Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory chip. The memory chip includes a first region including a plurality of first memory cells and second memory cells, a second region different from the first region, a plurality of first word lines stacked apart from each other in a first direction in the first and second regions, a first pillar including a first semiconductor layer extending through the first word lines, and a first insulator layer provided between the first semiconductor layer and the first word lines, in the first region, the first memory cells being located at intersections of the first pillar with the first word lines, a first bonding pad in the second region, and a first transistor between the first word lines and the first bonding pad, and connected between one of the first word lines and the first bonding pad, in the second region.

Abstract: A schedule management system 1 having isolators 3 (production facilities) and a main control device 4 for managing a production schedules of all the isolators 3. The production process of each isolator constituting the production schedule has a plurality of sub-processes, the production status being determined in the sub-process. The main control device 4 adds a new separating operation to the passage process and performs an update when the main control device 4 obtains a determination result that the separation of cells in a separation state confirmation operation (sub-process) in the passage process is insufficient while a passage process for cells A is being carried out in the isolators. The main control device 4 alters the start time of a culture medium exchange process for other cells B different from the updated passage operation, and updates the production schedule.

Abstract: A schedule management system 1 having isolators 3 (production facilities) and a main control device 4 for managing a production schedules of all the isolators 3. The production process of each isolator constituting the production schedule has a plurality of sub-processes, the production status being determined in the sub-process. The main control device 4 adds a new separating operation to the passage process and performs an update when the main control device 4 obtains a determination result that the separation of cells in a separation state confirmation operation (sub-process) in the passage process is insufficient while a passage process for cells A is being carried out in the isolators. The main control device 4 alters the start time of a culture medium exchange process for other cells B different from the updated passage operation, and updates the production schedule.

Abstract: A brush fiber and a method for manufacturing the brush fiber are provided. The brush fiber includes a fibrous core portion, a covering portion provided on a surface of the core portion. A leading end portion of the core portion has a tapered shape, and the covering portion is made of conductive material. The conductive material is a sulfide of at least one type of metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag, and Pd.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing carbocyclic or heterocyclic nitrites by the vapor phase contact ammoxidation of carbocyclic compounds or heterocyclic compounds, in which the reaction is carried out effectively without the increase of the amount of ammonia or oxygen used or the introduction of steam to give the nitrites as the objective products stably with the passage of time in a high yield with a high selectivity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing carbocyclic or heterocyclic nitrites by the vapor phase contact ammoxidation of carbocyclic compounds or heterocyclic compounds, in which the reaction is carried out effectively without the increase of the amount of ammonia or oxygen used or the introduction of steam to give the nitrites as the objective products stably with the passage of time in a high yield with a high selectivity.

Abstract: A process for producing prussic acid by subjecting methanol to a gas-phase contact reaction with molecular oxygen and ammonia in the presence of a catalyst, wherein said catalyst is an oxide composition containing iron, antimony, phosphorus and vanadium with a content of vanadium content being at least 0.6 in terms of atomic ratio relative to iron content taken as 10, and a mixed raw material gas for the gas-phase contact reaction contains oxygen at an oxygen-to-methanol molar ratio of less than 1.6.

Abstract: An iron-antimony oxide catalyst for use in the production of hydrogen cyanide by the vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation of methanol, and a process for the production of hydrogen cyanide in the presence of said improved catalyst are disclosed. This improved iron-antimony oxide catalyst is represented by the following formula:Fe.sub.a Cu.sub.b Sb.sub.c V.sub.d Mo.sub.e W.sub.f P.sub.g Q.sub.h R.sub.i S.sub.j O.sub.k (SiO.sub.2).sub.lwhereinQ is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Zn, La, Ce, Al, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Bi, U and Sn;R is at least one element selected from the group consisting of B and Te;S is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca and Ba; anda, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k and l each represents the atomic ratio of the elements in the formula for which they are subscript whereinfor a=10,b=0.

Abstract: A composition which contains as essential components: crystalline iron antimonate and at least one element selected from the group consisting of vanadium, molybdenum, and tungsten; is useful as a catalyst in the oxidation reaction of organic compounds. Also, a process for producing the composition is disclosed.

Abstract: An iron-antimony-phosphorus-containing metal oxide catalyst for the catalytic oxidation, comprising a crystalline iron antimonate, the catalyst being represented by the following empirical formula:Fe.sub.a Sb.sub.b P.sub.c X.sub.d Q.sub.e R.sub.f O.sub.g (SiO.sub.2).sub.

Abstract: A toner for developing electrostatic images and a process for producing the same is disclosed. The process comprises after applying ultrasonic waves to raw materials-mixture comprising addition polymerizable monomer(s), coloring agent(s) and water as indispensable components in the course of charging the raw materials-mixture into a reaction vessel or to a raw materials-mixture in a reaction vessel, at an application amount of from 0.05 to 50 W/l/hr. per unit treating volume and time using an ultrasonic homogenizer having frequencies of from 10 kHz to 50 kHz, subjecting the raw materials-mixture to suspension polymerization.

Abstract: A process for preparing a metal oxide catalyst for a fluidized bed process, which comprises adjusting the pH of an aqueous slurry containing an iron compound, an antimony compound, a phosphorus compound, and a silica carrier material as essential elements, with the atomic ratio of phosphorus to antimony being at least 0.1:1, to a pH of 3 or less, spray drying the slurry, and calcining the resulting particles; which catalyst exhibits excellent activity and physical properties suitable for use in a fluidized bed process and can be obtained with good reproducibility.

