Abstract: A cardiopulmonary resuscitation assisting device which is to be placed between a rescuee and a rescuer, during execution of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), assist the cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the cardiopulmonary resuscitation assisting device may include a first housing member which constitutes a housing, and which has a spring-like property.

Abstract: An electric shaver includes an outer blade having blade holes defined by a frame, and an inner blade provided inside the outer blade to move relative to the outer blade and cut body hair inserted into the blade holes. Circumferences of the blade holes of the frame are bent toward the inner blade so as to provide hair lifting portions having rounded portions in the frame, and the frame provided with the hair lifting portions is located closer to a skin than to a surface of the inner blade on a skin side.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical material, an optical lens, and a production process for making the same. The production process includes a step of obtaining a first liquid by dissolving a compound (b) in compound (a); a step of obtaining a second liquid by adding a compound (e) mixed with a portion of a compound (d) to the first liquid and mixing; a step of obtaining a reaction mixture by adding a compound (c) to the second liquid and reacting the resulting mixture under reduced pressure; a step of obtaining a resin composition for an optical material by adding the remainder of the compound (d) to the reaction mixture and mixing; and a step of obtaining an optical material by casting and polymerizing the resin composition.

Abstract: A gas engine system has a control unit including: a first determination section for determining, as a first determination, whether the gas pressure is a low pressure less than a predetermined pressure, while the control device recognizes the gas valve is closed; a second determination section for determining, as a second determination, whether the gas pressure is a high pressure equal to or more than the predetermined pressure, while the control device recognizes that the gas valve is open, if the first determination determines the gas pressure is the low pressure; a start-up section for performing the first and second determinations before start of engine operation when receiving a start-up command; and an operation start section for opening the valve and starting the engine, if the first determination determines the gas pressure is the low pressure, and if the second determination determines the pressure is the high pressure.

Abstract: According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, with an optical material compound including an episulfide compound represented by formula (1) and an episulfide compound represented by formula (2), it is possible to stably and inexpensively store the episulfide compound represented by formula (2) and also provide an optical material having excellent light resistance (in formula (1), m represents an integer from 0 to 4, and n represents an integer from 0 to 2) (in formula (2), m represents an integer from 0 to 4, and n represents an integer from 0 to 2).

Abstract: An internal combustion engine is provided, which is capable of performing normal perturbation for a long period of time according to changes in a valve with time such as contamination, and wear. A gas engine 1 is configured to detect a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio by oxygen sensors 11 and 15 and to perform the perturbation using a solenoid valve 21. The gas engine 1 includes: an A/F valve 22 disposed in parallel with the solenoid valve 21; and a control unit 10. The control unit 10 controls to perform the perturbation in an intermediate region 21a of an opening/closing region of the solenoid valve 21 by detecting time deviations T1 and T2 of an air-fuel ratio that change due to the perturbation and by opening the A/F valve 22 according to the time deviations T1 and T2.

Abstract: A dual phase steel sheet including: in mass %, C: 0.01 to 0.1%; Mn: 0.2 to 3%; Al: 0.04 to 1.5%; Ti: 0.015 to 0.2%; P: 0.01% or less; S: 0.005% or less; N: 0.01% or less, in which [Ti]?48/14×[N]?48/32×[S]?0% is satisfied and when Ex.C (%)=[C]?12/48×{[Ti]+48/93×[Nb]?48/14×[N]?48/32×[S]} is set, 0.001?Ex.C (%)/fsd (%)?0.01 is satisfied, and a balance being composed of Fe and impurities, in which at the position of ¼ thickness of a sheet thickness, a microstructure is a dual phase with its main phase composed of polygonal ferrite precipitation-strengthened by carbide of Ti and its second phase composed of 1 to 10% in area fraction (fsd (%)) of low-temperature transformation products dispersed plurally, and an average crystal diameter of the low-temperature transformation product is 3 to 15 ?m and an average value of a distance of closest approach between the low-temperature transformation products is 10 to 20 ?m.

