Abstract: To provide a connected structure of a substrate and an electric wire with high connection reliability even when a carbon nanotube wire with an average diameter of 0.05 mm to 3.00 mm is used as the electric wire. The connected structure of the substrate and the carbon nanotube wire includes a substrate; a carbon nanotube wire made of one or more carbon nanotube aggregates each including a plurality of carbon nanotubes, the carbon nanotube wire having an average diameter of 0.05 mm to 3.00 mm; a conductive fixing member, part of which is provided between the substrate and the carbon nanotube wire; and a conductive member that electrically connects the carbon nanotube wire and the fixing member.

Abstract: This rubbing determination device determines rubbing of a rotary machine which comprises a fixed part and a rotary part. The present device acquires an AE signal detected by means of an AE sensor provided in the rotary machine and acquires a gap amount between the fixed part and the rotary part. A rubbing determination evaluation index is generated on the basis of the AE signal and the gap amount, and rubbing in the rotary machine is determined on the basis of the rubbing determination evaluation index.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage configured to move in a width direction intersecting a medium transport direction, a recording head mounted on the carriage, a liquid storage section configured to store a liquid to be supplied to the recording head, the liquid storage section including an injection port configured to receive the liquid from a refill container and a liquid-level visual-check section through which a liquid level of the liquid is visually checked, and a display section configured to accept various setting operations, in which the liquid-level visual-check section and the display section are disposed on an apparatus front surface side, and the display section is disposed above the liquid-level visual-check section.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a trans-polyisoprenoid which can increase trans rubber production. The present invention is directed to a method for producing a trans-polyisoprenoid in vitro, which involves the use of a gene coding for a trans-prenyltransferase (tPT) family protein and further involves the use of rubber particles bound to a protein encoded by the gene, or a method for producing a trans-polyisoprenoid, which includes introducing into a plant a vector including a promotor having a promoter activity that drives laticifer-specific gene expression and a gene coding for a tPT family protein linked to the promotor to express a protein encoded by the gene specifically in laticifers.

Abstract: A color correction device includes: a color conversion unit configured to convert an input value in an input color space into an output value in an output color space; a selection unit configured to receive a selection, as a target color component, of one or more color components among a plurality of color components used in a printing device; and a correction unit configured to correct the output value in a manner of reducing the target color component when the input value represents a color not including the target color component.

Abstract: A band includes a clasp, wherein the clasp includes a cover member and an adjustment portion, the adjustment portion includes a pair of rail portions that are arranged along inner sides of two side walls of the cover member in a longitudinal direction of the cover member and have a plurality of grooves for length adjustment, a pressing portion that is disposed at an inner bottom surface of the cover member and includes an elastic member, and an engagement pin that is inserted through the one end of a adjustment piece and is configured to be engaged with the grooves of the rail portions, and the pressing portion is configured to press the engagement pin against the rail portions in a state where the engagement pin is engaged with the pair of grooves.

Abstract: An in-vehicle equipment setup device includes: a storage configured to store user setting information including settings of in-vehicle equipment desired by a user; a setter configured to set a set value in the user setting information of a selected user for the corresponding in-vehicle equipment; a settings comparator configured to acquire a current set value from the in-vehicle equipment and to compare the acquired current set value with a user set value which is a set value in the setting information included in the user setting information of the selected user; and a notifier configured to notify the user. When there is non-set in-vehicle equipment which is in-vehicle equipment of which the user set value is different from the current set value according to a result of the comparison, the settings comparator causes the notifier to notify that there is non-set in-vehicle equipment on the basis of travel information including a traveling state of the vehicle.

Abstract: Photoelectric conversion device having pixels forming rows and columns, column signal lines, and read circuit for reading signals from the pixels via the column signal lines. The column signal lines include first signal lines and second signal lines for each column. The rows include first group rows forming first group, and second group rows forming second group. The read circuit performs first vertical scanning of reading signals of pixels in the first group rows via the first signal lines, and second vertical scanning of reading signals of pixels in the second group rows via the second signal lines, and the second vertical scanning is performed in period of the first vertical scanning. Electric conductor connected to none of the pixels in the period is arranged between the first signal lines and the second signal lines.

Abstract: A cartridge includes a developing roller rotatable about a rotational axis thereof and a movable lever. A coupling member is operatively connected to the developing roller, with the coupling member being movable, in response to a movement of the lever, between (a) a first position in which the coupling member is exposed to outside of the cartridge, and (b) a second position. The coupling member is provided at a first end portion on a first side of the cartridge. In a direction of the rotational axis of the developing roller, the first position is farther from a second end potion provided on a second side of the cartridge that is opposite to the first end portion on the first side of the cartridge than the second position is from the second end portion on the second side of the cartridge.

Abstract: An appropriate response to an event is recommended to a monitoring person. An event detection unit (12) detects an event based on video data, and an alert unit (13) issues a first alert when a first event is detected, and issues a second alert that is distinguished from the first alert when a second event relating to the first event is further detected in addition to the first event.

