Abstract: Provided are a cholesteric liquid crystal film including a cholesteric liquid crystal, in which, in a cross section in a thickness direction observed with a microscope, the cholesteric liquid crystal film has a stripe pattern in which dark portions and bright portions are alternately arranged, and has a folded structure due to the dark portions at a surface layer portion of one main surface of a pair of main surfaces; and a manufacturing method thereof.

Abstract: Provided are a cholesteric liquid crystal film including a cholesteric liquid crystal, in which the cholesteric liquid crystal film has a stripe pattern in which dark portions and bright portions are alternately arranged in a straight line on an upper surface observed with a microscope; and a manufacturing method thereof.

Abstract: A microfluidic chip includes a flow passage plate, a flat plate, and an annular seal. In the flow passage plate, a recess forming a flow passage for liquid and a communication hole communicating with the recess are formed. The flat plate is stacked on or under the flow passage plate to close the recess for defining the flow passage. In the flat plate, a communication through-hole communicating with the recess is formed. The annular seal is located on, or formed on, an outer surface of at least one of the flow passage plate and the flat plate, the annular seal surrounding at least one of the communication hole and the communication through-hole. The annular seal is made of an elastomer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cholesteric liquid crystal film including a first cholesteric liquid crystal layer having a stripe pattern in which dark portions and bright portions, which are observed with a microscope, are alternately arranged and a second cholesteric liquid crystal layer which is disposed in contact with the first cholesteric liquid crystal layer and has a stripe pattern in which dark portions and bright portions, which are observed with a microscope, are alternately arranged, in which, at an interface between the first cholesteric liquid crystal layer and the second cholesteric liquid crystal layer, the dark portions observed in the second cholesteric liquid crystal layer is connected to the dark portions observed in the first cholesteric liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transparent screen including two main surfaces, and out of light of which a wavelength incident on one main surface out of the two main surfaces is 532 nm, a half width of a peak observed in a distribution indicating strength with respect to a diffraction angle of a primary diffraction light emitted from the other main surface out of the two main surfaces is 2 degrees or greater.

Abstract: A biological electrode capable of realizing good contact with a skin of a subject for detection. The biological electrode includes an electrode member, a support shaft member for supporting the electrode member, a frame member for slidably holding the support shaft member in an axial direction thereof, and an elastic member for biasing the electrode member toward the outside in the axial direction of the support shaft member.

Abstract: To provide a technique for sealing a plurality of thermoelectric elements in a thermoelectric conversion module. A thermoelectric conversion module includes a substrate, a plurality of second electrodes, a plurality of thermoelectric elements, a cover portion, and a pair of terminal electrodes. The substrate has an electrode surface on which a plurality of first electrodes are provided. The plurality of second electrodes face the plurality of first electrodes. The plurality of thermoelectric elements are disposed between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes and include P-type thermoelectric elements and N-type thermoelectric elements alternately connected in series using the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes. The cover portion seals the plurality of second electrodes and the plurality of thermoelectric elements on the electrode surface.

Abstract: An evaluation device includes: a display; a gaze point detection unit detecting a position of a subject's gaze point; a display control unit displaying, after displaying a question image, an answer image including a specific object and comparison objects, and when the question image is displayed, displaying a reference image illustrating a positional relationship between the specific object and the comparison objects in the answer image; an area setting unit setting, on the display, a specific area corresponding to the specific object and comparison areas corresponding to the comparison objects; a determination unit determining, at each specified determination cycle, in which area the gaze point is present among the specific area and the comparison areas, based on a position of the gaze point; a calculation unit calculating an evaluation parameter based on a determination result; and an evaluation unit obtaining evaluation data on the subject based on the evaluation parameter.

Abstract: A cooking device according to the present disclosure comprises: a heating chamber configured to accommodate an object-to-be-heated; a circulation fan configured to suck air in the heating chamber and blow the sucked air into the heating chamber; a heating chamber internal flow path forming unit disposed inside the heating chamber and configured to define the flow rate and the blowing direction of the air blown into the heating chamber by the circulation fan; and an internal temperature sensor disposed in a circulation path of the air and provided in a predetermined region distant from the heating chamber internal flow path forming unit, the circulation path being formed inside the heating chamber by the heating chamber internal flow path forming unit.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display unit that displays a predetermined target object to be gazed at by a subject, a gaze point detection unit that detects a position of a gaze point of the subject who observes the display unit, a region setting unit that sets a specific region corresponding to the predetermined target object, a determination unit that determines whether the gaze point is present in the specific region, an arithmetic unit that calculates gaze point data on the basis of a determination result of the determination unit, and a display control unit that displays an index at a position corresponding to the gaze point on the display unit if the gaze point data meets a predetermined index display condition.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module includes: a substrate; a plurality of thermoelectric elements including an N-type element and a P-type element; a bonding layer including silver and disposed between the substrate and the plurality of thermoelectric elements; a first electrode that connects the N-type element with the bonding layer, the first electrode including a first nickel layer and an aluminum layer that is disposed between the first nickel layer and the N-type element; and a second electrode that connects the P-type element with the bonding layer, the second electrode including a second nickel layer.

