Abstract: The laminate according to the invention is comprised of a base material (A), a silicon-containing layer (B) and a polymer layer (C) obtained from an organic acid metallic salt having a polymerizable group. The silicon-containing layer (B) and the polymer layer (C) are sequentially laminated over at least one surface of the base material (A), the silicon-containing layer (B) includes a high nitrogen concentration region comprised of silicon atoms and nitrogen atoms, silicon atoms and nitrogen atoms and oxygen atoms, or silicon atoms and nitrogen atoms and oxygen atoms and carbon atoms. The high nitrogen concentration region is formed by irradiating energy ray onto a polysilazane film formed over the base material (A) under an oxygen concentration equal to or lower than 5% and/or a relative humidity at room temperature (23° C.) equal to or lower than 30% so as to denature at least a part of the film.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an optical recording medium which is capable of performing good recording and reproducing by using a laser having a wavelength of 300 to 900 nm, a novel azo metal chelate compound, and a novel azo compound. Furthermore, the present invention is to provide an optical recording medium having an azo metal chelate compound in a recording layer.

Abstract: A compound comprising a ring structure including a ring composed of four carbon atoms and two nitrogen atoms and a substituted or unsubstituted amino group bonded to the ring structure.

Abstract: An optical recording medium wherein the percentage change (|[a2?a1]/a1|×100) of the recording layer thickness (a2) at the recorded site of recording layer (A) after recorded with laser light compared with the recording layer thickness (a1) at unrecorded site of said recording layer (A) is less than 25% and the amount of change (|a2?a1|) of the recording layer thickness (a2) at recorded site of said recording layer (A) after recorded with laser light compared with the recording layer thickness (a1) at unrecorded site of said recording layer (A) is controlled to be less than 15 nm. The optical recording medium can enable recording and playback with high quality using laser of 300 nm to 900 nm. Also provided is a compound comprising a six-membered ring structure composed of four carbon atoms and two nitrogen atoms and a bonded substituted or unsubstituted amino group.

Abstract: Provided is an optical recording medium comprising at least a recording layer, a metal reflective layer, a protective layer and a printing layer laminated on a transparent substrate, wherein the printing layer is obtained by curing a UV-curing ink composition and said ink composition contains a compound which has a solubility parameter falling in the range of 7 to 10 and which takes no part in UV curing and does not react with other components contained therein.

Abstract: A method of processing a silver halide color reversal photographic light-sensitive material, in which the photographic light-sensitive material is developed, the method comprising a step of processing the photographic light-sensitive material in a reversal bath containing at least one anionic surface active agent. A method of treating a silver halide color reversal photographic light-sensitive material, in which the photographic light-sensitive material is developed, the method comprising a step of processing the photographic light-sensitive material in a reversal bath containing at least one nonionic surface active agent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a thermal transfer image-receiving material comprising a support which has thereon an image-receiving layerr for receiving a dye transferred by heat application from a application from a thermal transfer dye-donating material and for forming an image. The image receiving layer comprises a fluorine-containing high-molecular weight compound, a fluorine-containing surfactant, and a matting agent. Such a transfer material produces a printed color image which has excellent clarity and resolution.

Abstract: A heat transfer dye-providing material comprising(a) a support, and(b) at least one dye-providing layer on one surface of the support, wherein the heat transfer dye-providing material has a surface layer in contact with an image-receiving material during heat transfer which surface layer contains a polymer comprising a repeating unit represented by formula (I); ##STR1## wherein R.sub.f represents an alkyl group substituted by at least one chlorine atom and at least one fluorine atom; R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and n represents an integer of from 5 to 1,000.

Abstract: A dye compound of a general formula (I): ##STR1##where R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, or a substituent; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 independently represent a substituent; X represents a nitrogen atom or --C(R.sub.5).dbd.; R.sub.5 represents a substituent; and R.sub.4 represents an aromatic group or an unsaturated heterocyclic group as bonded to the nitrogen atom in the formula via an unsaturated carbon atom, which dye compound is fast to heat and light and is useful for color image formation and as a filter dye; and a thermal transfer dye donating material having a dye donating layer containing a thermal transferring dye on a support, where the thermal transferring dye is represented by: ##STR2##where X.sup.2 represents --N.dbd., or --C(R.sup.22).dbd.; R.sup.21, R.sup.22, R.sup.23 and R.sup.24 independently represent a hydrogen atom, or a non-metallic substituent; R.sup.25, R.sup.26, R.sup.27 and R.sup.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprises at least one silver halide emulsion layer applied onto a substrate, at least one of the layers being formed from a silver halide emulsion containing not less than 7 mole % of silver iodide and the light-sensitive material including a polymer having cationic sites. The light-sensitive material exhibits good graininess, high sensitivity and excellent desilvering properties.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is described, containing at least one coupler represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted ureido group or a substituted or unsubstituted acrylamino group; R.sub.2 represents substituted or unsubstituted acylamino group; L represents a group which is capable of being released from the phenolic group of formula (I) in a reaction with the oxidation product of a developing agent, and releases -O-A thereafter; n represents 0 or 1; and A represents an aromatic group including a hydroxy group or a substituted or unsubstituted amino group at least one of the 2-position and the 4-position thereof.

