Abstract: Based on information security rules, it is not possible to take out a failure HDD to the exterior of a facility for replacement without erasing data therefrom. According to the present storage sub-system, a slot in which failure has occurred and a slot not registered to a configuration information of a storage sub-system are used to simultaneously perform correction copy to a spare HDD and data erase of the failure HDD in parallel, so as to enable the failure HDD to be brought out to the exterior of the storage facility. Further, time required from when failure has occurred to the HDD to data recovery is shortened, so as to prevent deteriorated redundancy that may be caused by another failure occurring during data recovery and to reduce the risk of data loss.

Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide: a composition for an organic semiconductor insulating film, which is capable of forming an insulating film that exhibits excellent hydrophobicity and smoothness of the surface, while having excellent electrical stability; and an organic semiconductor insulating film obtained by using the composition for an organic semiconductor insulating film. The present composition contains a polysiloxane and an organic polymer compound. The polysiloxane is a polyhedral silsesquioxane having an oxetanyl group and/or an oxetanyl group containing silicon compound represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), each of R1-R3 independently represents a monovalent organic group (provided that at least one of R1-R3 is a monovalent organic group having an oxetanyl group); and each of v, w, x and y independently represents 0 or a positive number (provided that w and at least one of v, x and y are positive numbers).

Abstract: The invention provides a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule containing an expression inhibitory sequence that inhibits expression of a target gene, region (X), linker region (Lx), and region (Xc), wherein the linker region (Lx) is linked between the region (Xc) and the region (Xc), the region (Xc) is complementary to the region (X), at least one of the region (X) and the region (Xc) contains the expression inhibitory sequence, and the linker region (Lx) contains an atomic group derived from an amino acid. The single-stranded nucleic acid molecule can inhibit expression of the target gene.

Abstract: Even if an arbitrary hard disk drive is added, the hard disk drive is operated in a specific operation mode suited for that hard disk drive. As triggered by attachment of a hard disk drive to a disk adapter, a processor operates the hard disk drive in a predetermined operation mode based on predetermined parameter information that has been prepared in advance. The hard disk drive stores, in advance, particular parameter information including information about the specific operation mode suited for operation. The processor reads the particular parameter information from the hard disk drive in the predetermined operation mode and operates the hard disk drive in the specific operation mode based on the particular parameter information.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit, a platen, and a conveyance unit. The printing unit discharges ink for printing. The platen supports a sheet in the printing unit. The conveyance unit includes a first roller and a second roller arranged on a downstream side of the first roller and conveys the sheet along a conveyance path including a route from a sheet feed unit to the printing unit. In a cleaning mode to clean the platen, the printing apparatus conveys a cleaning sheet fed from the sheet feed unit until a trailing edge of the cleaning sheet reaches at least a position downstream of a nip position of the first roller, and then to reciprocate the cleaning sheet at least once by the second roller with such a stroke as not to allow the trailing edge to return to the nip position of the first roller.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a molded interior material for a vehicle. A press molded decorative layer that faces a vehicle compartment and a buffer material layer that faces a vehicle body panel are at least press molded, the buffer material layer formed by press molding a fiber structure in which fibers are oriented in a thickness direction. On the decorative layer, a convex portion corresponding to a convex surface of the vehicle body panel is formed. On the buffer material layer, a compression molded portion, which is recessed away from the convex surface of the vehicle body panel toward the convex portion of the decorative layer so that a thickness is 0.03 to 0.5 times of a thickness of a surrounding area and a density is higher than that of the surrounding area, is formed.

Abstract: Provided is infrared ray reflective paint which is used to form a film having a high reflectance in an infrared ray wavelength region, a high transmittance in a visible ray wavelength region, and a self-cleaning ability, and the infrared ray reflective paint contains: an acrylic resin that contains at least one of a silyl group and a silanol group, and a metal oxide-coated mica wherein one or more metal oxides selected from a tin oxide, a titanium oxide, and a silicon oxide is coated on a surface of mica, and the infrared ray reflective paint contains the metal oxide-coated mica in an amount of 0.4% to 1.5% in terms of PVC (Pigment Volume Concentration).

