Abstract: A light emitting device of a side-surface light emission type includes a package defining a recess and having a shape elongated in a lateral direction, the package including a pair of lead electrodes arranged next to each other in the lateral direction and forming main portions of a bottom of the recess, and a molded body integrally formed with the pair of lead electrodes and defining sidewalls of the recess, and a light emitting element disposed on at least one of the pair of lead electrodes at the bottom of the recess. The molded body has a reinforcing portion connecting between two sidewalls of the recess opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction. The reinforcing portion is made of two end portions respectively connected to the two sidewalls, and an intermediate portion provided between the two end portions.

Abstract: A method for producing a useful protein using a plant of the present invention comprises the steps of: cultivating the plant (cultivation step); infecting the cultivated plant with Agrobacterium having a polynucleotide encoding the useful protein (infection step); and allowing the infected plant to express the useful protein (expression step); wherein, in at least part of the cultivation step, the plant is cultivated under lighting conditions where the ratio of the light energy within the wavelength region of 600 rim to 700 nm to the light energy within the wavelength region of 400 nm to 800 nm is not less than 50%.

Abstract: A vehicle having at least one rear driven axle. The vehicle includes a transmission, a main drive shaft, and a rear axle assembly. The rear axle assembly can selectively transmit power from the transmission to a rearmost set of wheels of the vehicle. To selectively transmit power, the rear axle assembly can include a rear axle input shaft, a neutralizer, a differential input shaft, and a differential. The neutralizer is used to mechanically connect and disconnect the rear axle input shaft from the differential input shaft.

Abstract: A refrigeration system including a condenser; a (single) linear compressor that is activated and deactivated by a pulse width modulation switching device; a pulse width modulation refrigerant flow switch; at least two evaporators operably connected in parallel with one another with at least one evaporator associated with the refrigerator compartment that operates at a first refrigerant fluid pressure and with at least one other evaporator associated with the freezer compartment that operates at a second refrigerant fluid pressure; and a plurality of refrigerant fluid conduits operably connecting the condenser, the linear compressor and the evaporators into a refrigerant fluid flow circuit and such that the evaporators are capable of running simultaneously at different pressure levels and refrigerant flows from the evaporators, to the pulse width modulation refrigerant flow switch and through the pulse width modulation refrigerant flow switch.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide a mechanism to provide enhanced features for riserless drilling. Various embodiments may include wellbore analysis to predict and quantify vibrations for riserless conditions. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a fuel-cell membrane electrode assembly, which is excellent in handling property of a polymer electrolyte membrane, can prevent deformation of the polymer electrolyte membrane and the occurrence of a wrinkle therein, and allows efficient mounting of the polymer electrolyte membrane, a gas diffusion electrode, and/or a gas diffusion layer.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods may include generating a three-dimensional model based on a two-dimensional image, determining one or more material characteristics of the haptic user interface, and triggering a change in the one or more material characteristics to create a three-dimensional haptic representation of at least a portion of the two-dimensional image.

Abstract: A microelectronic assembly, a surface mount component and a method of providing the surface mount component. The assembly comprises: a substrate having bonding pads disposed on a mounting surface thereof, the bonding pads including a ferromagnetic material therein; solidified solder disposed on the bonding pads; and a surface mount component bonded to the substrate by way of the solidified solder and including a magnetic layer disposed on a substrate side thereof, the magnetic layer being adapted to cooperate with the ferromagnetic material in the bonding pads to establish a magnetic force of a sufficient magnitude to hold the surface mount component on the substrate before and during soldering.

Abstract: A liquid developer containing a dispersion of toner particles containing a polyester resin P having an acid value of 3 mgKOH/g or more and 80 mgKOH/g or less and a pigment in an insulating liquid in the presence of a dispersant, wherein the dispersant contains a copolymer C obtained by polymerizing monomers containing a monomer having a basic functional group and a monomer having a silicone chain, wherein the monomer having a silicone chain has a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 or more and 10,000 or less, and the copolymer C has a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000 or more and 80,000 or less, and wherein a mass ratio of the monomer having a basic functional group to the monomer having a silicone chain is 3/97 or more and 50/50 or less, and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a group III-V compound semiconductor nanowire able to be used in a group III-V compound semiconductor MOSFET (FET) operational at a small subthreshold (100 mV/dec or less). A side face of the group III-V compound semiconductor nanowire is a (?110) plane constituted of a very small (111) plane. The group III-V compound semiconductor nanowire has, e.g., a first layer having a (111)A plane as a side face thereof, and a second layer having a (111)B plane as a side face thereof. The first layer and the second layer are stacked alternatingly in the axial direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a resin case that houses a semiconductor element; a parallel plate that is disposed inside the resin case while being connected with the semiconductor element, the parallel plate including two flat plates parallel to each other with an insulating material therebetween; and two electrodes that are each led out from an upper end of the parallel plate and are disposed on an upper surface of the resin case at a predetermined interval. Upper end portions of the two flat plates of the parallel plate between two electrode lead-out portions are bent toward the outside being a direction in which the upper end portions of the two flat plates become more distant from each other, the two electrodes being led out from the corresponding two electrode lead-out portions.

