Abstract: A film-forming composition includes a compound including a Si—H bond and an orthoester. The compound preferably includes a structural unit that is a structural unit represented by formula (1-1), a structural unit represented by formula (1-2), or a combination thereof. In the formula (1-1) and the formula (1-2), R1 and R2 each represent a hydroxy group, a halogen atom, or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and R3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms that bonds to two Si atoms.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus includes a droplet supplier to supply a target droplet inside a vacuum chamber, an irradiator irradiating a pulsed laser onto the target droplet, a condensing mirror installed inside the vacuum chamber and configured to condense a light emitted from the target droplet by irradiation of the pulsed laser onto the target droplet, a gas supplier to flow a hydrogen gas along a surface of the condensing mirror, a controller to change a supply condition of the target droplet and an irradiation condition of the pulsed laser to conditions different from conditions during an exposure operation to increase an amount of production of hydrogen radicals in the vacuum chamber, and an exhaust pump to exhaust a gas from an inside of the vacuum chamber.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound that has anti-RSV activity and that is useful in the prevention or treatment of an infection in which viruses of the subfamily Pneumovirinae, including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), are involved, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Specifically, the present invention provides a compound represented by formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: An axial compressor includes: a casing having a tubular shape; variable stator vanes each having a vane shaft as a swing center, provided in the casing as stator vanes or inlet guide vanes, and arranged in a circumferential direction of the casing; rotor blades provided on a trailing edges side of the variable stator vanes in the casing and arranged in the circumferential direction of the casing; and a plasma actuator configured to generate a plasma annularly distributed in the circumferential direction of the casing, the plasma actuator being attached on an inner circumferential surface of the casing and intersects with a clearance between each variable stator vane and the inner circumferential surface of the casing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new imidazole derivative represented by the following formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which exhibits potent antimicrobial activity based on a LpxC-inhibiting action against gram-negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella pneumoniae, and their drug-resistant strains. General formula [1] or [2].

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an airfoil structure. The airfoil structure includes a plurality of airfoils, a support for supporting the airfoils, and a case for covering the airfoils. Each airfoil includes an airfoil body, and an airflow generator for producing induced airflow by generating plasma. The method includes a process of forming the airflow generator that includes a first electrode forming step of forming a first electrode on the airfoil body, a dielectric layer forming step of forming a dielectric layer on the airfoil body by forming ceramic powder into a film to cover the first electrode through room temperature impact consolidation, and a second electrode forming step of forming a second electrode on a surface of the dielectric layer, such that the second electrode is electrically connected to the first electrode, and an alternating-current voltage is applied to the second electrode.

Abstract: Provided are: useful novel compounds that exhibit antibacterial activity based on their actions for inhibiting GyrB of DNA gyrase and ParE of topoisomerase IV; and 2(1H)-quinolinone derivatives represented by formula [1]: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: An axial compressor includes: a casing having a tubular shape; variable stator vanes each having a vane shaft as a swing center, provided in the casing as stator vanes or inlet guide vanes, and arranged in a circumferential direction of the casing; rotor blades provided on a trailing edges side of the variable stator vanes in the casing and arranged in the circumferential direction of the casing; and a plasma actuator configured to generate a plasma annularly distributed in the circumferential direction of the casing, the plasma actuator being attached on an inner circumferential surface of the casing and intersects with a clearance between each variable stator vane and the inner circumferential surface of the casing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an airfoil structure. The airfoil structure includes a plurality of airfoils, a support for supporting the airfoils, and a case for covering the airfoils. Each airfoil includes an airfoil body, and an airflow generator for producing induced airflow by generating plasma. The method includes a process of forming the airflow generator that includes a first electrode forming step of forming a first electrode on the airfoil body, a dielectric layer forming step of forming a dielectric layer on the airfoil body by forming ceramic powder into a film to cover the first electrode through room temperature impact consolidation, and a second electrode forming step of forming a second electrode on a surface of the dielectric layer, such that the second electrode is electrically connected to the first electrode, and an alternating-current voltage is applied to the second electrode.

Abstract: A noise reduction system includes: a microjet ring (16) provided at an exhaust side peripheral edge of a main nozzle of a jet engine, and has a plurality of injection pipes (26) formed in a circumferential direction thereof at regular intervals; and a supply path configured to take part of compressed air in from a flow path in an upstream side of a combustor in the jet engine, and to guide the part of compressed air to the plurality of injection pipes (26), wherein the plurality of injection pipes (26) is configured to inject the part of compressed air to a jet flow.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a jet engine including protrusions (1) for preventing the increase of the velocity gradient of a fluid in a mixed layer of a jet flow and an external air flow by bending the mixed layer, when viewed from the side of a jet flow injected.

Abstract: A noise reduction system with a chamber includes a chamber (17) which is provided at a portion of a supply path connecting a flow path in an upstream side of a combustor in a jet engine to a plurality of microjet nozzles which is provided at an exhaust side peripheral edge of a main nozzle of the jet engine, wherein the supply path is configured to supply part of compressed air from the flow path into the chamber (17), and the chamber (17) is configured to inject the compressed air through the plurality of the microjet nozzles (63) to a jet flow.

Abstract: An imaging section outputs n pixel signals every pixel row of n×m pixels, and n AD conversion sections, corresponding to n pixel columns of the n×m pixels, convert the n pixel signals to n pixel values. A resolution control section controls the n AD conversion sections so that the AD conversion resolution of the n AD conversion sections become a first resolution, or a second resolution rougher than the first resolution, based on the AD conversion resolution of the n AD conversion sections and the n pixel values.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a jet engine including protrusions (1) for preventing the increase of the velocity gradient of a fluid in a mixed layer of a jet flow and an external air flow by bending the mixed layer, when viewed from the side of a jet flow injected.

Abstract: A noise reduction system includes: a microjet ring (16) provided at an exhaust side peripheral edge of a main nozzle of a jet engine, and has a plurality of injection pipes (26) formed in a circumferential direction thereof at regular intervals; and a supply path configured to take part of compressed air in from a flow path in an upstream side of a combustor in the jet engine, and to guide the part of compressed air to the plurality of injection pipes (26), wherein the plurality of injection pipes (26) is configured to inject the part of compressed air to a jet flow.

Abstract: A noise reduction system with a chamber includes a chamber (17) which is provided at a portion of a supply path connecting a flow path in an upstream side of a combustor in a jet engine to a plurality of microjet nozzles which is provided at an exhaust side peripheral edge of a main nozzle of the jet engine, wherein the supply path is configured to supply part of compressed air from the flow path into the chamber (17), and the chamber (17) is configured to inject the compressed air through the plurality of the microjet nozzles (63) to a jet flow.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device according to the present invention includes: a pixel portion including a plurality of unit pixels arranged in a matrix; a column signal line provided per column in the pixel portion; an AD conversion unit which converts a voltage of a pixel signal into a digital value by performing counting until a reference signal reaches the voltage of the pixel signal from the column signal line; and a clock signal generating unit which generates, to the AD conversion unit, a counter clock for the counting, and the clock signal generating unit switches, during a period of the AD conversion, a frequency of the counter clock from a first frequency to a second frequency that is different from the first frequency.