Abstract: A liquid ejecting head comprises a pressure generation chamber communicating with a nozzle opening, a vibrating wall provided as one surface of the pressure generation chamber and vibrates so that ejects the liquid from the nozzle opening, and a resin portion having a recessed arc-shape and formed in a corner of the pressure generation chamber and formed of a resin material having a Young's modulus of less than or equal to 10 GPa. A ratio r/w of a radius r of the surface of the resin portion to a width w of the pressure generation chamber defined by the vibrating wall is greater than or equal to 0.017 and less than or equal to 0.087.

Abstract: A PC includes a part designation receiving section which receives a designation of a display object part to be displayed in a display screen image, a layout instruction receiving section which receives a layout instruction of the display object part, an action setting section which sets an action associated with the display object part, and a creating section which creates screen image data of the display screen image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fungicidal N-[(het)arylalkyl)]pyrazolecarboxamide or thiocarboxamide and their heterosubstituted analogs, their process of preparation and intermediate compounds for their preparation, their use as fungicides, particularly in the form of fungicidal compositions and methods for the control of phytopathogenic fungi of plants using these compounds or their compositions.

Abstract: Provided is a curable composition for imprints having good patternability and dry etching resistance.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ink-jet head includes a main body, electrodes, electrically conductive portions, an insulating film, a frame member, a lid member, an electronic component, a protective agent. The main body includes pressure chambers. The insulating film covers the electrodes and a part of the electrically conductive portions. The frame member is attached to the main body from above the insulating film. The protective agent covers an end portion of the insulating film located between the frame member and the electronic component and the electrically conductive portions between the electronic component and the end portion of the insulating film.

Abstract: Provided is a transmitter for transmitting signals by means of the STBC method or the DSTBC method, wherein communication is carried out effectively. The transmitter for transmitting signals by means of the STBC method or the DSTBC method has the following configuration. A frame in which synchronization words are arranged at specified positions is used. An encoding means in the transmitter encodes the entire frame to be transmitted including the synchronization words, by means of the STBC method or the DSTBC method. It is also possible to implement a communication system and a communication method for communicating signals by means of the STBC method or the DSTBC method.

Abstract: A microtome comprising a head 32 which holds a sample, an alignment mechanism 50 which aligns the head 32, a body portion 42 which is provided on a back face side of the alignment mechanism 50, a cylindrical coupling portion 41 which couples the body portion 42 with the head 32, a temperature controller 34 in the head 32, and refrigerant piping 40 and electrical wiring 46 for the temperature controller 34, and the alignment mechanism 50 includes a spherical member 68 coupled with the back face side of the head and having a spherical outer periphery and includes retainer portions 70 and 71 retaining the outer periphery of the spherical member 68 slidably along a spherical surface, the spherical member 68 has a through hole 74 which communicates with the hollow portion 43 of the coupling portion 41, the refrigerant piping 40 and the electrical wiring 46 are connected with the temperature controller 34 in the head 32 through the through hole 74 of the spherical member 68 and the hollow portion 43 of the coupling

Abstract: A printed material includes a printed material body with a surface, and an optical element disposed on the surface of the printed material body. The optical element includes multiple structures formed at a pitch not longer than the wavelength of visible light. The structures have an aspect ratio of 0.6 or more and 5.0 or less.

Abstract: A control device for a function execution apparatus includes: a determination unit which, when a target function is selected from the plurality of functions, determines whether the function execution apparatus can execute the target function by using first data, based on the target function; and a processing execution unit which, when the function execution apparatus can execute the target function by using the first data, executes first processing for enabling the function execution apparatus to execute the target function by using the first data, and when the function execution apparatus is unable to execute the target function by using the first data, executes second processing for supplying second data to the function execution apparatus for enabling the function execution apparatus to execute the target function by using the second data converted from the first data.

Abstract: A secondary battery power control method controls power discharged from a secondary battery included in an interconnected system that supplies power to a power system, the interconnected system including a power generator that changes in output power, and an electric power storage-compensation device that includes a secondary battery, and a bidirectional converter that controls charging/discharging of the secondary battery, and compensates for a change in output power of the power generator. A temperature detection section that detects the temperature of the secondary battery is annexed to the secondary battery, and the maximum discharge power of the secondary battery is limited using the bidirectional converter when the temperature of the secondary battery detected by the temperature detection section has exceeded a preset temperature.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head includes a step of preparing a first substrate having an energy generating element at a front surface side thereof; a step of forming a wall member, which is to become a wall for a liquid flow passage, at the front surface side of the first substrate; a step of forming a mask having an opening on the wall member and forming a second substrate, which is composed of silicon and is to become an orifice plate, on the mask; and a step of forming a liquid supply port in the first substrate and a liquid discharge port in the second substrate by supplying an etchant from a back surface side of the first substrate, the back surface being a surface opposite the front surface.

