Abstract: Disclosed herein are a gelling agent composed of a functional amino acid compound having a tetrathiafulvalenyl group, and a production method of a gelling agent, comprising reacting a tetrathiafulvalene derivative with an amino acid derivative in the presence of 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride and 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)pyridine to obtain a functional amino acid compound having a tetrathiafulvalenyl group.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus having a processor is disclosed. The apparatus includes power monitoring means for monitoring power consumed by the information processing apparatus. The power monitoring means further outputs a power limit request demanding a limit to the power when the power being monitored exceeds a predetermined threshold. The apparatus also includes first setting means for setting a first control for limiting an availability factor of the processor as a limit to the power when the power monitoring means outputs the power limit request; second setting means for setting a second control for limiting the availability factor of the processor as a limit to the power when the power monitoring means outputs the power limit request; first controlling means for executing the first control set by the first setting means; and second controlling means for executing the second control set by the second setting means.

Abstract: The toner for developing a latent electrostatic image to form an image contains a binder resin and 2% by weight to 15% by weight of a coloring agent. The coverage of the toner with the coloring agent on a surface of the toner is 1.5% by atom to 15% by atom. The toner prevents scatterings and toner deposition on the background of images and provides high quality images even after printing several tens of sheets at high temperature and in high humidity.

Abstract: A laminate for forming a substrate with wires, comprising a conductive layer containing Al or an Al alloy as the major component, formed on a substrate and a capping layer containing a Ni—Mo alloy as the major component, formed on the conductive layer, a substrate with wires produced by etching the laminate to remove an unnecessary metal, and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: Resonant cavity diode, operating at the same wavelength for emission and detection of light. This diode is particularly applicable to telecommunications and comprises a resonant cavity (12) delimited by two mirrors (8, 16) and containing an active medium (14) and at least two insulating and coaxial rings (24, 30, 32) with the same inside diameter and the same outside diameter, the total thickness of the rings being provided such that the optical length of the resonant cavity is k×? (k?2), in the part of this cavity that passes through the rings, and is (k?1)×? in the part containing these rings, where ? is the wavelength at which the diode is capable of emitting and detecting.

Abstract: A polysulfone composition is provided having a total luminous light transmittance of 84% or greater when measured on 0.1 inch thick specimens using ASTM D-1003. The specimens also meet at least one of the following two conditions: 1) a yellowness index (YI) of less than about 5.0 as measured according to ASTM D-1925 on 0.1 inch thick specimens, or 2) a color factor (CF) of less than about 25, wherein CF is defined by the following equation: CF=270[(x+y)sample?(x+y)air]/t wherein x and y are chromaticity coordinates measured in transmittance mode and t is sample thickness in inches. Another polysulfone composition is provided comprising a polysulfone, an organic phosphorous-containing melt stabilizer, and at least one of the following additives: a blue to violet dye, and an organic optical brightener. The polysulfone composition of the present invention is used to form transparent molded articles such as ophthalmic lenses.

Abstract: A method of selectively isolating Streptococcus sobrinus alone out of oral streptococci including mutans streptococci, and a medium for selecting Streptococcus sobrinus are developed. A method of substantially isolating Streptococcus sobrinus alone by the addition of a monobactam antibiotic to a medium on which only oral streptococci including mutans streptococci can grow; and a selective medium for Streptococcus sobrinus prepared by the addition of a monobactam antibiotic to a medium on which only oral streptococci including mutans streptococci can grow, are provided with.

Abstract: The gas turbine stationary blade comprises a stationary blade section provided therein with a passage for cooling air, an inner shroud for supporting the stationary blade section on the side of a discharge port of the cooling air, and a plurality of segments each of which includes at least one stationary blade section and at least one inner shroud. A flow passage is pulled out from the discharge port of the cooling air, and the flow passage is introduced to a front edge corner section of the inner shroud and is extended rearward along a side edge of the inner shroud.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a toner which is excellent in shelf stability for a long term by producing the toner through controlling the dispersion condition of the wax around the toner surface and through improving, not only the off-set resistance of the toner for rendering the fixing properties of the toner advantageous, but also the blocking resistance of the toner, wherein the toner contains a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax, wherein the amount of the wax is 3% by mass to 21% by mass, and the amount of the wax which is present in the portion of the toner particle which is in the range of from the outermost surface to the depth of 0.3 ?m in the toner particle is in a specified range, and at least a part of the wax is present as plural individual wax dispersion particles involved in the toner particles.

Abstract: A rotor for a reluctance type rotating machine includes a rotor core formed by stacking a number of annular core materials each of which includes magnetic concave and convex portions. The rotor core has two keys which are formed at two positions on an inner circumference of the rotor core. The positions are spaced 180 degrees apart from each other with respect to the rotor core. The rotor core is divided into a plurality of blocks and the core materials constituting at least one block have the magnetic concave and convex portions shifted by a predetermined angle relative to the core materials constituting the other or another block on the basis of a center line passing through the keys. A whole or part of the core materials of at least one block are located circumferentially 180 degrees apart form the core materials constituting the other or another block.

Abstract: A process for producing an ?-olefin oligomer by oligomerization of an ?-olefin in a presence of a Ziegler-based catalyst, the process comprising introducing at least a portion of a reaction product which is taken out of a reactor and has a temperature of 115° C. or higher into an external heat exchanger, cooling the introduced reaction product, maintaining an oligomerization solution taken out of the external heat exchanger at a temperature of 110° C. or higher and returning at least a portion of the oligomerization solution to the reactor. In the production of an ?-olefin oligomer, precipitation and adhesion of polymers at the inside of manufacturing apparatuses such as the external heat exchanger and troubles caused thereby can be prevented and a stable continuous operation can be continued for a long time.

