Abstract: A bonding apparatus, suitable for accurately bonding large substrates for a liquid crystal display, includes Z-axis drive mechanisms, and upper and lower chambers. The Z-axis drive mechanisms for moving an upper frame vertically are disposed at four corners of a mount. The upper chamber is supported by the upper frame and has an upper table inside. The lower chamber has a lower table inside and is supported on the mount. The upper and lower chambers are united through a seal ring to define a vacuum chamber. Moving the upper frame moves the upper chamber vertically to open or close the vacuum chamber. The lower table is supported via a free joint stage between the plurality of support legs and the table, and is moved horizontally by a side thrust mechanism disposed outside of the vacuum chamber.

Abstract: A surface-modified nanodiamond includes a base nanodiamond, and at least one polyglycerol-chain-containing group present on at least a surface portion of the base nanodiamond, in which the polyglycerol-chain-containing group is represented by following Formula (1): —X—R ??(1) wherein X represents single bond, —NH—, —O—, —COO—, —PH(?O)O—, or —S—; and R represents a polyglyceryl group. X may be single bond or —NH—. The surface-modified nanodiamond is highly soluble or dispersible satisfactorily stably in water and/or polar organic solvents.

Abstract: A propylene-based polymer which is suitably applicable to foam molding, sheet molding, blow molding or the like, because of having good flow characteristics, high melt tension, high swell ratio and thus good molding workability. It is attained by a propylene-based polymer or the like characterized by satisfying the following requirements (i) to (vi). Requirement (i): MFR is 0.1 g/10 minutes to 100 g/10 minutes. Requirement (ii): Q value by GPC is 3.5 to 10.5. Requirement (iii): ratio of components with a molecular weight of equal to or higher than 2,000,000, in a molecular weight distribution curve obtained by GPC, is equal to or larger than 0.4% by weight and less than 10% by weight. Requirement (iv): components, which elute at a temperature of equal to or lower than 40° C., are equal to or less than 3.0% by weight, in temperature rising elution fractionation by ODCB. Requirement (v): isotactic triad fraction (mm) measured with 13C-NMR is equal to or higher than 95%.

Abstract: A propylene-based polymer comprising the following component (A) insoluble in p-xylene at 25° C. and component (B) soluble in p-xylene at 25° C., wherein (i) the weight average molecular weight (Mw) measured with GPC is 100,000 to 1,000,000, (ii) the content of the component insoluble in hot p-xylene is 0.3% by weight or lower, and (iii) the degree of strain hardening (? max) in measurement of elongational viscosity is 2.0 or higher; and a method for producing the same, along with a resin composition comprising a propylene-ethylene copolymer (Z) in an amount of 50.0 to 99.9% by weight and a propylene-based polymer (M) in an amount of 0.1 to 50.0% by weight. Component (A): a component (CXIS) insoluble in p-xylene at 25° C., having requirements specified by (A1) to (A5). Component (B): a component (CXS) is soluble in p-xylene at 25° C., having requirements specified by (B1) to (B4).

Abstract: The invention provides a heat dissipater such as a heat dissipation member that dissipates heat of an integrated circuit that is formed on a flexible substrate such as a flexible printed circuit board. The heat dissipater according to an aspect of the invention includes; a main body section that is formed in the shape of a hollow sleeve in such a manner that the flexible substrate can be inserted through and inserted inside the main body section; and an adhering section that is formed on an inner surface of the main body section in such a manner that the main body section and the integrated circuit are adhered to each other via the adhering section.

Abstract: The present invention provides a preparation method of an insect cell extract solution for cell-free protein synthesis, the insect cell extract solution, a protein synthesis method in a cell-free system, which uses the insect cell extract solution, and a kit for cell-free protein synthesis containing the insect cell extract solution. The extract solution is easily prepared by the method of the present invention and can synthesize a higher amount of protein than by extract solutions prepared by conventional methods.