Abstract: A composition for an optical material includes (a) a compound having two ?-epithiopropyl groups and having a specific structure, (b) a compound having one ?-epithiopropyl group and one glycidyl group and having a specific structure, (c) polyisocyanate and (d) polythiol, enables the prevention of the occurrence of such a defect that peeling traces linger on a lens. In the composition for an optical material, an embodiment in which (e) sulfur is additionally contained is preferred. Another embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing an optical material, characterized by adding an onium salt as a polymerization catalyst to the composition for an optical material in an amount of 0.0001 to 10% by mass relative to the total amount of the compound (a), the compound (b), polyisocyanate (c) and polythiol (d) and then polymerizing and curing the resultant mixture.

Abstract: [Theme] To provide a chip capacitor capable of easily and rapidly accommodating a plurality of types of capacitance values using a common design and a method for manufacturing the chip capacitor. [Solution] A chip capacitor 1 includes a substrate 2, a first external electrode 3, a second external electrode 4, capacitor elements C1 to C19, and fuses F1 to F9 disposed on the substrate 2. The capacitor elements C1 to C19 respectively include a first electrode film 11, a first capacitance film 12 on the first electrode film 11, a second electrode film 13 disposed on the first capacitance film 12 and facing the first electrode film 11, a second capacitance film 17 on the second electrode film 13, and a third electrode film 16 disposed on the second capacitance film 17 and facing the second electrode film 13 and are connected between the first external electrode 3 and the second external electrode 4.

Abstract: A method for producing an optical material includes a predetermined compound (a), compound (b), compound (c), compound (d), and compound (e). The method minimizes the occurrence of a defect where peeling traces are left on a lens. The first to the fifth step minimizes the defect where peeling traces are left. First: dissolving the compound (b) into the compound (a) to obtain a first solution. Second: adding the compound (e) to the first solution obtained in the first step and then mixing to obtain a second solution not comprising the compound (d). Third: adding the compound (c) to the second solution obtained in the second step to obtain a reaction mixture. Fourth: adding the compound (d) to the reaction mixture obtained in the third step and then mixing to obtain a resin composition for an optical material. Fifth: cast-molding the resin composition and then polymerizing to obtain the optical material.

Abstract: A light collecting member includes a lens to make incident light be collected on a light receiving member, a lens barrel to house the lens, an end portion into which a light enters of the lens barrel being arranged near the light receiving member and a fence member to cover the end portion into which a light enters of the lens barrel and the light receiving member, the fence member having an exhaust port formed in a manner extending in a vertical direction.

Abstract: This high strength hot-rolled steel sheet includes: in terms of percent by mass, C: 0.05 to 0.12%; Si: 0.8 to 1.2%; Mn: 1.6 to 2.2%; Al: 0.30 to 0.6%; P: 0.05% or less; S: 0.005% or less; and N: 0.01% or less, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein a microstructure includes specific ranges (in area %) of ferrite phases as well as martensite phases, and a maximum concentration of Al detected by a glow discharge emission spectroscopic analysis is in a range of 0.75 mass % or less in a region from a surface of the steel sheet to a thickness of 500 nm after being acid-pickled.

Abstract: This high strength hot-rolled steel sheet includes: in terms of percent by mass, C: 0.05 to 0.12%; Si: 0.8 to 1.2%; Mn: 1.6 to 2.2%; Al: 0.30 to 0.6%; P: 0.05% or less; S: 0.005% or less; and N: 0.01% or less, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein a microstructure includes specific ranges (in area %) of ferrite phases as well as martensite phases, and a maximum concentration of Al detected by a glow discharge emission spectroscopic analysis is in a range of 0.75 mass % or less in a region from a surface of the steel sheet to a thickness of 500 nm after being acid-pickled.

