Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of detecting or quantifying a detection target in a specimen includes: irradiating a reaction mixture containing composite particles and the specimen with light to promote binding between the composite particles and the detection target; and performing measurement on the reaction mixture irradiated with the light to detect or quantify the detection target. The composite particles each include a carrier particle including two or more regions having different physical properties on a surface, and an affinity substance carried on the carrier particle and having affinity to the detection target. The light can be absorbed by at least one of the two or more regions.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, first and second conductive members disposed on opposite sides of the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor substrate, a surface electrode and gate wirings. The semiconductor substrate has active regions formed with elements, and an inactive region not formed with an element. The inactive region includes an inter-inactive portion disposed between at least two active regions and an outer peripheral inactive portion disposed on an outer periphery of the at least two active regions. The surface electrode is disposed to continuously extend above the at least two active regions and the inter-inactive portion. The gate wirings are disposed above the inactive region, and include a first gate wiring disposed on an outer periphery of the surface electrode, and a second gate electrode disposed at a position facing the surface electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes, a semiconductor element, a wiring member arranged to sandwich the semiconductor element, a sealing resin body. The semiconductor element has an SBD formed thereon with a base material of SiC which is a wide band gap semiconductor. The semiconductor element has two main electrodes on both surfaces. The wiring member includes (i) a heat sink electrically connected to a first main electrode and (ii) a heat sink and a terminal electrically connected to a second main electrode. The semiconductor device further includes an insulator. The insulator has a non-conducting element made of silicon. The insulator has joints on both of two surfaces for mechanical connection of the heat sinks.

Abstract: Provided is a desulfurization device that allows for the easy and accurate disposition of a spray pipe inside an absorption tower. Provided is a desulfurization device including: an absorption tower (10); and a spray pipe (20) disposed inside the absorption tower (10). The spray pipe (20) includes: a cylindrical pipe portion (21), the leading end of which is closed; and an attachment flange (24) attached to the pipe portion (21). The absorption tower (10) includes: an opening hole (14e) opening toward the side; and a flange (14a) disposed around the opening hole (14e). The attachment flange (24) and the flange (14a) are detachably attached.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed including a desulfurization device which removes sulfur oxides contained in boiler flue gas, a spray drying device which sprays desulfurization waste water discharged from the desulfurization device and which dries the waste water by introducing a drying gas, a flue gas supplying line L13 which returns, to a main flue L11, flue gas obtained after the desulfurization waste water is evaporated and dried, an alkaline agent supplying unit which adds an alkaline agent to a desulfurization waste water line L21, and a pH meter which measures the pH in the desulfurization waste water at locations before and after the alkaline agent supplying unit in the desulfurization waste water line L21, wherein the alkaline agent is added in accordance with a measurement result of a measured pH to cause the desulfurization waste water added with the alkaline agent to have a pH fall within a predetermined pH.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, first and second conductive members disposed on opposite sides of the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor substrate, a surface electrode and gate wirings. The semiconductor substrate has active regions formed with elements, and an inactive region not formed with an element. The inactive region includes an inter-inactive portion disposed between at least two active regions and an outer peripheral inactive portion disposed on an outer periphery of the at least two active regions. The surface electrode is disposed to continuously extend above the at least two active regions and the inter-inactive portion. The gate wirings are disposed above the inactive region, and include a first gate wiring disposed on an outer periphery of the surface electrode, and a second gate electrode disposed at a position facing the surface electrode.

Abstract: A reagent management apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a communicator configured to communicate with an automatic analyzer to acquire reagent information on reagents in the automatic analyzer, a memory configured to store stored reagent information on reagents in a reagent storage and the reagent information on the reagents in the automatic analyzer, and a stored reagent manger to manage the stored reagent information on the reagents in the reagent storage and the reagent information on the reagents in the automatic analyzer stored in the memory.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an automatic analyzing apparatus includes a reaction disk, a sample dispensing probe, an extended measurement dispensing probe, a reagent dispensing probe and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry provides the sample into the reaction vessel stopping at a first position on the reaction disk using the sample dispensing probe, provides the first reagent into the reaction vessel stopping at the first position using the extended measurement dispensing probe, moves the reaction vessel stopping at the first position on the reaction disk to a second position by pivoting the reaction disk at a predetermined pivot angle, and provides the second reagent into the reaction vessel stopping at the second position using the reagent dispensing probe.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an analytical method of detecting a target substance in a sample, includes mixing a) a first substance containing a stimuli-sensitive macromolecule and an environment-responsive fluorescent substance, b) a second substance containing a first capturing body, and c) a third substance containing a second capturing body labeled with an aggregation inhibitor which inhibits aggregation of the stimuli-sensitive macromolecule, with the sample, maintaining the mixture under such a condition that the stimuli-sensitive macromolecule aggregates, detecting fluorescence from the environment-responsive fluorescent substance, and determining presence/absence or quantity of the target substance in the sample.

Abstract: A thermal power generation system includes: a boiler; at least one steam turbine; a generator; a condenser; at least one low-pressure feed water; a high-pressure feed water pump; at least one high-pressure feed water heater capable of heating water pumped by the high-pressure feed water pump by utilizing extracted steam; a catalyst device including at least one kind of catalyst capable of promoting reduction reaction of nitrogen oxide and oxidation reaction of metallic mercury, the nitrogen oxide and the metallic mercury both being contained in the exhaust gas; at least one mercuric oxide removing device capable of removing mercuric oxide produced by the oxidation reaction of the metallic mercury from the exhaust gas; and an exhaust gas temperature adjustment device capable of adjusting a temperature of the exhaust gas at the catalyst device, by adjusting heating of the water by the at least one high-pressure feed water heater.

