Abstract: A nozzle is stored in a nozzle storage hole of a waiting pod. In this state, a cleaning liquid is discharged to an outer peripheral surface of the nozzle from a plurality of discharge ports. Thus, a coating liquid and its solidified matter adhering to the nozzle are dissolved and removed from the nozzle. Subsequently, a metal removal liquid is discharged from a plurality of discharge ports to the outer peripheral surface of the nozzle. Thus, a metallic component remaining on the nozzle is dissolved and removed from the nozzle. Further, pure water is discharged to the outer peripheral surface of the nozzle from the plurality of discharge ports, and the metal removal liquid adhering to the nozzle is cleaned away.

Abstract: A method of forming a tungsten film having low resistance is provided. The method includes forming a discontinuous film containing a metal on a substrate; and forming the tungsten film on the substrate on which the discontinuous film is formed. In the forming of the discontinuous film, a first source gas and a nitriding gas are supplied onto the substrate alternately along with, for example, a carrier gas. In the forming of the tungsten film, a second source gas and a reducing gas are supplied onto the substrate alternately along with, for example, a carrier gas.

Abstract: A head-up display device includes: an image formation unit which emits light including image information; and a projection optical system including an ocular optical system which displays a virtual image by reflecting the light emitted from the image formation unit. The ocular optical system includes spherical lenses, a free-form curved surface lens, a reflection mirror, and a free-form curved surface mirror, and is configured by arranging, in a space on the side of the ocular optical system of a plane conjugate with the virtual image plane with respect to the ocular optical system, a first small lens system which achieves first focus position movement and on which separated light from the image formation unit is made to be incident, and a second small lens system which achieves second focus position movement and on which separated light from the image formation unit is made to be incident.

Abstract: A distributor distributes an input signal to a first transmission line and a second transmission line. A high-pass filter, a first linearizer, and a first phase shifter disposed on the first transmission line adjust the phase and amplitude of an intermodulation distortion in a low-frequency range. A low-pass filter, a second linearizer, and a second phase shifter disposed on the second transmission line adjust the phase and amplitude of an intermodulation distortion in a high-frequency range. A synthesizer synthesizes the signal from the first transmission line and the signal from the second transmission line.

Abstract: A light emitting element driving apparatus includes the following: current source; error amplifier generating error signal based on comparison of a first reference voltage with the highest voltage among total forward drop voltages of element arrays or feedback voltage corresponding to a drive voltage; first and second switches for ON/OFF control to apply the feedback voltage to first and second input terminals of the error amplifier respectively; slope voltage generating circuit; PWM comparator generating a pulse modulation signal; drive amplifier controlled by the pulse modulation signal and drives a switching element supplying the drive voltage to the element arrays; PWM width detector that outputs a pulse width detection signal having different levels between when the pulse width is less than predetermined threshold value and when equal to or greater than the threshold value, and switches ON/OFF of the first and second switches based on the pulse width detection signal.

Abstract: Disclosed are chemical entities which are compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; wherein Y, Ra, Ra?, Rb, Rc, X1, X2, X3, Rd, Z1, and Z2 have the values described herein and stereochemical configurations depicted at asterisked positions indicate absolute stereochemistry. Chemical entities according to the disclosure can be useful as inhibitors of Sumo Activating Enzyme (SAE). Further provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the disclosure and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of proliferative, inflammatory, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative diseases or disorders.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for obtaining a resin composition in which coloration is suppressed. According to an embodiment, provided is a method for producing a resin composition, including: (a) obtaining a resin by polymerization of a resin raw material containing a compound represented by formula (1) below and (b) obtaining a resin composition by mixing an additive into the resin, wherein a polymerization temperature T1 in step (a) falls within the range of 230° C.<T1<250° C., and a mixing temperature T2 in step (b) falls within the range of 250° C.?T2<280° C.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance section, an image forming section, a fixing section, a sheet output tray, a toner container, a suitable product determining section, and a control section. The suitable product determining section determines whether the toner container loaded in an apparatus body is a suitable product. When the suitable product determining section determines that the toner container is not a suitable product, the control section allows the conveyance section, the image forming section, and the fixing section to form, on a sheet, a solid image having a circumferential length of one of rotating bodies of the fixing section or longer, and allows the sheet on which the solid image is formed to pass through a fixing nip, to thereby periodically allow a cleaning operation of removing a contamination adhering to surfaces of rotating bodies of the fixing section to be performed.

