Abstract: A hair dyeing method that involves first step of applying on the hair a hair dye composition containing a compound represented by the following general formula (1A) or a salt thereof and an organic alkaline agent and having a pH of 9.0 or more and 11.0 or less: wherein a broken line represents the presence or absence of a ? bond; R1 represents a hydroxy group or an acetoxy group; and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, a methyl group, or an ethyl group; and a second step of applying on the hair a hair treatment agent containing an organic acid or a salt thereof and having a pH of 5.5 or less. After performing the first step, the hair is subjected to the second step while maintaining in a wet state in which an amount of water per gram of the hair is 0.008 g or more.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an extract from inflamed skins of rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus wherein the quality is more stabilized, and a preparation containing the extract, etc. The use of the amount of N-acetylneuraminic acid contained in an extract from inflamed skins of rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus and a preparation containing the extract as an index makes possible to warrant the quality of each manufacturing lot of the extract and the preparation in more stable manner. The extract from inflamed skins of rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus and the preparation containing the extract which are manufactured as above, and in which the quality thereof becomes more stable, are warranted to maintain efficacy and safety in more strict manner, and thus extremely useful.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a transistor formed on a surface of the substrate; a first insulating film formed above the transistor; a second semiconductor film formed on the first semiconductor film; a third semiconductor film formed on the second semiconductor film; a fourth semiconductor film formed on the third semiconductor film; and a ferroelectric capacitor formed on the fourth insulating film, wherein a hydrogen permeability of the third insulating film is higher than a hydrogen permeability of the first insulating film, and a hydrogen permeability and an oxygen permeability of the second insulating film and of the fourth insulating film are higher than the hydrogen permeability and an oxygen permeability of the first insulating film and of the third insulating film.

Abstract: A laser welding device includes: a laser scanner body configured to emit a laser beam to a workpiece; a jet nozzle configured to jet gas so as to cause the gas to cross an optical path of the laser beam emitted from the laser scanner body; and a guide plate disposed on the downstream side in the flow direction of the gas, from the optical path of the laser beam emitted from the laser scanner body. The guide plate is configured to change the flow direction of the gas that has crossed the optical path of the laser beam into a direction away from a laser irradiation position on the workpiece toward the downstream side in the flow direction of the gas.

Abstract: Provided is a laser processing device that performs laser processing on a workpiece to which a protective film has been attached, wherein a determination is made as to whether or not a common part for which laser marking processing is necessary for cutting the protective film is present on the basis of processing information including a processing program, and when a common part for which laser marking processing is necessary for cutting the protective film is present, the laser marking processing process for that common part is added to the processing program.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a transistor formed on a surface of the substrate; a first insulating film formed above the transistor; a second semiconductor film formed on the first semiconductor film; a third semiconductor film formed on the second semiconductor film; a fourth semiconductor film formed on the third semiconductor film; and a ferroelectric capacitor formed on the fourth insulating film, wherein a hydrogen permeability of the third insulating film is higher than a hydrogen permeability of the first insulating film, and a hydrogen permeability and an oxygen permeability of the second insulating film and of the fourth insulating film are higher than the hydrogen permeability and an oxygen permeability of the first insulating film and of the third insulating film.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an extract from inflamed skins of rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus wherein the quality is more stabilized, and a preparation containing the extract, etc. The use of the amount of N-acetylneuraminic acid contained in an extract from inflamed skins of rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus and a preparation containing the extract as an index makes possible to warrant the quality of each manufacturing lot of the extract and the preparation in more stable manner. The extract from inflamed skins of rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus and the preparation containing the extract which are manufactured as above, and in which the quality thereof becomes more stable, are warranted to maintain efficacy and safety in more strict manner, and thus extremely useful.

Abstract: Provided is a laser processing device that performs laser processing on a workpiece to which a protective film has been attached, wherein a determination is made as to whether or not a common part for which laser marking processing is necessary for cutting the protective film is present on the basis of processing information including a processing program, and when a common part for which laser marking processing is necessary for cutting the protective film is present, the laser marking processing process for that common part is added to the processing program.

Abstract: Provided is a measuring method for measuring laser scanning velocity for a laser beam machining apparatus. The laser beam machining apparatus includes a mirror, and is configured to process a work by irradiating laser. The laser is irradiated by operating the mirror. The measuring method includes measuring processing sound of the work by the laser using the laser beam machining apparatus. Further, the measuring method includes calculating scanning velocity of the laser by analyzing a frequency of the measured processing sound using the laser beam machining apparatus.

