Abstract: There is a plasma processing apparatus comprising: a conductive chamber made of a first conductive material and connected to a ground potential; a plasma generator configured to generate a plasma in the conductive chamber; a plurality of conductive liners made of a second conductive material different from the first conductive material and arranged in a circumferential direction in the conductive chamber, each conductive liner having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface being in contact with a sidewall of the conductive chamber, the second surface being exposed to the plasma, a gap being formed between two adjacent conductive liners among the plurality of conductive liners; and a plurality of fixing mechanisms respectively corresponding to the plurality of conductive liners, each fixing mechanism being configured to fix a corresponding conductive liner to the sidewall of the conductive chamber.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition having a large proportion of polyolefin components, allowing preparation of a solution having a high solid content, having a good solution property after long-term storage, having good pigment dispersibility, and including a modified product of component (A): polyolefin resin with component (B): (meth)acrylic acid and/or (meth)acrylic acid ester, in which the weight ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) ((A)/(B)) is 90/10 to 30/70, and the component (B) contains 20% by weight or more of component (B1): an alkoxy (poly)alkylene glycol mono(meth)acrylic acid ester.

Abstract: An emotion estimating device, an emotion estimating system, and an emotion estimating method capable of estimating an emotion of a subject based on information obtained from daily activities can be provided. An emotion estimating device includes an interface that receives input of walking data of a subject measured by a measurement device and emotion data obtained by quantifying the emotion of the subject, a storage that stores the walking data and the emotion data, and an computer that obtains corresponding data in which a plurality of walking parameters included in the walking data stored in the storage are associated with the emotion data. When the interface newly receives the input of the walking data, the computer estimates the emotion of the subject from the plurality of walking parameters included in the newly received walking data, and outputs information indicating the estimated emotion of the subject.

Abstract: An electrode forming paste composition (EFPC) which even when not fired at a high temperature at which a BSF layer is formed, is able to provide an electrode showing satisfactory adhesiveness to a silicon substrate and excellent electrical characteristics, a method of manufacturing an electrode using the EFPC, and a solar cell using the EFPC. The EFPC includes an aluminum-silicon alloy powder, an organic polymer, a silicon-containing polymer, and an adherence agent composed of an amine-based compound and/or an amide-based compound. The manufacturing method includes forming a composition layer including the EFPC on a silicon substrate; and firing the composition layer at a temperature of 577° C. or lower. The solar cell includes an electrode formed on a silicon substrate using the EFPC.

Abstract: To provide a titanium alloy having corrosion resistance that is as high as or higher than before, and high corrosion resistance in a bromine-ion-containing environment, the alloy being able to be manufactured at low cost. [Solution] Provided is a titanium alloy to be used in a bromine-ion-containing environment, the titanium alloy consisting of, in mass %, a platinum group element: greater than or equal to 0.01% and less than or equal to 0.10%, a rare earth element: greater than or equal to 0.001% and less than 0.02%, O: greater than or equal to 0% and less than 0.1%, and the balance: Ti and impurities. The titanium alloy may contain, instead of part of Ti, one or more selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Mo, V, Cr, and W. The platinum group element is desirably contained in, in mass %, greater than or equal to 0.01% and less than or equal to 0.05%. The rare earth element is desirably contained in, in mass %, greater than or equal to 0.001% and less than 0.02%.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a titanium alloy material containing a platinum group metal, the titanium alloy material being able to sufficiently suppress corrosion accompanying surface roughening. [Solution] Provided is a titanium alloy material including a platinum group metal. When an average value of intensity of background signals in surface mapping analysis using an EPMA surface analysis apparatus is N and N+3N1/2 is maximum intensity of the background signal of an Fe or S characteristic X-ray, an area ratio at which a signal of an Fe or S characteristic X-ray exceeding the maximum intensity is obtained is 0.1% or less.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition of the invention comprises a main component expressed in a compositional formula of (Ba1-x-yCaxSry)m(Ti1-zZrz)O3, a first subcomponent of at least one compound selected from La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu and Y, a second subcomponent of at least one compound selected from Si and Ag.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition comprising forsterite in an amount of 93.0 to 99.0 mol % when calculating in terms of 2MgO.SiO2 and calcium titanate in an amount of 1.0 to 7.0 mol % when calculating in terms of CaTiO3 as main components, and as a subcomponent, aluminum oxide in an amount of 0.2 to 5 mass % when calculating in terms of Al2O3 per 100 mass % of said main components. According to the present invention, a dielectric ceramic composition, capable of having both low permittivity and good frequency-temperature characteristic as well as ensuring high Qf value and further having sufficient mechanical strength, and suitable to use in an antenna, a filter and the like used in the high-frequency region, can be provided. Also, the present invention allows providing a dielectric ceramic composition further having resistance to reduction in addition to all of the above properties.

