Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming a first insulating film to be used as a mask for forming a trench region directly above a semiconductor substrate; forming the trench region on the semiconductor substrate using the mask; forming a second insulating film directly above the semiconductor substrate which includes the trench region and the first insulating film so that the second insulating film has a recess above the trench region and a protrusion above the first insulating film; removing the protrusion down to the bottom of the recess as a first removal step; and removing the first insulating film and the second insulating film in accordance with a chemical mechanical polishing method so that the step formed of the recess and protrusion is reduced to 20 nm or less as a second removal step.

Abstract: An ophthalmic pharmaceutical composition comprising trehalose as an effective ingredient and a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier. The pharmaceutical composition is a safe, long-term continuously-administrable, therapeutic and/or prophylactic agent for the ophthalmologic clinical symptoms and signs in Sjögren syndrome.

Abstract: In printing of a bonding material in which a board is supported from a component mounting-side surface on which a plurality of components are mounted, and a bonding material is printed on a working-side surface which is a surface opposed to the component mounting-side surface of the board, an edge portion region of the board supported by a board transporting unit is included in a support region of the board during the printing so as to enlarge the support region of the board having the components mounted thereon in high density and to achieve reliable and high precision printing of the bonding material.

Abstract: A part of cell stack portions constituting a part of a fuel cell stack is used as a voltage detection portion, the size of a frequency component belonging to a predetermined specific frequency range is extracted from a voltage signal detected and the existence/absence of abnormality of a fuel cell system is diagnosed on the basis of the frequency component extracted.

Abstract: A tire cavity resonance restricting device to be mounted on the inner surface of the tread portion facing to the cavity of a pneumatic tire. The tire cavity resonance restricting device includes a cross-sectional area changing member for changing the cross-sectional area of the cavity in tire meridian cross section, and an elastic fixing member in the form of a ring for fixing the cross-sectional area changing member to the inner surface of the tread portion. The elastic fixing member has an attachment portion to which the cross-sectional area changing member is attached and a non-attachment portion to which the cross-sectional area changing member is not attached. The non-attachment portion is greater in mass than the attachment portion.

Abstract: A separator includes an electrically conductive flat plate and two electrically conductive channel plates superposed on each other with the electrically conductive flat plate interposed therebetween. The separator includes a plurality of manifolds for passing a reaction fluid to an adjacent cell are provided in the electrically conductive flat plate, and a plurality of zigzag or straight through-channels for permitting the flowing of the reaction fluid from the manifolds are formed in each of the two channel plates. The separator includes the through-channels in any one of the two electrically conductive channel plates disposed so that they are partially overlapped with the manifolds in the electrically conductive flat plate, and the through-channels in the other electrically conductive channel plate are formed to be partially larger than the contour of the electrically conductive flat plate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pneumatic tire enabling to even a weight balance thereof in a tire circumferential direction in realizing reduction of cavity resonance noise by using an annular object having cross-sectional areas which vary depending on locations in the tire circumferential direction. The pneumatic tire of the present invention is one in which an annular object having cross-sectional areas which vary depending on locations in the tire circumferential direction is mounted on an inner surface of a tread portion. In the pneumatic tire, the annular object is formed by partially applying compression forming to a porous material member having a density of 5 to 70 kg/m3 and having an uniform cross-sectional shape in the tire circumferential direction.

Abstract: Provided are: a noise reduction device with an improved adhesion of objects formed of a porous material and with a reduced processing time; a method of manufacturing the noise reduction device; and a pneumatic tire including the noise reduction device. The noise reduction device of the present invention includes: objects formed of a porous material; a band member for attaching the objects to the inner surface of a tire at two positions spaced at substantially equal intervals in the tire circumferential direction; and locking members formed of a thermoplastic resin. The band member is formed of a thermoplastic resin. Each object is disposed at a predetermined position in the tire circumferential direction, between the band member and the corresponding locking members. The locking members are bonded to the band member through the objects by thermal fusion.

Abstract: An interlayer insulating film is formed on a semiconductor substrate having a semiconductor element formed thereon. At this time, there are protrusions higher than surroundings thereof and non-protruding portions lower than the protrusions on the surface of the interlayer insulating film. First, a first polishing process is carried out on the surface of the interlayer insulating film with use of a first abrasive having non-Prestonian properties produced by mixing abrasive materials including abrasive grains, a polymer additive and water at a predetermined first mixture ratio. Then, after the first abrasive process shifts to an automatically stopping state, a second polishing process is carried out on the surface of the interlayer insulating film with use of a second abrasive having the concentration of polymer additive lower than that of the first abrasive and produced by mixing the abrasive materials at a second mixture ratio different from the first mixture ratio.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire, including the steps of intermittently crimping volume adjusting members on both side sections of a sheet inner liner material in a longitudinal direction thereof beforehand, winding the inner liner material on an outer peripheral side of a forming drum, winding a sheet carcass material on an outer peripheral side of the inner liner material, forming an unvulcanized tire containing the inner liner material and the carcass material, and vulcanizing the unvulcanized tire. The volume adjusting members are intermittently arranged in a tire circumferential direction between the inner liner material and the carcass material.

Abstract: A fuel cell device including a fuel cell stack unit, a fuel reform unit, a material feed unit, a cooling water supply unit, and a control unit further includes a memory section, constructed of a rewritable memory, for storing information necessary for maintenance or inspection of the fuel cell device. The memory section is partitioned into a use environment information memory area for storing use environment conditions, a material feed information memory area for storing attribute information of the material feed unit, a fuel reform information memory area for storing attribute information of the fuel reform unit, a cell stack information memory area for storing attribute information of the fuel cell stack unit and a cooling water supply information memory area for storing attribute information of the cooling water supply unit.

