Abstract: A cellulose fiber-dispersing resin composite material, containing a cellulose fiber dispersed in a resin, in which a content of the cellulose fiber is 1% by mass or more and less than 70% by mass, and LL and LN satisfy the following [Expression 1], when a length weighted average fiber length of the cellulose fiber is taken as LL, and a number average fiber length of the cellulose fiber is taken as LN measured under the following measurement condition; a formed body using this composite material; and a composite member using this formed body. <Measurement Condition> LL and LN are determined for a dissolution residue obtained by immersing the cellulose fiber-dispersing resin composite material in a solvent capable of dissolving the resin in the composite material, in accordance with Pulps-Determination of fiber length by automated optical analysis specified by ISO 16065 2001. 1.1<(LL/LN)<1.

Abstract: A cellulose fiber-dispersing resin composite material, containing a cellulose fiber dispersed in a resin, wherein the cellulose fiber-dispersing resin composite material contains aggregates of the cellulose fiber, and at least a part of the aggregates is an aggregate having an area of 2.0×104 to 1.0×106 ?m2 in a plan view; a formed body using this composite material; and a composite member using this formed body.

Abstract: A method for using a modifier that includes mixing 0.5 parts by mass or more but 70 parts by mass or less of the modifier per 100 parts by mass of a first polyolefin resin. The modifier is composed of a continuous phase (A) containing a second polyolefin resin, and a dispersed phase (B) dispersed in the continuous phase (A) and containing a polyamide resin and a modified elastomer. The dispersed phase (B) is composed of a melt-kneaded product of the polyamide resin and the modified elastomer having a reactive group that reacts with the polyamide resin. When a total of the continuous phase (A) and the dispersed phase (B) is 100% by mass, a content of the dispersed phase (B) is 80% by mass or less.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an energy absorber having excellent impact resistance and excellent impact energy absorbability. The energy absorber includes an olefin-based resin composition obtained by mixing an olefin resin, a polyamide resin, and an elastomer having a reactive group that reacts with the polyamide resin, wherein the olefin-based resin composition has a continuous phase containing the olefin resin and a polyamide resin-based dispersed phase dispersed in the continuous phase, and the polyamide resin-based dispersed phase has a structure in which the elastomer is contained in a matrix phase containing the polyamide resin.

Abstract: A cellulose-fiber dispersion polyethylene resin composite material, formed by dispersing a cellulose fiber into a polyethylene resin, wherein a proportion of the cellulose fiber is 1 part by mass or more and 70 parts by mass or less in a total content of 100 parts by mass of the polyethylene resin and the cellulose fiber, and wherein water absorption ratio satisfies the following formula; and a formed body and a pellet using the same, a production method therefor, and a recycling method for a cellulose-fiber adhesion polyethylene thin film piece. (water absorption ratio)<(cellulose effective mass ratio)2×0.01??[Formula].

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a molded body having a continuous phase (A) containing a first polyolefin resin and a second polyolefin resin and a dispersed phase (B) containing a polyamide resin and a modified elastomer, wherein the dispersed phase (B) is composed of a melt-kneaded product of the polyamide resin and the modified elastomer, and wherein when a total of the continuous phase (A) and the dispersed phase (B) is 100% by mass, a content of the dispersed phase (B) is 70% by mass or less, and when a total of the first polyolefin resin and the second polyolefin resin is 100% by mass, a content of the second polyolefin resin is 70% by mass or less, and a method including the steps of: obtaining a molded body raw material by mixing a first polyolefin resin and an impact-resistant resin obtained by melt-kneading a second polyolefin resin and a melt-kneaded product of a polyamide resin and a modified elastomer; and obtaining a molded body.

