Abstract: Provided is a spatter scattering prevention apparatus that eliminates the necessity to, for example, remove scattered spatters and thus makes it possible to facilitate maintenance work, and also provided is a flash butt welder including the spatter scattering prevention apparatus. The spatter scattering prevention apparatus 1 according to the present invention is characterized by being configured to form a water screen in midair in the vicinity of a welding spot, at which welding is performed, wherein the water screen is for preventing spatters, generated during the welding, from scattering. The spatter scattering prevention apparatus is also characterized by being configured to form the water screen on one side in a lateral direction of the welding spot and form the water screen on the other side, laterally opposite to the one side, of the welding spot.

Abstract: A balloon coating method and apparatus are disclosed which can perform coating while freely controlling, for example, the thickness of a coating layer and/or the morphological form of a drug. The method includes pulling a distal tip of the balloon in an axial direction of the balloon to straighten a bend of the balloon; rotating the balloon about an axis of the balloon; and coating the outer surface of the balloon with a coating liquid.

Abstract: Provided is a thin film transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor thin film layer and has a threshold voltage that does not change much due to light, a bias stress or the like, thereby exhibiting excellent stress stability. A thin film transistor of the present invention is provided with: a gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer that is used as a channel layer; and a gate insulator film that is arranged between the gate electrode and the channel layer. The oxide semiconductor layer is configured of at least one metal element that is selected from the group consisting of In, Ga, Zn and Sn (excluding the cases where the oxide semiconductor layer is constituted of metal elements Sn, and at least one of In and Zn). The hydrogen concentration in the gate insulator film, which is in direct contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, is controlled to 4 atomic % or less.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a depth acquisition unit configured to acquire depth information of an object included in a captured image, an image combining unit configured to combine the object with an image object having depth information according to each piece of the depth information, and an effect processing unit configured to execute effect processing according to the depth information of the object.

Abstract: A balloon coating method for forming a coating layer containing a water-insoluble drug on the outer surface of a balloon of a balloon catheter. The method includes applying a first rotation force to the balloon catheter proximal to the balloon of the balloon catheter and applying a second rotation force to the balloon catheter distal to the balloon of the balloon catheter. The first rotation speed is the same as the second rotation speed. The method includes applying a coating solution containing the drug to the outer surface of the balloon from a dispensing tube while gradually moving the dispensing tube in the axial direction and simultaneously applying the first and second rotation forces to rotate the balloon catheter around the longitudinal axis of the balloon catheter.

Abstract: A balloon wrapping apparatus for folding a balloon at a distal portion of an elongated shaft includes: a pleating section that forms the balloon with pleats; a folding section that folds the pleats formed in the balloon, along a circumferential direction; and a support base that supports the shaft and can be moved toward and away from the pleating section. The pleating section includes an insertion hole through which the balloon can be inserted, and a back surface hole provided in a back surface on the side opposite to the side on which the insertion hole is provided. The pleating section includes an assisting shaft which can be inserted into the back surface hole from the rear surface side, and an interlock portion interlocking the assisting shaft with the support base. The assisting shaft is formed with a cavity portion.

Abstract: The multilayer wiring film which is provided with a wiring layer that is formed of Cu or a Cu alloy and has an electrical resistance of 10 ??cm or less and a Cu—X alloy layer that contains Cu and an element X and is arranged above and/or below the wiring layer, and wherein the element X is composed of at least one element selected from the group X consisting of Al, Mn, Zn and Ni, and the metals constituting the Cu—X alloy layer have a specific composition. The multilayer wiring film is able to provide a multilayer wiring film which has low electrical resistance and is free from film separation during the formation of a SiOx film by a CVD method, said SiOx film serving as an interlayer insulating film, and which is also free from an increase in the electrical resistance even if subjected to a high-temperature heat treatment that is carried out at 400° C. or higher.

Abstract: A thin film transistor includes at least an oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode, a source-drain electrode, and a protective film in this order on a substrate and further includes a protective layer. The oxide semiconductor layer includes an oxide constituted of In, Ga, Zn, Sn, and O. The atomic ratio of each metal element in the oxide semiconductor layer satisfies the following relationships: 0.09?Sn/(In+Ga+Zn+Sn)?0.25, 0.15?In/(In+Ga+Zn+Sn)?0.40, 0.07?Ga/(In+Ga+Zn+Sn)?0.20, and 0.35?Zn/(In+Ga+Zn+Sn)?0.55. The protective layer contains SiNx. The thin film transistor has a mobility of 15 cm2/Vs or more.

Abstract: A balloon coating method and a balloon coating apparatus are disclosed by which the thickness and/or morphological form of a drug in a coating formed on a balloon can be appropriately set. The balloon coating method can include moving a coating section for applying a coating liquid containing a drug relative to the balloon in the direction of an axis, while rotating the balloon about the axis of the balloon, thereby to apply the coating liquid to an outer surface of the balloon; detecting the distance of a dried part where the coating liquid applied to the outer surface of the balloon has been dried from the coating section; and controlling moving velocity of the coating section relative to the balloon in such a manner that the distance of the dried part from the coating section is maintained at a preliminarily set designated distance.

