Abstract: A plurality of edges of sensor substrates are connected in a longitudinal direction in a sensor substrate unit. Farthest tips of sensor chips at the edges of the sensor substrates are positioned inside of farthest edges of the edges in the longitudinal direction. The edges of the connected sensor substrates overlap each other in a thickness direction of the sensor substrates in plan view.

Abstract: Out of one constantly fed block (B0) and one power saving block (B1) provided by dividing in advance circuit units constituting an OLT (10), a power supply control unit (40) constantly supplies power to circuit units belonging to the constantly fed block. For circuit units belonging to the power saving block, the power supply control unit starts power supply to the power saving block starts in synchronism with the start of the period of an upstream bandwidth allocated to each ONU, and stops the power supply to the power saving block in synchronism with the end of the period of the upstream bandwidth. The power supply control unit starts power supply at a timing specified based on the start timing of the upstream bandwidth, and stops the power supply at a timing decided based on the end timing of the upstream bandwidth. This reduces the power consumption of an overall OLT.

Abstract: A plurality of edges of sensor substrates are connected in a longitudinal direction in a sensor substrate unit. Farthest tips of sensor chips at the edges of the sensor substrates are positioned inside of farthest edges of the edges in the longitudinal direction. The edges of the connected sensor substrates overlap each other in a thickness direction of the sensor substrates in plan view.

Abstract: A lighting device includes a pyroelectric sensor, a shutter and a lighting control unit. The lighting control unit is configured, when the lighting load is turned off, to turn the lighting load on if the pyroelectric sensor detects a change in infrared radiation. The lighting control unit is also configured, when the lighting load is turned on, to turn the lighting load off if a repetition count or time of a lighting retention time reaches a specified count or time, respectively, with no change in infrared radiation detected through the pyroelectric sensor within each lighting retention time per the passage of lighting retention time.

Abstract: A photocatalyst material and a photocatalyst device capable of generating hydrogen from water by radiation of sunlight at high efficiency. The photocatalyst material according to the present invention includes a nitride-based compound semiconductor obtained by replacement of part of Ga and/or Al by a 3d-transition metal. The nitride-based compound semiconductor has one or more impurity bands. A light absorption coefficient of the nitride-based compound semiconductor is 1,000 cm?1 or more in an entire wavelength region of 1,500 nm or less and 300 nm or more. Further, the photocatalyst material satisfies the following conditions: the energy level of the bottom of the conduction band is more negative than the redox potential of H+/H2; the energy level of the top of the valence band is more positive than the redox potential of O2/H2O; and there is no or little degradation of a material even when the material is irradiated with light underwater.

Abstract: A new light-absorbing material which can increase the conversion efficiency of a solar cell and a photoelectric conversion element using same are provided. The light-absorbing material of the present invention comprises a nitride-based compound semiconductor obtained by replacement of part of Al and/or Ga in a compound semiconductor expressed by a general formula Al1?yGayN (0?y?1) by at least one kind of 3d-transition metals, the nitride-based compound semiconductor having one or more impurity bands between a valence band and a conduction band, and whose light absorption coefficient over an overall wavelength region of not longer than 1500 nm and not shorter than 300 being not lower than 1000 cm?1.

Abstract: To improve measurement accuracy of blood pressure. A wrist sphygmomanometer comprises a cuff spring formed in a curved shape to fit the semicircle on the side of the pulsation part of the wrist, having a mount portion formed outside; a cuff band including the cuff spring as a core material, having an air bag inside, and wound around a wrist; and a sphygmomanometer main body mounted on the mount portion of the cuff spring, having a pressure pump for supplying air to the air bag, wherein the cuff spring has a protrusion protruding inward formed in a nearly central position in a peripheral direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electromagnetic wave shielding material that has high electromagnetic wave shielding effects, excellent transparency, and excellent see-through property, and a simple and inexpensive production process for the electromagnetic wave shielding material. Specifically, the present invention provides a process for producing an electromagnetic wave shielding material, the process comprising screen-printing in a geometric pattern a conductive paste containing a particulate silver oxide, a tertiary fatty acid silver salt, and a solvent, onto a transparent porous layer surface of a transparent resin substrate having a transparent porous layer containing as a main component at least one member selected from the group consisting of oxide ceramics, non-oxide ceramics, and metals; and performing heat treatment to form a conductive region with a geometric pattern on the transparent porous layer surface; and an electromagnetic wave shielding material produced by the production process.

Abstract: Boiler water is heated in a steam boiler while feed water, which has a hardness of 5 mgCaCO3/L or less and is used as the boiler water, is supplied to the steam boiler. A part of the boiler water is appropriately disposed of. A chemical aqueous solution containing an alkaline metal silicate, an alkaline metal hydroxide and at least one kind of scale preventive agents of ethylenediamine tetraacetate, and its alkaline metal salt, is supplied to the feed water so that a concentration of the scale preventive agent is at least 1.5 mol equivalent times relative to the hardness of the feed water. In the steam boiler, a condensation rate of the boiler water is set so that the concentration of the scale preventive agent in the boiler water is 40 mg EDTA/L or less.

