Abstract: Stainless steel foil with improved durability to repeated bending under the extreme bending conditions demanded of foldable displays and rollable displays. This stainless steel foil is flexible stainless steel foil comprising rolled stainless steel foil with a thickness of 0.1 mm or less, having a tensile strength of 1,800 MPa or more, and having a maximum height roughness of Rz of 0.35 ?m or less obtained from a roughness curve of the stainless steel foil surface as measured in the same direction as a tensile direction.

Abstract: There is provided a signal input unit to prevent or reduce an increase in memory hardware on a transmitter or a receiver of a serial digital signal, and to decrease the load on a CPU. The signal input unit receives as an input a video signal and a digital signal for transmission, the digital signal for transmission including a data packet with metadata associated with the video signal. The data writing unit extracts predetermined metadata from the digital signal for transmission on the basis of metadata-specifying information and writes the extracted metadata in an accumulating register. For example, the metadata-specifying information includes header information of the data packet with the predetermined metadata. For example, the header information includes classification information indicating a classification for the predetermined metadata and auxiliary information of the predetermined meta-information.

Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel foil according to this disclosure consists of, in mass %, C: 0.150% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 2.00% or less, P: 0.045% or less, S: 0.0300% or less, Cr: 16.00 to 20.00%, Ni: 6.00 to 10.50%, N: 0.100% or less, Mo: 0 to 2.50%, Nb: 0 to 0.12%, V: 0 to 1.00%, Ta: 0 to 0.50%, Hf: 0 to 0.10%, Co: 0 to 0.50%, B: 0 to 0.0100%, Ca: 0 to 0.0200%, Mg: 0 to 0.0200%, rare earth metal: 0 to 0.0100%, Al: 0 to 0.010%, Ti: 0 to 0.500%, Zr: 0 to 0.100%, and Cu: 0 to 3.00%, with the balance being Fe and impurities. In an X-ray diffraction profile obtained using CuK? radiation, a full width at half maximum Fw of a peak of a {111} plane is greater than 0.366°.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a fin group and a tube group for a heat exchange medium. The fin group includes plate fins each of which is shaped as a flat polygonal plate having a first acute-angled corner. The plate fins are spaced by gaps through which air for air conditioning passes and arranged such that the air for air conditioning flows in a first direction along one of sides forming the first corner. The tube group includes heat transfer tubes which meander in the first direction. The heat transfer tubes includes fin-mounted portions mounted to and penetrating through the fin group. On the plate fin, between first fin-mounted portions adjacent to one another in the first direction, there are second fin-mounted portions adjacent to the first fin-mounted portions in a direction orthogonal to the first direction.

Abstract: A method for inducing differentiation into pancreatic ? cells includes: a step (a) of culturing endodermal cells, which have been induced to differentiate from pluripotent stem cells, in the presence of a bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling inhibitor, and retinoic acid or a retinoic acid analog to induce differentiation into primitive gut tube (PGT) cells; a step (b) of culturing the primitive gut tube (PGT) cells to induce differentiation into pancreatic endocrine precursor (EP) cells; and a step (c) of culturing the pancreatic endocrine precursor (EP) cells to induce differentiation into pancreatic ? cells, in which the step (b) and the step (c) are performed in the absence of ascorbic acid.

Abstract: An air conditioning system includes: an intake unit configured to take in return air of an indoor space from a ceiling of the indoor space; an outdoor air processing unit configured to supply outdoor air while exhausting the return air taken in via the intake unit to outdoors; an air conditioner configured to supply, as air-conditioning air, mixed air of the return air taken in via the intake unit and the outdoor air supplied by the outdoor air processing unit; and at least one radiation unit disposed in the indoor space in a manner to surround the intake unit, the radiation unit being configured to radiate heat of the air-conditioning air supplied by the air conditioner while discharging the air-conditioning air to the indoor space.

Abstract: A pneumatic radiation unit according to the present invention includes: a first chamber including a first air discharger configured to discharge air-conditioning air to a second chamber; and the second chamber including a second air discharger configured to discharge the air-conditioning air to a space to be air conditioned, the second chamber being configured to take in the air-conditioning air from the first chamber and discharge the air-conditioning air and radiate heat to the space to be air conditioned. A second aperture ratio of the second air discharger is set to be greater than a first aperture ratio of the first air discharger, or a cross-sectional area of a flow passage of the air-conditioning air in the first chamber is gradually reduced from an upwind side to a downwind side of the flow passage of the air-conditioning air.