Abstract: To provide an imaging element comprising: two first pixels that are arranged serially in a first direction and detect light of a first color; two second pixels that are arranged serially in a second direction intersecting the first direction, are adjacent to the two first pixels, and detect light of a second color; a plurality of first light-receiving regions that are arranged in the first pixels, receive light of the first color, and are divided in the first direction; and a plurality of second light-receiving regions that are arranged in the second pixels, receive light of the second color, and are divided in the second direction.

Abstract: In this radiation detector, a scintillator block (3) and a light guide (5) are optically coupled such that surfaces of side peripheral portions (25) face surfaces of scintillator crystals, among scintillator crystals configuring the scintillator block (3), which are positioned at side edge portions. Accordingly, scintillator light generated at the side edge portions of the scintillator block (3) becomes incident on the side peripheral portions (25) more reliably. As a result, a radiation detector (1) according to the present invention is capable of achieving high resolution in DOI detection. Furthermore, resin curing is used to integrally form the side peripheral portions (25) comprising a plurality of blocks, and thus a complex assembly step during production of the light guide (5) does not need to be performed. Accordingly, production of the light guide (5) is facilitated, and thus low production costs of the radiation detector according to the present invention can be achieved.

Abstract: Provided is an artificial-photosynthesis array configured of artificial-photosynthesis modules which have been arranged in one or more rows and which receive light and decompose a supplied aqueous electrolyte solution to thereby obtain hydrogen gas and oxygen gas. The artificial-photosynthesis modules each includes an electrolytic chamber for hydrogen where hydrogen gas is generated and an electrolytic chamber for oxygen where oxygen gas is generated, the chambers being isolated from each other. The electrolytic chambers for hydrogen and electrolytic chambers for oxygen of the artificial-photosynthesis modules are alternately connected so that the electrolytic chamber for hydrogen of each artificial-photosynthesis module is connected to the electrolytic chamber for oxygen of another module and the electrolytic chamber for oxygen of each artificial-photosynthesis module is connected to the electrolytic chamber for hydrogen of another module.

Abstract: A mid-turbine frame (MTF”) for a jet engine is disclosed and comprises a duct that extends between a high pressure jet engine turbine (“HPT”) and a low pressure jet engine turbine (“LPT”), the duct comprising a plurality of segments that together form an outer annular structure and an inner annular structure, the inner annular structure situated radially inward of the outer annular structure, and/or a plurality of vanes that extend radially outward from the inner annular structure toward the outer annular structure, each vane comprising a channel. Each segment may be coupled to an adjacent segment by a seal.

Abstract: A flow rate measuring device includes a housing having a cross-section perpendicular to a Y-direction and taken at a position of an outlet of the housing. The cross-section includes a widest portion having a maximum width along a Z-direction. The cross-section has a width gradually decreasing from the widest portion toward an upstream side end and has a width gradually decreasing from the widest portion toward a downstream side end. A width of the housing at a middle position of the housing in an upstream area is defined as a width W1. A width at a middle position in a downstream area is defined as a width W2. A length of the housing in the upstream area is defined as a length L1. A length in the downstream area is defined as a length L2. W1>W2 and W1/L1>W2/L2.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for lithium ion secondary battery, includes: a lithium nickel complex oxide represented by composition formula (1); a phosphate compound; and a coating layer formed on at least a part of a surface of a particle of the lithium nickel complex oxide, and including a high thermal conductive material with heat conductivity of 500 W/m·K or more. The coating layer of the particle of the lithium nickel complex oxide includes a portion connected to the coating layer of another particle of the lithium nickel complex oxide: LixNi1-yMyO2??(1) where M includes at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Ti, Cr, Mg, Al, Cu, Ga, Mn, Zn, Sn, B, V, Ca, and Sr, and x and y are such that 0.05?x?1.2 and 0?y?0.5.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing device and an image processing method which allow a deblocking filtering process to apply filtering appropriately. A pixel (p0i) of which the value is 255 (solid line) before a deblocking process changes greatly to 159 (dot line) after a conventional deblocking process. Therefore, a clipping process having a clipping value of 10 is performed in strong filtering, whereby the pixel (p0j) of which the value is 255 (solid line) before the deblocking process becomes 245 (bold line). Thus, a change in the pixel value occurring in the conventional technique can be suppressed as much as possible. This disclosure can be applied to an image processing device, for example.

Abstract: A flow cell including a flow cell bod having a flow path formed therein; an optically transmissive member disposed at a part wherein light from the light source is incident into, or emitted from, the flow path; a shock absorbing member that is disposed between the optically transmissive member and the cell body; an elastic member, made from a metal material, for pressing the optically transmissive member toward the cell body side; and a fastening tool, attached to the cell body, for positioning the elastic member.

Abstract: A method permits the fabrication of a silicone-containing copolymer molded article having a hydrophilic surface by cast molding and without employing a high-molecular-weight hydrophilic polymer even when employing a polypropylene mold. The method polymerizes a monomer solution containing a silicone monomer having a (meth)acryloyl group; a hydrophilic monomer having a vinyl group; a crosslinkable monomer; and a polymerization initiator in a cavity of a mold having a hydrophobic cavity surface. The polymerization initiator has a 10-hour half-life temperature of 70° C. or higher and 100° C. or lower, and the polymerization is conducted by maintaining a temperature within a range of from the temperature of the polymerization initiator contained in the monomer solution to 35° C. below the temperature for one hour or more; and maintaining a temperature higher than the temperature of the polymerization initiator contained in the monomer solution for one hour or more.