Abstract: An actuator having good interlayer adhesion at a lamination interface, good conductivity of an electrode layer, and good smoothness of the electrode layer is provided. The actuator includes a plurality of elastomer layers and a plurality of electrode layers, and the elastomer layers and electrode layers are alternately laminated. The electrode layer contains carbon black, a content of the carbon black in the electrode layer is 10% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less, and a specific surface area of the carbon black is 380 g/m2 or more and 800 m2/g or less.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a recovery method of 226Ra, and the recovery method of 226Ra includes a step (A1) of immersing a solid-state 226Ra containing substance and a carrier having a function of adsorbing 226Ra ions in a processing solution, and then irradiating the processing solution with ultrasonic waves.

Abstract: A cordierite-based sintered body according to the present invention contains cordierite as a main component and silicon nitride or silicon carbide. The cordierite-based sintered body preferably has a thermal expansion coefficient less than 2.4 ppm/° C. at 40° C. to 400° C., an open porosity of 0.5% or less, and an average grain size of 1 ?m or less.

Abstract: A heat exchanger element includes at least two honeycomb structures arranged serially and each including a cell structural portion having cells separated and formed by partition walls containing SiC and functioning as passages which extend from one end face to the other end face and which a first fluid passes through, and an outer peripheral wall disposed on the outer periphery of the cell structural portion. The first fluid passes through the cells of the honeycomb structures without leaking out of the cells or mixing. The cell structural portions of at least a pair of the honeycomb structures adjacent to each other among the honeycomb structures arranged serially are disposed with a gap, and the first fluid passing through the cells mixes together between end faces forming the gap.

Abstract: A half mirror, a method for manufacturing the half mirror and a lighting unit using the half mirror can include a base material and a half mirror layer formed on the base material. The half mirror layer can include a chrome oxide layer, which is made by only a sputtering method, and can be configured to perform a high thermal resistance. Accordingly, the half mirror cannot crack even under various circumstances such that repeat low/high temperatures. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can provide half mirrors having a high durability such as a thermal resistance and methods for manufacturing such the half mirrors in simple manufacturing processes, and also can provide lighting units using the half mirror having a high durability, which can maintain a stable reflectivity for a long term and which can also maintain a good appearance for a long-term use because the half mirror can prevent cracking therein.

Abstract: The invention enables quality of a pinhole image to be improved, any of myopia or hyperopia, astigmatism and presbyopia to be corrected and high functionality to attain.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an antibody titer-increasing agent, such as an adjuvant, capable of sustaining an effect achieved by, for example, vaccination, which is an antibody titer-increasing agent such as an adjuvant that is safe, convenient and economical and can be easily taken irrespective of age, and a method for manufacturing the same. A method for increasing an antibody titer and a method for enhancing the effect of a vaccine, each method comprising using Lactobacillus delbrueckii subspecies bulgaricus OLL1073R-1 or a culture thereof; and an antibody titer-increasing agent such as an adjuvant that comprises Lactobacillus delbrueckii subspecies bulgaricus OLL1073R-1 or a culture thereof.

Abstract: A mullite-containing sintered body according to the present invention contains mullite and at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, and sialon. It is preferable that the mullite-containing sintered body have a thermal expansion coefficient of less than 4.3 ppm/° C. at 40° C. to 400° C., an open porosity of 0.5% or less, and an average grain size of 1.5 ?m or less.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an ocular insert device that can be stably placed under the eyelid without giving a feeling of insertion of a foreign body to a user and that can store a larger volume of drug as compared to a conventional system. The ocular insert device 100 includes a storage main body 1 that is formed to be a seed-shaped piece having a predetermined width so as to be located under an eyelid and that stores a drug. The storage main body 1 has a held portion 1a in which a surface that comes into contact with the eyelid can be held by a tarsal plate 52.

Abstract: A cordierite-based sintered body according to the present invention contains cordierite as a main component and silicon nitride or silicon carbide. The cordierite-based sintered body preferably has a thermal expansion coefficient less than 2.4 ppm; ° C. at 40° C. to 400° C., an open porosity of 0.5% or less, and an average grain size of 1 ?m or less.

Abstract: A mullite-containing sintered body according to the present invention contains mullite and at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, and sialon. It is preferable that the mullite-containing sintered body have a thermal expansion coefficient of less than 4.3 ppm/° C. at 40° C. to 400° C., an open porosity of 0.5% or less, and an average grain size of 1.5 ?m or less.

Abstract: An information distribution apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires individual identification information, product identification information, and user identification information. The information distribution apparatus includes a storing unit that stores the authentication information and the user identification information in an associated manner in a predetermined storing device. The information distribution apparatus includes a deciding unit that decides, whether the received authentication information and the received user identification information are stored in an associated manner in the predetermined storing device.

