Abstract: A imprint material is provided, and a film that is prepared from the material and to which the pattern is transferred. An imprint material including: (A), (B), (C) and (D) components; a ratio of the amount of the (B) component to a total amount of the (A) component and the (B) component of 100% by mass is 5% by mass or more and 25% by mass or less: (A) a silsesquioxane compound having a repeating unit of Formula (1) and having two or more polymerizable groups of X0 in Formula (1); (B) a silicone compound having a repeating unit of Formula (2) and having two polymerizable groups at ends thereof; (C) a photopolymerization initiator; and (D) a solvent wherein the formulae, R1 and R2 are each independently a C1-3 alkyl group; R0 is a C1-3 alkylene group; and k is an integer of 0 to 3.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical connection component manufacturing apparatus that manufactures an optical connection component in which a refractive index matching body is attached to a front end face of an optical fiber. The optical connection component manufacturing apparatus includes: a holding unit that includes a holding face holding a refractive index matching liquid including the refractive index matching body; a dispenser that supplies the refractive index matching liquid to the holding face; and a static electricity generating device that charges the optical fiber so that the refractive index matching liquid held on the holding face is adsorbed onto the front end face of the optical fiber, wherein the holding face has an outer peripheral edge connected in a curved line.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical connection component manufacturing apparatus that manufactures an optical connection component in which a refractive index matching body is attached to a front end face of an optical fiber. The optical connection component manufacturing apparatus includes: a holding unit that includes a holding face holding a refractive index matching liquid including the refractive index matching body; a dispenser that supplies the refractive index matching liquid to the holding face; and a static electricity generating device that charges the optical fiber so that the refractive index matching liquid held on the holding face is adsorbed onto the front end face of the optical fiber, wherein the holding face has an outer peripheral edge connected in a curved line.

Abstract: To provide a solar-cell module package including a wrapped body that is obtained by wrapping a solar cell module with a wrapper, a pallet on which a plurality of the wrapped bodies are stacked, a wrapped-body protection member that is provided at four corners of the plurality of wrapped bodies stacked on the pallet to protect corners of the wrapped bodies, and a wrapping material that is wrapped around the wrapped bodies stacked on the pallet and the wrapped-body protection members to fix these elements on the pallet.

Abstract: There is provided an imprint material that has sufficient adhesion to film substrates and excellent scratch resistance, and can be readily released from a mold at the time of mold release. An imprint material including: (A) a specific acrylamide such as N,N?-dimethylacrylamide; (B) a compound having alkylene oxide units and having 2 to 6 polymerizable groups at the ends of the compound, in which the alkylene oxide units are ethylene oxide units, propylene oxide units, or a combination thereof; and (C) a photopolymerization initiator.

Abstract: There is provided a planarizing film-forming composition for a hard disk.

Abstract: There is provided an imprint material that allows a resin film to be readily released from a mold at the time of mold release after curing, that is, an imprint material that forms a film having a low mold release property as well as high transparency, high scratch resistance, and a high fingerprint wiping-off property; and a film which is formed from the material and to which a pattern is transferred. An imprint material including: a (A) component: a compound having a propylene oxide unit and two polymerizable groups or a compound having a propylene oxide unit, an ethylene oxide unit, and two polymerizable groups; a (B) component: a silicone compound; and a (C) component: a photopolymerization initiator.

Abstract: There is provided an imprint material forming a film having high abrasion resistance even after a pattern has been transferred thereto, specifically an imprint material forming a film having a small number of pieces of scratch when the film after a pattern has been transferred thereto is subjected to a steel wool abrasion test. An imprint material comprising: a component (A): a compound having at least one ethylene oxide unit and having at least one polymerizable group; a component (B): a polycaprolactone-modified urethane compound having a C13-25 long chain alkyl group and at least one polymerizable group; and a component (C): a photopolymerization initiator.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer film comprising an inorganic fluorescent compound and an organic fluorescent compound. The invention further relates methods for preparing such a film, and to its use as wavelength conversion film in a solar cell.