Abstract: A load port including: a tabular portion which constitutes a part of a wall surface of a wafer carrying chamber and has an opening through which the wafer carrying chamber is opened; a mounting table on which a wafer storage container is mounted; a door section which can open and close the opening; a sucking tool which can suck and hold a lid; a latch which can fix and unfix a container main body and lid; and a latch driving mechanism storage section which stores a latch driving mechanism therein, load port being configured to enable setting an air pressure in latch driving mechanism storage section to be equal to the air pressure in a clean room or lower than the air pressure in clean room. Consequently, it is possible to provide the load port and a method for carrying wafers which can prevent dust from adhering to the wafers.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first plane including a memory cell array, a second plane including a memory cell array, a control circuit configured to control operations performed on the first and second planes separately and independently, and first register for storing a condition value related to a condition of an operation to be performed on a plane. When a first command to store a first condition value in a first address of the first register is received, the control circuit specifies a plane to which the first address has been allocated. When the first plane is specified by the first address, the control circuit determines whether the first plane is in a command receivable state. Then, when the control circuit determines that the first plane is in the command receivable state, the control circuit stores the first condition value in the first address of the first register.

Abstract: A method for using a modifier that includes mixing 0.5 parts by mass or more but 70 parts by mass or less of the modifier per 100 parts by mass of a first polyolefin resin. The modifier is composed of a continuous phase (A) containing a second polyolefin resin, and a dispersed phase (B) dispersed in the continuous phase (A) and containing a polyamide resin and a modified elastomer. The dispersed phase (B) is composed of a melt-kneaded product of the polyamide resin and the modified elastomer having a reactive group that reacts with the polyamide resin. When a total of the continuous phase (A) and the dispersed phase (B) is 100% by mass, a content of the dispersed phase (B) is 80% by mass or less.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for adjusting a dispersion diameter to control the dispersion diameter of a dispersed phase in a thermoplastic resin composition having a multiphase structure, and a thermoplastic resin composition obtained by the method. The method includes mixing a polyolefin resin, a polyamide resin, and a compatibilizer and has a continuous phase composed of the polyolefin resin and a dispersed phase dispersed in the continuous phase and composed of the polyamide resin where the compatibilizer is a polymer having a reactive group that reacts with the polyamide resin, and that an amount of the polymer to be mixed based on a total of the polyolefin resin and the polyamide resin is varied to adjust a dispersion diameter of the dispersed phase. This composition has 50 or more but 450 or less the dispersed phase per 10 micrometers square.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition, a method for manufacturing the same, and a molded body are provided. The composition includes a polyolefin resin PO, a polyimide resin PA, and a compatibilizer. The composition has a first phase composed of the PA and compatibilizer and/or a reaction product thereof and a second phase composed of the PO and interposed between the first phases. The first phase has a matrix phase composed of the PA and a dispersed phase dispersed in the matrix phase and composed of the compatibilizer and/or a reaction product thereof. The first phase includes a branched phase having branch portions. The method includes melt-kneading the PA and compatibilizer so that a mixing ratio of the compatibilizer is 11% by mass or more but 45% by mass or less per 100% by mass of a total of the PO, PA, and compatibilizer, and melt-kneading an obtained composition and the PO.

Abstract: A cellulose-fiber-dispersing polyolefin resin composite material, containing a polyolefin resin containing a polypropylene resin, and a cellulose fiber dispersed in the polyolefin resin, in which a proportion of the cellulose fiber is 1 mass part or more and 70 mass parts or less in a total content of 100 mass parts of the polyolefin resin and the cellulose fiber, and the polyolefin resin satisfies the expression: Mz/Mw?4, which is a ratio of Z-average molecular weight Mz to weight-average molecular weight Mw to be obtained by a gel permeation chromatography measurement; a pellet or a formed body using this composite material; and a production method for the composite material.

Abstract: A cellulose-fiber-dispersing polyolefin resin composite material, containing a polyolefin resin containing a polypropylene resin, and a cellulose fiber dispersed in the polyolefin resin, in which a proportion of the cellulose fiber is 1 mass part or more and 70 mass parts or less in a total content of 100 mass parts of the polyolefin resin and the cellulose fiber, and the water absorption ratio satisfies the following Formula: (Water absorption ratio [%])<(Cellulose effective mass ratio [%])2×0.01; a pellet and a formed body using this composite material; and a production method for this composite material.

