Abstract: Provided are: a heavy release additive for a release sheet, for imparting an excellent release coating whereby heavy release force is obtained curability is not reduced, low-temperature curing is possible, and there is also minimal reduction in residual adhesion rate of a released adhesive sheet; an addition-reaction-type organopolysiloxane composition; and a release sheet.

Abstract: Extracts or beverages whose ratio between the content of 2,5-piperazinedione,3,6-bis(phenylmethyl)-,(3S,6S)-(unit: ?g/100 g) and Brix (Bx) is 6 (?g/100 g)/Bx or more are good in flavor and feeling on the tongue and further have a good appearance.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multi-junction photoelectric conversion device includes forming a first electrode on a first photoelectric conversion unit including a first semiconductor layer as a photoelectric conversion layer, the first electrode including a plurality of patterned regions separated from one another by separation grooves; and eliminating a leakage existing in the first semiconductor layer by applying a reverse bias voltage between one of the patterned regions of the first electrode and a second photoelectric conversion unit comprising a second semiconductor layer as a photoelectric conversion layer. The application of the reverse bias voltage is performed while irradiating the second photoelectric conversion unit with light, generating a photocurrent in the second photoelectric conversion unit that is larger than a photocurrent in the first photoelectric conversion unit.

Abstract: A substrate processing system having a plurality of substrate processing apparatuses, a host control apparatus, and a management apparatus is provided. The management apparatus determines a substrate processing apparatus that needs maintenance processing, based on operation information collected from each of the substrate processing apparatuses, and notifies a determination result to the substrate processing apparatus determined to need the maintenance processing. Each of the substrate processing apparatuses transmits information for executing the maintenance processing to the host control apparatuses upon receiving the determination result. The host control apparatus monitors an operation state of each of the substrate processing apparatuses, and, based on the operation state of the substrate processing apparatus that transmitted the information for executing the maintenance processing, controls a timing of performance of the maintenance processing with respect to the substrate processing apparatus.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has an MIS structure that includes a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film on the semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode on the gate insulating film. The gate insulating film has a layered structure that includes a base SiO2 layer and a high-k layer on the base SiO2 layer and containing Hf. The gate electrode has a portion made of a metal material having a work function of higher than 4.6 eV, the portion being in contact with at least the high-k layer.

Abstract: Provided is an anti-vibration rubber composition, including: the following component (A); and the following components (B) and (C), in which a blending amount of the component (B) falls within a range of from 15 parts by weight to 60 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the component (A), and a blending amount of the component (C) falls within a range of from 50 parts by weight to 150 parts by weight with respect thereto. Thus, the anti-vibration rubber composition is excellent in anti-vibration rubber properties, such as rubber physical properties and durability, and is excellent in flame retardancy. (A) A diene-based rubber. (B) A halogen-based flame retardant having a melting point of 150° C. or less. (C) Aluminum hydroxide having an average particle diameter of 0.75 ?m or less.

Abstract: The vehicle component fastening structure includes: a boss receptacle and a boss provided in a pair of the vehicle components, and a fastening member for fastening the boss and the boss receptacle. The boss receptacle has a through-hole penetrating in a fastening axis direction and a nipped portion provided inside the through-hole. The boss has a fastener hole, and a leading end of the boss oriented to a first direction abuts on the nipped portion. The fastening member has a shank inserted into the through-hole and the fastener hole in a second direction and a head abutting on the nipped portion. In the fastened state, a bottom face of the head abuts on the nipped portion, and the entire bottom face and a portion of the nipped portion where the leading end of the boss abuts are placed within a range of the through-hole in the fastening axis direction.

Abstract: A diketopiperazine mixture suitable for mixing with a food or drink and a method for producing the mixture. High-temperature and high-pressure treatment of plant peptides in a liquid allows production of a plant extract containing a high concentration of diketopiperazines including cyclo-leucyl-leucine and cyclo-leucyl-phenylalanine. Diketopiperazines having excellent flavor derived from a plant natural product and can produce a food or drink provided with the functions of the diketopiperazines by directly mixing the diketopiperazines with the food or drink.

Abstract: Provided is a food or beverage product having good taste, with lingering unpleasant bitterness unique to epigallocatechin gallate in the food or beverage product reduced. The content of epigallocatechin gallate and the content of cycloprolyl threonine in the food or beverage product are adjusted to fall within specific ranges.

Abstract: Provided is a food or beverage product having good taste with sharp astringent taste of cycloaspartylglycine in the food or beverage product reduced. The content of cycloaspartylglycine and the weight ratio of the content of glucose to the content of maltose ([glucose]/[maltose] weight ratio) in the food or beverage product are adjusted to fall within specific ranges.

Abstract: Provided is a food or beverage product having good taste, with lingering unpleasant bitterness unique to cycloalanylserine in the food or beverage product reduced. The content of cycloalanylserine and the content of ethanol and/or propylene glycol in the food or beverage product are adjusted to fall within specific ranges.