Abstract: A phosphorus-antimony-containing catalyst for oxidation, which is obtained by calcining a metal oxide composition containing as essential components, (a) antimony, (b) at least one element selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, tin, uranium, chromium, copper, manganese, titanium, thorium, and cerium, and (c) silica, at a temperature ranging from 500.degree. C. to 950.degree. C. to prepare a base catalyst, impregnating the base catalyst with a solution containing a phosphorus compound so that the atomic ratio of impregnated phosphorus to antimony the base catalyst is within the range of from 0.01:1 to 2:1, drying the impregnated base catalyst, and calcining the dried product at a temperature ranging from 300.degree. C. to 850.degree. C. The catalyst exhibits satisfactory activity and strength and can be prepared with satisfactory reproducibility.

Abstract: A process for preparing an antimony/tellurium-containing metal oxide catalyst, comprising preparing a slurry containing an antimony compound, a polyvalent metal compound, and a silica support starting material selected from silica sol and mixtures of silica sol and white carbon, fumed silica or silica hydrogel, heating the slurry at a pH or 7 or less and a temperature of at least 40.degree. C., mixing the above heat treated slurry with a tellurium solution which has been independently prepared by oxidizing metallic tellurium with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of the oxide, oxyacid or oxyacid salt of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of vanadium, molybdenum and tungsten, and then drying and calcining the resulting mixture.

Abstract: A process for the production of antimony-containing metal oxide catalysts, comprising preparing a slurry containing as essential components an antimony component, a polyvalent metal compound, and silica sol, heating and drying the slurry to form a solid product, and then calcining the solid product, wherein the antimony component is a mixture of (A) at least one of antimonic acid, polyantimonic acid and the salts thereof and (B) antimony trioxide, and is prepared by mixing (A) and (B) in such a manner that the antimony provided by the (B) constitutes from 0.1 to 70 atomic % of the total amount of antimony and further in an aqueous slurry state. These antimony-containing metal oxide catalysts have superior activity and physical properties, and further reproducibility in the preparation thereof. Thus they are useful for production of aldehydes and acids through oxidation, nitriles through ammoxidation, and dienes, unsaturated aldehydes and unsaturated acids through oxidative dehydrogenation.

Abstract: A process for producing an antimony-containing oxide catalyst supported on silica for use in a fluidized bed reaction is described, by the steps of preparing a slurry containing an antimony compound, a polyvalent metal compound, and silica sol as the essential ingredients, heat treating the slurry at a pH of 7 or less and at a temperature of 40.degree. C. or higher, and thereafter spray-drying the slurry and calcining the dried particles, wherein said silica sol has a multi-peak particle size distribution profile that is derived by using a mixture of silica sol A in an amount corresponding to form 10 to 90 wt % of the total silica in the catalyst and silica sol B in an amount corresponding to 90 to 10 wt % of the total silica in the catalyst, with silica sols A and B having different average particle sizes, provided that the relations 3<da<100 and 0.1<da/db<0.9 are satisfied by da (m.mu.), the average particle size of silica sol A, and db (m.mu.), the average particle size of silica sol B.

Abstract: An improved catalyst for use in the production of hydrogen cyanide by vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation of methanol, and a process for the production of hydrogen cyanide in the presence of said improved catalyst are disclosed. This improved catalyst is represented by the following empirical formula:Fe.sub.a Cu.sub.b Sb.sub.c Mo.sub.d Me.sub.e Te.sub.f Q.sub.g O.sub.h (SiO.sub.2).sub.iwherein Me is at least one element selected from the group consisting of V and W; Q is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Zn, La, Ce, Al, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Bi, U and Sn; and a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h and i each represents the atomic ratio of the elements in the formula for which they are subscripts, wherein for a=10, b=0.5 to 5, c=12 to 30, d=0 to 15, e=0 to 3, f=0 to 5, g=0 to 6, h=number of oxygen atoms as determined corresponding to the oxide formed by combining the above-described elements, and i=25 to 200.

Abstract: A process for regenerating an antimony containing metal oxide catalyst which comprisesimpregnating aqueous ammonia in an amount corresponding to the pore volume of the catalyst, to a metal oxide catalyst whose activity has been deteriorated, the catalyst containing an essential components (A) antimony, (B) at least one element selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, manganese, uranium, cerium, tin and copper, (C) at least one element selected from the group consisting of vanadium, molybdenum and tungsten and (D) tellurium,drying the catalyst, andcalcining the catalyst in a non-reducing atmosphere at a temperature in the range of about 550.degree. C. to about 950.degree. C.

Abstract: A process for producing acrylonitrile by the vapor-phase catalytic ammoxidation of propylene, which comprises(I) reacting propylene, a molecular oxygen-containing gas and ammonia in the presence of a catalyst expressed by the following empirical formulaFe.sub.a Sb.sub.b Mo.sub.c Me.sub.d Te.sub.e Q.sub.f Na.sub.g O.sub.h. (SIO).sub.iwherein Me is at least one element selected from the group consisting of V and W,Q is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cu, Mg, Zn and Ni, andthe subscripts a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h and i each represents atomic ratios such that when a=10; b=13 to 28; c=0.1 to 2.5; d=0.05 to 1; e=0.2 to 5; f=0 to 4 (in which case b=13 to 20), or f=2 to 6 (in which case b=20 to 28); g=0 to 3; h=the number of oxygens corresponding to the oxide formed by the combination of the components, and i=25 to 200;in a fluidized bed catalytic reaction zone at a temperature of about 380 to about 500.degree. C. and a pressure of about 0.2 to about 3 kg/cm.sup.

Abstract: A process for regenerating a deteriorated antimony containing oxide catalyst comprising as essential components of (i) antimony and (ii) at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, manganese, uranium, cerium, tin and copper wherein the antimony containing oxide catalyst is impregnated or sprayed with an aqueous solution of nitric acid and/or a nitrate, and the impregnated catalyst is dried, and then calcined at a temperature in the range of from 400.degree. to 1000.degree. C.