Abstract: A laser welding device includes: a laser scanner body configured to emit a laser beam to a workpiece; a jet nozzle configured to jet gas so as to cause the gas to cross an optical path of the laser beam emitted from the laser scanner body; and a guide plate disposed on the downstream side in the flow direction of the gas, from the optical path of the laser beam emitted from the laser scanner body. The guide plate is configured to change the flow direction of the gas that has crossed the optical path of the laser beam into a direction away from a laser irradiation position on the workpiece toward the downstream side in the flow direction of the gas.

Abstract: An extract from inflamed skins of rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus is provided where the quality of the extract is more stabilized. A preparation, etc. containing said extract as an active ingredient is also provided. When the amount of sulfated tyrosine contained in an extract from inflamed skins of rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus and also contained in a preparation containing said extract as an active ingredient is used as an index, the quality of the extract and the preparation among the manufacturing lots can be warranted as a more stabilized one. In the extract from inflamed skins of rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus and the preparation containing said extract where the quality thereof is more stabilized by such a method, the efficacy and the safety thereof are now guaranteed more strictly resulting in very high usefulness.

Abstract: A cinnamic acid amide derivative having an excellent analgesic action is disclosed herein. The cinnamic acid amide derivative shows excellent analgesic actions to not only a nociceptive pain model animal, but also a neuropathic pain model animal, which is very useful as an agent for treating various pain diseases showing acute or chronic pains or neuropathic pains. The cinnamic acid amide derivative may be a compound represented by formula (I).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an extract from inflamed skins of rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus where the quality of the extract is more stabilized and also to provide a preparation, etc. containing said extract as an active ingredient. When the amount of sulfated tyrosine contained in an extract from inflamed skins of rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus and also contained in a preparation containing said extract as an active ingredient is used as an index, the quality of the extract and the preparation among the manufacturing lots can be warranted as a more stabilized one. In the extract from inflamed skins of rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus and the preparation containing said extract where the quality thereof is more stabilized by such a method, the efficacy and the safety thereof are now guaranteed more strictly resulting in very high usefulness.

Abstract: Provided is a measuring method for measuring laser scanning velocity for a laser beam machining apparatus. The laser beam machining apparatus includes a mirror, and is configured to process a work by irradiating laser. The laser is irradiated by operating the mirror. The measuring method includes measuring processing sound of the work by the laser using the laser beam machining apparatus. Further, the measuring method includes calculating scanning velocity of the laser by analyzing a frequency of the measured processing sound using the laser beam machining apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cinnamic acid amide derivative having an excellent analgesic action. The cinnamic acid amide derivative of the present invention is a compound showing excellent analgesic actions to not only a nociceptive pain model animal but also a neuropathic pain model animal, which is very useful as an agent for treating various pain diseases showing acute or chronic pains or neuropathic pains.

Abstract: The amino acid derivative of the present invention provides a novel compound that shows excellent analgesic action. The amino acid derivative of the present invention is a novel compound that shows excellent analgesic action to not only a model animal for nociceptive pains but also a model animal for neuropathic pains, so that the amino acid derivative is very useful as a drug for treating various pain diseases.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an extract from inflamed skins of rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus wherein the quality is more stabilized, and a preparation containing the extract, etc. The use of the amount of N-acetylneuraminic acid contained in an extract from inflamed skins of rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus and a preparation containing the extract as an index makes possible to warrant the quality of each manufacturing lot of the extract and the preparation in more stable manner. The extract from inflamed skins of rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus and the preparation containing the extract which are manufactured as above, and in which the quality thereof becomes more stable, are warranted to maintain efficacy and safety in more strict manner, and thus extremely useful.

Abstract: There are provided a capacitor lower electrode formed on an adhesive layer, whose surface roughness is 0.79 nm or less, and having a (111) orientation that is inclined from a perpendicular direction to an upper surface of a substrate by 2.3° or less, a ferroelectric layer having a structure the (111) orientation of which is inclined from the perpendicular direction to the upper surface of the substrate by 3.5° or less, and a capacitor upper electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a ferro-electric capacitor with small leak current and less process deterioration even upon miniaturization.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises: forming a lower electrode on a semiconductor substrate, sputtering a ferroelectric film on the lower electrode using a target, thermal treating the ferroelectric film in an atmosphere containing oxygen in accordance with an accumulated period of use of the target for fabricating the ferroelectric film, and forming an upper electrode on the ferroelectric film.