Abstract: This charged particle beam microscope is characterized by being provided with selection means (153, 155) for a measurement processing method for detected particles (118) and by this means selecting a different measurement processing method for a scanning region with a large number of secondary electrons (115) emitted from a sample (114) and for a region with a small number of secondary electrons. Thus, in sample scanning using a charged particle beam microscope, an image in which the contrast of bottom holes and channel bottoms with few emitted secondary electrons is emphasized and images that emphasize shadow contrast can be acquired in a short period of time.

Abstract: The present curable composition comprises an organosilicon compound produced by hydrolysis copolycondensation of (A) a silicon compound R0Si(R1)nX13-n [wherein R0 represents a (meth)acryloyl group; and X1 represents a hydrolyzable group] and (B) a silicon compound SiY14 [wherein Y1 represents a siloxane-bond forming group] under an alkaline condition at a ratio of compound (A) to compound (B) of 1:(0.3 to 1.8) by mol. The present process for producing an organosilicon compound comprises a reaction process of conducting alcohol exchange reaction of a silicon compound. SiY24 [wherein Y2 represents a siloxane-bond forming group] in 1-propanol to produce a composition; and a condensation process of adding a silicon compound R0Si(R1)nX23-n [wherein R0 represents a (meth)acryloyl group; and X2 represents a hydrolyzable group] to the composition to perform the hydrolysis copolycondensation of the silicon compounds under alkaline conditions.

Abstract: A method for making a poly-phase field winding for a slotless stator includes: forming the first coil group by winding an insulated wire for each coil winding in a first direction around a mandrel; axially shifting along the mandrel the insulated wire from a trailing edge of each coil winding a distance substantially equal to one half of twice the number of coil groups multiplied by the number of coil windings minus one times the width of one of the completed windings to position the wires at a leading edge of each of coil winding in the second coil group; forming the second coil group by winding the insulated wire for each coil winding in the first direction; removing the mandrel from the wound coil groups; collapsing the wound coil groups to a single layer web, and wrapping the single layer web into a cylinder to form the field winding.

Abstract: A plasma etching method by using a plasma etching apparatus having a depressurizable processing chamber; a lower electrode for mounting thereon a substrate to be processed in the processing chamber; an upper electrode facing the lower electrode in the processing chamber with a plasma generation region formed therebetween; a radio frequency power supply unit for applying a radio frequency power between the upper electrode and the lower electrode to thereby form a radio frequency electric field in the plasma generation region, the method comprising: supplying a first gas including etchant gas to an upper gas inlet to introduce the first gas through the upper electrode into the plasma generation region; and feeding a second gas including dilution gas to a side gas inlet to introduce the second gas through a sidewall of the processing chamber into the plasma generation region.

Abstract: An example method includes sending a virtual output queue (VOQ) length of a VOQ to an egress chip. The VOQ relates to a flow routed through an egress port associated with the egress chip. The method also includes receiving fair share information for the VOQ from the egress chip, and enforcing a control action on the incoming packets based on the fair share information. An ingress chip and the egress chip can be provided in a VOQ switch. The control action is a selected one of a group of actions, the group consisting of: (a) dropping packets, (b) pausing packets, and (c) marking packets. The method can further include receiving VOQ lengths of corresponding VOQs from respective ingress chips, where the VOQs relate to the flow. The method can also include calculating respective fair share information for each VOQ, and sending the fair share information to the respective ingress chips.

Abstract: A thrust bearing device is constituted by a turbine-side thrust collar and a compressor-side thrust collar that are fixed to a rotary shaft; and a thrust bearing that is arranged between the thrust collars. The thrust bearing is provided with an oil passage that supplies lubricating oil r to sliding-contact surfaces formed between the thrust bearing and the thrust collars. The outsides of the thrust collars in a radial direction incline toward the thrust bearing side. A gap c between the sliding-contact surfaces is narrowed as the gap goes outward in the radial direction, and establishes a basic region gap (c1)>an outer peripheral end gap (c2). The lubricating oil outflow resistance of a radial outer region of the gap c becomes larger than that of a radial inner region. Therefore, the lubricating oil r can be kept from flowing out from a radial outer outlet.

