Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes a first electrode, a hole transport region on the first electrode, an emission layer on the hole transport region, an electron transport region on the emission layer, and a second electrode on the electron transport region.

Abstract: A toilet cleaning agent container installed inside a toilet bowl of a flushing-type western-style toilet with a vortex (tornado type), the container dissolving the agent at a proper concentration with little staining. The container includes: one or more cleaning water inlets on a side surface of a toilet bowl installation side; one or more cleaning water outlets on an upper surface; one or more liquid chemical outlets on a lower surface; and one or more spacers on the side surface. Moreover, two or more spaces partitioned by a partitioning plate are provided inside the container, at least one of the spaces is an agent dissolving chamber, at least one thereof is a cleaning water flow rate regulating-chamber, an opening part for connecting said chambers may be provided in a part of the partitioning plate, and a guiding plate for cleaning water may be provided in the cleaning water inlet.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting unintended acceleration of a vehicle. One system includes a first sensor that provides information on a brake booster vacuum. The vacuum is provided by the vehicle's engine and the brake booster multiplies a braking force initiated by a driver. A second sensor provides information on the vehicle's speed, and a third sensor provides information on the braking force initiated by the driver. The system also includes a controller configured to receive the information from the first sensor, second sensor, and third sensor and initiate corrective action if the brake booster vacuum is less than a predetermined threshold, the vehicle's speed is greater than a predetermined threshold, and the braking force initiated by the driver is greater than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting unintended acceleration of a vehicle. One system includes a first sensor that provides information on a brake booster vacuum. The vacuum is provided by the vehicle's engine and the brake booster multiplies a braking force initiated by a driver. A second sensor provides information on the vehicle's speed, and a third sensor provides information on the braking force initiated by the driver. The system also includes a controller configured to receive the information from the first sensor, second sensor, and third sensor and initiate corrective action if the brake booster vacuum is less than a predetermined threshold, the vehicle's speed is greater than a predetermined threshold, and the braking force initiated by the driver is greater than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A chemical solution distributing apparatus which is installed in a water tank in water closets or the like and distributes chemical solutions periodically in the water tank including a bottomed tubular apparatus main body which has an opening at its lower end; a chemical retaining section which is present inside this apparatus main body and mounts/retains chemicals; and a drawn-water passage section which is installed outside the apparatus main body and in which one end thereof is connected to the inside of the apparatus main body via the opening while the other end thereof is positioned higher than the lower end of the apparatus main body; wherein the chemical retaining section has holes in order to mix chemicals with the water inside the apparatus main body or inside the water tank; and wherein a check valve to allow release of air inside the apparatus main body to the outside is also formed.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip configured to receive or emit light, a chip mounting region for mounting the semiconductor chip, an electrode arranged surrounding the chip mounting region, an electric connecting element which electrically connects the semiconductor chip and the electrode, an optically-transparent element arranged on a top surface of the semiconductor chip and made of optically-transparent material, a protection film arranged on a top surface of the optically-transparent element so as to surround a light passing region through which the light passes, and a filler-contained insulating resin which seals the semiconductor chip, the electric connecting element, the electrode, the optically-transparent element, and the protection film in a state in which a top surface of the protection film and the light passing region surrounded by the protection film are exposed outside.

Abstract: A chemical solution distributing apparatus which is installed in a water tank in water closets or the like and distributes chemical solutions periodically in the water tank including a bottomed tubular apparatus main body which has an opening at its lower end; a chemical retaining section which is present inside this apparatus main body and mounts/retains chemicals; and a drawn-water passage section which is installed outside the apparatus main body and in which one end thereof is connected to the inside of the apparatus main body via the opening while the other end thereof is positioned higher than the lower end of the apparatus main body; wherein the chemical retaining section has holes in order to mix chemicals with the water inside the apparatus main body or inside the water tank; and wherein a check valve to allow release of air inside the apparatus main body to the outside is also formed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to intermediates of the general formula: ##STR1## (wherein Y and Z, which may be the same or different, each represents a trans-vinylene group or an ethylene group, R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl or ethyl group, R.sup.3 represents a single bond or an alkylene group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R.sup.4 represents an alkyl group of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group of 4 to 7 carbon atoms unsubstituted or substituted by at least one alkyl group of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or a phenyl or phenoxy group unsubstituted or substituted by at least one halogen atom, trifluoromethyl group or alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.5 represents a hydroxy- protecting group which can be removed in acidic conditions and W.sup.1 represents a group of the formula: --COOR.sup.1, --CON(R.sup.6).sub.2, --CH.sub.2 OR.sup.5 or --CH(OR.sup.7)CH.sub.2 OR.sup.5 (in which R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, the groups R.sup.