Abstract: Provided are a photon up-conversion film, which is capable, of high-efficiency up-conversion even in air and even when low-intensity light is used, and a simple method of producing the film. The photon up-conversion film according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a matrix including a resin; and a pore portion, wherein the photon up-conversion film includes at least a sensitizing component capable of absorbing light in a first wavelength region ?1, and a light-emitting component capable of radiating light in a second wavelength region ?2 including wavelengths shorter than those of the first wavelength region ?1, and wherein the sensitizing component and the light-emitting component are present at an interface between the matrix and the pore portion.

Abstract: This optical filter 10 has an L* of at least 20 as measured by the SCE method, wherein the linear transmittance is at least 60% with respect to light the wavelength of which falls at least partially within the wavelength range of 760 nm-2,000 nm, and the temperature, at which the optical filter contracts by being heated, is at least 85° C.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical filter with L* measured by the SCE method being 20 or greater, wherein: the linear transmittance with respect to light with wavelengths being at least a portion of a wavelength range from 760 nm to 2000 nm is 60% or greater; and, before and after a light resistance test wherein light of a xenon arc lamp (average integrated illuminance of light with wavelengths from 300 nm to 400 nm:120 W/m2) is shone for 300 hours, the absolute value of a change in C* measured by the SCE method using a spectroscopic colorimeter is 6 or less.

Abstract: An optical filter has a back-scattering property. The linear transmittance thereof to light of at least some avelengths in the wavelength range of 760-2000 nm is 60% or higher. The azimuth is 20° from an incidence plane when the polar angle of the direction of incidence of incident light is 0°. The value of a bidirectional reflectance distribution function in the direction ‘here the polar angle is ?60’ is BRDF (0°; 20°, ?60°). The azimuth is 20° from an incidence plane when the polar angle of the direction of incidence of incident light is 30°. The value of a bidirectional reflectance distribution function in the direction where the polar angle is ?60° is BRDF (30°; 20°, ?60°). The azimuth is 20° from an incidence plane when the polar angle of the direction of incidence of incident light is 60°.

Abstract: An alighting assistance device D of the present disclosure may be a device moving a driver seat rearward in a case where a determination may be made that an occupant seated on the driver seat of a vehicle alights. The device may include a height changer which changes a height of a steering wheel, a sitting height acquirer which acquires a sitting height of the occupant, and a steering wheel controller 33 as one example of a height controller which controls the height changer such that the height of the steering wheel becomes lower as the sitting height acquired by the sitting height acquirer may be higher in the case where a determination is made that the occupant alights.

Abstract: This method produces methanol with reduced dependency on fossil fuel. The method includes: a gas acquisition step of acquiring a gas (G1) containing hydrogen by a pyrolysis reaction and/or a dehydrogenation reaction of a hydrocarbon; and a conversion step of converting at least part of the gas (G1), and a source gas containing (G2) carbon oxide into methanol. In the conversion step, the reaction is allowed to proceed by condensing a high boiling point component containing converted methanol and water, and discharging the high boiling point component condensed to the outside of the reaction system.

Abstract: In a chemical reaction device that improves a yield of a product and that causes a reaction, progress of which in a gaseous phase is restricted by a chemical equilibrium between a source material and the product, a cumulative value is not less than 500 mm2, the cumulative value being obtained by cumulatively adding, from one end to the other end of a cooling surface in a height direction, products of (i) a distance L between (a) a surface of a catalyst layer which surface is in contact with a transmission wall and (b) an outer surface of the cooling surface and (ii) a height H of the catalyst layer corresponding to the outer surface having the distance L.

Abstract: This method includes a gas acquisition step (S1) of obtaining a gas containing a carbon oxide and hydrogen from a waste material from which methanol is to be produced and a conversion step (S6) of bringing at least a portion of the gas into contact with a catalyst to convert the portion of the gas into methanol in a gas phase, in which, in the conversion step (S6), the reaction is allowed to proceed by condensing a high-boiling-point component containing methanol obtained as the result of the conversion and water and then discharging the condensed product to the outside of a reaction system.

Abstract: A method for analyzing a cause of prolonging coagulation time of a blood specimen includes: adding a calcium solution to a first sample resulting from a first waiting time from mixing of a blood specimen from a subject and a measurement reagent for an activated partial thromboplastin time; obtaining a first coagulation time and/or a first parameter regarding a differential of a coagulation waveform, for the first sample; adding the calcium solution to a second sample resulting from a second waiting time, which is longer than the first waiting time, from mixing of the blood specimen from the subject and the measurement reagent; obtaining a second coagulation time and/or a second parameter regarding a differential of a coagulation waveform, for the second sample; and obtaining information regarding a cause of prolonging a coagulation time, on the basis of the first and second coagulation time and/or the first and second parameter.

Abstract: A source material gas (31) is supplied to a catalyst (30), a first heating medium (21) is caused to flow through a first heat exchange section (22) so that a temperature of a surface of the first heat exchange section (22) on a catalyst side is maintained higher than a dew point of a reacted gas (32), a second heating medium (51) is caused to flow through a second heat exchange section (52) so that a temperature of a surface of the second heat exchange section (52) on a space (4) side is maintained not higher than the dew point of the reacted gas (32), and a liquid obtained by condensation in the space (4) is allowed to fall down so as to be separated from the source material gas.

