Abstract: A semiconductor device that normally-off drives a first transistor that normally-on drives, the semiconductor device includes a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a first diode. The first circuitry that is connected with a power supply voltage and a ground voltage, detects the power supply voltage, and outputs a transition state of the power supply voltage. The second circuitry that is connected with the power supply voltage, the ground voltage, the first circuitry, and a second transistor, and outputs a drive voltage of a second transistor connected in series with the first transistor, based on an output of the first circuitry. The first diode having an anode connected with a drive terminal of the first transistor and a cathode connected with an output terminal of the second transistor.

Abstract: A sputtering target comprised of a plurality of members including a target material and a base material, wherein the plurality of members includes a first member and a second member laminated to each other, wherein the first member contains Al, and the second member contains Cu, wherein at least one of the first member and the second member contains Mg, wherein the sputtering target includes an alloy layer containing Al and Cu between the first member and the second member, the alloy layer being in contact with the first member and the second member, and wherein the alloy layer further includes an Mg-containing layer containing 5.0 at % or more of Mg in at least a part of the alloy layer.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing lipid nanoparticles which function as gene transfer carriers capable of selective transfer to the liver or spleen. Lipid nanoparticles which contain a pH-sensitive cationic lipid represented by formula (I) [a represents an integer of 3-5; b represents 0 or 1; R1 and R2 each independently represent a group represented by general formula (A) (R11 and R12 each independently represent a linear or branched C2-15 alkyl group; c represents 0 or 1; v represents an integer of 4-12); and X represents a group represented by general formula (B)(d represents an integer of 0-3; and R3 and R4 each independently represent a C1-4 alkyl group or C2-4 alkenyl group, while R3 and R4 may form a 5- to 7-membered non-aromatic heterocycle) or represents a 5- to 7-membered non-aromatic heterocyclic group]. (I) (R1)(R2)C(OH)—(CH2)a—(O—CO)b—X. (A): (R11)(R12)—CH—(CO—O)c—(CH2)v-. (B):—(CH2)d-N(R3)(R4).

Abstract: To provide a piezoelectric body film that can suppress decrease in the piezoelectric constant d31, a method of producing a piezoelectric body film, and a piezoelectric body device. A piezoelectric body film comprising a fluororesin as a piezoelectric material, the fluororesin containing, as a main constituent unit, a repeating unit derived from vinylidene fluoride, a piezoelectric constant d31 of the piezoelectric body film being 20 pC/N or greater, and an extrapolated onset temperature at start of shrinkage determined by TMA measurement being not lower than 90° C. and not higher than 115° C. The difference between piezoelectric constants d31 measured before and after heating the piezoelectric body film at 100° C. for 24 hours relative to the piezoelectric constant d31 before the heating for 24 hours is 20% or less.

Abstract: A semiconductor device that normally-off drives a first transistor that normally-on drives, the semiconductor device includes a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a first diode. The first circuitry that is connected with a power supply voltage and a ground voltage, detects the power supply voltage, and outputs a transition state of the power supply voltage. The second circuitry that is connected with the power supply voltage, the ground voltage, the first circuitry, and a second transistor, and outputs a drive voltage of a second transistor connected in series with the first transistor, based on an output of the first circuitry. The first diode having an anode connected with a drive terminal of the first transistor and a cathode connected with an output terminal of the second transistor.

Abstract: There is provided an imaging element includes a photoelectric conversion unit that includes a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode, in which the photoelectric conversion unit further includes a charge storage electrode that has an opposite region opposite to the first electrode via an insulating layer, and a transfer control electrode that is opposite to the first electrode and the charge storage electrode via the insulating layer, and the photoelectric conversion layer is disposed above at least the charge storage electrode via the insulating layer.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a voltage applier. The first electrode includes a plurality of electrodes independent from each other. The second electrode pis disposed opposite to the first electrode. The photoelectric conversion layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The voltage applier applies different voltages to at least one of the first electrode or the second electrode during a charge accumulation period and a charge non-accumulation period.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a voltage applier. The first electrode includes a plurality of electrodes independent from each other. The second electrode is disposed opposite to the first electrode. The photoelectric conversion layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The voltage applier applies different voltages to at least one of the first electrode or the second electrode during a charge accumulation period and a charge non-accumulation period.

Abstract: There are provided a video projecting structure, which is capable of having not only transparency but also high visibility of a video, a process for producing the same, and a video display system including the video projection structure.

Abstract: There is provided an imaging element includes a photoelectric conversion unit that includes a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode, in which the photoelectric conversion unit further includes a charge storage electrode that has an opposite region opposite to the first electrode via an insulating layer, and a transfer control electrode that is opposite to the first electrode and the charge storage electrode via the insulating layer, and the photoelectric conversion layer is disposed above at least the charge storage electrode via the insulating layer.

