Abstract: In a semiconductor chip manufacturing device which produces a plurality of LD chips by dividing a semiconductor wafer, being placed in a casing in which a fluid medium is filled, on which a block line is formed in advance and also on which a scribed line is inscribed so that a microcrack is formed along the scribed line, the semiconductor chip manufacturing device comprises a reception stage for supporting the semiconductor wafer, and a blade cutting-edge for pressurizing the semiconductor wafer along its crack portion made of the block line or the scribed line, so that the semiconductor wafer is divided into a plurality of LD chips by pressurizing it by means of the blade cutting-edge along the crack portion in the fluid medium.

Abstract: A power supply device for an electric discharge machine includes a DC power supply which is connected in parallel to an electrode gap, a plurality of switching elements which are in parallel to each other and which are arranged between the electrode gap and the DC power supply, a current value acquisition unit for acquiring a value of a current, and an ON-OFF control unit which, during the time when the current value reaches a predetermined value until the time when the current starts to fall, sets a cycle for switching the plurality of switching elements from off to on to the same cycle, switches the plurality of switching elements from off to on in a predetermined order for each timing of a phase of 90°, which is 360° divided by the number of the plurality of switching elements, sets an ON-period of each of the plurality of switching elements based on a difference between the value of the current and the predetermined value, and performs ON-OFF control of the plurality of switching elements based on the cyc

Abstract: An articulated robot includes an arm, an actuator, a storage device, and a control device. The storage device stores the correction parameter for correction accuracy required for each of the multiple work regions, which are segmented as the regions in which work on the work target object is performed in the movable region of the robot arm. When the work is instructed with designation of the target position, the control device acquires, from the storage device, a correction parameter corresponding to a work region to which the designated target position belongs, among the multiple work regions. Then, the control device controls the actuator by correcting the target position using the acquired correction parameter.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a chemically amplified positive type photoresist composition capable of forming a pattern having an excellent cross-sectional shape, and a pattern forming method using the same. [Means for Solution] A chemically amplified positive type photoresist composition comprising (A) a polymer which reacts with an acid to increase its solubility in an alkaline aqueous solution, (B) an organic solvent, (C) a first photo acid generator containing a cation having no polar group, and (D) a second photoacid generator containing a cation having a polar group, and a pattern forming method using the same.

Abstract: An attraction system includes at least one detector, the attraction apparatus, and a controller. The at least one detector detects blood flow information of a user, the attraction apparatus provides at least one stimulus to the user, and the controller is connected to the at least one detector and the attraction apparatus to control the attraction apparatus based on the blood flow information. A control method for the attraction apparatus is executed by the controller and includes: obtaining, from the at least one detector, an amount of change in the blood information before and after the at least one stimulus is provided to the user; and controlling an operation of the attraction apparatus, based on a result of comparison of the amount of change with a threshold.

Abstract: An optical fiber includes a core and a cladding. The core contains silica glass and includes a central portion (part having a diameter of 0.5 ?m or more and 4 ?m or less). The central portion has the central axis of the optical fiber. The cladding contains silica glass and surrounds the core. The core contains chlorine. A chlorine concentration averaged in the entire core is 10,000 ppm or more and 50,000 ppm or less. The chlorine concentration averaged in the entire core minus a chlorine concentration averaged in the central portion is 4,500 ppm or more and 13,500 ppm or less.

Abstract: A image processing method includes a shifting step for determining whether to shift an identical color pixel region, in which two to N pixels of an identical color are arranged consecutively in a first direction, in the first direction or a direction opposite to the first direction within the image data, provided that N is an integer of 2 or greater, and shifting the identical color pixel region in the first direction or the direction opposite to the first direction when the shifting is determined to be performed, and an averaging step, in which in the shifting step, the shifting is determined to be performed when the identical color pixel region exists across two of the unit regions, and the identical color pixel region spanning across the two of the unit regions is shifted so as to be included in any one of the unit regions.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an optical fiber having lower transmission loss. The optical fiber is an optical fiber comprised of silica-based glass and includes a core including a central axis and a cladding. The cladding surrounds the core and has a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the core. The core contains phosphorus, chlorine, and fluorine. The core further includes an alkali metal element or an alkaline earth metal element. In a cross section of the optical fiber orthogonal to the central axis, a ratio Rp/Ra of a radius Rp of a phosphorus-containing region with respect to a radius Ra of the core is 0.3 or more.

Abstract: Described herein is a newly found outer membrane protein gene specific for Helicobacter suis and a gene product thereof. Also described herein is a method for determining infection of a subject with Helicobacter suis and a method for treatment using an antibody against the gene product.

Abstract: An optical fiber according to an embodiment includes: a core; an inner cladding surrounding the core and having a refractive index smaller than a refractive index of the core; an outer cladding surrounding the inner cladding and having a smaller refractive index than the refractive index of the core and having a refractive index greater than the refractive index of the inner cladding, in which a ratio of a caustic radius to a MAC-value (caustic radius/MAC-value) at a bending radius of 10 mm at a wavelength of 1625 nm is 2.70 ?m or more.

