Abstract: A lightweight metal mold having a necessary hardness is realized. A plurality of bar-shaped members formed of an evaporative material and a plurality of connecting members formed of an evaporative material are prepared. Each of the connecting members has a spherical shape, and ends of a plurality of the bar-shaped members can be connected to each connecting member. Since a fixing angle of each bar-shaped member with respect to the connecting member can be adjusted freely, a three-dimensional mesh structure having various shapes can be formed. By combining the plurality of bar-shaped members and the plurality of connecting members, an evaporative pattern including the three-dimensional mesh structure can be assembled. By adjusting the shape of the three-dimensional mesh structure, the hardness necessary for the metal mold can be obtained, and the metal mold can be made lighter.

Abstract: A photographing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an imaging section converting an object image into image data; a photographing section obtaining the image data from the imaging section in response to release operation and also obtaining the image data of continuous shooting from the imaging section before or after the release operation; a trimming section generating trimming images sequentially for frames in different areas, respectively, using the image data of the continuous shooting; and a control section recording the trimming image generated in the trimming section and the image data obtained in the release operation.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an organic EL device includes a first organic EL element, a second organic EL element and a third organic EL element. The first organic EL element has a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first emitting layer. The second organic EL element has a third electrode, a fourth electrode, and a second emitting layer. At least a part of the first emitting layer extends on the second emitting layer. A third organic EL element has a fifth electrode, a sixth electrode, and a third emitting layer. At least a part of the first and the second emitting layers extends on the third emitting layer. A thickness of the first emitting layer between the first and the second electrodes is thicker than a thickness of the first emitting layer extending on the second and the third emitting layers.

Abstract: A photographing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an imaging section converting an object image into image data; a photographing section obtaining the image data from the imaging section in response to release operation and also obtaining the image data of continuous shooting from the imaging section before or after the release operation; a trimming section generating trimming images sequentially for frames in different areas, respectively, using the image data of the continuous shooting; and a control section recording the trimming image generated in the trimming section and the image data obtained in the release operation.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein G, L1, L2, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are defined in the specification. This disclosure also relates to materials and methods for preparing compounds of Formula 1, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use for treating disorders, diseases, and conditions involving the immune system and inflammation, including rheumatoid arthritis, hematological malignancies, epithelial cancers (i.e., carcinomas), and other disorders, diseases, and conditions for which inhibition of SYK is indicated.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein G, L1, L2, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are defined in the specification. This disclosure also relates to materials and methods for preparing compounds of Formula 1, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use for treating disorders, diseases, and conditions involving the immune system and inflammation, including rheumatoid arthritis, hematological malignancies, epithelial cancers (i.e., carcinomas), and other disorders, diseases, and conditions for which inhibition of SYK is indicated.

Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes a process for filling holes in a dielectric film with tungsten. The process deposits tungsten in the holes, partially etches the deposited tungsten, and then deposits additional tungsten in the holes. Voids that may be left by the first tungsten deposition step are made accessible by openings formed in the etching step, and are then filled in by the second tungsten deposition step. Tungsten hexafluoride may be used as both a deposition source gas and an etching gas, providing a simple and inexpensive process that is suitable for high-volume production.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating biomass that reduces water-polluting substances, suppresses the production of malodorous gases and greenhouse gases, decreases the nitrogen content in the compost or livestock bedding thus prepared, and furthermore, easily treats nitrogen-containing biomass in a short time at high temperature. The present invention also provides compost and livestock bedding produced by the method and a biomass treating agent. The method of treating biomass includes blending, with nitrogen-containing biomass, a Geobacillus microorganism having denitrification capability and a fermentation promoter that promotes the fermentation of the nitrogen-containing biomass by the Geobacillus microorganism.

Abstract: A video encoding apparatus includes a frequency transform unit for executing an orthogonal transform on a prediction difference or an original image; a quantizing unit for quantizing transform coefficients outputted by the frequency transform unit; a variable-length coder for executing variable-length encoding on a bit string generated from the quantized transform coefficients; a rate controller for performing a rate control to control a code bit stream outputted by the variable-length coder to be maintained at a bit rate; and a code amount estimating unit for estimating a code amount to be generated by the variable-length coder based on a length of the bit string and an occurrence frequency of symbol in the bit string. The rate controller executes the rate control based on the estimated code amount.

Abstract: There is provided a photoreceptor cleanerless image forming apparatus capable of decreasing color mixture or an exposure error due to reverse transfer toner an untransferred toner. An image forming apparatus 100 according to the present invention comprises four image forming units 100a, 100b, 100c, and 100d configured to be photoreceptor cleanerless in a 4-drum tandem manner. Each image forming unit includes a photoreceptor 103a, 103b, 103c, or 103d, a charger 105a, 105b, 105c, or 105d, an exposure apparatus 106a, 106b, 106c, or 106d, and a developing apparatus 109a, 109b, 109c, or 109d. When exposure intensities Iy, Ic, Im, and Ik are assumed for exposure sources of the exposure apparatuses in the image forming units which form yellow, magenta, cyan, and black images, respectively, the exposure intensities are configured to satisfy conditions of Ik?Ic?Im?Iy and Ik>Iy. This decreases an exposure error (image hysteresis) in an image formed on paper.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus which transfers a toner image formed on a photoconductive member primarily onto the intermediate transfer belt and then transfers the same secondarily onto an image bearing medium, a relation; 40<F×R×L<1×104 (N?cm2), where F(N) is an average adhesion between the intermediate transfer belt and toner, R (?cm) is a resistivity, and L(cm) is a thickness of the intermediate transfer belt is satisfied.

