Abstract: Proposed is a method for producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet that comprises heating a steel material containing a certain composition and inhibitor-forming ingredients to a temperature in a range of 1300 to 1400° C.; performing hot rolling, hot-band annealing, and cold rolling on the material to obtain a cold-rolled sheet; performing decarburization annealing also serving as primary recrystallization annealing on the cold-rolled sheet; subsequently applying an annealing separator to a surface of the steel sheet; and performing finishing annealing followed by applying an insulation coating. In the method, rapid heating is conducted from 500 and 700° C. in a heating process of the decarburization annealing at a rate of 100 to 1000° C./s while gradual heating is conducted from 860 to 970° C. in a heating process of the finishing annealing at a heating rate of 0.5 to 4.0° C./hr for at least 10 hours.

Abstract: Provided are a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having excellent iron loss property without using magnetic domain refining treatment and an iron core produced using the same. The steel sheet comprises: a predetermined chemical composition; and a steel microstructure in which: crystal grains are made up of coarse secondary recrystallized grains of 5.0 mm or more, fine grains of more than 2.0 mm and less than 5.0 mm contained at a frequency of 0.2 to 5 grains per cm2, and very fine grains of 2.0 mm or less; for each coarse secondary recrystallized grain extending through the sheet in a thickness direction, an area ratio of a region in which projected surfaces of exposed areas of the coarse secondary recrystallized grain on a front side and a back side of the sheet coincide with each other to each of the exposed areas is 95% or more.

Abstract: In a production of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet comprising hot rolling a raw steel material, cold rolling, decarburization annealing, applying an annealing separator composed mainly of MgO, finish annealing and magnetic domain subdividing, the annealing separator including certain compounds, and the finish annealing conducted by holding the steel sheet at a temperature of 800 to 950° C. for 10 to 100 hours and passing a dry gas containing not less than 1 vol % of H2 and having a dew point of not higher than 10° C. to reach a furnace pressure of not less than 3.5 mmH2O from not lower than 1050° C. to a purification treatment temperature, so that a pickling weight loss of undercoat film by pickling with HCl is not more than 1.8 g/m2 and the total concentration of Sn, Sb, Mo, and W on a boundary face between the film and iron matrix is 0.01 to 0.15 mass %.

Abstract: A vehicle side structure includes: a rocker extending in a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle; and an impact absorbing member adjacent to the rocker. The rocker includes a tubular inner space formed by joining a rocker inner panel and a rocker outer panel, which are made of a steel sheet having a hat-shaped cross section, in such a manner as to face each other. The rocker includes an undersurface forming a step shape in such a manner that a downward extending space is formed in the inner space of the rocker. The impact absorbing member is placed adjacent to and inward in a vehicle width direction relative to the downward extending space. A load transfer member is provided within the downward extending space, the load transfer member having an elongated shape extending along the rocker and forming a closed cross-sectional portion by being joined to either the rocker inner panel or the rocker outer panel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to providing a novel method for easily detecting tumor cells in a tissue derived from an organism. The present invention includes a fluorescent dye for detecting tumor cells in a tissue, including a compound that exhibits solvatochromism. The present invention also includes a method for detecting tumor cells or specifying a tumor removal area, including applying the fluorescent dye to staining of a tissue derived from an organism and to an organism.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet to reduce iron loss by controlling the magnetic domain structure, in which the iron loss reduction effect can be maintained even when stress relief annealing is applied, and the magnetic flux density does not decrease after the magnetic domain control treatment. In the manufacturing method, on a surface of the grain oriented electrical steel sheet, a laser beam with a ring-shaped intensity distribution in which the intensity in a periphery is lower than that in a center is irradiated in a linear manner in a direction intersecting a rolling direction of the steel sheet.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first transistor disposed in a first region of a semiconductor layer and a second transistor disposed in a second region of the semiconductor layer, and includes, on the surface of the semiconductor layer, first source pads, a first gate pad, second source pads, and a second gate pad. In the plan view of the semiconductor layer, the first and second transistors are aligned in a first direction; the first gate pad is disposed such that none of the first source pads is disposed between the first gate pad and a side parallel to the first direction and located closest to the first gate pad; and the second gate pad is disposed such that none of the second source pads is disposed between the second gate pad and a side parallel to the first direction and located closest to the second gate pad.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, devices, assays and systems for rapid detection of food-borne pathogens, including Vibrios.