Abstract: A fastener stringer includes a row of elements on which cured coating film is formed at sites where it is difficult to be coated by a roll coating method, preferably over the entire exposed surface, without incorporating any conductive wire in a fastener tape. A fastener stringer includes a row of elements and a fastener tape, at least one side edge of the fastener tape having insulation properties, the row of the elements being attached to the one side edge of the fastener tape, wherein each element includes a pair of leg portions and a head portion, the head portion having an engaging region for engaging with an opposing element when constructing a fastener chain, and wherein cured coating film is formed at least at a center portion in a front and back direction of the fastener tape on an end surface of the head portions.

Abstract: A safety cabinet has a second operation chamber in a first operation chamber and into which clean air is supplied, a second suction opening for sucking in air in the second operation chamber and a portion of the air in the first operation chamber, and a second operation opening part that is provided facing a first operation opening part and communicates the second operation chamber with the first operation chamber. Airflow containment (air barrier) is doubled with respect to the outside of a safety cabinet. In cases where decontamination and disinfection operations are carried out according to the changeover procedures, intensive decontamination and disinfection of the second operation chamber is sufficient, and decontamination and disinfection of the first operation chamber is hardly required. Decontamination and disinfection operations in the changeover procedures and the like can be carried out in a greatly reduced time.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thin film transistor including at least an oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulting film, a gate electrode, a source-drain electrode and a protective film in this order on a substrate and further including a protective layer. The oxide semiconductor layer includes an oxide constituted of In, Ga, Sn and O and an atomic ratio of each metal element satisfies the following relationships: 0.30?In/(In+Ga+Sn)?0.50, 0.19?Ga/(In+Ga+Sn)?0.30 and 0.24?Sn/(In+Ga+Sn)?0.45. The protective layer contains SiNx, and mobility is 35 cm2/Vs or more.

Abstract: An ohmic electrode that is used in, for example, a power semiconductor device including: a SiC substrate including an ohmic contact layer formed on a SiC semiconductor layer and formed of a material selected from the group consisting of nickel and nickel silicide, a barrier layer formed on the ohmic contact layer, and an electrode layer formed on the barrier layer and formed of a copper alloy containing at least one from among zinc, nickel, titanium, manganese, and calcium.

Abstract: An oxide semiconductor layer in a thin-film transistor includes In, Ga, Zn and Sn. The respective ratios of the metal elements to a total (In+Ga+Zn+Sn) of all the metal elements in the oxide semiconductor layer are: In: 20 to 45 atom %, Ga: 5 to 20 atom %, Zn: 30 to 60 atom %, and Sn: 9 to 25 atom %.

Abstract: A balloon catheter is disclosed having a balloon at a distal portion of a catheter shaft and on a surface of the balloon with elongate bodies which are crystals of a water-insoluble drug having independent long axes. The balloon in a deflated state has a plurality of wing portions in a circumferential direction, and a circumferential surface portion along a circumferential direction of the catheter shaft, the wing portions being folded along the circumferential direction of the balloon. Surface of the circumferential surface portion which faces the folded wing portion has a region in which tip portions are not in contact with the surface of the balloon or with other elongate bodies, and surface face of the folded wing portion which faces an outer circumferential side has a region in which the tip portions are in contact with the surface of the balloon or with other elongate bodies.

Abstract: A balloon catheter is disclosed that can effectively deliver a drug to living body tissue, a method of manufacturing a balloon catheter, and a treatment method. A balloon catheter is disclosed, the balloon catheter is provided on an outer surface of a balloon with a plurality of elongate bodies which are independent crystals of a water-insoluble drug extending in an elongate form. The elongate bodies include fixed-side elongate bodies which are fixed to the outer surface side of the balloon, and top-side elongate bodies which are bent or broken from the fixed-side elongate bodies and are continuous with or independent of the fixed-side elongate bodies.

Abstract: A coil of an embodiment is formed by winding a winding conductor in which a conductive conductor is molded by a resin, wherein the winding conductor has the resin filled to a surface of the conductor without leaving any spaces.

Abstract: A balloon catheter by which a drug can be effectively delivered to living body tissue and a method of manufacturing the balloon catheter, and a treatment method. The balloon catheter is provided on an outer surface of a balloon with a plurality of elongate bodies which are independent crystals of a water-insoluble drug that extend in an elongate form. The elongate bodies have long axes extending in directions along the outer surface of the balloon when the balloon is in a deflated state. Deformation, when the balloon is inflated from the deflated state, of portions on an outer surface side of the balloon to which end portions of the elongate bodies are fixed causes a force to act on the elongate bodies such that the long axes of the elongate bodies approach perpendicularity to the outer surface of the balloon.

Abstract: A balloon catheter is disclosed capable of effectively delivering a drug to living body tissue and a manufacturing method of the balloon catheter, and a treatment method. The balloon catheter has a balloon at a distal portion of a catheter shaft, and is provided on a surface of the balloon with elongate bodies which are crystals of a water-insoluble drug extending in a longitudinal direction. The surface of the balloon is provided with crystal conjugates formed of a plurality of elongate bodies united to one another while being in a tilted state.

Abstract: To provide a technology capable of having another object related to one object easily recognized after detection of the one object, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection unit configured to detect a predetermined detection object, a data obtaining unit configured to obtain instruction information ordering that a predetermined imaging object according to the detection object fall within an imaging range of an imaging unit, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the instruction information.