Abstract: A substrate storing container includes a container main body, a lid body, and a lateral substrate support portion. The lateral substrate support portion of the substrate storing container includes substrate contact portions touching a substrate when supporting an edge portion of the substrate, and contact portion support portions supporting the substrate contact portions. The substrate contact portions are made of a material having a heat-resisting property with respect to temperature of the substrate touching the substrate contact portions. The contact portion support portions are made of a material having a lower heat-resisting property than that of the substrate contact portions and having a lower coefficient of moisture absorption than that of the substrate contact portions.

Abstract: The tip face 411 of the base portion 41 inserted into the retaining groove 321 and the groove bottom face 322 have a positional relationship of facing each other, and a bottom portion space 413 is formed between the base portion 41 inserted into the retaining groove 321 and the groove bottom face 322. A pair of side faces 412 of the base portion 41 inserted into the retaining groove 321 and the pair of groove side faces 323 have a positional relationship of facing each other, and side face spaces 324 which are in communication with an opening of the retaining groove 321 are respectively formed between the pair of side faces 412 of the base portion 41 inserted into the retaining groove and the pair of groove side faces 323, and the bottom portion space is in communication with the side face space.

Abstract: A substrate storing container includes a container main body, a lid body, and a lateral substrate support portion. The lateral substrate support portion of the substrate storing container includes substrate contact portions touching a substrate when supporting an edge portion of the substrate, and contact portion support portions supporting the substrate contact portions. The substrate contact portions are made of a material having a heat-resisting property with respect to temperature of the substrate touching the substrate contact portions. The contact portion support portions are made of a material having a lower heat-resisting property than that of the substrate contact portions and having a lower coefficient of moisture absorption than that of the substrate contact portions.

Abstract: The tip face 411 of the base portion 41 inserted into the retaining groove 321 and the groove bottom face 322 have a positional relationship of facing each other, and a bottom portion space 413 is formed between the base portion 41 inserted into the retaining groove 321 and the groove bottom face 322. A pair of side faces 412 of the base portion 41 inserted into the retaining groove 321 and the pair of groove side faces 323 have a positional relationship of facing each other, and side face spaces 324 which are in communication with an opening of the retaining groove 321 are respectively formed between the pair of side faces 412 of the base portion 41 inserted into the retaining groove and the pair of groove side faces 323, and the bottom portion space is in communication with the side face space.

Abstract: An input device includes an input-sensing unit that contains a capacitive input sensor and a sensitivity-sensing unit that contains a capacitive sensitivity sensor. The input-sensing unit senses position information obtained by touch operation of an operation body to the capacitive input sensor. The sensitivity-sensing unit senses sensitivity information obtained by touch operation of the operation body to the capacitive sensitivity sensor. The input device includes a control unit determining whether or not the output level of the position information from the input-sensing unit is adjusted based on the sensitivity information sensed by the sensitivity-sensing unit and a sensitivity-adjusting unit that adjusts an output level of the position information from the input-sensing unit based on a result of the determination of the control unit. The control unit controls the sensitivity-adjusting unit to adjust the output level of the position information received from the input-sensing unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a piezoelectric pump. The piezoelectric pump includes a pump body, a drive unit, a detection section, and a control unit. The pump body includes a hole for introducing a fluid from outside thereinto and jetting the fluid from inside, a wall portion disposed so as to face the hole, and a piezoelectric body provided on the wall portion to vibrate the wall portion. The drive unit drives the piezoelectric body. The detection section detects a signal corresponding to a discharge rate of the fluid from the hole. The control unit controls a drive voltage and a drive frequency of the drive unit on the basis of the signal.

Abstract: An input device inputs information by a slide operation depending on an operation body. The device contains a housing having an operation surface, a detection unit that is provided in the housing and includes an electrostatic capacitance sheet member which detects a slide position of the operation body to output a position detection signal, and an operation unit that covers an entire surface of the detection unit and is slide-operated along the operation surface of the housing. The operation unit has a convex shape which becomes thicker along a sliding direction from one direction of the operation surface of the housing and also which becomes thinner toward the other direction of the operation surface thereof. The electrostatic capacitance sheet member includes a switch portion that is switched by a press-in operation of the operation body to the operation unit.