Abstract: A radiation detection apparatus according to the present invention includes: a direct-detection-type radiation detector provided in plurality and configured to be arranged in a planar manner; and a semiconductor integrated circuit configured to perform a control operation of the radiation detector or processing on a signal from the radiation detector, wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit is disposed on a back side of the light-receiving surface so as to be included within an area of the radiation detector in a plan view viewed from a side of a light-receiving surface of the radiation detector.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage configured to move in a width direction intersecting a medium transport direction, a recording head mounted on the carriage, a liquid storage section configured to store a liquid to be supplied to the recording head, the liquid storage section including an injection port configured to receive the liquid from a refill container and a liquid-level visual-check section through which a liquid level of the liquid is visually checked, and a display section configured to accept various setting operations, in which the liquid-level visual-check section and the display section are disposed on an apparatus front surface side, and the display section is disposed above the liquid-level visual-check section.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula is an excellent light emitting material. R1 to R5 each represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, or a substituent other than a cyano group, but one or more of R1 to R5 is an aryl group or a pyridyl group, two or more of R1 to R5 are donor groups, and one or more of them are a substituted ring-fused indol-1-yl group (the number of rings constituting the fused ring is 4 or more).

Abstract: To provide an organic EL device having a low voltage, high efficiency and extended lifetime characteristics, and a host material for use in the organic EL device. A host material for an organic EL device, including a compound represented by the following general formula (1), or a structural isomer thereof: wherein X represents N or C—H and at least one thereof represents N, L independently represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group, and R2 to R6 represent hydrogen, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, or a linked aromatic group in which two to five of these aromatic rings are linked to each other, provided that R2 and at least one of others do not represent hydrogen.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte analysis test strip for measuring a concentration of ions contained in an electrolyte. The electrolyte analysis test strip includes a substrate extending in one direction. An ion sensitive electrode is provided in specific regions on a side of one end in the one direction on a main surface of the substrate. A main extraction electrode extends from the ion sensitive electrode to a side of an other end. A solution detection electrode is provided in a proximal region in a manner separated from the main extraction electrode, and is for detecting whether or not the solution detection electrode is in contact with the electrolyte. An auxiliary extraction electrode extends from the solution detection electrode to the side of the other end in a manner separated from the main extraction electrode.

Abstract: A drift layer is formed over a semiconductor substrate which is an SiC substrate. The drift layer includes first to third n-type semiconductor layers and a p-type impurity region. Herein, an impurity concentration of the second n-type semiconductor layer is higher than an impurity concentration of the first n-type semiconductor layer and an impurity concentration of the third n-type semiconductor layer. Also, in plan view, the second semiconductor layer located between the p-type impurity regions adjacent to each other overlaps with at least a part of a gate electrode formed in a trench.

Abstract: Leak-inspection-apparatus inspecting leakage-state of product including first/second-paths. First/second-paths are separated from external-space through first-member and separated from each other through second-member. Leak-inspection-apparatus includes: gas-supply-unit supplying gas to first-path at first-pressure and second-path at second-pressure lower than first-pressure; flowmeters measuring flow rates of gas from first/second-path; and computer. Computer: performs first-determination to determine leakage of gas from first/second-path to external-space based on flow rates measured in first-period after gas supply; and performs second-determination to determine leakage of gas from first-path to second-path based on flow rates measured in second-period after first-period. In first-determination, computer determines that there is defect in first-member when leakage is determined, while determines that there is no defect in first-member when no leakage is determined.

Abstract: An optical system (LS) includes lenses (L22,L23) satisfying the following conditional expressions, ?dLZ<35.0, and 0.702<?gFLZ+(0.00316×?dLZ), where ?dLZ: Abbe number of the lens with reference to d-line, and ?gFLZ: a partial dispersion ratio of the lens, wherein ?gFLZ is defined by the following expression, ?gFLZ=(ngLZ?nFLZ)/(nFLZ?nCLZ). wherein a refractive index of the lens with reference to g-line is ngLZ, a refractive index of the lens with reference to F-line is nFLZ, and a refractive index of the lens with reference to C-line is nCLZ.

Abstract: An optical system (LS) has an aperture stop (S), and a negative lens (L73) disposed closer to the image side than the aperture stop (S) and satisfying the following conditional expressions. ?0.010<ndN2?(2.015?0.0068×?dN2), 50.00<?dN2<65.00, 0.545<?gFN2, ?0.010<?gFN2?(0.6418?0.00168×?dN2) where ndN2 is the refractive index to the d line of the negative lens, ?dN2 is the Abbe number with respect to the d line of the negative lens, and ?gFN2 is the partial dispersion ratio of the negative lens.

Abstract: A tubular structure has succeeded in achieving excellent puncture resistance as well as maintenance of flexibility in a base by covering the base with a cover having excellent flexibility. The tubular structure includes a tubular base and a cover which covers the base, wherein the cover includes a copolymer containing a silicone monomer and a polymerizable monomer having a fluoroalkyl group(s) as monomer units.