Abstract: The present specification discloses a method of producing a concentrated carbonate aqueous solution. The present invention relates to a method for producing a concentrated carbonate aqueous solution, comprising a step of dewatering a hydrogen carbonate aqueous solution by means of a salt blocking membrane to prepare a concentrated hydrogen carbonate aqueous solution, wherein the concentrated hydrogen carbonate aqueous solution obtained in the above step is heated to thermally decompose the hydrogen carbonate into carbonate, carbon dioxide and water, and to evaporate water to obtain a concentrate of the carbonate aqueous solution.

Abstract: An extrusion molding device 1 comprises a first pipe 10, a screw 2B that is provided in the first pipe 10, a second pipe 50 that is connected to the outlet of the first pipe 10, a flow adjustment plate 20 that is disposed between the first pipe 10 and the second pipe 50, and a die 90 that is connected to the outlet of the second pipe 50. The second pipe 50 includes, in order from the side of the first pipe 10, a first portion 32 having a constant inner diameter, a second portion 34 having an inner diameter that decreases as the second portion 34 extends from the first portion 32, and a third portion 36 having a constant inner diameter. The second portion 34 is undetachably integrated with the first portion 32, and the third portion 36 is undetachably integrated with the second portion 34.

Abstract: Provided is a green-honeycomb molded body holder which can suppress a decrease in the dimension accuracy of a green-honeycomb molded body. Provided is a green-honeycomb molded body holder 1G for supporting a side surface of an extruded cylindrical green-honeycomb molded body with the longitudinal direction of the green-honeycomb molded body horizontal, the holder 1G comprises flexible body sections 83a, 83b, the body section 83b has, in an upper section of the body section 83b, a groove 87 that supports a side surface of the green-honeycomb molded body, and a cavity 80 is formed below the groove 87 of the body section 83b.

Abstract: A magnetic absolute encoder with enhanced resolution is provided. A first cycle determining section 27 utilizes data stored in a fourth angle data storing section 23 to determine in which cycle of m cycles of the fourth angle data, fifth angle data, which has been newly computed in response to rotation of a rotary shaft 1, occurs. A second cycle determining section 29 determines in which cycle of n cycles of first angle data that occur in first determined cycle, the newly computed fifth angle data occurs. A third cycle determining section 31 determines in which cycle of N1 cycles of the first angle data, the current first angle data occurs, based on the first determined cycle and second determined cycle. An absolute position determining section 33 determines the absolute position based on third determined cycle and the digital value of the current first angle data.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a cooking device and a cooking method which can quickly discharge a steam supplied into a heating chamber from the heating chamber and can cook an object to be heated through uniform steam heating by setting the steam in the heating chamber to have a suitable temperature for the cooking. A cooking device (100) for supplying a steam S to a heating chamber (11) accommodating an object M to be heated, thereby heating the object M to be heated includes steam supplying means for supplying the steam (S) to the heating chamber (11), and air discharging means for discharging the steam supplied to the heating chamber (11) from the heating chamber (11).

Abstract: A magnetic absolute encoder with enhanced resolution is provided. A first cycle determining section 27 utilizes data stored in a fourth angle data storing section 23 to determine in which cycle of m cycles of the fourth angle data, fifth angle data, which has been newly computed in response to rotation of a rotary shaft 1, occurs. A second cycle determining section 29 determines in which cycle of n cycles of first angle data that occur in first determined cycle, the newly computed fifth angle data occurs. A third cycle determining section 31 determines in which cycle of N1 cycles of the first angle data, the current first angle data occurs, based on the first determined cycle and second determined cycle. An absolute position determining section 33 determines the absolute position based on third determined cycle and the digital value of the current first angle data.

Abstract: A display panel which is adapted to be mounted on an electronic apparatus, includes a first printed display layer, a transparent material layer that is provided on the first printed display layer, and a second printed display layer that is provided on the transparent material layer so as to correspond to the first printed display layer. The first printed display layer, the transparent material layer and the second printed display layer are integrally formed to each other. The second printed display layer is displayed from the first printed display layer side through the transparent material layer.

Abstract: A challenge to be met by the present invention is to provide a vibration detection sensor which can be applied to various instruments or fields requiring accurate detection and measurement of vibration. A vibration detection sensor (100) has a substrate (2), and a cable-shaped piezoelectric element (1) connected directly to at least one end of the substrate. The cable-shaped piezoelectric element (1) has along a radial direction thereof a core electrode (3), a piezoelectric member (5) disposed around the core electrode, an outer electrode (7) disposed around the piezoelectric member, and a sheathing layer (9) disposed around the outer electrode.

Abstract: There is constructed a constitution such that a shunt resistor 30 is interposed in series with a portion capable of measuring an output current of a unidirectional power source portion 1 of a high frequency heating apparatus and a voltage generated at the shunt resistor 30 is outputted by a buffer 31. Further, an operational amplifier 3101 having a high input impedance is used for the buffer 31. Further, a diode bridge 101 and a semiconductor switching element 205 are fixed to a common heat radiating plate 33, the heat radiating plate 33 is formed with a notched portion 33a to thereby ensure insulating distances to the diode bridge 101 and the semiconductor switching element 205, and the shunt resistor 30 is arranged on a straight line the same as that between the diode bridge 101 and the semiconductor switching element 205.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a cooking device and a cooking method which can quickly discharge a steam supplied into a heating chamber from the heating chamber and can cook an object to be heated through uniform steam heating by setting the steam in the heating chamber to have a suitable temperature for the cooking. A cooking device (100) for supplying a steam S to a heating chamber (11) accommodating an object M to be heated, thereby heating the object M to be heated includes steam supplying means for supplying the steam (S) to the heating chamber (11), and air discharging means for discharging the steam supplied to the heating chamber (11) from the heating chamber (11).