Abstract: [Theme] A compact and refined chip resistor, with which a plurality of types of required resistance values can be accommodated readily with the same design structure, was desired. [Solution Means] A chip resistor 10 is arranged to have a resistor network 14 on a substrate. The resistor network 14 includes a plurality of resistor bodies R arrayed in a matrix and having an equal resistance value. A plurality of types of resistance units are respectively arranged by one or a plurality of the resistor bodies R being connected electrically. The plurality of types of resistance units are connected in a predetermined mode using connection conductor films C and fuse films F. By selectively fusing a fuse film F, a resistance unit can be electrically incorporated into the resistor network 14 or electrically separated from the resistor network to make the resistance value of the resistor network 14 the required resistance value.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to perform a more accurate and detailed diagnosis of a brain disease. A diagnosis server 10 of the brain disease diagnosis system 1 for diagnosing a brain disease of an examined person includes: an acquiring unit 11 for acquiring a brain image of the examined person so as to obtain an acquired image; a region setting unit 12 for setting a plurality of regions in the acquired image; an individual index value calculating unit 13 for calculating an individual index value based on a pixel value of the acquired image, in each of the plurality of regions; a whole index value calculating unit 14 for calculating a whole index value by weighting the individual index value of each of the plurality of regions; a diagnosis unit 15 for diagnosing the brain disease of the examined person based on the whole index value; and an output unit 16 for outputting information indicating a diagnosis outcome.

Abstract: A noise suppression apparatus is provided with: an offset correction unit that corrects changes in a DC offset generated by the hopping of radio frequencies or a local leak correction unit that corrects changes of local leaks generated by hopping of radio frequencies; and a noise elimination unit that suppresses the amplitude of noise generated by the offset correction unit or local leak correction unit and that is provided with switches that turn ON and OFF in synchronization with the hopping of radio frequencies, and an amplitude suppression unit connected between two differential output lines of the offset correction unit or the local leak correction unit by way of the switches.

Abstract: To perform a more accurate and detailed diagnosis of a brain disease, a diagnosis server of the brain disease diagnosis system for diagnosing a brain disease of an examined person includes: an acquiring unit for acquiring a brain image of the examined person so as to obtain an acquired image; a region setting unit for setting a plurality of regions in the acquired image; an individual index value calculating unit for calculating an individual index value based on a pixel value of the acquired image, in each of the plurality of regions; a whole index value calculating unit for calculating a whole index value by weighting the individual index value of each of the plurality of regions; a diagnosis unit for diagnosing the brain disease of the examined person based on the whole index value; and an output unit for outputting information indicating a diagnosis outcome.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a movable information collection apparatus capable of grasping the current situation in a timely fashion. Also, an object of the present invention is to provide a geographical monitoring system capable of utilizing the movable information collection apparatus. The movable information collection apparatus includes an observation data collection antenna system that receives observation data obtained by observing an observation target area from the air, a geographic information database that stores previously acquired geographic information in the observation target area, an evaluation calculation unit that calculates and outputs a difference between the observation data and the previously acquired geographic information, the observation data collection antenna system, the geographic information database, and the evaluation calculation unit being mounted on a movable pedestal.

Abstract: A light collecting member includes a lens to make incident light be collected on a light receiving member, a lens barrel to house the lens, an end portion into which a light enters of the lens barrel being arranged near the light receiving member and a fence member to cover the end portion into which a light enters of the lens barrel and the light receiving member, the fence member having an exhaust port formed in a manner extending in a vertical direction.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes: a moving body on which a catch receiving portion is formed and which is movable in a predetermined direction; a fixing body on which a catching portion is formed to catch the catch receiving portion, and which is movable in a direction substantially orthogonal to the predetermined direction; a first position retaining portion for engaging a projected portion, formed on either one of a housing and the fixing body, with a first recessed portion formed on the other so that the fixing body can be retained in a position in which the catching portion catches the catch receiving portion; and a second position retaining portion for engaging the projected portion with a second recessed portion, formed on either the housing or the fixing body on which the first recessed portion is formed.