Abstract: A structure having dry-wiping off characteristic relative to dirt attached to a concave-convex shaped surface of the structure, and a method for producing the structure. A structure having a concave-convex shaped surface, fabricated from a composition containing at least one compound having in a molecule, one to ten polymerizable group(s) and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the structure has a Martens hardness of 3 N/mm2 or more and 130 N/mm2 or less when the Martens hardness of the structure is measured under a condition under which a Martens hardness of a molten quartz is 4,100 N/mm2. The structure is produced by applying the composition onto a substrate; pressing a coating film on the substrate into a concave-convex shaped face of a mold; photocuring the coating film while it is pressed into the concave-convex shaped face of the mold; and peeling the cured film on the substrate from the mold.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical connection component manufacturing apparatus that manufactures an optical connection component in which a refractive index matching body is attached to a front end face of an optical fiber. A movement mechanism, an X-axis motor, and a movement stage that move the optical fiber set a first interval at which a refractive index matching liquid held on a holding face is adsorbed, by a Coulomb force according to the charging, onto a front end face of the optical fiber charged by a static electricity generating device and then enlarge the interval. The static electricity generating device applies electric charge to the optical fiber in the state of the first interval and continuously applies electric charge to the optical fiber even after the interval starts to be enlarged.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical connection component manufacturing apparatus that manufactures an optical connection component in which a refractive index matching body is attached to a front end face of an optical fiber. The optical connection component manufacturing apparatus includes: a holding unit that includes a holding face holding a refractive index matching liquid including the refractive index matching body; a dispenser that supplies the refractive index matching liquid to the holding face; and a static electricity generating device that charges the optical fiber so that the refractive index matching liquid held on the holding face is adsorbed onto the front end face of the optical fiber, wherein the holding face has an outer peripheral edge connected in a curved line.

Abstract: According to the game control device, game control method, game control program, storage medium and game system of this invention, when composite processing on characters is performed, consumption points that are consumed in the composite processing are subtracted from the composition points corresponding to the user's user identifying information, and when the subtraction result is negative, predetermined point addition processing is performed until the subtraction result becomes zero or more. By performing the point addition processing as described above, the game control device, game control method, game control program, storage medium and game system can improve the user's operability without requiring the reselection of other characters to be composited.

Abstract: A holding frame includes a main frame member extending along a first side of the light-receiving surface, and a sub-frame member extending along a second side adjacent to the first side, wherein the main frame member includes a main outer wall extending along the first side, main holding units formed on the main outer wall to hold the solar cell panel from the first-side side, and a main bottom piece formed on the main outer wall protruding towards inside of the holding frame. The sub-frame member includes a sub-outer wall extending along the second side, sub-holding units formed on the sub-outer wall to hold the solar cell panel from the second-side side, and a cylindrical part formed to include the sub-outer wall, extending along the second side on the back surface side of the solar cell panel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to electro-optical switching elements and displays comprising them. In particular, it relates to electro-optical switching elements comprising at least a light reflecting layer, a light switching layer, and a light conversion layer, which comprises one or more light emitting substances, in particular, a light reflecting layer, which selectively reflects visible light, a light controlling element that controls the amount of transmitted and/or reflected light, and a light converting layer that shifts the wavelength of the transmitted light to longer values. The displays give bright images under either bright or dark conditions with small power consumption. They are particularly suitable for so called liquid crystal, electronic paper (e-paper) and MEMS switching applications.

Abstract: A sieving device including a hollow cylindrical body, a filter disposed at a bottom portion of the hollow cylindrical body, and a blade configured to rotate in close proximity to the filter around a rotation axis thereof crossing the filter to thereby stir powder supplied to the hollow cylindrical body.

Abstract: There is provided an imprint material from which a film having a high hardness can be formed. An imprint material comprising a component (A), a component (B) and a component (C), the component (A) being a compound having, in the molecule thereof, five or more polymerizable groups, the component (B) being a compound having, in the molecule thereof, two polymerizable groups, and the component (C) being a photo-radical generator.

Abstract: A game management device includes a game information storage control unit for storing in a storage device, an each user's game information, the game information storage control unit including an owned object information storage control unit for storing in a storage device, an object owned by each user; a priority setting unit for setting a priority for an object owned by a first user according to a first user's gift destination selecting operation of selecting a second user as a gift destination, the priority setting unit setting the priority based on a second user's game information for recommending the object owned by the first user for a gift to the second user; and a priority notification unit for transmitting to a terminal device of the first user, an information for notifying the priority set for the object owned by the first user.

Abstract: The instant invention relates to electro-optical switching elements and displays comprising them. In particular, it relates to electro-optical switching elements comprising one or more light conversion means capable to convert light (e.g. ambient light and/or light from a backlight system), wherein each of said light conversion means o is capable to convert the state of polarization of the light from non-polarized light either to linear polarized light or to circular polarized light and, at the same time, o optionally is capable to shift the wavelength of the light to longer values and—at least one of said conversion means o is capable to shift the wavelength of the light to longer values and—a liquid crystal material, which is capable of switching,—one or more means to polarize light, and—optionally a means for illumination such as e.g. a backlight.

Abstract: An imprint material which is in a transparent and homogeneous varnish form, is not peeled off in cross-cut tests, in which the adhesion of coating films is evaluated, and forms films that can have a mold release force of 0.5 g/cm or less. An imprint material including: a component (A): a compound containing at least one alkylene oxide unit having carbon atom number of 2, 3 or 4 and at least two polymerizable groups; a component (B): a photopolymerization initiator; a component (C): a solvent that swells or dissolves a surface portion of a film base material to which the imprint material is applied; and a component (D): a silicone compound.