Abstract: A substrate liquid treatment apparatus includes an inner tank configured to store a treatment liquid and having an upper opening, an outer tank disposed outside the inner tank, and a lid movable between a close position for closing the upper opening of the inner tank and an open position for opening the upper opening of the inner tank. The lid includes a main portion that covers the upper opening of the inner tank when the lid is positioned at the close position, and a splash shielding portion connected to the main portion. When the lid is positioned at the close position, the splash shielding portion extends from a position higher than an upper end of a side wall of the inner tank adjacent to the splash shielding portion to a position which is lower than the upper end of the side wall and which is on the outer tank side of the side wall.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a drift layer of a first conduction type provided in a semiconductor substrate having a first principal plane and a second principal plane opposed to the first principal plane; a first semiconductor layer of a second conduction type provided between the first principal plane of the semiconductor substrate and the drift layer and having impurity concentration higher than impurity concentration of the drift layer; a first buffer layer of a first conduction type provided between the second principal plane of the semiconductor substrate and the drift layer and having hydrogen-induced donors with impurity concentration higher than impurity concentration of the drift layer; and a second semiconductor layer of a first conduction type or a second conduction type provided between the second principal plane of the semiconductor substrate and the first buffer layer and having impurity concentration higher than impurity concentration of the drift layer, wherein the first buffer layer incl

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing tank, a holder, an organic solvent supply, a drainage port, a gas supply, and an exhaust port. The processing tank stores an aqueous layer. The holder holds a substrate. The organic solvent supply supplies an organic solvent onto the aqueous layer to form a liquid layer of the organic solvent. The drainage port discharges the aqueous layer from a bottom wall of the processing tank and causes the liquid layer of the organic solvent to descend from above the substrate to below the substrate. The gas supply supplies a gas of a water repellent agent to the liquid layer from above the processing tank while the liquid layer descends. The exhaust port is exposed on a side wall of the processing tank by the descending of the liquid layer and discharges the gas of the water repellent gas.

Abstract: A vital stain for observation under multiphoton laser microscopy, the vital stain comprising one or more edible dye compounds.

Abstract: A susceptor assembly for a reactor system may provide various plasma control benefits. The susceptor assembly includes a body, a heater element, a first electrode, and a second electrode, according to various embodiments. The body may have a top surface, a side surface, and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface is a substrate support surface. The heater element may be embedded within the body. The first and second electrodes may also be embedded within the body of the susceptor assembly, with the first electrode disposed between the heater element and the top surface of the body. The second electrode may be generally disposed proximate at least one of the side surface and the bottom surface.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an N-type drift layer provided between a first main surface and a second main surface of the semiconductor substrate and an N-type buffer layer provided between the N-type drift layer and the first main surface and having a higher impurity peak concentration than the N-type drift layer. The N-type buffer layer has a structure that a first buffer layer, a second buffer layer, a third buffer layer, and a fourth buffer layer are disposed in this order from a side of the first main surface. When a distance from an impurity peak position of the first buffer layer to an impurity peak position of the second buffer layer is L12 and a distance from an impurity peak position of the second buffer layer to an impurity peak position of the third buffer layer is L23, a relationship of L23/L12?3.5 is satisfied.

Abstract: A dental glass powder includes 15 to 40% by mass of zinc oxide (ZnO), 20 to 55% by mass of silicon oxide (SiO2), 6 to 20% by mass of aluminum oxide (Al2O3), 1 to 13% by mass of calcium oxide (CaO), and 1 to 19% by mass of fluorine (F).

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for determining the likelihood of colorectal cancer development in a human ulcerative colitis patient, the method including: a measurement step of measuring methylation rates of one or more CpG sites present in specific differentially methylated regions in DNA recovered from a biological sample collected from the human ulcerative colitis patient; and a determination step of determining the likelihood of colorectal cancer development in the human ulcerative colitis patient based on average methylation rates of the differentially methylated regions which are calculated based on the methylation rates measured in the measurement step and a preset reference value or a preset multivariate discrimination expression, in which the reference value is a value for identifying a cancerous ulcerative colitis patient and a non-cancerous ulcerative colitis patient, which is set for the methylation rate of each differentially methylated region, and the multivariate discrimination expres

Abstract: To enhance convenience in an authentication system using a plurality of types of authentication, a terminal device transmits authentication data including a face image and a voice of a user, the position of the terminal device, to the server device. The server device uses the received authentication data to perform individual authentications including face authentication, voiceprint authentication, position adequacy verification. The server device applies adds up weighted scores of the individual authentications to calculate a comprehensive score. When the comprehensive score exceeds a first threshold, a high security operation is permitted. When the comprehensive score is not higher than the first threshold and exceeds a second threshold, a low security operation is permitted.

Abstract: A processing liquid used in a substrate liquid processing apparatus can be supplied in a constant amount with high accuracy. A substrate liquid processing apparatus A1 includes a storage line 61 configured to store a processing liquid therein; an introduction line 62 configured to introduce the processing liquid into the storage line 61; a discharge line 63 configured to discharge the processing liquid from the storage line 61; and a gas supply unit 65 configured to perform a strickling of the processing liquid by jetting a gas to a surface of the processing liquid stored in the storage line 61.

