Abstract: A quartz glass crucible 1 having a cylindrical side wall portion 10a, a bottom portion 10b, and a corner portion 10c includes a transparent layer 11 as an innermost layer made of quartz glass, a semi-molten layer 13 as an outermost layer made of raw material silica powder solidified in a semi-molten state, and a bubble layer 12 made of quartz glass interposed therebetween. An infrared transmissivity of the corner portion 10c in a state where the semi-molten layer 13 is removed is 25 to 51%, the infrared transmissivity of the corner portion 10c in the state where the semi-molten layer 13 is removed is lower than an infrared transmissivity of the side wall portion 10a, and the infrared transmissivity of the side wall portion 10a in the state where the semi-molten layer 13 is removed is lower than an infrared transmissivity of the bottom portion 10b.

Abstract: A quartz glass crucible has, from an inner surface side toward an outer surface side of the crucible, an inner transparent layer, a bubble layer, an outer transparent layer, and a crystallization accelerator-containing layer. An outer transition layer where a bubble content decreases from the bubble layer toward the outer transparent layer is provided at a boundary between the bubble layer and the outer transparent layer, and a thickness of the outer transition layer is 0.1 mm or more and 8 mm or less.

Abstract: In an attention ability inspection method, at least one of a central task of unsteadily changing a central graphic at a predetermined speed and a peripheral task of displaying a peripheral graphic in a peripheral region of a display area is randomly presented in a state in which the central graphic is displayed in a central region of the display area of a display, time from presentation of the central task or the peripheral task to reception of a predetermined operation from a subject that has recognized the presentation is measured as reaction time, and an attention ability of the subject is evaluated based on the reaction time.

Abstract: According to a pad which is used for an immunochromatographic device for extracting a substance to be detected contained in a detection target in an analyte with nitrous acid and which contains an acid anhydride having vapor pressure at 25° C. of 5×10?2 Pa or less and solubility in water at 25° C. of 0.1 mg/L or more, the storage stability is improved; a substance to be detected contained in an analyte is detected with high sensitivity; and the complexity of production is reduced.

Abstract: A driving consciousness estimation device includes a driver state estimation unit configured to estimate a state of a driver of a host vehicle, a manual driving ability estimation unit configured to estimate a manual driving ability of the driver based on at least one of a travel state of the host vehicle, a traveling environment around the host vehicle, and a reaction of the driver, and a driving readiness calculation unit configured to calculate a driving readiness relating to a driving consciousness of the driver based on the state of the driver and the manual driving ability of the driver.

Abstract: An attention ability test device includes a display having a display area, an input device for receiving an operation performed by an examinee, and a test controller. While displaying a central image in the central area of the display area and displaying one or more peripheral images in the peripheral area of the display area, the test controller generates at random at least one of a center task of changing the central image and a periphery task of changing the peripheral image, and measures, as a reaction time, the period of time from generation of the center task or the periphery task to execution of a predetermined operation performed by the examinee having recognized the generation, and evaluates the attention ability of the examinee, based on the reaction time.

Abstract: A quartz glass crucible (1) includes: a crucible body (10) made of silica glass; and a crystallization-accelerator-containing layer (13) formed on an outer surface of the crucible body (10). A concentration of a crystallization accelerator contained in the crystallization-accelerator-containing layer (13) is 1.0×1013 atoms/cm2 or more and 4.8×1015 atoms/cm2 or less. The quarts glass crucible is intended to be capable of not only enduring a single crystal pulling-up process that takes a very long time, such as multi-pulling, but also stably controlling the oxygen concentration and crystal diameter of a silicon single crystal by eliminating a gap between the carbon susceptor and the crucible as much as possible.

Abstract: According to an immunochromatographic device for detecting a substance to be detected contained in a detection target in an analyte which is characterized in that a nitrous acid compound containing member having a part containing a nitrous acid compound; a labeling substance retaining member having a labeling substance containing part; an acid anhydride containing member having a part containing an acid anhydride having vapor pressure at 25° C. of 5×10?2 Pa or less; and a chromatography medium member having a detection part are arranged in a manner that a sample develops in the members in this order, the storage stability can be improved; detection with high sensitivity is possible; and the complexity of production can be reduced.

Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning device comprises: a case inside of which a passage for air is formed, the case having an outside-air introducing port and an air discharge port, the outside-air introducing port opening on the vehicle front side and being capable of introducing air from outside a vehicle (the outside air), and the air discharge port being capable of discharging the introduced air to air the front side; a filter portion inside of which the air can pass through, the filter portion being arranged on the upstream side of the air discharge port; and an air blower capable of sucking the air introduced into the passage, the air blower being arranged on the downstream side of the filter portion. The passage is formed to be bent such that the angle ? between an opening face of the outside-air introducing port and an upstream surface of the filter portion is an obtuse angle.

Abstract: A quartz glass crucible (1) has a structure wherein a peak of a distribution of a total concentration of Na, K, and Ca in a depth direction from an inner surface (10i) of the crucible is present at a position deeper than the inner surface (10i). In an exemplary embodiment, the quartz glass crucible is capable of improving the yield of a silicon single crystal by suppressing peeling-off of brown rings.