Abstract: The resin composition of the present invention is characterized by comprising (A) biodegradable resin, (B) at least one inorganic filler selected from a fibrous inorganic filler, a plate-like inorganic filler, a rod-like inorganic filler and a granular inorganic filler, or an organic filler having water repellency, and (C) a di- or higher functional compound or resin having an isocyanate group. The resin composition of the present invention comprises a biodegradable resin as a main resin component, but can provide molded articles excellent in hydrolysis resistance, mechanical characteristics, and dimensional stability.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mold, including steps of (a) expanding a powder mixture containing a water-soluble inorganic salt powder and a water-soluble organic polymer powder in a plane on a table and then selectively spraying a spray liquid containing at least one selected from a water-miscible organic solvent and water through a nozzle on this powder mixture layer to make a bonding strength among particles of the powder mixture in a sprayed region higher than that among particles of the powder mixture in an unsprayed region, (b) further expanding the powder mixture on the powder mixture layer after spraying and then selectively spraying the spray liquid through the nozzle on this powder mixture layer, (c) repeatedly conducting the step (b) over several times to form a mold shaped by the sprayed regions, and (d) taking out the mold.

Abstract: A first resin composition of the present invention is characterized by comprising (A) at least one thermoplastic resin selected from polypropylenes, polystyrenes, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymers, polycarbonates, polyethylenes and thermoplastic elastomers, (B) filler such as a crushed shell material or the like, and (C) binder component. A second resin composition of the present invention is characterized by comprising (A?) thermoplastic resin such as an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer or the like and (B?) crushed shell material, wherein the elastic modulus thereof is 1750 to 2950 MPa. A third resin composition of the present invention is characterized by comprising (A?) thermoplastic resin and (B?) crushed shell material, wherein the surface hardness thereof measured using a durometer is 12 to 85. The resin compositions of the present invention can provide molded bodies excellent in gloss, mechanical strength, and dimensional stability.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mold, including steps of (a) expanding a powder mixture containing a water-soluble inorganic salt powder and a water-soluble organic polymer powder in a plane on a table and then selectively spraying a spray liquid containing at least one selected from a water-miscible organic solvent and water through a nozzle on this powder mixture layer to make a bonding strength among particles of the powder mixture in a sprayed region higher than that among particles of the powder mixture in an unsprayed region, (b) further expanding the powder mixture on the powder mixture layer after spraying and then selectively spraying the spray liquid through the nozzle on this powder mixture layer, (c) repeatedly conducting the step (b) over several times to form a mold shaped by the sprayed regions, and (d) taking out the mold.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mold, including steps of (a) expanding a powder mixture containing a water-soluble inorganic salt powder and a water-soluble organic polymer powder in a plane on a table and then selectively spraying a spray liquid containing at least one selected from a water-miscible organic solvent and water through a nozzle on this powder mixture layer to make a bonding strength among particles of the powder mixture in a sprayed region higher than that among particles of the powder mixture in an unsprayed region, (b) further expanding the powder mixture on the powder mixture layer after spraying and then selectively spraying the spray liquid through the nozzle on this powder mixture layer, (c) repeatedly conducting the step (b) over several times to form a mold shaped by the sprayed regions, and (d) taking out the mold.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes: a host interface that receives a standard specification command and an internal specification command; a register unit; a logic circuit unit; and a first oscillation circuit, wherein the first oscillation circuit is controlled on the basis of a first command as the internal specification command and shifts to a state in which power supply voltage is supplied but oscillation is stopped, and the first oscillation circuit is controlled through the register unit on the basis of a second command as the internal specification command and returns to an oscillation state from the state in which the oscillation is stopped.

