Abstract: A radiation detector includes a sensor panel having a light receiving surface, a first scintillator panel and a second scintillator panel disposed on the light receiving surface in a state of being adjacent to each other along the light receiving surface, and an adhesive layer. The first scintillator panel has a first substrate and a first scintillator layer including a plurality of columnar crystals. The second scintillator panel has a second substrate and a second scintillator layer including a plurality of columnar crystals. The first scintillator layer reaches at least a first portion of the first substrate. The second scintillator layer reaches at least a second portion of the second substrate. The adhesive layer is provided continuous over the first scintillator panel and the second scintillator panel.

Abstract: A scintillator panel includes a substrate made of an organic material, a barrier layer formed on the substrate and including thallium iodide as a main component, and a scintillator layer formed on the barrier layer and including cesium iodide as a main component. According to this scintillator panel, moisture resistance can be improved by providing the barrier layer between the substrate and the scintillator layer.

Abstract: A radiation detector includes: a sensor panel; a scintillator panel; and a resin frame provided across the sensor panel and the scintillator panel, in which the sensor panel has a mounting surface where the scintillator panel is mounted, the scintillator panel includes a support body having a first surface, a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface, and a first side surface connecting the first surface and the second surface to each other, and a scintillator layer formed on the first surface and containing a plurality of columnar crystals, the scintillator panel is mounted on the mounting surface such that the scintillator layer and the first surface face the mounting surface, and the scintillator layer has a second side surface extending so as to be positioned on the same plane as the first side surface.

Abstract: A scintillator panel includes: a first flexible support body having a first surface and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface; a scintillator layer formed on the first surface and containing a plurality of columnar crystals; a second flexible support body provided on the second surface; an inorganic layer provided on the second flexible support body so as to be interposed between the second surface and the second flexible support body; and a first adhesive layer bonding the second surface and the inorganic layer to each other. A radiation detector includes: the scintillator panel; and a sensor panel including a photoelectric conversion element, in which the scintillator panel is provided on the sensor panel such that the first surface is on the sensor panel side with respect to the second surface.

Abstract: In an optical fiber cable in which an optical fiber ribbon formed by parallelly arranging a plurality of optical fibers is packaged in an internal space, a core portion of each optical fiber is made of pure quartz and an effective cross-sectional area of the core portion at a wavelength of 1,550 nm is 110 ?m2 or more and 150 ?m2 or less. The optical fiber ribbon is an optical fiber ribbon in which the optical fibers are connected by continuously applying an adhesive resin between adjacent optical fibers. An occupation ratio of the optical fiber ribbon to the internal space calculated from a ratio of a cross-sectional area of the internal space to a cross-sectional area of the packaged optical fiber ribbon is 25% or more and 55% or less.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to acquire information regarding the cardiac valve required in the clinical field, such as the tenting volume, tenting area, tenting height of the mitral valve of the heart, the area, the circumferential length, and height (the difference between the highest portion and the lowest portion) of the mitral annulus, etc.

Abstract: When a key is rotated, it is moved in order of an ON position, an R position, an N position and a D position so that the range of an automatic transmission is switched. Moreover, when the key 13 is pressed in the ON position and the N position, it is moved to a START position so that power is applied to a starter. In this case, it is possible to carry out an operation for starting an engine and an operation for switching the range of the automatic transmission by manipulating the same key in a different direction. Therefore, the operation for starting an engine and the operation for switching the range of the automatic transmission can be carried out easily.

Abstract: The lever body 17 includes a recess (receiver) 66 defined by an upper plate 70 and the projections 65a, 65b, as shown in FIG. 7. A notch 67 is formed in the upper plate 70 (see FIG. 1). The notch 67 permits the first locking piece 61 to move from its retreating position to the operating position in the recess 66. The dimension of the notch 67 in the Y direction (the width of the notch 67) and the dimension of the notch 67 in the notch X direction (the depth of the notch 67) are both shorter than the corresponding dimensions of the recess 66. The upper plate 70 functions as a prohibiting member.

