Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a filter in which a liquid having phenol filtration capability is prevented from leaking out even after prolonged storage; and a flavor inhalation article equipped with said filter. The problem is solved by a filter that is for a flavor inhalation article, and that has a filtering medium including a biodegradable material, and a paper roll wound around the filtering medium. The filtering medium contains a liquid having a phenol filtration capability. A surface of the roll paper where a contact is made with the filtering medium is made of a layer exhibiting liquid-repellent properties with respect to said liquid.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a first circuit, a second circuit, an adjustment unit, a detection unit configured to detect a parameter, a first communication unit, a second communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with the first communication unit, and a control unit configured to control the adjustment unit, the detection result being transmitted from the first communication unit to the second communication unit by the wireless communication. The detection unit operates with power resulting from a voltage output from the control unit to the second communication unit. The first communication unit includes first wiring, the second communication unit includes second wiring, and the first wiring is disposed to not contact the second wiring. At least a part of a region surrounded by the first wiring and the detection unit overlaps a region surrounded by the second wiring and the control unit.

Abstract: A carbody of a railcar includes a roof bodyshell, a side bodyshell, and a cantrail. The cantrail includes: an outside plate; an inside plate arranged at a car inner side of the outside plate and spaced apart from the outside plate; and a plurality of coupling rib plates coupled to the outside plate and the inside plate and forming a plurality of triangles together with the outside plate and the inside plate. Each of the outside plate and the inside plate includes a plurality of sections each connecting apexes of the triangle. The plurality of sections of at least one of the outside plate and the inside plate include a plurality of flat plate sections. In the at least one plate, two or more adjacent flat plate sections among the plurality of flat plate sections are arranged on a straight line.

Abstract: A railcar includes: an underframe including a pair of side sills located at both respective ends of the underframe in a car width direction and extending in a car longitudinal direction and a plurality of cross beams coupling the pair of side sills to each other in a car width direction; and an underfloor cover covering an underfloor portion of the underframe. The underfloor cover includes upper and lower plate-shaped members (a shielding plate and a closing plate) made of stainless steel, and the upper and lower plate-shaped members are at least partially spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: A connection structure includes: a circuit breaker connected to a power cable through which high-voltage power is supplied; a high-voltage device box accommodating the circuit breaker; a main transformer configured to transform a voltage of the high-voltage power and provided under the floor of the car; a first connector device electrically connected to the circuit breaker and provided at a dividing wall of the high-voltage device box; a second connector device electrically connected to the main transformer and provided at a dividing wall of the main transformer; and a high-voltage cable covered with an insulating coating and having both end portions to which cable connector portions are respectively attached, wherein the high-voltage cable connects the first connector device and the second connector device in such a manner that the cable connector portions respectively fit and are connected to the first connector device and the second connector device.

Abstract: A carbody of a railcar includes a roof bodyshell, a side bodyshell, and a cantrail. The cantrail includes: an outside plate; an inside plate arranged at a car inner side of the outside plate and spaced apart from the outside plate; and a plurality of coupling rib plates coupled to the outside plate and the inside plate and forming a plurality of triangles together with the outside plate and the inside plate. Each of the outside plate and the inside plate includes a plurality of sections each connecting apexes of the triangle. The plurality of sections of at least one of the outside plate and the inside plate include a plurality of flat plate sections. In the at least one plate, two or more adjacent flat plate sections among the plurality of flat plate sections are arranged on a straight line.

Abstract: A railcar includes: an underframe including a pair of side sills located at both respective ends of the underframe in a car width direction and extending in a car longitudinal direction and a plurality of cross beams coupling the pair of side sills to each other in a car width direction; and an underfloor cover covering an underfloor portion of the underframe. The underfloor cover includes upper and lower plate-shaped members (a shielding plate and a closing plate) made of stainless steel, and the upper and lower plate-shaped members are at least partially spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: A railcar includes: a power collector configured to collect electric power through overhead contact lines; a circuit breaking unit connected to the power collector and arranged on a roof of a car; and a plurality of electric power cables connected to the circuit breaking unit. The circuit breaking unit includes: a circuit breaker arranged above the roof and connected to a circuit connected to the power collector; and a branch joint which is integrally connected to a terminal portion of the circuit breaker and arranged under the circuit breaker and to which the plurality of electric power cables are connected.

Abstract: The present invention is a high voltage device system mounted on a railcar and includes a plurality of high voltage devices to which high-voltage electric power from an overhead contact line is supplied, a plurality of high-voltage cables configured to connect the high voltage devices with each other, and a joint device to which the high-voltage cables are connected. The high-voltage cables respectively include cable connector portions at tip end portions thereof, and each of the cable connector portions includes a base tubular portion configured to cover the high-voltage cable and a fit tubular portion extending from the base tubular portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the high-voltage cable. The joint device includes joint connector portions, each of which is fitted to the fit tubular portion of the cable connector portion to be connected to the high-voltage cable.

