Abstract: An optical module according to one embodiment includes: a beam splitter having a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, a third surface intersecting with the first surface, a fourth surface facing the third surface, and an inner surface formed within a region defined by the first surface, the second surface, the third surface, and the fourth surface; and a light receiving unit arranged at a position facing the third surface of the beam splitter. The beam splitter splits first incident light incident from the first surface into first split light transmitted through the inner surface and emitted from the second surface and second split light reflected on the inner surface and emitted from the third surface. The optical module includes a light absorbing/reflecting unit provided on the fourth surface.

Abstract: An optical module according to one embodiment includes a package having an opening surrounded by side walls, and a lid mounted on the package to seal the opening. The lid has a plate-like shape and includes a welded portion fixed by welding to an upper surface of the side wall of the package having the opening formed thereon, an easily deformable portion formed at a position separated from the welded portion and deformed along with the welding, and a central portion having a flat shape.

Abstract: In both a case where a workpiece is a regular workpiece having a first residual peeling layer on one surface thereof and a case where the workpiece is an adjustment workpiece not having the first residual peeling layer, a wafer having a predetermined thickness is manufactured by grinding opposite surfaces of the workpiece. That is, in the present invention, because the opposite surfaces of the workpiece are ground, wafers can be manufactured from two kinds of workpieces irrespective of whether or not the first residual peeling layer is present on the one surface of the workpiece. Hence, even when two kinds of workpieces are housed in a mixed manner in a first cassette, wafers having the predetermined thickness can be manufactured easily from these workpieces.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a hot melt composition containing a silane coupling agent, a thermoplastic polymer, a softener, and a catalyst, wherein the silane coupling agent is hydrolyzed to a compound having a boiling point of 70 to 180° C.

Abstract: Provided are a copper-clad laminate including an insulating layer containing a resin and a copper foil arranged on at least one surface of the insulating layer, wherein the copper foil is a surface-treated copper foil having a metal-treated layer containing zinc, and a content of zinc in the metal-treated layer is 10 to 2,500 ?g/dm2; a method for producing the copper-clad laminate; and a printed wiring board and a semiconductor package using the copper-clad laminate.

Abstract: A method for making a biological material transparent according to the present invention includes: a first permeation step of causing a first solution to permeate into a biological material, the first solution containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of urea and urea derivatives at a predetermined concentration; and then a second permeation step of causing a second solution to permeate into the biological material, the second solution containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of urea and urea derivatives at a concentration higher than the concentration of the at least one compound contained in the first solution.

Abstract: A clearing reagent according to this invention for making a biological material transparent is a solution containing, as an active component, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of urea and urea derivatives, in order to provide a novel clearing reagent for making a biological material transparent.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a hot melt composition including a modified thermoplastic polymer having an alkoxysilyl group in a molecule; a softener; and a catalyst.

Abstract: A method of grinding a substrate includes grinding the substrate to a larger depth at an outer circumferential portion of the substrate than at a central portion of the substrate by keeping an annular grindstone assembly of a grinding unit and the substrate in abrasive contact with each other while a portion of a holding surface of a chuck table underlying an area of contact between the annular grindstone assembly and the substrate is lying not parallel to a grinding surface defined by a lower surface of the annular grindstone assembly, lifting the grinding unit to separate the annular grindstone assembly from the substrate, and, grinding the substrate by keeping again the annular grindstone assembly and the substrate in abrasive contact with each other by lowering the grinding unit while the portion of the holding surface is lying parallel to the grinding surface.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a hot melt composition including a modified thermoplastic polymer having an alkoxysilyl group in a molecule; a softener; and a catalyst.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a hot melt composition containing a silane coupling agent, a thermoplastic polymer, a softener, and a catalyst, wherein the silane coupling agent is hydrolyzed to a compound having a boiling point of 70 to 180° C.

