Abstract: An electroconductive layer-transferring material including: a base material; a cushion layer on the base material; and an electroconductive layer on the cushion layer, the electroconductive layer containing metal nanowires having an average minor axis length of 100 nm or less and an average major axis length of 2 ?m or more, wherein the electroconductive layer-transferring material satisfies A/B=0.1 to 0.7, where A is a total thickness of an average thickness of the electroconductive layer and an average thickness of the cushion layer, and B is an average thickness of the base material, wherein the average thickness of the electroconductive layer is 0.01 ?m to 0.2 ?m, and wherein the average thickness of the cushion layer is 1 ?m to 50 ?m.

Abstract: Disclosed are an aqueous cosmetic preparation including at least astaxanthin, 20 ?g/L or more of iron ions, and an iron chelating agent, and a method for suppressing the decomposition of astaxanthin in which an iron chelating agent is included in an aqueous composition including at least astaxanthin and 20 ?g/L or more of iron ions.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to an alumina dispersion, which is employed to manufacture a particulate magnetic recording medium, comprises alumina, a solvent, and a dispersing agent in the form of an aromatic hydrocarbon compound having a phenolic hydroxyl group, and essentially does not comprise ferromagnetic powder.

Abstract: An electroconductive film including: electroconductive fibers, wherein the electroconductive film satisfies the following expression: 0.01<X/A<0.9, where X/A is an atomic ratio of X to A, where X is an amount of elements constituting the electroconductive fibers in the electroconductive film and X is an amount of halogen elements in the electroconductive film.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit for acquiring a plurality of view point images imaged from a plurality of viewpoints by a plurality of imaging optical systems each including a zoom lens; a storage unit for storing an error of the imaging optical system; an optical zoom magnification specifying unit for receiving specification instruction of an optical zoom magnification; a zoom lens driving unit for moving the zoom lens to a position corresponding to the instruction of the optical zoom magnification; and a correction unit for setting an electronic zoom magnification corresponding to the position of the zoom lens, magnifying a viewpoint image to be corrected from within the plurality of viewpoint images based on the electronic zoom magnification, and extracting a part of the magnified viewpoint image to eliminate an object point shift amount corresponding to the error from the magnified viewpoint image.

Abstract: When image is formed by a liquid ejection head, input image data is subjected to conversion processing including tone conversion using a first look-up table (LUT) and density correction or non-uniformity correction in nozzle units using second LUTs. Ink use amount in image formation is predicted from reduced image data which is generated from the input image data. In this, the calculation is made more efficient by applying a third LUT which is compiled according to requirements from the second LUTs, to the reduced image data, rather than using the second LUTs directly. Since the image conversion processing is carried out which combines the first LUT for tone conversion and the third LUT corresponding to the non-uniformity correction, and the ink amount distribution data is calculated from the reduced image data after the conversion, then it is possible to ascertain an accurate ink amount which reflects the image adjustment conditions.

Abstract: A radiation detector includes a scintillator layer, a first photoelectric conversion layer, a second photoelectric conversion layer, and one board or two boards. The scintillator layer, the first photoelectric conversion layer, the second photoelectric conversion layer, and the one board or two boards are layered. The first photoelectric conversion layer is constituted with one of a first organic material and an inorganic material with a wider radiation absorption wavelength range than the first organic material. The first photoelectric conversion layer absorbs at least light of a first wavelength and converts the light to charges. The second photoelectric conversion layer is constituted with a second organic material that is different from the first organic material. The second photoelectric conversion layer absorbs more of light of a second wavelength than of light of the first wavelength and converts the light to charges.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging system is composed of an X-ray source, first and second absorption-type gratings, and a flat panel detector (FPD). Images are captured with the second absorption-type grating moved in X direction orthogonal to its grating line, relative to the first absorption-type grating. The FPD has pixels arranged in the X direction and Y direction orthogonal to the X direction. A group of the pixels arranged in the X direction are connected to a single signal line for reading out charge. A differential phase image producing section produces a differential phase image based on pieces of image data obtained from the respective images captured. A phase contrast image producing section integrates the differential phase image, produced by the differential phase image producing section, in a direction corresponding to the signal line of the FPD to produce a phase contrast image.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasound probe including a plurality of ultrasound transducers; a device for determining optimum sound speed values at a lattice point set in a shallower region than a region of interest (ROI) and in the ROI on the basis of an ultrasound detection signal outputted by the ultrasound probe; a device for arithmetically operating a received wave received from the ROI on the basis of the optimum sound speed value; a device for setting an assumed sound speed in the region of interest, obtaining a received wave received from each lattice point on the basis of the assumed sound speed and the optimum sound speed value at the lattice point, and synthesizing received waves at lattice points to obtain a resultant received wave; and a device for determining a local sound speed value in the ROI on the basis of the received wave and the resultant received wave.

Abstract: There is provided a reel including: a substantially cylindrical bottomed reel hub, around an outer peripheral surface of which a recording tape can be wound; a reel gear that is formed at a bottom section of the reel hub and is configured to mesh with a drive gear of a winding device that winds the recording tape around the reel hub; and a stationary portion that is formed at the bottom section of the reel hub and is configured to be fixed by a fastener to a fastening portion formed at a rotating member of a drive device.

