Abstract: Thermoelectric elements and modules for thermoelectric generators with low electrical resistance and/or improved thermovoltage, excellent mechanical stability and flexibility. The thermoelectric elements and modules include stack-type thermoelectric legs formed by lamination of at least two layers comprising semiconductive materials. An adhesive layer may be used to laminate the two layers of semiconductive materials and the stack-type thermoelectric legs may be fabricated by solution deposition methods.

Abstract: Disclosed is a retardation film which shows a high light selective absorbency to visible rays having short wavelengths near 400 nm to have a high light resistance, and which can give, when used in a display device, good display properties to the display device. This film is a retardation film, satisfying all of the following formulae (1) to (4): 2?A(380) (1), 0.5?A(400) (2), 0.4?A(420)/A(400) (3), and 100 nm?Re(550)?170 nm (4), in which each A(?) represents the absorbance of the film at a wavelength ? nm, and Re (550) represents the in-plane retardation value of the film to a light ray having a wavelength of 550 nm.

Abstract: Provided is a compound represented by formula (I): or an N-oxide compound thereof, wherein the variable groups are as defined in the specification. Also provided is an arthropod pest control agent containing a compound represented by formula (I) and an inert carrier. The compound represented by formula (I) and arthropod pest control agent exhibit an excellent controlling effect against arthropod pests.

Abstract: A light emitting device is provided which contains an anode, a cathode, and two organic layers disposed between the anode and the cathode. The first organic layer contains a phosphorescent material and the second organic layer contains a crosslinked body of a crosslinkable material and a phosphorescent material. The two phosphorescent materials contain the same phosphorescent compound represented by formula (1), and the crosslinkable material is a compound represented by formula (3): In formula (1), M represents a metal atom, n1 is ?1, n2 is ?0, E1 and E2 represent a carbon atom, L1 and L2 represent an aromatic heterocyclic ring, and A1-G1-A2 represents an anionic bidentate ligand. In formula (3), mB1 to mB3 represent an integer of ?0, Ar7 may represent an aromatic hydrocarbon group, LB1 may represent a divalent group, and X? may represent a crosslinkable group.

Abstract: This liquid crystal polyester resin composition includes a liquid crystal polyester resin and a filler composed of a fibrous filler and a plate-like filler, in which the amount of the filler is at least 15 parts by mass but not more than 55 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the liquid crystal polyester resin, and the number average fiber length of the fibrous filler is at least 450 ?m but not more than 700 ?m.

Abstract: Provided is a coated granular fertilizer, which includes a granular fertilizer and a resin coat that coats the granular fertilizer, in which the resin coat contains a urethane resin that is a polyaddition product between a polyisocyanate component and a polyol component, the polyisocyanate component includes an aromatic polyisocyanate, and the polyol component includes a castor oil-modified diol, an alkylene diol having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and a compound having three or more hydroxyl groups.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous suspension concentrate, which shows excellent plant disease control. An aqueous suspension comprising mefentrifluconazole and an isothiazolinone preservative.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for controlling efflux type multidrug resistant plant diseases showing an excellent efficacy against efflux type multidrug resistant plant diseases, said method comprising a step of applying an effective amount of a pyrazole compound represented by formula (1): to a plant or soil where the plant grows.

Abstract: A composition for controlling plant diseases comprising Paecilomyces fumosoroseus, and one or more nematicidal active ingredients selected from specific groups has an excellent controlling effect on plant diseases.

Abstract: A phosphorescent light-emitting compound of formula (I): wherein: M is Pd(II) or Pt(II); Ar1 is an aromatic or heteroaromatic group; R2—R4 in each occurrence is independently selected from the group consisting of: C1-20 alkyl wherein one or more non-adjacent, non-terminal C atoms may be replaced with O, S, .CO or COO and one or more H atoms may be replaced with F; a group of formula (Ar2)p wherein p is at least 1 and Ar2 in each occurrence is independently a C6-20 aryl or a 5-20 membered heteroaryl which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents; and and R1 is a group of formula (Ar2)P wherein at least one Ar2 is a 6-membered heteroaromatic ring having C and N ring atoms. The compound of formula (I) may be used as a light-emitting material in a near infrared organic light-emitting device.

Abstract: An organic photodetector comprising a photosensitive organic layer comprising an electron donor and an electron acceptor wherein the electron acceptor is a compound of formula (I): EAG-EDG-EAG??(I) wherein each EAG is an electron accepting group; and EDG is an electron-donating group of formula (II) or (III): A photosensor may comprise the organic photodetector and a light source, e.g. a near infra-red light source.