Abstract: An air conditioning system includes: an intake unit configured to take in return air of an indoor space from a ceiling of the indoor space; an outdoor air processing unit configured to supply outdoor air while exhausting the return air taken in via the intake unit to outdoors; an air conditioner configured to supply, as air-conditioning air, mixed air of the return air taken in via the intake unit and the outdoor air supplied by the outdoor air processing unit; and at least one radiation unit disposed in the indoor space in a manner to surround the intake unit, the radiation unit being configured to radiate heat of the air-conditioning air supplied by the air conditioner while discharging the air-conditioning air to the indoor space.

Abstract: A pneumatic radiation air conditioner includes: a radiation unit configured to radiate air-conditioning air; and a fan configured to feed the air-conditioning air to the radiation unit. The radiation unit includes: a first chamber, through which the air-conditioning air flows; a second chamber configured to take in the air-conditioning air discharged from the first chamber and discharge the air-conditioning air and radiate heat of the air-conditioning air to a space to be air conditioned; and an air stream adjuster configured to adjust air velocity distribution and air volume distribution of the air-conditioning air that is discharged from the first chamber to the second chamber.

Abstract: Provided is a composite ceramic layered body, including: a substrate; and a composite ceramic that coats the substrate, the composite ceramic including a nitride phase and an oxide phase having an elastic modulus that differs from an elastic modulus of the nitride phase by 10% or more. The composite ceramic includes, among the nitride phase and the oxide phase, a first phase that occupies a largest area ratio, and a toughening phase that occupies an area ratio of 1% or more and has a largest difference in elastic modulus from an elastic modulus of the first phase. In a case in which the first phase is the nitride phase, the toughening phase is the oxide phase, and in a case in which the first phase is the oxide phase, the toughening phase is the nitride phase.

Abstract: A ceramic laminate improving the mechanical characteristics of a composite ceramic layer which has excellent thermal fatigue resistance, thermal conductivity, and insulation ability and having excellent durability and heat dissipation and insulation ability and a ceramic insulating substrate and a method of production of a ceramic laminate are provided. In a cross-section perpendicular to the bonding interfaces, the average size of the second phase particles 3 is 0.02 ?m to 0.3 ?m and the average value of the ratio of the long axis and short axis of an equivalent ellipse when viewing a second phase particle 3 as an ellipse is 2 to 10. Further, 60% or more of the number of the second phase particles 3 has an orientation angle of 30° or less while the average orientation angle is 5° to 35°.

Abstract: The present invention provides a ceramic laminate having excellent mechanical properties, heat dissipation property, insulating property, heat resistance and anti-reactivity, and particularly an insulative heat dissipating body having an excellent thermal cycle reliability and a high withstand voltage. The ceramic laminate 1 according to the present invention is a ceramic laminate in which a ceramic film 3 is formed on a metal layer 2, wherein the ceramic film 3 has a minimum film thickness of 1 ?m or more, contains silicon nitride and inevitable impurities, and has silicon nitride crystal grains having an average grain size of 300 nm or less in the film thickness direction and an average grain size of 500 nm or less in the in-plane direction.

Abstract: An air conditioning system includes: an air conditioner configured to supply air-conditioning air; and an air conditioner control device configured to control the air conditioner. The air conditioner includes: an outside air passage, through which outside air flows; a return air passage, through which return air flows; an outside air heat exchanger; a return air heat exchanger; an outside air vaporizing humidifier configured to humidity the outside air by utilizing evaporation of water; and a return air vaporizing humidifier configured to humidify the return air by utilizing evaporation of water. The air conditioner control device includes a first vaporizing cooler configured to operate at least one of the humidifiers to perform vaporization cooling of the air-conditioning air while preventing the air-conditioning air from exchanging heat with a heat exchange medium.

Abstract: A pneumatic radiation air conditioner includes: a radiation unit configured to radiate air-conditioning air; and a fan configured to feed the air-conditioning air to the radiation unit. The radiation unit includes: a first chamber, through which the air-conditioning air flows; a second chamber configured to take in the air-conditioning air discharged from the first chamber and discharge the air-conditioning air and radiate heat of the air-conditioning air to a space to be air conditioned; and an air stream adjuster configured to adjust air velocity distribution and air volume distribution of the air-conditioning air that is discharged from the first chamber to the second chamber.

