Abstract: A portable ultrasonic testing device which with respect to a plate material having a chamfered surface formed between an outer plate surface and an inner peripheral surface, irradiates the chamfered surface with ultrasonic waves while moving along the chambered surface to thereby detect flaws in the plate material is provided with: a device frame; a probe which irradiates the chambered surface with the ultrasonic waves, and receives reflected ultrasonic waves; a wedge to which the probe is fixed and which is able to come into contact with the chamfered surface; a slide mechanism which moves the wedge in a sliding direction with respect to the device frame; a spring member which is urged in a direction in which the wedge and the chamfered surface approach each other in the sliding direction; and a movable roller and a pair of fixed rollers which are provided in the device frame and each have a rolling contract surface that is in contact with the inner peripheral surface.

Abstract: The EGR cooling structure includes a cylinder block having cylinders, and a cylinder head into which exhaust gas exhausted from the cylinders is collected. An exhaust emission control device is provided for purifying the exhaust gas exhausted from the cylinder head, and an EGR pipe is provided through which EGR gas of a part of the purified exhaust gas is introduced into an intake system. An EGR cooler is provided in the EGR pipe and cools the EGR gas with the cooling liquid. An exhaust gas passage leading from the cylinders to the exhaust gas purification device is curved when seen from a side, and the EGR cooler is disposed in the space surrounded by the cylinder block, the cylinder head, and the exhaust gas purification device.

Abstract: A probe provided with a transceiving surface longer in a length direction than in a width direction thereof, and an array of ultrasonic elements provided on the transceiving surface, the probe being for emitting ultrasonic waves to a surface to be inspected of an object to be inspected that faces the transceiving surface, while moving in the width direction, the ultrasonic elements being shaped so as to have the same length in the length direction and in the width direction, and the certain of ultrasonic elements being aligned in the length direction and in the width direction and emitting ultrasonic waves a large number of times throughout the length direction in predetermined emission units of one or more ultrasonic elements.

Abstract: A portable ultrasonic testing device which with respect to a plate material having a chamfered surface formed between an outer plate surface and an inner peripheral surface, irradiates the chamfered surface with ultrasonic waves while moving along the chambered surface to thereby detect flaws in the plate material is provided with: a device frame; a probe which irradiates the chambered surface with the ultrasonic waves, and receives reflected ultrasonic waves; a wedge to which the probe is fixed and which is able to come into contact with the chamfered surface; a slide mechanism which moves the wedge in a sliding direction with respect to the device frame; a spring member which is urged in a direction in which the wedge and the chamfered surface approach each other in the sliding direction; and a movable roller and a pair of fixed rollers which are provided in the device frame and each have a rolling contract surface that is in contact with the inner peripheral surface.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a positively-charged single-layer electrophotographic photoreceptor including the steps of: producing a photosensitive layer application liquid containing a good solvent with respect to a binding resin and at least one organic solvent having a boiling point of 70° C. or higher; and forming a photosensitive layer by coating a photosensitive layer support base having a wall thickness of 0.7 mm or less, with the photosensitive layer application liquid and then drying the photosensitive layer application liquid.

Abstract: Disclosed is a positively-charged electrophotographic photoreceptor which uses a tubular photosensitive layer support base with a wall thickness of (t), wherein (t) is 0.7 mm or less, a chamfer angle (a) of an end surface of the photosensitive layer support base is 30° or more and 60° or less with respect to a longitudinal tangent of a surface of a tubular photosensitive layer support base, and an outer end surface-tail edge surface width (b) of the tubular photosensitive layer support base is 0.05 mm or more.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a positively-charged single-layer electrophotographic photoreceptor including the steps of: producing a photosensitive layer application liquid containing a good solvent with respect to a binding resin and at least one organic solvent having a boiling point of 70° C. or higher; and forming a photosensitive layer by coating a photosensitive layer support base having a wall thickness of 0.7 mm or less, with the photosensitive layer application liquid and then drying the photosensitive layer application liquid.

Abstract: An image-capturing device including: an imaging optical system which is configured to capture an optical image of a subject; an imaging optical system retaining member which retains the imaging optical system; an imaging element which is configured to convert the optical image into an electrical signal; a substrate which is arranged on a back side of the imaging optical system retaining member and retains the imaging element; and a plurality of substrate joint pieces each of which extends from the imaging optical system retaining member toward the substrate, wherein tip parts of the plurality of substrate joint pieces on a substrate side and the substrate are joined by an indirect bond structure using at least one joint intermediate member which is adhered to at least one of the tip parts of the plurality of substrate joint pieces and the substrate with an adhesive, and a fixation structure.

Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to prove a medicament for decreasing body weigh, a medicament for decreasing visceral fat, a medicament for decreasing triglyceride in the liver, and a method for screening a medicament for ameliorating obesity and fatty liver. The problem is solved by a method comprising measuring an activity of a candidate material for inhibiting a sphingomyelin synthetase wherein if the candidate material has an activity for inhibiting a sphingomyelin synthetase, the candidate material is judged to have at least one function selected from the consisting of an anti-obesity drug, a drug for decreasing visceral fat, a drug for treating fatty liver and an agent for increasing adiponectin expression.

Abstract: A flaw detection image analyzer (10) takes in an inspection procedure command stored in a flaw detection condition database (40), takes in a flaw detection image signal corresponding to a flaw detection image indicated by the taken inspection procedure command from a database (50) for flaw detection image signal, and displays the flaw detection image based on the flaw detection image signal on a display (30), with a display range and a contrast indicated by the inspection procedure command in an arrangement pattern of image indicated by the inspection procedure command. Consequently, optimum images can be displayed sequentially with optimum arrangement pattern, optimum display range and contrast according to a flaw to be inspected when a flaw is detected by observing an ultrasonic flaw detection image.