Abstract: A quartz glass crucible 1 includes: a quartz glass crucible body 10 having a cylindrical side wall portion 10a, a curved bottom portion 10b, and a corner portion 10c which has a larger curvature than that of the bottom portion 10b and connects the side wall portion 10a and the bottom portion 10b to each other; and an inner-surface coating film 13A which contains a crystallization accelerator and is formed on an inner surface 10i of the quartz glass crucible body 10, in which the inner surface 10i of the quartz glass crucible body 10 is under compressive stress. The quartz glass crucible has high durability even at a high temperature during a single crystal pull-up step and is capable of reducing a generation ratio of pinholes in a silicon single crystal.

Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a quartz glass crucible 1 includes: a cylindrical crucible body 10 which has a bottom and is made of quartz glass; and crystallization-accelerator-containing coating films 13A and 13B which are formed on surfaces of the crucible body 10 so as to cause crystallization-accelerator-enriched layers to be formed in the vicinity of the surfaces of the crucible body 10 by heating during a step of pulling up a silicon single crystal by a Czochralski method. The quartz glass crucible is capable of withstanding a single crystal pull-up step undertaken for a very long period of time, such as multi-pulling, and a manufacturing method thereof.

Abstract: A quartz glass crucible 1 includes: a quartz glass crucible body 10 having a cylindrical side wall portion 10a, a curved bottom portion 10b, and a corner portion 10c which has a larger curvature than that of the bottom portion 10b and connects the side wall portion 10a and the bottom portion 10b to each other; and an inner-surface coating film 13A which contains a crystallization accelerator and is formed on an inner surface 10i of the quartz glass crucible body 10, in which the inner surface 10i of the quartz glass crucible body 10 is under compressive stress. The quartz glass crucible has high durability even at a high temperature during a single crystal pull-up step and is capable of reducing a generation ratio of pinholes in a silicon single crystal.

Abstract: A liquid sample testing device includes: an upper case having: a hole allowing a liquid sample to be dropped in the hole; and a window to determine a test result, the hole and the window being located beside each other; a lower case assembled to the upper case; and a test strip housed between the upper case and the lower case. The upper case has: a first protrusion protruding toward the lower case; and a second protrusion protruding toward the lower case. The first protrusion and the second protrusion each has a predetermined shape to allow a capillary force generated between the second protrusion and the liquid sample to be larger than a capillary force generated between the first protrusion and the liquid sample.

Abstract: An ultrasonic probe includes a probe configured to receive an ultrasonic wave, a plurality of wireless communication devices, and processing circuitry configured to assign identification information to ultrasonic image data generated based on the ultrasonic wave, for identifying the ultrasonic image data; and cause each of the plurality of wireless communication devices to transmit in parallel the ultrasonic image data having the identification information assigned, to a terminal device.

Abstract: An ultrasonic probe includes a wireless transmitter-receiver configured to perform communication through a wireless network having a plurality of channels and obtain identification information of apparatuses connected to the wireless network from the apparatuses; a memory configured to store identification information for identifying other ultrasonic probes from among the apparatuses; and a processor configured to count other ultrasonic probes connected with the wireless network on a per channel basis with respect to the plurality of channels based on the identification information obtained by the wireless transmitter-receiver and the identification information stored in the memory, and determine to connect to a channel at which the number of the other ultrasonic probes counted by the processor is smallest.

Abstract: A quartz glass crucible 1 having a cylindrical side wall portion 10a, a bottom portion 10b, and a corner portion 10c includes a transparent layer 11 as an innermost layer made of quartz glass, a semi-molten layer 13 as an outermost layer made of raw material silica powder solidified in a semi-molten state, and a bubble layer 12 made of quartz glass interposed therebetween. An infrared transmissivity of the corner portion 10c in a state where the semi-molten layer 13 is removed is 25 to 51%, the infrared transmissivity of the corner portion 10c in the state where the semi-molten layer 13 is removed is lower than an infrared transmissivity of the side wall portion 10a, and the infrared transmissivity of the side wall portion 10a in the state where the semi-molten layer 13 is removed is lower than an infrared transmissivity of the bottom portion 10b.

Abstract: In an attention ability inspection method, at least one of a central task of unsteadily changing a central graphic at a predetermined speed and a peripheral task of displaying a peripheral graphic in a peripheral region of a display area is randomly presented in a state in which the central graphic is displayed in a central region of the display area of a display, time from presentation of the central task or the peripheral task to reception of a predetermined operation from a subject that has recognized the presentation is measured as reaction time, and an attention ability of the subject is evaluated based on the reaction time.

Abstract: A quartz glass crucible (1) includes: a cylindrical crucible body (10) which has a bottom and is made of quartz glass; and a first crystallization-accelerator-containing coating film (13A) which is formed on an inner surface (10a) so as to cause an inner crystal layer composed of an aggregate of dome-shaped or columnar crystal grains to be formed on a surface-layer portion of the inner surface (10a) of the crucible body (10) by heating during a step of pulling up the silicon single crystal by a Czochralski method. The quartz glass crucible is intended to withstand a single crystal pull-up step undertaken for a very long period of time.

Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a quartz glass crucible 1 includes: a cylindrical crucible body 10 which has a bottom and is made of quartz glass; and a first crystallization-accelerator-containing coating film 13A which is formed on an inner surface 10a so as to cause an inner crystal layer composed of an aggregate of dome-shaped or columnar crystal grains to be formed on a surface-layer portion of the inner surface 10a of the crucible body 10 by heating during a step of pulling up the silicon single crystal by a Czochralski method. The quartz glass crucible is capable of withstanding a single crystal pull-up step undertaken for a very long period of time.