Abstract: A defect inspection apparatus includes: stages each mounting an inspecting object on which a circuit pattern having a group of parallel lines is formed, and each running perpendicular or parallel to the group of lines; an illumination optical system which illuminating a surface of the inspecting object with a slit beam being slit light so that a longitudinal direction of the slit beam is substantially perpendicular to the running directions of the stages, and which has a first inclined angle formed by the direction of the group of lines and a projection line, of an optical axis of the slit beam, to the inspecting object; a spatial filter that shields or transmits reflected and scattered light of the inspecting object according to a difference in distribution of orientation; and a detection optical system that detects the reflected and scattered light transmitted through the spatial filter by image sensors.

Abstract: A process for adjusting an intermolecular or intermolecular degree of acetyl substitution of cellulose acetate is disclosed. The process comprises ripening cellulose acetate in the presence of a catalyst, an acetyl donor, and water or an alcohol. The amount of water and the alcohol is in the range of 0.1 to 10 mol % based on the amount of the acetyl donor.

Abstract: A defect inspection apparatus includes: stages each mounting an inspecting object on which a circuit pattern having a group of parallel lines is formed, and each running perpendicular or parallel to the group of lines; an illumination optical system which illuminating a surface of the inspecting object with a slit beam being slit light so that a longitudinal direction of the slit beam is substantially perpendicular to the running directions of the stages, and which has a first inclined angle formed by the direction of the group of lines and a projection line, of an optical axis of the slit beam, to the inspecting object; a spatial filter that shields or transmits reflected and scattered light of the inspecting object according to a difference in distribution of orientation; and a detection optical system that detects the reflected and scattered light transmitted through the spatial filter by image sensors.

Abstract: A game device for performing a game in which, when a first-choice display object is freely chosen via a pointing operation undertaken by a player from among a large number of display objects, a second-choice object is then required to be determined as a correct choice, comprises determining means for determining whether or not the display object of interest has been chosen on the basis of the position coordinates from input means and a choice determination range and correcting means for performing, when the correct second-choice object has been determined, correction processing for changing the size of a choice determination range for the display object of interest used for the determination processing so that the choice determination range for a correct choice display object becomes relatively larger than the choice determination range for an incorrect choice display object.

Abstract: Provided is a game device which determines the goal point pursuant to the game progress and not in advance. The game device 1 is a game for competing for game scores in accordance with the superiority of the state of arrival upon the taxi, which is the moving object, reaching a goal. This game device 1 is a game wherein a presentation unit for presenting a goal determining element (passenger), which becomes the objective upon a taxi moving in the game space 511 (S104, S105), and judgment unit for determining the game results by judging the superiority of the state of arrival in accordance with such selected goal determining element upon selecting one goal among a plurality of goals (S105; YES) provided by the presentation unit (S104, S105) are processed by the CPU and displayed on the display.

Abstract: The present invention provides an inspection apparatus having a high throughput and high sensitivity with respect to a number of various manufacturing processes and defects of interest in inspection of a specimen such as a semiconductor wafer on which a pattern is formed. The apparatus illuminates with light the specimen having the pattern formed thereon, forms an image of the specimen on an image sensor through a reflective optics, and determines the existence/nonexistence of a defect. The reflective optics has a conjugate pair of Fourier transform optics. An aberration of the reflective optics is corrected off-axis. The reflective optics has a field of view in non-straight-line slit form on the specimen surface. Also, the optics is of a reflection type, includes a conjugate pair of Fourier transform optics and has a field of view in non-straight-line slit form. An optimum wavelength band is selected according to the specimen (FIG. 1).

