Abstract: To provide a magnetic recording tape and the like that have excellent magnetic properties and exhibit a favorable SNR. There are provided a magnetic recording tape and the like including at least: a base layer that includes a long film having flexibility; and a magnetic layer formed on a side of one main surface of the base layer, in which an under layer and a seed layer are provided in the stated order from a side of the magnetic layer toward a side of the base layer between the magnetic layer and the base layer, the underlayer contains at least Co and Cr, and has an average atomic number ratio represented by the following formula (1): Co(100-y)Cry (where y is within a range of 37?y?45.), and the seed layer formed directly on the base layer has a film thickness of 5 nm or more and 30 nm or less, and contains Ti and O and has an average atomic number ratio represented by the following formula (2): Ti(100-x)Ox (where x?10.

Abstract: A cell count determination device is configured to determine a cell count of a battery pack having installed therein a plurality of battery cells. The cell count determination device includes a plurality of switch elements provided in association with the plurality of battery cells, which can be increased or decreased in number in the battery pack. Each of the switch elements is configured to enter a conductive state if, while connected to the battery pack, a corresponding battery cell is present, and enter a non-conductive state if the corresponding battery cell is not present. The cell count determination device further includes a determination unit that is configured to determine the cell count of the connected battery pack on the basis of a combination of conductive states and non-conductive states among the plurality of switch elements.

Abstract: A sputtering target according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a plate-shaped target body formed of a metal material. The target body includes a target portion and a base portion. The target portion has a sputtering surface. The base portion has a cooling surface and includes a gradient strength layer, the cooling surface being positioned on a side opposite to the sputtering surface and having hardness higher than that of the sputtering surface, the gradient strength layer having tensile strength that gradually decreases from the cooling surface toward the target portion.

Abstract: An electric power control device includes: an ECU; a DC power supply; a backup power supply which has a control power supply as an operation source, supplies electric power to the ECU when an electric power supply from a battery to the ECU is stopped, and supplies electric power to the DC power supply when an electric power supply from the battery to the DC power supply is stopped; a first ground line connected to a ground terminal of the DC power supply; a second ground line connected to a ground terminal of the backup power supply; a current path formation unit which electrically connects the first ground line to the second ground line and forms a path in which a current flows from the first ground line to the second ground line in one direction; and a noise minimizing component connected to the current path formation unit in series.

Abstract: An identification information providing system includes a sending processor configured to send a predetermined signal including identification information; a managing processor configured to set or change identification information and manage predetermined identification information that is set or changed; and a receiving processor configured to be able to receive a predetermined signal to obtain predetermined identification information and perform synchronization, and to use a result of determining matching between obtained predetermined identification information and a received predetermined signal to determine whether the sending processor is an authorized sending processor.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an image forming portion, a heating portion, a discharging portion, a cooling portion, and a controller. A toner amount per predetermined sheet area of a toner image formed on a sheet is a toner image density. A first toner image does not have regions where the toner image density is a predetermined first density or more, and when the first toner image is formed on the sheet, the controller executes an operation in a first mode. A second toner image includes the region, and when the second toner image is formed on the sheet, the controller executes an operation in a second mode higher in cooling power than the first mode irrespective of a toner amount of the second toner image over entirety of the sheet.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are a method for manufacturing a thin-film transistor, an array substrate, and a display device. The method includes: forming a buffer layer on a substrate; forming a polysilicon layer on the buffer layer; performing a patterning process on the polysilicon layer, to form an active layer; depositing a gate insulating layer on the active layer; depositing a gate metal layer on the gate insulating layer, and performing dry etching on the gate metal layer by using the patterning process and by using a gas containing CO as an etching gas, to form a gate; performing ion implantation on the active layer by using the gate as a mask, to form a source region and a drain region; and depositing a passivation layer on the gate, forming through holes in the gate insulating layer and the passivation layer, and manufacturing a source and a drain.

Abstract: Provided is a reaction force measuring device comprising: a receiving portion 12; a movable portion 13 arranged in a manner spaced from the receiving portion 12 and capable of moving toward the receiving portion 12, the movable portion having a sandwiching space a formed between itself and the receiving portion 12, into which sandwiching space a hose H can be inserted from a direction crossing a longitudinal direction of the hose; and a measuring portion 14 configured to measure a reaction force of the hose H generated when the hose is pressed and applied with a load as the movable portion 13 moves toward the receiving portion 12.

Abstract: A hose includes an inner tube rubber layer, a woven material underlayer having a woven base material made of polyamide (PA) or polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and a reinforcing material layer, which are sequentially laminated on the inner rube rubber layer in this order. Following relationship formula (1) is to be satisfied, A·t+B·C<D??(1) wherein “A” represents SO42? concentration in the inner tube rubber layer (unit: mol/mm3), “t” represents thickness of the inner tube rubber layer (unit: mm), “B” represents SO42? concentration per 1 g of the woven base material (unit: mol/g), “C” represents mass of the woven base material per unit area of the woven material underlayer (unit: g/mm2), and “D” represents a constant of 2.5×10?9 (unit: mol/mm2). 100 pbm of a rubber component contains at least 60 pbm of acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) and t?0.5 mm.

