Abstract: A housing in which a heat source for heating a member to be heated is disposable includes a first end and a second end in a longitudinal direction. Each of the first end and the second end is linked to a duct. A blowing unit is provided at the first end of the housing and causes an airflow in a space formed in a state in which the heat source is disposed in the housing. The duct linked to the second end of the housing is formed to extend from the second end. A length of the duct linked to the second end of the housing is longer than a hydraulic diameter by a predetermined number of times or more.

Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): wherein R1 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, lower alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, hydroxy, lower alkoxy or aralkyloxy; R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen, halogen or halo-lower alkyl; and R4 and R5 are each independently hydrogen or halogen, is useful as a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of various diseases related to NPY, for example, cardiovascular disorders such as angina, acute or congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, hypertension, nephropathy, electrolyte abnormality, vasospasm, etc., nervous system disorders such as bulimia, depression, anxiety, seizure, epilepsy, dementia, pain, alcoholism, drug withdrawal, circadian rhythm disorders, schizophrenia, memory impairment, sleep disorders, cognitive impairment, etc., metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, hormone abnormality, gout, fatty liver, etc., genital or reproductive disorders such as infertility, preterm labor, sexual dysfunction, etc.

Abstract: A slot array antenna, comprising: a power-feeding waveguide for feeding microwave power; and a plurality of rectangular radiating waveguides connected to a plurality of windows which are disposed along the longitudinal direction of the power feeding waveguide, so as to guide the microwave power from the plurality of windows to the outside of the antenna. In each of the radiating waveguides, the interval “d” between the centers of gravity of slot pairs or slots is substantially the same as the wavelength m of the microwave in the rectangular radiating waveguide. A slot array antenna and a plasma processing apparatus are provided, which are capable of increasing the plasma density in the plasma-processing chamber.

Abstract: A slot array antenna, consistent with the invention can include a power feeding waveguide for feeding microwave power and a plurality of rectangular radiating waveguides. The plurality of rectangular radiating waveguides are connected to a plurality of windows which are disposed along the longitudinal direction of the power feeding waveguide so as to guide the microwave power from the plurality of windows to the outside of the antenna. In each of the radiating waveguides, the interval “d” between the centers of gravity of slot pairs or slots is substantially the same as the wavelength ?m of the microwave in the rectangular radiating waveguide. A slot array antenna of the present invention can be used in a plasma processing apparatus to increase the plasma density in the plasma-processing chamber.

Abstract: The length (L) of a slot (26) increases monotonously from the central portion (A) of an antenna surface (28) in the radial direction, and reaches the maximal value at the first intermediate portion (C). The maximal value is maintained from the first intermediate portion (C) until the peripheral portion (B). When compared to a case wherein the length of the slot is increased monotonously from the central portion of the antenna surface (28) until its peripheral portion, the power radiated from a slot antenna can increase. Accordingly, the power which is not radiated from the slot antenna but remains in it decreases, so that the reflected power from the slot antenna decreases.

Abstract: A plasma apparatus includes a slot antenna (30) supplying an electromagnetic field to a container in which plasma is generated. Slot antenna (30) has a slot (36) so formed that a radiation plane (31) at a periphery B thereof allows the electromagnetic field to provide radiation smaller per unit area in amount than at an intermediate region C thereof located between a center A and periphery B thereof.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid-feeding device with large liquid-capacity and a simplified structure and capable of stably holding liquid without leakage. An ink-feeding device includes an ink reservoir; an ink chamber; a valve displaced so that a closing member opens an open region by reduction in pressure due to reduction in the ink amount in the ink chamber; a fresh-air communicating hole for communicating with fresh air; and an air inlet tube capable of bringing air, when an amount of ink in the ink chamber is reduced, from the fresh-air communicating hole by the amount of air corresponding to the amount of the reduced ink, wherein a bore diameter of the lower end of the air inlet tube and a water head are determined so that the ink meniscus holding power P at the lower end of the air inlet tube and the water head pressure H corresponding to the height from the bottom surface of an ink ejection unit (nozzle surface) to the lower end of the air inlet tube satisfy the relationship P>H.

Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): wherein R1 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, lower alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, hydroxy, lower alkoxy or aralkyloxy; R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen, halogen or halo-lower alkyl; and R4 and R are each independently hydrogen or halogen, is useful as a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of various diseases related to NPY, for example, cardiovascular disorders such as angina, acute or congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, hypertension, nephropathy, electrolyte abnormality, vasospasm, etc., nervous system disorders such as bulimia, depression, anxiety, seizure, epilepsy, dementia, pain, alcoholism, drug withdrawal, circadian rhythm disorders, schizophrenia, memory impairment, sleep disorders, cognitive impairment, etc., metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, hormone abnormality, gout, fatty liver, etc., genital or reproductive disorders such as infertility, preterm labor, sexual dysfunction, etc.

Abstract: A print head is provided with at least ink-pressurizing cells, heating elements, and ink-ejection nozzles. In addition, the print head includes substrate members which form side surfaces and one end surface of the ink-pressurizing cells, and which are provided with the heating elements; a nozzle-formed member which forms the other end surface of the ink-pressurizing cells, and in which the ink-ejection nozzles, which individually correspond to the ink-pressurizing cells, are formed; and a head frame which supports the nozzle-formed member.

Abstract: A desired component of an electromagnetic field in a slot antenna is selectively taken to be supplied into a vessel for generating a plasma. The angle of inclination of slots (36) relative to the circumferential direction of a radiation surface (31) of the slot antenna (30) is decreased as the position of the slots approaches the periphery of the radiation surface 31 from the center O of the radiation surface.

Abstract: A negative pressure generated inside a liquid-ejecting head can circulate liquid between the liquid-ejecting head and a liquid tank, prevent the liquid from leaking out of nozzles while the liquid is circulating, and remove bubbles contained in the liquid. A head cartridge includes a printhead ejecting ink from ink-ejecting nozzles formed in a nozzle plate of the printhead, an ink-supplying conduit supplying the ink from an ink tank to an ink chamber in the printhead, an ink-refluxing conduit refluxing the ink from the printhead to the ink tank, and a liquid-delivering pump disposed on the ink-refluxing conduit and circulating the ink between the printhead and the ink tank. The liquid-delivering pump is driven to generate a negative pressure inside the printhead to circulate the ink between the printhead and the ink tank.

Abstract: A head module includes a head chip provided with an array of heat generating elements, a nozzle sheet provided with nozzles, a barrier layer for forming ink liquid chambers, a module frame adhered to the nozzle sheet to thereby support the nozzle sheet and provided with a head chip arranging hole for arranging the head chip therein, and a buffer tank which is so disposed as to cover the head chip arranging hole from a surface, on the opposite side of the surface of adhesion to the nozzle sheet, of the module frame and which is for forming a common liquid conduit communicated with all the ink chambers of the head chip.

Abstract: An ink jet printer has a line head having heating elements (121d) for ejecting ink droplets from nozzles, in which the plurality of heating elements (121d) are arrayed in a direction substantially perpendicular to the paper feed direction. In the line head, the plurality of heating elements (121d) are divided into a plurality of blocks, with each block consisting of a predetermined number of spatially arrayed heating elements of the plurality of heating elements (121d) corresponding to the plurality of nozzles, and a phase signal PH is sequentially supplied to a set of heating elements (121d) simultaneously driven over the respective blocks, thus sequentially driving the respective heating elements (121d) by each set as a unit in a time-divisional manner. Thus, the ink jet printer can reduce the positional shift of dots on the paper and can reduce the instantaneous maximum dissipation power in time-division drive.

Abstract: A print head is provided with at least ink-pressurizing cells, heating elements, and ink-ejection nozzles. In addition, the print head includes substrate members which form side surfaces and one end surface of the ink-pressurizing cells, and which are provided with the heating elements; a nozzle-formed member which forms the other end surface of the ink-pressurizing cells, and in which the ink-ejection nozzles, which individually correspond to the ink-pressurizing cells, are formed; and a head frame which supports the nozzle-formed member.

Abstract: A print head is provided with at least ink-pressurizing cells, heating elements, and ink-ejection nozzles. In addition, the print head includes substrate members which form side surfaces and one end surface of the ink-pressurizing cells, and which are provided with the heating elements; a nozzle-formed member which forms the other end surface of the ink-pressurizing cells, and in which the ink-ejection nozzles, which individually correspond to the ink-pressurizing cells, are formed; and a head frame which supports the nozzle-formed member.

Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): (wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are independently aryl or heteroaryl, any of which is optionally substituted by a substituent selected from the group consisting of cyano, halogen, nitro, lower alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, hydroxy-lower alkyl, cyclo-lower alkyl, cyclo(lower alkyl)-lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkylamino, di-lower alkylamino, lower alkanoylamino, lower alkylsulfonylamino, arylsulfonylamino, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, halo-lower alkoxy, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, lower alkylthio, carboxyl, formyl, lower alkanoyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, lower alkylcarbamoyl, di-lower alkylcarbamoyl, lower alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, aryl and heteroaryl; R1 and R2 are independently lower alkyl, cyclo-lower alkyl, cyclo(lower alkyl)-lower alkyl or lower alkoxy, any of which is optionally substituted by a substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, lower alkylamino, di-lower alkylamino, lower alkanoylamino, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, formyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl, lower alkylc

Abstract: An inkjet print head includes one nozzle sheet (23) and a plurality of head chips (25) including a plurality of heaters. The nozzle sheet (23) is formed of an electroformed metal layer made of nickel or a material comprising nickel, and has discharge nozzle rows for respective colors disposed so that the discharge nozzles are in staggered arrangements and so that each set of discharge nozzles partly overlaps another set of discharge nozzles in a sheet-feed direction. The head chips are positioned at and affixed to a growth surface side of the nozzle sheet (23) in staggered arrangements so that the positions of the discharge nozzles and the positions of the heaters correspond to each other. Accordingly, reduction in printing quality caused by displacement of any of the discharge nozzles is prevented from occurring, and landing positions of discharged ink on a recording sheet are stabilized.

Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): (wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are independently aryl or heteroaryl, any of which is optionally substituted by a substituent selected from the group consisting of cyano, halogen, nitro, lower alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, hydroxy-lower alkyl, cyclo-lower alkyl, cyclo(lower alkyl)-lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkylamino, di-lower alkylamino, lower alkanoylamino, lower alkylsulfonylamino, arylsulfonylamino, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, halo-lower alkoxy, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, lower alkylthio, carboxyl, formyl, lower alkanoyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, lower alkylcarbamoyl, di-lower alkylcarbamoyl, lower alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, aryl and heteroaryl; R1 and R2 are independently lower alkyl, cyclo-lower alkyl, cyclo(lower alkyl)-lower alkyl or lower alkoxy, any of which is optionally substituted by a substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, lower alkylamino, di-lower alkylamino, lower alkanoylamino, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, formyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl, lower alk

Abstract: A apparatus includes a waveguide (21) including a first conductive plate (23) having a plurality of slots (26) and a second conductive plate (22) arranged opposite to the former plate, a cylindrical waveguide (13) connected to an opening of the second conductive plate (22), and a bump (27) provided on the first conductive plate (23) and projecting toward the opening (25) of the second conductive plate (22). At least part of the bump (27) is made of a dielectric. The cylindrical waveguide (13) larger in characteristic impedance than in a coaxial waveguide is used to generally reduce a transmission loss. The bump (27) can reduce power reflection at the connecting portion of the cylindrical waveguide (13) and waveguide (21). A transmission loss and power reflection thus reduced can enhance an electromagnetic field supply efficiency.

Abstract: An ink jet printer has a line head having heating elements (121d) for ejecting ink droplets from nozzles, in which the plurality of heating elements (121d) are arrayed in a direction substantially perpendicular to the paper feed direction. In the line head, the plurality of heating elements (121d) are divided into a plurality of blocks, with each block consisting of a predetermined number of spatially arrayed heating elements of the plurality of heating elements (121d) corresponding to the plurality of nozzles, and a phase signal PH is sequentially supplied to a set of heating elements (121d) simultaneously driven over the respective blocks, thus sequentially driving the respective heating elements (121d) by each set as a unit in a time-divisional manner. Thus, the ink jet printer can reduce the positional shift of dots on the paper and can reduce the instantaneous maximum dissipation power in time-division drive.