Abstract: A resin multilayer substrate includes a stacked body including resin layers, and a coil including coil conductor patterns provided on two or more resin layers. The coil conductor patterns include a coil conductor pattern including a parallel conductor portion. The parallel conductor portion includes linear conductor patterns connected in parallel that are parallel to each other, and is provided at least at a portion of an outermost peripheral portion of the coil conductor pattern. A total line width of the linear conductor patterns of the parallel conductor portion is larger than a line width of other portions of the coil conductor pattern.

Abstract: An actuator includes a coil substrate including a coil, a base substrate including insulating base layers that are stacked, capacitors disposed in the base substrate, and a magnet to receive a magnetic field from the coil. The base substrate includes a coil driving circuit, and a first region closer to the coil and a second region farther from the coil. The first and second regions are defined by two portions of the base substrate divided in a direction in which the insulating base layers are stacked. The capacitors are disposed in the first region more densely than in the second region.

Abstract: A communication device includes a first substrate including antennas including a first antenna and a second antenna, and a battery including a principal surface and being used as a power source of a circuit connected to the antennas. The battery, when viewed in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the principal surface of the battery, is disposed between the first antenna and the second antenna, and a portion or all of the first antenna and the second antenna overlap with the battery, when viewed in a direction in parallel or substantially parallel to the principal surface of the battery.

Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization that contains a metal complex represented by general formula (C1) and a method for producing polyethylene, a copolymer of ethylene and an olefin having a polar group represented by general formula (1), or a copolymer of ethylene, an olefin having a polar group represented by general formula (1) and another monomer, using the aforementioned metal complex as a polymerization catalyst, wherein the symbols in formula (C1) and formula (1) are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: An actuator includes a coil that provides a magnetic field to move a permanent magnet in a moving direction perpendicular to a coil axis. The coil includes conductor patterns on an insulating base material layer. The permanent magnet is located above insulating base material layer so that a polar direction of the permanent magnet is the moving direction. The conductor patterns include a closest conductor pattern closest to the permanent magnet. A first maximum width of an interval inside the closest conductor pattern in the polar direction is smaller than a second maximum width of an interval inside another conductor pattern in the polar direction. An overlapping width in the polar direction between the interval of the first maximum width inside the closest conductor pattern and the permanent magnet is the first maximum width regardless of a position of the permanent magnet.

Abstract: An electronic component includes an insulating base material including insulating base material layers, a first main surface that is a mounting surface, a coil, mounting electrodes provided on the first main surface, and a projection. The coil includes coil conductors provided on the insulating base material layers and a winding axis in a laminating direction of the insulating base material layers. The projection is provided in an electrode non-forming portion of the first main surface, the electrode non-forming portion including no mounting electrodes therein, and provided along the coil conductors in planar view of the first main surface.

Abstract: A multilayer substrate includes a stacked body including a first main surface, and a conductor pattern (including a mounting electrode provided on the first main surface, and a first auxiliary pattern provided on the first main surface). The stacked body includes a plurality of insulating base material layers made of a resin as a main material and stacked on one another. The first auxiliary pattern is located adjacent to or in a vicinity of the mounting electrode. The mounting electrode, in a plan view of the first main surface (when viewed in the Z-axis direction), is interposed between a different conductor pattern (the mounting electrode) and the first auxiliary pattern.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a multilayer body including insulating base materials laminated on each other and including first and second main surfaces perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a lamination direction, and an alignment mark is defined by a conductor on one of the insulating base materials. The multilayer body includes a first layer area at a side of the first main surface and a second layer area at a side of the second main surface with respect to the alignment mark. An insulating base material in the first layer area has higher translucency than an insulating base material in the second layer area. The alignment mark is a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape including a first base at the side of the first main surface and a second base at the side of second main surface, the first base being longer than the second base.

Abstract: An electronic component includes an insulating base material substrate including a first main surface defining a mounting surface, a coil on the insulating base material substrate, and a mounting electrode on the first main surface and connected to the coil. The insulating base material substrate includes insulating base material layers laminated in a lamination direction. The coil includes a coil conductor provided on one of the insulating base material layers and a winding axis extending in the lamination direction. An area of the first main surface is smaller than an area of a section different in area from the first main surface and is closest to the first main surface, among sections parallel or substantially parallel to the first main surface.

Abstract: The present invention addresses to provide a novel membrane permeability-improving agent which can be applied to high molecular drugs. More specifically, the present invention addresses to provide: a drug carrier which can improve the absorption efficiency of a high molecular drug in the small intestine; and a membrane permeation-improving agent containing the carrier. According to the present invention, a cell membrane-permeating peptide can be provided, which comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of the following amino acid sequences: DNPGN (SEQ ID NO: 1); SRPAF (SEQ ID NO: 2); NDPRN (SEQ ID NO: 3); and MSVAN (SEQ ID NO: 4). According to the present invention, a cell membrane-permeable composition can also be provided, which comprises the peptide and a biologically active substance.

