Abstract: A metal contact member 10 includes a metal sheet 15, which has a plurality of streaky projecting portions extend along each other on a front surface 15A of the metal sheet 15. A rubber switch member 12 includes the metal contact member 10 and a rubber switch body 11 joined to the metal contact member 10.

Abstract: An optical functional resin panel includes an injection molding resin, a base film, an ultraviolet curable hard coat layer provided on a surface of the base film, and a reflectance control layer provided on a surface of the hard coat layer, in which the reflectance control layer has a thickness variation of 10% or less, and the base film, the hard coat layer, and the reflectance control layer have a surface hardness increasing in this order.

Abstract: There is provide a technique that includes: etching a base exposed on a surface of a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) forming a modified layer on a surface of the base by supplying a modifying agent to the base; and (b) causing a reaction between a halogen-containing radical and the base by supplying a halogen-containing gas to the modified layer such that the modified layer reacts with the halogen-containing gas to generate the halogen-containing radical.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an in-mold decorative molded article includes supplying an in-mold transfer foil to a metal mold, injecting and cooling a molding resin and taking out an molded article formed of the molding resin cooled and cured in the metal mold in which a clear layer and a transfer layer having a decorative figure in the in-mold transfer foil are integrated on the surface by opening the mold, molding the molded article integrally with a cutting portion not necessary for a target product inside the metal mold by the molding resin at an outer periphery of the product and arranging a boundary of a printing region of the clear layer in the in-mold transfer foil in the cutting portion so as to be larger than the outer periphery of the product.

Abstract: An imaging device capable of image processing is provided. The imaging device can retain analog data (image data) obtained by an image-capturing operation in a pixel and perform a product-sum operation of the analog data and a predetermined weight coefficient in the pixel to convert the data into binary data. When the binary data is taken in a neural network or the like, processing such as image recognition can be performed. Since enormous volumes of image data can be retained in pixels in the state of analog data, processing can be performed efficiently.

Abstract: A rotor in one embodiment includes an annular rotor main unit and a fitting portion that extends inward or outward one of an inner circumference and an outer circumference of the rotor main unit to be connected with a rotary shaft. The fitting portion is formed at a position at which a centerline of the fitting portion is offset in parallel with respect to a normal line that is associated with a tangent line of the one of the inner circumference and the outer circumference.

Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: substrate mounting plate where substrates are arranged circumferentially; rotator rotating the substrate mounting plate; gas supply structure disposed above the substrate mounting plate from center to outer periphery thereof; gas supplier including the gas supply structure and controlling supply amount of gas supplied from the gas supply structure; gas exhaust structure installed above the substrate mounting plate at downstream side of the gas supply structure in rotation direction; gas exhauster including the gas exhaust structure and controlling exhaust amount of gas exhausted from the gas exhaust structure; and gas main component amount controller including the gas supplier and the gas exhauster and controlling gas main component amount in the gas supplied from the gas supply structure to the substrates and the gas main component amount in the gas supplied to the substrates from the center to the outer periphery of the mounting plate.

Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: substrate mounting plate where substrates are arranged circumferentially; rotator rotating the substrate mounting plate; gas supply structure disposed above the substrate mounting plate from center to outer periphery thereof; gas supplier including the gas supply structure and controlling supply amount of gas supplied from the gas supply structure; gas exhaust structure installed above the substrate mounting plate at downstream side of the gas supply structure in rotation direction; gas exhauster including the gas exhaust structure and controlling exhaust amount of gas exhausted from the gas exhaust structure; and gas main component amount controller including the gas supplier and the gas exhauster and controlling gas main component amount in the gas supplied from the gas supply structure to the substrates and the gas main component amount in the gas supplied to the substrates from the center to the outer periphery of the mounting plate.

Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device that can reduce power consumption and retain data for a long time and a memory device including the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a word line divider, a memory cell, a first wiring, and a second wiring. The word line divider is electrically connected to the first wiring and the second wiring. The memory cell includes a first transistor with a dual-gate structure. A first gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring, and a second gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring. The word line divider supplies a high-level potential or a low-level potential to the first wiring and supplies a predetermined potential to the second wiring, whereby a threshold voltage of the first transistor is changed. With such a configuration, a semiconductor device that can reduce power consumption and retain data for a long time is driven.

Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: substrate mounting plate where substrates are arranged circumferentially; rotator rotating the substrate mounting plate; gas supply structure disposed above the substrate mounting plate from center to outer periphery thereof; gas supplier including the gas supply structure and controlling supply amount of gas supplied from the gas supply structure; gas exhaust structure installed above the substrate mounting plate at downstream side of the gas supply structure in rotation direction; gas exhauster including the gas exhaust structure and controlling exhaust amount of gas exhausted from the gas exhaust structure; and gas main component amount controller including the gas supplier and the gas exhauster and controlling gas main component amount in the gas supplied from the gas supply structure to the substrates and the gas main component amount in the gas supplied to the substrates from the center to the outer periphery of the mounting plate.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases related to pulmonary fibrosis. Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases involving pulmonary fibrosis, in which the active ingredient is 3-[2-(5-{[1-(5-ethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)-2-isopropyl-6-oxo-4-propyl-1,6-dihydropyrimidin-5-yl]methyl}pyridin-2-yl)phenyl]-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5(4H)-one, or a salt thereof, or a solvate of these.