Abstract: A connection structure includes: a circuit breaker connected to a power cable through which high-voltage power is supplied; a high-voltage device box accommodating the circuit breaker; a main transformer configured to transform a voltage of the high-voltage power and provided under the floor of the car; a first connector device electrically connected to the circuit breaker and provided at a dividing wall of the high-voltage device box; a second connector device electrically connected to the main transformer and provided at a dividing wall of the main transformer; and a high-voltage cable covered with an insulating coating and having both end portions to which cable connector portions are respectively attached, wherein the high-voltage cable connects the first connector device and the second connector device in such a manner that the cable connector portions respectively fit and are connected to the first connector device and the second connector device.

Abstract: A railcar includes: a power collector configured to collect electric power through overhead contact lines; a circuit breaking unit connected to the power collector and arranged on a roof of a car; and a plurality of electric power cables connected to the circuit breaking unit. The circuit breaking unit includes: a circuit breaker arranged above the roof and connected to a circuit connected to the power collector; and a branch joint which is integrally connected to a terminal portion of the circuit breaker and arranged under the circuit breaker and to which the plurality of electric power cables are connected.

Abstract: The present invention is a high voltage device system mounted on a railcar and includes a plurality of high voltage devices to which high-voltage electric power from an overhead contact line is supplied, a plurality of high-voltage cables configured to connect the high voltage devices with each other, and a joint device to which the high-voltage cables are connected. The high-voltage cables respectively include cable connector portions at tip end portions thereof, and each of the cable connector portions includes a base tubular portion configured to cover the high-voltage cable and a fit tubular portion extending from the base tubular portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the high-voltage cable. The joint device includes joint connector portions, each of which is fitted to the fit tubular portion of the cable connector portion to be connected to the high-voltage cable.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor, a source electrode, a drain electrode, an insulating layer and a gate electrode. The semiconductor layer includes an GaN layer and a AlGaN layer provided on the GaN layer. The source electrode and the drain electrode are provided on the semiconductor layer. The insulating layer is provided on the semiconductor layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The gate electrode includes a penetrating portion and a gate field plate, the penetrating portion being in contact with the semiconductor layer through the insulating layer and containing platinum in contact with the semiconductor layer, the gate field plate being in contact with an upper face of the insulating layer with a contact length of not less than 0.1 micrometers and not more than 0.3 micrometers and containing platinum in contact with the upper surface.

Abstract: A IF inversion driving method writes signal voltage of the same polarity to a signal line over a 1F period, and therefore cannot prevent occurrence of crosstalk caused by coupling. Also, shading is caused. In an active matrix type liquid crystal display device including a pixel array unit 11 formed by two-dimensionally arranging pixels 20 in a form of a matrix, the pixel array unit 11 is divided into a plurality of areas (two areas 11A and 11B in a present example) in a vertical direction, while the plurality of areas being vertically scanned in order (alternately in the present example) in a unit of a row, pixels of the plurality of areas are selected in a unit of a row, and a video signal Vsig reversed in polarity in each H is written to the pixels of the selected row.

Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for constructing stable mammalian embryonic epithelial tissues and organs as well as constructing kidney tissue, and treating renal failure. Disclosed are methods of using an active epithelial growth factor having the capability of effectuating induction of growth and morphogenesis is cells.

Abstract: Certain embodiments provide a transistor including a semiconductor conductive layer, a drain electrode, a source electrode, and a gate electrode. The semiconductor device is III nitride-based semiconductor conductive layer including an active layer, formed on a surface of a substrate. The drain electrode and the source electrode have a titanium layer and an aluminum layer formed on the titanium layer and having a film thickness ratio of 12 to 15 with respect to the titanium layer, and the drain electrode and the source electrode come into ohmic contact with the semiconductor layer. The gate electrode is in Schottky junction with the semiconductor layer between the drain electrode and source electrode.

Abstract: A digital driving display device to make gradation display by pulse width modulation includes: a pixel array unit arranging pixels having an electrooptic element and incorporating a memory in a matrix, disposing a scanning line for each row in a pixel arrangement in the matrix, and a signal line for each column; a horizontal driving section inputting display data in a block for each scanning line having a low to a high gradation level subfield for each bit of the data defining gradation levels of the pixels and in a period for weight of the bit, sampling-latching, sequentially transferring, and supplying the data to the signal line; and a vertical driving section selecting and scanning pixels of the pixel array unit in a row and performing scanning while jumping rows to write the data supplied in the block from the horizontal driving section to pixels of the pixel array unit.

Abstract: To provide a metal complex compound capable of being suitably used for manufacturing a metal-containing thin film by the CVD method and a method for preparing a metal-containing thin film. A metal complex compound comprising a ?-diketonato ligand having an alkoxyalkyl-methyl group, and a method for preparing a metal-containing thin film using the metal complex compound by the CVD method.

Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for constructing stable mammalian embryonic epithelial tissues and organs as well as constructing kidney tissue, and treating renal failure. Disclosed are methods of using an active epithelial growth factor having the capability of effectuating induction of growth and morphogenesis is cells.