Abstract: A nonaqueous battery includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. At least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes a current collector, an intermediate layer, and an active material layer. The intermediate layer is interposed between the current collector and the active material layer and includes graphite particles and insulating particles. In a cross section of the intermediate layer in a thickness direction, a major axis diameter of the graphite particles is equal to or greater than the thickness of the intermediate layer. In X-ray diffraction measurement of the intermediate layer by an out-of-plane method, a ratio of an intensity of an 110 diffraction line of a graphite crystal to an intensity of a 002 diffraction line of the graphite crystal is 0.0011 or more.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composite semipermeable membrane which has a high permeation rate and high salt removal performance and is excellent in terms of performance stability during long-term operation. The composite semipermeable membrane of the present invention includes: a supporting membrane including a substrate and a porous supporting layer; and a separation functional layer disposed on the porous supporting layer, the separation functional layer includes a crosslinked polyamide and a hydrophilic polymer having an acidic group, and in the separation functional layer, a ratio of (molar equivalent of amino groups)/(molar equivalent of amide groups) is 0.18 or less.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner includes a casing, a heater core that heats an air flow by heat exchange between the air flow and a heat medium, an electric heater that heats an air flow by an electric power, and a determiner that determines whether a temperature of the heat medium is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature. When the determiner determines that the temperature of the heat medium is equal to or lower than the predetermined temperature, an air flow introduced into a casing is heated by the electric heater and flows toward the vehicle interior without passing through the heater core.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a row of substrate transfer devices 3 which can deliver a wafer W within a transfer chamber; and rows of process modules PM, arranged at right and left sides of the row of the substrate transfer devices along the row, configured to perform processes to the wafer W. The rows of the process modules PM are arranged such that each of the processes can be performed by at least two process modules PM. Thus, when a single process module PM cannot be used, the wafer W can be rapidly transferred to another process module PM which can perform the same process as performed in the corresponding process module. Therefore, even when the single process module PM cannot be used, the processes can be continued to the wafers W without stopping an operation of the apparatus, so that the number of wasted wafers W can be reduced.

Abstract: A processing target mold is usable to form, by molding, a processing target to be shaved by a shaving device. The processing target includes a hold portion held by the shaving device, a target portion to be formed into a post-shaving item, and a coupling portion coupling the hold portion with the target portion. A main body of the processing target mold includes a bottom member, an outer frame member extending upward from the bottom member, and a protruding member extending upward from a portion of the bottom member that is enclosed by the outer frame member as seen in a plan view. The main body includes an injection space enclosed by the bottom member and the outer frame member. A material is injected into the injection space. The injection space includes a hold space, a target space and a coupling space in which the hold portion, the target portion and the coupling portion are respectively formed by molding.

Abstract: A transfer system according to an aspect of the invention includes a stator including a plurality of coils, a carriage capable of moving along the stator, a carriage drive magnet provided on the carriage and configured to drive the carriage by magnetic force generated by the plurality of coils, and a power receiver provided on the carriage and including a power receiving magnet configured to drive an actuator by magnetic force generated by the plurality of coils.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for determining whether a test subject has equol-producing ability or not. The method involves measuring equol-producing ability of a test subject, wherein an equol converting enzyme gene derived from enteric bacteria of the test subject is detected using three types of primer sets described herein as the primer sets a) to c).

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided that can provide automatic feature discovery for modular active digitizer pens. A system is provided comprising a digitizer display; and a processor configured to: receive a human interface device (HID) transaction when a digitizer pen is in proximity to the digitizer display, wherein the digitizer pen comprises a pen body attached to a removable function module that supports a modular feature; extract a module identifier (ID) from the HID transaction, wherein the module ID is associated with the removable function module; and display, on the digitizer display, an informational message that concerns the modular feature, wherein the informational message is associated with the module ID. One or more applications compatible with the modular feature may be displayed, and one or more configuration tasks may be automatically executed to enable the modular feature on the system.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance section, an image forming section, a fixing section, a sheet output tray, a toner container, a suitable product determining section, and a control section. The suitable product determining section determines whether the toner container loaded in an apparatus body is a suitable product. When the suitable product determining section determines that the toner container is not a suitable product, on condition of successive feeding of sheets, the control section allows, after every predetermined number of sheets have been subjected to an image forming operation, a fixing aging operation for stopping the image forming operation and rotating rotating bodies of the fixing section to be performed. When the suitable product determining section determines that the toner container is a suitable product, the control section keeps the fixing aging operation conditional on successive feeding of sheets from being performed.

Abstract: A semiconductor chip has an evaluation pattern that is included in a monitor pattern. This evaluation pattern is constituted by a first pattern and a second pattern opposite to each other in an X direction. Further, the first pattern is constituted by a convex shape protruding in a direction away from the second pattern in the X direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a technique that simplifies operations for making appropriate print settings. Accordingly, a terminal apparatus serving as an information processing apparatus according to the present invention acquires, from a printing apparatus, information indicating the sheet type and size of the sheets set in each paper feed tray. Then, the terminal apparatus determines whether the acquired information includes a sheet type that matches a sheet type suitable for an attribute of information selected by a user as a print target. If it is determined that the information includes a sheet type that matches the suitable sheet type, the terminal apparatus generates print data including information designating a paper feed tray containing sheets of the matching sheet type, and transmits the generated print data to the printing apparatus.

Abstract: A rotor of an electrical rotating machine includes: a rotor shaft; a cylindrical sleeve externally fitted to the rotor shaft and extending in an axial direction X; and a plurality of permanent magnets serving as field magnets, the plurality of permanent magnets being provided between the rotor shaft and the sleeve in a radial direction and retained by the sleeve around the rotor shaft. The sleeve is formed by a plurality of short sleeves arranged in the axial direction X, and end portions of the short sleeves that are adjacent to each other, the end portions being butted together in the axial direction X, are mechanically joined together in a torque-transmittable manner.