Abstract: A sterilizing device evenly irradiating an entire surface of a food with electron beam to provide a sterilizing effect based on the electron beam to the entire surface is provided. The sterilizing device includes: an electron-beam irradiator unit 10 configured to irradiate a process-target object (such as a raw egg) 40 with electron beam EB; a placement stage 22 for the process-target object 40; and a slit SL arranged between the process-target object 40 and the electron-beam irradiator unit 10, the slit unit SL includes a plurality of openings, and is arranged to be upper than a high portion of the process-target object 40. In this manner, since the process-target object 40 is irradiated with the electron beam EB through the slit SL, its entire surface can be more evenly irradiated with the electron beam, and a sterilizing effect based on the electron beam can be provided to the entire surface.

Abstract: Cold air storage for in-vehicle use having a body duct 22 communicating with a back portion of a cold accumulating chamber 18 and extending to a ceiling portion of a cold storage chamber 3, an outlet 23 formed in the body duct and opening at the ceiling portion of the cold storage chamber, a fan 7 blowing cold air which has heat-exchanged with a cold accumulating agent 6 from the outlet through the body duct, a metal door duct member 24 attached to the inside of the door 8 with an interval, and a door duct 26 configured between the door duct member and the door. When the door closes a front opening portion of the cold storage chamber, an upper portion of the door duct communicates with the outlet and a lower portion of the door duct communicates with a front portion of the cold air accumulating chamber.

Abstract: The present invention provides new methods of intervention for anxiety associated disorders, in particular, trauma-derived disorders such as PTSD, and therapeutic or prophylactic agents for anxiety associated disorders that can be used as foods, beverages, and dietary supplements, for example, and which contain as an active ingredient n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids contained in krill oil or fish oil, for example. The present invention further provides methods for alleviating fear memory or methods for preventing its formation by adjusting the proportion of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids to n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids as ingested.

Abstract: The present invention provides new methods of intervention for anxiety associated disorders, in particular, trauma-derived disorders such as PTSD, and therapeutic or prophylactic agents for anxiety associated disorders that can be used as foods, beverages, and dietary supplements, for example, and which contain as an active ingredient n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids contained in krill oil or fish oil, for example. The present invention further provides methods for alleviating fear memory or methods for preventing its formation by adjusting the proportion of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids to n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids as ingested.

Abstract: The present invention provides new methods of intervention for anxiety associated disorders, in particular, trauma-derived disorders such as PTSD, and therapeutic or prophylactic agents for anxiety associated disorders that can be used as foods, beverages, and dietary supplements, for example, and which contain as an active ingredient n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids contained in krill oil or fish oil, for example. The present invention further provides methods for alleviating fear memory or methods for preventing its formation by adjusting the proportion of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids to n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids as ingested.

Abstract: The polarizing plate of the invention comprises a norbornene resin film, a polyurethane layer, an adhesive layer and a polarizing film which are laminated in this order. The polarizing plate exhibits excellent adhesion between the optical film and the polarizing film, is excellent also in properties such as heat resistance and chemical resistance, rarely suffers delamination and distortion even if it is used for a long period of time, and has high reliability. The polarizing plate can be obtained by, for example, a process comprising steps of forming a polyurethane layer on a surface of a norbornene resin film and bonding a polarizing film to the polyurethane layer through an adhesive.

Abstract: A wavelength plate, which comprises a cyclic olefin based resin-containing material and is obtained by combining plural sheets of a retardation film that provides a specific retardation. The resulting wavelength plate (retardation plate) has the same polarizing characteristics against monochromic lights having a different wavelength and can be used as a wavelength plate for optical information recording and reproducing devices.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide wave plates which have excellent initial properties, are hardly influenced by the usage environment or the production environment and have excellent long-term reliability. The first wave plate of the invention is a wave plate comprising two or more retardation films, wherein the retardation films are not bonded to each other in the laser beam transmission area and further they are bonded to each other in at least a part of other area than the laser beam transmission area. The second wave plate is a wave plate comprising at least two retardation films which are laminated on each other, on at least one surface of said laminated retardation films a glass substrate being laminated, wherein the retardation films, and the retardation film and the glass substrate are lamination-fixed respectively with different adhesives which are selected from an adhesive (A) having a glass transition temperature of not higher than 0° C. and a Young's modulus at 23° C.

Abstract: [Problems] To provide an optical film for a liquid crystal display, in which a wide range of a retardation of transmitted light can be controlled in manufacturing and good viewing angle compensation effects on such as preventing light leakage or color dropout (coloring) in true black display and achieving a high contrast in all directions can be obtained when used in liquid crystal display. [Means for Solving Problems] The optical film of the invention includes a film (a) layer made of a cyclic olefin resin and a film (b) layer made of a polyimide resin or a polyetherimide resin, wherein following formulae (1) and (2) are preferably satisfied: (1) 200 nm?Rth?1,000 nm and (2) 0?R550?200 nm, wherein Rth and R550 represent the retardation in the direction of film thickness and the in-plane retardation of the film, respectively, at wavelength of 550 nm.

Abstract: An optical film has a film a formed of a cyclic olefin resin, and a homeotropically orientated optical anisotropic layer b disposed on the film a. This optical film preferably satisfies the below listed formulae (1) to (3). ?600nm?Rth?200nm??(1) 0nm?R?600nm??(2) NZ?1??(3) (In formulae (1) to (3), Rth indicates the retardation in the thickness direction of the optical film at a wavelength of 550 nm; R indicates the in-plane retardation of the optical film at a wavelength of 550 nm; and NZ indicates (nx?nz)/(nx?ny)). When the optical film is used in an ISP mode liquid crystal display device, light leakage and color fading (discoloration) during black display are prevented stably for a long term, and a good viewing angle compensation effect is obtained (i.e., high contrast ratio at all angles).

