Abstract: An electronic control device includes a conductive casing; a circuit board which is provided in the casing, and on which an electronic component including an integrated circuit is mounted; and a conductive conductor component that is provided on the circuit board, is disposed at a position higher than the electronic component, and has an elongated shape, in which a distance between the conductor component and the casing is shorter than a distance between the conductor component and the circuit board.

Abstract: Provided is an optically anisotropic layer having an excellent surface condition, with which an image display device having an excellent contrast can be manufactured; and an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device, each having the optically anisotropic layer. The optically anisotropic layer is obtained by immobilizing a polymerizable liquid crystal composition including a polymerizable rod-shaped liquid crystal compound exhibiting a liquid crystal state of a smectic phase and an additive in a liquid crystal state of a smectic phase, in which a molecular length A (?) of the polymerizable rod-shaped liquid crystal compound, a layer interval B (?) of the smectic phase of the optically anisotropic layer, and a molecular length C (?) of the additive satisfy a relationship of Expression (1-1), 0.5×B?C?0.6×A . . . (1-1).

Abstract: A laser module includes a base, a carrier mounted on the base, a laser diode mounted on the carrier, an organic adhesive layer provided between the laser diode and the carrier, the organic adhesive layer having an exposed portion exposed between the laser diode and the carrier, a cap fixed to the base, the cap covering the carrier, the laser diode, and the organic adhesive layer, and a cover material covering at least a part of the exposed portion of the organic adhesive layer.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal composition with which an optically anisotropic layer having excellent light resistance can be formed and an image display device having an excellent contrast can be manufactured, an optically anisotropic layer, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The liquid crystal composition contains a liquid crystal compound and a non-liquid crystal compound, in which both of the liquid crystal compound and the non-liquid crystal compound are compounds having any of aromatic rings selected from the group consisting of groups represented by predetermined formulae, and a ratio of a molecular weight of the non-liquid crystal compound to a molecular weight of the liquid crystal compound is 1 or less.

Abstract: Provided is an optically anisotropic layer in which the occurrence of a haze is suppressed and a winding aptitude is excellent; and an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device, each having the optically anisotropic layer. The optically anisotropic layer is obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, in which in a case where an amplitude value at each wavelength determined by subjecting data of a three-dimensional surface roughness to a Fourier transform is defined as L, the amplitude value L at a wavelength of 5.0 ?m or more is 0.125 or more, and the amplitude value L at a wavelength of 2.0 to 2.5 ?m is 0.025 or less.

Abstract: A water treatment system including: a reverse osmosis membrane device A for treating a water to be treated; a reverse osmosis membrane device E for treating permeated water from device A; a reverse osmosis membrane device B for treating concentrated water from device A or E; a reverse osmosis membrane device C for treating concentrated water from device E or A; and each of water flow lines through which the concentrated water and permeated water from devices A to E respectively flow downstream, wherein the connections of each of the water flow lines are switchable so that while the concentrated water from device E flows to device B to wash device B, the concentrated water from device A is treatable by device C, and while the concentrated water from device E flows to device C to wash device C, the concentrated water from device A is treatable by device B.

Abstract: Provided is a polymerizable liquid crystal composition with which an image display device having an excellent contrast can be manufactured; and a cured product, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition contains a compound represented by Formula (I). L1-SP1-D5-(A1)a1-D3-(G1)g1-D1-[Ar-D2]q1-(G2)g2-D4-(A2)a2-D6-SP2-L2 . . . (I), and a compound represented by Formula (II), L5-SP5-D9-(A5)a3-D10-(G3)g3-D11-M . . . (II).

Abstract: An impeller includes: main vanes which are provided in a front stage section of a hub so as to connect an outer surface of the front stage section and an inner surface of a shroud, and are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the hub, wherein the main vanes generate an oblique flow of crude oil; and splitter vanes which are provided in a rear stage section of the hub so as to be connected to an outer surface of the rear stage section, and are arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction, wherein the splitter vanes generate an axial flow of the crude oil.

Abstract: An inorganic EL element including: an anode; a hole transporting layer; a light emitting layer; an electron transporting layer; and a cathode, the anode, the hole transporting layer, the light emitting layer, the electron transporting layer, and the cathode being stacked, wherein the hole transporting layer is an oxide film, the light emitting layer is an oxide film, and the electron transporting layer is an oxide film.