Abstract: An input device includes an input-sensing unit that contains a capacitive input sensor and a sensitivity-sensing unit that contains a capacitive sensitivity sensor. The input-sensing unit senses position information obtained by touch operation of an operation body to the capacitive input sensor. The sensitivity-sensing unit senses sensitivity information obtained by touch operation of the operation body to the capacitive sensitivity sensor. The input device includes a control unit determining whether or not the output level of the position information from the input-sensing unit is adjusted based on the sensitivity information sensed by the sensitivity-sensing unit and a sensitivity-adjusting unit that adjusts an output level of the position information from the input-sensing unit based on a result of the determination of the control unit. The control unit controls the sensitivity-adjusting unit to adjust the output level of the position information received from the input-sensing unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a piezoelectric pump. The piezoelectric pump includes a pump body, a drive unit, a detection section, and a control unit. The pump body includes a hole for introducing a fluid from outside thereinto and jetting the fluid from inside, a wall portion disposed so as to face the hole, and a piezoelectric body provided on the wall portion to vibrate the wall portion. The drive unit drives the piezoelectric body. The detection section detects a signal corresponding to a discharge rate of the fluid from the hole. The control unit controls a drive voltage and a drive frequency of the drive unit on the basis of the signal.

Abstract: An input device inputs information by a slide operation depending on an operation body. The device contains a housing having an operation surface, a detection unit that is provided in the housing and includes an electrostatic capacitance sheet member which detects a slide position of the operation body to output a position detection signal, and an operation unit that covers an entire surface of the detection unit and is slide-operated along the operation surface of the housing. The operation unit has a convex shape which becomes thicker along a sliding direction from one direction of the operation surface of the housing and also which becomes thinner toward the other direction of the operation surface thereof. The electrostatic capacitance sheet member includes a switch portion that is switched by a press-in operation of the operation body to the operation unit.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mold, including steps of (a) expanding a powder mixture containing a water-soluble inorganic salt powder and a water-soluble organic polymer powder in a plane on a table and then selectively spraying a spray liquid containing at least one selected from a water-miscible organic solvent and water through a nozzle on this powder mixture layer to make a bonding strength among particles of the powder mixture in a sprayed region higher than that among particles of the powder mixture in an unsprayed region, (b) further expanding the powder mixture on the powder mixture layer after spraying and then selectively spraying the spray liquid through the nozzle on this powder mixture layer, (c) repeatedly conducting the step (b) over several times to form a mold shaped by the sprayed regions, and (d) taking out the mold.

Abstract: A printing press includes first and second impression cylinders and a varnish supply unit. The first impression cylinder has a gripper unit for holding a sheet-like object, and is rotatably supported. The varnish supply unit supplies varnish to the sheet-like object held by the first impression cylinder. The second impression cylinder is in contact with the first cylinder, and has a gripper unit for receiving the sheet-like object held by the first impression cylinder. The sheet-like object held by the gripper unit is transported such that its varnish-coated surface opposes a surface of the second impression cylinder. A fluorine-contained polymer layer is formed on that surface of the second impression cylinder which is in contact with the varnish-coated surface of the sheet-like object.

Abstract: A printing press includes first and second impression cylinders and a varnish supply unit. The first impression cylinder has a gripper unit for holding a sheet-like object, and is rotatably supported. The varnish supply unit supplies varnish to the sheet-like object held by the first impression cylinder. The second impression cylinder is in contact with the first cylinder, and has a gripper unit for receiving the sheet-like object held by the first impression cylinder. The sheet-like object held by the gripper unit is transported such that its varnish-coated surface opposes a surface of the second impression cylinder. A fluorine-contained polymer layer is formed on that surface of the second impression cylinder which is in contact with the varnish-coated surface of the sheet-like object.

Abstract: The disclosed process for treatment of organic wastewater such as manure-washing wastewater discharged from the livestock industry or wastewater discharged from the food industry comprises the step (1) of subjecting the organic wastewater to an aerobic biological treatment, and the step (2) of subjecting the treated water obtained in the step (1) to a biological treatment in a lagoon. The process may further comprise, before the step (1), the step of subjecting a mixture of the organic wastewater and part of the treated water obtained in the step (1), recycled back and combined therewith, to a biological denitrification treatment. The treated water obtained by the process is so improved in quality as to enable safe disposal thereof. A submerged biofilter process (packed-bed reactor process) is preferably used in the aerobic biological treatment since it can remarkably improve the overall stability of the whole wastewater treatment process to obtain a stable quality of treated water.