Abstract: A multilayer film comprising an upper layer (A), at least one intermediate layer (B), and a lower layer (C) stacked in that order, wherein the intermediate layer (B) comprises a composition (b1) or a composition (b2) below, and the upper layer (A) and the lower layer (C) each independently comprise an ethylene polymer and/or a propylene polymer: Composition (b1): a composition that comprises a propylene polymer (p1) having a melting point in the range of 140 to 165° C. measured by differential scanning calorimetry and a melt flow rate (MFR; ASTM D 1238, 230° C., 2.16 kg load) in the range of 0.1 to 20 g/10 min, a propylene·?-olefin random copolymer (r1) having a molecular weight distribution in the range of 1.0 to 3.5 determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and a melting point in the range of 90 to 125° C.

Abstract: Disclosed are a radiation image conversion panel which has achieved a radiation image with enhanced sharpness and improved moisture resistance and shock resistance, and a production method thereof. The radiation image conversion panel comprises, on a support, a phosphor layer comprising phosphor columnar crystals, each composed mainly of cesium iodide (CsI) and formed by a process of gas phase deposition, wherein a coefficient of variation of crystal diameter of the phosphor columnar crystals is not more than 50% and a coefficient of variation of phosphor filling factor of the phosphor layer is not more than 20%.

Abstract: The scintillator plate has a reflective layer, a resinous anti-corrosion layer and a scintillator layer provided sequentially in that order on a heat resistant resin substrate. The scintillator plate is employed as a component for a flat panel radiation detector. The scintillator plate has a protective film between the scintillator layer and the flat light receiving element which makes up the flat panel radiation detector. There is point contact between the surface of the scintillator layer and the protective film and there is point contact between the flat light receiving element and the protective film.

Abstract: An applying device includes an applying member that applies an applying material to an outer peripheral surface of a fixing member that rotates, while a peripheral velocity difference is caused to exist between a peripheral velocity of the fixing member and a peripheral velocity of the applying member. The applying material contains a fluorocarbon resin material.

Abstract: The present invention realizes a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving liquid crystal (liquid crystal control driver IC) capable of easily setting drive conditions and the like according to specifications of a liquid crystal display to be used. An electrically-programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EPROM) or an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EEPROM) is provided in a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving a liquid crystal display, and setting information is stored in the memory circuit. The memory circuit is constructed by a normal device which can be formed in the same process as a semiconductor manufacturing process of forming devices of other circuits.

Abstract: A drug container of a multilayer film including a first layer (1) composed of a linear ethylene/?-olefin copolymer having a density of 0.930 to 0.950 g/cm3, a second layer (2) and a fourth layer (4) each composed of a mixture containing a linear ethylene/?-olefin copolymer having a density of 0.860 to 0.920 g/cm3 in a weight ratio of 95:5 to 40:60, a third layer (3) composed of a polycycloolefin, and a fifth layer (5) composed of a mixture containing a polyethylene and a polypropylene, the fifth layer 5 serving as an innermost layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a radiation image conversion panel wherein luminance is improved by preventing the disorder of the structure of phosphor columnar crystals, thereby eliminating the scattering and refraction of optical elements which is emitted by an X-ray-irradiated phosphor and propagated in the direction of a photoelectric conversion element. Moreover disclosed is a radiation image detector using the same.

Abstract: An oxygen detection method, includes: preparing a grid, an ion collector, and a filament in which an oxide are formed on a surface of metal; controlling a filament current flowing to the filament so that an emission current becomes constant; discharging thermionic electrons which are caused by heat generation by applying the filament current, and generating ions by ionizing a gas; capturing the ions with the ion collector; and detecting oxygen being present in a vacuum processing chamber by measuring a filament current value.

Abstract: A scintillator panel which has achieved enhanced sharpness and sensitivity is disclosed, comprising on a first support a phosphor layer comprising phosphor columnar crystals formed by a process of vapor phase deposition and containing a parent component of cesium iodide (CsI) and an activator of thallium (Tl), and the phosphor layer comprising a first layer of a CsI layer which is in the bottom portion of the phosphor layer and does not contain any activator of thallium, and on the first layer, a second layer of a CsI—Tl layer which contains the activator of thallium and exhibits not more than 32% of a coefficient of variation of concentration of thallium in the direction of thickness.

Abstract: The present invention realizes a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving liquid crystal (liquid crystal control driver IC) capable of easily setting drive conditions and the like according to specifications of a liquid crystal display to be used. An electrically-programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EPROM) or an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EEPROM) is provided in a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving a liquid crystal display, and setting information is stored in the memory circuit. The memory circuit is constructed by a normal device which can be formed in the same process as a semiconductor manufacturing process of forming devices of other circuits.