Abstract: With a hot-rolled steel sheet for electrical steel sheet production having a scale layer on the surface, where the surface of the steel sheet has a lightness L* as defined in JIS Z 8781-4: 2013 satisfying 30?L*?50, and chromaticities a* and b* as defined in JIS Z 8781-4: 2013 satisfying ?1?a*?2 and ?5?b*?3 respectively, and with one end portion in the longitudinal direction of a coil as a reference, a color difference ?Eab* as defined in JIS Z 8781-4: 2013 at the central portion and at the opposite end portion satisfies ?Eab*?8, it is possible to obtain a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet where the variation of properties in a product coil is small.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet. A steel slab having a specific chemical composition is heated and hot rolled. A hot-rolled steel sheet thus obtained is subjected to hot band annealing to obtain a cold-rolled steel sheet, which is then subjected to primary recrystallization annealing to obtain a primary recrystallized steel sheet. An annealing separator is applied to the primary recrystallized steel sheet, which is then coiled. The coil is subjected to secondary recrystallization annealing to obtain a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having an average value of a deviation angle (?2+?2)1/2 calculated from a deviation angle ? from ideal Goss orientation around an ND rotation axis and a deviation angle ? from ideal Goss orientation around a TD rotation axis of 4.5° or less, and an area ratio R? of crystal grains with ??0.50° of 15% or less.

Abstract: Provided is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet that has excellent magnetic properties and can be manufactured by secondary recrystallization orientation control using coil annealing with high productivity. A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet comprises a specific chemical composition, wherein an average value of a deviation angle (?2+?2)1/2 calculated from a deviation angle ? from ideal Goss orientation around an ND rotation axis and a deviation angle ? from ideal Goss orientation around a TD rotation axis is 5.0° or less, and an area ratio R? of crystal grains with ??0.50° is 20% or less.

Abstract: Disclosed is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet that has excellent high-frequency iron loss properties and blanking workability. The steel sheet includes: steel components including, by mass %, Si: 1.5-8.0%, Mn: 0.02-1.0%, and at least one selected from Sn: 0.010-0.400%, Sb: 0.010-0.400%, Mo: 0.010-0.200%, and P: 0.010-0.200%; and crystal grains including coarse secondary recrystallized grains having an average grain size of 5 mm or more and fine grains having a grain size of 0.1-2.0 mm, wherein at least some of the coarse secondary recrystallized grains penetrate the steel sheet in a thickness direction and are respectively exposed on front and back surfaces of the steel sheet such that projection planes of the exposed surfaces of these coarse secondary recrystallized grains on the front and back surfaces form an overlapping region, and the fine grains are present at a number density per unit area of 0.6-40 pieces/cm2.

Abstract: A capacitor includes a bus bar. The bus bar includes a bus bar body member and a terminal formation member configured to be superposed on and fixed to a terminal formation part of the bus bar body member. In the terminal formation part, a plurality of first connection terminal parts are formed so as to be arranged in one direction, by portions of the terminal formation part being cut and raised. In the terminal formation member, a plurality of second connection terminal parts are formed so as to be arranged in one direction, by portions of the terminal formation member being cut and raised, and second openings are formed in places where the portions have been cut and raised. The first connection terminal parts and the second connection terminal parts are alternately arranged in one direction, by the first connection terminal parts being passed through the second openings.

Abstract: To provide a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet that has better magnetic property than conventional ones without requiring high-temperature slab heating, in the case of not performing intermediate annealing, the hot rolled steel sheet obtained by a predetermined step is subjected to hot band annealing, and, in a heating process in the hot band annealing, heating is performed at a heating rate of 10° C./s or less for 10 sec or more and 120 sec or less in a temperature range of 700° C. or more and 950° C. or less, and in the case of performing the intermediate annealing, in a heating process in final intermediate annealing, heating is performed at a heating rate of 10° C./s or less for 10 sec or more and 120 sec or less in a temperature range of 700° C. or more and 950° C. or less.

Abstract: Provided are a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having excellent iron loss property without using magnetic domain refining treatment and an iron core produced using the same. The steel sheet comprises: a predetermined chemical composition; and a steel microstructure in which: crystal grains are made up of coarse secondary recrystallized grains of 5.0 mm or more, fine grains of more than 2.0 mm and less than 5.0 mm contained at a frequency of 0.2 to 5 grains per cm2, and very fine grains of 2.0 mm or less; for each coarse secondary recrystallized grain extending through the sheet in a thickness direction, an area ratio of a region in which projected surfaces of exposed areas of the coarse secondary recrystallized grain on a front side and a back side of the sheet coincide with each other to each of the exposed areas is 95% or more.

Abstract: In a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet which is manufactured from a thin slab without using an inhibitor forming component, excellent magnetic properties are stably achieved. In a method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, a slab heating and annealing are performed under specific conditions.