Abstract: An X-ray CT apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry configured to acquire scan region and a first scan range, and change, while the scan region is being scanned, the first scan range to a second scan range based on projection data of the scan region acquired by the scan.

Abstract: A flux composition includes a component (A) that is a powder of an alkali metal zinc fluoroaluminate represented by “MwZnxAlyFz (1)” (wherein M is K or Cs, and w, x, y, and z are a positive integer, the greatest common divisor of w, x, y, and z being 1), the content of the component (A) in the flux composition being 50 mass % or more. The flux composition prevents occurrence of a brazing defect and discoloration even when an aluminum alloy is brazed in an atmosphere having a high oxygen concentration, or an atmosphere having high humidity.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy clad material includes a core material, one side being clad with cladding material 1, the other side being clad with cladding material 2, the core material including an aluminum alloy that includes 0.5 to 1.8% of Mn, and limited to 0.05% or less of Cu, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, the cladding material 1 including an aluminum alloy that includes 3 to 10% of Si, and 1 to 10% of Zn, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, and the cladding material 2 including an aluminum alloy that includes 3 to 13% of Si, and limited to 0.05% or less of Cu, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, wherein the Si content X (%) in the cladding material 1 and the Si content Y (%) in the cladding material 2 satisfy the value (Y?X) is ?1.5 to 9%.

Abstract: A three-layer clad material includes a core material, a cladding material 1, and a cladding material 2, the core material including an aluminum alloy that includes 0.5 to 1.8% of Mn, and either or both of more than 0.05% and less than 0.2% of Cu, and 0.05 to 0.30% of Ti, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, the cladding material 1 including an aluminum alloy that includes 3 to 10% of Si, and 1 to 10% of Zn, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, and the cladding material 2 including an aluminum alloy that includes 3 to 13% of Si, and 0.05% or less of Cu, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, wherein the Si content X (%) in the cladding material 1 and the Si content Y (%) in the cladding material 2 satisfy the value (Y-X) is ?1.5 to 9%.

Abstract: An anti-reflection coat includes an intermediate layer and a low refractive index layer sequentially stacked on a substrate, and preventing the reflection of incident light by optical interference effect, wherein the low refractive index layer is a film formed on the surface of the intermediate layer by a wet film formation method using a coating liquid including layer-constituting raw materials which includes hollow silica particles adhering each other with a binder, and the intermediate layer is a layer mainly composed of an organometallic compound which adheres well to the binder and having wettability to the coating liquid; and provides an optical device including the anti-reflection coat.

Abstract: A heat-exchanger tube has a tube main body composed of an aluminum alloy. A coating is applied onto a surface of the tube main body. The coating contains a powder mixture—which includes: 1 g/m2 or more and 7 g/m2 or less of an Si powder, 0.2 g/m2 or more and 4.0 g/m2 or less of a Zn powder, 0.5 g/m2 or more and 5.0 g/m2 or less of a first flux powder composed of a compound that contains Zn, and 5 g/m2 or more and 20 g/m2 or less of a second flux powder composed of a compound that does not contain Zn—and a binder. The total amount of the powder mixture in the coating is 30 g/m2 or less. The proportion of the binder in the coating is 5-40 mass %.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a pressure sensor, in which the pressure sensor includes: a metal joint having an introduction hole configured to flow a measurement target fluid therethrough; and a sensor module metal member including: a cylindrical portion provided to the joint; a diaphragm; and a dent configured to receive the measurement target fluid from the introduction hole, includes: welding the joint to the sensor module metal member; and subsequently, heating the joint and the sensor module metal member.

Abstract: A device includes: a sensor module; a housing that houses the sensor module; a connector provided to the housing; a terminal provided to the connector; and an elastic electrically conductive member provided in a space between the sensor module and the connector and interposed between the terminal and a pad. The sensor module includes: a ceramic module body including a diaphragm and a cylindrical portion integral with a periphery of the diaphragm; a detector provided on a flat surface of the diaphragm; and the pad and an electronic component provided on a flat surface of the cylindrical portion radially outwardly adjacent to the flat surface of the diaphragm. The pad is electrically connected to the electrically conductive member.

Abstract: For producing a three-dimensional circuit component, an electronic component is mounted on a synthetic resin block. A plurality of electrically-conductive patterns used to establish an electrical connection to the electronic component are formed on the block along a three-dimensional shape of the block. An end of each electrically-conductive patterns is provided with a solder-disposed section. A solder is provided between the solder-disposed section and an opposed surface of the electronic component. The section of each electrically-conductive patterns other than the solder-disposed section and a section on which the electronic component is mounted is internally formed in the block. Since the section of each electrically-conductive patterns other than the section on which the electronic component is mounted is internally formed in the block, the electrically-conductive patterns are not unnecessarily exposed.

Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a pressure sensor element, a joint provided to a target member, and an attachment member that is fitted into the joint through the connection section and connected to the target member. Each of the pressure sensor element and the joint is formed of a material that is not embrittled upon being in contact with a fluid to be measured that embrittles a material, and more rigid than the attachment member. The connection section is subjected to a plastic deformation connection (metal flow). An expensive hydrogen embrittlement resistant material is used for the pressure sensor element and the joint that are brought into contact with the fluid to be measured, and an inexpensive material is used for the attachment member that is not brought into contact with the fluid to be measured, thereby reducing the production cost of the pressure sensor.