Abstract: A variable displacement compressor comprises a housing forming a crank chamber, a shaft, expansible chambers including pistons, a swash plate connected to the shaft so as to be smoothly changeable in inclination against the shaft and driven to rotate, a wobble plate rotatable on the swash plate, a rotation preventing mechanism including a shoe member slidable in an axial direction, and a pressure control valve which is provided in a refrigerant passage from a suction port of the compressor to the expansible chamber to control the pressure of refrigerant to be sucked responsive to the suction pressure and both to the suction pressure and to the discharge pressure when the discharge pressure is high. The refrigerant passage has a sharply bent portion for separating lubrication oil from a refrigerant flowing therein and communicates with the crank chamber to discharge blow-by gas therefrom.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide photographic material contains at least one compound represented by the following general formula (I):A--Time).sub.t X (I)wherein A represents an oxidation reduction moiety comprising an atomic group which does not enable --Time).sub.t X to be released until the oxidation reduction moiety is oxidized during photographic development processing; Time represents a timing group which is connected to A through a sulfur atom, a nitrogen atom or an oxygen atom; t represents an integer of 0 or 1; and X represents a group represented by the following general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R represents a straight chain or branched chain alkylene group, a straight chain or branched chain alkenylene group, a straight chain or branched chain aralkylene group or an arylene group; Z represents a polar substituent; Y represents ##STR2## R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material having improved granularity and sharpness is disclosed which comprises at least one coupler represented by formula (Ia), (Ib), or (Ic). ##STR1## wherein A represents a coupler residue which can split away from the coupler by A--X bond cleavage upon reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent; X represents an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic group; Y represents a substituent group; and n represents 0, 1, or 2, and when n is 2, the two Y's represent the same or different substituent groups, or two of substituents R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and Y represent divalent groups that combine with each other to form a ring structure.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is described, comprising a support having thereon at least a light-sensitive silver halide and a coupler represented by the general formula: A-RED-P, wherein A is a coupler residue capable of cleaving RED-P on reacting with an oxidized color developing agent, P is a group capable of releasing RED after cleavage of RED-P from A, and RED is a group capable of undergoing an oxidation reduction reaction with the oxidized color developing agent only after the cleavage of A and P. This material is greatly improved in sharpness and graininess.

Abstract: An air conditioning method for controlling a room temperature by an air conditioner which controls a temperature control element in accordance with a required cooling power in the room. A temperature of chilled air blown out of a chilled air blow-off port of the air conditioner is directly or indirectly monitored, and if the chilled air temperature is lower than a predetermined temperature, the chilled air blown out of the blow-off port is prevented from becoming colder than a predetermined temperature even when the chilled air temperature would become lower than the predetermined temperature if the temperature control in accordance with the required cooling force in the room is applied.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the color photographic light-sensitive material containing a coupler which releases a compound after the coupling reaction with the oxidation product of a developing agent, the released compound being capable of releasing further a photographically useful group by an oxidation-reduction reaction with the oxidation product of another developing agent. The compound used in the present invention is chemically stable and can release a photographically useful group under control; therefore the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing the compound has good stability during storage and high sensitivity and provides a color image having good image qualities such as sharpness, graininess, color reproducibility, etc.

Abstract: In a swash plate type compressor, an oil separating chamber is arranged in the course of the flow of coolant gas from an inlet to a low pressure chamber. An oil accumulating chamber is formed between the rear end of the drive shaft and the rear side cover. The oil accumulating chamber is communicated with the oil separating chamber and with a thrust bearing through an oil passage formed in the drive shaft. The thrust bearing is lubricated by use of oil from the oil accumulating chamber.

Abstract: A chromenoindole derivative of the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, each represents an alkyl group, an alkyl group substituted with one or more of a cyano group, a halogen atom or an alkoxy group, an aralkyl group, a phenyl group or a phenyl group substituted with one or more of an alkyl group or a halogen atom; X represents a hydrogen atom, an alkoxy group, a dialkylamino group, an alkylarylamino group, an alkylaralkylamino group, a diaralkylamino group, an acylamino group, a halogen atom or an alkyl group; Y represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group of a nitro group; Z represents an acyl group, or a sulfonyl group; Q.sub.1 and Q.sub.2, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a halogen atom; and A.sub.1, A.sub.2, A.sub.3 and A.sub.

Abstract: A method of processing a silver halide color reversal photographic light-sensitive material, in which the photographic light-sensitive material is developed, the method comprising a step of processing the photographic light-sensitive material in a reversal bath containing at least one anionic surface active agent. A method of treating a silver halide color reversal photographic light-sensitive material, in which the photographic light-sensitive material is developed, the method comprising a step of processing the photographic light-sensitive material in a reversal bath containing at least one nonionic surface active agent.