Abstract: The storage device unit includes: a substrate having a main surface and having a plurality of wiring layers stacked together; and a storage device that has a plate shape having a first surface and is disposed on the substrate, the first surface facing the main surface. The plurality of wiring layers includes a heat-generating layer having a heat-generating circuit.

Abstract: A light shielding structure of an optical circuit of the present invention uses a part of the structure of the light reception element itself to suppress stray light. A stepped electrode that covers an upper surface and side surface of a first semiconductor layer constituting a light absorption portion of the light reception element is formed at a height substantially equal to that of an optical waveguide in the optical circuit, and the light absorption portion of the light reception element is shielded from stray light by a wall-shaped or column-shaped wiring electrode extending substantially perpendicularly to a surface layer of the optical circuit. The light shielding structure of the present invention uses a part of the configuration of the light reception element, is formed integrally with the light reception element, and also has an aspect of the invention of the light reception element.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing 2-furonitrile by dehydrating 2-furamide in the presence of an Mo/SiO2 catalyst in which molybdenum (Mo) is supported on a carrier formed from SiO2. Further, a preferred embodiment of the present invention involves dehydration in the presence of a desiccant such as a molecular sieve.

Abstract: Disclosed is a rubber molded body formed from a rubber composition, wherein the rubber composition contains: a natural rubber and a butadiene rubber as predominant rubber components; a low-melting paraffin wax having a melting point of 45 to 57° C.; and optionally a low-melting fatty acid amide having a melting point of 35 to 85° C., wherein the mass ratio of the natural rubber to the butadiene rubber ranges from 80/20 to 10/90, wherein the amount of the low-melting paraffin max contained in the rubber composition ranges from 20 to 70 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of all rubber components, and wherein the total amount of the low-meting paraffin wax and the low-melting fatty acid amide contained in the rubber composition ranges from 30 to 100 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of all rubber components.

Abstract: Method for altering pixel brightness values in a digital image includes identifying a measured brightness value of each of the plurality of pixels; determining a location of the plurality of pixels corresponding to an artificial object in the digital image based on the measured brightness value of each of the plurality of pixels; and adjusting the measured brightness value of each of the pixels at the location of the plurality of pixels corresponding to the artificial object in the digital image to a predetermined brightness value. Method for altering pixel tone values in a digital image includes calculating a tone conversion configured to suppress a tone of the artificial object in the digital image; applying the tone conversion to each of the pixels at the location of the plurality of pixels corresponding to the artificial object in the digital image.

Abstract: A light shielding structure of an optical circuit of the present invention uses a part of the structure of the light reception element itself to suppress stray light. A stepped electrode that covers an upper surface and side surface of a first semiconductor layer constituting a light absorption portion of the light reception element is formed at a height substantially equal to that of an optical waveguide in the optical circuit, and the light absorption portion of the light reception element is shielded from stray light by a wall-shaped or column-shaped wiring electrode extending substantially perpendicularly to a surface layer of the optical circuit. The light shielding structure of the present invention uses a part of the configuration of the light reception element, is formed integrally with the light reception element, and also has an aspect of the invention of the light reception element.

Abstract: An image viewer and method for using the same in a medical image management system are described.

Abstract: An image viewer and method for using the same in a medical image management system are described.

Abstract: An image viewer and method for using the same in a medical image management system are described.

Abstract: An image viewer and method for using the same in a medical image management system are described.

Abstract: A technique that does not increase the circuit size, does not make the circuit design and manufacturing difficult, and can reduce insertion loss when light enters from a slab waveguide toward an arrayed waveguide or when the light enters from the arrayed waveguide toward the slab waveguide. An optical waveguide provided with a slab waveguide in which a grating is formed therein at a distance from an end, and an arrayed waveguide whose end is connected to an end of the slab waveguide at a position where a constructive interference portion of a self-image of the grating is formed.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pipe with a rib, in which a rib portion formed inside a pipe portion includes bent portions in accordance with bending of the pipe portion or a twisted portion in accordance with twisting of the pipe portion, includes drawing out molten metal held in a furnace by using a starter, from a surface of the molten metal, and drawing up the molten metal through a shape defining member defining a sectional shape of the pipe with the rib to be cast, and cooling and solidifying the molten metal passed through the shape defining member and drawn up. The bent portions are formed by moving at least one of the starter and the shape defining member in a horizontal direction. The twisted portion is formed by rotating at least one of the starter and the shape defining member about an axis extending along a vertical direction.