Abstract: A high-performance stainless steel sheet which has a high strength which is optimal for a gasket for use in high-performance engines of automobiles and motorcycles and which also has excellent workability and fatigue properties and a method for its manufacture are provided. At least in a region from the surface of the sheet up to 3 ?m in the thickness direction, nitrogen compounds of at least 10 nm and at most 200 nm are present in an amount of at least 200 per 100 ?m2. The number of nitrogen compounds of at least 10 nm and at most 200 nm in a region from the sheet surface up to 3 ?m in the thickness direction of the sheet is at least 2 times the number of nitrogen compounds of this size in the central portion of the sheet thickness.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition of the invention comprises a main component expressed in a compositional formula of (Ba1-x-yCaxSry)m(Ti1-zZrz)O3, a first subcomponent of at least one compound selected from La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu and Y, a second subcomponent of at least one compound selected from Si and Ag.

Abstract: A graphite powder suitable for a negative electrode material of a lithium ion secondary battery which assures a high discharging capacity not lower than 320 mAh/g is to be manufactured at a lower cost. Specifically, a graphite powder containing 0.01 to 5.0 wt % of boron and having a looped closure structure at an end of a graphite c-planar layer on the surface of a powder, with the density of the interstitial planar sections between neighboring closure structures being not less than 100/?m and not more than 1500/?m, and with d002 being preferably not larger than 3.3650 ?, is manufactured by (1) heat-treating a carbon material pulverized at an elevated speed before or after carbonization for graphization at temperature exceeding 1500° C. or by (2) heat-treating the carbon material pulverized before or after carbonization at a temperature exceeding 1500° C.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition comprising forsterite in an amount of 93.0 to 99.0 mol % when calculating in terms of 2MgO—SiO2 and calcium titanate in an amount of 1.0 to 7.0 mol % when calculating in terms of CaTiO3 as main components, and as a subcomponent, aluminum oxide in an amount of 0.2 to 5 mass % when calculating in terms of Al2O3 per 100 mass % of said main components. According to the present invention, a dielectric ceramic composition, capable of having both low permittivity and good frequency-temperature characteristic as well as ensuring high Qf value and further having sufficient mechanical strength, and suitable to use in an antenna, a filter and the like used in the high-frequency region, can be provided. Also, the present invention allows providing a dielectric ceramic composition further having resistance to reduction in addition to all of the above properties.

Abstract: There is provided a dielectric ceramic material in which the firing temperature dependency of the relative dielectric constant can be suppressed and the mechanical strength can be improved. Specifically, there is provided a dielectric ceramic material including: main constituents given by a composition located in the region, in a ternary diagram of ZrO2, SnO2 and TiO2 shown in FIG. 1, bounded by point A, point B, point C, point D, point E and point F; and ZnO: 0.5 to 5 wt %, NiO: 0.1 to 3 wt %, and SiO2: 0.008 to 1.5 wt % in relation to the total weight of the main constituents. The dielectric ceramic material can include Nb2O5: 0.2 wt % or less and K2O: 0.035 wt % or less in relation to the total weight of the main constituents.

