Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type with a recess in the surface of the semiconductor layer, a pocket region of the first conductivity type in the semiconductor layer, a source region of a second conductivity type in the semiconductor layer, a drain region of the first conductivity type in the semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film over the surface of the recess, and a gate electrode. The second conductivity type is different from the first conductivity type. The pocket region includes a part under the surface of the recess. The source region is located adjacent to the pocket region. The drain region is located away from the source region and the pocket region. The gate electrode is configured to fill the recess via the gate insulating film.

Abstract: A curable composition of the present invention includes resin-coated inorganic fine particles. The resin-coated inorganic fine particles may be formed by surface-modifying inorganic fine particles with a silane coupling agent containing an organic linking chain formed of a mercapto group, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an isocyanato group, or a glycidyl group and then coating the surface-modified inorganic fine particles with a thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: A polymerizable composition for forming an optical device, which comprises a polymerizable monomer of the following formula (1) and a polymerizable monomer of the following formula (2). Using the composition makes it possible to produce an optical device which has a high light transmittability and keeps a reduced transmission loss even in wet. wherein R1 and R2 each are H or D; R3 is H, D, CH3, CD3 or a halogen atom; R4is an alkyl group having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms and at least partly substituted with a fluorine atom, wherein R1 and R2 each are H or D; R3 is H, D, CH3, CD3 or a halogen atom; X1 to X5 each are H, D, a halogen atom or CF3, and at least one of X1 to X5 is a halogen atom or CF3.

Abstract: A copolymer containing a repeating unit of formula (1) and a repeating unit of formula (2-1) or (2-2): wherein R1 and R2 represent alkyl or aryl, R3 represents alkyl, aryl, alkoxy or amino, R5 and R6 represent hydrogen, alkyl or aryl. The copolymer exhibits excellent mechanical properties, and capable of forming a coating film having low reflectivity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a void-containing resin molded product having high heat insulation properties and a method for producing such a molded product. The present invention also provides an image-receiving film or sheet that includes the void-containing resin molded product to provide favorable printing characteristics and is intended for use in a sublimation transfer recording material or a thermal transfer recording material. The void-containing resin molded product consists of a crystalline polymer and has voids therein, wherein the resin molded product has a ratio X/Y of 0.27 or less, where X denotes a thermal conductivity (in W/mK) of the void-containing resin molded product, and Y denotes a thermal conductivity (in W/mK) of a void-free polymer molded product having the same thickness as the void-containing resin molded product and formed of the same crystalline polymer that forms the void-containing resin molded product.

Abstract: A void-containing resin molded product consisting of a polymer having crystallinity, wherein the void-containing resin molded product has elongated voids whose longitudinal directions are aligned in one direction, wherein the elongated voids satisfy the expression h(avg)>T/100, where h(avg) denotes an arithmetic average of h(i)s which each denote a distance from a surface of the void-containing resin molded product to a center of each of 10 voids whose centers are closer to the surface of the void-containing resin molded product than are centers of any other voids in a cross-section of the void-containing resin molded product that is perpendicular to a direction in which the voids are aligned, the 10 voids being selected from voids in a region defined by one straight line which is parallel to a thickness direction of the void-containing resin molded product and another straight line which is parallel to and distant by 20×T from the one straight line; and T denotes an arithmetic average thickness of the cro

Abstract: Using a compound of the following formula (1) makes it possible to provide an optical device having a reduced transmission loss. wherein R1 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms and having at least one fluorine atom, and R2 is an alkylene group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms.

Abstract: To provide a method for selecting a marker gene useful for cancer classification; a method for classifying cancer using the gene; a method for detecting cancer; a kit usable for the classification method or detection method; and a DNA array carrying the gene. According to the present invention, there can be obtained a gene, wherein expression of the above gene is altered independently from genes each of which expression is altered specifically during cell proliferation and expression level of the above gene is specifically altered depending on every type of cancer samples to be tested, whereby the classification or detection of cancer can be carried out conveniently and quickly without giving surgical treatment. Therefore, the present invention is useful for the diagnosis, the treatment, and the like of cancer.

Abstract: A copolymer containing a repeating unit of formula (1) and a repeating unit of formula (2-1) or (2-2): wherein R1 and R2 represent alkyl or aryl, R3 represents alkyl, aryl, alkoxy or amino, R5 and R6 represent hydrogen, alkyl or aryl. The copolymer exhibits excellent mechanical properties, and capable of forming a coating film having low reflectivity.