Abstract: A stator structure of an embodiment includes a stator core that comprises: a ring-shaped main body; and a plurality of teeth extending in a radial direction of the main body and arranged along a circumferential direction of the main body. The main body comprises a plurality of elongated holes that are formed in an arc shape along the circumferential direction of the main body and that are arranged along the circumferential direction of the main body, and a plurality of holes that are arranged along the circumferential direction of the main body between the teeth and the elongated holes in the radial direction of the main body. At least one of the holes is disposed between beams and the teeth located close to the beams, the beams being provided between the adjacent elongated holes.

Abstract: Provided are an electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, and a lithium ion secondary battery, in which a reduction in the permeability of an electrolyte solution and an increase in resistance even when the density of the electrode is increased, can be suppressed. In the electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, a layer in which the diffusion rate of an electrolyte solution is greater than in an active material layer is disposed between a current collector and an active material layer. Specifically, the electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery includes a current collector, and an electrode active material layer containing an electrode active material, the electrode active material layer being formed on at least one side of the current collector, in which an electroconductive layer containing solid electrolyte particles and electroconductive particles is disposed between the current collector and the electrode active material layer.

Abstract: There is included (a) forming a protective film on a surface of a third base by supplying a processing gas to a substrate in which a first base containing no oxygen, a second base containing oxygen, and the third base containing no oxygen and no nitrogen are exposed on a surface of the substrate; (b) modifying a surface of the second base to be fluorine-terminated by supplying a fluorine-containing gas to the substrate after the protective film is formed on the surface of the third base; and (c) selectively forming a film on a surface of the first base by supplying a film-forming gas to the substrate after the surface of the second base is modified.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound having an excellent antitumor effect, stability and metabolic stability. The compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (1) wherein R1 represents a halogen atom, an aryl group, an aryloxy group or a lower alkyl group optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; and; m represents an integer of 1 to 3; provided that when m represents 2 or 3, R1s are the same or different.

Abstract: A water content sensor includes: a light emitter that emits detection light having a first wavelength band and reference light a second wavelength band toward a road surface; a first light receiver that converts the detection light reflected by the road surface to a first electric signal; a second light receiver that converts the reference light reflected by the road surface to a second electric signal; and a computation processor that detects the amount of water based on a signal ratio between the first electric signal and the second electric signal. The computation processor detects the amount of water based on the signal ratio obtained when the signal intensity of at least one of the first electric signal and the second electric signal is within a predetermined range defined relative to a reference value.

Abstract: [Problem to be solved] The present invention addresses the problem of providing a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases related to pulmonary fibrosis. [Solution] Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases involving pulmonary fibrosis, in which the active ingredient is 3-[2-(5-{[1-(5-ethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)-2-isopropyl-6-oxo-4-propyl-1,6-dihydropyrimidin-5-yl]methyl}pyridin-2-yl)phenyl]-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5(4H)-one, or a salt thereof, or a solvate of these.

Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) forming a silicon germanium film in an amorphous state so as to embed an inside of a recess formed on a surface of a substrate, by supplying a first silicon-containing gas and a germanium-containing gas to the substrate at a first temperature; (b) raising a temperature of the substrate from the first temperature to a second temperature, which is higher than the first temperature; and (c) forming a silicon film on the silicon germanium film by supplying a second silicon-containing gas to the substrate at the second temperature, wherein in (c), the silicon germanium film as a base of the silicon film is crystallized while the silicon film is formed.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet tray; a sheet detection sensor that detects that a sheet is placed on the sheet tray; a display unit; and a control unit. In a case where the sheet detection sensor detects the sheet on the sheet tray, the control unit determines whether or not to cause the display unit to display a confirmation screen for sheet setting. In a case where a predetermined inappropriate confirmation condition is satisfied, the control unit causes the display unit not to display the confirmation screen. In a case where the inappropriate confirmation condition is not satisfied, the control unit causes the display unit to display the confirmation screen.

Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) modifying a surface of one base among a first base and a second base to be F-terminated by supplying a fluorine-containing radical generated from a fluorine-containing gas to a substrate where the first base and the second base are exposed at a surface of the substrate; and (b) forming a film on a surface of the other base, which is different from the one base, among the first base and the second base by supplying a film-forming gas to the substrate after modifying the surface of the one base.