Abstract: An optical component including: a first block having a first refractive index and a first reflective surface; a first light absorbing member containing a first metal ion that absorbs light having a first specific wavelength and has a second refractive index different from the first refractive index; a first buffer layer between and in contact with each of the first light absorbing member and the first block, and having a third refractive index having a value between the first refractive index and the second refractive index, wherein the first light absorbing member, the first buffer layer, and the first block are arranged in this order in a first direction such that first block reflects light traveling in the first direction in a second direction different from the first direction on the first reflective surface.

Abstract: A common electrode driver includes an inverting amplifier including a first resistor, a second resistor, and an operational amplifier, and a resistance ratio adjustment circuit that adjusts, in accordance with a length of one horizontal scan period, a resistance ratio being a ratio of a resistance value of the second resistor to a resistance value of the first resistor. A feedback voltage is provided to one end of the first resistor. The resistance ratio adjustment circuit sets the resistance ratio when second driving is performed, in which a length of one horizontal scan period is a second time longer than a first time, to be smaller than the resistance ratio when first driving is performed, in which a length of one horizontal scan period is the first time.

Abstract: A distance between the first circuit and the second circuit is a first distance, a distance between the first circuit and the temperature detection circuit is a second distance longer than the first distance, and a distance between the second circuit and the temperature detection circuit is a third distance longer than the first distance.

Abstract: A light source device that supplies a constant current to a diode load that includes a plurality of light-emitting elements connected in series. The light source device includes a power supply circuit connected to the diode load and a peak current limiting circuit connected in series to the diode load. The peak current limiting circuit includes a current detector that is connected in series to the diode load and a current-regulating circuit that controls a current to the diode load by a detection voltage of the current detector. Further, the current detector has a series circuit including a resistor and a coil.

Abstract: The present invention provides (I) a dry-stretched microporous membrane and a separator for an electric storage device excellent in balance among the required performances such as product safety, charge/discharge characteristics, dimension stability, energy cost, consideration to the environment, etc., (II) a separator for an electric storage device superior in product safety obtained by controlling a puncture depth of a microporous membrane comprised in the separator for an electric storage device, or/and (III) a dry-stretched microporous membrane and a separator for an electric power storage device excellent in product safety realized by controlling a porosity and a puncture strength of a thin microporous membrane.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a piezoelectric device including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer, a vibration plate that is deformed when the piezoelectric device is driven, a pressure chamber plate including a pressure chamber whose volume is changed by deformation of the vibration plate, a wiring board, an individual lead electrode through which the wiring board and the first electrode are electrically coupled to each other, a common lead electrode through which the wiring board and the second electrode are electrically coupled to each other, and a resistance wire electrically coupled to the wiring board and used to determine temperature in the pressure chamber.

Abstract: when one of two positions in a second direction intersecting the first direction is defined as a first position and the other position is defined as a second position from which the shortest distance to the partition wall is shorter than the shortest distance from the first position to the partition wall, the vibrating plate has a first portion corresponding to the first position and a second portion corresponding to the second position, and a surface of the first portion in the first direction is, in the first direction, closer than a surface of the second portion in the first direction.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting device includes a head, a cap, a moving mechanism and a controller. The moving mechanism is configured to move the head and the cap relative to each other to switch the cap between a capping state in which the cap is in contact with the head and covers the plurality of nozzles and a non-capping state in which the cap is separated from the head and uncovers the same. The controller is configured to perform setting a non-ejection drive time based on an uncapped time duration which is a length of time from a timing at which the cap is switched to the non-capping state until a timing at which the cap is switched back to the capping state. The controller is configured to perform vibrating meniscus of liquid in the plurality of nozzles during the non-ejection drive time.

Abstract: The vibration plate, the first electrode, the piezoelectric layer, and the second electrode are stacked in this order from the pressure chamber plate side in an active area facing the pressure chamber. An area located outwardly from the active area in a longitudinal direction of the pressure chamber includes a first area in which the piezoelectric layer, the second electrode, the insulating layer, and the first conductive layer are stacked in this order, and a second area in which the piezoelectric layer and the insulating layer are stacked in this order without the second electrode and the first conductive layer.

Abstract: A vehicle body front construction includes: a front bumper including an opening; an air guide member disposed behind the front bumper and configured to guide rearward outside air taken from the opening; and a sensor attached to the front bumper; and a sensor protection member disposed between the sensor and the air guide member. The sensor protection member includes: a protection wall extending in a width direction of a vehicle with a clearance between the sensor protection member and the air guide member; and a side wall extending forward from an end of the protection wall close to the opening. The side wall includes a front end positioned close to the front bumper.

