Abstract: A method of forming a vapor deposited film of a silicon oxide on the surface of a substrate by holding the substrate to be treated in a plasma-treating chamber, and effecting the treatment with a chemical plasma by feeding an organosilicon compound and an oxidizing gas into the treating chamber, wherein the rate of feeding the oxidizing gas is varied while maintaining constant the rate of feeding the organosilicon compound gas into the plasma-treating chamber during the formation of the vapor deposited film. A chemical vapor deposited film is formed featuring excellent adhesiveness, softness, flexibility, oxygen-barrier property and water-barrier property.

Abstract: A rail manufacturing method is provided, in which a billet is hot-rolled into a rail form and the rail is cooled to ambient temperature. The foot part of the rail can be mechanically restrained to improve the straightness of the rail during at least the period of cooling where the surface temperature is between 800° C. and 400° C. In the subsequent cooling process, at least while the surface temperature of the foot of the rail is between 400° C. and 250° C., the rail is kept in an upright state, and cooled naturally without using insulation or accelerated cooling.

Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a direct hemoperfusion adsorber packed with an adsorbent made by using a water-insoluble carrier having a relatively readily available particle size distribution, with water-insoluble microparticles having been removed therefrom, without needing any special granulation apparatus or coating apparatus, and method of obtaining a direct hemoperfusion adsorbent having water-insoluble microparticles removed therefrom.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an electron emission array having electron sources arranged in matrix form and having a plurality of horizontal scan lines, a photoelectric conversion film opposed to the electron emission array, and a control and drive circuit configured to select one or more of the horizontal scan lines in a given video signal output period and to cause the electron sources included in the selected one or more horizontal scan lines to emit electrons toward the photoelectric conversion film to produce a video signal, wherein the control and drive circuit is configured to cause the electron sources included in unselected one or more horizontal scan lines not selected in the given video signal output period to emit electrons toward the photoelectric conversion film in a blanking period immediately preceding the given video signal output period.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an electron emission array having electron sources arranged in matrix form, a photoelectric conversion film opposed to the electron emission array, and a control and drive circuit configured to select one or more horizontal scan lines in a given video signal output period and to cause the electron sources included in the selected one or more horizontal scan lines to emit electrons toward the photoelectric conversion film, wherein the control and drive circuit is further configured to cause the electron sources included in the selected one or more horizontal scan lines to emit electrons toward the photoelectric conversion film in any one or more blanking periods excluding both a blanking period immediately following the given video signal output period and a blanking period immediately preceding a next video signal output period in which the one or more horizontal scan lines will be selected next time.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an electron emission array having electron sources arranged in matrix form and having a plurality of horizontal scan lines, a photoelectric conversion film opposed to the electron emission array, and a control and drive circuit configured to select one or more of the horizontal scan lines in a given video signal output period and to cause the electron sources included in the selected one or more horizontal scan lines to emit electrons toward the photoelectric conversion film to produce a video signal, wherein the control and drive circuit is configured to control electron emission of the electron emission array in a blanking period in response to a signal level of the video signal produced in the given video signal output period.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to increase the rigidity of a seat surface portion, to which a seat for a suspension spring is attached, of a rear side member in a vehicle body rear part.

Abstract: The invention has for its object to provide a porous material capable of relieving the lymphocyte proliferation inhibition in lymphocyte culture and improving the proliferative nature of lymphocytes as well as a method for proliferating lymphocytes and a method for producing lymphocytes each of which utilizes such porous material. The invention relates to a porous material for body fluid treatment for promoting lymphocyte proliferation in lymphocyte culture which contains a high-molecular compound having an angle of contact with water within the range of 40° to 98 °; and a porous material for body fluid treatment which comprises activated carbon.

Abstract: There is provided a vehicle body rear structure of an automobile, which can deal with all of a load from a towing hook, a load from a jack-up point, a load from the rear of vehicle body, and a load from a seat belt anchor, though having a simple construction that does not bring about an increase in the number of parts and an increase in weight of vehicle body. A load distributing member 7 extending along the body longitudinal direction is assembled to a spare tire house 6 so as to trail over a lower surface 6a of the spare tire house 6; and a front end portion ? of the load distributing member 7 is joined to a cross member 4, and a rear end portion ? thereof is joined to the back panel 3 (located on the rear side of the cross member 4).

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, and a transparent conductor which is formed at a liquid crystal side of at least one of the first and the second substrates. At least a projected portion is formed on the transparent conductor in a pixel region, and a material of the projected portion is different from a material of the transparent conductor.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a metal case having a display window, a frame member made of synthetic resin, a liquid crystal display panel disposed between the metal case and the frame member, an integrated circuit chip driving the liquid crystal display panel, and disposed between the metal case and the frame member, a first print circuit board, and a second print circuit board electrically connected to the first print circuit board, and a flexible wiring substrate connected to the liquid crystal display panel and the first print circuit board. The first print circuit board includes at least one ground pad which is connected to the metal case, and the second print circuit board includes a power supply circuit and a connector connected to an external member of the liquid crystal display device, and supplies power to the first print circuit board via a flat cable.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for selectively removing non-target cells from a mixed cell population of different types of cells to selectively separate target cells. Individual cells or cell groups of at least two cells from a mixed cell population of different types of cells are placed on a certain two-dimensional, coordinate system. Then a distinction is made among the individual cells or cells in the cell groups, based on the shape or size of the cells or by using a cell marker. Physical energy such as laser light is applied to the positions or regions occupied by non-target cells or cell groups including non-target cells in order to selectively kill the non-target cells or cause dysfunction of the non-target cells.