Abstract: A shift device including a key cylinder and a shift lever is disclosed. The key cylinder is located adjacent to the shift lever. The key cylinder receives a key corresponding to the key cylinder. When the key is located at the ON position, the key cylinder generates an engine driving signal to an engine ECU. A stopping mechanism is located between the key cylinder and the shift lever for selectively stopping the movement of the shift lever depending on the selected key position.

Abstract: A shift device (10) including a shift position detecting sensor (28), a user identifying device (78) and a shift detection preventing device (73,76) is disclosed. The shift position detecting sensor detects a shift position of the shift lever and generates a shift position signal corresponding to the detected shift position. The user identifying device identifies a user of the shift device. If the user identifying device cannot identify the user, the shift detection preventing device prevents the shift position detecting sensor from detecting the shift position.

Abstract: A shift device including a key cylinder and a shift lever is disclosed. The key cylinder is located adjacent to the shift lever. The key cylinder receives a key corresponding to the key cylinder. When the key is located at the ON position, the key cylinder generates an engine driving signal to an engine ECU. A stopping mechanism is located between the key cylinder and the shift lever for selectively stopping the movement of the shift lever depending on the selected key position.

Abstract: When a key is rotated, it is moved in order of an ON position, an R position, an N position and a D position so that the range of an automatic transmission is switched. Moreover, when the key 13 is pressed in the ON position and the N position, it is moved to a START position so that power is applied to a starter. In this case, it is possible to carry out an operation for starting an engine and an operation for switching the range of the automatic transmission by manipulating the same key in a different direction. Therefore, the operation for starting an engine and the operation for switching the range of the automatic transmission can be carried out easily.

Abstract: A video game system has a controller including a CPU which functions as a controller action detecting unit, a target position calculating unit, and a cursor display control unit, among others. The controller action detecting unit detects X and Y coordinates corresponding to a tilted direction and a tilted angle of a stick-type controller. The target position calculating unit calculates a target position to be reached by a movable character, such as a stone used in curling, based on the X and Y coordinates detected by the controller action detecting unit. The cursor display control unit sends an instruction signal to display a bar indicative of the target position to a signal processor, the bar having a width commensurate with the distance from a predetermined position, such as a stone throwing position, to the target position.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a casting method for forming a resin molding which is able to cast the resin molding according to an assembly line production system while completely eliminating variations in quality between products. In the casting method according to the present invention, a plurality of metal molds are circulated at a given time difference in the order of a step of casting a hardenable resin composition into a preheated metal mold, a step of heating and hardening the casted resin composition, and a step of releasing the hardened product from the metal mold and assembling the metal mold. There are provided a plurality of heating devices and, while one metal mold in the hardening step is being heated by one of the heating devices, the other metal mold is heated at the above given time difference by the other of the heating devices.

Abstract: A tape guide for magnetic tape cassettes, comprising a thermosetting resin composition, such as a polyester resin having a glass transition point of not lower than 100.degree. C. containing an inorganic filler such as silicon powder and, optionally, a resin powder such as a tetrafluorethylene resin powder in a proportion of from 60 to 75% by weight based on the total composition. The tape guide has an increased thermal conductivity of 10.times.10.sup.-4 cal/cm.deg.sec or more and a low coefficient of friction and is, therefore, free from undesirable frictional heat generation.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a seatbelt system in which the distal end portion of a webbing is moved in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle by a motor, thereby allowing the webbing to be automatically fastened to and unfastened from the body of an occupant. The apparatus has a motor overload detecting circuit which detects an overloaded state of the motor by detecting a change in the current flowing through the motor. When the motor is overloaded, the motor is turned OFF. Accordingly, even when the occupant moves during the movement of the webbing and the webbing consequently interferes with the occupant's neck or head, it is possible to prevent the occupant from feeling uncomfortable and the motor from being burned out.