Abstract: To provide a device capable of cancer diagnosis with high sensitivity and specificity, a cancer diagnosis device (1) includes: an extracellular vesicle capturing section (16 to 18) including immobilization supports on which lectins are immobilized respectively, the lectins being each capable of binding specifically to a surface sugar chain included in an extracellular vesicle derived from a cancer cell, the immobilization supports corresponding respectively to one or more kinds of the surface sugar chain; and a detecting section configured to detect a microRNA included in the extracellular vesicle.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention resides in a hot melt adhesive including a thermoplastic polymer and a tackifier, wherein the tackifier includes an acid-modified tackifier that is modified by at least one of maleic acid and maleic anhydride, and by at least one selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, an acrylic acid ester, and a methacrylic acid ester.

Abstract: Controlling a remote procedure call from a client computer to a server computer, the client computer extracts a periodic remote procedure call from among a plurality of remote procedure calls from the client computer and extracts a non-periodic remote procedure call from among the plurality of remote procedure calls from the client computer. The client computer identifies a first information associated with the extracted periodic remote procedure call that is an item whose value is determined to represent data targeted by the periodic remote procedure call. The client computer identifies a second information associated with the extracted non-periodic remote procedure call that is a targeted data value of the item, and sets a priority level, used to select for execution the periodic procedure call, based on the first information and the second information.

Abstract: A change operation changing a displayed portion of an electronic document from a first portion to a second portion is detected. First and second ranges of displayable portions of the electronic document are determined. The first range includes the first portion of the document and the second range includes the second portion of the document. A character string appears at a first frequency in the first range, and appears at a second frequency in the second range. Change information is generated that relates the second appearance frequency to the first appearance frequency.

Abstract: In a search server, a page collection unit collects Internet pages. An index generation unit generates an index of the pages. An index-tree generation unit generates an index tree representing the connection relationship among the pages in a tree structure, and in which a page linked from multiple pages is represented by different nodes in a duplicated manner. When a search word input unit inputs a search word in a client, a search-result generation unit of the search server generates a search result on the basis of the index. For the index tree, a search-result-tree generation unit, for example, highlights nodes containing the search word, and deletes nodes, each of which does not contain the search word and is not a branch point into multiple branches which contain the search word. The search-result-tree generation unit outputs the resulting search result to a search result display unit of the client.

Abstract: Controlling a remote procedure call from a client computer to a server computer, the client computer extracts a periodic remote procedure call from among a plurality of remote procedure calls from the client computer and extracts a non-periodic remote procedure call from among the plurality of remote procedure calls from the client computer. The client computer identifies a first information associated with the extracted periodic remote procedure call that is an item whose value is determined to represent data targeted by the periodic remote procedure call. The client computer identifies a second information associated with the extracted non-periodic remote procedure call that is a targeted data value of the item, and sets a priority level, used to select for execution the periodic procedure call, based on the first information and the second information.

Abstract: An information retrieval method for retrieving documents relevant to a user's search inquiry from documents stored in the storage device using an arithmetic operation. The method includes receiving from a user a search query including a plurality of keywords, calculating relevance to a plurality of documents on the basis of the plurality of keywords and the influence set for each keyword, and displaying on the display device documents in the order of relevance. The method also includes displaying on the display device the influence set for each keyword, receiving changes to the displayed influence by the user, and recalculating the relevance on the basis of a change to the influence and displaying on the display device documents in the order of relevance.

Abstract: A method, system, and/or computer program product moves a movable object displayed on a display screen using an electronic device. The method comprises the electronic device displaying a first frame around a first area on a display screen, and displaying a second frame around a second area on the display screen. The second frame displayed is larger than the first frame, and adjusts in size until it intersects a movable object. Once the second frame intersects the movable object, a half line is displayed from the first frame to the movable object, and in response to receiving a movement signal, a display of the movable object is then displayed in the first area.

Abstract: A method, system, and/or computer program product moves a movable object displayed on a display screen using an electronic device. The method comprises the electronic device displaying a first frame around a first area on a display screen, and displaying a second frame around a second area on the display screen. The second frame displayed is larger than the first frame, and adjusts in size until it intersects a movable object. Once the second frame intersects the movable object, a half line is displayed from the first frame to the movable object, and in response to receiving a movement signal, a display of the movable object is then displayed in the first area.