Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has: a substrate; a switching element disposed at a side of the upper surface of the substrate and including a lower electrode and an upper electrode having a stacked structure of a plurality of metallic layers; a transparent pixel electrode disposed at the side of the upper surface of the substrate and connected to the upper electrode of the switching element; and a reflective plate formed on the upper surface of the pixel electrode so as to expose a part of the pixel electrode and having the same stacked structure as the upper electrode, including layers each made of the same material as the corresponding metallic layer in the upper electrode.

Abstract: Expression of LKLF/KLF2 gene can be promoted by administering, as an active ingredient, an effective amount of a substance capable of inhibiting the mevalonic acid metabolic pathway.

Abstract: This invention provides a display panel characterized by having a substrate; an organic film having an irregular surface formed on the substrate; a reflective film formed on the irregular surface of the organic film; and a pixel electrode having a portion, at least the portion of the pixel electrode being overlapped with the reflective film.

Abstract: A fuel tank for a motor vehicle is fabricated from an austenitic stainless steel sheet having elongation of 50% or more after fracture by a uniaxial stretching test with a work-hardening coefficient of 4000 N/mm2 or a ferritic stainless steel sheet having elongation of 30% or more after fracture with Lankford value of 1.3 or more. The stainless steel sheets are reformed to a complicated shape of a fuel tank without work flaws such as cracks or break-down. Excellent corrosion-resistance of stainless steel itself is maintained in the fabricated fuel tank. Consequently, the proposed fuel tank is used without diffusion of gasoline to the open air over a long term.

Abstract: A reading apparatus has a sensor unit which is arranged on a substrate to read an object to be detected, a driver circuit unit which is arranged on the substrate to supply a drive signal for driving the sensor unit, and a static electricity protection portion, which is formed to cover at least a portion of the upper surface of the driver circuit unit, and at least a portion of which has electrical conductivity.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor thin film, comprising preparing a substrate, forming a semiconductor thin film on the substrate; and irradiating laser beam to the semiconductor thin film, wherein the semiconductor thin film is formed at a thickness so that an absorption rate to the laser beam is equal to or higher than 80% of a peak value, by using light interference that occurs in the interior of the semiconductor thin film, and the semiconductor thin film is crystallized or re-crystallized by irradiating the laser beam, is provided.

Abstract: A fuel tank for a motor vehicle is fabricated from an austenitic stainless steel sheet having elongation of 50% or more after fracture by a uniaxial stretching test with a work-hardening coefficient of 4000N/mm2 or a ferritic stainless steel sheet having elongation of 30% or more after fracture with Lankford value of 1.3 or more. The stainless steel sheets are reformed to a complicated shape of a fuel tank without work flaws such as cracks or break-down. Excellent corrosion-resistance of stainless steel itself is maintained in the fabricated fuel tank. Consequently, the proposed fuel tank is used without diffusion of gasoline to the open air over a long term.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus for reading an image pattern of a detecting object comprises a detecting surface on which a detecting object is placed, a sensor array having a plurality of sensors arranged to read an image pattern of the detecting object placed on the detecting surface, a first detection electrode, provided on at least an upper portion of the sensor array, having the detecting surface; a second detection electrode provided to be electrically insulated and spaced from the first detection electrode; a counter electrode provided to be opposite to the first detection electrode through an interlayer insulating film; signal voltage applying circuit which applies a signal voltage having a first signal waveform that varies periodically to the counter electrode to excite a second signal waveform to the first detection electrode through the interlayer insulating film, and contact detector which determines whether the detecting object brought into contact with the detecting surface is a specific detecting ob

Abstract: A method for suppressing expression of PTX3 gene, which comprises administering an effective amount of a compound, which is represented by the following formula (1): 1

Abstract: A photo sensor array comprises a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements separated from each other in a predetermined direction to be arranged, each photo conversion element including a semiconductor layer having an incidence effective region on which excited light is incident, source-drain electrodes provided respectively on both ends of the semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode provided below the semiconductor layer via the first gate insulating film. A second gate electrode provided above the semiconductor layer via the second gate insulating film. A source terminal commonly connects to the source electrodes of the photoelectric conversion elements, and a drain terminal commonly connects the drain electrodes of the photoelectric conversion elements, a first gate terminal commonly connects the first gate electrodes of the photoelectric conversion elements, and a second gate terminal commonly connects the second gate terminal of the photoelectric conversion elements.

Abstract: A reading apparatus has a sensor unit which is arranged on a substrate to read an object to be detected, a driver circuit unit which is arranged on the substrate to supply a drive signal for driving the sensor unit, and a static electricity protection portion, which is formed to cover at least a portion of the upper surface of the driver circuit unit, and at least a portion of which has electrical conductivity.

Abstract: A photo sensor array comprises a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements separated from each other in a predetermined direction to be arranged, each photo conversion element including a semiconductor layer having an incidence effective region on which excited light is incident, source-drain electrodes provided respectively on both ends of the semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode provided below the semiconductor layer via the first gate insulating film. A second gate electrode provided above the semiconductor layer via the second gate insulating film. A source terminal commonly connects to the source electrodes of the photoelectric conversion elements, and a drain terminal commonly connects the drain electrodes of the photoelectric conversion elements, a first gate terminal commonly connects the first gate electrodes of the photoelectric conversion elements, and a second gate terminal commonly connects the second gate terminal of the photoelectric conversion elements.

Abstract: A method for continuously decomposing ozone layer-depleting substances which comprises adding air serving as a photolytic reaction promoter to at least one member selected from the group consisting of CFCs, HCFCs, halons and halogen-containing organic solvents, subjecting the resultant mixture to irradiation with UV light, and separating the resultant solid product and the resultant halogen product from each other to render the at least one member harmless is described. The method comprises providing a refrigeration medium comprising a lubricating oil and the at least one member, separating the lubricating oil from the at least one member under normal temperature and normal pressure conditions, separating moisture to a full extent from a mixture consisting of the at least one member and air, and subjecting the mixture to photolytic reaction by irradiation with UV light, and separating and collecting the resultant halogen compound from the photolytic reaction product.

Abstract: The invention provides a film-forming apparatus by a photo-CVD method comprising such essential structural elements as a light inlet in the form of a tube, a film-forming chamber, a light outlet in the form of a tube and a nozzle for feeding a mixture of a reactant and a gas for dilution so that a specific relation exists in the dimensions between the elements.With this structure, the film-forming apparatus by a photo-CVD method prevents the blur of the laser beam-incoming window due to contaminants adhered thereto, thereby enabling the extension of reaction time, increase of the deposition, and formation of a film with uniform thickness, and making the composition of the film closest to the stoichiometric one.