Abstract: A half mirror, a method for manufacturing the half mirror and a lighting unit using the half mirror can include a base material and a half mirror layer formed on the base material. The half mirror layer can include a chrome oxide layer, which is made by only a sputtering method, and can be configured to perform a high thermal resistance. Accordingly, the half mirror cannot crack even under various circumstances such that repeat low/high temperatures. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can provide half mirrors having a high durability such as a thermal resistance and methods for manufacturing such the half mirrors in simple manufacturing processes, and also can provide lighting units using the half mirror having a high durability, which can maintain a stable reflectivity for a long term and which can also maintain a good appearance for a long-term use because the half mirror can prevent cracking therein.

Abstract: A surgical fluid-absorbing instrument to enable absorption of an amount of fluid several times as large as by a conventional surgical sponge system and to substantially decreased the times of changing surgical sponges during surgery. A tip sponge part, a retaining sponge part for absorbing the fluid, provided on a position continued from the tip sponge part, and a tubular handle part in which the tip sponge part is loaded are provided. At least the retaining sponge part is water-absorbing. The water-absorbing sponge may be compressed in one direction and solidified, or the water-absorbing sponge may extended in one direction and swollen.

Abstract: A piping system includes a flare machining mechanism and a screw machining mechanism that machines the ends of pipes by cold-pressed formation. The flare machining mechanism flares the ends of pipes outward and the screw machining mechanism machines the outside of the pipe end into a convex screw and the inside of the pipe end into a concave screw are provided on the same rotor mechanism and the same chuck. The piping system is configured to execute flare machining and screw machining of the end of the pipe by exchanging the flare machining head and the screw machining head.

Abstract: There is provided a heat exchanger realizing downsizing, weight saving, and cost reduction in comparison with a conventional heat exchange element or heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is provided with a first fluid flow portion formed of a honeycomb structure having a plurality of cells partitioned by ceramic partition walls and extending from one end face to another end face in an axial direction to allow a heating medium as a first fluid to flow therein, and a second fluid flow portion formed of a casing containing the honeycomb structure therein, the casing having an inlet and an outlet for a second fluid, and the second fluid flowing on an outer peripheral face of the honeycomb structure to receive heat from the first fluid.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an antibody titer-increasing agent, such as an adjuvant, capable of sustaining an effect achieved by, for example, vaccination, which is an antibody titer-increasing agent such as an adjuvant that is safe, convenient and economical and can be easily taken irrespective of age, and a method for manufacturing the same. A method for increasing an antibody titer and a method for enhancing the effect of a vaccine, each method comprising using Lactobacillus delbrueckii subspecies bulgaricus OLL1073R-1 or a culture thereof; and an antibody titer-increasing agent such as an adjuvant that comprises Lactobacillus delbrueckii subspecies bulgaricus OLL1073R-1 or a culture thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gantry type workpiece transfer apparatus provided with a spanning gantry rail that extends between a workpiece delivery unit/removal unit and a machine tool; a mobile part, movably attached to this gantry rail, that moves to positions corresponding to the delivery unit/removal unit and the machine tool; a first arm, extending downward along the vertical direction from this mobile part, with the lower end part thereof facing the front door of the machine tool when the mobile part has moved to a position corresponding to the machine tool; an articulated arm, attached to the lower end part of the first arm, configured so as to enter the interior of the machine tool and to retract to outside the machine tool from the front door of the machine tool; and a robot hand, attached to the articulated arm, that places/takes the workpiece on the worktable of the machine tool.

Abstract: A radiation generating apparatus includes a radiation tube including an electrically insulating tubular member, a cathode provided at one of two openings of the tubular member, and an anode provided at the other opening of the tubular member; an electrically insulating outer tube surrounding at least a peripheral side of the radiation tube with a separation interposed therebetween; and a container that contains the radiation tube and the outer tube. A space in the container is filled with an insulating liquid. At least a portion of a gap between the tubular member and the outer tube is wider than at least one of a gap between the cathode and the outer tube and a gap between the anode and the outer tube.

Abstract: A radiation generating unit includes a radiation tube that has a vacuum chamber that has a cathode and anode at both ends of an insulating tubular member and is arranged inside a storage container filled with an insulating liquid in a state in which the radiation tube is arranged inside an insulating outer casing tube with a gap from a surrounding, wherein walls which partition the gap between the radiation tube and outer casing tube are provided while allowing a flow of the insulating liquid between the cathode side and anode side of the radiation tube and leaving in the gap a flow path which does not linearly continue to the cathode side and anode side.