Abstract: Provided are a device and a method which are capable of performing crosstalk-removed high-quality data reproduction from a high-density recording type optical disc. The device includes a photo detector that outputs a readout signal from a reproduction track of an information recording disc, an adjacent track reproduction binary signal supply unit that outputs a binary signal (binary data) which is a reproduction signal of an adjacent track of the reproduction track, a multi-input adaptive equalizer that includes an equalizer unit that receives the readout signal from the reproduction track and an adjacent track reproduction binary signal and outputs an equalization signal by an adaptive equalization process based on an input signal, and a binarization processing unit that executes a binarization process based on the equalization signal and generates a reproduction signal of the reproduction track.

Abstract: A photovoltaic device according to the present disclosure is provided with: a condensing optical system having chromatic aberration; a first photoelectric converter, which is arranged on an optical axis of the condensing optical system; and a second photoelectric converter, which is arranged on an outer peripheral side of the first photoelectric converter when viewed from an optical axis direction of the condensing optical system, and which has a bandgap lower than a bandgap of the first photoelectric converter, wherein the first photoelectric converter is arranged on an inner side of a rectangle that circumscribes a condensing region of absorbable longest-wavelength light determined based on the bandgap.

Abstract: Provided is a method suitable for industrial-scale production of a dispersion in which nano-sized particles are dispersed. Specifically, a method for producing a nanoparticle-in-oil dispersion in which fine particles made up of a solid component, an aqueous liquid component or a mixture thereof are dispersed in an oil phase, includes: (1) a step of preparing a W/O emulsion-type precursor in which an aqueous phase in the form of droplets of an aqueous solution having a water-soluble substance dissolved therein is dispersed in an oil phase; and (2) a step of boiling the aqueous phase of the W/O emulsion-type precursor, to obtain a nanoparticle-in-oil dispersion in which the fine particles are dispersed in the oil phase.

Abstract: Provided are: an additive reaction-type silicone composition that is for release paper or for a release film, that is non-migratory, and that exhibits light releasability with respect to various adhesives, said silicone composition for release paper or for a release film making it possible to form a cured film that does not adversely affect residual adhesive strength or releasability; and a release paper or a release film obtained by applying the composition to a substrate and curing the result. In a silicone composition for release paper or a release film cured by additive reaction, an organopolysiloxane containing an alkenyl group having a terminal unsaturated bond is used as a base polymer, and a specific amount of an organopolysiloxane that has a lower molecular weight than the base polymer and that contains an alkenyl group having a terminal unsaturated bond is mixed with the base polymer.

Abstract: Provided is a rail inspection system capable of accurately detecting a defect of a railroad rail. The system includes: a sensor part group that has a plurality of sensor parts having receiver coils, and first oscillator coils and second oscillator coils corresponding to the receiver coils being arranged in a line parallel in a width direction of a railroad rail to be inspected; an oscillation part that supplies an oscillation signal to each of the first oscillator coils and the second oscillator coils; and a detection part group that has a plurality of detection parts to detect, with respect to an output signal from each of the receiver coils when the sensor part group moves in a laying direction of the railroad rail, a first inspection signal corresponding to a first phase of the output signal and a second inspection signal corresponding to a second phase of the output signal.

Abstract: [Object] To improve load resistance performance in response to collision. [Solution] An end structure of a vehicle according to the present invention includes: a beam 2 that extends in a vehicle width direction; and a connecting structure 3 that connects the beam 2 to a vehicle body frame. In a cross-sectional view perpendicular to the vehicle width direction, the beam 2 includes a first top surface part 2a and a first bottom surface part 2b which face each other, a first side surface part 2c that connects one ends of the first top surface part 2a and the first bottom surface part 2b, and first flange parts 2d that are formed to protrude vertically outwardly at the other ends of the first top surface part 2a and the first bottom surface part 2b.

Abstract: A vehicular window regulator that decreases an inclination of a glass centering on a thickness direction of the glass and an inclination restraining mechanism are provided. The window regulator includes a member secured to a glass, traction member guides. At least one of the traction member guides are each disposed above and below the member, across the member. The inclination restraining mechanism is wound across the respective traction member guides, and includes a traction member having one end portion installed at the member from above, and further having another end portion installed at the member from below. An installation position to the member, of the one end portion of the traction member and an installation position to the member, of the other end portion of the traction member are offset in a horizontal direction, viewing from a thickness direction of the glass.

Abstract: A steel for oil country tubular goods includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C, Si, Mn, Al, Mo, P, S, O, N, and a balance containing Fe and impurities, wherein a full width at half maximum HW of a crystal plane corresponding to a (211) crystal plane of an ? phase and a carbon content expressed in mass % in the chemical composition satisfy HW×C1/2?0.38, the carbon content and a molybdenum content expressed in mass % in the chemical composition satisfy C×Mo?0.6, a number of M2C carbides having a hexagonal crystal structure and having an equivalent circle diameter of 1 nm or more is 5 pieces or more per one square micron, and an yield strength is 758 MPa or more.

Abstract: The method includes a step of fixing the other end of the drive wire to the drive drum; a step of temporarily placing one end of the drive wire in a temporary placement portion provided on the drum housing; and a step of applying tension to the drive wire by moving the one end of the drive wire to an engaging portion provided on the drive drum after canceling the placed state of the one end of the drive wire in the temporary placement portion by pulling a portion of the drive wire on the one end side thereof by winding a portion of the drive wire on the other end side thereof by the drive drum with the one end of the drive wire placed in the temporary placement portion.