Abstract: A template substrate including a first seed region and a growth restricting region that are aligned in a first direction, and a first semiconductor part positioned above the template substrate are provided, the first semiconductor part includes a first base positioned above the first seed region, and a first wing connected to the first base, the first wing facing the growth restricting region with a first void space interposed therebetween, the first wing includes an edge positioned above the growth restricting region, and a ratio of a width of the first void space with respect to a thickness of the first void space in the first direction is equal to or larger than 5.0.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, for example, a compound represented by the general formula below or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate of the compound or salt: wherein X1, X2, X3 and X4 are each independently —CR2? or N?, R2 is, for example, a halogen atom, R1 is, for example, —S(?O)2—NH—R8, R8 is, for example, a C1-6 alkyl group, R3 is, for example, a hydrogen atom, R5 is, for example, a halogen atom, R6 is, for example, a hydrogen atom, and R4 is, for example, a cyclopropyl group. The compounds, salts or solvates provided by the present disclosure exhibit high RAF/MEK complex-stabilizing activity and can be used for the treatment or prevention of cell proliferative disorders, particularly cancers.

Abstract: A position search system includes a tag that sends a signal that includes identification information, a plurality of communication terminals each of which receives the signal that is sent by the tag, and a server that collects information from the communication terminals each of which has received the signal sent by the tag. The tag includes first processing circuitry configured to determine whether or not a movement has been made by the tag, set, as the signal to be sent by the tag, a first signal when presence of a first communication terminal that has been paired with the tag from among the plurality of communication terminals is being sensed, or, after a pair with the first communication terminal has been canceled or after the presence of the first communication terminal is no longer sensed, and set, as the signal to be sent by the tag, a second signal.

Abstract: A position search system includes a tag that transmits a signal containing identification information, a plurality of communication terminal devices that receive the signal that the tag transmits, and a server that collects information from a communication terminal device that receives the signal that the tag transmits, wherein the tag includes first processing circuitry configured to set a first signal as the signal that the tag transmits when the tag senses presence of a first communication terminal device that is paired with the tag among the communication terminal devices or when the tag is able to sense presence of a second communication terminal device with which the tag is able to communicate after pairing with the first communication terminal device is canceled or after the tag stops sensing presence of the first communication terminal device, and set a second signal.

Abstract: In a method of producing a hydrocarbon-based synthetic fuel by adding water to a base oil, it is intended to increase a ratio of the synthetic fuel to a hydrocarbon-based fuel as the base oil, more significantly than ever before. Specifically, provided is a method of producing a hydrocarbon-based synthetic fuel oil having a volume greater than that of a hydrocarbon-based base fuel oil, by adding water to the hydrocarbon-based base fuel oil, wherein a first-order hydrocarbon-based synthetic fuel oil produced by the production method is used as a base fuel oil for producing a second-order hydrocarbon-based synthetic fuel oil, or this process is repeated plural times in sequence, thereby producing a hydrocarbon-based synthetic fuel having a high water addition rate.

Abstract: Water-added fuel production method comprising: a water activation step of applying an electrical stimulation to water by means of high-voltage application or the like, to thereby activate molecules of the water; a stirring and mixing step of mixing the water in a state after undergoing the water activation step and in which at least one selected from the group consisting of catalase, sodium hydroxide and an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution is added as an additive thereto, with the raw fuel oil, and stirring the resulting mixture; and a fusion step of fusing the raw fuel oil and the water during the stirring and mixing step or after undergoing the stirring and mixing step, together under a high temperature and a high pressure.

Abstract: A steel sheet for a crown cap having sufficient strength and formability suitable for forming crown caps even when reduced in gauge, and a method for producing the steel sheet for a crown cap. The steel sheet for a crown cap having a composition that includes, in terms of % by mass: C: 0.002% or more and 0.010% or less, Si: 0.05% or less, Mn: 0.05% or more and 0.30% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: less than 0.0100%, N: 0.0050% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The C content is more than 0.003% when the Al content is 0.005% or more. The yield strength in the rolling direction is 500 MPa or more. The average Lankford value is 1.3 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a spiral tube-like heater capable of accurately controlling a temperature over a wide range and reducing a problem in safety caused by the disconnection of a heating element. In a spiral tube-like heater (1) in which a first heat-resistive resin tape (4) and a second heat-resistive resin tape (6) are laminated through an adhesive layer (10) while two or more heating elements (2) extending in the longitudinal direction are interposed therebetween, the two or more heating elements (2) are disposed while being insulated from each other and are respectively and independently joined to different lead wires (8) from the outside.

Abstract: A porous polyimide is obtained by pulverizing a foam product of a polyimide precursor. Particularly, the foam product of the polyimide precursor is a product of heating the polyimide precursor for foaming with microwave radiation and has the imidization ratio of 10 to 90%, and is preferably a foam product including a tetracarboxylic acid component, which contains 50 mol % or more of biphenyltetracarboxylic acids and is monoesterified and/or diesterified in parts with a lower aliphatic primary alcohol with the number of carbon atoms of 4 or less, and a diamine component containing 90 mol % or more of an aromatic diamine, and being a monomer salt of which the ratio of the tetracarboxylic acid component and the diamine component is approximately 2:1 and in a solid form dispersed at molecular level.

Abstract: Disclosed are polyimide short fibers having an extremely high heat resistance, suitable for non-woven fabrics and paper, and having many branches. Specifically, disclosed are polyimide short fibers having many branches, which are produced by beating and loosening a specific foamed polyimide material. The foamed material preferably comprises a polyimide produced using 2,3,3?,4?-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid as an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid component, preferably has a glass transition temperature of 300° C. or higher, and preferably has an expansion ratio of 20 times or more.

