Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a substrate with a partition wall pattern, the partition wall pattern formed on a predetermined position of the substrate, the partition wall pattern having a material including a fluorine compound, wherein a ratio of a detected intensity of a fragment ion of F? (M/Z=19) to total detected intensity of all minus ions is 25%-60% in the case where analysis of minus ions of an upper surface of the partition wall is performed using a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS).

Abstract: A disc-like grinding wheel 5 is formed with a circumferential groove 5a, the opposite walls of which define grinding surfaces 5b. A rotated carrier 3 brings a load pin 55 into rotary movement relative to the grinding wheel 5 rotated about an axis 5z, so as to pass the load pin 55 through space between the grinding surfaces 5b, whereby opposite end faces 55a of the load pin 55 are ground simultaneously. Thus, time taken by a grinding process may be reduced as compared with a conventional method wherein one end face is ground at a time.

Abstract: When carrying out magnetization, annealing, and initialization of a recording film by applying a laser beam to the recording film while rotating an optical recording medium 10 by a motor 11, light of a strong visible-light lamp 15 is projected as parallel light to a reflecting mirror 14 via a lens 16 so as to apply light reflected by the reflecting mirror 14 to an area wider than a spot of the laser beam on the medium 10 for heating. At that time, a control unit 18 controls an intensity of the strong visible-light lamp 15 to raise a temperature of the medium 10 to a temperature of 80° C. or higher and a softening point of a substrate or lower, for example.

Abstract: A disc-like grinding wheel 5 is formed with a circumferential groove 5a, the opposite walls of which define grinding surfaces 5b. A rotated carrier 3 brings a load pin 55 into rotary movement relative to the grinding wheel 5 rotated about an axis 5z, so as to pass the load pin 55 through space between the grinding surfaces 5b, whereby opposite end faces 55a of the load pin 55 are ground simultaneously. Thus, time taken by a grinding process may be reduced as compared with a conventional method wherein one end face is ground at a time.

Abstract: A printed material as an embodiment of the invention comprising; a substrate; partition walls for partitioning the surface of the substrate into a plurality of regions; and an ink film formed by printing method using a printing apparatus in the plurality of regions, in which the partition wall comprises an ink repellent material containing a resin binder and an ink repellent agent, and the ink repellent agent is a compound having a site showing a compatibility with the resin binder and a site having an ink repellency, the critical surface tension of the partition wall is from 24 to 30 mN/m, and the number average molecular weight of the ink repellent agent is from 40,000 to 100,000.

Abstract: A printed material as an embodiment of the invention comprising a substrate, partition walls for partitioning the surface of the substrate into a plurality of regions, and an ink film formed by printing in the plurality of regions by using a printer, in which the partition wall comprises an ink repellent material containing a resin binder and an ink repellent agent, the ink repellent agent is a compound having a site showing a compatibility with the resin binder and a site having an ink repellency, the ink repellent material includes a heated resin composition, the critical surface tension of the resin composition is from 30 to 40 mN/m, and the critical surface tension of the resin composition after heating the resin composition under the condition at 200° C. for 10 min is from 24 to 30 mN/m.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is disclosed. A substrate with a bank, comprising a substrate; and a bank on the substrate, wherein the bank comprises a resin composition containing at least a binder resin, and melamine resin or a derivative thereof, and the amount of the melamine resin or derivative thereof is from 5 to 30 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the binder resin. Further, colored layers have been formed in pixels sectioned with the banks by printing through an ink-jet system.

Abstract: A connector unit comprises a case, a substrate and a connector. The case is formed with an opening. The substrate is installed within the case and is formed with a signal conductive pattern and a ground conductive pattern. The ground conductive pattern is electrically connected to the case. The connector comprises a contact, an outer conductor and a high impedance member. The outer conductor is electrically connected to the ground conductive pattern. The outer conductor is insulated from the contact but covers, at least in part, the contact. The contact is electrically connected to the signal conductive pattern. The high impedance member has high impedance in a high frequency range. The high impedance member is positioned between the outer conductor and the case within the opening of the case. For example, the high impedance member is an electric wave absorber.

Abstract: The invention provides a charging device including a charging roll and a voltage application unit which is capable of applying to the charging roll a voltage in which an alternating current voltage is superimposed on a direct current voltage, the alternating current (Iac) which flows through the charging roll satisfying the following Equation (1), the charging roll satisfying the following conditions (a) to (c), and the charging roll contacting an image supporter to charge the image supporter: Iac/I(inflection)?1.2??Equation (1) (in the Equation (1), I (inflection) represents the flexion point of lac) (a) the fluctuation of the outside diameter is 0.1 mm or less (b) resistance (common logarithm) is 9.0 log·? or less (c) resistance variation (common logarithm) is 0.5 log·? or less.

Abstract: A process for producing a purified carboxylic acid having “n+1” carbon atoms comprises feeding a carboxylic acid stream containing a carboxylic acid having “n+1” carbon atoms, a hydrogen halide, a lower boiling point (bp) component, a higher bp component, and others to a first distillation column; separating a lower bp fraction containing part of the lower bp component and a higher bp fraction containing part of the higher bp component in the first column; withdrawing a side stream containing at least the carboxylic acid by side cut from the first column; feeding the side stream to a second distillation column; separating a lower bp fraction containing part of the lower bp component and a higher bp fraction containing part of the higher bp component in the second column; and withdrawing a side stream containing the carboxylic acid by side cut from the second column to recover a purified carboxylic acid; and the process further comprises feeding at least one first component (A) selected from the group consisti

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel and an illumination unit. The illumination unit has a planar light emitting region formed by an EL element. The light emitting region is formed by a plurality of linear light emitting regions that extend in a direction perpendicular to the vertical scanning direction of liquid crystal. The linear light emitting regions are switched between a light emitting state and a non-light emitting state based on a command signal from a controller in a manner that the linear light emitting regions sequentially emit light in synchronization with vertical scanning of the liquid crystal. Each linear light emitting region is controlled to be in the non-light emitting state at least during a drive data rewriting period of a portion of the liquid crystal immediately above the linear light emitting region.

