Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing a black-plated steel sheet capable of being blackened in a short amount of time, and exhibiting an excellent ability to maintain a black appearance after processing. As an original sheet, the sheet used is a Zn-plating steel sheet which contains molten Al and Mg and has a Zn-plating layer containing molten Al and Mg, containing Al in the amount of 1.0-22.0 mass %, inclusive, and containing Mg in the amount of 1.5-10.0 mass %, inclusive. The plating layer is blackened by causing the molten-plating steel sheet to contact water vapor inside a tightly sealed container. When doing so, the concentration of oxygen inside the tightly sealed container is 13% or less.

Abstract: A black-plated steel sheet has a Zn-plating layer containing molten Al and Mg, containing Al in the amount of 1.0-22.0 mass %, containing Mg in the amount of 1.3-10.0 mass %, and having a Zn black oxide distributed in a lamella pattern in the plating layer. The Zn black oxide is a Zn oxide derived from a Zn2Mg phase. The brightness of the surface of the Zn-plating layer containing the molten Al and Mg has an L* value of 60 or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shaped and coated metallic material which has excellent adhesion to a molded article of a thermoplastic resin composition and can be produced in a simple manner. The shaped and coated metallic material comprises a shaped metallic material and a coating film formed on the surface of the shaped metallic material. The coating film comprises a polyurethane resin containing a polycarbonate unit. The ratio of the mass of the polycarbonate unit relative to the total mass of resins in the coating film is 15 to 80 mass %. The thickness of the coating film is 0.5 ?m or more.

Abstract: Anti-reflective coating materials for ultraviolet photolithography include at least one absorbing compound and at least one material modification agent, such as at least one porogen, at least one high-boiling solvent, at least one capping agent, at least one leveling agent, at least one catalyst, at least one replacement solvent, at least one pH tuning agent, and/or a combination thereof that are incorporated into inorganic-based materials or inorganic compositions and/or compounds.

Abstract: A semiconductor device of stable electrical characteristics, whose oxygen vacancies in a metal oxide is reduced, is provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film over the gate electrode, a first metal oxide film over the gate insulating film, a source electrode and a drain electrode which are in contact with the first metal oxide film, and a passivation film over the source electrode and the drain electrode. A first insulating film, a second metal oxide film, and a second insulating film are stacked sequentially in the passivation film.

Abstract: Cooling water (circulating back water) which is raised its temperature by a refrigerator 12 is sprayed from a spraying device 2 of a cooling tower, and is collected in a pit 4. The cooling water in the pit 4 is circulated via a circulation pump (10), a circulation forward pipe (11) and a circulation return pipe through the refrigerator 12. Make-up water is supplied from a make-up water line 9 at a rate corresponding to an evaporation loss, windage loss W and a blowdown water amount B from a blowdown valve 8 of a blowdown line 7 of the cooling tower 1. A load of the cooling tower is calculated based on a temperature difference between the circulating forward water and the circulating back water, and a feeding rate of a treating agent from a feeding device 14 is controlled based on the load.

Abstract: In a communication system including an external maintenance terminal and a communication device in which boards including a maintenance-and-operation board and a switchboard are installed, the switchboard is directly connected to the external maintenance terminal, and a predetermined address is assigned for use only in communication between the maintenance-and-operation board and the external maintenance terminal, and set in the switchboard. When communication is performed between ones of the boards, the switchboard connects the ones of the boards on the basis of the local addresses of the ones of the boards. When communication is performed between the maintenance-and-operation board and the external maintenance terminal, the switchboard connects the maintenance-and-operation board to the external maintenance terminal, and translates a global address of the external maintenance terminal into the predetermined address and vice versa.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a plurality of devices and a switch including each port connecting each device. The switch includes a switching part including a data transmitting-receiving part transmitting or receiving data with processing function information identifying a subsequent data processing, a port table storing the subsequent data processing performed by the device and a load state of the device. A data relaying part referring to the port table to select a port number corresponding to the device having a lowest load from among the port numbers and relaying the data to the device corresponding to the port having the selected port number. Each device includes a processing function part which performs data processing to the relayed data in a given order according to the processing function information added to the data, and transmitting the data with the processing function information.

Abstract: A memory controller includes a memory diagnosing part for controlling access from a CPU to a memory, and accessing and diagnosing the memory, an information setting part for setting cycle information according to a loaded condition of the CPU, and a cycle adjusting part for adjusting a cycle for the memory diagnosing part to access the memory based on the cycle information of the information setting part.