Abstract: An optical fiber cutting device includes a fiber holding part holding an optical fiber to be cutting processed, a fiber holding part provided in line with an interval from the fiber holding part and holding a glass core wire part of the optical fiber of which cover is removed, a round blade unit attaching a starting point scratch at a lower surface of a glass core wire of the optical fiber held between the fiber holding parts, and a cutting block pressing an upper surface of the glass core wire corresponding to the starting point scratch from upward, and applying a tensile and a bending stresses to the glass core wire, wherein at least an end face of the cutting block pressing the glass core wire is formed with a rigid material in an R-state along an axis direction of the glass core wire, and the end face is smoothly processed.

Abstract: A thermosetting solution composition composed of a biphenyltetracarboxylic acid compound containing a partial lower aliphatic alkyl ester of 2,3,3?,4?-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid and/or a partial lower aliphatic alkyl ester of 2,2?,3,3?-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid, an aromatic diamine compound in a molar amount larger than a molar amount of the biphenyltetracarboxylic acid compound, a partial lower aliphatic alkyl ester of 4-(2-phenylethynyl)phthalic acid compound in a molar amount as much as 1.8-2.2 times a molar amount corresponding to a difference between the molar amount of the aromatic diamine compound and the molar amount of the biphenyltetracarboxylic acid compound, and an organic solvent composed of a lower aliphatic alcohol is of value for manufacture of a prepreg.

Abstract: Disclosed are polyimide short fibers having an extremely high heat resistance, suitable for non-woven fabrics and paper, and having many branches. Specifically, disclosed are polyimide short fibers having many branches, which are produced by beating and loosening a specific foamed polyimide material. The foamed material preferably comprises a polyimide produced using 2, 3, 3?, 4?-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid as an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid component, preferably has a glass transition temperature of 300° C. or higher, and preferably has an expansion ratio of 20 times or more.

Abstract: A fiber clamp mechanism of an optical fiber fusion splicer includes a fiber receiving base and a clamp tip attached to a tip of a stay, in which the fiber receiving base is formed to have a substantially L-shaped cross section in which a thin-walled projecting piece is provided to project upward, and a V-groove with a thin wall holding an optical fiber is formed on an upper surface of the projecting piece, the clamp tip is formed to have a substantially L-shaped cross section in which a projecting piece having a V-shaped pressing portion with a thin wall formed along the V-groove projects downward and is fixed to the tip of the stay, and a tip of the V-shaped pressing portion is formed to have an R-shape along an axial direction of the optical fiber.

Abstract: Provided are flexible heater excellent in heat resistance and in terminal strength, and a method for manufacturing same. A flexible heater 2 includes: a based member 10; a heating element circuit 12 formed on the base member 10; a heating element circuit cover member 14 which covers the heating element circuit 12; and a pair of lead wires 17 and 17 connected to a pair of connection end portions 12a and 12a of heating element circuit 12. The heating element circuit cover member 14 has opened portions 14a and 14a for not covering connection end portions 12a and 12a and their surroundings. The connection end portions 12a and 12a and their surroundings, and portions of the lead wires 17 and 17 above the base member 10 are covered through a heat-resistant adhesive 20 with an end portion cover member 22 provided separately from heating element circuit cover member 14.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a case including a surface, a bottom face and a first hole arranged on the bottom face; a first connector on the bottom face of the case; and a guide pin arranged in the first hole and being capable of moving in the first hole.

Abstract: An agitating device for agitating the exhaust gas of an engine includes a base plate having a plurality of through holes that are defined by radially extending spoke portions and a ring-like rim portion and are arranged in a circular pattern in a circumferential direction of the base plate, and a plurality of fins expanding from the respective spokes on a slant with respect to the base plate. The base plate is fixed in the exhaust passage by the rim portion being jointed to the exhaust passage at welded portions. The welded portions are each disposed in an area between respective two adjacent spoke portions in the circumferential direction of the base plate, and an outer edge of the rim portion positioned on the outer side of the rim portion in extending directions of the spoke portions is located next to the exhaust passage with a gap provided therebetween.

Abstract: A polyimide powder for an antistatic polyimide molded product is disclosed. The polyimide powder comprises a polyimide-powder prepared from an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid component and a diamine component, and a conductive carbon black having a DBP oil absorption of 300 ml/100 g or more; wherein the amount of the conductive carbon black is within a range of 0.75 wt % to 5 wt % relative to the polyimide-powder. A polyimide molded product with sufficient antistatic property can be formed by molding the above polyimide powder.

Abstract: According to an optical fiber splicing technique in which optical fibers F11 and F12 respectively connected to optical members 3 and 4 of an optical member unit are connected by fusion splicing, the plurality of optical fibers F11 and F12 and a looped turn-around fiber F21 are positioned facing each other and connected by fusion splicing, to connect the plurality of optical fibers F11 and F12 with each other.

Abstract: A steel sheet for containers that has a hardness of 500 MPa or more and superior workability and a method for producing the steel sheet are provided. A steel containing, in percent by mass, 0.01% to 0.05% carbon, 0.04% or less silicon, 0.1% to 1.2% manganese, 0.10% or less sulfur, 0.001% to 0.100% aluminum, 0.10% or less nitrogen, and 0.0020% to 0.100% phosphorus, the balance being iron and incidental impurities, is subjected to hot rolling at a finishing temperature of (Ar3 transformation temperatute?30)° C. or more and a coiling temperature of 400° C. to 750° C., is subjected to pickling and cold rolling, is subjected to continuous annealing including overaging treatment, and is subjected to second cold rolling at a reduction rate of 20% to 50%, thus providing a high-strength steel sheet for containers that has a tensile strength of 500 MPa or more and a proof stress difference between width and rolling directions of 20 MPa or less.