Abstract: There is provided a plasma processing apparatus including a processing chamber 100 configured to perform a plasma process on a wafer W; an upper electrode 105 and a lower electrode 110 arranged to face each other in the processing chamber 100 and configured to form a processing space therebetween; and a high frequency power supply 150 connected with at least one of the upper electrode 105 and the lower electrode 110 and configured to output a high frequency power into the processing chamber 100. The upper electrode 105 includes an upper base 105a made of a dielectric material, and a plurality of fine holes A having a diameter equal to or less than twice a thickness of a sheath are formed in the upper base 105a.

Abstract: Screws 4 are inserted from a bottom surface of a ceiling plate 32 and screwed to a base plate 31, and the ceiling plate 32 and the base plate 31 are press-connected to each other by an elastic restoring force of an elastic member 51 interposed between a head of the screw 4 and the ceiling plate 32. A gap is formed between the head and the ceiling plate 32. Further, a periphery of the head is covered with a cover via a ring-shaped elastic member 52. In another embodiment, a periphery of a base plate 31 is protruded from a periphery of a ceiling plate 32, and the protruded portion of the base plate 31 and a ring-shaped clamp positioned at an outer side of the ceiling plate 32 are joined by screws. Here, an elastic member is interposed between the clamp and the ceiling plate 32.

Abstract: A temperature control device for a target substrate includes a mounting table having temperature control members respectively provided in temperature systems to control temperatures of regions of the target substrate to respective predetermined temperature levels; circulation channels through which fluids passing through the temperature control members flow; and heating channels each for flowing therein a heated fluid having a higher temperature compared to the fluids circulating in the circulation channels. The device further includes cooling channels each for flowing therein a cooled fluid having a lower temperature compared to the fluids circulating in the circulation channels; and joining units that join the circulation channels to build the respective temperature control systems, the joining units having flow rate control units that controls flow rate ratios of the fluids supplied from the respective channels to the temperature control members.

Abstract: To a multi-functional peripheral, an external terminal is connected by an external user who performs a remote operation or remote monitoring of an operation for the operation screen. The multi-functional peripheral has a specific user determination portion which determines whether or not the external user who has made the connection is a remote monitoring user who performs remote monitoring, and when the external user who has made the connection is not the remote monitoring user, an operation screen during connection displaying information to show that the external terminal is being connected is displayed, and when the external user is the remote monitoring user, a normal operation screen without the information to show that the external terminal is being connected is displayed.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to perform a constructive exchange of information between a user and a provider of products in virtual reality. A user places a product 154 that he is considering buying in a cart, designates product providers, and gives notification thereto of the cart contents. A designated product provider 153, by seeing the cart contents, can learn in what products the user is interested. The product provider 153 can provide to the cart from which the designation arose additional information 155, such as advertisements for its products. The user, by receiving various types of additional information from a product provider that he trusts, can find products that meet his desires, and can enjoy more satisfactory network-based shopping.

Abstract: An enclosure has ducts formed therein and extending in a vertical direction along the left and right side surfaces as viewed from the rear side. The duct is formed in a region defined between a lefthand wall surface of the enclosure and a lefthand partition wall provided in the enclosure and in parallel to the lefthand wall surface. The screen side of the region defined between the lefthand wall surface and the lefthand partition wall is covered with a partition wall, and the opposite side of the region is covered with a cover not shown to serve as an air flow path. The duct is formed in a region defined between a righthand wall surface of the enclosure and a righthand partition wall provided in the enclosure and in parallel to the righthand wall surface. The screen side of the region defined between the righthand wall surface and the righthand partition wall is covered with a partition wall, and the opposite side of the region is covered with a cover not shown to serve as an air flow path.

Abstract: A rear projection image display device according to an aspect of the present invention for projecting an image from a projection device onto a screen from a rear side, includes a plane reflection mirror for changing an optical path of the image from the projection device, fixing members for fixing more than one points on the periphery of the reflection mirror, rod-shaped reinforcement members fastened along the periphery and arranged inside the periphery in the rear side of the reflection mirror, support members being movable in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the reflection mirror, for supporting predetermined points between the fixing members on the periphery of the reflection mirror.

Abstract: A temperature control device for a target substrate includes a mounting table having temperature control members respectively provided in temperature systems to control temperatures of regions of the target substrate to respective predetermined temperature levels; circulation channels through which fluids passing through the temperature control members flow; and heating channels each for flowing therein a heated fluid having a higher temperature compared to the fluids circulating in the circulation channels. The device further includes cooling channels each for flowing therein a cooled fluid having a lower temperature compared to the fluids circulating in the circulation channels; and joining units that join the circulation channels to build the respective temperature control systems, the joining units having flow rate control units that controls flow rate ratios of the fluids supplied from the respective channels to the temperature control members.

Abstract: A mold having a shell and a porous layer formed on the surface of the cavity of the shell. The mold can be suitably used for manufacturing a porous body having a porous layer on the surface thereof. The method for manufacturing the mold, includes the steps of forming a layer of combustible powdery particles around a wax mold, which is a lost pattern, a step of forming a film of a ceramic precursor slurry around the wax mold having powdery particles formed thereon, a step of subjecting the resultant product to a heat treatment, to thereby dewax the wax mold, and a step of firing the slurry film, to thereby burn and vanish the powdery particles in the slurry film and form a shell.