Abstract: A negative resist composition including a complex represented by the general formula (1); and a polymerization initiator, in which M represents hafnium (Hf) or zirconium (Zr), X represents a ligand comprising a conjugate base of an acid which has an acid dissociation constant (pKa) of 3.8 or less and has a polymerizable group, Y represents a ligand having no polymerizable group, and n represents an integer of 1 to 4.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger is produced by applying a coating material that is prepared by adding a binder to a mixture of an Si powder and a Zn-containing compound flux powder to a surface of an aluminum alloy refrigerant tube, assembling a bare fin that is formed of an Al—Mn—Zn alloy with the refrigerant tube, and brazing the refrigerant tube and the bare fin by heating in an atmosphere-controlled furnace, the refrigerant tube being an extruded product of an aluminum alloy that comprises 0.5 to 1.7% (mass %, hereinafter the same) of Mn, less than 0.10% of Cu, and less than 0.10% of Si, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy clad material produces a heat exchanger tube that exhibits excellent outer-side corrosion resistance when formed into a tube. The aluminum alloy clad material includes a core material, an inner cladding material, and a sacrificial anode material, one side of the core material being clad with the inner cladding material, the other side of the core material being clad with the sacrificial anode material, the core material being formed of an Al—Mn alloy that includes 0.6 to 2.0 mass % of Mn and 0.4 mass % or less of Cu, with the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities, the inner cladding material being formed of an Al—Mn—Cu alloy that includes 0.6 to 2.0 mass % of Mn and 0.2 to 1.5 mass % of Cu, with the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities, and the sacrificial anode material being formed of an Al—Zn alloy that includes 0.5 to 10.0 mass % of Zn, with the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an agent for improving sperm-motility, in particular, an agent for improving forward-sperm-motility, for use on reduced-motility sperm in male infertility treatment. Prepared is a gaseous agent for improving sperm-motility consisting of a gas that contains hydrogen molecules in the amount of 1% (v/v) or higher, for example, a gas that contains hydrogen molecules in an amount of between 45 and 55% (v/v), or a liquid agent for improving sperm-motility consisting of a liquid such as physiological saline, a culture solution, or a buffer solution containing hydrogen molecules in the amount of 1% or higher of the saturation solubility thereof, for example, a liquid in which hydrogen molecules have been dissolved by bubbling. The gaseous agent for improving sperm-motility can improve the motility of sperm by contacting hydrogen gas and either semen or a dilution thereof with each other in a gaseous phase.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger is produced by applying a coating material that is prepared by adding a binder to a mixture of an Si powder and a Zn-containing compound flux powder to a surface of an aluminum alloy refrigerant tube, assembling a bare fin that is formed of an Al—Mn—Zn alloy with the refrigerant tube, and brazing the refrigerant tube and the bare fin by heating in an atmosphere-controlled furnace, the refrigerant tube being an extruded product of an aluminum alloy that comprises 0.5 to 1.7% (mass %, hereinafter the same) of Mn, less than 0.10% of Cu, and less than 0.

Abstract: A negative resist composition including a complex represented by the general formula (1); and a polymerization initiator, in which M represents hafnium (Hf) or zirconium (Zr), X represents a ligand comprising a conjugate base of an acid which has an acid dissociation constant (pKa) of 3.8 or less and has a polymerizable group, Y represents a ligand having no polymerizable group, and n represents an integer of 1 to 4.

Abstract: A negative resist composition including a complex represented by the general formula (1); and a polymerization initiator. in which M represents hafnium (Hf) or zirconium (Zr), X represents a ligand including a conjugate base of an acid which has an acid dissociation constant (pKa) of 3.8 or less and has a polymerizable group, Y represents a ligand having no polymerizable group, and n represents an integer of 1 to 4.

Abstract: The invention provides a new method for evaluating transfer embryos including blastocysts used for in vitro fertilization in fertility treatment, and a method for evaluating transfer embryos using a new biomarker necessary for evaluation. The method comprises the steps of (a) providing a test object, for example, a culture solution of a human blastocyst, containing norepinephrine (noradrenaline) released from a transfer embryo, such as a human blastocyst, obtained from a subject; (b) quantitatively analyzing norepinephrine in the test object by a combination of ultra high performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry or the like; (c) predicting the quality of the transfer embryo based on the amount of norepinephrine from analysis results obtained; and (d) transferring the embryo into a suitable female recipient for implantation, if the transfer embryo is predicted to be of good quality and/or to lead to the establishment of a viable pregnancy based on step (c).

Abstract: A resist composition including a polymeric compound having a structural unit derived from an acrylate ester containing a lactone-containing cyclic group having a group represented by general formula (a0-r-1) on the side chain and optionally having the hydrogen atom bonded to the carbon atom on the ?-position substituted with a substituent: in formula (a0-r-1), Ra3 and Ra4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a non-aromatic hydrocarbon group optionally having a substituent, provided that Ra3 and Ra4 are optionally mutually bonded to form a ring with the carbon atom bonded to Ra3 and the nitrogen atom bonded to Ra4; and * represents a valence bond.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an antireflection film and an optical device having excellent antireflection characteristics against a light beam having a wide wavelength range at a wide range of an incident angle, and also having practically sufficient durability. To achieve the above object, the present invention adopts an antireflection film having an optical two-layer structure composed of an intermediate layer provided on a base material and a low refractive index layer provided on a surface of the intermediate layer, wherein the low refractive index layer is a layer obtained by binding hollow silica by a binder, a refractive index n(1) thereof is between 1.15 and 1.24 inclusive, and a refractive index n(2) of the intermediate layer satisfies a relation in the expression (1) below assuming a refractive index of the base material n(sub). n(1)×?{square root over (n(sub))}×0.930?n(2)?n(1)×?{square root over (n(sub))}×0.985??(1).