Abstract: A control device of an internal combustion engine includes: an air-fuel ratio modulator, performing modulation of an air-fuel ratio of an exhaust which flows in an exhaust purifier provided in an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine; a fluctuation detector, detecting a fluctuation of the internal combustion engine due to the modulation of the air-fuel ratio performed by the air-fuel ratio modulator; a feed-back controller, performing feed-back control of a driving control parameter of the internal combustion engine so as to suppress the fluctuation detected by the fluctuation detector; a determiner, determining whether or not a driving state of the internal combustion engine is in an operating area of the feed-back controller; and an operator, setting a fluctuation suppression target value, which is a target value for suppressing the fluctuation of the internal combustion engine, to operate the feed-back controller based on the fluctuation suppression target value, when the determiner determines t

Abstract: An image forming apparatus according to the embodiments includes a photoconductor, a charging unit which charges the photoconductor and is disposed to face the photoconductor in a non-contact manner, a positioning portion which changes a gap interposed between the photoconductor and the charging unit, on the basis of at least the temperature.

Abstract: A charging device includes a charging member that is arranged close to a rotating charge target member, and charges a charge target surface of the charge target member while rotating, a cleaning member that makes friction contact with the charging member to cause the charging member to be driven and rotated, and cleans a surface of the charging member, and a cleaning member driving part to rotate and drive the cleaning member.

Abstract: A steam turbine includes a bucket implanted in a turbine rotor and a nozzle disposed on an upstream side of the bucket and supported by a turbine casing, in which a plurality of stages, each including the bucket and the nozzle, are arranged axially in the turbine so as to define a steam path. A hydrophilic coating portion is disposed in the entire area or an area of at least one portion of a circumferential surface of the turbine rotor, surfaces of the nozzles, surfaces of the buckets, and an inner circumferential surface of the turbine casing.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor that rotates about a first rotation axis; and a charging roller that rotates about a second rotation axis which is parallel to the first rotation axis, wherein the charging roller includes a conductive roller portion that extends in parallel with the first rotation axis and contains an ion-conductive agent, a flange portion that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the conductive roller portion further to the outside than an image forming area of the photoconductor in the second rotation axis direction so as to protrude outward from the outer peripheral surface in the radial direction of the conductive roller portion into a flange shape, and an insulating elastic layer that coats the outer peripheral surface of the flange portion and has an elasticity higher than that of a photoconductive surface of the photoconductor.

Abstract: A server device constituting a group management system includes one or more manufacturing apparatuses for performing a preset process on a target substrate, and the server device includes a measurement information storage unit for storing therein one or more measurement information; an instruction receiving unit for receiving an output instruction of the measurement information, which contains information specifying a predetermined start point and valid time information; a measurement information acquisition unit for acquiring, from the measurement information storage unit, measurement information ranging from the predetermined start point to a time point of the valid time; an output information composing unit for composing output information by using the acquired measurement information; and an output unit for outputting the output information composed by the output information composing unit.

Abstract: To provide a fixture mount fixing tool for preventing damage of a fixture in the storage container, when a fixture mount and the fixture are engaged, the fixture mount fixing tool includes a top part (2) having a bolt insertion through-hole (1) and a droop part (3) drooped therefrom, the bolt insertion through-hole (1) includes an engagement hole (4) engaged with a regular polygonal-shaped part (Zb) formed on an end part outer face of the fixture mount (Z), and/or the droop part (3) includes engagement faces contacted with plane parts on an outer face of the fixture mount (Z), and the droop part (3) includes a locking part (3b) locked with a container holding hole of a base table for holding the storage container (Y) or a locking part (3b) locked with engagement part formed on the side face of the container (Y).

Abstract: High-quality video is provided using a small amount of coded bits. The moving picture decoding method performs inter-frame prediction processing. With the aforementioned inter-frame prediction processing, blocks with similar motion vectors from among the motion vectors in multiple blocks that have already been decoded are combined and a combined area is computed. A predicted vector for a target block to be decoded is computed using the motion vector of the aforementioned combined area, and a motion vector for the aforementioned target block is computed based on the aforementioned predicted vector and a difference vector which is included in a coded stream that is input. A predicted image is generated using the aforementioned motion vector, and a difference image which is included in the aforementioned coded stream and the aforementioned predicted image are added to generate a decoded image.

Abstract: The objective is to reduce the amount of code in the encoding/decoding process for a moving picture. In an intra prediction process, the degree of ease of estimating the prediction direction or the block mode for a block to be decoded is determined based on the prediction direction data or the block mode for multiple adjacent blocks which have been decoded previously and which are adjacent to the block to be decoded; the prediction direction data or the block mode for the block to be decoded is decoded based on the result of said determination; and intra prediction is performed based on the decoded prediction direction data or the block mode to generate decoded image data.