Abstract: The present invention provides a polishing pad used for planarizing inter layer dielectrics and the like by CMP (chemical mechanical polishing) in the manufacturing process of a semiconductor device, a method of producing the polishing pad and a method of producing a semiconductor device by using the polishing pad. The present invention relates to a semiconductor wafer polishing pad having grooves in a polishing surface and formed from a foamed polyurethane, wherein a processed surface of the groove comprising a side surface and a bottom surface has a surface roughness Ra of not more than 10.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a method of preparing a decellularized soft tissue whereby swelling after an ultrahigh pressure treatment can be inhibited, etc. The above-described method of preparing a decellularized soft tissue comprises the application step wherein an ultrahigh hydrostatic pressure is applied to an isolated soft tissue in a medium to thereby disrupt cells in the soft tissue, and the removal step wherein the disrupted cells are removed. As the medium, use is made of an aqueous solution containing a water-soluble polysaccharide such as dextran.

Abstract: A plastic optical fiber cable includes: a bare plastic optical fiber including a core formed of a polymer containing a methyl methacrylate unit, and a clad layer including a layer formed of a specific fluorine-containing olefin resin at least in the outermost layer; and a coating layer around the bare plastic optical fiber, the coating layer including a light-shielding coating layer formed of a specific nylon resin composition, a functional coating layer (C) and a functional coating layer (D) in this order, where one of the functional coating layer (C) and the functional coating layer (D) is formed of a resin composition (I) containing a polybutylene terephthalate resin as a major component or an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer as a major component; the other is formed of a specific nylon resin composition (II); and a ratio of the thickness of the functional coating layer (C) to the thickness of the functional coating layer (D) is set to fall within a specific range.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polishing pad which enables high accuracy optical end-point detection in a state where polishing is carrying out, and which can prevent slurry leakage from a polishing layer to a cushion layer even in the case of being used for a long period. Another object is to provide a method for producing a semiconductor device using the polishing pad. The present invention relates to a polishing pad in which a polishing layer having a polishing region and a light-transmitting region, and a cushion layer having a through hole are laminated via a double-sided adhesive sheet such that the light-transmitting region and the through hole are laid one upon another, wherein a transparent member is stuck on an adhesive layer of the double-sided adhesive sheet in the through hole.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polishing pad used for planarizing inter layer dielectrics and the like by CMP (chemical mechanical polishing) in the manufacturing process of a semiconductor device, a method of producing the polishing pad and a method of producing a semiconductor device by using the polishing pad. The present invention relates to a semiconductor wafer polishing pad having grooves in a polishing surface and formed from a foamed polyurethane, wherein a processed surface of the groove comprising a side surface and a bottom surface has a surface roughness Ra of not more than 10.

Abstract: A traffic jam guide image showing traffic jam conditions of a plurality of road sections ahead of a current location of a vehicle is displayed together with a map image during a guidance of a guide route from the current location to a destination. Based on a user operation performed on a touch screen, an object road section in which a search condition is to be changed and the search condition in the object road section are set. A second guide route from the current location to the destination is searched for based on the search condition set for the object road section such that the user has only to perform a simple operation through a touch screen to automatically change the search condition and set the road section to which the changed search condition is applied.

Abstract: The invention provides a polishing pad by which optical materials such as lenses, reflecting mirrors etc., or materials requiring a high degree of surface planarity, as in the polishing of silicone wafers, glass substrates or aluminum substrates for hard disks, or general metal polishing, can be flattened with stability and high polishing efficiency. The invention also provides a polishing pad for semiconductor wafers, which is superior in planarizing characteristic, is free from scratches and can be produced at low cost. There is provided a polishing pad which is free from dechucking error so that neither damage to wafers nor decrease in operating efficiency occurs. There is provided a polishing pad which is satisfactory in planarity, within wafer uniformity, and polishing rate and produces less change in polishing rate. There is provided a polishing pad which can make planarity improvement and scratch decrease compatible.

Abstract: A polishing pad having excellent planarization performance and wear resistance includes a polishing layer including a polyurethane foam having fine cells. The polyurethane foam is a cured product of a reaction of (1) an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer (A) that is capable of reacting with 4,4?-methylenebis(o-chloroaniline) to form a non-foamed polyurethane having a tan ? peak temperature of 100° C. or more, (2) an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer (B) that is capable of reacting with 4,4?-methylenebis(o-chloroaniline) to form a non-foamed polyurethane having a tan ? peak temperature of 40° C. or less, and (3) 4,4?-methylenebis(o-chloroaniline), and the isocyanate-terminated prepolymers (A) and (B) are mixed in an (A)/(B) ratio of 50/50 to 90/10 (by wt%). The pad so made is used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a heat-generating device which includes a heat-generating unit 5a, having a resin member 10a which generates heat upon application of vibration and a vibration unit 11a which imparts vibration to the resin member 10a, and a heat generation control unit 6a which, by controlling the vibration generated by the vibration unit 11a, controls the heat generation of the heat-generating unit 5a in such a manner that the heat-generating unit 5a has a prescribed temperature; a heat-generating method utilizing this device; and a biological tissue-bonding device 1a utilizing the device.