Abstract: A liquid discharge device has a liquid discharge head that includes a pressure chamber substrate provided with a first pressure chamber in which a liquid is accommodated, a first piezoelectric body provided to correspond to the first pressure chamber, and a detection resistor for detecting a temperature in a vicinity of the first pressure chamber, and a decision section that decides a degree of deterioration of the first piezoelectric body based on a detection result of the detection resistor.

Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet body that includes a bowl part that receives waste, a functional part that is provided on a back side of the toilet body, a panel member that covers a side surface of the functional part, a first holding part that adsorbs and holds the toilet body and a side surface of the panel member by magnetic force, and a second holding part that adsorbs and holds the functional part and a side surface of the panel member by magnetic force. The panel member is capable of being slid frontward, backward, upward, and downward in a state where the panel member is adsorbed and held by the first holding part and the second holding part.

Abstract: A piezoelectric body that is driven to apply pressure to a liquid in the plurality of pressure chambers, and contains lead atoms, a first electrode that is provided on a first surface of two surfaces of the piezoelectric body, a second electrode that is provided on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the two surfaces of the piezoelectric body, a drive wiring that is electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode, and applies a voltage for driving the piezoelectric body, a resistor that is formed of the same material as any of the first electrode, the second electrode, and the drive wiring to measure a temperature of the liquid in the plurality of pressure chambers, and a diffusion suppression layer that is provided between the resistor and the piezoelectric body to suppress diffusion of lead atoms contained in the piezoelectric body into the resistor.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a diaphragm provided on a side of one surface of a substrate, and a piezoelectric actuator having a first electrode, a piezoelectric body layer, and a second electrode which are stacked in a first direction on a side of a surface opposite to the substrate of the diaphragm, in which when one area far from an end portion of the second electrode is a first area and one area near the end portion of the second electrode is a second area, of two areas of the second electrode in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the second electrode has a stiffness of 17,000 N/m or more in the second area in the first direction, which is higher than a stiffness in the first area in the first direction, and a length in the second area in the first direction is equal to or less than a length of the piezoelectric body layer in the second area in the first direction.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a ligand that contains a plurality of groups represented by formula (1) and is capable of multivalently binding to a glutamine transporter expressed in excess in a cancer cell compared to a normal cell.

Abstract: The controller drives the piezoelectric body such that, when the cumulative number of times of the driving is a second number of times greater than the first number of times, the voltage difference is a second value smaller than the first value.

Abstract: The present application provides a novel method for analyzing a biological condition or a medical condition. It is now found that information about the modification of RNA can be used for the analysis of a biological condition or a medical condition. On the basis of this finding, the present invention provides a novel method for analyzing a biological condition or a medical condition. According to the present invention, it becomes possible to analyze various biological conditions or medical conditions including diseases, and it also becomes possible to satisfactorily predict cancer (e.g., pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, stomach cancer) in an early stage.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes an individual electrode that is individually provided for the plurality of pressure chambers, a common electrode that is commonly provided for the plurality of pressure chambers, a piezoelectric body that is provided between the individual electrode and the common electrode for applying pressure to liquid in the pressure chambers, a drive wiring that is electrically coupled to the individual electrode and the common electrode, and applies a voltage for driving the piezoelectric body, a detection resistor that is formed of the same material as any of the individual electrode, the common electrode, and the drive wiring for detecting temperature of the liquid in the pressure chambers, and a first layer that is provided on a surface opposite to a surface facing the pressure chamber substrate in the detection resistor, and has a lower thermal conductivity than the detection resistor.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a pressure chamber substrate that is provided with a plurality of pressure chambers, a piezoelectric body that is driven to apply pressure to liquid in the pressure chambers, an upper electrode that is provided above the piezoelectric body for applying a voltage to the piezoelectric body, a lower electrode that is provided below the piezoelectric body for applying a voltage to the piezoelectric body, a detection resistor that is provided below the piezoelectric body for detecting temperature of the liquid in the pressure chambers, and a first wiring portion that is electrically coupled to the detection resistor. The first wiring portion includes a first part that is extended above the piezoelectric body, and a second part that is provided in at least a part of a through hole penetrating the piezoelectric body and electrically coupled to the detection resistor.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes an individual electrode, a common electrode, a piezoelectric body that is provided between the individual electrode and the common electrode for applying pressure to liquid in the pressure chambers, a drive wiring that applies a voltage so as to drive the piezoelectric body, a detection resistor that is formed of the same material as any of the individual electrode, the common electrode, and the drive wiring for detecting temperature of the liquid in the pressure chambers, and a sealing substrate that has a wall portion and a ceiling portion, and protects the piezoelectric body by the wall portion and the ceiling portion. The detection resistor is provided to have a part overlapping the wall portion which is shorter than a part not overlapping the wall portion when viewed along a lamination direction of the piezoelectric body, the individual electrode, and the common electrode.