Abstract: An immersion-type exposure apparatus includes a measurement area for measuring a substrate, an exposure area, which differs from the measurement area, for exposing the substrate via a projection optical system, plural stages configured to hold the substrate and to be movable between the exposure area and the measurement area, and a controller configured to control the driving of the plural stages, wherein in a case that one stage of the plural stage is positioned in the exposure area, and immersion liquid that is supplied onto the one stage is retained in exposure area and delivered to another stage, the controller is configured to determine a delivery position of the immersion liquid for the other stage based on at least a first processing position of the other stage.

Abstract: Provided is an inexpensive hot forging die which allows a desired shape to be obtained even from a large-sized forging material. A hot forging die, for closed die hot forging of a material to be forged, includes a plurality of ring-shaped die pieces which are combined concentrically and fastened with each other, wherein an axial direction of the ring-shaped die pieces is identical with a pressing direction when the material is forged, and wherein a die face and a build-up layer of a nickel-base super heat-resistant alloy are formed at a part of the hot forging die, which is brought into contact with the material to be forged.

Abstract: Provided is a hot upset forging method enabling high shape precision to be obtained. The hot upset forging method includes inserting a workpiece (1), with a bottom face diameter d and a height h satisfying h/d>3, into an insertion hole provided passing through a mold (2) of a height H disposed on an anvil (4), and increasing the diameter of the workpiece (1) while decreasing the height of the workpiece (1) to form a forged material. The mold satisfies the following relationships (1) to (3). (1) A shape of the insertion hole and the cross-sectional shape of the workpiece are substantially similar shapes. (2) The height h of the workpiece (1)?the height H of the mold (2). (3) A largest diameter dl of the workpiece 1, and the maximum inner diameter D of the insertion hole, in the height range of the workpiece (1), satisfy dl<D<dl×1.5.

Abstract: A polyphenylene sulfide resin composition has excellent heat resistance, flowability and lightweight property as well as surface smoothness and impact resistance. The polyphenylene sulfide resin composition includes 1 to 30 parts by weight of a mica (b) having an aspect ratio of not less than 80, relative to 100 parts by weight of a polyphenylene sulfide resin (a).

Abstract: An imaging apparatus for performing efficient signal processing depending on the operational mode. In the finder mode, a CCD interface 21a decimates horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit 10 to one-third and moreover processes the decimated image data with data conversion and resolution conversion to produce Y, Cb and Cr image data which are routed to and written in an image memory 32 over a memory controller 22. In the recording mode, the CCD interface 21a causes the image data from the image generating unit 10 to be written in the image memory 32 via memory controller 22 after decimation and gamma correction etc. The camera DSP 21c reads out the image data via memory controller 22 from the image memory 32 to effect data conversion for writing the resulting data via memory controller 22 in the image memory 32.

Abstract: There is provided a polyphenylene sulfide resin composition, comprising 5 to 95% by weight of a component (B) which is a polyphenylene sulfide resin having a weight-average molecular weight of not less than 10,000 and a weight loss percentage ?Wr of not greater than 0.18% under heating, relative to 95 to 5% by weight of a component (A) which is a polyphenylene sulfide resin having the weight loss percentage ?Wr of greater than 0.18%, wherein a total of the component (A) and the component (B) is equal to 100% by weight.

Abstract: [Solving Means] A resonance calculation program is configured to calculate an effective cross section including Step S4 of setting a calculation point in the gray range in the resonance region; Step S5 of calculating a neutron flux set at the calculation point and corresponding to a macroscopic cross section based on Method of Characteristics; Step S6 of fitting a fitting equation to the calculated macroscopic cross section and the calculated neutron flux, and calculating first and second rational coefficients; Step S7 of calculating a background cross section based on the first rational coefficient; Step S8 of interpolating the effective cross section, with the background cross section used as an argument; Step S9 of calculating the neutron flux based on the background cross section; and Step S10 of calculating the effective cross section based on the effective cross section, the neutron flux, and the second rational coefficient obtained at the coefficient calculation step.

Abstract: There is provided a polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin composition, comprising: 5 to 50 parts by weight of a polyamide resin (b) and 50 to 250 parts by weight of a metal hydroxide (c) relative to 100 parts by weight of a polyphenylene sulfide resin (a), wherein the metal hydroxide is dispersed in the composition at an average secondary particle diameter equal to or less than 5 ?m. The PPS resin composition may provide excellent tracking resistance without significantly damaging various intrinsic properties of a PPS resin, such as excellent mechanical strength and low gas generation.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus for performing efficient signal processing depending on the operational mode. In the finder mode, a CCD interface 21a decimates horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit 10 to one-third and moreover processes the decimated image data with data conversion and resolution conversion to produce Y, Cb and Cr image data which are routed to and written in an image memory 32 over a memory controller 22. In the recording mode, the CCD interface 21a causes the image data from the image generating unit 10 to be written in the image memory 32 via memory controller 22 after decimation and gamma correction etc. The camera DSP 21c reads out the image data via memory controller 22 from the image memory 32 to effect data conversion for writing the resulting data via memory controller 22 in the image memory 32.

