Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes a plurality of fan blades arranged spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction. The fan blade has an inner edge portion disposed on an inner peripheral side and an outer edge portion disposed on an outer peripheral side. The fan blade has a blade surface including a pressure surface and a suction surface. When cut along a plane orthogonal to a rotation axis of the fan, the fan blade has a blade cross section having concave portions formed at the pressure surface and the suction surface. A plurality of fan blades include fan blades having blade cross sections of different shapes. With such a configuration, the fan has an excellent air-blowing capacity while preventing noise. A molding die for use in production of the fan and a fluid feeder including the fan are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sensor including a detection unit having a detection electrode and a polymer layer that is disposed on the detection electrode and includes a mold having a three-dimensional structure complementary to a steric structure of a microorganism to be detected. The sensor detects the microorganism based on a state of capturing the microorganism in the mold. The polymer layer is formed by a manufacturing method including: a polymerization step of polymerizing a monomer in the presence of the microorganism to be detected, to form the polymer layer having captured the microorganism on the detection electrode; a destruction step of partially destroying the microorganism captured in the polymer layer; and a peroxidation step of peroxidizing the polymer layer to release the microorganism from the polymer layer.

Abstract: The present invention switches an interference suppression system between a linear precoding and a nonlinear precoding in accordance with a communication environment. A wireless transmission apparatus is provided with a plurality of transmission antenna units (303), and multiplexes spatially and transmits a plurality of series of data with respect to at least one wireless reception apparatus, and includes a selection unit (307) configured to select any one precoding system from a plurality of types of precoding systems and a precoding unit (315) configured to carry out precoding with respect to the plurality of series of data using the selected precoding system. In addition, the selection unit selects either of a first precoding system carrying out linear processing with respect to the plurality of series of data or a second precoding system carrying out nonlinear processing with respect to the plurality of series of data.

Abstract: The present invention provides active shutter glasses and a stereoscopic image projection system that allow a stereoscopic image of excellent display quality to be viewed. The present invention provides active shutter glasses for a stereoscopic image projection system in which the active shutter glasses include a shutter section for the right eye and a shutter section for the left eye, the shutter section for the right eye and the shutter section for the left eye each include a liquid crystal cell, and when the glasses are worn, viewing angles of the shutter section for the right eye and the shutter section for the left eye each are wider on the right and left sides than on the upper and lower sides.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an image display operation device with a function selecting portion to correlate with a plurality of functions executed in the image forming apparatus, a display portion, and a display control portion. The function selecting portion includes a function selecting portion in which selectable function items are displayed in accordance with an operation mode selected in the image forming apparatus. A second function selecting portion display other function items that are simultaneously selected. The display control portion simultaneously displays the function selecting portions on the display portion. The image display operation device simultaneously makes functions selectable. When the functions according to the first function selecting portion is selected, the display control portion changes functions according to the second function selecting portion that is displayed, based on contents of the functions according to the first function selecting portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are inhibitors of the ROMK (Kir1.1) channel. The compounds act as diuretics and natriuretics and are valuable pharmaceutically active compounds for the therapy and prophylaxis of medical conditions including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and conditions resulting from excessive salt and water retention.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device whereby it is possible to suppress a decline in heat-dissipating properties. This liquid crystal display device (electronic device) (1) is provided with a semiconductor element (6a, 6b), a substrate (7) to which the semiconductor element is attached, and a chassis (5) disposed in opposition to the substrate and furnished with a rib (11, 12) that protrudes towards the semiconductor element side. The rib includes a contact part (11a, 12a) for contacting the semiconductor element. A pressing member (9) for inducing the semiconductor element into contact with the contact part is furnished at least at a position corresponding to the center part (7c) of the substrate.

Abstract: In order to prevent unevenness in planar light and reduce power consumption, a backlight unit A that emits planar light towards a front side thereof has a light-shielding part 500 provided on a package 50 at least on a front side of the backlight unit. The package 50 has an LED module 5 that surrounds an LED chip 51 that is a light source, and the light-shielding part 500 protrudes towards a light receiving face 22 of a light guide plate 2.

Abstract: A noise event suppression technique for a monitoring system detects a noise event in a signal waveform when a focal sample in the waveform has an amplitude greater than an amplitude of algorithmically determined earlier and later samples in the waveform that are noncontiguous with the focal sample. When the monitoring system detects the noise event, the monitoring system reduces the amplitude of the focal sample to an amplitude between those of the earlier and later samples. The monitoring system outputs data determined using the waveform once noise events have been adequately suppressed.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an operating section accepting an operation by a user, a receiving section receiving data for a print job from an externally connected instrument, an image forming section starting an image forming based on a print job if the operating section accepts an operation to start the print job or if the receiving section receives data for the print job, a display section displaying varieties of information for printing on a display area, a lighting section illuminating the display section from a back portion thereof, and a control section causing lighting of the lighting section to be turned off gradually part by part until finally turned off entirely if entire lighting of the lighting section is in a state of keeping being turned on when the image forming section starts an image forming.