Abstract: A mixture containing hydrogen iodide and water and having a water content of not more than 5% by weight (particularly not more than 3% by weight) in a distillation system is distilled to prevent condensation of hydrogen iodide in the distillation system. The mixture may comprise hydrogen iodide, water, methanol, methyl iodide, acetic acid, and methyl acetate. Even when the mixture contains hydrogen iodide at a concentration of 1 to 3000 ppm on the basis of weight, an acetic acid product having a concentration of hydrogen iodide of not more than 50 ppm can be obtained by withdrawing a fraction containing hydrogen iodide from the top of the column, and withdrawing acetic acid as a side-cut stream or a stream from the bottom of the column. Such a process (distillation process) effectively inhibits condensation of hydrogen iodide in the distillation system and corrosion in the distillation system.

Abstract: A request scheduling for scheduling requests to a secondary recording media while minimizing the frequency of recording-medium mounting/removing events in a secondary storage unit of an HSM (hierarchical storage management) system by searching for one or more request(s) processed or to be executed as executable on a drive unit, in units of the drive unit. According to the searching, detecting one or more generated read request(s) to read data from a recording medium mounted on the drive unit, and setting the drive unit as an exclusive drive for the read request(s). And scheduling a drive unit having an elapsed time period for a mounted recording media not exceeding a predetermined time period to execute an executable request by priority.

Abstract: A charging device includes a charging member that contacts a member to be charged, charges the member with a predetermined voltage applied to the charging member, and includes a surface layer containing a resin solid and a conductive agent of approximately 10 wt. % or more with respect to the resin solid content.

Abstract: An alkali-developable photosensitive color composition containing a binder resin, a fluorine-containing copolymer, a photopolymerization initiator, a colorant, and a solvent. A photopolymerizable unsaturated compound is used as the binder resin. The photopolymerizable unsaturated compound is obtained by adding (B) an unsaturated monobasic acid to (A) a polyfunctional epoxy resin to form (C) an epoxy adduct and allowing the epoxy adduct (C) and (D) a polybasic acid anhydride to react with each other.

Abstract: A disc-like grinding wheel 5 is formed with a circumferential groove 5a, the opposite walls of which define grinding surfaces 5b. A rotated carrier 3 brings a load pin 55 into rotary movement relative to the grinding wheel 5 rotated about an axis 5z, so as to pass the load pin 55 through space between the grinding surfaces 5b, whereby opposite end faces 55a of the load pin 55 are ground simultaneously. Thus, time taken by a grinding process may be reduced as compared with a conventional method wherein one end face is ground at a time.

Abstract: A reaction mixture obtained by reacting a substrate in the presence of an imide compound having an imide unit represented by the formula (1) can be efficiently separated through crystallization and/or extraction with a specific solvent into the imide compound and a reaction product. (In the formula, X represents oxygen, hydroxyl, or acyloxy.) Furthermore, a mixture comprising the imide compound and a metal catalyst can be efficiently separated through crystallization, adsorption, and/or extraction into the imide compound and the metal catalyst.

Abstract: An organic EL element that is an electroluminescence element has at least an organic layer held between a pair of electrodes. At least an electrode made of material having a higher volume resistivity, of the pair of electrodes, is formed in a flat form. The organic layer is provided with a plurality of non-light emitting portions. The non-light emitting portions are provided so that a larger number of non-light emitting portions exist per unit area at a position physically closer to the position of a terminal portion at which the electrode made of material having the higher volume resistivity is connected to an external connection terminal. As a result, the level of current passing per unit area is substantially uniform at each position on the element.

Abstract: The invention provides a charging device including a charging roll and a voltage application unit which is capable of applying to the charging roll a voltage in which an alternating current voltage is superimposed on a direct current voltage, the alternating current (Iac) which flows through the charging roll satisfying the following Equation (1), the charging roll satisfying the following conditions (a) to (c), and the charging roll contacting an image supporter to charge the image supporter: Iac/I(inflection)?1.2 ??Equation (1) (in the Equation (1), I(inflection) represents the flexion point of lac) (a) the fluctuation of the outside diameter is 0.1 mm or less (b) resistance (common logarithm) is 9.0 log·? or less (c) resistance variation (common logarithm) is 0.5 log·? or less.

Abstract: A method produces acetic acid by continuously reacting methanol with carbon monoxide in the presence of a rhodium catalyst, an iodide salt, methyl iodide, methyl acetate, and water; and thereby producing acetic acid at a production rate of 11 mol/L·hr or more while keeping the acetaldehyde content of a reaction mixture to 500 ppm or less, in which the reaction is carried out at a carbon monoxide partial pressure in a gaseous phase of a reactor of 1.05 MPa or more and/or at a methyl acetate content of the reaction mixture of 2 percent by weight or more to thereby keep the production rate of acetaldehyde to 1/1500 or less that of acetic acid. This method can reduce production of by-products without reducing the reaction rate of acetic acid even at a low water content and a low hydrogen partial pressure in a reaction system.