Abstract: A fat-and-oil containing composition which contains at least (A) an oil component, (B) glycerin, and (C) an emulsifier, the composition containing: a glycerin fatty acid ester, in which from 30% by mass to 75% by mass of constituent fatty acids are docosahexaenoic acid, as (A) the oil component; and a decaglycerin fatty acid ester, in which constituent fatty acids are oleic acid, as (C) the emulsifier, wherein respective content ratios of (A) the oil component, (B) the glycerin and (C) the emulsifier are within the following ranges relative to the total mass of (A) the oil component, (B) the glycerin and (C) the emulsifier: (A) the oil component: from 55% by mass to 78% by mass, (B) the glycerin: from 10% by mass to 35% by mass, and (C) the emulsifier: from 5% by mass to 13% by mass.

Abstract: Optical information recording medium 10 comprises: a plurality of recording layers 14 which undergo a change in refractive index by irradiation with recording beam; and an intermediate layer 15 provided between the recording layers 14. The intermediate layer 15 includes first intermediate layer 15A disposed adjacent to a recording layer 14 at a side opposite to an incident side from which recording beam enters the recording layer, and second intermediate layer 15B disposed adjacent to a recording layer 14 at an incident side from which the recording beam enters the recording layer. The first intermediate layer 15A and the recording layer 14 have different refractive indices, whereas the second intermediate layer 15B and the recording layer 14 have substantially the same refractive index. The first and the second intermediate layer 15A, 15B are merged with each other at an interface therebetween, whereby refractive index gradually changes at the interface.

Abstract: According to a mode of the present invention, since a conductive pattern having a graded composition structure in which a content ratio of a conductive polymer decreases while a content ratio of metal microparticles increases from a base material is formed with respect to a thickness direction, adhesion with the base material is secured at a bonding portion between the base material and the conductive pattern due to the high content ratio of the conductive polymer and, at the same time, favorable electrical performance is produced by increasing the content ratio of the metal microparticles.

Abstract: A CCD image sensor, being a solid state imaging device, has four types of pixels, first to fourth pixels. The first to fourth pixels are arranged in a predetermined pattern. Each of the pixels has a PD and a microlens. Each of the microlens is arranged with its optical axis center eccentric or shifted in a predetermined direction from a center of a light receiving surface of the PD. A part of the microlens overlaps one or more adjacent pixels.

Abstract: Disclosed is a curable resin composition comprising a polymer (A) that has a main chain comprising carbon atoms and a side chain having a polymerizing unsaturated linking group and has a cyclic structure in the main chain and/or the side chain, and a compound having a polymerizing unsaturated group. The curable resin composition has good optical characteristics, good heat resistance and good moldability.

Abstract: A radiation detector that includes a first scintillator layer, an organic photoelectric conversion layer and a substrate is provided. The first scintillator layer, the organic photoelectric conversion layer and the substrate are layered along a radiation incident direction. The first scintillator layer contains a blend of a first phosphor material that is mainly sensitive to low energy radiation in incident radiation and converts the radiation into light of a first wavelength, and a second phosphor material that is more sensitive to high energy than low energy radiation in the radiation and converts the radiation into light of a second wavelength different from the first wavelength. The organic photoelectric conversion layer is configured by disposing a plurality of first light detection sensors and a plurality of second light detection sensors in the same plane.

Abstract: An optical film having a high Re and a low |Rth| is provided. An optical film consists of a composition that includes cellulose acylate having an acyl group including an aromatic group, and satisfies Formula (I) 150 nm?Re (550)?350 nm, Formula (II) ?50 nm?Rth (550)?50 nm, and Formula (III) 0.07 nm?degree of cross-sectional orientation P2z?1, Here, Re (550) represents the in-plane retardation at a wavelength of 550 nm, and Rth (550) represents the thickness direction retardation at a wavelength of 550 nm.

Abstract: A liquid application device includes: a liquid ejection head including: nozzles configured to perform ejection of droplets of liquid toward a substrate; and liquid chambers connected respectively to the nozzles and defined by side walls, at least respective parts of the side walls being constituted of piezoelectric elements, the liquid ejection head being configured to cause shear deformation of the piezoelectric elements to eject the droplets of the liquid in the liquid chamber through the nozzles; and a droplet ejection control device configured to group the nozzles into groups of not less than three in such a manner that adjacent nozzles belong to different groups, and is configured to control operation of the piezoelectric elements in such a manner that the droplet ejection is performed at a same timing only through the nozzles belonging to a same group so as to deposit the liquid discretely onto the substrate.

Abstract: There is provided a cellulose acylate film, containing a hindered amin-based compound, wherein the hindered amine-based compound is contained in an amount of 0.001% by mass to 5% by mass based on cellulose acylate, a minimum value of Knoop hardness is 170 N/mm2 to 220 N/mm2, and the Knoop hardness is measured several times by a Knoop indenter, the Knoop indenter is rotated by a given angle in each measurement, and a rotation axis of the Knoop indenter is orthogonal to an upper surface of the cellulose acylate film.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ultrasound diagnostic device including an ultrasound probe including a plurality of ultrasound transducers transmitting ultrasound waves to an object and receiving ultrasound waves reflected from the specimen to output an ultrasound detection signal, a region-of-interest setting unit setting a region of interest within the specimen, and a variation measuring unit measuring a sonic variation or an attenuation variation of ultrasound waves in the region of interest.