Abstract: A shock absorber comprising a strut (1), a sliding rod (3) mounted to slide inside the strut, at least one gas chamber (13, 17) under pressure, an oil chamber (6) associated with the gas chamber, and an expansion chamber (5) connected to the oil chamber via expansion throttling valve (8), the volume of the expansion chamber (5) varying as a function of the extent to which the sliding rod is received in the strut. The shock absorber also includes an expansion short circuit passage (18) between the oil chamber (6) and the expansion chamber (5), the expansion short circuit passage having a cross-section which is greater than the flow section of throttling valve (8), and the shock absorber includes controlled closure partition (32) for closing expansion short circuit passage (18).

Abstract: A signal detecting method in autoradiography, which is applied to an autoradiograph having locational information on radioactively labeled substances such as radioactively labeled biopolymers distributed one-dimensionally, being recorded on a radiosensitive material as a visible image,which comprises steps of:(1) preliminarily scanning a part of the radiosensitive material with a light and photoelectrically reading out a portion of the visualized autoradiograph to give an electric signal, to which a signal processing is applied, to determine one-dimensional distribution direction of the radioactively labeled substances; and(2) finally scanning the radiosensitive material with a light along said one-dimensional distribution direction and photoelectrically reading out the visualized autoradiograph, to obtain the locational information on the radioactively labeled substances as a digital signal.

Abstract: A novel information recording medium comprising a substrate and a recording layer for writing information by means of laser beam which is provided on the substrate is disclosed. The recording layer contains an organic metal complex compound and a sensitizing agent for laser beam. Alternatively, the recording layer contains an organic metal complex compound and this recording layer is arranged in contact with a layer of a sensitizing agent for laser beam.

Abstract: A time division multiplex transmission system includes: a time division multiplex encoder for supplying a master clock to a plurality of PCM digital signal sources having a same sampling frequency and a same quantization bit number to effect clock synchronization and generating a time-divisionally multiplexed data signal based on a data word not D/A converted and sampled from each digital signal source; a transmission line for transmitting the multiplexed data signal from the time division multiplex encoder; and a time division demultiplex decoder for selecting a desired transmitted, multiplexed data signal and demultiplexing the selected data signal in accordance with a transmission rate before the time division multiplexing.

Abstract: A receiver in a spread spectrum communication system includes: a noise detector for detecting noises of a spread spectrum input signal; an initial synchronization circuit including a correlator for detecting a correlation of the spread spectrum input signal, a detector circuit for detecting an output of the correlator, and a comparator for receiving an output of the detector circuit and outputting a correlation detection signal; a synchronization holding circuit for receiving the correlation detection signal to perform synchronization holding and outputting a synchronization holding signal during the synchronization holding; and a control circuit for detecting if the synchronization holding signal is outputted within a predetermined period, and if not, controlling a reference voltage to be supplied to the comparator in accordance with the noise detection output of the noise detecting means.

Abstract: In a scintillation camera having a scintillator, a plurality of photomultiplier tubes optically coupled with the scintillator for converting light flashes into electric signals, and a position calculating circuit for calculating incident positions of radioactive rays on the scintillator to produce a position signal indicative of the position of each photomultiplier tube and a display signal, a photomultiplier tube changeover circuit for determining in response to the position signal which one of the photomultiplier tubes has been just irradiated with radiation rays and for outputting output signals only from each photomultiplier tube, an averaging circuit for taking an arithmetical average of the output signals with respect to a predetermined number of the output signals to thereby obtain an average thereof, a correction value calculating circuit for detecting a variation in the sensitivity of each photomultiplier tube by comparing the averaged magnitude of the output signals from the averaging circuit with a

Abstract: A multilayer coated film structure comprises an undercoat layer provided on a predetermined surface, such as a surface of a vehicle body, an intermediate coat layer put on the undercoat layer, a final coat layer of one of melamine alkyd resin coating and melamine acrylic resin coating including an antioxidant within the range of 1.0 to 5.0% by weight and put on the intermediate layer, and a hyaline coating layer of fluorocarbon resin put on the final coat layer. As the case may be, the final coat layer further includes a surface conditioning agent.

Abstract: In order to check four-wheel steering characteristics of a four-wheeled vehicle provided with a four-wheel steering system in which both the front wheels and the rear wheels are turned in response to operation of the steering wheel according to preset four-wheel steering characteristics, the steering wheel is turned to turn the front wheels and the rear wheels, and the actual turning angle of the front wheels and the actual turning angle of the rear wheels are measured, thereby detecting the actual relation between the turning angles of the front and rear wheels. Whether the actual four-wheel steering characteristics of the vehicle deviates from the preset four-wheel steering characteristics is determined through comparison of the actual relation between the turning angles of the front and rear wheels with the preset four-wheel steering characteristics.

Abstract: A sheet-form radiation-measuring instrument for measuring radioactivity of a liquid sample, having a liquid-retaining member capable of retaining a liquid sample containing a radioactive substance, a transparent protective film of synthetic polymer material and a stimulable phosphor member containing a stimulable phosphor therein. The instrument may be in an integrate structure or a separate structure.

