Abstract: Provided is a sputtering target for a magnetic recording film, the sputtering target comprising 5 mol % or more and 60 mol % or less of Pt, 0.1 mol % or more and 40 mol % or less of C, 0.05 mol % or more and 20 mol % or less of titanium oxide, and the remainder being Fe. It is an object of the present invention to provide a high-density sputtering target that can produce a granular magnetic thin film without using any high-cost co-sputtering apparatuses and can also reduce the amount of particles generated during sputtering.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for molding a powder mold product according to which a powder mold product of uniform quality can be molded with excellent productivity. The present invention includes the steps of: preparing raw material powder 3 (a preparing step); interposing a mold assembly-use lubricant between an outer circumferential face 12s of a first punch (a lower punch 12) and an inner circumferential face 10s of a die 10, the lower punch 12 and the die 10 in this state being relatively shifted to apply the mold assembly-use lubricant to the inner circumferential face 10s of the die 10 (an applying step); and packing the raw material powder 3 into a cavity, a powder mold product 100 being molded by the raw material powder 3 being pressed (a molding step).

Abstract: A novel pesticide preparation, which can be easily produced at a low cost and has sustained release properties, is provided. A pesticide preparation containing a pesticide active ingredient and a heat-meltable material and/or a thermoplastic material, the pesticide preparation further containing an amine being capable of forming an associated state with the pesticide active ingredient and containing a group having a hydrophobic moiety on a nitrogen atom.

Abstract: A timestamping system including a plurality of time servers and a timestamping device, the timestamping device including a dividing processing unit dividing an electronic document into a plurality of divided data items by a secret sharing scheme, a distributing processing unit transmitting the divided data items to different servers, respectively, and collecting, from each of the servers, each of the divided data items corresponding to the electronic document being requested for timestamping by a user, a restoring processing unit restoring the electronic document by a secret sharing scheme based on each of the collected divided data items, and an existed time calculating unit calculating and outputting an existed time regarding the electronic document based on timestamps applied to the data items when the electronic document can be normally restored.

Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a monolith adsorbent which can adsorb a target sample easily in a short time or regardless of whether the amount of the sample is small or large and extract the sample with a small amount of solvent, and easily secure the sample necessary for analysis, and a method and an apparatus for adsorption and retention using the same. The present invention is a monolith adsorbent formed by allowing a monolith structure body to contain an adsorbing material such as activated carbon or graphite, exposing the adsorbing material on the surface of the structure body and further surface-treating the surface of the monolith structure body with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic compound or a resin.

Abstract: When a driver returns an accelerator pedal, preliminary pressure increase apparatus increases a line pressure to a preliminary pressure increase value according to the speed of return of an accelerator pedal detected by an accelerator pedal return speed sensor. When a braking state sensor detects that the speed of depression of a brake pedal is a predetermined value or above, pressure increase when braking apparatus further increases the line pressure from the preliminary pressure increase value to a slip preventing pressure increase value. The line pressure is increased to a preliminary pressure increase value when it is predicted that braking will be carried out subsequent to an accelerator pedal return operation, when subsequently there is sudden braking it becomes possible to increase the line pressure to a slip preventing pressure increase value that can prevent an endless belt from slipping accompanying sudden braking.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprising an imaging unit in which an optical system and an imaging device are provided, a camera body formed with a concave portion on/from which the imaging unit is mounted/removed, the imaging apparatus photographing the subject image by mounting the imaging unit on the camera body, wherein the concave portion includes three walls of a back wall portion, a side wall portion, and an upper wall portion, viewed from the subject side in a direction of an optical axis of the optical system, wherein the apparatus includes a locking member and a locking member to be locked, wherein an unlocking member for unlocking a lock of the camera body and the imaging unit by means of the locking member is disposed in an intersection portion of the side and upper wall portions, and wherein at least three wall portions which compose the concave portion, are opened.

Abstract: An optical semiconductor sealing resin composition includes a rubber-particle-dispersed epoxy resin (A) containing an alicyclic epoxy resin and, dispersed therein, rubber particles, in which the rubber particles comprise a polymer including one or more (meth)acrylic esters as essential monomeric components and have a hydroxyl group and/or a carboxyl group in a surface layer thereof as a functional group capable of reacting with the alicyclic epoxy resin, the rubber particles have an average particle diameter of 10 nm to 500 nm and a maximum particle diameter of 50 nm to 1000 nm, and the difference in refractive index between the rubber particles and a cured article obtained from the optical semiconductor sealing resin composition is within ±0.02. The optical semiconductor sealing resin composition can give a cured article which exhibits excellent cracking resistance while maintaining satisfactory thermal stability and high transparency.

Abstract: A compact 10 is obtained by compression-molding coated soft magnetic particles covered with insulating coatings, and is a modified frustum body having, as a main body, a frustum portion 113 sandwiched between plate-shaped portions 111 and 112 arranged in opposing relation. A vertical cross-section of the compact 10 is made up of a trapezoidal surface 113s, a long-side rectangular surface 111s joining to a long side of the trapezoidal surface 113s, and a short-side rectangular surface 112s joining to a short side of the trapezoidal surface 113s.

Abstract: Provided are a method of producing mixed powder comprising noble metal powder and oxide powder, wherein powder of ammonium chloride salt of noble metal and oxide powder are mixed, the mixed powder is subsequently roasted, and ammonium chloride is desorbed by the roasting process in order to obtain mixed powder comprising noble metal powder and oxide powder, and mixed powder comprising noble metal powder and oxide powder, wherein chlorine is less than 1000 ppm, nitrogen is less than 1000 ppm, 90% or more of the grain size of the noble metal powder is 20 ?m or less, and 90% or more of the grain size of the oxide powder is 12 ?m or less. Redundant processes in the production of noble metal powder are eliminated, and processes are omitted so that the inclusion of chlorine contained in the royal water and nitrogen responsible for hydrazine reduction reaction is eliminated as much as possible.

