Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous gravure ink containing a pigment, a polymer, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant and water, in which the water-soluble organic solvent contains a glycol ether having a boiling point of from 100 to 260° C., and a content of the glycol ether in the ink is from 1 to 10% by mass; a total content of the water-soluble organic solvent in the ink is not more than 15% by mass; the surfactant contains an acetylene glycol-based surfactant; and a content of water in the ink is from 50 to 70% by mass.

Abstract: A pressure detecting includes a plurality of sensing cells arranged a plurality of rows and columns, each of the plurality of sensing cells including a pressure sensing element and a selection transistor. First driving signal lines are disposed in the rows, and the first driving signal lines are connected to the selection transistors of a first portion of the plurality of sensing cells in a respective row. Second driving signal lines are disposed in a portion of the plurality of rows, and the second driving signal lines are connected to the selection transistors of a second portion of the plurality of sensing cells in a respective row. First and second driving circuits are respectively connected to the first driving signal lines the second driving signal lines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink-jet printing method that is capable of obtaining good printed characters or images which are free of occurrence of white lines or streaks irrespective of irradiation with an active energy ray. The present invention provides an ink-jet printing method including the steps of ejecting at least one ink A selected from the group consisting of a black ink and chromatic inks onto a low-liquid absorbing printing medium and then ejecting a white ink thereonto, in which the ink A contains at least one pigment selected from the group consisting of a black pigment and chromatic pigments, and a polymer dispersant containing a constitutional unit derived from a polyalkylene glycol (meth)acrylate; and the white ink contains titanium oxide and a polymer dispersant containing a constitutional unit derived from a polyalkylene glycol (meth)acrylate.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigeration cycle apparatus, in which, when refrigerant is detected by a refrigerant detector, an informing unit informs of occurrence of leakage of the refrigerant and countermeasure information for enabling determination of a procedure of coping with the refrigerant leakage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink-jet printing method that is capable of obtaining good printed materials that are free of occurrence of color migration and deformation of a printing medium even when printed on a resin printing medium. The present invention provides an ink-jet printing method using a water-based ink containing a black ink, a chromatic ink and a white ink which each contain a pigment (A), an organic solvent (C) having a boiling point of not lower than 90° C. and lower than 250° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink-jet printing apparatus that is capable of obtaining printed materials that are free of occurrence of color migration and have good appearance even when printed on a resin printing medium using a water-based ink, and an ink-jet printing method. The present invention provides an ink-jet printing apparatus including an ink-jet printing head that ejects a water-based ink onto a resin printing medium that is transported in a feeding direction thereof, and an under heater that heats the printing medium from a rear side surface of the printing medium opposed to a front side surface thereof which faces to the ink-jet printing head, in which the under heater is disposed at a position spaced at a distance of from 0.05 to 3.0 mm apart from the rear side surface of the printing medium upon printing, and an ink-jet printing method using the ink-jet printing apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink-jet printing method that is capable of obtaining good printed materials that are free of occurrence of color migration and deformation of a printing medium even when printed on a transparent resin printing medium using a water-based ink containing a white ink, and a black or chromatic ink.

Abstract: A light source device can include a frame including a bottom wall and a side wall surrounding the bottom wall; a light source on the bottom wall; a wavelength converting structure disposed over the light source and including wavelength converting mediums therein; and a first heat sink disposed at a side of the frame to be opposite to the wavelength converting structure, in which the wavelength converting structure is disposed on and directly contacts a top surface of the side wall of the frame.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus according to the present invention, a controller is configured to cause a first operation mode and a second operation mode to be executed as operation modes of an air-sending fan. The first operation mode is an operation mode in which an operation of the air-sending fan is started based on a first manipulation performed on an operation unit and the air-sending fan is stopped based on a second manipulation performed on the operation unit. The second operation mode is an operation mode in which the operation of the air-sending fan is started when refrigerant is detected by a refrigerant detection unit, the air-sending fan is not stopped based on the second manipulation, the air-sending fan is stopped based on a third manipulation different from the second manipulation, and the operation of the air-sending fan is restarted based on a fourth manipulation different from the first manipulation.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigeration cycle circuit that includes a plurality of load-side heat exchangers and a plurality of indoor units that accommodate the plurality of load-side heat exchangers. Each of the plurality of indoor units includes an air-sending fan. At least one of the plurality of indoor units includes a refrigerant detection unit. When refrigerant is detected by the refrigerant detection unit included in any one of the plurality of indoor units, the air-sending fans included in all of the plurality of indoor units operate.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigeration cycle circuit which includes a plurality of load-side heat exchangers; a plurality of indoor units which accommodate the plurality of load-side heat exchangers, respectively; and a controller which controls the plurality of indoor units. Each of the plurality of indoor units includes an air-sending fan. At least one of the plurality of indoor units includes a refrigerant detection unit. The controller divides the plurality of indoor units into one or more groups. The controller is set such that when refrigerant is detected by the refrigerant detection unit included in any of the plurality of indoor units, the controller causes the air-sending fans included in all the indoor units which belong to a same group as the indoor unit which includes the refrigerant detection unit which detects the refrigerant to be operated.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a technique for reducing the time from the start of fabrication of a prototype structure to the completion of fabrication of a real structure. A device processing method includes steps of: fabricating a first structure using an ion beam under a first condition in a first region on a substrate; measuring a size of the first structure which is fabricated; comparing the measurement result with design data; determining a second condition from the comparison result; and fabricating a second structure using the ion beam under the second condition in a second region on the substrate.