Abstract: A technique that does not increase the circuit size, does not make the circuit design and manufacturing difficult, and can reduce insertion loss when light enters from a slab waveguide toward an arrayed waveguide or when the light enters from the arrayed waveguide toward the slab waveguide. An optical waveguide provided with a slab waveguide in which a grating is formed therein at a distance from an end, and an arrayed waveguide whose end is connected to an end of the slab waveguide at a position where a constructive interference portion of a self-image of the grating is formed.

Abstract: A technique that does not increase the circuit size, does not make the circuit design and manufacturing difficult, and can reduce insertion loss when light enters from a slab waveguide toward an arrayed waveguide or when the light enters from the arrayed waveguide toward the slab waveguide. An optical waveguide provided with a slab waveguide in which a grating is formed therein at a distance from an end, and an arrayed waveguide whose end is connected to an end of the slab waveguide at a position where a constructive interference portion of a self-image of the grating is formed.

Abstract: An up-drawing continuous casting method according to the present invention is an up-drawing continuous casting method for forming a casting having a predetermined shape by drawing up molten metal held in a holding furnace, and includes: a step of introducing, into the molten metal, a hollow member configured to draw up the molten metal; and a step of flowing inert gas into the hollow member so as to pour the inert gas into the molten metal. The casting is formed by drawing up the molten metal with the hollow member after stopping the flowing of the inert gas into the molten metal.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pipe with a rib, in which a rib portion formed inside a pipe portion includes bent portions in accordance with bending of the pipe portion or a twisted portion in accordance with twisting of the pipe portion, includes drawing out molten metal held in a furnace by using a starter, from a surface of the molten metal, and drawing up the molten metal through a shape defining member defining a sectional shape of the pipe with the rib to be cast, and cooling and solidifying the molten metal passed through the shape defining member and drawn up. The bent portions are formed by moving at least one of the starter and the shape defining member in a horizontal direction. The twisted portion is formed by rotating at least one of the starter and the shape defining member about an axis extending along a vertical direction.

Abstract: An up-drawing continuous casting apparatus includes a holding furnace that holds molten metal, and a shape defining member that is set near a molten metal surface of a molten metal held in the holding furnace, and defines a section shape of a casting to be cast, as the molten metal passes through the shape defining member. The shape defining member is able to be switched between a joined state and a partitioned state. With such a structure, it becomes possible to form a casting having a branched structure.

Abstract: An up-drawing continuous casting apparatus includes a holding furnace which holds molten metal, a guide-out member which guides the molten metal out from a surface of the molten metal held in the holding furnace, a shape determining member which is arranged to adjoin the surface of the molten metal and allows the molten metal guided out by the guide-out member to pass through the shape determining member to define a shape of a cross section of a casting, a cooling portion which cools the molten metal after the molten metal passes through the shape determining member, and an impact imparting portion which imparts an impact to the guide-out member or the casting.

Abstract: An up-thawing continuous casting apparatus includes a holding furnace that holds molten metal; a shape determining member that is arranged near a molten metal surface of a casting held in the holding furnace, and that determines a sectional shape of the molten metal by the molten metal passing through the shape determining member; a cooling portion that cools and solidifies the molten metal that has passed through the shape determining member; and a molten metal cooling portion that lowers a temperature of the molten metal held in the holding furnace.

Abstract: This optical waveguide is provided with a slab waveguide in which a grating is formed, an arrayed waveguide connected to a position where a constructive interference portion of a self-image of the grating is formed, and a refractive index change region which is formed between the slab waveguide and the arrayed waveguide, in which an average value of a refractive index in a refractive index distribution in a direction substantially vertical to a light propagation direction is averagely increased from the slab waveguide toward the arrayed waveguide, and in which an average value of the refractive index in a refractive index distribution in a direction substantially parallel to the light propagation direction is increased at a central axis of the arrayed waveguide.