Abstract: A pure-water production device including: a first reverse osmosis membrane device to which water to be treated is supplied; a second reverse osmosis membrane device to which permeated water from the first reverse osmosis membrane device is supplied; an electrodeionization device to which permeated water from the second reverse osmosis membrane device is supplied; a brine tank to which concentrated water from the first reverse osmosis membrane device is supplied; and a third reverse osmosis membrane device connected to the brine tank, wherein the second reverse osmosis membrane device is a high-pressure reverse osmosis membrane device, the brine tank is supplied with at least one concentrated water selected from the group consisting of concentrated water from the second reverse osmosis membrane device and concentrated water from the electrodeionization device, wherein permeated water from the third reverse osmosis membrane device is supplied to water to be treated, is used.

Abstract: An epoxy resin, comprising an epoxy compound having a mesogenic structure, and having a value of ??2/??1 equal to 3 or less, wherein ??1 is an initial dynamic shear viscosity (Pa·s) and ??2 is a maximum value of dynamic shear viscosity (Pa·s), in a measurement of dynamic shear viscosity.

Abstract: Provided is an optically anisotropic film exhibiting reverse wavelength dispersibility with excellent thickness-direction phase differences, a laminate, a circularly polarizing plate, and a display device. The optically anisotropic film of an embodiment of the present invention satisfies the following Requirements 1 to 4. Requirement 1: In a case of irradiation with P-polarized light and S-polarized light, which are linearly polarized light perpendicular to each other, from a direction inclined by 45° from a normal direction of a film surface of the optically anisotropic film, an absorption intensity ratio in a case of irradiation with S-polarized light to an absorption intensity in a case of irradiation with P-polarized light is 1.02 or more in an absorption intensity at a wavelength having a largest absorption in a wavelength range of 700 to 900 nm. Requirement 2: Re(550)<10 nm, Requirement 3: Re(800)<10 nm. Requirement 4: Rth(450)/Rth(550)<1.

Abstract: A positive high voltage, a first terminal of a semiconductor element, and a first terminal of a first resistance element are connected to a first terminal of a first current controller. A current input terminal of a first active element is connected to a second terminal of the first current controller, and a second terminal of the semiconductor element and a second terminal of the first resistance element are connected to a control terminal of the first active element. A second resistance element is connected between a current output terminal and a control terminal of the first active element. The first current controller allows a drive current corresponding to an input signal to flow in the first active element and allows the drive current output from the first active element to flow into a load, thereby generating an output voltage.

Abstract: An epoxy resin includes a reaction product between: an epoxy compound having a mesogenic structure; and at least one selected from the group consisting of an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid having a carboxy group and a hydroxy group bonded to an aromatic ring and an aromatic dicarboxylic acid having two carboxy groups bonded to an aromatic group.

Abstract: A method for efficiently treating boron from water to be treated, an apparatus for producing pure water, and a method for producing pure water. An apparatus for removing boron includes a low-pressure reverse osmosis membrane apparatus to which is supplied water to be treated, a pH adjustment apparatus to adjust a pH of permeated water from the low-pressure reverse osmosis membrane apparatus to 5.0 to 9.0, a high-pressure reverse osmosis membrane apparatus to which is supplied the water adjusted by the pH adjustment apparatus, and an electrodeionization to which is supplied permeated water from the high-pressure reverse osmosis membrane apparatus.

Abstract: A sputtering target for an insulating oxide film, the sputtering target including a sintered body including a lanthanum oxide and at least one selected from the group consisting of a beryllium oxide, a magnesium oxide, a calcium oxide, a strontium oxide, and a barium oxide, wherein lanthanum has highest molar ratio among elements other than oxygen contained in the sintered body.

Abstract: (Object) To miniaturize a field-effect transistor. (Means of Achieving the Object) A field-effect transistor includes a semiconductor film formed on a base, a gate insulating film formed on a part of the semiconductor film, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed in contact with the semiconductor film, wherein a thickness of the source electrode and the drain electrode is smaller than a thickness of the gate insulating film, and the gate insulating film includes a region that is not in contact with the source electrode or the drain electrode.

Abstract: A field-effect transistor includes a substrate; a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode that are formed on the substrate; a semiconductor layer by which a channel is formed between the source electrode and the drain electrode when a predetermined voltage is applied to the gate electrode; and a gate insulating layer provided between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer. The gate insulating layer is formed of an amorphous composite metal oxide insulating film including one or two or more alkaline-earth metal elements and one or two or more elements selected from a group consisting of Ga, Sc, Y, and lanthanoid except Ce.

Abstract: An epoxy resin includes a reaction product between an epoxy compound and a compound having a naphthalene structure and a functional group that is reactive with an epoxy group.

Abstract: An epoxy resin includes an epoxy compound having a mesogenic structure, a cured product of the epoxy resin having a flexural modulus of 3.0 GPa or more at 23° C., a fracture toughness of 1.0 MPa·m1/2 or more, and a glass transition temperature of 150° C. or higher.