Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a conductive coating film formed on a polyimide-based insulating substrate by using a metal powder paste which can exhibit a good conductivity and good adhesion to the insulating substrate. By forming a resin cured layer having a solvent-soluble content of not more than 20% by weight and a thickness of not more than 5 ?m on a polyimide-based insulating substrate; forming a metal powder-containing coating layer on the resin cured layer by using a metal powder paste; and then subjecting the resulting coating layer to heat treatment with superheated steam, it is possible to obtain a conductive coating film which can exhibit a good conductivity and good adhesion to the insulating substrate.

Abstract: A piezoelectric element 10 is a laminated type piezoelectric element including a plurality of piezoelectric layers laminated on each other; and an internal electrode layer disposed between adjacent piezoelectric layers. In the piezoelectric element 10, coating layers 12, 14 are disposed on a side surface of the piezoelectric element so as to cover at least an effective portion of the internal electrode layer that is exposed at the side surface. The coating layers 12, 14 contiguously extend from the side surface of the piezoelectric element to at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the piezoelectric element. A step is formed at the at least one of upper and lower surface of the piezoelectric element by the coating layers formed at an edge region.

Abstract: An ink jet printer includes a transfer unit transferring a sheet of paper along a transfer path surface, a printer head ejecting ink towards the sheet of paper, and an air blowing unit blowing air towards ink ejected from the printer head. The sheet of paper may be a postal matter (e.g., letter, postcard, parcel) and the printer head may be used to print barcodes or the like on the sheet of paper for purposes of subsequent sorting and routing.

Abstract: A semiconductor device (100A) has an oxide semiconductor layer (11). The oxide semiconductor layer (11) has a channel region (11c), and a source region (11s) and drain region (11d) positioned on respective sides of the channel region (11c). The source region (11s) has a low-resistance source region (11sx) that has a lower resistance than the channel region (11c), and the drain region (11d) has a low-resistance drain region (11dx) that has a lower resistance than the channel region (11c). The carrier concentrations of the low-resistance source region (11sx) and the low-resistance drain region (11dx) become progressively lower from a connecting portion between a source electrode (17) and the low-resistance source region (11sx) and a connecting portion between a drain electrode (18) and the low-resistance drain region (11dx) towards the channel region (11c).

Abstract: A portable electronic device 100 includes a horizontally long casing, both ends of which are gripped by a user's both hands, respectively. The device further includes a LCD fit into the front face of the casing 10. Outwardly projecting bulges are respectively formed at both sides of the rear face of the casing where fingers of the user gripping the casing 10 placed. Since the fingers and palms are naturally flexed to fit to the dome-like bulges 42L, 42R, the portable electronic device 100 fits comfortably in the user's hands. The operability is hard to be degraded even if the device is vibrated strongly during a game play with the device.

Abstract: A toner including: a binder resin; a releasing agent; and a colorant, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline polyester resin and a non-crystalline polyester resin, wherein the releasing agent has an endothermic peak temperature of 60° C. to 80° C. at the second temperature rising in differential scanning calorimetry, and wherein the releasing agent is an ester wax which satisfies the following expressions (1) and (2): 1.1 Pa·s??*a?2.0 Pa·s . . . Expression (1) 0.001??*b/?*a?1.00 . . . Expression (2) where in Expressions (1) and (2), ?*a denotes a complex viscosity (Pa·s) determined by measuring a dynamic viscoelasticity of the releasing agent at a measurement frequency of 6.28 rad/s, and ?*b denotes a complex viscosity (Pa·s) determined by measuring a dynamic viscoelasticity of the releasing agent at a measurement frequency of 62.8 rad/s.

Abstract: In an information recording medium in which storage capacity per recording layer has increased so much that the size of an SBM varies with those of spare areas, there is mutual dependence between a DDS and an SBM and it is difficult to retrieve disc management information as intended. In an information recording medium according to the present invention, if the largest space is allocated to an user data area, the number of blocks to store a space bitmap is Ni (where Ni?2). But if the smallest space is allocated to the user data area, the number of blocks to use is smaller than Ni.

Abstract: A colored curable composition is provided which has good developability, has excellent color purity, can be formed into a thin film, and has a high absorption coefficient. The colored curable composition includes at least one of specific dipyrromethene metal complex compounds and tautomers thereof. Also, a colored curable composition suitable for forming a color filter which is used in a liquid crystal display device or a solid-state imaging device, and a color filter using the colored curable composition and a method of producing the same are provided.

Abstract: Dielectric waveguide comprising a circular input/output electrode on its bottom surface and surrounded by an exposed dielectric portion thereof around which a conductor film is disposed. A short stub crosses through the exposed dielectric portion to couple the electrode and film together. The printed circuit board has a front surface formed with a generally-circular island-shaped electrode surrounded by a front surface-side ground pattern in a spaced-apart relation thereto, and a back surface formed with a strip line surrounded by a back surface-side ground pattern in spaced-apart relation thereto. An approximate center of the island-shaped electrode and one end of the strip line are coupled together, and the front surface-side ground pattern and the back surface-side pattern are coupled together. The input/output electrode of the dielectric waveguide and the island-shaped electrode of the printed circuit board are coupled together.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a non-solvent type polyurethane resin which may be preferably used for a curing composition having physical properties after curing of low modulus and high elongation and which is excellent in adhesion, physical properties, handling property and storage stability and a process for producing the polyurethane resin without difficulty and at low cost. The polyurethane resin is obtained by reacting a urethane prepolymer obtained by reacting a mixture of a monool and a polyol, having on average 1.3 to 2.1 of terminal hydroxyl groups, and a polyisocyanate, and a compound having a crosslinkable silyl group, an imino group and an amino group in a molecule.