Abstract: A ceramic laminate improving the mechanical characteristics of a composite ceramic layer which has excellent thermal fatigue resistance, thermal conductivity, and insulation ability and having excellent durability and heat dissipation and insulation ability and a ceramic insulating substrate and a method of production of a ceramic laminate are provided. In a cross-section perpendicular to the bonding interfaces, the average size of the second phase particles 3 is 0.02 ?m to 0.3 ?m and the average value of the ratio of the long axis and short axis of an equivalent ellipse when viewing a second phase particle 3 as an ellipse is 2 to 10. Further, 60% or more of the number of the second phase particles 3 has an orientation angle of 30° or less while the average orientation angle is 5° to 35°.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes: a first heat exchanger configured to perform a first process of cooling air-conditioning air by heat-exchange water; a second heat exchanger configured to perform a second process of cooling the air-conditioning air by the heat-exchange water; a first water passage configured to cause the heat-exchange water to flow through the first heat exchanger and then flow through the second heat exchanger; a second water passage branching off from the first water passage and configured to cause the heat-exchange water that has been used in the first process to flow in a manner to bypass the second heat exchanger; a first water regulating valve configured to adjust performance of the first heat exchanger in the first process; a second water regulating valve configured to adjust performance of the second heat exchanger in the second process; and an air conditioner control device configured to adjust the air-conditioning air.

Abstract: A pneumatic radiation unit according to the present invention includes: a first chamber including a first air discharger configured to discharge air-conditioning air to a second chamber; and the second chamber including a second air discharger configured to discharge the air-conditioning air to a space to be air conditioned, the second chamber being configured to take in the air-conditioning air from the first chamber and discharge the air-conditioning air and radiate heat to the space to be air conditioned. A second aperture ratio of the second air discharger is set to be greater than a first aperture ratio of the first air discharger, or a cross-sectional area of a flow passage of the air-conditioning air in the first chamber is gradually reduced from an upwind side to a downwind side of the flow passage of the air-conditioning air.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for measuring surface properties of a polishing pad which measures surface properties such as surface topography or surface condition of a polishing pad used for polishing a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer. The apparatus for measuring surface properties of a polishing pad includes a laser beam source configured to emit a laser beam, and a photodetector configured to detect scattered light that is reflected and scattered by the polishing pad, an optical Fourier transform being performed on the detected scattered light to produce an intensity distribution corresponding to a spatial wavelength spectrum based on surface topography of the polishing pad. The laser beam is applied to the polishing pad at such an incident angle that the laser beam does not reach a bottom portion of a pore formed in the surface of the polishing pad.

Abstract: An air conditioning system includes: an air conditioner configured to supply air-conditioning air; and an air conditioner control device configured to control the air conditioner. The air conditioner includes: an outside air passage, through which outside air flows; a return air passage, through which return air flows; an outside air heat exchanger; a return air heat exchanger; an outside air vaporizing humidifier configured to humidity the outside air by utilizing evaporation of water; and a return air vaporizing humidifier configured to humidify the return air by utilizing evaporation of water. The air conditioner control device includes a first vaporizing cooler configured to operate at least one of the humidifiers to perform vaporization cooling of the air-conditioning air while preventing the air-conditioning air from exchanging heat with a heat exchange medium.

Abstract: An air-source heat pump air conditioner includes a first heat pump including a first refrigeration cycle that is formed by a first air-conditioning heat exchanger, a first heat-source heat exchanger, a first compressor, and first refrigerant flowing therethrough; a second heat pump including a second refrigeration cycle that is formed by a second air-conditioning heat exchanger, a second heat-source heat exchanger, a second compressor, and second refrigerant flowing therethrough; and an air conditioner control device configured to control the first heat pump and the second heat pump to operate at least one of the first refrigeration cycle and the second refrigeration cycle for a space to be air conditioned, the air-conditioning air containing outside air, return air, and other air that exchange heat with the first circulating refrigerant and the second circulating refrigerant in the first air-conditioning heat exchanger and the second air-conditioning heat exchanger.