Abstract: A driving mechanism includes: a first contacting member that comes into contact with a contacted member; a supporting member that supports the first contacting member and is reciprocatably provided, the supporting member moving the first contacting member into contact with or retracts from the contacted member; a cam that reciprocates the supporting member; and a driving force transmission member that is provided to transmit a driving force to the cam, the driving force transmission member is engaged with the cam by transmit a first driving force, and is disengaged from the cam by a second driving force. In the driving mechanism, the second driving force is applied to the driving force transmission member after the cam is stopped in a state where the cam comes into contact with the supporting member on a small radius end of the cam.

Abstract: A multilayer film according to the present invention is a multilayer film, in which an outermost layer and an innermost layer are laminated via an intermediate layer arranged from one to three layers, with the intermediate layer including at least one layer being made of 0 to 55 weight % of a linear polyethylene having a density of 0.910 to 0.930 g/cm3, 5 to 15 weight % of a high-density polyethylene having a density of 0.950 to 0.970 g/cm3, and 35 to 85 weight % of a linear polyethylene having a density of 0.900 to 0.910 g/cm3 and polymerized using a single-site catalyst, and having a density lower than the outermost layer and the innermost layer, and each of the outermost layer and the innermost layer being formed of a polyethylene or a mixture of two or more types of polyethylene.

Abstract: A scintillator panel exhibiting enhanced moisture resistance is disclosed, comprising a scintillator sheet provided on a substrate with a scintillator layer, and the whole of the scintillator sheet is covered with a protective layer and a space in which gas is capable of flowing is provided between the protective layer and the scintillator sheet.

Abstract: The present invention realizes a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving liquid crystal (liquid crystal control driver IC) capable of easily setting drive conditions and the like according to specifications of a liquid crystal display to be used. An electrically-programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EPROM) or an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EEPROM) is provided in a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving a liquid crystal display, and setting information is stored in the memory circuit. The memory circuit is constructed by a normal device which can be formed in the same process as a semiconductor manufacturing process of forming devices of other circuits.

Abstract: An oxygen detection method, includes: preparing a grid, an ion collector, and a filament in which an oxide are formed on a surface of metal; controlling a filament current flowing to the filament so that an emission current becomes constant; discharging thermionic electrons which are caused by heat generation by applying the filament current, and generating ions by ionizing a gas; capturing the ions with the ion collector; and detecting oxygen being present in a vacuum processing chamber by measuring a filament current value.

Abstract: A scintillator panel which is capable of obtaining a radiation image exhibiting enhanced luminance and sharpness and achieving improved storage stability is disclosed, comprising on a support a base layer and a phosphor layer provided sequentially in this order, wherein the phosphor layer comprises (columnar) phosphor crystals formed of a phosphor parent compound and an activator by a process of vapor phase deposition and the base layer comprises crystals formed of the phosphor parent compound and an activator, and a relative density of the base layer is lower than a relative density of the phosphor layer and a relative content of an activator of the base layer is lower than a relative content of an activator of the phosphor layer.

Abstract: Provided are a scintillator panel and a radiation detector which give a radiation image reduced in sensitivity unevenness and sharpness unevenness. Also provided are processes for producing the scintillator and the detector. The scintillator panel comprises a support and, deposited thereon, a phosphor layer comprising columnar crystals of a phosphor which have been formed by the vapor deposition method. The panel is characterized in that the columnar crystals of a phosphor comprise cesium iodide (CsI) as a base ingredient and thallium (Tl) as an activator ingredient and have, in a root part thereof, a layer containing no thallium, and that the coefficient of variation in thallium concentration in the plane of the phosphor layer is 40% or less.

Abstract: Disclosed are a radiation image conversion panel which has achieved a radiation image with enhanced sharpness and improved moisture resistance and shock resistance, and a production method thereof. The radiation image conversion panel comprises, on a support, a phosphor layer comprising phosphor columnar crystals, each composed mainly of cesium iodide (CsI) and formed by a process of gas phase deposition, wherein a coefficient of variation of crystal diameter of the phosphor columnar crystals is not more than 50% and a coefficient of variation of phosphor filling factor of the phosphor layer is not more than 20%.

Abstract: The present invention realizes a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving liquid crystal (liquid crystal control driver IC) capable of easily setting drive conditions and the like according to specifications of a liquid crystal display to be used. An electrically-programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EPROM) or an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EEPROM) is provided in a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving a liquid crystal display, and setting information is stored in the memory circuit. The memory circuit is constructed by a normal device which can be formed in the same process as a semiconductor manufacturing process of forming devices of other circuits.

Abstract: A pressure member is used for fixing in electrophotography and includes at least a substrate, an elastic layer provided on the substrate, and a surface layer includes carbon and a fluororesin having a structure represented by Formula (1): wherein R represents CF3, C2F5, or C3F7, and x represents a numeral from 0.045 to 0.12.