Abstract: A transmission line includes, in a stacked insulator in which insulator layers are stacked, a first transmission line portion including a first ground conductor pattern, a second ground conductor pattern, and a first signal conductor pattern, and a second transmission line portion including a third ground conductor pattern, a fourth ground conductor pattern, and a second signal conductor pattern. The first signal conductor pattern extends along the second signal conductor pattern. The first ground conductor pattern and the third ground conductor pattern are provided on different insulator layers and at least partially overlap each other in a plan view.

Abstract: A gas sensor (100) includes a sensor element (120), a metallic shell (110), a powder filler member (133), a first ceramic holder (135) in contact with the rear end of the powder filler member and from which the sensor element protrudes, and a second ceramic holder (131) in contact with the forward end of the powder filler member and from which the sensor element protrudes. The powder filler member has a higher thermal expansion coefficient than that of the first and second ceramic holders. The first ceramic holder, powder filler member, and second ceramic holder are pressed by force application means (118). A relation 0.40<(L?M)/L<0.58 holds, where L is the axial distance between the rearward-facing surface of the first ceramic holder and the forward end of the second ceramic holder, and M is the axial length of the powder filler member.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image based on image data, a fixing unit configured to fix the image formed by the image forming unit on a recording material, a conversion unit configured to convert image data into conversion data including a plurality of areas having a first resolution in a main scanning direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the recording material, and a second resolution higher than the first resolution in a sub-scanning direction, which is the conveyance direction of the recording material, an analysis unit configured to analyze values related to the areas of the plurality of areas of the conversion data obtained by the conversion unit, and a temperature control unit configured to control a fixing temperature of the fixing unit according to a result of the analysis performed by the analysis unit.

Abstract: A composite substrate includes a flat cable and a mounting board. The flat cable includes a first end portion and a second end portion, and a first bonding portion, a circuit portion, and a second bonding portion in this order in the length direction from the first end portion toward the second end portion. A positioning hole is disposed between the first end portion and the first bonding portion in the length direction. Another positioning hole is disposed between the second end portion and the second bonding portion in the length direction. The mounting board includes a mounting land conductor and a convex portion. The convex portion is fitted in the positioning hole. The mounting land conductor is bonded by surface mounting to an external connection conductor of the first bonding portion and an external connection conductor of the second bonding portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor including a charge generation layer; a charging member to charge a surface of the photoconductor; and an exposure unit to expose the surface of the photoconductor to form a toner image on the surface of the photoconductor charged. The exposure unit exposes the surface of the photoconductor by scanning a laser beam in a main scanning direction at a non-constant scan rate, and exposure amount per unit length of the surface of the photoconductor in the main scanning direction is larger in a first region than in a second region. The first region is in the surface of the photoconductor exposed at a first scan rate. The second region is in the surface of the photoconductor exposed at a second scan rate higher than the first scan rate. The charge generation layer is thinner in the first region than in the second region.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image based on image data, a fixing unit configured to fix the image formed by the image forming unit on a recording material, a conversion unit configured to convert image data into conversion data including a plurality of areas having a first resolution in a main scanning direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the recording material, and a second resolution higher than the first resolution in a sub-scanning direction, which is the conveyance direction of the recording material, an analysis unit configured to analyze values related to the areas of the plurality of areas of the conversion data obtained by the conversion unit, and a temperature control unit configured to control a fixing temperature of the fixing unit according to a result of the analysis performed by the analysis unit.

Abstract: A characteristic evaluation device is for a gas turbine that includes a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine includes a processor. The processor calculates, in gas-turbine characteristics including characteristics of at least one of the compressor, the combustor, and the turbine, a correction value for correcting influence due to environmental conditions in which the gas turbine is placed based on operation data of the gas turbine. The processor also calculates the gas-turbine characteristics corrected based on the correction value, and evaluates the gas turbine by comparing the gas-turbine characteristics after correction with a predetermined reference value.

Abstract: An actuator includes a coil substrate including a coil, a base substrate including a coil drive circuit, and a magnet to receive a magnetic field generated by the coil. A magnetic sensor is mounted on the coil substrate. The coil substrate on which the magnetic sensor is mounted is connected to the base substrate through a conductive bonding material.

Abstract: A wearable device according to an example of embodiments includes a display unit configured to display characters, a detector configured to detect a user's upper limb existing in a real space, and a controller. When a first body motion of allowing one part and the other part of the upper limb to approach each other is detected from a detection result of the detector, the controller executes a character selection process of selecting the characters. The wearable device is attachable to the head.

Abstract: Provided is an in-vehicle control device that allows the giving and receiving of data via inter-core communication at the timing of a user, as well as being capable of minimizing processing load while satisfying safety requirements of different functional safety levels in the inter-core communication of a multicore microcomputer. The data communication between a plurality of cores is performed by a writing means for writing the data of a core register into a region of a shared memory of the cores, where safety levels are set, using a hardware function. The cores have different functional safety levels.