Abstract: An optical semiconductor device includes a light emitting element having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface having a first electrode provided thereon, the second surface being located on the opposite side from the first surface and having a second electrode provided thereon; a first conductive member connected to the first surface; a second conductive member connected to the second surface; a first external electrode connected to the first conductive member; a second external electrode connected to the second conductive member; and an enclosure sealing the light emitting element, the first conductive member, and the second conductive member between the first external electrode and the second external electrode, and being configured to transmit light emitted from the light emitting element.

Abstract: Decimal calculation apparatus, which performs multidigit decimal calculation with the number of calculation digits set in calculation instruction, comprises multidigit memory section capable of storing values with greater numbers of digits than the number of digits of a predetermined digit unit in plurality of memory areas; calculation-instruction memory section which stores calculation instruction having the number of calculation digits and type of calculation set therein; and decimal calculation section which performs decimal calculation of sequentially calculating numerical values of corresponding digit units respectively stored in plurality of memory areas of the multidigit memory section, digit unit by digit unit in the number of calculation digits set in calculation instruction stored in calculation-instruction memory section, in decimal calculation according to type of calculation set in calculation instruction stored in calculation-instruction memory section, and sequentially writing calculation resul

Abstract: A transparent composite sheet that has a small linear expansion coefficient, excellent transparency/heat resistance, minimal optical anisotropy, and a high degree of flatness, and that also has excellent impact resistance and flexibility; and a substrate for a display element. A transparent composite sheet obtained by curing a composite composition comprising a glass filler and a transparent resin composition that includes an alicyclic epoxy resin indicated by Chemical Formula (1) below and/or an alicyclic epoxy resin indicated by Chemical Formula (2) below; at least one type of compound other than the alicyclic epoxy resin having a cationic-polymerizable functional group; and a curing agent; wherein the admixture ratio of the alicyclic epoxy resin and the compound having a cationic-polymerizable functional group is preferably 99:1 to 70:30.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an optical semiconductor device, the method including: providing a resin layer on a light-emitting substrate to cover a principle surface of the light-emitting substrate, the light-emitting substrate including a pair of electrodes in each section of the principle surface, the resin layer including multiple holes each exposing two of the electrodes located adjacent to each other but in the different sections; providing post electrodes respectively on all the paired electrodes formed in all the sections by filling a conductive material in the holes of the resin layer on the principal surface; and forming multiple optical semiconductor devices by cutting the light-emitting substrate into sections, the light-emitting substrate provided with the post electrodes respectively on all the paired electrodes formed in all the sections.

Abstract: A decimal calculation apparatus, which performs multidigit decimal calculation with the number of calculation digits set in a calculation instruction, includes a multidigit memory section which stores values with greater numbers of digits than the number of digits of a predetermined digit unit in a plurality of memory areas, a calculation-instruction memory section which stores the calculation instruction having the number of calculation digits and a type of calculation set therein, and a decimal calculation section which performs decimal calculation of sequentially calculating numerical values of corresponding digit units respectively stored in the plurality of memory areas of the multidigit memory section, digit unit by digit unit in the number of calculation digits set in the calculation instruction stored in calculation-instruction memory section, in decimal calculation according to type of calculation set in the calculation instruction stored in calculation-instruction memory section, and sequentially wr

Abstract: A paraquat resistance gene and a vascular tissue- and trichome-specific promoter are provided. The paraquat resistance gene and the vascular tissue- and trichome-specific promoter are isolated by identifying and analyzing genes of Arabidopsis thaliana.

Abstract: For a suppressed breakage after a flip chip connection of a semiconductor device using a low-permittivity insulation film and a lead-free solder together, with an enhanced production yield, bump electrodes (2) are heated by a temperature profile having, after a heating up to a melting point of the bump electrodes (2) or more, a cooling in which a temperature within a range of 190 to 210° C. is kept for an interval of time within a range of 3 to 15 minutes, and a condition is met, such that 1.4<Lb/La<1.6, where La is a diameter of second electrode pads (33), and Lb is a diameter of first electrode pads (13).

Abstract: A paraquat resistance gene and a vascular tissue- and trichome-specific promoter are provided. The paraquat resistance gene and the vascular tissue- and trichome-specific promoter are isolated by identifying and analyzing genes of Arabidopsis thaliana.

Abstract: In a graphing calculator, a decimal calculation unit obtains a calculation result of an arithmetic expression input by an input device to an n-th digit and an (n+m)-th digit. When the values from the most significant digit to an (n+1)-th digit in the (n+m)-digit calculation result are zero, with respect to an addition or subtraction, the CPU corrects an n-digit calculation result of the addition or subtraction to zero.