Abstract: A temperature control device controls the temperature of a controlled object by circulating a fluid in a temperature adjustment unit arranged near the controlled object. The temperature control device comprises a heating pathway that heats and circulates the fluid in the temperature adjustment unit, a cooling pathway that cools and circulates the fluid in the temperature adjustment unit, a bypass pathway that does not pass the fluid through the heating pathway and cooling pathway, but circulates the fluid in the temperature adjustment unit, and adjustment means that adjust a flow ratio of the fluid that is supplied from the heating pathway, cooling pathway, and bypass pathway to the temperature adjustment unit via a confluence unit that combines these flows. The adjustment means are provided on a downstream side of each of the heating pathway, the cooling pathway, and the bypass pathway and on the upstream side of the confluence unit.

Abstract: A method of packaging a seamed flux-cored welding wire intermediate product in which a flux is filled in a mild steel outer shell includes the steps of forming a stacked product by depositing or winding a seamed flux-cored welding wire intermediate product around a central member in the form of a coil using the central member as the center, packaging the stacked product in a metal package together with a desiccant, and deaerating and sealing the metal package.

Abstract: A smaller-sized and acoustically excellent speaker diaphragm is inexpensively provided using the mixture of a specially surface-coated woody material and a mass-producible synthetic resin. The mixture is composed of a non-chlorinated synthetic resin and a powdery cellulose material whose particle size falls within a range of from 5 ?m to 500 ?m. The cellulose material has been subjected to a surface treatment to enhance its affinity to the non-chlorinated synthetic resin, and 30% to 70% by weight of the cellulose material is contained in the mixture.

Abstract: A cast article includes a porous layer having a three-dimensional porous structure, and is manufactured utilizing a mold manufactured by: scattering and adhering combustible powdery particles around a wax mold, which is a lost pattern, to form a layer of combustible powdery particles around the wax mold; coating a film of a ceramic precursor slurry around the wax mold; subjecting the wax mold coated with the slurry film to a heat treatment at 100 to 180° C., to dewax only the wax mold without the combustible powdery particles; and burning and vanishing and firing the slurry film, to burn and vanish the powdery particles in the slurry film and form a shell. Casting the cast article by: pouring a molten metal into the cavity of the mold; cooling the molten metal; and removing the shell of the mold.

Abstract: A mold having a shell and a porous layer formed on the surface of the cavity of the shell. The mold can be suitably used for manufacturing a porous body having a porous layer on the surface thereof. The method for manufacturing the mold, includes the steps of forming a layer of combustible powdery particles around a wax mold, which is a lost pattern, a step of forming a film of a ceramic precursor slurry around the wax mold having powdery particles formed thereon, a step of subjecting the resultant product to a heat treatment, to thereby dewax the wax mold, and a step of firing the slurry film, to thereby burn and vanish the powdery particles in the slurry film and form a shell.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mold (70), which comprises a step of forming a layer (31) of combustible powdery particles (32) around a wax mold (21), which is a lost pattern, a step of forming a film (51) of a ceramic precursor slurry (52) around the wax mold (21) having powdery particles (32) formed thereon, a step of subjecting the resultant product to a heat treatment, to thereby dewax the wax mold (21), and a step of firing the slurry film (51), to thereby burn and vanish the powdery particles (32) in the slurry film (51) and form a shell (71). The mold (70) has the shell (71) and a porous layer (74) formed on the surface (76) of the cavity of the shell. The mold can be suitably used for manufacturing a porous body (90) having a porous layer (94) on the surface thereof.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mold (70), which comprises a step of forming a layer (31) of combustible powdery particles (32) around a wax mold (21), which is a lost pattern, a step of forming a film (51) of a ceramic precursor slurry (52) around the wax mold (21) having powdery particles (32) formed thereon, a step of subjecting the resultant product to a heat treatment, to thereby dewax the wax mold (21), and a step of firing the slurry film (51), to thereby burn and vanish the powdery particles (32) in the slurry film (51) and form a shell (71). The mold (70) has the shell (71) and a porous layer (74) formed on the surface (76) of the cavity of the shell. The mold can be suitably used for manufacturing a porous body (90) having a porous layer (94) on the surface thereof.

Abstract: Installed in a vacuum chamber is a mounting table for supporting semiconductor wafer, which is a substrate to be treated, with an electron beam irradiation mechanism mounted on the ceiling of the vacuum chamber for generating electron beams. The mounting table is adapted to be vertically moved by a lifting/lowering device, allowing the distance between the electron beam irradiating mechanism and the semiconductor wafer to be set at a desired value. This makes it possible to perform a uniform satisfactory treatment over the entire surface of the substrate to be treated.

Abstract: The invention concerns the use of steroids and non-toxic compounds, capable of crossing the blood brain barrier characterized in that they are capable of binding the same site as pregnenolone on proteins constituting or associated with elements of the cytoskeleton and of displacing the MAP2-bound pregnenolone, and of influencing the assembling and stabilization of microtubules. The invention is particularly useful for treating the nervous system, for fighting against ageing of cells containing MAP5, and for treating cancers.

Abstract: A drug is provided comprising of a degradable gel with a saturated moisture content not exceeding 98 wt. % and a functional material, and which permits control of the rate of release of the functional material and performs controlled-release of the functional material over a prolonged period of time, and wherein the gel itself decomposes and dissipates upon completion of release of the functional material.

Abstract: Installed in a vacuum chamber is a mounting table for supporting semiconductor wafer, which is a substrate to be treated, with an electron beam irradiation mechanism mounted on the ceiling of the vacuum chamber for generating electron beams. The mounting table is adapted to be vertically moved by a lifting/lowering device, allowing the distance between the electron beam irradiating mechanism and the semiconductor wafer to be set at a desired value. This makes it possible to perform a uniform satisfactory treatment over the entire surface of the substrate to be treated.