Abstract: There are provided a resin pellet having high transportability in a solid state in a feeder and a method of producing the same. A resin pellet has a recess, and when a height of the resin pellet in a case in which the resin pellet is disposed on a horizontal plane in such a manner that the recess faces the horizontal plane is defined as T1, and a maximum diameter of the resin pellet as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the horizontal plane is defined as L, an aspect ratio defined by L/T1 is 1.2 to 1.8.

Abstract: There is provided a gallium nitride laminated substrate including: an n-type gallium nitride layer containing an n-type impurity; a p-type gallium nitride layer provided on the n-type gallium nitride layer, containing a p-type impurity, forming a pn-junction at an interface with the n-type gallium nitride layer, and having a p-type impurity concentration and a thickness such that, when a reverse bias voltage is applied to the pn-junction, a breakdown occurs due to a punchthrough phenomenon before occurrence of a breakdown due to an avalanche phenomenon; and an intermediate level layer provided on the p-type gallium nitride layer, containing a p-type gallium nitride which contains the p-type impurity at a higher concentration than the p-type gallium nitride layer, having at least one or more intermediate levels between a valence band and a conduction band, and configured to suppress an overcurrent resulting from a breakdown due to the punchthrough phenomenon in the p-type gallium nitride layer.

Abstract: An electrostatic spraying device includes: a high-voltage generation device for applying a voltage between a spray electrode and a reference electrode; and a controller that controls an output power of the high-voltage generation device based on operation environment information indicating at least one of (i) a surrounding environment of the device and (ii) an operation state of a power supply that supplies power to the device, independently of a current value and a voltage value at the spray electrode and the reference electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pellet mixture including a pellet of a liquid crystal polyester resin composition which contains a liquid crystal polyester resin and an inorganic filler, and a fine powder formed of an organic material, in which a volume average particle diameter of the fine powder is in a range of 10 ?m to 200 ?m, and an amount of the fine powder is in a range of 10 ppm to 2000 ppm with respect to the total mass of the pellet mixture.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a method for producing purified methionine, the method being capable of preventing the caking of methionine. The present invention pertains to a method for producing purified methionine from crude methionine, the method comprising (1) a step for obtaining a wet cake of washed crude methionine, (2) a step for adjusting the pH of the wet cake, and (3) a step for drying the wet cake after the pH adjustment, wherein the pH of the wet cake after the pH adjustment is 5.2-6.1.

Abstract: A diagnosis assisting system, a diagnosis assisting method, and a diagnosis assisting program provide information that contributes to an objective diagnosis, with a server of a diagnosis assisting system including a learned model acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of learned models, each of which is generated by machine learning, inputs information based on an image obtained by imaging a diagnostic target, and outputs information that indicates a diagnosis result of the diagnostic target; an image acquisition unit that acquires an image to be analyzed; a calculation unit that performs calculation based on the plurality of learned models acquired on the image acquired, and calculates one piece of information about a diagnosis using the plurality of learned models; and an output unit that outputs the information calculated by the calculation unit.

Abstract: An ethylene-?-olefin copolymer capable of implementing formation of a film having excellent slipperiness and suppressed fish eyes, a method of producing the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, an ethylene-based resin composition containing the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, and a film containing the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer or the ethylene-based resin composition. An ethylene-?-olefin copolymer according to the present invention has: a monomer unit (1) based on ethylene; and a monomer unit (2) based on an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein a branching parameter is 0.70 to 0.90, and a light scattering area ratio is 1.60 to 3.60.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture of a compound (1) and a compound (2). The compound (1) is a light-emitting perovskite compound which includes components A, B, and X, and the compound (2) is a light-emitting indium compound or light-emitting cadmium compound. The component A indicates a component positioned at each vertex of a hexahedron having the component B at the center in a perovskite type crystal structure and is a monovalent cation, the component X indicates a component positioned at each vertex of an octahedron having the component B at the center in the perovskite type crystal structure and is one or more kinds of anions selected from the group consisting of a halide ion and a thiocyanate ion, and the component B indicates a component positioned at the centers of the hexahedron where the component A is disposed at each vertex and the octahedron where the component X is disposed at each vertex in the perovskite type crystal structure and is a metal ion.

Abstract: An organic EL element comprises a supporting substrate 12 having a first side surface 12b and a second side surface 12c located opposite to the first side surface in the first direction, a first electrode-attached on the supporting substrate, an organic EL body 16 disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode 18 disposed extending from the first side surface to the second side surface and covering at least a part of the organic EL body, and a sealing member disposed on the second electrode, extending from the first side surface to the second side surface and sealing at least the organic EL body, each of the side surfaces 18a and 20a of the second electrode and the sealing member on the first side surface-side being made evened with the first side surface, and each of the side surfaces 18b and 20b of the second electrode and the sealing member on the second side surface-side being made evened with the second side surface, in the first direction.