Abstract: A novel compound represented by a formula [1] wherein R1 and R2 respectively represent a light or heavy hydrogen atom, R3 represents a light or heavy hydrogen atom or a methyl group in which tree hydrogen atoms are respectively light or heavy hydrogen atoms, and R4 is a norbornyl group provided that four or more hydrogen atoms in the norbornyl group are heavy hydrogen atoms; and a novel polymer produced by polymerization of a composition comprising the compound are disclosed.

Abstract: Colon cancer cells in a sample are screened by analyzing the amount of expression of at least 2 or more genes or products thereof selected from the group of genes listed in Tables 1 and 30. As compared to conventional method, patients having colon cancer can be detected with higher accuracy. Colon cancer cells in stool are also screened by analyzing expression of genes selected from the group of genes listed in Table 37.

Abstract: Using a compound of the following formula (1) makes it possible to provide an optical device having a reduced transmission loss. wherein R1 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms and having at least one fluorine atom, and R2 is an alkylene group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The novel copolymer is disclosed. The copolymer comprises 1 to 99 mol % of at least one repetitive unit (P1) of the formula (1) and 99 to 1 mol % of at least one repetitive unit (P2) of the formula (2). In the formulae, R1 to R4 and L1 to L4 respectively represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a halogen atom or any substituent; X and Y respectively represent an oxygen atom or sulfur atom, n1 represents any one of integers from 2 to 4, and 1 and m respectively represents the number of repetition of the repetitive unit, provided that at least one of R1 to R4 is not a fluorine atom (F) and at least one of L1 to L4 contains one or more fluorine atoms, any two groups selected from L1 to L4 may form a cyclic structure.

Abstract: It is disclosed a polymerizable composition for producing an optical member for 850 nm wavelength comprising: a polymerizable monomer composition and a compound, having a different refractive index from that of the polymerizable monomer composition, whose structure has a benzene ring substituted by a substituent having a Hammett value of not greater than 0.04 or by plural substituents having an average value of Hammett values thereof of not greater than 0.04. It is also disclosed a polymerizable composition for producing an optical member comprising a polymerizable monomer composition comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of C7-20 alicyclic (meth)acrylates and a compound, having a different refractive index from that of the polymerizable monomer composition and having a solubility parameter of not greater than 10.9, whose structure has a benzene ring substituted by the substituent or the substituents defined above.

Abstract: A polymerizable composition for forming an optical device, which comprises a polymerizable monomer of the following formula (1) and a polymerizable monomer of the following formula (2). Using the composition makes it possible to produce an optical device which has a high light transmittability and keeps a reduced transmission loss even in wet. wherein R1 and R2 each are H or D; R3 is H, D, CH3, CD3 or a halogen atom; R4is an alkyl group having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms and at least partly substituted with a fluorine atom, wherein R1 and R2 each are H or D; R3 is H, D, CH3, CD3 or a halogen atom; X1 to X5 each are H, D, a halogen atom or CF3, and at least one of X1 to X5 is a halogen atom or CF3.

Abstract: The present invention provides a combination of genes useful for information which can be used for the prediction of postoperative recurrence of gastric cancer and the acquisition of the information, a probe detecting these genes and a primer set for PCR, a method for detecting these genes using the primer and the primer set and a method for obtaining the information which can be used for the prediction of recurrence. Information useful for the prediction of postoperative recurrence can be obtained by determining the presence or absence of gastric cancer cells which show a possibility of postoperative recurrence in a sample such as an peritoneal wash collected from a patient by detecting a particular gene specific to gastric cancer cells or a gene product thereof.

Abstract: Colon cancer cells in a sample are screened by analyzing the amount of expression of at least 2 or more genes or products thereof selected from the group of genes listed in Tables 1 and 30. As compared to conventional method, patients having colon cancer can be detected with higher accuracy.

Abstract: A novel compound represented by a formula [1] wherein R1 and R2 respectively represent a light or heavy hydrogen atom, R3 represents a light or heavy hydrogen atom or a methyl group in which tree hydrogen atoms are respectively light or heavy hydrogen atoms, and R4 is a norbornyl group provided that four or more hydrogen atoms in the norbornyl group are heavy hydrogen atoms; and a novel polymer produced by polymerization of a composition comprising the compound are disclosed.