Abstract: To obtain a low profile connector that can prevent contacts from being deformed excessively when fitting of a connector plug is done so that a good feeling of clicking on the fitting is obtained and reliable fitting of the connectors is assured, the contact of the low profile connector is provided with a reinforcing protrusion to be abutted against the surface of a printed circuit board, which protruding from a neck portion of the contact extending from a base portion of the contact along a surface of the printed circuit board, between the base portion and a touch portion raised from the neck portion relative to the surface of the printed circuit board, the touch portion being in resilient contact and electrically connected with a contact of the connector plug.

Abstract: There is provided a dielectric ceramic material in which the firing temperature dependency of the relative dielectric constant can be suppressed and the mechanical strength can be improved. Specifically, there is provided a dielectric ceramic material including: main constituents given by a composition located in the region, in a ternary diagram of ZrO2, SnO2 and TiO2 shown in FIG. 1, bounded by point A, point B, point C, point D, point E and point F; and ZnO: 0.5 to 5 wt %, NiO: 0.1 to 3 wt %, and SiO2: 0.008 to 1.5 wt % in relation to the total weight of the main constituents. The dielectric ceramic material can include Nb2O5: 0.2 wt % or less and K2O: 0.035 wt % or less in relation to the total weight of the main constituents.

Abstract: A high-performance stainless steel sheet which has a high strength which is optimal for a gasket for use in high-performance engines of automobiles and motorcycles and which also has excellent workability and fatigue properties and a method for its manufacture are provided. At least in a region from the surface of the sheet up to 3 ?m in the thickness direction, nitrogen compounds of at least 10 nm and at most 200 nm are present in an amount of at least 200 per 100 ?m2. The number of nitrogen compounds of at least 10 nm and at most 200 nm in a region from the sheet surface up to 3 ?m in the thickness direction of the sheet is at least 2 times the number of nitrogen compounds of this size in the central portion of the sheet thickness.

Abstract: A graphite powder suitable for a negative electrode material of a lithium ion secondary battery which assures a high discharging capacity not lower than 320 mAh/g is to be manufactured at a lower cost. Specifically, a graphite powder containing 0.01 to 5.0 wt % of boron and having a looped closure structure at an end of a graphite c-planar layer on the surface of a powder, with the density of the interstitial planar sections between neighboring closure structures being not less than 100/?m and not more than 1500/?m, and with d002 being preferably not larger than 3.3650 ?, is manufactured by (1) heat-treating a carbon material pulverized at an elevated speed before or after carbonization for graphization at temperature exceeding 1500° C. or by (2) heat-treating the carbon material pulverized before or after carbonization at a temperature exceeding 1500° C.

Abstract: Reinforcing rings are provided around the cylindrical outer surface of a stator can of a canned motor, near the front and rear ends of a stator of the canned motor respectively. An axial position detecting coil A is wound around the cylindrical outer surface of at least one of the reinforcing rings. The axial position of a rotor is detected by an inductance of the axial position detecting coil A. The axial position detecting coil A is installed by winding a coil around at least one of the reinforcing rings. The invention reduces the influence exerted by change in the radial position of the rotor on the output to the axial position detecting coil A to a negligible level and enables detection of the axial position of the rotor and axial zero adjustment without the necessity of considering change in the radial position of the rotor.

Abstract: A graphite powder suitable for a negative electrode material of a lithium ion secondary battery which assures a high discharging capacity not lower than 320 mAh/g is to be manufactured at a lower cost. Specifically, a graphite powder containing 0.01 to 5.0 wt % of boron and having a looped closure structure at an end of a graphite c-planar layer on the surface of a powder, with the density of the interstitial planar sections between neighboring closure structures being not less than 100/?m and not more than 1500/?m, and with d002 being preferably not larger than 3.3650 ?, is manufactured by (1) heat-treating a carbon material pulverized at an elevated speed before or after carbonization for graphization at temperature exceeding 1500° C. or by (2) heat-treating the carbon material pulverized before or after carbonization at a temperature exceeding 1500° C.