Abstract: A loss calculation element calculates a loss of a feature vector for each class, the feature vector indicating a feature of data belonging to the class. A loss difference calculation element calculates a sum of differences of losses between the classes based on the loss calculated for each class. A recognition dictionary creation element creates a recognition dictionary based on a total sum of losses calculated for the classes and the total sum of loss differences between the classes. The recognition dictionary creation element corrects, on a basis of an input feature vector, a recognition dictionary so as to minimize a sum of the total sum of losses for the classes calculated by the loss calculation element and the total sum of loss differences between the classes calculated by the loss difference calculation element, and the pattern classification element classifies a pattern of data using the corrected recognition dictionary.

Abstract: A camera body includes a recess to which an image pickup unit is detachably attached to be placed therein. The image pickup unit includes a housing having an optical system, an image pickup device, a first connector section. The recess has three wall sections including a back wall section facing a rear of the housing of the image pickup unit and a side wall section facing a side surface of the housing when the image pickup unit is placed in the recess. The side wall section includes a second connector section to be connected to the first connector section to perform communication. The back wall section is provided with a controlling member. A rear of the image pickup unit has an insertion opening into which the controlling member is to be inserted and an abutting section to allow the controlling member to abut thereon.

Abstract: A BEMF detection circuit generates a rotation detection signal indicating a comparison result between electromotive force voltages VU through VW which occur at a terminal of respective multiple coils and an intermediate-point voltage VCOM. A rotor position detection circuit generates a rotor position detection signal indicating a stopped rotor position An internal start-up synchronization signal generating unit generates a predetermined-frequency forced synchronization signal. Upon receiving a fan motor start-up instruction, a driving signal synthesizing circuit generates a driving control signal based upon the rotor position detection signal. Thus, (1) when back electromotive force voltage occurs, a sensorless driving operation is started based upon the rotation detection signal; (2) when it does not occur, the driving control signal is generated based upon the forced synchronization signal. Subsequently, when it occurs, the sensorless driving operation is started based upon the rotation detection signal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a secondary battery protecting circuit connected in parallel with a nonaqueous secondary battery, the secondary battery protecting circuit including: a first voltage detecting circuit; a second voltage detecting circuit; a switch section; and a heat radiating section.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a terminal structure. The terminal structure includes: a terminal having: a conductor layer containing at least one metal selected from gold, silver, and copper; a first layer containing nickel and phosphorus, laid on the conductor layer; a second layer having a smaller atomic ratio of nickel to phosphorus than the first layer and containing Ni3P, laid on the first layer; a third layer containing a first intermetallic compound of an Ni—P—Sn type, laid on the second layer; and a fourth layer containing a second intermetallic compound of an Ni—Cu—Sn type, laid on the third layer; and a solder layer on the fourth layer of the terminal. Ra2 is larger than Ra1, where Ra1 is a surface roughness of the third layer on the second layer side and Ra2 is a surface roughness of the third layer on the fourth layer side.

Abstract: Provided is a sintered sputtering target having a composition by atomic ratio represented by the formula: (Fe100-X—PtX)100-ACA (wherein A and X satisfy 20?A?50 and 35?X?55, respectively), wherein C particles are finely dispersed in a matrix alloy, and an oxygen content is 300 wt ppm or less. An object of the present invention is to provide an Fe—Pt based sputtering target having finely dispersed C particles and a low oxygen content, which allows manufacture of a granular structure magnetic thin film having excellent corrosion resistance, and further allows facilitation of ordering the L10 structure.

Abstract: A ferromagnetic sputtering target comprising metal having a composition containing 20 mol % or less of Cr, and Co as the remainder; wherein the target structure includes a basis metal (A), and flat phases (B), containing 90 wt % or more of Co, within the basis metal (A), the average grain size of the phases (B) is 10 ?m or more and 150 ?m or less, and the average aspect ratio of the phases (B) is 1:2 to 1:10. Provided is a ferromagnetic sputtering target capable of inhibiting the generation of particles during sputtering, and improving the pass-through flux to achieve a stable electrical discharge with a magnetron sputtering device.

Abstract: A biologically active complex of lactoferrin with a branched non-peptide hydrophilic polymer, one example of which is represented by the following formula [1]: LF-[X-Lp-R—(Yp-POLY)q]n??[I] Wherein LF is lactoferrin, X is a linkage generated by reaction of functional groups, L is a linker, R is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having at least 3 carbon atoms, Y is a heteroatom linkage, POLY is a non-peptide hydrophilic polymer, p is 0 or 1, q is an integer of 2 to 10, and n is an integer of 1 to 10.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a secondary battery protecting circuit connected in parallel with a nonaqueous secondary battery, the secondary battery protecting circuit including: a first voltage detecting circuit; a second voltage detecting circuit; a switch section; and a heat radiating section.

Abstract: An image reading device includes a reading unit, a first correcting unit, and a second correcting unit. The reading unit includes multiple read pixel-arrays and converts a signal charge obtained from pixels in each read pixel-array to an electric signal and outputs the electric signal as a read signal of each read pixel-array. The first correcting unit individually delays the read signals of the respective read pixel-arrays output from the reading unit so as to correct misregistration of the read signals. The second correcting unit corrects the misregistration of the read signals of the respective read pixel-arrays corrected by the first correcting unit by performing a two-point interpolation process so that a correction amount for the read signal of one specific read pixel-array among the multiple read pixel-arrays is not smaller than a correction amount for the read signal or signals of the remaining read pixel-array or pixel-arrays.