Abstract: A replacement toner cartridge management apparatus is provided with: a receiver which receives toner cartridge replacement information indicating a toner cartridge loaded on one or more than one image forming apparatus which the replacement toner cartridge management apparatus can access via a communication circuit has been replaced or needs to be replaced with a new one; a life information obtainer which obtains the life information of a consumable unit other than the toner cartridge causing the toner cartridge replacement information received by the receiver, a replacement consumable unit for which will be delivered to the same delivery address as a replacement toner cartridge for the toner cartridge causing the toner cartridge replacement information; a determiner which determines a right type of replacement toner cartridge for the toner cartridge causing the toner cartridge replacement information, based on the life information obtained by the life information obtainer; and a transmitter which outputs an

Abstract: There is provided a server device including a streaming processing unit configured to generate a frame image in real time, encode the frame image to generate encoded data, and transmit the encoded data to a client device over a network, the client device being configured to decode the encoded data and output the frame image, and a controller configured to receive information related to an output timing of the frame image in the client device from the client device and control a process timing of the frame image in the streaming processing unit so that a predetermined relationship is maintained between the output timing and the process timing.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a renderer configured to generate a frame image in real time, an encoder configured to encode the frame image to generate an encoded data, a sender configured to transmit the encoded data to a client device over a network, the client device being configured to decode the encoded data and output the frame image, and a controller configured to predict an increase of delay incurred in receiving the encoded data in the client device and control a generation interval of the frame image by the renderer based on the prediction.

Abstract: Provided are a manufacturing method for a blade material and a manufacturing device for a blade material, by which a long blade material can be manufactured without using a large-sized press forging machine. A manufacturing method for a blade material, in which hot forging is sequentially performed by molds from the root side to a blade (vane) tip, wherein when a root-side portion is grasped and a material to be forged is restrained by a mold, twisting is performed on a region between the grasped portion and the restrained portion. A manufacturing method for a blade material, in which hot forging and twisting are repeated, is preferable, and a manufacturing method for a blade material, in which hot forging is performed while molds are sequentially changed, is more preferable.

Abstract: A nuclear-characteristic calculating program for calculating a nuclear characteristic of a fuel rod that contains nuclear fuel and burnable poison includes a first scattering model that can represent a simple scattering of the neutron and a second scattering model that can represent a complicated scattering of the neutron. The nuclear-characteristic calculating program includes step of calculating, when a burnup of the fuel rod is before a set burnup at which the burnable poison is considered to lose neutron absorption capability, the nuclear characteristic of the fuel rod by using the second scattering model, step of switching, when the burnup of the fuel rod is the set burnup, the scattering model from the second scattering model to the first scattering model, and step of calculating, after performing step of switching, the nuclear characteristic of the fuel rod by using the first scattering model.

Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To provide a resonance calculation program capable of evaluating a physical quantity such as an effective cross section in a radial direction of a circular region of a fuel rod by making a resonance calculation based on the equivalence principle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition, which is excellent in low-temperature toughness and high-temperature creep characteristics, by a method for producing a thermoplastic resin composition by melt-kneading: (a) a polyphenylene sulfide resin, with (b) a polyetherimide resin or a polyethersulfone resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin composition contains 99 to 1% by weight of the component (a) and 1 to 99% by weight of the component (b) based on 100% by weight of the total amount of the component (a) and the component (b); the melt-kneading step is the step of melt-kneading by an extruder provided with an elongational flow zone which is a zone in which melt-kneading is performed while being allowed to undergo elongational flow; and a flow effect pressure drop before and after the elongational flow zone is from 50 to 1,000 kg/cm2.

Abstract: Provided is a cleaning device having a compact structure. A recovery unit (17) is configured such that dust collection boxes (76, 77) are disposed with respect to a cleaning brush (6) and a metallic roller (7), respectively. A cleaning blade (9) is fixed to a blade holder (79) via a bolt (78). When the recovery unit (17) is incorporated in a frame unit, the recovery unit (17) is moved in a predetermined direction so as to be brought into contact with a positioning section (14Bbb) of a side plate 14B of the frame unit (11). When the recovery unit (17) is moved, a fixing bolt (85) is loosened so that a straight portion (86a) of a fixed washer (86) is aligned with the vertical direction, and then, the fixing bolt (85) is tightened so that the recovery unit is fixed.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with improved means for etching circuit structures on printed circuit board or wafer substrates of copper or copper alloys in a manner effectively removing unwanted copper from such circuit structures leaving behind a smooth copper surface applying an etching solution containing an Fe(II)/Fe(III) redox system and sulfur containing organic additives. It is an advantage of the present invention that the solution can also applied for plating of copper prior to etching.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of simplifying an interrupt processing and reducing a time necessary to the interrupt processing. An interrupt generation unit 140 generates an interrupt signal. An interrupt status holding unit 142 stores an interrupt status showing a cause of generation of the interrupt signal. An interrupt status supply unit 141 supplies an interrupt status stored by an interrupt status holding unit to a RAM and causes the RAM to store it. A CPU executes a predetermined processing in response to the interrupt status stored to the RAM. The present invention can be applied to, for example, a network card.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus capable of accurately controlling DMA transfer of a plurality of pieces of data present in a memory with a simple hardware configuration, and an information processing method for use therewith. A memory 33 is provided with a descriptor table T0 corresponding to a queue Q0 and a descriptor table T1 corresponding to a queue Q1. In registers R0 and R1 of a descriptor controller 51, the descriptor number constituting the descriptor table T0 and the descriptor number constituting the descriptor table T1 are recorded, respectively. In caches C0 and C1 of a descriptor obtaining section 52, descriptors of the descriptor table T0 and descriptors of the descriptor table T1 are recorded, respectively. A descriptor selector 53 selects one of the caches C0 and C1 in accordance with a predetermined rule. The present invention can be applied to all electronic apparatuses for performing DMA transfer.