Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display element capable of easily improving response characteristics without using a large apparatus is provided. After alignment films 22 and 32 made of a polymer compound including a crosslinkable functional group as a side chain and a bulky skeleton such as an adamantane skeleton are formed in a TFT substrate 20 and a CF substrate 30, the alignment films 22 and 32 are arranged to face each other, and a liquid crystal layer 40 including liquid crystal molecules 41 is sealed between the alignment films 22 and 32, and then, in a state where the liquid crystal molecules 41 are aligned to allow long-axis directions thereof to be oblique with respect to a substrate surface, the polymer compound in the alignment films 22 and 32 is reacted to form a polymer compound including a cross-linked structure, and predetermined pretilts are provided to liquid crystal molecules 41A and 41B placed in proximity to the alignment films 22 and 32, respectively.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a phosphorus-containing compound having reactivity with a glycidyl group, specifically a phosphorus-containing compound represented by general formula (I). (In the formula, m represents a numerical value of 1 to 10; R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; R3 represents an alkyl group, an alkanediyl group, an alkanetriyl group, an alkanetetrayl group or an aromatic group; X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; Y represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —NR4—; and R4 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group.

Abstract: The photoacoustic blood model contains two or more kinds of light absorbing compounds in a blood model base material, in which the absorption coefficient ratios ?[?2]/?[?1] at arbitrary two wavelengths ?1 and ?2 (?1<?2) of 600 nm or more and 1100 nm or less of the compounds are different from each other and the parameter S calculated from Equation (1) is 0 or more and 100 or less, in which HbO2[?1] indicates an absorption coefficient of oxyhemoglobin at the wavelength ?1, HbO2[?2] indicates an absorption coefficient of oxyhemoglobin at the wavelength ?2, Hb[?1] indicates an absorption coefficient of deoxyhemoglobin at the wavelength ?1, Hb[?2] indicates an absorption coefficient of deoxyhemoglobin at the wavelength ?2, and P? indicates a ratio (P?2/P?1) of a photoacoustic signal intensity P?2 obtained by irradiation with light of the wavelength ?2 to a photoacoustic signal intensity P?1 obtained by irradiation with light of the wavelength ?1.

Abstract: This invention provides a phantom whose light propagation characteristics and acoustic propagation characteristics are similar to those of human tissues and which allows detection of an absorber also with an ultrasonic wave diagnostic apparatus and allows adjustment of the oxygen saturation. A phantom has light absorbers 12a to 12d in a phantom base material 11, in which the light absorbers 12a to 12d approximate the light absorption coefficient ratio at two or more wavelengths to that of biological tissues, and the acoustic propagation characteristics of the phantom base material 11 and the light absorbers 12a to 12d are different from each other.

Abstract: The present invention discloses one liquid type cyanate ester-epoxy composite resin composition comprised of (A) cyanate ester resin, (B) epoxy resin and (C) latent curing agent. The present one liquid type cyanate ester-epoxy composite resin composition is characterized in that the above (C) latent curing agent is comprised of a modified amine (a), which has one or more amino group having active hydrogen within a molecule, obtained by a reaction of a polyamine compound (a-1) with an epoxy compound (a-2), and a phenol resin (b), and that the above polyamine compound (a-1) is a polyether polyamine compound and/or the above epoxy compound (a-2) is a polyether polyepoxy compound.

Abstract: A phantom used for calibrating an object information acquiring apparatus that irradiates light into an object and acquires characteristic information inside the object based on an acoustic wave propagated from the object, the phantom comprises a base material; and a simulated tissue portion that simulates a three-dimensional structure of a tissue inside a living body, wherein the simulated tissue portion is disposed inside the base material, and has a simulated layer, which is a layer simulating optical characteristics of the tissue inside the living body, on the surface thereof.

Abstract: Conventional cross-linked cyclic olefin polymers do not have a sufficiently low linear expansion coefficient. A compound having a structure represented by the following formula (a).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device with which response characteristics are able to be easily improved without using major equipment is provided. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes steps of forming a first alignment film including a polymer compound having a crosslinkable functional group as a side chain on one substrate of a pair of substrates; forming a second alignment film on the other substrate of the pair of substrates; arranging the pair of substrates so that the first alignment film and the second alignment film are opposed to each other, and sealing a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal molecule having negative dielectric constant anisotropy between the first alignment film and the second alignment film; and bridging the polymer compound to give pre-tilt to the liquid crystal molecule 41 after sealing the liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: A method of estimating heat distribution of an image display unit includes: calculating, based on image data, an average current value of a pixel area in a display surface, the pixel area including at least one pixel in an image display unit, the image display unit including pixels arranged therein; calculating heat generation amount data by multiplying the calculated average current value by a predetermined current-heat conversion coefficient to convert the calculated average current value into a value corresponding to an amount of heat generation; and adding the heat generation amount data to a value of a first heat distribution table to update the first heat distribution table, and creating a new first heat distribution table by performing a two-dimensional low pass filter process on the updated table before multiplying a value of the processed table by a predetermined heat dissipation coefficient, at every predetermined period.