Abstract: A cellulose-fiber-dispersing polyolefin resin composite material, containing a polyolefin resin and a cellulose fiber dispersed in the polyolefin resin, in which the composite material contains the cellulose fiber of 3 mass % or more and less than 70 mass %, and when the composite material is subjected to the abrasion test according to ISO 6722 under the following test conditions, the amount of abrasion after 5,000 reciprocations satisfies the [Formula 1]: (Amount of abrasion [mm] of the cellulose-fiber-dispersing polyolefin resin composite material)<?0.003×(Cellulose effective mass ratio of the cellulose-fiber-dispersing polyolefin resin composite material)+0.3, [Test Conditions for Abrasion Test] Load: 1.7 kg, Needle diameter: ?0.45 mm, Stroke length: 10 mm, Period: 60 reciprocations/min, Test piece: length 38 mm×width 6 mm×thickness 1 mm, Temperature: 23° C.

Abstract: A load port including: a tabular portion which constitutes a part of a wall surface of a wafer carrying chamber and has an opening through which the wafer carrying chamber is opened; a mounting table on which a wafer storage container is mounted; a door section which can open and close the opening; a sucking tool which can suck and hold a lid; a latch which can fix and unfix a container main body and lid; and a latch driving mechanism storage section which stores a latch driving mechanism therein, load port being configured to enable setting an air pressure in latch driving mechanism storage section to be equal to the air pressure in a clean room or lower than the air pressure in clean room. Consequently, it is possible to provide the load port and a method for carrying wafers which can prevent dust from adhering to the wafers.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an energy absorber having excellent impact resistance and excellent impact energy absorbability. The energy absorber includes an olefin-based resin composition obtained by mixing an olefin resin, a polyamide resin, and an elastomer having a reactive group that reacts with the polyamide resin, wherein the olefin-based resin composition has a continuous phase containing the olefin resin and a polyamide resin-based dispersed phase dispersed in the continuous phase, and the polyamide resin-based dispersed phase has a structure in which the elastomer is contained in a matrix phase containing the polyamide resin.

Abstract: A cellulose fiber dispersion polyethylene resin composite material formed by dispersing a cellulose fiber into a polyethylene resin, in which a proportion of the above-described cellulose fiber is 1 part by mass or more and 70 parts by mass or less in a total content of 100 parts by mass of the polyethylene resin and the cellulose fiber, and the polyethylene resin satisfies a relationship: 1.7>half-width (Log(MH/ML))>1.0 in a molecular weight pattern obtained by gel permeation chromatography measurement, and a formed body and a pellet using the same, a production method therefor, and a recycling method for the cellulose fiber adhesion polyethylene thin film piece.

Abstract: An optical transmission apparatus includes a detecting circuit configured to detect one or more empty slots in which a data signal is not accommodated in a plurality of slots included in a frame, a frame processing circuit configured to reduce size of the frame by deleting the one or more empty slots from the frame based on a detection result of the one or more empty slots and closing up gaps between remaining slots in the plurality of slots, and an optical modulation processing circuit configured to carry out multi-level modulation of the frame at a bit rate according to size of the frame after reduction.

Abstract: A system and method for calculating image similarity, each of which generates a retouch image using characteristic amounts relating to color, respectively obtained from a first image and a second image, and calculates similarity between the first image and the second image based on at least the retouch image.

Abstract: A cellulose-aluminum dispersion polyethylene resin composite material, formed by dispersing a cellulose fiber and aluminum into a polyethylene resin, in which the polyethylene resin satisfies a relationship: 1.7>half-width (Log(MH/ML))>1.0 in a molecular weight pattern to be obtained by gel permeation chromatography measurement, a pellet and a formed body using the composite material, and a production method therefor.