Abstract: Provided herein are an examination device and an examination method that can efficiently perform examination even when both whole blood and serum/blood plasma specimens are to be examined. A solid-phase extraction cartridge or a filter is placed on a continuous track of a cartridge table. A cup table is disposed below the cartridge table. A cup is placed on a continuous track of the cup table to receive a sample purified by the filter. When viewed from above, the continuous track of the cartridge table and the continuous track of the cup table cross each other at a position “m”, and each of the tracks crosses a position at which a sample probe operates. A pretreatment for serum/blood plasma is completed in one rotation of the cartridge table. A pretreatment for whole blood is completed in two rotations of the cartridge table.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hard multilayer film formed body which has an intermediate layer excellent in its adhesion to a base material and a DLC film which is a surface layer excellent in its wear resistance, prevents peeling from occurring between the DLC film and the intermediate layer, and is excellent in its wear resistance and a method for producing the same. A hard multilayer film formed body 1 consists of a multilayer film formed on a surface of a base material 2 consisting of a cemented carbide material or a ferrous material. The multilayer film has (1) a film, composed mainly of DLC, which is formed as a surface layer 5 of the multilayer film; (2) an intermediate layer 3, composed mainly of a metallic material, which is formed between the surface layer 5 and the base material 2; and (3) a stress relaxation layer 4, composed mainly of carbon, which is formed between the intermediate layer 3 and the surface layer 5.

Abstract: An amplifier implementing with a common base circuit is disclosed. The amplifier includes the common base circuit, a current shunt, and a current supplement. The common base circuit receives an input current. The current shunt shunts the input current based on the average of the output of the pre-amplifier. The current supplement supplements a current shunted by the current shunt.

Abstract: A sheet transport apparatus that transports a sheet to a reading section for reading the sheet, has a reading front roller pair contacting with a front end of the sheet to form a register loop in the sheet; a first transport path extending curvingly toward the reading front roller pair; a second transport path extending curvingly toward the reading front roller pair after joining the first transport path; a first register space in which a register loop is formed in a sheet guided along the first transport path; and a second register space in which a register loop is formed in a sheet guided along the second transport path. The first register space is provided on the upstream side of a junction position in which the first transport path joins the second transport path, and the second register space is provided on the downstream side of the junction position.

Abstract: Disclosed are multifunctional sulfur-containing polymers that are the reaction products of a sulfur-containing diol, a polyol containing at least three hydroxyl groups per polyol molecule, and an aldehyde, a ketone, or a combination thereof. Sealant compositions comprising the multifunctional sulfur-containing polymers are also disclosed.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a substrate in which a pressure generating chamber that communicates with a nozzle opening is formed; and a piezoelectric element having a piezoelectric layer, a first electrode that is formed on a surface of the piezoelectric layer on a side of the substrate so as to correspond to the pressure generating chamber, and a second electrode that is formed on a surface of the piezoelectric layer opposite to the side on which the first electrode is formed so as to extend over a plurality of the pressure generating chambers, wherein the second electrode is formed to extend to an outside of the pressure generating chamber in a longitudinal direction of the pressure generating chamber.

Abstract: A method to allow a value to be written into one PCR domain, only if values from a second PCR domain are valid, thus ensuring the extension of the chain of trust between domains.

Abstract: An information processing terminal includes first sealed data respectively having usability conditions of matching with predetermined terminal environment information during a secure boot and second sealed data respectively having usability conditions of matching with terminal environment information upon completion of the secure boot. Upon completion of the secure boot, the second sealed data is unsealed and the first sealed data is resealed using the unsealed data. It is possible to update and re-seal sealed data having a usability condition of matching with predetermined terminal environment information during a secure boot without rebooting a terminal when a program using the sealed data is updated.

Abstract: A soil treating agent or a seed treating agent having excellent prevention effects against various plant pathogens (particularly against rice blast) is provided. A soil treating agent or seed treating agent, comprising one or more compounds of the general formula (Ia), (Ib) or (Ic): (wherein R1, R2: C1-C6 alkyl (may be substituted), aryl (may be substituted), heteroaryl (may be substituted), aralkyl (may be substituted) and the like; R3, R4: H, C1-C6 alkyl (may be substituted), halogen, C1-C6 alkoxy and the like; X: halogen, C1-C6 alkyl (may be substituted), C2-C6 alkenyl (may be substituted), C2-C6 alkynyl (may be substituted), aryl (may be substituted), heteroaryl (may be substituted), C1-C6 alkoxy and the like; Y: halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, OH; n: 0 to 4; m: 0 to 6) or salts thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: An X-ray collimator for controlling an X-ray radiation field, having a lower base member, a pair of regulating members, a pair of surrounding members having substantially U-shaped forms in planar view, N columnar members surrounded by the pair of surrounding members (where N is 4, 6, or 8), a guiding member, a pair of moving members moving parallel to the opposed surfaces of the regulating members, an upper base member, a first motor for horizontally moving the pair of moving members, and a second motor for moving the columnar members. The first motor is driven to horizontally move the pair of moving members over the same distance in opposite directions. The second motor is configured to move one of the columnar members along an internal surface of the surrounding member surrounding the columnar member, thereby moving the other N?1 columnar members sequentially.