Abstract: Decimal calculation apparatus, which performs multidigit decimal calculation with the number of calculation digits set in calculation instruction, comprises multidigit memory section capable of storing values with greater numbers of digits than the number of digits of a predetermined digit unit in plurality of memory areas; calculation-instruction memory section which stores calculation instruction having the number of calculation digits and type of calculation set therein; and decimal calculation section which performs decimal calculation of sequentially calculating numerical values of corresponding digit units respectively stored in plurality of memory areas of the multidigit memory section, digit unit by digit unit in the number of calculation digits set in calculation instruction stored in calculation-instruction memory section, in decimal calculation according to type of calculation set in calculation instruction stored in calculation-instruction memory section, and sequentially writing calculation resul

Abstract: A paraquat resistance gene and a vascular tissue- and trichome-specific promoter are provided. The paraquat resistance gene and the vascular tissue- and trichome-specific promoter are isolated by identifying and analyzing genes of Arabidopsis thaliana.

Abstract: A fetal-pulse-wave-velocity-related-information obtaining apparatus, including a heartbeat-synchronous-signal detecting device at least a portion of which is adapted to be worn on at least one of a fetus and a mother so as to detect a heartbeat-synchronous signal produced from a proximal portion of the fetus; a pulse-wave detecting device which detects a pulse wave from a distal portion of the fetus that is located on a distal side of the proximal portion of the fetus; and a pulse-wave-velocity-related-information obtaining device for iteratively obtaining, based on the heartbeat-synchronous signal detected by the heartbeat-synchronous-signal detecting device and the pulse wave detected by the pulse-wave detecting device, respective sets of pulse-wave-velocity-related information each of which is related to a velocity at which the pulse wave propagates in the fetus.

Abstract: A water-proof grommet is provided which includes a plate-shaped head, a polygonal grommet body, and at least two latch pawls connected at lower ends to the grommet body and arranged on an outside surface of a substantially central portion of the grommet body. The head is substantially flat at a back surface thereof, and the latch pawls are provided at tip end portions with at least one inclined surface inclined outward and downward from the grommet body and at least one adjacent flat portion. The grommet body is adapted to expand radially as a screw is threaded therein, so as to cause an outer surface of the grommet body to deform the latch pawls radially outward and thereby cause at least one of the inclined surface and the adjacent flat portion of the latch pawls to press a member being mounted toward the back surface of the head.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically measuring a blood pressure of a living subject, including in inflatable cuff which is adapted to be wound around a portion of the subject, a cuff pulse wave including heartbeat-synchronous pulses occurring to the cuff while a pressure in the cuff is changed, a blood-pressure determining device for determining a blood pressure of the subject based on a change of respective amplitudes of the heartbeat-synchronous pulses of the cuff pulse wave, a display device which has a two-dimensional screen consisting of picture elements, and an amplitude displaying device for successively displaying, on the two-dimensional screen of the display device and while the pressure of the cuff is changed, the amplitude of each of the heartbeat-synchronous pulses of the cuff pulse wave, such that the amplitude of the each heartbeat-synchronous pulse of the cuff pulse wave is comparable with at least one prior amplitude of at least one prior heartbeat-synchronous pulse of the cuff pulse wave.

Abstract: A 3-D coordinate measurement is performed in such a way that an electrooptical distance-measuring device is used to measure a linear distance to a target point set on a surface of a measurement object, an angle measuring device is used to measure shifted angles of an optical axis of the electrooptical distance-measuring device, and a 3-D coordinate of the target point is measured according to a measured distance and a measured angle after the optical axis of the electrooptical distance-measuring device has been aligned to the target point.

Abstract: A 3-D coordinate measurement is performed in such a way that an electrooptical distance-measuring device is used to measure a linear distance to a target point set on a surface of a measurement object, an angle measuring device is used to measure shifted angles of an optical axis of the electrooptical distance-measuring device, and a 3-D coordinate of the target point is measured according to a measured distance and a measured angle after the optical axis of the electrooptical distance-measuring device has been aligned to the target point.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a aiming apparatus to be interposed between a reflector and a housing to adjust direction of light reflected by the reflector; the aiming apparatus comprising an adjusting screw rotatably engaged at one end with the housing at a predetermined position; a pivot nut having at one end a nut portion capable of achieving thread engagement with the other end of the adjusting screw and at the other end a pivot portion, respectively; a pivot holder attached to a rear side of the reflector; and a nut receiver fixed on the front side of the housing at a predetermined position.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically measuring a blood pressure of a female subject, including a blood-pressure measuring device which includes an inflatable cuff adapted to apply a pressing force to a body portion of the subject and automatically measures, by changing the pressing force of the cuff, a blood pressure of the female subject at a predetermined measurement period, a labor-pain-signal detecting device which detects, from the female subject, a labor-pain signal which changes in relation to a labor pain of the subject, and a blood-pressure-measurement starting device for operating the blood-pressure measuring device to start a blood-pressure measurement, when the predetermined measurement period has elapsed and when the labor-pain signal detected by the labor-pain-signal detecting device falls within a reference range.