Abstract: A flaw detection image analyzer (10) takes in an inspection procedure command stored in a flaw detection condition database (40), takes in a flaw detection image signal corresponding to a flaw detection image indicated by the taken inspection procedure command from a database (50) for flaw detection image signal, and displays the flaw detection image based on the flaw detection image signal on a display (30), with a display range and a contrast indicated by the inspection procedure command in an arrangement pattern of image indicated by the inspection procedure command. Consequently, optimum images can be displayed sequentially with optimum arrangement pattern, optimum display range and contrast according to a flaw to be inspected when a flaw is detected by observing an ultrasonic flaw detection image.

Abstract: A flaw detection image analyzer (10) takes in an inspection procedure command stored in a flaw detection condition database (40), takes in a flaw detection image signal corresponding to a flaw detection image indicated by the taken inspection procedure command from a database (50) for flaw detection image signal, and displays the flaw detection image based on the flaw detection image signal on a display (30), with a display range and a contrast indicated by the inspection procedure command in an arrangement pattern of image indicated by the inspection procedure command. Consequently, optimum images can be displayed sequentially with optimum arrangement pattern, optimum display range and contrast according to a flaw to be inspected when a flaw is detected by observing an ultrasonic flaw detection image.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a positively-charged single-layer electrophotographic photoreceptor including the steps of: producing a photosensitive layer application liquid containing a good solvent with respect to a binding resin and at least one organic solvent having a boiling point of 70° C. or higher; and forming a photosensitive layer by coating a photosensitive layer support base having a wall thickness of 0.7 mm or less, with the photosensitive layer application liquid and then drying the photosensitive layer application liquid.

Abstract: Disclosed is a positively-charged electrophotographic photoreceptor which uses a tubular photosensitive layer support base with a wall thickness of (t), wherein (t) is 0.7 mm or less, a chamfer angle (a) of an end surface of the photosensitive layer support base is 30° or more and 60° or less with respect to a longitudinal tangent of a surface of a tubular photosensitive layer support base, and an outer end surface-tail edge surface width (b) of the tubular photosensitive layer support base is 0.05 mm or more.

Abstract: A flaw detection image analyzer (10) takes in an inspection procedure command stored in a flaw detection condition database (40), takes in a flaw detection image signal corresponding to a flaw detection image indicated by the taken inspection procedure command from a database (50) for flaw detection image signal, and displays the flaw detection image based on the flaw detection image signal on a display (30), with a display range and a contrast indicated by the inspection procedure command in an arrangement pattern of image indicated by the inspection procedure command. Consequently, optimum images can be displayed sequentially with optimum arrangement pattern, optimum display range and contrast according to a flaw to be inspected when a flaw is detected by observing an ultrasonic flaw detection image.

Abstract: A flaw detection image analyzer (10) takes in an inspection procedure command stored in a flaw detection condition database (40), takes in a flaw detection image signal corresponding to a flaw detection image indicated by the taken inspection procedure command from a database (50) for flaw detection image signal, and displays the flaw detection image based on the flaw detection image signal on a display (30), with a display range and a contrast indicated by the inspection procedure command in an arrangement pattern of image indicated by the inspection procedure command. Consequently, optimum images can be displayed sequentially with optimum arrangement pattern, optimum display range and contrast according to a flaw to be inspected when a flaw is detected by observing an ultrasonic flaw detection image.

Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to prove a medicament for decreasing body weigh, a medicament for decreasing visceral fat, a medicament for decreasing triglyceride in the liver, and a method for screening a medicament for ameliorating obesity and fatty liver. The problem is solved by a method comprising measuring an activity of a candidate material for inhibiting a sphingomyelin synthetase wherein if the candidate material has an activity for inhibiting a sphingomyelin synthetase, the candidate material is judged to have at least one function selected from the consisting of an anti-obesity drug, a drug for decreasing visceral fat, a drug for treating fatty liver and an agent for increasing adiponectin expression.

Abstract: An EGR cooling structure is provided. The EGR cooling structure (1) comprising: a cylinder block (11) having cylinders (11a); a cylinder head (12) (exhaust gas manifold section) into which exhaust gas exhausted from the cylinders (11a) is collected; an exhaust emission control device (20) for purifying the exhaust gas exhausted from the cylinder head (12); an EGR pipe (50) through which EGR gas of a part of the purified exhaust gas is introduced into an intake system r intake system from second exhaust gas piping (32) downstream of the exhaust gas purification device (20); and an EGR cooler (60) provided in the EGR pipe (50) and cooling the EGR gas with the cooling liquid. An exhaust gas passage leading from the cylinders (11a) to the exhaust gas purification device (20) is curved when seen from a side, and the EGR cooler (60) is disposed in the space (5) surrounded by the cylinder block (11), the cylinder head (12), and the exhaust gas purification device (20).

Abstract: A disclosed image pickup apparatus includes a first member holding a lens, and a second member holding an image pickup element converting an image formed via the lens into an electric signal, the second member having an approximately rectangular shape and two approximately arc-shaped location cutout portions at respective diagonal corners of the approximately rectangular shape. In the image pickup apparatus, the first and the second members are bonded via an indirect bonding structure portion where the first and second members are bonded via a fixing member with an ultraviolet curable adhesive and a filler bonding structure portion where the first and second members are bonded by supplying a thermosetting adhesive therebetween.

Abstract: An optical scanning device configured to irradiate an object with light generating from a light source via at least one mirror with a first end portion and second end portion which are attached to a housing and to scan the object with the irradiating light is provided, wherein the first end portion of the at least one mirror is movably supported by the housing and the second end portion of the at least one mirror is bonded to the housing.