Abstract: A nitrogen-containing graphene structure has a graphene structure including a monolayer or multilayer graphene nanosheet and nitrogen introduced into the graphene structure. The nitrogen-containing graphene structure preferably includes the above-described graphene structure having a sheet portion comprised of a monolayer or multilayer graphene nanosheet and containing, at an edge portion thereof, an armchair edge-face portion and a terminal six-membered ring bound to the armchair edge-face portion while sharing only one side therewith; and a nitrogen-containing functional group bound to any one or more carbon atoms selected from (a) the carbon atoms constituting the terminal six-membered ring but not bound to the armchair edge-face portion, and (b) the carbon atoms constituting the sheet portion (including the carbon atom on the side shared by the terminal six-membered ring). A phosphor dispersion is a dispersion of such a nitrogen-containing graphene structure in a solvent.

Abstract: A fixing device for fixing an unfixed toner image on a recording sheet by passing the recording sheet through a fixing nip and applying heat and pressure to the recording sheet, the fixing device comprising: a heater including a resistance heater part and a supporting member, the resistance heater part having a positive resistance-temperature characteristic in a temperature range above a predetermined level, and the supporting member being insulative and supporting the resistance heater part such that the resistance heater part applies heat to the recording sheet; a current detector detecting a current supplied to the resistance heater part; and an abnormality determiner determining whether the resistance heater part has an abnormality, based on an initial current detected by the current detector at a predetermined time after a beginning of power supply to the resistance heater part and before the temperature of the resistance heater part reaches the predetermined level.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a magnetic head includes the steps of: forming a pole-layer-encasing layer having a pole-layer-encasing section; and forming a pole layer in the pole-layer-encasing section. The pole layer includes a first layer, and a second layer formed thereon. The step of forming the pole layer includes the steps of: forming an initial first layer by physical vapor deposition; etching the surface of the initial first layer by dry etching so that the initial first layer becomes the first layer; and forming the second layer on the first layer.

Abstract: A 6T static random access memory cell, array, and memory thereof are provided, in which the memory cell includes a first inverter, a second inverter, a first access transistor, and a second access transistor. The first inverter and second inverter respectively include a first pull-up transistor, a first pull-down transistor, a second pull-up transistor and a second pull-down transistor. The first pull-down and pull-up transistors each have a drain terminal mutually coupled to form a first node. The second pull-down and pull-up transistors each have a drain terminal mutually coupled to form a second node. The first and second access transistors each have a gate terminal respectively coupled to a first word line and a second word line. When the first word line provides on signals to turn on the first access transistor, the second low voltage supply provides a first differential voltage simultaneously.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for applying a color balance correction to input image data, comprises a detection unit which detects an object included in the image data; an object color calculation unit which calculates an object color as a color of the object; an acquisition unit which acquires a highlight color in the image data; a calculation unit which calculates a correction value for the object color and the highlight color based on a relative positional relationship between the object color and the highlight color on a color space; and a color balance correction unit which applies the color balance correction to the highlight color and the object color using the correction value.

Abstract: A silicon wafer for preventing a void defect in a bulk region from becoming source of contamination and slip generation in a device process is provided. And a heat-treating method thereof for reducing crystal defects such as COP in a region near the wafer surface to be a device active region is provided. The silicon wafer has a surface region 1 which is a defect-free region and a bulk region 2 including void defect of a polyhedron whose basic shape is an octahedron in which a corner portion of the polyhedron is in the curved shape and an inner-wall oxide film the void defect is removed. The silicon wafer is provided by performing a heat-treating method in which gas to be supplied, inner pressure of spaces and a maximum achievable temperature are set to a predetermined value when subjecting the silicon wafer produced by a CZ method to RTP.

Abstract: The invention is to provide a new liquid crystal compound having a high clearing point, a good compatibility with other compounds, a small viscosity, and a high stability to heat, light and so forth; compound (1) is provided: R1CF2nR2??(1) wherein, for example, R1 is alkyl having 4 to 10 carbons or —(CH2)2—CH?CH2, R2 is alkyl having 2 to 10 carbons, n is 8, and R1 and R2 are not allowed to be straight-chain alkyl having an identical number of carbons.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wafer process body, a temporary adhesive layer is formed on a supporting body, and a wafer having a circuit-formed front surface and a to-be-processed back surface is stacked on the temporary adhesive layer, wherein the temporary adhesive layer is provided with a first temporary adhesive layer including a non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon group-containing organopolysiloxane layer (A) which is adhered to the front surface of the wafer so as to be detachable and a second temporary adhesive layer comprised of a thermosetting-modified siloxane polymer layer (B) which is stacked on the first temporary adhesive layer and adhered to the supporting body so as to be detachable. Thus, temporary adhesion of a wafer with a supporting body may become easy, process conformity with the TSV formation process and with the wafer-back surface-wiring process may become high, and removal may be done easily, with high productivity.