Abstract: A portable terminal 1 having a battery 11 obtains a congestion level indicating people-related congestion in a range including a point where a specific function of the portable terminal 1 is expected to be executed. Based on the congestion level, the portable terminal 1 performs a reduction process for reducing power consumption of the battery 11 before arriving at the above point, where the specific function is expected to be executed.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a heating portion, a discharging portion, a cooling portion, and a controller. A toner amount per predetermined sheet area of a toner image formed on a sheet is a toner image density. When a first toner image in which a region where the toner image density is a predetermined first density or more is absent is formed on the sheet, the controller executes an operation in a first mode. When a second toner image in which the region is present is formed on the sheet, the controller executes an operation in a second mode higher in cooling power than the first mode irrespective of a toner amount of the second toner image over entirety of the sheet.

Abstract: There is provided a series of coelenterazine (CTZ) derivatives as a substrate with high luminescence intensity, which is optimal for maximum luminescence wavelengths at both 400 nm (blue-shifted RLuc luminescence system) and 500 nm (ALuc luminescence system) for bioassays which is more sensitive than known techniques. The novel CTZ derivatives are compounds in which a specific position(s) of the CTZ is/are substituted with a specific substituent(s) as shown, for example, by the Formula [I], and has a higher luminescence intensity than known CTZ derivatives in blue-shifted RLuc luminescence system or ALuc luminescence system.

Abstract: Provided is a sustained release sheet that includes a drug for treating nerve injury, wherein the sheet is applied to a nerve injury site, can maintain a high concentration of the drug over a long period, and promotes nerve regeneration without stimulating the nerves, even when the sheet is implanted in the periphery of the nerve injury site. Also provided is a production method for the sheet. This sustained drug release sheet for treating nerve injury is a sheet comprising a non-woven fabric that is formed from nanofibers each containing a drug such as vitamin B12 and a biocompatible polymer such as a biodegradable aliphatic polyester, and is implanted in the periphery of the nerve injury site to promote nerve regeneration.

Abstract: An identification information providing system includes a sending processor configured to send a predetermined signal including identification information; a managing processor configured to set or change identification information and manage predetermined identification information that is set or changed; and a receiving processor configured to be able to receive a predetermined signal to obtain predetermined identification information and perform synchronization, and to use a result of determining matching between obtained predetermined identification information and a received predetermined signal to determine whether the sending processor is an authorized sending processor.

Abstract: A hose includes an inner tube rubber layer, a woven material underlayer having a woven base material made of polyamide (PA) or polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and a reinforcing material layer, which are sequentially laminated on the inner rube rubber layer in this order. Following relationship formula (1) is to be satisfied, A·t+B·C<D ??(1) wherein “A” represents SO42? concentration in the inner tube rubber layer (unit: mol/mm3), “t” represents thickness of the inner tube rubber layer (unit: mm), “B” represents SO242? concentration per 1 g of the woven base material (unit: mol/g), “C” represents mass of the woven base material per unit area of the woven material underlayer (unit: g/mm2), and “D” represents a constant of 2.5×10?9 (unit: mol/mm2). 100 pbm of a rubber component contains at least 60 pbm of acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) and t?0.5 mm.

Abstract: There is provided a series of coelenterazine (CTZ) derivatives as a substrate with high luminescence intensity, which is optimal for maximum luminescence wavelengths at both 400 nm (blue-shifted RLuc luminescence system) and 500 nm (ALuc luminescence system) for bioassays which is more sensitive than known techniques. The novel CTZ derivatives are compounds in which a specific position(s) of the CTZ is/are substituted with a specific substituent(s) as shown, for example, by the Formula [I], and has a higher luminescence intensity than known CTZ derivatives in blue-shifted RLuc luminescence system or ALuc luminescence system.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including: lines connected to lines between respective neighboring battery cells of plural battery cells connected in series; at each of the battery cells, a voltage detection portion that detects a battery voltage value of the battery cell based on a voltage provided by the lines connected to the high potential side of the battery cell and to the low potential side of the battery cell; and at each of the lines, a regulation portion that regulates current to make a first current and a second current cancel out, the first current being caused to flow in a first direction in the resistor element by the battery cell at the high potential side of the line, and the second current being caused to flow in a second direction in the resistor element by the battery cell at the low potential side of the line.

Abstract: The present invention provides a biological tissue cutting device that can produce minute fragments of a biological tissue easily and efficiently. The biological tissue cutting device for producing tissue fragments by cutting a biological tissue includes: a first cutting unit configured to form a cut surface extending in a first direction by cutting the biological tissue on a stage; and a second cutting unit configured to form a cut surface extending in a second direction and a cut surface extending in a third direction by cutting the biological tissue on the stage. The planar direction of the cut surface extending in the second direction is a direction crossing the cut surface extending in the first direction, and the planar direction of the cut surface extending in the third direction is a direction crossing the cut surface extending in the first direction and the cut surface extending in the second direction.

Abstract: In wire electric discharge machining performed with a wire electrode moved relative to a workpiece based on a desired shape, a command speed is controlled so that the discharge densities per unit distance in circular-arc and straight portions of the desired shape are equal, in consideration of the difference in arc length between a circular-arc portion in a desired shape and the corresponding portion of a machining path, whereby the shape accuracy of the circular-arc portion is improved.

Abstract: In the interior of a resin mold portion that constitutes a fuel injection valve, an amplifying member to which a power source terminal and a signal terminal are connected, is provided. A signal transmitting unit, which outputs a detection signal from a sensor, is connected electrically to a substrate of the amplifying member. Further, the amplifying member is molded integrally when the resin mold portion is formed. In addition, a pressure inside a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, which is detected by the sensor, is output through the signal transmitting unit to the amplifying member, is amplified by the amplifying member, and is output externally from the signal terminal.