Abstract: A spray drying system for drying wastewater to be dried includes: an exhaust as introduction line for introducing the exhaust gas discharged from an exhaust gas generation source, the exhaust gas introduction line being connected to a plurality of exhaust gas ducts for allowing the exhaust gas to flow through; and at least one spray drying device connected to the exhaust gas introduction line and configured to bring the exhaust gas introduced from the exhaust gas introduction line into contact with the wastewater. The number of spray drying device is smaller than the number of the plurality of exhaust gas ducts.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes, a semiconductor element, a wiring member arranged to sandwich the semiconductor element, a sealing resin body. The semiconductor element has an SBD formed thereon with a base material of SiC which is a wide band gap semiconductor. The semiconductor element has two main electrodes on both surfaces. The wiring member includes (i) a heat sink electrically connected to a first main electrode and (ii) a heat sink and a terminal electrically connected to a second main electrode. The semiconductor device further includes an insulator. The insulator has a non-conducting element made of silicon. The insulator has joints on both of two surfaces for mechanical connection of the heat sinks.

Abstract: A method for installing a spray pipe, including an insertion step of inserting a spray pipe from an opening portion, a positioning step of positioning the spray pipe such that an installation surface of a leg portion faces a supporting surface of a supporting portion, a provisional tightening step of provisionally tightening a first fastening portion to couple an attachment flange with the opening portion, an adjusting step of adjusting the height of the installation surface relative to the supporting surface such that an axis along which a pipe portion extends coincides with the horizontal plane, in the provisionally tightened state resulting from the provisional tightening step, a coupling step of coupling the leg portion to the supporting portion by means of a second fastening portion, after the adjusting step, and a final tightening step of performing a final tightening of the first fastening portion after the coupling step.

Abstract: A ship desulfurization device for desulfurizing exhaust gas discharged from an exhaust gas generation device mounted to a ship includes: an absorber including an absorber body unit defining an interior space having a longitudinal direction and having an exhaust gas introducing port formed on an end portion of the absorber body unit with respect to the longitudinal direction, the exhaust gas introducing port being in communication with the interior space; and an exhaust gas introducing device for introducing exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust gas generation device to the absorber body unit. When L is a maximum length of the interior space of the absorber body unit with respect to the longitudinal direction, and W is a maximum width of the interior space of the absorber body unit with respect to a lateral direction that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, a ratio (W:L) of the maximum width W to the maximum length L is within a range of 1:over 1.1 and 1:6.0 or under 6.0.

Abstract: A treated water drying device 20 for vaporizing treated water by heat of a combustion gas, the device 20 including a housing 21, a combustion gas supply port 26 for supplying the combustion gas to the housing 21, a water supply portion 27 for vaporizing the treated water by bringing the treated water into contact with the combustion gas supplied to the housing 21, and an exhaust port 28 for discharging a water-containing gas including the vaporized treated water to an outside of the housing 21. The exhaust port 28 is disposed at a lowermost part of the housing 21 and opens in a direction crossing a vertical direction. The housing 21 has a bottom 22 including an inclined portion 23 formed toward the exhaust port 28.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of detecting or quantifying a detection target in a specimen includes: irradiating a reaction mixture containing composite particles and the specimen with light to promote binding between the composite particles and the detection target; and performing measurement on the reaction mixture irradiated with the light to detect or quantify the detection target. The composite particles each include a carrier particle including two or more regions having different physical properties on a surface, and an affinity substance carried on the carrier particle and having affinity to the detection target. The light can be absorbed by at least one of the two or more regions.

Abstract: A ship desulfurization device includes an absorber including an absorber body unit defining an interior space having a longitudinal direction and having an exhaust gas introducing port on an end portion of the absorber body unit with respect to the longitudinal direction, the exhaust gas introducing port in communication with the interior space; and an exhaust gas introducing device for introducing exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust gas generation device to the absorber body unit. When L is a maximum length of the interior space of the absorber body unit with respect to the longitudinal direction, and W is a maximum width of the interior space of the absorber body unit with respect to a lateral direction that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, a ratio (W:L) of the maximum width W to the maximum length L is within a range of 1:X, where 1.1<X?6.0.

Abstract: An automatic analysis apparatus includes a reaction vessel configured to contain a reaction liquid in which a measuring object and a reagent are mixed with each other, an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the reaction vessel with irradiation light as predetermined incident light polarization, a measurement unit configured to measure light emitted from the reaction vessel, and a processor configured to process a signal having a specific polarization component obtained from the measurement unit and to analyze the measuring object. The specific polarization component is determined based on the condition of the reaction liquid.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor module and a second semiconductor module. The first semiconductor module configures an upper arm, and includes first semiconductor elements connected in parallel to each other, a sealing resin body, and a positive electrode terminal. The second semiconductor module configures a lower arm, and includes second semiconductor elements connected in parallel to each other, a sealing resin body, and a negative electrode terminal. The first and second semiconductor modules are aligned in an alignment direction. At least one of the first and second semiconductor modules has a relay terminal for electrically relaying electrodes on a low potential side of the first semiconductor elements and electrodes on a high potential side of the second semiconductor elements.

Abstract: A cement solidification device for waste includes a slurrying vessel 14 that dissolves and slurries waste 11 containing harmful substances and deliquescent compounds in solvent water 12 to obtain slurried material 13; an iron-based additive supply unit 16 that adds an iron-based additive 15 to the slurrying vessel 14; a cement kneading vessel 20 that adds a cement solidifying agent 17 from a cement-solidifying agent supply unit 18 to the slurried material 13 in which the iron-based additive 15 is mixed to obtain a cement kneaded product 19; and a cement solidification unit 22 that cures the cement kneaded product 19 to form a cement solidified product 21.