Abstract: A self-adhesive film comprises a substrate layer and an adhesive layer on the substrate layer, which comprises a carboxylic acid-modified thermoplastic elastomer, a carboxylic acid-unmodified thermoplastic elastomer, a crosslinking agent and a plasticizer. A self-adhesive functional film comprises a substrate layer, an adhesive layer formed on one side of the substrate layer, and a functional layer on the other side of the substrate layer which has at least one of antireflective, electromagnetic wave blocking, heat ray cutting off, antistatic, anticlauding, antibacterial, deodorizing easy-adhering, antifouling functions and hard coat layer.

Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor memory determines that a given memory cell in an array is at a predetermined threshold voltage in a determination circuit by comparing a current of the memory cell with a reference current in a sense amplifier circuit. A reference current generation circuit includes a current variable device adjusting the reference current. A current adjustment amount calculator receives address information of the memory cell of which threshold voltage is determined and calculates a current adjustment amount corresponding to the address information. The current variable device adjusts the reference current based on the calculated current adjustment amount. Therefore, even when characteristics of interconnects coupled to the sense amplifier circuit, the target memory cell, and the sense amplifier vary, an offset amount between an actual threshold and an apparent threshold is eliminated to reduce electric stress applied to the memory cell in a rewrite operation.

Abstract: A light-emitting device according to the present invention includes: first insulators (4) arranged so as to face each other; an emitter (2) arranged between the first insulators; a second insulator (5) functioning as a base for the first insulators and the emitter; an electrode (6) arranged to face, or contact with, the first insulators partially; another electrode (10) contacting with the second insulator and interposing the second insulator between the electrode and itself; and a light-transmitting substrate (8) that faces the second insulator with the first insulators interposed somewhere and with the emitter interposed elsewhere.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technique of joining two cable racks together in a longitudinal direction thereof. A splice plate is used which has two insertion holes each formed at a position corresponding to a first one of two joint holes in each of adjacent ends of each of two longitudinally-aligned pairs of primary beams of two cable racks, and two lock protrusions each formed at a position corresponding to the other second joint hole, in a manner engageable with the second joint hole. The adjacent ends of the longitudinally-aligned pair of primary beams are joined together by means of engagement between the lock protrusions of the splice plate and the second joint holes of the adjacent ends of the longitudinally-aligned pair of primary beams, and fastening between two bolt and two nuts through the first insertion holes and the insertion holes of the splice plate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for analyzing residual agricultural chemicals which comprises the steps of acting a reduced glutathione as a reactive substrate and a glutathione transferase serving as a catalyst for the reaction on a carbofuran derivative or a methomyl derivative as a carbamate type agricultural chemical of a new series to thus derivatize the agricultural chemical into a substance having a high choline esterase-inhibitory activity; reacting the substances formed through the derivatization reaction with a choline esterase; and then detecting the presence of the agricultural chemical as the new series of carbamate type one included in a sample to be examined on the basis of the changes in the choline esterase activity thus detected.

Abstract: A light-emitting device according to the present invention includes: first insulators (4) arranged so as to face each other; an emitter (2) arranged between the first insulators; a second insulator (5) functioning as a base for the first insulators and the emitter; an electrode (6) arranged to face, or contact with, the first insulators partially; another electrode (10) contacting with the second insulator and interposing the second insulator between the electrode and itself; and a light-transmitting substrate (8) that faces the second insulator with the first insulators interposed somewhere and with the emitter interposed elsewhere.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device equipped with a nonvolatile memory, using a simple configuration, a write operation and the like are reliably made feasible even when stability of power supply from an external component is inhibited. The semiconductor device includes a nonvolatile memory core including a nonvolatile memory and a switch for switching a power supply mode for supplying power to the nonvolatile memory core between a first mode in which power is supplied from an external power supply and a second mode in which power is supplied from an accumulation device used as a back-up power supply. The nonvolatile memory core outputs a status signal indicating an operation state of the nonvolatile memory core, and the switch switches the power supply mode according to an operation state of the nonvolatile memory core that the status signal indicates.

Abstract: To improve measurement accuracy of blood pressure. A wrist sphygmomanometer comprises a cuff spring formed in a curved shape to fit the semicircle on the side of the pulsation part of the wrist, having a mount portion formed outside; a cuff band including the cuff spring as a core material, having an air bag inside, and wound around a wrist; and a sphygmomanometer main body mounted on the mount portion of the cuff spring, having a pressure pump for supplying air to the air bag, wherein the cuff spring has a protrusion protruding inward formed in a nearly central position in a peripheral direction.