Abstract: A manipulation rope having an excellent torque transmittability is provided. A manipulation rope is a rope that is advantageously used as a manipulation rope for a medical instrument, and includes a side wire or a side strand which is an outermost layer, the side wire or the side strand having a forming rate that is greater than 100% and not greater than 110%. The side wire or the side strand having been formed has a spiral shape in which a flatness that is an aspect ratio obtained by a major axis being divided by a minor axis is preferably not less than 1.01 and preferably not greater than 1.10. Further, an elongation of the rope at a time when a tensile load that is 1.0% of a breaking load is applied, is preferably not less than 0.04% and preferably not greater than 0.10%.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a nozzle surface, a first wiping portion which is able to wipe away the liquid that is adhered to the nozzle surface, and a second wiping portion which is able to hold the liquid that is adhered to the nozzle surface by contacting the nozzle surface, wherein it is possible to perform a first maintenance operation in which the nozzle surface is wiped using the first wiping portion and a second maintenance operation in which the second wiping portion is caused to contact the nozzle surface due to the second wiping portion being biased by the first wiping portion.

Abstract: A battery embedded structure is disclosed. The battery embedded structure comprises a substrate including one or more stacked battery units. Each stacked battery unit includes two or more conductive layers and one or more unit cells. Each unit cell is disposed between two conductive layers. The substrate has a principal surface provided by one or more respective side surfaces of the one or more stacked battery units. The battery embedded structure also comprises a wiring layer disposed on the principal surface of the substrate. The wiring layer includes a plurality of electrical paths and a plurality of vias. Each via is connected with one electrical path. Each via is located at a position corresponding to an edge surface of a conductive layer of the two or more conductive layers of the one or more stacked battery units so as to contact electrically to that conductive layer.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a core catcher has: a main body including: a distributor arranged on a part of a base mat in the lower dry well, a basin arranged on the distributor, cooling channels arranged on a lower surface of the basin connected to the distributor and extending in radial directions, and a riser connected to the cooling channels and extending upward; a lid connected to an upper end of the riser and covering the main body; a cooling water injection pipe open, at one end, to the suppression pool, connected at another end to the distributor; and chimney pipes connected, at one end, to the riser, another end being located above the upper end of the riser and submerged and open in the pool water.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head includes a transferring step of transferring a dry film supported by a supporting member to a substrate having a hole, and a peeling step of peeling the supporting member off the dry film on the substrate. In the peeling step, the dry film is in contact with a wall surface defining the hole in the substrate.

Abstract: A PHA copolymer which is slowly crystallized is improved in crystallization speed to improve the melt workability of the PHA copolymer in working such as injection molding, film molding, blow molding, fiber spinning, extrusion foaming or bead foaming, thereby improving the resultant articles in productivity. A method for the improvement is a method for producing a PHA mixture, including the step of culturing a microorganism having both of a gene encoding a PHA synthase that synthesizes a copolymer PHA (A) and that is derived from the genus Aeromonas, and a gene encoding a PHA synthase that synthesizes a PHA (B) different in melting point from the copolymer PHA (A) by 10° C. or more to produce, in a cell of the microorganism, two or more PHAs different in melting point from one another by 10° C. or more simultaneously.

Abstract: This invention provides a method of plant transformation via Agrobacterium comprising inoculating and infecting a plant with an Agrobacterium carrying a foreign-gene-containing vector under application of a plant growth-inhibiting hormone. This invention also provides a method of plant transformation via Agrobacterium comprising transforming a plant with an Agrobacterium carrying a vector comprising a T-DNA region in which a foreign gene is contained but no selectable marker gene is contained.

Abstract: A member transfer method includes sticking a member supported at a support to an object, thinning the support after the sticking of the member to the object, and removing the support from the member after the thinning of the support.

Abstract: A PHA copolymer which is slowly crystallized is improved in crystallization speed to improve the melt workability of the PHA copolymer in working such as injection molding, film molding, blow molding, fiber spinning, extrusion foaming or bead foaming, thereby improving the resultant articles in productivity. A method for the improvement is a method for producing a PHA mixture, including the step of culturing a microorganism having both of a gene encoding a PHA synthase that synthesizes a copolymer PHA (A) and that is derived from the genus Aeromonas, and a gene encoding a PHA synthase that synthesizes a PHA (B) different in melting point from the copolymer PHA (A) by 10° C. or more to produce, in a cell of the microorganism, two or more PHAs different in melting point from one another by 10° C. or more simultaneously.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head including providing a negative first photosensitive resin layer on the substrate, forming a pattern of the flow path by selectively exposing the first photosensitive resin layer, providing a negative second photosensitive resin layer on the first photosensitive resin layer, providing a negative third photosensitive resin layer on the second photosensitive resin layer, forming a pattern of the ejection port by selectively exposing the second and third photosensitive resin layers, developing the first, second, and third photosensitive resin layers, irradiating an activation energy line on at least the third photosensitive resin layer after the developing, and heat curing the first, second, and third photosensitive resin layers after the irradiating of the activation energy line.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a core catcher has: a main body including: a distributor arranged on a part of a base mat in the lower dry well, a basin arranged on the distributor, cooling channels arranged on a lower surface of the basin connected to the distributor and extending in radial directions, and a riser connected to the cooling channels and extending upward; a lid connected to an upper end of the riser and covering the main body; a cooling water injection pipe open, at one end, to the suppression pool, connected at another end to the distributor; and chimney pipes connected, at one end, to the riser, another end being located above the upper end of the riser and submerged and open in the pool water.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing liquid ejection heads includes the steps of forming ejection port members on a substrate, the ejection port members each having a liquid channel and an ejection port for ejecting liquid through the channel, the liquid channel communicating with the substrate; forming supply ports passing through the substrate to supply liquid to the channels; and forming a separation groove in the substrate to separate the substrate for each liquid ejection head. The step of forming the ejection port members includes the step of hardening a material constituting the ejection port member by heat treatment. The step of forming the separation groove is performed before the step of hardening.

