Abstract: A method for manufacturing a substrate for mounting a semiconductor element includes: a step for forming a predetermined resist pattern by affixing resists on both faces of a base material including a metallic thin plate and using the resist of one of the faces as a masking for plating; a step for performing an etching of a predetermined position on a base material exposed from the resist pattern; a step for forming a plating layer having at least three layers including a lower, a middle, and an upper layer on the etched base material; a step for separating the resists affixed to both faces of a base material; and a step for performing an etching of the middle plating layer to make the middle plating layer narrower than the upper and lower plating layers.

Abstract: A mammographic system as a radiation image capturing apparatus includes a radiation source for emitting a radiation, AEC sensors for detecting the radiation emitted from the radiation source and acquiring radiation image information for exposure control, a mammary gland position identifier for selecting at least one of the AEC sensors for outputting given radiation dose information based on the radiation dose information acquired by the AEC sensors thereby to identify a mammary gland position as a region of interest of a subject, a weighting coefficient allocator for multiplying output signals from the AEC sensors before the mammary gland position is identified by the mammary gland position identifier, by respective weighting coefficients depending on the installed positions of the AEC sensors, and a radiation source controller for controlling the radiation dose applied from the radiation source to the identified mammary gland position.

Abstract: A mammographic system as a radiation image capturing apparatus includes a radiation source for emitting radiation, a solid-state detector for detecting radiation emitted from the radiation source and generating a radiation image based on such radiation, AEC sensors for detecting a radiation dose emitted from the radiation source, a radiation source controller for controlling the dose emitted from the radiation source based on output signals from the AEC sensors, a reference output storage unit for storing reference output ranges defining respective ranges of reference output signals for the solid-state detector and the AEC sensors, and a malfunction detector for comparing output signals generated by the solid-state detector and the AEC sensors with the respective reference output ranges to detect a malfunction of the solid-state detector, the AEC sensors, or the radiation source.

Abstract: Before a radiation image is captured, a rate of change of an output signal from an integrator, during a given period of time after the integrator has been reset and until a radiation start signal is supplied, is calculated. An offset voltage signal at a desired time is calculated using the rate of change, and is supplied to a voltage correcting circuit. An output signal from the integrator after a radiation X has started being applied to a subject is corrected based on the calculated offset voltage signal. The corrected output signal from the integrator is supplied to an X-ray tube controller for controlling application of the radiation X to the subject.

Abstract: A radiation image capturing apparatus is capable of setting highly accurately an optimum dose of radiation to be applied to an area of interest of a subject. A solid-state detector acquires radiation image information of a breast from a radiation that has been emitted from a radiation source and passed through the breast. A detected value is compared with a predetermined threshold value used to identify the area of interest, and a detection corrective value is calculated based on detected values from the region including the area of interest and detected values from the area of interest. Based on the detection corrective value, an AEC corrector corrects a radiation dose detected by an identified one of AEC sensors, and an exposure control condition depending on the area of interest to be imaged of the subject is determined based on the corrected radiation dose.

Abstract: A display optical system and an image projector incorporating the same. The display optical system includes a light source operable to emit light; a plurality of reflective light-modulating devices; a plurality of optical elements; a projection optical system including at least one refractive lens; and an optical curved-surface having a finite radius of curvature and interposed between the projection optical system and at least one of the plurality of reflective light-modulating devices, wherein the optical elements are arranged to guide light from the light source to the reflective light-modulating devices and to guide outgoing light from the reflective light-modulating devices to the projection optical system, and wherein the at least one refractive lens of the projection optical system projects incoming light to a predetermined plane.

Abstract: Before a radiation image is captured, a rate of change of an output signal from an integrator, during a given period of time after the integrator has been reset and until a radiation start signal is supplied, is calculated. An offset voltage signal at a desired time is calculated using the rate of change, and is supplied to a voltage correcting circuit. An output signal from the integrator after a radiation X has started being applied to a subject is corrected based on the calculated offset voltage signal. The corrected output signal from the integrator is supplied to an X-ray tube controller for controlling application of the radiation X to the subject.

Abstract: Disclosed is a variable-power optical system, including, sequentially from a front side to a rear side, a negative-refractive-power first lens unit that does not move for zooming, a positive-refractive-power second lens unit, a negative-refractive-power third lens unit, a fourth lens unit, a negative-refractive-power fifth lens unit, and a positive-refractive-power sixth lens unit that does not move for zooming, in which the following conditional expression is satisfied: 1.7<bf/(|f1|·fw)1/2<2.3 where f1 represents a focal length of the first lens unit, bf represents a back focus in air, and fw represents a focal length of an overall system at a wide angle end, whereby, while downsizing of an overall lens system is achieved, various aberrations accompanying zooming are well corrected, good optical performance is attained over an entire screen, and a wide angle of view and a long back focus are also attained.