Abstract: The detoxification method characterized by comprising converting at least one member selected from the group comprising arsenic, antimony and selenium into a harmless substance produced in a food chain system by using the food chain system. The method of detoxifying a harmful compound as described above is characterized by comprising converting a harmful compound containing at least one element selected from the group comprising arsenic, antimony, and selenium into a harmless substance by using a food chain system containing a larval zooplankton.

Abstract: A tire cavity resonance restricting device to be mounted on the inner surface of the tread portion facing to the cavity of a pneumatic tire. The tire cavity resonance restricting device includes a cross-sectional area changing member for changing the cross-sectional area of the cavity in tire meridian cross section, and an elastic fixing member in the form of a ring for fixing the cross-sectional area changing member to the inner surface of the tread portion. The elastic fixing member has an attachment portion to which the cross-sectional area changing member is attached and a non-attachment portion to which the cross-sectional area changing member is not attached. The non-attachment portion is greater in mass than the attachment portion.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming a first insulating film to be used as a mask for forming a trench region directly above a semiconductor substrate; forming the trench region on the semiconductor substrate using the mask; forming a second insulating film directly above the semiconductor substrate which includes the trench region and the first insulating film so that the second insulating film has a recess above the trench region and a protrusion above the first insulating film; removing the protrusion down to the bottom of the recess as a first removal step; and removing the first insulating film and the second insulating film in accordance with a chemical mechanical polishing method so that the step formed of the recess and protrusion is reduced to 20 nm or less as a second removal step.

Abstract: An image transformation apparatus is provided, which includes a modeling unit 5 that calculates the coordinates of vertices of each polygon and calculates a pre-filter coefficient corresponding to a reduction ratio at the position of a vertex of each polygon, with respect to a model to which an image is attached to; a texture address unit 6 that converts the coordinates of vertices of each polygon calculated in the modeling unit 5 into the coordinates of each pixel and sets a read address for attaching an image to the model using the coordinates of each pixel; a filter coefficient unit 7 that converts a pre-filter coefficient calculated in the modeling unit 5 into a pre-filter coefficient at the position of each pixel; an H-direction pre-filter 9, an HV scan converter 10 and a V-direction pre-filter 11 that perform filtering on input image data with a pre-filter coefficient obtained through conversion in the filter coefficient unit 7; a texture memory 13 to which image data filtered in the H-direction pre-fil

Abstract: A substrate support jig, for removably holding a substrate when mounting electronic components on the substrate, includes a base member having a first surface and a second surface facing and substantially parallel to each other; and an adhesive layer with a predetermined shape and a predetermined thickness formed on the first surface side by applying an adhesive material with a predetermined unit tackiness to an adhesive region. In the adhesive region is formed a land section such that a surface of the land section protrudes from a surface of the adhesive layer by a predetermined amount. The tackiness between the adhesive material and the base member is lower than the tackiness between the adhesive material and the substrate.

Abstract: A parking assist device includes a monitor (10) for displaying a captured image from a camera (12), assist information output means for providing assistance during introduction of a vehicle into a parking position, and correction control means (31) for correcting an inappropriate operation performed when the vehicle is introduced into the parking position. When a steering operation, an accelerator operation, or a brake operation is inappropriate, the correction control means (31) performs control to correct the travel course and the stop position. Thus, even if the driver performs an inappropriate operation when introducing the vehicle into the parking position, the driver can appropriately introduce the vehicle into the parking position according to the display on the monitor (10).

Abstract: A fuel cell is provided therein with a metal separator for aiming at preventing corrosion and at reducing a contact resistance. The separator is compose of conductive passage board formed therein with passages, and a metal planar panel, the passage boards and the metal planar panel being superposed with one another. The metal planar panel is formed therein with a plurality of manifolds for passing reactive gas or cooling medium through an adjacent cell while the passage boards are formed therein with a plurality of meandering through channels for distributing the reactive gas or the cooling medium from the manifolds. Further, a part of the meandering through channels is superposed with a part or all parts of the manifolds, and a covering layer for preventing the metal planar panel from being corroded, and for restraining a growth of a nonconductive film is formed over an entire part of the metal planar panel or over at least a part thereof which makes contact with the meandering through channels.

Abstract: To provide a catalyst for a fuel cell that has a high oxygen reduction activity and is manufactured at low cost and a fuel cell that has a high power generation efficiency and is manufactured at low cost. As a catalyst for a fuel cell that reduces an oxidizing gas, a catalyst for a fuel cell that contains palladium at least partially oxidized is used. In a fuel cell having an anode that oxidizes a fuel, a cathode that reduces an oxidizing gas and a solid polymer electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, a palladium oxide is used as a cathode catalyst.

Abstract: A viscous material application apparatus includes a main body having a pressurized chamber which connects through to a discharge port and stores a viscous material, a viscous material supply device for transferring the viscous material to the pressurized chamber, and a discharge pressure regulating device for regulating the discharge pressure of the viscous material when the viscous material inside the pressurized chamber is pressurized and discharged by increasing or decreasing the capacity of the pressurized chamber, the discharge pressure regulating device being provided either inside the pressurized chamber or facing the pressurized chamber.