Abstract: Provided are a thin film sample creation method and a charged particle beam apparatus capable of preventing a thin film sample piece from being damaged. The method includes a process of processing a sample by irradiating a surface of the sample with a focused ion beam (FIB) from a second direction that crosses a normal line to the surface of the sample to create a thin film sample piece and a connection portion positioned at and connected to one side of the thin film sample piece, a process of rotating the sample around the normal line, a process of connecting the thin film sample piece to a needle for holding the thin film sample piece, and a process of separating the thin film sample piece from the sample by irradiating the connection portion with a focused ion beam from a third direction that crosses the normal line.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a high heat resistance resist composition and a pattern formation method using the composition. [Solution] The present invention provides a chemically amplified negative-type resist composition comprising a particular polymer and a particular crosslinking agent, and this composition makes it possible to form a resist pattern of high sensitivity, of excellent resolution and of strong heat-resistance.

Abstract: An optical fiber includes a core and a cladding. The core contains silica glass and includes a central portion (part having a diameter of 0.5 ?m or more and 4 ?m or less). The central portion has the central axis of the optical fiber. The cladding contains silica glass and surrounds the core. The core contains chlorine. A chlorine concentration averaged in the entire core is 10,000 ppm or more and 50,000 ppm or less. The chlorine concentration averaged in the entire core minus a chlorine concentration averaged in the central portion is 4,500 ppm or more and 13,500 ppm or less.

Abstract: A double container includes: an outer layer body including an outer mouth portion and a barrel portion; an inner layer body including an inner mouth portion and a containing portion; an outside air introduction port for introducing outside air; and a plurality of vertical ribs arranged with spacing in a circumferential direction on an inner surface of the outer layer body or an outer surface of the inner layer body, and each extending over the outer mouth portion to the shoulder portion or extending over the inner mouth portion to the containing portion, wherein at least one of the plurality of vertical ribs faces the outside air introduction port.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises an accommodating unit that accommodates recording materials and a feeding unit that feeds an accommodated recording material, detects a fed recording material, and measures time from a predetermined timing until a recording material is detected. An information processing apparatus receives measured time data from the image forming apparatus, classifies the received plurality of time data into a first group and a second group in accordance with a length of time, selects a group for predicting a remaining life time of the feeding unit from the classified first group and second group, and predicts a remaining life time of the feeding unit using time data included in the selected group.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises an accommodating unit that accommodates recording materials and has a regulating plate that regulates a trailing edge of the recording material in a feeding direction, detects a recording material fed from the accommodating unit, and measures time from a predetermined timing until a recording material is detected. An information processing apparatus receives time data obtained by a measuring unit from the image forming apparatus, classifies a plurality of time data received from a reception unit into a first group and a second group in accordance with a length of time, and determines using time data included in the first group and the time data included in the second group whether a position of the regulating plate is misaligned in relation to a reference position that corresponds to a size of the recording material accommodated on the accommodating unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition suitable for forming a thick film, which comprises (A) an alkali-soluble resin, (B) at least one plasticizer selected from a group consisting of an alkali-soluble vinyl resin and an acid-dissociable group containing vinyl resin, (C) an acid generator, and (D) an organic solvent.

Abstract: An optical fiber line of one embodiment comprises an HNLF, an SMF, and an MFD transition portion. The MFD transition portion includes end portions of both the HNLF and the SMF facing with a fusion point thereof, and is a section in which an MFD changes such that a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value is 0.3 ?m or more for a 100 ?m-length. A splicing loss of the HNLF and the SMF at 1,550 nm is one-fifth or less than an ideal butting loss at stationary portions thereof. A total length of the MFD transition portion is 10 mm or less. In a region between one end surface of the HNLF at the fusion point and the other end surface separated from the one end surface by 50 ?m or more and 300 ?m or less, the MFD increases monotonically from the other end surface to the one end surface.

Abstract: A liquid blow molding method molds a bottomed tubular-shaped preform into a liquid containing container. The method includes a nozzle engaging step of engaging a blow nozzle with a mouth of the preform; a molding step of molding the preform into a container of a predetermined shape by supplying a pressurized liquid from a pump into the preform; a suck-back step of sucking back a predetermined volume of liquid out of the container into a supply path; a nozzle closing step of closing the blow nozzle by a sealing body; and a discharge step of discharging a liquid in the supply path by a predetermined volume from a discharge port by operating, after the nozzle closing step, a pump in a positive direction with the discharge port connected to the supply path opened.

Abstract: A circuit forming method where a metal ink is ejected to a planned formation position of a first wiring at an upper face of a base material. Then, the metal ink is baked, and first wiring is formed. Further, a planned connection section of the first wiring and a second wiring is unbaked. The metal-ink is ejected over an upper face of the unbaked metal ink and a planned formation position of the second wiring at the upper face of the base material. Since the wettability of the upper face of the unbaked metal ink and the wettability of the upper face of the base material are equal to each other, the ejected metal ink ejected and the unbaked metal ink are not separated from each other, so that it is possible to properly connect the first wiring and the second wiring to each other.