Abstract: A shock absorbing device that has high strength rigidity and good attenuation characteristics, that can be reduced in weight and size, is free from degassing, and has stable temperature characteristics. The device connects between a first and second member so as to be applicable to shock absorption therebetween, and includes: a first and a second shock absorbing member; and a holding and connecting mechanism which holds the first member via the first and second shock absorbing members and which is connected to the second member. The first shock absorbing member, the first member, and the second shock absorbing member are disposed in that order. The holding and connecting mechanism sandwiches the first shock absorbing member, the first member, and the second shock absorbing member from outside the first and second shock absorbing members, thereby holding the first member while applying stress to the first and second shock absorbing members.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink-jet printing method using a water-based ink containing a rutile-type titanium oxide and a polymer dispersant, in which the polymer dispersant contains a constitutional unit derived from an anionic group-containing monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and the like in an amount of not less than 72% by mass; Mw of the polymer dispersant is from 3,000 to 50,000; and a content of the polymer dispersant in the water-based ink is from 1 to 7% by mass on the basis of the titanium oxide, said method including the step 1 of redispersing the water-based ink by a dispersing means and the step 2 of printing characters or images on a printing medium using the redispersed water-based ink.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit through which refrigerant is circulated, a heat exchanger unit that accommodates a heat exchanger of the refrigerant circuit and a fan, a temperature sensor disposed in an area of the refrigerant circuit adjacent to a brazed connection or in an area of the refrigerant circuit adjacent to a joint between refrigerant pipes, and a controller configured to determine the presence of refrigerant leakage based on a temperature detected by the temperature sensor. The temperature sensor is covered by a heat insulation material together with the brazed connection or the joint. The controller activates the fan upon determining that refrigerant leakage is present, and is triggered to deactivate the fan in response to the time variation of the temperature detected by the temperature sensor becoming positive.

Abstract: Disclosed is a light source device that includes a substrate; a light source portion supported on the substrate and producing a light; a container supported on the light source portion and containing quantum dots excited by the light; and a thermal conductor connecting the container with the substrate.

Abstract: A front fender is prevented from being enlarging while still covering the brake caliper in the front fender structure of the straddle type vehicle. A front fender has a covered portion covering a brake caliper by avoiding a front two-wheeled suspension device. The covered portion has a drooping portion covering a brake caliper from a side direction, a lower extending portion covers the brake caliper from the lower direction. The brake caliper and the covered portion are disposed in front of a shaft of the front wheel.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit in which refrigerant circulates, a temperature sensor provided at a position on the refrigerant circuit, the position being adjacent to a brazed portion or adjacent to a joint portion in which refrigerant pipes are joined to each other, and a controller configured to determine whether or not the refrigerant has leaked based on a detected temperature detected by the temperature sensor. The temperature sensor is covered with a heat insulating material together with the brazed portion or the joint portion.

Abstract: Provided is a technology that enables the shortening of the designing period. A device designing method includes a step of extracting a structure compatible with requested characteristics from a database in which each structure of a device is associated with characteristics and a step of outputting the extracted structure and a tuning parameter for adjusting the structure into ranges of the requested characteristics. In regard to each structure parameter determining the structure of the device, characteristics obtained by performing a simulation while exhaustively changing the structure parameter in a manufacturable range and the structure parameter used for the simulation are stored in the database while being associated with each other.

Abstract: For the purpose of shortening the MEMS manufacturing TAT, the MEMS manufacturing method according to the present invention includes a step of extracting the first MEMS with first characteristic in a range approximate to the required characteristic from the plurality of MEMS preliminarily prepared on the main surface of the substrate, and a step of forming a second MEMS having the required characteristic by directly processing the first MEMS.