Abstract: A display optical system and an image projector incorporating the same. The display optical system includes a light source operable to emit light; a plurality of reflective light-modulating devices; a plurality of optical elements; a projection optical system including at least one refractive lens; and an optical curved-surface having a finite radius of curvature and interposed between the projection optical system and at least one of the plurality of reflective light-modulating devices, wherein the optical elements are arranged to guide light from the light source to the reflective light-modulating devices and to guide outgoing light from the reflective light-modulating devices to the projection optical system, and wherein the at least one refractive lens of the projection optical system projects incoming light to a predetermined plane.

Abstract: A zoom lens of the negative lead type includes comprises, in order from an object side, a first lens unit of negative refractive power and a second lens unit of positive refractive power, variation of magnification being effected by varying a separation between the first lens unit and the second lens unit, the zoom lens satisfying the following conditions: 3?NL1?4 NL2?NL1 where NL1 and NL2 are numbers of lens elements which constitute the first lens unit and the second lens unit, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed is a variable-power optical system, including, sequentially from a front side to a rear side, a negative-refractive-power first lens unit that does not move for zooming, a positive-refractive-power second lens unit, a negative-refractive-power third lens unit, a fourth lens unit, a negative-refractive-power fifth lens unit, and a positive-refractive-power sixth lens unit that does not move for zooming, in which the following conditional expression is satisfied: 1.7<bf/(|f1|·fw)1/2<2.3 where f1 represents a focal length of the first lens unit, bf represents a back focus in air, and fw represents a focal length of an overall system at a wide angle end, whereby, while downsizing of an overall lens system is achieved, various aberrations accompanying zooming are well corrected, good optical performance is attained over an entire screen, and a wide angle of view and a long back focus are also attained.

Abstract: The objetive of the present invention was to enhance the skin whitening effects and blackening prevention effects and supply safe and stable topical agents for dermatological use. For that purpose 4-Hydroxyphenyl-&agr;-D-glucopyranoside was combined with auxiliary agents such as ascorbic acid and its derivatives, crude drugs and its extracts, hydroxycarboxylic acid and its salts, oil soluble glycyrrhiza extract, gentian extract, phenol derivatives and their salts, placenta extract, kojic acid and its derivative, glucosamine and its derivatives, azelaic acid and its derivatives, retinol and its derivatives, pyridoxin and its derivatives, tocopherol and its derivatives, chitosan and its decomposition products, caffeic acid derivatives, hydroxycinnamate and its derivatives, Umbelliferae plant extracts, mycelial cultures and their extracts, plant leaves and their extracts.

Abstract: A zoom lens device including a diffraction optical element constructed in a new way. In a basic form of the invention, the zoom lens device includes in order of lens units from a long conjugate side, at least a first lens unit including the diffraction optical element, a second lens unit which is moved during zooming in order to change the size of an image, and a third lens unit. In this zoom lens device, during zooming at least one of the lens units from the third lens unit onwards is moved in order to correct a change in an image plane which occurs as the magnification changes.

Abstract: As dermatological topical preparations formulated therein melanin production inhibitors which, unlike the conventional melanin production inhibitors, are stable with respect to heat and oxidation and which do no cause decomposition or pigmentation over time when added to topical agents, hydroquinone-&agr;-D-glucopyranoside, which shows superior inhibitory activities on human tyrosinase, is added as a melanin production inhibitor.

Abstract: A zoom lens for projecting an original image onto a screen in an enlarged scale includes, in order from the screen side, a first lens unit of negative refractive power, a second lens unit of positive refractive power, a third lens unit of negative refractive power, a fourth lens unit of positive refractive power and a fifth lens unit of positive refractive power, wherein, during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit move toward the screen side.

Abstract: An artificial leg capable of functioning as an “intelligent artificial leg” is and having a knee joint bearing member and stopper to which only a small moment is applied on the lower leg frame when the leg is standing or the knee is bent, and the lower leg frame has a uniform thickness and is lightweight yet with no loss of strength, and further the protuberances of the inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the the lower leg frame are small and, the empty space within the the lower leg frame has been widened. A rotating stopper 5 for standing, a rotating stopper 6 for bending the knee and a knee joint bearing member 4 are formed integrally within the the artificial leg and a knee joint bearing member 4 is embedded within said lower leg frame 1.

Abstract: A zoom lens of the negative lead type includes comprises, in order from an object side, a first lens unit of negative refractive power and a second lens unit of positive refractive power, variation of magnification being effected by varying a separation between the first lens unit and the second lens unit, the zoom lens satisfying the following conditions:3.ltoreq.NL1.ltoreq.4NL2.ltoreq.NL1where NL1 and NL2 numbers of lens elements which constitute the first lens unit and the second lens unit, respectively.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Ipomoea plant named ‘Kyuikukan 4’, characterized by its compact and outwardly trailing growth habit and dark green-colored foliage.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Ipomoea plant named ‘Kyuikukan 3’, characterized by its compact and outwardly trailing growth habit; and bright green-colored foliage.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Ipomoea plant named ‘Kyuikukan 2’, characterized by its compact and outwardly trailing growth habit; and bright green-colored young foliage and dark purple-colored mature foliage.