Abstract: A bending apparatus for corrugating a sheet-like material can comprise a support member, a feed mechanism, a bending member, a hold-down member, and a driving mechanism. The support member can comprise a support surface formed with desired corrugations. The feed mechanism can be configured to feed the support member in increments corresponding to one pitch of the corrugations formed on the support member. The bending member can be configured to be reciprocated between an actuated position mating with a corrugation on the support surface such that a sheet-like material laying on the support surface is bent along the corrugation formed on the support member and a retracted position. The hold-down member can be configured to be reciprocated between an actuated position holding the sheet-like material against the support surface and a retracted position.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound probe, a transmission unit for transmitting an ultrasound signal to an object to be examined via the ultrasound probe, a reception unit for processing a signal received by the ultrasound probe, and an image generating unit for generating an image on the basis of the received signal processed by the reception unit, wherein the transmission unit has a function of transmitting the ultrasound signals with varying frequency plural times in an identical direction at predetermined time intervals. The ultrasound signal transmitted plural times includes a first waveform in which the frequency increases and a second waveform in which the frequency decreases, and the reception unit has a function of phasing and adding received signals respectively corresponding to the first waveform and the second waveform, whereby, in tissue harmonic imaging, the penetration is improved, while the resolution is maintained.

Abstract: A plastic optical fiber cable includes: a bare optical fiber including a core made of a poly(methyl methacrylate) or a copolymer including methyl methacrylate as a major component and a cladding layer including, at least in the outermost layer, a layer made of a certain fluorine-containing olefin-based resin; and a coating layer provided on the outer surface thereof. The coating layer includes a protective coating layer, a light blocking coating layer, and a functional coating layer, the layers being provided in the order mentioned from inner side. The protective coating layer is made of a certain resin material. The light blocking coating layer is made of a nylon-based resin including, as a major component, nylon 11 or nylon 12, the nylon-based resin containing monomer and oligomer compounds derived from the nylon-based resin in an amount of a certain range.

Abstract: A plastic optical fiber cable includes: a bare plastic optical fiber including a core formed of a polymer containing a methyl methacrylate unit, and a clad layer including a layer formed of a specific fluorine-containing olefin resin at least in the outermost layer; and a coating layer around the bare plastic optical fiber, the coating layer including a light-shielding coating layer formed of a specific nylon resin composition, a functional coating layer (C) and a functional coating layer (D) in this order, where one of the functional coating layer (C) and the functional coating layer (D) is formed of a resin composition (I) containing a polybutylene terephthalate resin as a major component or an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer as a major component; the other is formed of a specific nylon resin composition (II); and a ratio of the thickness of the functional coating layer (C) to the thickness of the functional coating layer (D) is set to fall within a specific range.

Abstract: A polishing pad provides excellent optical detection accuracy properties over a broad wavelength range (particularly at the short-wavelength side). A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a process of polishing the surface of a semiconductor wafer with this polishing pad. The polishing pad has a polishing layer containing a polishing region and a light-transmitting region, wherein the light-transmitting region includes a polyurethane resin having an aromatic ring density of 2 wt % or less, and the light transmittance of the light-transmitting region is 30% or more in the overall range of wavelengths of 300 to 400 nm.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polishing pad that is prevented from causing an end-point detection error due to a reduction in light transmittance from the early stage to the final stage of the process, and to provide a method of producing a semiconductor device with the polishing pad. The present invention is directed to a polishing pad, comprising a polishing layer comprising a polishing region and a light-transmitting region, wherein a polishing side surface of the light-transmitting region is subjected to a surface roughness treatment, and the light-transmitting region has a light transmittance of 40% to 60% at a wavelength of 600 nm before use.

Abstract: A traffic jam guide image showing traffic jam conditions of a plurality of road sections ahead of a current location of a vehicle is displayed together with a map image during a guidance of a guide route from the current location to a destination. Based on a user operation performed on a touch screen, an object road section in which a search condition is to be changed and the search condition in the object road section are set. A second guide route from the current location to the destination is searched for based on the search condition set for the object road section such that the user has only to perform a simple operation through a touch screen to automatically change the search condition and set the road section to which the changed search condition is applied.

Abstract: A polishing pad provides excellent optical detection accuracy properties over a broad wavelength range (particularly at the short-wavelength side) and is capable of preventing a slurry from leaking from the boundary between a polishing region and a light-transmitting region. The polishing pad includes at least a transparent support film laminated on one side of a polishing layer including a polishing region and a light-transmitting region; the light transmittance of an optical detection region containing at least the light-transmitting region and the transparent support film is 40% or more in the overall range of wavelengths of 300 to 400 nm.

Abstract: The invention provides humanized antibodies that specifically bind to, and preferably, neutralize, verotoxin II (VT2). The antibodies are useful for treating patients suffering from, or at risk of suffering, toxic effects of verotoxin.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a method of preparing a decellularized soft tissue whereby swelling after an ultrahigh pressure treatment can be inhibited, etc. The above-described method of preparing a decellularized soft tissue comprises the application step wherein an ultrahigh hydrostatic pressure is applied to an isolated soft tissue in a medium to thereby disrupt cells in the soft tissue, and the removal step wherein the disrupted cells are removed. As the medium, use is made of an aqueous solution containing a water-soluble polysaccharide such as dextran.

Abstract: A polishing pad capable of maintaining a high level of dimensional stability upon moisture absorption or water absorption and providing high polishing rate includes a polishing layer of a polyurethane foam having fine cells, wherein the polyurethane foam includes a cured product of a reaction of (1) an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer (A) that includes an isocyanate monomer, a high molecular weight polyol (a), and a low molecular weight polyol, (2) an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer (B) that includes a polymerized diisocyanate and a polyethylene glycol with a number average molecular weight of 200 to 1,000, and (3) a chain extender.