Abstract: A method for measuring the maturity degree of a compost capable of determining the maturity degree of a compost purportedly of a product in a short period of time (10 to 30 minutes) by compost manufacturers, users and even those with insufficient expertise and experiences such as buyers in the distribution industry on site and also capable of determining it according to the maturity stage in an easy and cost-effective manner, and a measuring solution. A specific measuring solution is added to the compost to flocculate a compost extract containing humic-like substance and decomposed organic matter, and a liquid phase is acquired by precipitating the compost extract by the solid/liquid separation. Based on the correlation in which the absorbency of the liquid phase declines as the compost becomes more mature, the maturity degree of the compost is measured from the color contrasting density of the liquid phase.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention comprises a plurality of transducer units which are two-dimensionally arranged to transmit/receive an ultrasonic wave to/from hard tissue; a transceiver unit which receives an echo signal for each transducer unit from the plurality of transducer units; a surface point specifying unit which specifies a surface point corresponding to a surface of the hard tissue for each echo signal; and a form data generator unit which generates form data of hard tissue surface on the basis of a plurality of surface points obtained two-dimensionally from the echo signals of the plurality of transducer units.

Abstract: A wire bonding apparatus including a joining machine unit for joining a wire to a subject device, a measurement unit for measuring the connection state between the subject device and the wire, and a control unit for controlling the operation of the entire apparatus. An AC-C measurement circuit of the measurement unit includes an AC power supply, an equivalent capacitance circuit that creates an essentially the same capacitance as the capacitance component of the joining machine unit before bonding, a differential circuit that finds the difference between the capacitance of the joining machine unit after bonding and the capacitance of the equivalent capacitance circuit, an amplification circuit, a rectification circuit, an AID conversion circuit, a judgment unit that judges the connection state, and an output unit.

Abstract: A mechanical seal 4 includes a rotary sealing ring 8 which is fixed to a rotary shaft body 2 and a stationary sealing ring 9 which is movably held to a tubular case body 1 in an axial direction thereof, and seals a space between inner and outer peripheral areas 5 and 18 of a relative rotation portion by means of the relative rotation of opposite end faces 21 and 27 of both sealing rings 8 and 9. A drive pin 24a which is engaged with a recessed portion 23 formed in an outer periphery of the stationary sealing ring 9 is fixedly supported to the case body 1 at both sides of a place engaging with the recessed portion 23 so as to prevent the stationary sealing ring 9 from rotating relatively to the case body 1. The drive pin 24a is made of a metal or plastic material according to the conditions of use.

Abstract: It is intended to provide sanitary paper which is excellent in texture such as moistness and softness and scarcely causes skin irritation or blushing even if it is brought into contact with the skin frequently. Namely, sanitary paper having an oil absorbance specified in JIS P8141 of 7 mm or less and a moisture content of from 9.50 to 15.00% (measured in accordance with JIS P8127 after conditioning in accordance with JIS P8111); carrying a solution, which contains a moistening agent, a softener, an antioxidant and so on, coated in a dose of 46.0 to 160.0 mg/cm3 of the paper base; and having a bending hardness B measured with the use of a pure bending machine of from 0.0040 to 0.0060 g·cm2/cm.

Abstract: A de-correlating discriminating system of code division multiple access signals including a system structure composed of a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells including a base-station and a plurality of user-stations, each of the user-stations including a user-transmitter and a user-receiver, communicating through a multi-access channel with the base station which includes a base-station receiver and a base-station transmitter, and the user-transmitter is capable of transmitting a data symbol to convey a data with a spreading sequence and a pilot symbol that is the spreading sequence to identify a channel from the user transmitter to the base-station receiver and the base-station receiver includes a minimum means square error detector to analyze an input vector that is a received signal containing both multiple users specific data responses.

Abstract: In a medical ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, a reference image and a guidance display are provided as probe operation support information. The reference image contains a recorded probe mark generated based on coordinate data recorded during a past diagnosis and a current probe mark generated based on current coordinate data. A user adjusts a position and an orientation of a probe so that these marks match. The guidance display has a plurality of indicators provided corresponding to a plurality of coordinate components. Each indicator displays proximity and match for each coordinate component. With the probe operation support information, it is possible to quickly and easily match a current diagnosis part to a past diagnosis part.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with improved bondability between a wire and a bump and cutting property of the wire to improve the bonding quality. In the semiconductor device, a wire is stacked on a pad as a second bonding point to form a bump having a sloped wedge and a first bent wire convex portion, and a wire is looped from a lead as a first bonding point to the bump and is pressed to the sloped wedge of the bump with a face portion of a tip end of a capillary to bond the wire to the bump. At the same time, the wire is pressed to the first bent wire convex portion using an inner chamfer of a bonding wire hole in the capillary to form a wire bent portion having a bow-shaped cross section. The wire is pulled up and cut at the wire bent portion.

Abstract: It is to provide an optical element, an optical module, an optical connector, and an optical module manufacturing method that can quickly and very accurately control the amount of outgoing light to a desired amount when incident light is outputted, reduce costs, and enhance manufacturing efficiency. A diffraction grating 9 having a periodic structure made from a plurality of grating grooves 10 and formed to allow control of an amount of outgoing light using polarization-dependent characteristics when incident light is outputted as the outgoing light and a mark 11 indicating at least one of either a grating groove 10 direction of the diffraction grating 9 or a periodic direction of the diffraction grating 9 are included.

Abstract: A hologram recording medium including a substrate, a hologram recording layer that records an interference pattern formed by a first wavelength beam, a wavelength selecting reflection layer provided between the substrate and the hologram recording layer that reflects the first wavelength beam and transmits a second wavelength beam, a beam absorbing layer provided between the substrate and the wavelength selecting reflection layer that absorbs the first wavelength beam, and an information layer provided between the substrate and the light absorbing layer in which information is recorded and reproduced by the second wavelength beam, a second information layer provided between the substrate and the information layer and a second wavelength selecting reflection layer provided between the information layer and the second information layer that reflects the second wavelength beam and transmits a third wavelength beam.

Abstract: In an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, a plurality of sub arrays are defined on a 2D array transducer. A plurality of groups are defined for each sub array. Each group is basically composed of a plurality of transducer elements which are connected in parallel with each other. A sub array shape is variably defined for a plurality of sub arrays in accordance with the beam direction and the depth of a focal point. Further, a grouping pattern is variably defined for each sub array. The acoustic distances between the respective transducer elements and the focal point is made as equal as possible for a plurality of transducer elements forming each group, whereby a preferable beam profile can be obtained.