Abstract: To provide an electrochromic compound, represented by the following general formula (I): General Formula (I) where X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7 and X8 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; R1 and R2 are each independently a monovalent substituent; A? and B? are each independently a monovalent anion; and Y is represented by the following general formula (II) or (III): General Formula (II) General Formula (III) where X9, X10, X11, X12, X13, X14, X15, X16, X17, and X18 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent.

Abstract: A method of processing a wafer includes a plasma etching step of supplying an etching gas in a plasma state to the wafer to remove processing strains, debris, or modified layers. The plasma etching step includes turning an etching gas into a plasma state outside of a vacuum chamber which houses the wafer therein and delivering the etching gas in the plasma state into the vacuum chamber through a supply nozzle connected to the vacuum chamber.

Abstract: In order to improve visibility of a measurement/inspection image in an inspection measurement apparatus inspecting or measuring a fine pattern, a charged particle beam device is configured to include a charged particle optical system that irradiates a surface of a sample with a converged charged particle beam so as to perform scanning, a detection unit that detects secondary charged particles generated from the sample irradiated with the charged particle beam by the charged particle optical system, an image forming unit that receives a detection signal from the detection unit and forms an image of the sample, an image processing unit that processes the image formed in the image forming unit, and a display unit that displays a result processed by the image processing unit, in which the image forming unit includes an analog signal processing portion that processes an analog signal component of the detection signal in the detection unit so as to form an image, a pulse count method signal processing portion that

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for forming an organic semiconductor film that makes it possible to obtain an organic semiconductor film having excellent mobility and heat stability, an organic semiconductor element including an organic semiconductor film having excellent mobility and heat stability, and a method for manufacturing the organic semiconductor element.

Abstract: An electrochromic element is provided. The electrochromic element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an electrolyte disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a first layer overlying the first electrode, and a second layer overlying the second electrode. The first layer contains an oxidizable color-developing electrochromic compound. The second layer contains a compound having the following formula (1): wherein each of R1 to R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a monovalent organic group, and at least one of R1 to R5 includes a functional group directly or indirectly bindable to a hydroxyl group (OH).

Abstract: A drive system includes an actuator, a waveform generating unit, a driving amplifier, and a bias amplifier. The actuator includes a drive unit. The waveform generating unit generates a voltage waveform for driving the drive unit. The driving amplifier amplifies the voltage waveform so as to apply a voltage to the drive unit. The bias amplifier applies a bias voltage to the drive unit. The driving amplifier and the bias amplifier are coupled to a shared power supply and the ground. The output voltage of the bias amplifier is higher than the minimum output voltage of the driving amplifier.

Abstract: A filtration device including: a casing 1 having a fluid inlet 6, a fluid outlet 7, a raw fluid chamber 8, and a filtered-fluid chamber 9; a box-shaped or tube-shaped filter element 3 (3a, 3b) having a filter medium 31 removably installed inside the casing 1, allowing the fluid to pass through from inside to outside to filter the fluid, and having a backwashing mechanism inside thereof; and a backwash fluid discharge pipe 4 which discharges backwash fluid to the outside, wherein the backwashing mechanism has a fixed pipe 33 fixed to the inside of the filter element, a movable pipe 34 movably fitted to the outside of the fixed pipe, and a backwash head 35 attached to the movable pipe to backwash the filter medium, wherein the fixed pipe and the movable pipe movably guide the backwash head and form a discharge passage for backwash fluid.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel corneal thickness modulating agent. The present invention pertains to a corneal thickness modulating agent containing 1-(4-fluoro-5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-methyl-1,4-homopiperazine or a salt thereof or a solvate thereof.

Abstract: An exhaust duct provided on a back surface side of an image forming apparatus, and including a plurality of air ducts through which air inside the apparatus is exhausted toward outside the apparatus, a plurality of filters provided in the plurality of air ducts, respectively, and which removes a fine particle included in the air exhausted through the air ducts, and a filter case that houses the plurality of filters in a manner that the filters are able to be taken out from the filter case are included, and the filter case is provided in a drawable manner to one of side surface sides in a right and left direction or to an upper surface side in an up and down direction of the image forming apparatus, from a front surface side to a back surface side of the image forming apparatus, with respect to the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is an electrochromic display device, including: a pair of electrodes facing each other; an electrochromic layer provided to one of the pair of electrodes: and an electrolytic solution layer provided between the electrodes facing each other, wherein the electrochromic display device includes an yttrium-containing metal oxide layer between the electrochromic layer and the electrode to which the electrochromic layer is provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for repetitive use in automotive testing includes a body. The body includes a torso and a pair of legs. Each leg includes an upper portion and a lower portion pivotably connected to each other. An upper drive pivotably drives the upper portion of each of the pair of legs about a first pivot point disposed on a bottom portion of the torso. A lower drive pivotably drives the upper portion with respect to a corresponding lower portion of the leg. The upper drive and lower drive working in concert to articulate the upper and lower portions of the leg to replicate a pedaling motion.