Abstract: A usage-rate measuring unit measures a CPU usage rate. A hit-count measuring unit measures a cache hit count indicating number of hits of a cache. A monitoring unit monitors the CPU usage rate and the cache hit count, and when a downgrade of the cache occurs, determines whether the CPU usage rate and the cache hit count are above a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: In a failure monitoring unit, a packet sending unit sends a failure monitoring packet to a card to monitor whether a failure has occurred in a communication path to the card. A failure judging unit judges whether a failure has occurred in the communication path based on any one of presence or absence of a response and content of a response from the card in response to the failure monitoring packet. A send-timing controlling unit monitors traffic volume on the communication path, and controls a frequency of sending of the failure monitoring packet based on the current traffic volume.

Abstract: In a communication system including an external maintenance terminal and a communication device in which boards including a maintenance-and-operation board and a switchboard are installed, the switchboard is directly connected to the external maintenance terminal, and a predetermined address is assigned for use only in communication between the maintenance-and-operation board and the external maintenance terminal, and set in the switchboard. When communication is performed between ones of the boards, the switchboard connects the ones of the boards on the basis of the local addresses of the ones of the boards. When communication is performed between the maintenance-and-operation board and the external maintenance terminal, the switchboard connects the maintenance-and-operation board to the external maintenance terminal, and translates a global address of the external maintenance terminal into the predetermined address and vice versa.

Abstract: A system to control a plurality of server computers as a group on a single client computer. An input/output (I/O) control system controls the command input/output from a plurality of consoles to a single server. The input/output control system controls the I/O status of the commands from each console to the server, and controls the I/O of commands from the various consoles based on the respective I/O statuses. A console display receives a message from a server and displays server console information in a manner identifiable from other server console information in response to the message received from the server.

Abstract: A system to control a plurality of server computers as a group on a single client computer. An input/output (I/O) control system controls the command input/output from a plurality of consoles to a single server. The input/output control system controls the I/O status of the commands from each console to the server, and controls the I/O of commands from the various consoles based on the respective I/O statuses. A console display receives a message from a server and displays server console information in a manner identifiable from other server console information in response to the message received from the server.

Abstract: A wireless communication terminal including a wireless communication unit for receiving and transmitting voice signals between terminals connected through a voice channel and a data channel, a signal input/output unit for inputting and outputting voice signals for voice communication and a mixing unit, interposed between the wireless communication unit and signal input/output unit, for performing mixing operations to create a first mixed signal to be output to said signal input/output unit and second mixed signals each to be transmitted to the corresponding terminal. The wireless communication terminal is preferably used for wireless voice communication performed by three or more terminals without being interposed by a center apparatus (such as a server) or a repeater. Further, signal-receiving/transmitting is set for each wireless communication terminal whereupon convenience can be improved.

Abstract: An anion absorbent comprising sintered clay of porous structure and a rare earth compound supported on the sintered clay. The anion absorbent is produced by a production method of an anion absorbent comprising a mixing step of mixing clay with an additive for making the clay porous, a sintering step of sintering a mixture obtained in the mixing step, and a supporting step of supporting a rare earth compound on the clay before the mixing step and/or on a sintered matter after the sintering step. A water treatment method comprising a step of bringing the anion absorbent into contact with water to be treated at a predetermined pH so as to absorb and thus remove anions in the water to be treated, and a step of bringing the absorbent, which absorbed anions, into contact with solution having pH, which is different from the aforementioned predetermined pH, so as to desorb anions from the absorbent.

Abstract: Aromatic aliphatic ether solvents, such as anisole, methylanisole, and phenetole, have been found useful in formulating coating solutions of polymeric dielectric materials and as a clean up solvent in the coating process. A process for forming a dielectric film on a substrate includes depositing a coating solution of a dielectric material in a formulation solvent onto a surface of the substrate and depositing an aromatic aliphatic ether solvent onto an edge portion of the surface of the substrate. The process is used to form films of dielectric materials including arylene ether dielectric polymers, hydridosiloxane resins, organohydridosiloxane resins, spin-on-glass materials, partially hydrolyzed and partially condensed alkoxysilane compositions which are cured to form a nanoporous dielectric silica material, and poly(perhydrido)silazanes.

Abstract: An insulating film which enables not only to obtain a good film quality but to achieve an excellent filling property, thick film formation and planarization simultaneously, an insulating film forming coating solution for forming the insulating film, and a method of manufacturing the insulating film are set forth. An insulating film forming coating solution containing as a main component a solution of a polymer obtained by co-hydrolysis of trialkoxysilane expressed by a general formula, SiH(OR)3—, methyltrialkoxysilane expressed by a general formula, SiCH3(OR)3—, and tetraalkoxysilane expressed by a general formula, Si(OR)4 is coated on a semiconductor substrate (1) having a step portion, and after it is heated and dried in an inert gas atmosphere, an insulating film (6) which is composed of a silane-derived compound expressed by a general formula, SiHx(CH3)yO2−(x+y)/2, where, 0<x<1, 0<y<1, x+y≦1 is formed.