejection heads.

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: To provide a production method of an antireflection film excellent in the scratch resistance while having sufficiently high antireflection performance; an antireflection film obtained by the production method; and a polarizing plate and an image display device each comprising the antireflection film. A method for producing an antireflection film comprising a transparent substrate having thereon an antireflection layer comprising at least one layer, the production method comprising forming at least one layer on the transparent support by a layer forming method comprising the following steps (1) and (2): (1) a step of applying a coating layer on a transparent substrate, and (2) a step of curing the coating layer by irradiating ionizing radiation in an atmosphere having an oxygen concentration lower than the oxygen concentration in the air.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording ink set, comprising at least one recording liquid containing a colorant and a polymerizable compound and an ink spread suppressing liquid containing at least one surfactant and substantially no colorant, wherein all of the following conditions (A), (B) and (C) are satisfied, and an ink-jet recording method using the same: (A) the surface tension of the ink spread suppressing liquid is smaller than that of at least one recording liquid contained in the ink-jet recording ink set; (B) at least one of the surfactants contained in the ink spread suppressing liquid satisfies the following relationship: ?s(0)??s(saturated)>1 mN/m; and (C) the surface tension of the ink spread suppressing liquid satisfies the following relationship: ?s<(?s(0)+?s(saturated)max)/2.

Abstract: The camera comprises: an imaging device; a communicating device for transmitting and receiving information to and from a portable telephone capable of determining the communication area, and obtaining the images and maps of the imaging place and the information on the printing shops on the basis of information of the communication area held by the portable telephone; and a display for displaying the obtained images and maps of the imaging place and the information on the printing shops. The user can easily obtain and display the images and maps of the imaging place and the information on the printing shops.

Abstract: A bus arbitration method for arbitrating a bus in a computer capable of executing a plurality of tasks by a plurality of devices connected to the bus is provided and includes: acquiring a task information at a timing, the information containing a priority of each of the tasks and a usage rate of each of the devices for executing each of the tasks; producing an information of a bus use condition of each of the devices on the basis of the priority and the usage rate so that that the bus is preferentially assigned to a device necessary to execute a task having high priority; and arbitrating the bus between the devices according to the information of the bus use condition.

Abstract: A silver halide emulsion containing silver halide grains with a silver chloride content of at least 95 mole %, being sensitized with selenium and gold, and further containing at least two compounds each having a function of oxidizing metallic silver clusters; a silver halide photographic material containing the same; and a silver halide photographic material having red-, green, and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, wherein one of the emulsion layers contains a silver halide emulsion with a silver chloride content of at least 95 mole %, and the silver halide emulsion contains a selenium compound and a metal complex of formula (D1); [MD1XD1nLD1(6-n)]m ??formula (D1) wherein MD1 represents Cr, Mo, Re, Fe, Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Pd, or Pt; XD1 represents a halogen ion; LD1 represents a ligand other than XD1; n represents 3, 4, 5, or 6; and m represents 4?, 3?, 2?, 1?, 0, or 1+.

Abstract: An optical film is provided and contains at least one of a polycarbonate copolymer and a blend containing the polycarbonate copolymer. The polycarbonate copolymer contains specific repeating units. The optical film satisfies the following formulae (1) to (4). 0.1<Re(450)/Re(50)<0.95??(1) 1.03<Re(650)/Re(550)<1.93??(2) 0.4<(Re(450)/Rth(450))/(Re(550)/Rth(550))<0.95??(3) 1.05<(Re(650)/Rth(650))/(Re(550)/Rth(550))<1.

Abstract: To provide an optical compensatory element that can optically compensate a liquid crystal layer under a condition for displaying black more precisely and prevent light leakage at a wide viewing angle, and to provide a liquid crystal display and a liquid crystal projector using the optical compensatory element, an optical compensatory element includes a support, at least one first optically anisotropic layer derived from at least one of inorganic materials and arranged on or above at least one side of the support, and a second optically anisotropic layer derived from at least one of polymerizable liquid crystal compounds and being arranged on or above at least one side of the support.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal cell, two polarizing plates having a polarizer and a protective film satisfying (1) and (2) below, and an optical compensatory film satisfying (3)-(8) below and disposed between the liquid crystal cell and the polarizer: 0 nm?Re(?)?5 nm ??(1) ?20 nm?Rth(?)?20 nm ??(2) 20 nm<Re(548)<150 nm ??(3) 50 nm<Rth(548)<400 nm ??(4) 0.5<Re(446)/Re(548)<1 ??(5) 1.0<Re(628)/Re(548)<2.0 ??(6) 1.0<Rth(446)/Rth(548)<2.0 ??(7) 0.5<Rth(628)/Rth(548)<1.

Abstract: The invention provides an ink composition which includes a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, a colorant, and a high molecular compound having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (I). In formula (I), n represents an integer of from 1 to 5.

Abstract: An auxiliary scanning feed mechanism has a pair of curved feed guides for guiding a stimulable phosphor sheet along a curved feed path, and first and second roller pairs rotatable in synchronism with each other for gripping and feeding the stimulable phosphor sheet along the curved feed path. The first and second roller pairs have respective first and second drive rollers disposed inwardly of respective curved sections of the curved feed guides and respective first and second driven rollers.

Abstract: A new liquid crystal compound comprises two condensed and substituted rings. The ring preferably is a five-membered heterocyclic ring. The heterocyclic ring is preferably condensed with benzene ring or an aromatic six-membered heterocyclic ring. The benzene ring or the aromatic six-membered heterocyclic ring is preferably substituted with a group comprising a cyclic structure and a chain structure. The liquid crystal compound is advantageously used in preparation of a thin phase retarder, such as a wide-ranged ?/4 plate, which gives inverse wavelength distribution. The phase retarder can be easily produced according to a simple process by using the new liquid crystal compound.

Abstract: To provide a cellulose acylate film which exhibits excellent retardation values both in the film plane and along the direction perpendicular to the film plane, and undergoes less change in the retardation values by environmental humidity, and a polarizing plate using this film, a polarizing plate using the film, and a liquid crystal display undergoing less change in viewing angle characteristics, the cellulose acylate film satisfies formulae (I), (II), (V) and (VI), wherein Re(630) and Rth(630) is defined in the specification: 2.00?DS2+DS3+DS6?3.00??(I) DS6/(DS2+DS3+DS6)?0.

Abstract: A web processing apparatus has a cutting mechanism for cutting elongate webs of different widths from a raw web, a core rotating mechanism for selectively holding cores having different diameters and different axial lengths and rotating a selected one of the cores in opposite directions, a winding mechanism for supporting one of the elongate webs on an outer circumferential surface of the core to wind the elongate web in different winding directions when the core is rotated, and a cutting mechanism for cutting an end of the elongate web to produce a roll after the elongate web is wound around the core.

Abstract: As an ink for ink jet, containing at least a water-soluble dye having an anionic dissociable group, water and a water-soluble organic solvent, an ink including a cationic polymer capable of forming an ion pair with the anionic dissociable group is used. The cationic polymer is a water-soluble polymer, and at least one of cations is preferably derived from a nitrogen atom, and it is preferable to mix the cationic polymer and the water-soluble dye having the anionic desociable group in advance in water and to prepare an ink after eliminating the resulting salt.