Abstract: A gaze detection apparatus performs a calibration operation including displaying a target image in multiple positions on a display screen sequentially, setting, in the display screen, corresponding areas corresponding to the target images displayed on the display screen sequentially, and calculating positional data of points of regard in display periods in which the respective target images are displayed; and determines, with respect to each of the target images, whether the positional data of the point of regard that is calculated in the calibration operation is present within the corresponding area.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing a coating layer for an exhaust gas purification catalyst device that can inhibit detachment of the coating layer when the coating layer is formed on the exhaust gas purification catalyst device. The method comprises covering a substrate with a slurry that comprises carrier particles and a dispersing medium, to form a slurry layer on the substrate, and drying and firing the slurry layer to form a coating layer, wherein the carrier particles have a median diameter (D50) of 4.00 ?m or smaller, the dispersing medium comprises water and a water-soluble alcohol, and the amount of the water-soluble alcohol in the slurry is 0.50 mass % to 12.00 mass % with respect to the slurry.

Abstract: A wiring substrate has a substrate body formed by a single or a plurality of insulating layers and having front and back surfaces located at opposite sides of the substrate body; a plurality of pads formed on at least one of the front surface, the back surface and an inner layer surface that is located between the front and back surfaces, and having a staggered arrangement in plan view; and a plurality of via conductors formed at each of the pads, extending in a thickness direction of the substrate body with the plurality of via conductors being parallel to each other and connecting the pads located on different surfaces. Arrangement, in plan view, of the plurality of via conductors connecting to the pad and arrangement, in plan view, of the plurality of via conductors connecting to an adjacent pad located on the same surface are different from each other.

Abstract: A fiber-reinforced resin prepreg and a molded article obtained by molding a molding material including the fiber-reinforced resin prepreg are described. The fiber-reinforced resin prepreg contains a carbon fiber bundle and a matrix resin composition. The ipa value of the carbon fiber bundle measured by an electrochemical measurement method is 0.14 ?A/cm2 or more. The impact strength of a film obtained by solidifying the matrix resin composition under particular molding conditions is 12.0 kJ/m or more.

Abstract: A process for producing gaskets by curing a liquid molding material applied over a plate by a dispenser, wherein in order to improve accuracy in the cross-sectional shape and/or height of the gaskets, the process comprises the steps of: using a dispenser to coat the upper surface of a plate with a liquid molding material, and form a coating layer extending endlessly in a prescribed pattern; and overlapping a molding jig on the plate, the molding jig having in a lower surface a molding groove extending endlessly in a prescribed pattern corresponding to the coating layer, correcting the cross-sectional shape of the coating layer to a cross-sectional shape that corresponds to the molding groove, and curing the coating layer.

Abstract: A wiring board includes: a wiring-board body including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and including at least one insulator layer; pads formed at at least one of an internal layer boundary plane and the first surface and the second surface defining a first plane; and via conductors connected to corresponding ones of the pads, and arranged in parallel to extend in a thickness direction of the wiring-board body. Each of first and second ones of the pads adjacent to each other in planar view at the first plane is connected to corresponding ones of the via conductors. The via conductors corresponding to the first pad are arranged differently from the via conductors corresponding to the second pad, in planar view.

Abstract: Cooking apparatus (10) includes heating chamber (4) in which an object to be heated is rested, radiant heater unit (38) provided inside heating chamber (4) and operating in the preheating mode and cooking mode, and a control unit controlling radiant heater unit (38). The control unit is configured to make radiant heater unit (38) operate in the standby mode, which is a mode after the preheating mode ends and until the cooking mode starts. According to this aspect, the surface temperature of radiant heater unit (38) is kept at a high level during the standby mode to suppress uneven browning due to variations in the surface temperature of radiant heater unit (38) when cooking starts.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antibacterial composition capable of forming an antibacterial film having suppressed coloration, excellent antibacterial property, and suppressed film cracking, antibacterial film, and an antibacterial film-attached substrate. The antibacterial composition of the present invention includes a silver-based antibacterial agent containing zirconium phosphate and silver carried and supported on the zirconium phosphate, a monomer having a polymerizable group, and a solvent. The monomer having a polymerizable group includes a first monomer having a polymerizable group and a hydrophilic group, and a second monomer having a polymerizable group and having no hydrophilic group, and the content of the first monomer is 30% to 70% by mass with respect to the total mass of the monomer having a polymerizable group.

Abstract: A first object of the present invention is to provide an antibacterial film excellent in the antibacterial property and the antiviral property and resistant to discoloration. A second object of the present invention is to provide an antibacterial composition excellent in the antibacterial property and the antiviral property and capable of providing an antibacterial film that is resistant to discoloration. A third object of the present invention is to provide an antibacterial film-attached substrate provided with the above antibacterial film. A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a method for imparting an antibacterial property using the above antibacterial film and the above antibacterial composition. An antibacterial film of the present invention includes: an antibacterial agent including silver; a binder; an antiviral agent; and a fluorine-based surfactant.