Abstract: Provided is an observation method by an electron microscope, in which a biological sample can be observed as it is alive and a situation that the biological sample is moving can be observed using an electron microscope, and a composition for evaporation suppression under vacuum, a scanning electron microscope, and a transmission electron microscope used in the method. The sample observation method by an electron microscope according to the invention includes applying a composition for evaporation suppression containing at least one kind selected from an amphiphilic compound, oils and fats, and an ionic liquid to the surface of a sample to form a thin film, and covering the sample with the thin film, and displaying an electron microscopic image of the sample, which is covered with the thin film and accommodated in a sample chamber under vacuum, on a display device.

Abstract: A plant-cultivating method is provided which comprises a red light irradiation step (A) and a blue light irradiation step (B), wherein the step (A) and the step (B) are independently carried out for a predetermined period of time under cultivation conditions such that the temperature in a cultivation atmosphere at the step (A) is lower than that at the step (B). Preferably, the temperatures in a cultivation atmosphere at the step (A) and the step (B) are in the ranges of 12° C. to 19° C. and 20° C. to 25° C., respectively.

Abstract: A plant-cultivating method is provided which comprises a red light irradiation step (A) and a blue light irradiation step (B), wherein the step (A) and the step (B) are independently carried out for a predetermined period of time under cultivation conditions such that the humidity in a cultivation atmosphere at the step (A) is higher than that at the step (B). Preferably the humidities in a cultivation atmosphere at the step (A) and the step (B) are in the ranges of 60%-90% and 40%-60%, respectively.

Abstract: Provided is a plant cultivation lamp used in a plant cultivation method including a step of independently performing a sequence of irradiating a plant with red light and a sequence of irradiating the plant with blue light within a certain period of time, including: a light irradiation unit that includes one or more red light emitting elements that emit red light and one or more blue light emitting elements that emit blue light; and a control unit that controls the light irradiation unit to independently turn on and off the red light emitting elements and the blue light emitting elements.

Abstract: A plant cultivation method is provided, including: a sequence of irradiating a plant with sunlight; a sequence of irradiating the plant with red light; and a sequence of irradiating the plant with blue light, in which the sequences are performed independently within a certain period of time. A plant cultivation apparatus is also provided, including: a region in which a plant is irradiated with sunlight; a light irradiation unit that irradiates the plant with artificial light including red light and/or blue light; and a control unit that controls the light irradiation unit to independently perform a step of irradiating a plant with red light and a step of irradiating the plant with blue light.

Abstract: A plant-cultivating method is provided which comprises a red light irradiation step (A) and a blue light irradiation step (B), wherein the step (A) and the step (B) are independently carried out for a predetermined period of time under cultivation conditions such that amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium as fertilizer ingredients as used at the step (B) are smaller than amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium as fertilizer ingredients, respectively, as used at the step (A). Preferably, fertilizer ingredients are applied in amounts such that a growth medium at the step (B) contains 10-15 me/L of nitrogen, 1-4 me/L of phosphorus and 2-6 me/L of potassium, and a growth medium at the step (A) contains 15-20 me/L of nitrogen, 3-6 me/L of phosphorus and 6-9 me/L of potassium.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing a fairness protocol in a network element are disclosed herein. In accordance with the disclosed fairness protocol, the average bandwidth of traffic sourced from each of a plurality of ingress ports is monitored. The largest bandwidth of traffic sourced from a port within a first group of ingress ports (e.g., ingress ports of a network element) is identified and compared to the largest bandwidth of traffic sourced from a port within a second group of ingress ports (e.g., ingress ports of one or more network elements communicatively connected to the network element). In order to fairly allocate bandwidth when transmitting traffic that is sourced from the first and second groups, precedence is given to traffic flowing from the group associated with the identified port sourcing the lower bandwidth of traffic.