Abstract: Occurrence of a crosstalk phenomenon in a light-emitting device is inhibited. The light-emitting device includes an insulating layer; a first lower electrode over the insulating layer; a second lower electrode over the insulating layer; a structure over the insulating layer and between the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode; a first partition wall between the first lower electrode and the structure, over the insulating layer; a second partition wall between the second lower electrode and the structure, over the insulating layer; a first light-emitting unit over the first lower electrode, the first partition wall, the structure, the second partition wall, and the second lower electrode; an intermediate layer over the first light-emitting unit; a second light-emitting unit over the intermediate layer; and an upper electrode over the second light-emitting unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are inhibitors of the ROMK (Kir1.1) channel. The compounds may be used as diuretic and/or natriuretic agents and for the therapy and prophylaxis of medical conditions including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, heart failure and conditions associated with excessive salt and water retention.

Abstract: A fixing device in accordance with the present invention comprises: a rotary member for transporting printing paper; a pressure member for press-contacting the rotary member to apply pressure onto the printing paper; and a cleaning member capable of freely moving into contact with, or away from, a peripheral surface of the rotary member and/or a peripheral surface of the pressure member. A toner image formed on the printing paper is fixed while the printing paper is being held between the rotary member and the pressure member. The fixing device further comprises a contact and separation unit for moving the pressure member into contact with, or away from, the rotary member. The cleaning member moves into contact with, or away from, the peripheral surface of the rotary member and/or the peripheral surface of the pressure member in conjunction with the contact and separation unit moving the pressure member into contact with, or away from, the rotary member.

Abstract: The present invention includes at least a step forming a source electrode (32) and a drain electrode (33), each of which is a multilayer film of a first conductive film (32a), (33a) made of titanium or molybdenum, a second conductive film (32b), (33b) made of copper, and a third conductive film (32c), (33c) made of titanium oxide, a step of forming passivation film (18), which is an inorganic insulating film, on an oxide semiconductor layer (13), the source electrode (32) and drain electrode (33), and an annealing step of annealing the oxide semiconductor layer (13).

Abstract: On a display panel 10, a first scanning signal line drive circuit 12 is formed along a side of a display region 11 and a second scanning signal line drive circuit 13 is formed along the opposite side by the same process as pixel circuits. The size of a transistor included, the width of a wiring line, or the like, differs between the first and second scanning signal line drive circuits 12 and 13, and the two scanning signal line drive circuits have different sizes in a lateral direction. By this, the center of the display region matches that of a non-integral-type display panel, ensuring compatibility with the non-integral-type display panel. Moreover, by suitably determining the widths of or spacings between wiring lines included in the two scanning signal line drive circuits, leakage between the wiring lines and breaks in the wiring lines are reduced, improving yield of display panels.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor storage device with which it is possible to write information to individual memory cells in which a storage node is configured with an oxide semiconductor insulated-gate FET source and a terminal of a capacitor element being connected. A storage node is configured by connecting a source of a first transistor to one terminal of a capacitor element. A drain of the first transistor and a source of a second transistor are connected to each other. A drain of the second transistor is a data input terminal. A first control terminal, which is formed by a gate of the first transistor being connected to another terminal of the capacitor element, is connected to a wordline, which extends in the row direction. A second control terminal, which is formed of a gate of the second transistor terminal, is connected to a write control line, which extends in the column direction.

Abstract: A light transmitting substrate having at least a light receiving surface, a first electrode located on the light transmitting substrate, a collector electrode located on at least a part of the first electrode and formed from a metal thin film, a photoelectric conversion portion located on an upper surface of the first electrode or the collector electrode, carrying a photosensitizer, and immersed in a carrier transport material, an insulating frame portion surrounding sides of the photoelectric conversion portion, and a second electrode located to be opposed to the first electrode above the photoelectric conversion portion are provided. Relation of Isc×Rh<0.05×Voc is satisfied, where Isc represents a short-circuit current value of a dye-sensitized solar cell, Rh represents a total value of electrical resistance values of the collector electrode, the first electrode, and the second electrode, and Voc represents an open circuit voltage value of the dye-sensitized solar cell.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to make a change in the chromaticity of an optical member due to use unlikely to occur. A method of manufacturing a prism sheet 23c as an optical member 23 to be used in a backlight unit 12 that supplies light to a liquid crystal panel 11 and transmits light from LEDs 24 as light sources of the backlight unit 12, includes a step of stabilizing the chromaticity of transmitted light by irradiation with light from chromaticity stabilizing LEDs 32 as chromaticity stabilizing light sources having a dominant emission wavelength in a blue wavelength region.

Abstract: Through the present invention, an image can be formed in which the ink or toner used is properly displayed, without falsification or fraudulent display, even in the case of a printed matter which includes a specific image indicating information relating to ingredients of the ink or toner. An image forming portion (105) of an image forming device (100) forms an image on a recording medium on the basis of image data for forming an image. A specific-image determining portion (106a) distinguishes whether a specific image indicating information relating to ingredients of ink or toner used to form the image is included in the image data for forming the image. A specific-image substitution processing portion (106b) substitutes the specific image with a predetermined ingredient label mark for indicating ingredients of the ink or toner used by the image forming portion (105) when it is determined by the specific-image determining portion (106a) that the image data for forming the image include a specific image.

Abstract: A previously signaled reference picture set (RPS) corresponding to a current picture is indicated. A first flag for a picture in the previously signaled RPS is set if the picture is to be used as a reference picture for the current picture. A bitstream is sent.