Abstract: Provided is a phenolic resin composition containing: an epoxy resin curing agent that contains a hydroxybenzene derivative represented by the following Formula (I) and a phenol resin having at least one partial structure selected from the group consisting of the following Formulae (IIa), (IIb), (IIc) and (IId); and an epoxy resin. In these Formulae, each of R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 independently represents a hydroxy group, a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; at least two of R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are hydroxy groups; each Ar independently represents at least one group selected from the group consisting of the following Formulae (IIIa) and (IIIb); each of R11 and R14 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group; and each of R12 and R13 independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.

Abstract: A centrifuge including: a rotor configured to hold a sample and configured to be detachably mounted, a rotation chamber accommodating the rotor, a plurality of motors configured to be rotationally driven by three-phase AC power, and a control device configured to control centrifuging operation, wherein one of the plurality of motors is a centrifuge motor configured to rotate the rotor, and the control device is configured to change distribution of power supplied to the centrifuge motor and power supplied to another motor of the plurality of motors during one operation.

Abstract: Provided are a vehicle body assembling method and a vehicle body assembling apparatus which allow a simple configuration in the vicinity of the connecting portion between an upper jig and a lower jig and allow an increase in the efficiency of assembling work (welding work). A vehicle body assembling apparatus is equipped with a jig for supporting vehicle body components in a preassembled position, the jig comprising an upper jig and a lower jig which are connected to each other in at least two places. Each of the connection places is provided with a connecting means for fixing a three-dimensional coordinate position while allowing uniaxial turning. The vehicle body assembling apparatus is also equipped with a conveying means for conveying the upper jig which supports the vehicle body components, and reduces the load applied to the lower jig from the upper jig when connecting the upper jig to the lower jig.

Abstract: A charged particle apparatus includes: a charged particle source unit; a blanking electrode unit that blanks a charged particle beam launched from the charged particle source unit; a deflecting electrode unit that deflects the charged particle beam launched from the charged particle source unit and passing through the blanking electrode unit; an objective lens unit that converges the charged particle beam deflected by the deflecting electrode unit and radiates the charged particle beam to a surface of a sample; a secondary charged particle detection unit that detects a secondary charged particle generated from the sample irradiated with the charged particle beam; a signal processing unit that processes a signal obtained by detecting the secondary charged particle by the secondary charged particle detection unit; and a control unit that controls the entire apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention forms bead apex rubber with good precision on the outer circumferential surface of the bead core. A molding process, in which unvulcanized rubber is made to flow into a bead apex molding chamber that is surrounded by surfaces that include the outer circumferential surface of a circular bead core and the bead apex rubber is formed directly on the outer circumferential surface of the bead core that is rotating around the core axis, is provided. The molding process comprises: a tip forming step that forms the leading end of the bead apex rubber; a middle section forming step that sequentially forms the bead apex rubber to be continuous with the leading end; and a joining step to join the back end and the leading end of the bead apex rubber by inflowing the unvulcanized rubber therebetween.

Abstract: To provide an electrochromic compound, represented by the following general formula (I), where Ar1 is a pyridinium ring having a structure represented by the following general formula (IIa), (IIb), or (IIc), where Ar2 is a monovalent heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent, but Ar2 is not a pyridinium ring; R1 to R8 are each independently a monovalent group which may have a functional group, where the monovalent group may have a substituent; A is a monovalent group which may have a functional group, where the monovalent group may have a substituent; and B? is a monovalent anion.

Abstract: A semiconductor device which reduces power consumption. In the semiconductor device, semiconductor chips are stacked over a base chip. The stacked chips include n through-silicon vias as a first group and m through-silicon vias as a second group. In each of the first and second groups, the through-silicon vias are coupled by a shift circular method, in which the 1st to (n?1)th ((m?1)th) through-silicon vias of a lower chip are coupled with the 2nd to n-th (m-th) through-silicon vias of an upper chip respectively and the n-th (m-th) through-silicon via of the lower chip is coupled with the 1st through-silicon via of the upper chip. n and m have only one common divisor. Activation of the stacked semiconductor chips is controlled by combination of a first selection signal transmitted through through-silicon vias of the first group and a second selection signal transmitted through through-silicon vias of the second group.

Abstract: A spacer portion (3) of this heat exchanger (100) includes an outer peripheral portion (3a) circumferentially provided along outer peripheral edges of bonded surfaces (1a) of cores (1) and a gap portion (3b and 3c) provided in a partial region of the circumferential outer peripheral portion, and the gap portion is provided at a position where a temperature gradient on the bonded surfaces of the cores is relatively shallow.

Abstract: Provided are an fiber-reinforced plastic molding material having a satisfactory handling property, long storage stability, and high moldability enabling shaping into even a complicated shape, and a molded article thereof having excellent heat resistance, mechanical strength, and a method of producing the same. The fiber-reinforced plastic molding material includes a matrix resin containing, as an essential component, a phenoxy resin being solid at ordinary temperature and having a melt viscosity of 3,000 Pa·s or less at anywhere in the temperature region of from 160° C. to 220° C., with an epoxy resin and a cross-linking agent being blended as desired, in which the matrix resin is turned into fine powder having an average particle diameter (d50) of from 10 ?m to 150 ?m, and the matrix resin is caused to adhere to a reinforcing fiber base material by powder coating so as to achieve a resin content of from 20% to 50%.