Abstract: A radiation image storage panel comprising a phosphor layer which comprises a stimulable phosphor, in which said phosphor layer consists essentially of a sintered stimulable phosphor and has a relative density of not less than 70%. Processes for the preparation for the same are also disclosed.

Abstract: A laser scribing method is described. A laser beam is deprived of its tail which appears along a groove which is engraved by scribing. The scribing can be performed without forming protrusion along the edge of grooves engraved by the scribing. The depriving of the tail is accomplished by coating the film with a buffer film which is removed after the scribing.

Abstract: A vehicle assembly line in which a vehicle body is conveyed by a hanger from station to station is provided between a first working area and a second working area with a vehicle body reversing system for reversing the orientation of the vehicle body with respect to the hanger, in which the vehicle body is conveyed by the hanger, from a first direction to a second direction. The first working area consists of stations in which are performed operations which can be done without interference from the hanger so long as the vehicle body is oriented in the first direction and the second working area consists of stations in which are performed operations which can be done without interference from the hanger so long as the vehicle body is oriented in the second direction.

Abstract: A divalent europium activated alkaline earth metal halide phosphor having the formula (I):M.sup.II X.sub.2 .multidot.aM.sup.II X'.sub.2 .multidot.bA:xEu.sup.2+(I)in which M.sup.II is at least one alkaline earth metal selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr and Ca; each of X and X' is at least one halogen selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br and I, and X.noteq.X'; A is at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of SiO.sub.2 and P.sub.2 O.sub.5 ; and a, b and x are numbers satisfying the conditions of 0.1.ltoreq.a.ltoreq.10.0, 10.sup.-4 .ltoreq.b.ltoreq.2.times.10.sup.-1 and 0<x.ltoreq.0.2, respectively. A radiation image recording and reproducing method utilizing said phosphor and a radiation image storage panel employing said phosphor are also disclosed.

Abstract: A new type of pressure sensor is disclosed here. The sensor is composed of a pair of glass substrates and a ferroelectric liquid crystal which is interposed between the substrates and exhibits piezoelectric effect. Because of crystalline property in liquid phase, the piezoelectric medium can be easily disposed and aligned between the substrates in light of the orientation of the surface contiguous to the liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical disk used as a recording medium of the type described as an air-sandwiched structure including two disk-shaped substrates, which are secured to each other by way of an inner and outer plastic spacer. Together, the two substrates and the inner and outer spacer define a closed inner space, and at least one inner surface of one of the two substrates is provided with a light-sensitive recording layer. Typically, such a recording layer is sensitive to high energy light such as that from a laser beam. Each of the disk-shaped substrates includes a central hole of equal size and shape, wherein the inner spacer is ring-shaped and is positioned with its central opening coaxial with the holes in the substrates.

Abstract: In a method of making an electronic device having at least a transparent conductive layer, which includes at least a step of forming a transparent conductive layer member and a step of forming a transparent conductive layer by patterning the transparent conductive layer member using a spot-shaped or linear laser beam or beams, each of which has a short wavelength of 400 nm or less and optical energy greater than the optical energy band gap of the transparent conductive layer.

Abstract: An improved liquid crystal device and manufacturing method for same are described. In the device, a pair of substrates, between which a liquid crystal layer is disposed, is joined with pillars inbetween functioning as spacers which are provided of photocurable resin by photolithography. With this structure, the spacers can be in surface contact with the inside surfaces of the substrates on which electrode arrangement and active devices are formed.

Abstract: A time division multiplex transmission system for time division multiplexing a plurality of information signals having different sampling frequencies and transmitting the time division multiplexed signal by one transmission path. The system includes the steps of: rearranging the plurality of information signals so as to have a format of the time division multiplexed signal by use of a reference sample signal which has a frequency obtained by multiplexing the maximum frequency or a frequency higher than the maximum frequency among the sampling frequencies of the plurality of information signals by the number of the plurality of information signals; and interposting a dummy signal into the portion where there is no available information signal.

Abstract: A signal processing method in autoradiography for determining base sequence of DNA or DNA fragment, employing groups of base-specific synthetic products which are complementary to the DNA or DNA fragment and a labeled with a radioactive element, said groups being resolved one-dimensionally in parallel relation to each other to form resolved rows on a support medium,which comprises a process including:(1) determining on each of the resolved rows a scanning line for signal processing;(2) detecting on each of the resolved rows sampling points on said scanning line; and(3) comparing and identifying the positions of said sampling points on the scanning lines among the resolved rows to obtain locational information on guanine, ademine, thymine and cytosine;said process being applied to digital signals corresponding to an autoradiograph having the locational information on the radioactively labeled synthetic products, said digital signals being obtained by the use of a stimulable phosphor sheet or by the use of a ra

Abstract: A material consisting mainly of carbon can be formed on a surface by virtue of a microwave energy. A catalyst gas is introduced into a reaction chamber for ECR CVD, along with a carbon compound gas. The catalyst gas consists of a gaseous compound of germanium such as GeH.sub.4 and GeF.sub.4.