Abstract: A color signal processing circuit of the present disclosure includes: a correction signal generation unit which generates, on the basis of a signal level of a color signal corresponding to one primary color among color signals corresponding to a plurality of primary colors being input, a correction signal for chromaticity of a color signal corresponding to another primary color as a difference value from a signal level of each color signal corresponding to predetermined chromaticity; and a correction unit which uses the correction signal generated by the correction signal generation unit to correct the color signal corresponding to the other primary color.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device with which response characteristics are able to be easily improved without using major equipment is provided. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes steps of forming a first alignment film including a polymer compound having a crosslinkable functional group as a side chain on one substrate of a pair of substrates; forming a second alignment film on the other substrate of the pair of substrates; arranging the pair of substrates so that the first alignment film and the second alignment film are opposed to each other, and sealing a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal molecule having negative dielectric constant anisotropy between the first alignment film and the second alignment film; and bridging the polymer compound to give pre-tilt to the liquid crystal molecule 41 after sealing the liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a resin molded article which hardly involves the occurrence of optical distortion and of sink marks. The method of producing a resin molded article includes: a first step including pouring a polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer into a molding die and irradiating the polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer with radiant energy rays until a polymerization conversion degree reaches 1 to 10% to polymerize a part of the polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer; and a second step including heating the polymerized polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer after the first step in a state where the polymerized polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer is held in the molding die to further polymerize a remaining part of the polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer until the polymerization conversion degree reaches 60% or more.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device with which response characteristics are able to be easily improved without using major equipment is provided. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes steps of forming a first alignment film 22 including a polymer compound having a crosslinkable functional group as a side chain on one substrate of a pair of substrates 20 and 30; forming a second alignment film 32 on the other substrate of the pair of substrates 20 and 30; arranging the pair of substrates 20 and 30 so that the first alignment film 22 and the second alignment film 32 are opposed to each other, and sealing a liquid crystal layer 40 containing a liquid crystal molecule 41 having negative dielectric constant anisotropy between the first alignment film 22 and the second alignment film 32; and bridging the polymer compound to give pretilt to the liquid crystal molecule 41 after sealing the liquid crystal layer 40.

Abstract: An optical component and an electrical board that have a low coefficient of linear expansion and small mold shrinkage, a method for producing the optical component, and a method for producing the electronic board are provided. An optical component includes a polymer having a repeating structural unit represented by general formula (1) where R1 and R2 each independently represent —H or —CH3; m and n each independently represent an integer in the range of 0 to 3; asterisk denotes a dangling bond that bonds to one of Xa and Xb; and —H bonds to the other one of Xa and Xb.

Abstract: The present invention is one liquid type cyanate-epoxy composite resin composition that is comprised of cyanate ester resin (A), epoxy resin (B) and latent curing agent (C) and has high thermal resistance as well as excellent fast curing properties and storage stability, characterized in that the above latent curing agent is comprised of a modified amine compound (a) and a phenol resin (b). Where, the modified-amine compound (a) is obtained by the reaction of at least one kind of amine compounds (a-1), selected from amine compounds having one or more tertiary amino groups and one or more primary and/or secondary amino groups, with an epoxy compound (a-2), in particular. It is preferable that one liquid type cyanate-epoxy composite resin composition of the present invention contains 1-10,000 mass parts of the epoxy resin component of the component (B) relative to 100 mass parts of cyanate-ester resin component of the component (A).

Abstract: An optical element includes an optically effective area and an optically ineffective area partly or entirely coated with a coating opaque at wavelengths used. The opaque coating contains a cured product prepared from an epoxy resin and a curing agent containing an alicyclic acid anhydride. The alicyclic acid anhydride is preferably methylhexahydrophthalic anhydride or hexahydrophthalic anhydride.

Abstract: An image processing method includes: obtaining, based on a plurality of pieces of first luminance information that correspond to fourth sub-pixels contained in a pixel region to which a focused pixel belongs and based on a relative positional relationship between a first sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel in a display pixel, second luminance information that corresponds to the fourth sub-pixel of the focused pixel, in which the focused pixel is a display pixel in a display section that includes a plurality of display pixels each having the first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel that are configured to emit light of basic colors, and the fourth sub-pixel that is configured to emit light of a color other than the basic colors; and replacing the first luminance information that corresponds to the fourth sub-pixel of the focused pixel with the second luminance information.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display element capable of easily improving response characteristics without using a large apparatus is provided. After alignment films made of a polymer compound including a crosslinkable functional group as a side chain and a bulky skeleton such as an adamantane skeleton are formed in a TFT substrate and a CF substrate, the alignment films are arranged to face each other, and a liquid crystal layer 40 including liquid crystal molecules is sealed between the alignment films, and then, in a state where the liquid crystal molecules are aligned to allow long-axis directions thereof to be oblique with respect to a substrate surface, the polymer compound in the alignment films is reacted to form a polymer compound including a cross-linked structure, and predetermined pretilts are provided to liquid crystal molecules placed in proximity to the alignment films.

Abstract: Conventional cross-linked cyclic olefin polymers do not have a sufficiently low linear expansion coefficient. A compound having a structure represented by the following formula (a).

Abstract: A composition contains a cycloolefin polymer and a cross-linked structure of a cross-linkable polymer having a specific structure.