Abstract: This invention relates to a granulocyte adsorbent comprising a polymer compound having an unsubstituted hydroxyl group and a hydroxyl group in which H has been substituted with at least one substituent R, a method for producing such adsorbent, a device for adsorbing granulocytes and a system for removing granulocytes using such adsorbent, and body fluid or a cell suspension from which granulocytes have been removed using such adsorbent.

Abstract: A safe and practically useful body fluid processor whereby blood taken out from a patient can be directly processed, characterized by having a favorable passage of the blood cell and showing an extremely low risk of the generation and leakage of microparticles. Namely, a body fluid processor enabling direct hemoperfusion wherein the ratio of sedimented particles to the volume of the space in which the particles for processing body fluid are to be packed is 100% or less and the space in which the particles for processing body fluid are to be packed in the body fluid processor is filled with the particles for processing body fluid and a filling liquid at a ratio of 95% or more but not more than 100%.

Abstract: The present invention is: a pearlitic steel rail excellent in wear resistance and ductility, characterized in that, in a steel rail having pearlite structure containing, in mass, 0.65 to 1.40% C, the number of the pearlite blocks having grain sizes in the range from 1 to 15 ?m is 200 or more per 0.2 mm2 of an observation field at least in a part of the region down to a depth of 10 mm from the surface of the corners and top of the head portion; and a method for producing a pearlitic steel rail excellent in wear resistance and ductility, characterized by, in the hot rolling of said steel rail, applying finish rolling so that the temperature of the rail surface may be in the range from 850° C. to 1,000° C. and the sectional area reduction ratio at the final pass may be 6% or more, and then applying accelerated cooling to the head portion of said rail at a cooling rate in the range from 1 to 30° C./sec. from the austenite temperature range to at least 550° C.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method of modifying a blood contact material capable of reducing granulocyte activating action of the blood contact material in medical equipment used for parts which get contact with the blood. The present invention provides a method of modifying blood contact material characterized by granulocyte activating action when in contact with blood,the modifying blood contact material is considerably reduced compared with an original blood contact material by immobilizing a tryptophan derivative and a polyanionic compound to the blood contact material. Examples of the tryptophan derivative include tryptophan. Further, examples of the polyanionic compound include dextran sulfate.

Abstract: In a fuel filter for an automobile, a filter element for filtering fuel is accommodated in a tubular filter case having a bottom surface and a side surface. A fuel heater is mounted on the side surface of the filter case. Therefore, the filter case and the filter element can be heated directly from heat generated by the fuel heater to effectively heat the fuel flowing therethrough, thereby preventing precipitation of a wax component that could clog the filter element. Also, fuel supply passages for supplying the fuel to the filter element are formed along the side surface of the filter case. Therefore, the fuel is brought into sufficient contact with the filter case heated by the fuel heater, thereby effectively heating the fuel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device which includes a liquid crystal display panel, a metal shield casing covering a periphery of the liquid crystal display panel, a plurality of fluorescent lamps arranged below the liquid crystal panel, a back light support supporting the plurality of fluorescent lamps, and a lower casing fixed to the metal shield casing. The back light support is fixed in the lower casing and comprises a plurality of slits, wherein one end of the plurality of fluorescent lamps is disposed with respect to a respective one of the plurality of slits.

Abstract: A data receiving device which comprises a decoder which generates a plurality of decoded data based on 1) input data and 2) a plurality of pairs of control data and redundant data, in each the pair, the control data defining a selected encoding process and the redundant data being generated by the selected encoding process based on the control data and the input data, a selection control part which generates an error occurrence information based on information obtained from a medium through which the input data is received, and a selection part which selects output data from the input data and the plurality of decoded data based on the error occurrence information.

Abstract: A microwave plasma processing method is provided which enables a uniform thin film layer to be formed on a surface to be processed and which enables a short time processing. In the microwave plasma processing method, microwaves are introduced into a plasma processing chamber 1, and a processing gas is transformed into plasma to form a thin film layer on a base substance 13 disposed in the plasma processing chamber 13, and the method comprises: fixing the base substance 13 coaxially with a central axis of the plasma processing chamber 1; setting a standing wave mode of the microwaves in the plasma processing chamber to a TE mode or a TEM mode from a mouth portion 131 to a body portion 133 of the base substance; and setting a mode having both the TE mode and a TM mode in a bottom portion 132 of the base substance.