Abstract: The present invention is provided with an imaging unit (10) that has an imaging head (11) to be inserted into the digestive tract (112) and images a living body by applying a laser to the digestive tract (112) via the imaging head (11); a control unit (50) for controlling the imaging head (11) to move inside the digestive tract (112); and an image processing unit (70) for processing an image captured by the imaging unit (10). The imaging unit (10) captures a plurality of imaging regions (P) to be imaged along with the movement of the imaging head (11) such that a portion of adjacent imaging regions (P1, P2) overlap, and the image processing unit (70) overlaps regions (Pa) in which the plurality of imaging regions (P1, P2) are overlapped to generate a composite image.

Abstract: An object is to provide a magnetic compound excellent in high frequency properties and excellent in mechanical strength, and its related items, using the polyarylene sulfide resin, and to provide a technique regarding the magnetic compound having a metal magnetic powder and a polyarylene sulfide resin, and satisfying both mechanical strength and high frequency properties.

Abstract: Provided is a vital stain inspection method for distinguishing between cancer cells and normal cells within a lumen, or on the serous membrane side of an organ, by means of laser irradiation after organ tissue has been stained by curcumin, Red #3 or Red #106, which are edible color dyes.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device capable of reducing the on-voltage and a manufacturing method thereof. According to the present invention, a semiconductor device includes a Si substrate, a p-type anode layer provided on the front surface of the Si substrate, an anode electrode provided on the p-type anode layer, an n-type cathode layer and a p-type cathode layer provided adjacent to each other on a back surface of the Si substrate, an Al alloy layer provided on the n-type cathode layer and containing Si, and an Al alloy layer provided on the p-type cathode layer and containing Si, in which impurity concentration in the n-type cathode layer is 1E19 cm?3 or higher and impurity concentration in the p-type cathode layer is 10% or lower of the impurity concentration in the n-type cathode layer.

Abstract: A grease discharge device includes a motor, a plunger, a grease supply unit, a pump, a check valve, and a relief valve. The plunger reciprocates by driving of the motor. The grease supply unit supplies grease to a forward movement side with respect to a backward movement side dead center of the plunger. The pump performs a discharge behavior of the grease by the reciprocation of the plunger. The check valve is disposed at a downstream side with respect to a forward movement side dead center of the plunger in a discharge path of the grease inside the pump. The relief valve is disposed between a supply portion of the grease by the grease supply unit and the check valve. The relief valve releases the grease inside the discharge path to the grease supply unit side according to a pressure rise inside the discharge path.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid processing method of drying a substrate held horizontally after supplying deionized water to the substrate. The liquid processing method includes: supplying the deionized water to a front surface of the substrate; supplying a first solvent to the front surface of the substrate after supplying the deionized water; supplying a water-repellent agent to the front surface of the substrate to impart water-repellency to the front surface of the substrate; supplying a second solvent to the front surface of the substrate to which water-repellency is imparted; and removing the second solvent from the front surface of the substrate. A specific gravity of the first solvent is smaller than a specific gravity of the water-repellent agent, and a specific gravity of the second solvent is larger than the specific gravity of the water-repellent agent.

Abstract: A water- and oil-repellent agent contains cellulose nanofibers, a compound having at least one functional group of an oxazoline group, a carbodiimide group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, as a crosslinking agent, and a perfluoroalkyl compound.

Abstract: Examples of a substrate processing apparatus includes a susceptor, a shaft supporting the susceptor, a flow control ring surrounding the susceptor while providing a gap with respect to the susceptor, an exhaust duct arranged directly above the flow control ring, a plate disposed above the susceptor, and a chamber surrounding the susceptor, the flow control ring, the exhaust duct, and the plate, and a coupling part coupling the shaft to the chamber, wherein at least a portion of the coupling part is an insulator.

Abstract: For every acquisition of a set of mass spectrum data, a mass calibrator (determines the amount of mass discrepancy using the appearance position of a peak originating from an internal standard substance having a known m/z value, and performs a process for correcting the mass discrepancy. A mass calibration information collector (collects the amount of mass discrepancy or mass correction quantity for each set of mass spectrum data. After the completion of the measurement, a three-dimensional display information creator creates a three-dimensional graph showing the large number of collected mass correction quantities plotted in a three-dimensional space in which the retention time in a primary column and the retention time in a secondary column in a comprehensive two-dimensional LC unit are represented by two mutually orthogonal axes while the mass correction quantity is represented by the axis orthogonal to those two axes.

Abstract: To provide a polyarylene sulfide (PAS) resin composition and a PAS resin molded article that are excellent in mechanical strengths such as impact resistance while maintaining excellent heat resistance of the PAS resin, and methods for producing the PAS resin composition and the PAS resin molded article. Specifically, provided are a method for producing a long fiber-reinforced PAS resin molded article, the method including obtaining a long fiber-reinforced PAS resin composition containing a PAS resin and a fiber reinforcing material having a fiber length of more than 5 mm, subsequently subjecting the resin composition and a PAS resin to dry blending, and subsequently subjecting the dry-blended substance to melting and subsequently to melt-molding; the long fiber-reinforced PAS resin composition; and a method for producing the long fiber-reinforced PAS resin composition.