Abstract: An attachment structure for an antenna which assures a good performance of the antenna and an electronic apparatus which can be miniaturized while assuring a good performance of an antenna are disclosed. The includes a display block capable of displaying various display screens thereon, and an attachment base made of a metal and having the display block attached thereto. The attachment base is positioned at least on the rear face side of the display block. The electronic apparatus further includes an antenna for performing radio communication therethrough. Each of the attachment base and the antenna has a positioning element provided thereon such that the positioning element of the antenna is positioned on and with respect to the positioning element of the attachment base to attach the antenna to the attachment base positioned on the rear face side of the display block.

Abstract: Fuel safety system, made of plastic, comprising a liquid fuel tank equipped with a fill tube provided with a guide for a delivery nozzle, which includes a sealing device, a normally-open float valve, for degassing and venting the tank, and a vapour breather pipe that also fixes the maximum level of liquid in the tank, the pipe connecting the top of this tank to a point located downstream of the sealing device and being completely located inside both the tank and the fill tube.

Abstract: A process is provided for preparation of an aluminum-killed medium-carbon steel sheet containing by weight from 0.040 to 0.080% of carbon, from 0.35 to 0.50% of manganese, from 0.040 to 0.070% of aluminum, from 0.004 to 0.006% of nitrogen, the remainder being iron and the inevitable trace impurities, wherein the steel contains carbon in free state, a grain count per mm2 greater than 20000 and, in the aged condition, has a percentage elongation A % satisfying the relationship: (640-Rm)/10?A %?(700-Rm)/l1 where Rm is the maximum rupture strength.

Abstract: A rolled paper conveying apparatus for conveying paper of a first rolled paper provided on a core. The apparatus includes a holding device configured to rotatably support the first rolled paper. The holding device is configured to enable movement of the first rolled paper from a first position on the holding device to a second position on the holding device. The apparatus further includes a first detector configured to detect whether the first rolled paper has moved from the first position to the second position. The holding device preferably includes a depressed portion configured to store the first rolled paper.

Abstract: Alkyl-substituted butenols having the formula (I): R1—CH2—CH?CR2—CH2OH ??(I) wherein R1 is a saturated or olefinically unsaturated alkyl or cycloalkyl group having from 4 to 16 carbon atoms and wherein R1 is optionally substituted by an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or alkaryl having up to 12 carbon atoms; R2 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms are produced by a process which comprises: (1) reacting an aldehyde of the formula (II): R1—CH2—CHO ??(II) wherein R1 has the same meaning as in formula (I), with the corresponding lower aldehyde to form an unsaturated aldehyde in an inert organic solvent; (2) continuously contacting an optionally calcined copper/zinc catalyst with the unsaturated aldehyde under isothermal conditions at temperatures of from about 45 to about 60° C. and under a hydrogen pressure of from 1 to about 300 bar.

Abstract: A subject for the invention is to provide an electrolyte solution and a secondary battery which are prevented from causing or suffering battery performance deterioration in high-temperature storage or high-temperature trickle charge. The invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolyte solution for a secondary battery which comprises solute, phosphinic ester compound, and nonaqueous organic solvent containing these, characterized in that the content of the phosphinic ester compound has been regulated to a specific amount based on the total weight of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution.

Abstract: To start up an operating system (OS), CPU performs initializations in three modes: The three modes include a first I/O initialization (Early init) (132) which is to be done serially when no threads are yet usable, without any advanced technique and with a long wait time until a next operation can be made; a second I/O initialization (136) which is to be done when threads are usable, in a plurality of steps parallelized with each other using the usable threads according to the dependency relation between devices to be initialized and with synchronization between the steps each by a barrier; and a third I/O initialization (Lazy init) (140) in which remaining initializations are done in parallel with each other using the threads commensurately to a user process when the user process becomes executable. The present invention is applicable to home-use electric or electronic appliances.

Abstract: A projection aligner of the present invention, in which ultraviolet light emitted from a lamp housing is split by a fly-eye lens into a large number of point light sources which are independent of one another. Further, in this projection aligner, the light is shaped by an aperture, so that a secondary light source plane is formed. Moreover, after an exposure area is established by a blind, a photomask is illuminated. Thereafter, an image of a light source is formed on a pupillary surface of a projection optical system from light diffracted by the photomask. Furthermore, a wave front aberration is compensated by an aberration eliminating filter placed on the pupillary surface of the optical system of the projection aligner. Then, the image of a circuit pattern is formed on a wafer. Thereby, the influence of the aberration of the optical system is eliminated. Consequently, the high-accuracy transferring of the pattern can be achieved.

Abstract: In one aspect of this invention, a control unit generates a frame having control data, and transmits it to a controlled apparatus via a transmission/reception unit or the like at a predetermined priority. In the controlled apparatus, a transmission/reception unit receives the frame, and a control unit analyzes it to generate a predetermined signal on the basis of the analysis result. The signal is output to a driving system or the like via an external I/O or the like. The controlled apparatus generates a response frame and transmits it to the control apparatus. In the control apparatus, the control unit analyzes the contents of the response frame, and a predetermined display is provided on the LED of an output unit on the basis of the analysis result.