Abstract: To provide an ion implantation device which suppresses diffusion of an ion beam, can finely control a scanning waveform and can obtain a large scanning angle of about 10°. In the ion implantation device, first, second and third chambers 12A, 14A and 16A are arranged in predetermined places on a beam line, first and second gaps 20A and 22A intervene between the first chamber 12A and the second chamber 14A and between the second chamber 14A and the third chamber 16A, the second chamber 14A is electrically insulated from the first and third chambers 12A and 16A via first and second electrode pairs 26A and 28A attached to the first and second gaps 20A and 22A, respectively, the first and second electrode pairs 26A and 28A obliquely cross a standard axis J of the ion beam at a predetermined angle in opposite directions, and the second chamber 14 is connected to a scanning power source 40A which applies an electric potential having desired scanning waveform.

Abstract: [Problems] To provide an optical film for a liquid crystal display that has good viewing angle compensation effects such as preventing color dropout (coloration) and achieving high contrast in all directions when used in a liquid crystal display. [Means for solving problems] An optical film of the invention comprises at least one film (a) layer made of a cyclic olefin resin exhibiting positive birefringence and a film (b) layer made of a polymer exhibiting negative birefringence laminated on said film (a) layer, and satisfies (1) 0.1?Nz-coefficient?0.9, (2) 0.5?R450/R550?0.9, (3) 1.0?R650/R550?1.3 and (4) 200 nm?R550?350 nm; wherein R450, R550 and R650 represent the retardation R at wavelengths of 450 nm, 550 nm and 650 nm, respectively.

Abstract: An ion implantation device that suppresses diffusion of an ion beam, can finely control a scanning waveform, and can obtain a large scanning angle of about 10°. In the ion implantation device, first, second, and third chambers are arranged in predetermined places on a beam line, first and second gaps intervene between the first chamber and the second chamber and between the second chamber and the third chamber. The second chamber is electrically insulated from the first and third chambers via first and second electrode pairs attached to the first and second gaps, respectively. The first and second electrode pairs obliquely cross a standard axis of the ion beam at a predetermined angle in opposite directions, and the second chamber is connected to a scanning power source that applies an electric potential having a desired scanning waveform.

Abstract: There is provided by the invention a retardation film stably exhibiting excellent optical properties over a long period of time. The retardation film of the invention is a retardation film comprising (A) a cycloolefin resin and (B) inorganic particles which have a longer diameter and a shorter diameter and exhibit shape anisotropy, a refractive index of which in the longer diameter direction is larger than an average refractive index of which in the direction crossing the longer diameter direction at right angles and which exhibit birefringence, wherein the inorganic particles (B) are orientated and the retardation film has a difference in refractive index between the film plane direction and the film thickness direction.

Abstract: A wavelength plate laser optical system which is a wavelength plate using a stretched and oriented film containing a cyclic olefin based resin, and which has values of the formula (a): Re(?)/?, (wherein ? represents a wavelength (nm) of the laser beam; and Re(?) represents a retardation value (nm) of the laser beam having transmitted through the wavelength plate) against two laser beams having a different wavelength such that the value is ((0.2 to 0.3)+X) for a first laser beam and that the value is ((0.8 to 1.2)+Y) for a second laser beam, respectively (wherein X represents 0 or the number of an integral multiple of 0.5; and Y represents 0 or an integer of 1 or more). It is possible to provide a wavelength plate for optical information recording and reproducing devices, which is excellent in initial characteristics, is hardly affected by the use environment and the manufacturing environment, is excellent in long-term reliability, and is corresponding to two laser beams having a different wavelength.

Abstract: A wavelength plate, which comprises a cyclic olefin based resin-containing material and is obtained by combining plural sheets of a retardation film that provides a specific retardation. The resulting wavelength plate (retardation plate) has the same polarizing characteristics against monochromic lights having a different wavelength and can be used as a wavelength plate for optical information recording and reproducing devices.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide wave plates which have excellent initial properties, are hardly influenced by the usage environment or the production environment and have excellent long-term reliability. The first wave plate of the invention is a wave plate comprising two or more retardation films, wherein the retardation films are not bonded to each other in the laser beam transmission area and further they are bonded to each other in at least a part of other area than the laser beam transmission area. The second wave plate is a wave plate comprising at least two retardation films which are laminated on each other, on at least one surface of said laminated retardation films a glass substrate being laminated, wherein the retardation films, and the retardation film and the glass substrate are lamination-fixed respectively with different adhesives which are selected from an adhesive (A) having a glass transition temperature of not higher than 0° C. and a Young's modulus at 23° C.

Abstract: A laminated wavelength plate including a cyclic olefin based resin film and a transparent crystal plate having optical anisotropy bonded to each other, wherein an angle defined by an optical axis of the cyclic olefin based resin film and an optical axis of the transparent crystal plate having optical anisotropy falls within the range of from 0 to 90 degrees. The laminated wavelength plate of the invention is a broadband wavelength plate (retardation plate) which is stable against heat, humidity and the like, is effective against plural laser beams having a different wavelength, and can be used as a wavelength plate for optical information recording and reproducing devices.

Abstract: A thermoplastic norbornene resin which displays a high degree of toughness, and for which the exhibited retardation and the wavelength dependency of that retardation can be controlled is provided, which is formed from a copolymer with a structural unit represented by a general formula (1) and a structural unit represented by a general formula (2).

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Vient Flamingo’, characterized by its compact, semi-upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; large daisy-type inflorescences with yellow-colored ray florets with red purple-colored venation; and good garden performance.