Abstract: [Object] A hollow stranded wire line, for manipulation, having an excellent torque transmittability is provided. [Solution] A hollow stranded wire line 2 for manipulation is a hollow stranded wire line 2 that is advantageously used as a stranded wire line for manipulation in a medical instrument, and a side wire 4 or a side strand which is an outermost layer has a forming rate that is greater than 100% and not greater than 110%. The side wire 4 or the side strand having been formed has a spiral shape in which a flatness that is an aspect ratio obtained by a major axis being divided by a minor axis is preferably not less than 1.01 and preferably not greater than 1.10.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a nozzle surface, a first wiping portion which is able to wipe away the liquid that is adhered to the nozzle surface, and a second wiping portion which is able to hold the liquid that is adhered to the nozzle surface by contacting the nozzle surface, wherein it is possible to perform a first maintenance operation in which the nozzle surface is wiped using the first wiping portion and a second maintenance operation in which the second wiping portion is caused to contact the nozzle surface due to the second wiping portion being biased by the first wiping portion.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a nozzle surface, a first wiping portion which is able to wipe away the liquid that is adhered to the nozzle surface, and a second wiping portion which is able to hold the liquid that is adhered to the nozzle surface by contacting the nozzle surface, wherein it is possible to perform a first maintenance operation in which the nozzle surface is wiped using the first wiping portion and a second maintenance operation in which the second wiping portion is caused to contact the nozzle surface due to the second wiping portion being biased by the first wiping portion.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head has an ejection port forming region which includes liquid ejection energy generating elements arranged on a substrate, liquid supply ports each running through the substrate and having an opening at a surface of the substrate, a liquid path formed on the surface as a space containing the liquid ejection energy generating elements and the liquid supply ports therein, and ejection ports corresponding to the respective liquid ejection energy generating elements. The liquid ejection head is manufactured by forming a liquid path forming layer on the substrate using a dry film resist, forming an ejection port forming layer on the liquid path forming layer, forming a liquid path in the liquid path forming layer and ejection ports in the ejection port forming layer. The substrate has dummy holes each having an opening at a surface of the substrate outside the ejection port forming region.

Abstract: A gas engine is provided that suppresses fluctuation of the actual air-fuel ratio even when a load fluctuates. A gas engine (1) in which at least one opening degree (D) selected from the opening degree of an air supply valve (5a) and the opening degree of a bypass valve (5b) is corrected so that an adequate target air-fuel ratio (?t) is achieved, wherein a target gas pressure (Pgt) and a target gas-jetting time (Tt) of a fuel gas are calculated on the basis of fluctuations of an actual load (L), the gas pressure is corrected on the basis of the target gas pressure (Pgt), and at least one opening degree selected from the opening degree of the air supply valve and the opening degree of the bypass valve is corrected on the basis of the amounts of change in the target gas pressure (Pgt) and the target gas-jetting time.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head including the steps of preparing a substrate including, on a surface of the substrate, a layer having a plurality of openings in which opening portions of supply portions are located and which are arrayed in an array direction and another opening which is different from the plurality of openings and is located beyond the array end portion in the array direction, and attaching a dry film for forming flow passages to the substrate and the layer.

Abstract: A remote control apparatus capable of communicating with a control apparatus of an autonomously running work vehicle via a communication apparatus, the remote control apparatus comprising a communication apparatus, a control apparatus, a display apparatus, and cameras for obtaining images of the front and rear, wherein the display apparatus is provided with at least a remote control region for controlling the autonomously running work vehicle, a peripheral image region for displaying images captured by the cameras, and a work status display region, wherein the peripheral image region is provided with a frontal view and a rear view.

Abstract: An area monitoring system is configured to include a monitoring apparatus and a reflector. The monitoring apparatus includes a time-based detecting unit (i.e., a first detecting unit) that detects an intruder at a scanning angle by measuring a distance to an object based on an elapsed time until reflected light is received, for a first detection area. The monitoring apparatus further includes a light reception amount-based detecting unit (i.e., a second detecting unit) that detects an intruder at a scanning angle by comparing an actual light reception amount at a timing at which reflected light is received when radiated laser light is reflected by a reflector, and a light reception threshold (i.e., a reference light reception amount) set in advance, with a second detection area set farther than the first detection area as an area subjected to detection.