Abstract: A solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of imaging element blocks each configured from a plurality of imaging elements. Each of the imaging elements includes a first electrode, a charge accumulating electrode arranged in a spaced relation from the first electrode, a photoelectric conversion portion contacting with the first electrode and formed above the charge accumulating electrode with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, and a second electrode formed on the photoelectric conversion portion. The first electrode and the charge accumulating electrode are provided on an interlayer insulating layer, and the first electrode is connected to a connection portion provided in the interlayer insulating layer.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller. The controller forecasts whether an intended user will go to a restroom area in a facility. The intended user being a user who is eligible for using a multipurpose restroom stall. When it is forecast that the intended user will go to the restroom area, the controller reserves a multipurpose restroom stall provided in the restroom area by locking the door of the multipurpose restroom stall.

Abstract: A lipid membrane structure includes, as lipid components, a lipid compound represented by Formula (I): [in the formula, a represents an integer of 3 to 5; b represents an integer of 0 or 1; R1 and R2 each independently represents a linear hydrocarbon group that may have —CO—O—; and X represents a 5- to 7-membered non-aromatic heterocyclic group or a group represented by Formula (B) (in the formula, d represents an integer of 0 to 3, and R3 and R4 each independently represents a C1-4 alkyl group or a C2-4 alkenyl group, where, R3 and R4 may be bonded to each other to form a 5- to 7-membered non-aromatic heterocycle (where, one or two C1-4 alkyl groups or C2-4 alkenyl groups may be substituted on the ring)].

Abstract: Provided is a hydrophilic treatment coating composition which imparts a soil guard property and is superior in durability of soil guard performance. Provided is a hydrophilic treatment coating composition for an inorganic substrate surface-treated with a silane coupling agent (S), comprising a hydrophilic compound (A) and a hydrophilic compound (B), wherein the hydrophilic compound (A) is a compound having at least one of a sulfonic acid group and an alkali metal salt of a sulfonic acid group, and the hydrophilic compound (B) is a compound having a quaternary ammonium cationic group.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a dissolving agent which improves the solubility of a compound such as curcumin that contains an aromatic ring without changing the structure of this compound. The present invention is a compound which is represented by general formula (1). (In the formula, R1 is an alkyl group having 7 to 24 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group; A1 represents an optionally substituted aryl group; Z1 represents a single bond, an alkylene group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an alkenylene group having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms; and Z2 represents a divalent linking group.

Abstract: Provided is a means for imparting hydrophilicity to a surface of a sanitary facility by means other than hydrophilic particles. A sanitary facility having a hydrophilized organic surface, wherein the hydrophilized organic surface has at least an organic cationic group, and a zeta potential at pH=7 of the hydrophilized organic surface is more than ?40 mV.

Abstract: A vehicle control device that verifies integrity of a program within a higher-importance region containing a start-up program; and that verifies integrity of a program within a lower-importance region in a state in which the program within the higher-importance region has been started up by the start-up program.

Abstract: Provided are an airbag base cloth and an airbag including same, the airbag base cloth being a flexible and lightweight airbag fabric on which films are laminated, having good rubbing resistance after withstanding heat/wet heat, and providing excellent internal pressure retention within the airbag after sewing. The airbag base cloth according to the present invention is characterized in that at least one face of fabric is coated with a multilayer film having an adhesive layer, and the average value of the warp and weft slippage resistance in the base cloth is 350 N/2.5 cm or more.

Abstract: An in-tube transit object that is inserted in a tube includes: a coil section formed by winding a wire; and a fiber section attached to an end on one side and an end on the other side in a winding-axis direction of the coil section. The coil section is formed with a large diameter section, through which fiber of the fiber section is inserted, at the end on the one side and the end on the other side, and is inserted in an extending state in the winding-axis direction when the in-tube transit object is inserted into the tube. The fiber section is configured to expand when seen in the winding-axis direction in the case where the in-tube transit object is inserted in the tube and then discharged from the tube, which brings the coil section into a compressed state in the winding-axis direction.

Abstract: Provided is a multilayer imaging device capable of both securing a wide sensitive region and securing an accumulated amount of charges. An imaging device according to an embodiment comprises a pixel, the pixel including a photoelectric conversion layer (15); a first electrode (11) positioned close to a first surface of the photoelectric conversion layer and electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion layer; a second electrode (16) positioned on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the photoelectric conversion layer; a charge accumulation electrode (12) disposed close to the first surface of the photoelectric conversion layer and spaced apart from the first electrode in a direction parallel to the first surface; and a third electrode (200) disposed at a position to have a portion overlapping a gap between the first electrode and the charge accumulation electrode in a direction perpendicular to the first surface.