Abstract: A tool has a shank and a cutting blade mounted on the shank. The tool also includes an internal fluid passage for drawing in, together with air, chips produced when the cutting blade machines a workpiece. The internal fluid passage comprises a through hole made in the shank, at least one main inlet hole for drawing in the chips together with the air, the main inlet hole being made in the cutting blade and being in fluid communication with the through hole, and at least one sub-inlet hole for drawing in at least the air, the sub-inlet hole being made in the shank and being in fluid communication with the through hole. The chips can efficiently be discharged from the tool without being deposited in the internal fluid passage, by the air which flows at a suitable speed through the internal fluid passage and draws the chips, regardless of the diameter of the tool.

Abstract: The present invention provides processes of producing useful substances, which include the steps of culturing in a medium microorganisms that lack from their chromosomal DNA all or part of a gene encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a gene encoding a protein that is 80% or more homologous to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 so as to produce and accumulate the useful substances in the culture, and recovering the useful substances from the culture.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a useful substance by use of a microorganism that lacks in their chromosomal DNA all or part of a gene encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a gene encoding a protein having 80% or more, preferably 90% or more, more preferably 95% or more, even more preferably 97% or more, still more preferably 98% or more, and yet more preferably 99% or more homology with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1.

Abstract: There are provided a display apparatus that can display an image having higher resolution feeling while solving the problem of patterning precision for sub pixels which is difficult to obtain in production, and a production method thereof.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes two-dimensionally arranged light emitting devices driven by drive circuits, scanning lines and lighting lines connecting the drive circuits in a row direction, and data lines connecting the drive circuits in a column direction, wherein, in a programming scanning period for supplying signals to the data lines, sequentially selecting the scanning lines and setting the signals to the drive circuits connected to the selected scanning lines throughout all scanning lines, the light emitting scanning for sequentially selecting the lighting lines and supplying current corresponding to the signal set to the drive circuits from the drive circuit connected to the selected lighting lines to the light emitting device is performed at least twice, and the length of a period for supplying the currents from the drive circuits connected to the lighting lines to the light emitting devices varies every period of the light emitting scanning.

Abstract: The present invention provides microorganisms, in which the activity of 4-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase or 2-octaprenylphenol?2-octaprenyl-6-methoxyphenol flavin reductase is reduced or lost, and which have an ability to produce lactic acid, in particular, microorganisms comprising a chromosomal DNA in which a gene encoding a protein having 4-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase activity or a protein having 2-octaprenylphenol?2-octaprenyl-6-methoxyphenol flavin reductase activity is partially or completely defective; and a process for producing lactic acid using the microorganisms.

Abstract: A display apparatus and an assembly of a driving circuit for the display apparatus having a display device, a film carrier with a lead to transfer a signal for driving the display device, and a bus board to supply a signal to the lead. A dummy lead is provided along the outside of each of an input side outer lead and an output side outer lead of the film carrier. A predetermined voltage is applied to the dummy leads. The predetermined voltage value is set to a value so as not to stationarily cause a DC bias for the voltage of the outer lead on the outside.

Abstract: The present invention provides a microorganism which comprises a chromosomal DNA lacking a part or entire of the gene encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2, or the gene encoding a protein having 80% or more homology with the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2, and has the ability to produce a useful substance; a process for producing a useful substance using said strain; especially a process for producing a useful substance which is selected from the group consisting of proteins, peptides, amino acids, nucleic acids, vitamins, saccharides, organic acids, and lipids.

Abstract: An active matrix display apparatus includes an active matrix display panel comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix in a row direction and a column direction, each pixel being constituted by a plurality of subpixels; and a drive circuit for applying a voltage to each of the subpixels so that a polarity of the voltage is inverted at a predetermined period in each of a row direction and a column direction. The plurality of subpixels are arranged in the row direction at a period different from half of the predetermined period of polarity inversion of the voltage in the row direction, thus providing flicker-less color display device even when general driver ICs for dot inversion drive are used.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for producing trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline, which is useful as a raw material for medicines or as an additive to foods. In the process, L-proline is converted into trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline in the presence of an enzyme source which is derived from a microorganism belonging to the genus Dactylosporangium, Amycolatopsis or Streptomyces and which catalyzes the hydroxylation of L-proline into trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline, a divalent iron ion and 2-ketoglutaric acid, in an aqueous medium, and the produced trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline is collected from the aqueous medium. In addition, the present invention is directed to a process for producing trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline, wherein the L-proline biosynthesis activity of the host cell of the transformant is reinforced.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including pixels arranged in a matrix, pixel electrodes provided to the pixels, respectively, a common electrode provided commonly to the pixels, and scanning lines and signal lines for supplying a voltage to the pixel electrodes. In addition, a drive circuit is connected to the common electrode, the scanning lines, and the signal lines, and a control circuit provides a signal to the drive circuit. The control circuit selectively switches between a display drive mode in which an image is displayed on the display panel through sequential scanning of the scanning lines and application of a variable voltage to pixels via the signal lines by the drive circuit and a rewriting drive mode in which selected pixels are rewritten into black or white through application of a voltage, which is higher than a range of the variable voltage, to the selected pixels on a scanning line selected by the drive circuit.

Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus has a detection unit that irradiates an inner circumferential surface of an inspection object with inspection light from a laser diode through a light projecting fiber, and detects the intensity of the reflected light of that inspection light. The detection unit comprises a first light receiving fiber group, which is disposed at the circumference of the light projecting fiber, a second light receiving fiber group, which is disposed further on the outer side thereof, and photodetectors, which are connected to each of the fiber groups.

Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus capable of reducing external light reflection to reduce an amount of glare of the outside, in which a translucent protection member is provided to cover an observation surface side of a display member including an organic EL light-emitting portion, in order to protect the display member. The display apparatus includes the display member with an organic EL light-emitting portion having a pair of electrodes and an organic compound layer provided between the pair of electrodes; and a casing for housing the display member, wherein a protection member is provided in the casing with a gap from the display member, and wherein a phase member and a polarizing member are formed on the protection member such that the polarizing member is located closer to a light extraction side than the phase member.

Abstract: A field-effect transistor including an electrically conductive substrate; a first insulating film coating the electrically conductive substrate; a gate electrode disposed on the electrically conductive substrate with the first insulating film interposed therebetween; a source electrode; a drain electrode opposing the source electrode with the channel therebetween; a second insulating film covering the gate electrode; and a semiconductor layer having a width larger than a width of the gate electrode in the channel width direction and being partly provided on the gate electrode with the second insulating film interposed therebetween so that the gate electrode, the second insulating film, and the semiconductor layer are laminated in the channel.

Abstract: A field-effect transistor including an electrically conductive substrate; a first insulating film coating the electrically conductive substrate; a gate electrode disposed on the electrically conductive substrate with the first insulating film interposed therebetween; a source electrode; a drain electrode opposing the source electrode with the channel therebetween; a second insulating film covering the gate electrode; and a semiconductor layer having a width larger than a width of the gate electrode in the channel width direction and being partly provided on the gate electrode with the second insulating film interposed therebetween so that the gate electrode, the second insulating film, and the semiconductor layer are laminated in the channel.

Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus capable of reducing external light reflection to reduce an amount of glare of the outside, in which a translucent protection member is provided to cover an observation surface side of a display member including an organic EL light-emitting portion, in order to protect the display member. The display apparatus includes the display member with an organic EL light-emitting portion having a pair of electrodes and an organic compound layer provided between the pair of electrodes; and a casing for housing the display member, wherein a protection member is provided in the casing with a gap from the display member, and wherein a phase member and a polarizing member are formed on the protection member such that the polarizing member is located closer to a light extraction side than the phase member.

Abstract: A color display apparatus is of the type wherein a unit pixel is constituted by at least three subpixels including first to third subpixels, and at each subpixel, a medium for changing an optical property depending on a voltage applied thereto is disposed. The color display apparatus includes means for applying a voltage, to each of the first to third subpixels, for changing the optical property of the medium within a brightness change range in which light passing through the medium is changed in brightness and a hue change range in which the light passing through the medium assumes chromatic color and a hue of the chromatic color is changed while including combinations of red and green, red and blue, and green and blue for the first to third subpixels, respectively.

Abstract: Provided is an organic light-emitting apparatus which can allow each of a plurality of organic light-emitting elements of different emission colors to emit light under optimum conditions. The organic light-emitting apparatus includes: a substrate; a plurality of organic light-emitting elements of different emission colors disposed on the substrate and each having formed sequentially on the substrate, a first electrode formed independently for each of the plurality of organic light-emitting elements, an organic functional layer, and a light-transmissive second electrode continuously formed extending over the plurality of organic light-emitting elements; a conductive layer formed between the substrate and the first electrode and electrically connected to the second electrode; and an insulating layer formed between the conductive layer and the first electrode, in which the insulating layer is different in at least one of thickness and material for each of the different emission colors.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display portion and a control portion, and effects color display depending on image signals for three colors. The control portion includes means 10, into which the image signals for three colors are inputted, for generating a first display signal for determining a brightness of predetermined one color at the display portion and second display signals for determining a hue of other two colors or an intermediary color therebetween at the display portion.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate having a metal layer, a plurality of scanning signal lines and a plurality of data signal lines which intersect with each other and are disposed on the substrate, a display device which has a display element located at an intersecting position of the scanning and data signal lines and is driven by a voltage signal supplied to the scanning and data signal lines, a plurality of coils disposed in parallel with each other on the substrate, and a circuit for detecting currents passing through the plurality of coils by the action of electromagnetic induction of an electromagnetic wave locally generated at a surface of the display device to determine a generation position of the electromagnetic wave by a position of the coils through which the currents pass. The metal layer as a substrate material is a thin electroconductive metal plate which is flexible and not readily broken.