Abstract: The invention is directed to find a false defect from defect candidates and obtain a threshold with which the false defect can be eliminated by the smallest number of review times. Defect candidates are reviewed and selected as a defect or a false defect. By deleting a defect candidate having a characteristic quantity equal to or less than that of the false defect from a map or displaying it in another sign, the false defect can be determined visually. Since the defect candidate having the characteristic quantity equal to or less than that of the selected false defect is deleted from the map or displayed in another sign, the defect candidates unnecessary to set a threshold are not reviewed. The number of defect candidates to be reviewed can be largely reduced as compared with that in the conventional technique. Further, by repeating the above work, the threshold is automatically calculated, and an inspection result map with the threshold is displayed, so that a re-inspection is unnecessary.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of conducting cell-free protein synthesis by conveniently suppressing mRNA degradation, and a reaction solution enabling cell-free protein synthesis by conveniently suppressing mRNA degradation. A cell-free protein synthesis method using a cell-free protein synthesis reaction solution containing at least an extract liquid derived from a living cell, a potassium salt, a magnesium salt, adenosine triphosphate, guanosine triphosphate, creatine phosphate, creatine kinase, amino acid, a tRNA, an mRNA, a buffer, and adenosine 3?,5?-bisphosphate.

Abstract: In the conventional methods for enhancing defect detection sensitivity by improving the resolving power, if a microscopic pattern, which is a high spatial-frequency structure as is the case with a microscopic defect, has become the brightest portion, the gray-scale contrast of the microscopic defect will be enhanced. At the same time, however, the gray-scale contrast of the microscopic pattern will also be enhanced simultaneously. Consequently, there has existed a problem that it is impossible to enhance the microscopic-defect detection sensitivity further than that. In the present invention, an aperture stop which is divided into a plurality of small apertures is located on an illumination pupil plane. Then, light-shield/light-transmission for each small aperture is controlled independently of each other. This control allows an inspection-target object to be illuminated at only an incident angle at which the gray-scale contrast of the microscopic defect will be emphasized more sharply.

Abstract: A game device displays on a display monitor scenes of a vehicle moving in response to manipulations by the player. The display monitor further displays a plurality of goal determining elements. A goal point and a time limit to reach the goal point are set when one of the goal determining elements is picked up. Time is counted from when the goal point and the time limit are set. The game device determines an amount of time for the vehicle to reach the goal point and a score that the player has achieved.

Abstract: A process for adjusting an intermolecular or intramolecular degree of acetyl substitution of cellulose acetate is disclosed. The process comprises ripening cellulose acetate in the presence of a catalyst, an acetyl donor, and water or an alcohol. The amount of water and the alcohol is in the range of 0.1 to 10 mol % based on the amount of the acetyl donor.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid sealing type vibration control device capable of sufficiently reducing strange sounds which comprises a first attachment fitting (1), a second attachment fitting (2), a vibration-isolating base body (3), a diaphragm (9), a partition body (12), and an orifice (25), the partition body (12) including an elastic partition membrane (15) and a pair of lattice members (17, 18). The elastic partition membrane (15) is provided on its both faces with rib groups (50) in a projecting manner, the rib groups (50) each consist of plural first ribs (51) and plural second ribs (52) mingled mutually, the first ribs (51) are set in such a height dimension that their tops can be situated apart from the lattice members (17, 18), and the second ribs (52) are set in such a height dimension that their tops abut on the lattice members (17, 18) and in a smaller rib width than the first ribs (51).

Abstract: The invention provides a heat dissipater such as a heat dissipation member that dissipates heat of an integrated circuit that is formed on a flexible substrate such as a flexible printed circuit board. The heat dissipater according to an aspect of the invention includes; a main body section that is formed in the shape of a hollow sleeve in such a manner that the flexible substrate can be inserted through and inserted inside the main body section; and an adhering section that is formed on an inner surface of the main body section in such a manner that the main body section and the integrated circuit are adhered to each other via the adhering section.

Abstract: The present invention provides a preparation method of an insect cell extract solution for cell-free protein synthesis, the insect cell extract solution, a protein synthesis method in a cell-free system, which uses the insect cell extract solution, and a kit for cell-free protein synthesis containing the insect cell extract solution. The extract solution is easily prepared by the method of the present invention and can synthesize a higher amount of protein than by extract solutions prepared by conventional methods.