Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a chemical liquid which makes it possible to form a thinner resist film having a uniform thickness on a substrate by using a small amount of resist composition and demonstrates excellent defect inhibition performance. Another object of the present invention is to provide a pattern forming method.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral-electric-field liquid crystal display device includes a light-emitting display layer including OLEDs and a driving circuit controlling light emission of the OLEDs, a moisture impermeable film provided to be laminated on the light-emitting display layer to prevent infiltration of moisture into the light-emitting display layer, an optical substrate provided separately from the moisture impermeable film and subjecting light from the light-emitting display region to optical processing, a first touch electrode group serving as one electrode group of touch electrodes and provided on a back surface of the optical substrate, and an extraction electrode group formed to be laminated on the moisture impermeable film, the extraction electrode group and the optical substrate have an overlapping part in plan view, and electrodes of the first touch electrode group being electrically connected to electrodes of the extraction electrode group in the overlapping part.

Abstract: A control for an internal combustion engine makes an air-fuel ratio in at least one of a plurality of cylinders equal to a rich air-fuel ratio smaller than a theoretical air-fuel ratio, makes an air-fuel ratio in each of the other remaining ones of the plurality of the cylinders equal to a lean air-fuel ratio larger than the theoretical air-fuel ratio, executes a temperature raising process for raising a temperature of a catalyst that purifies exhaust gas from the plurality of the cylinders, executes a detection process for detecting a degree of dispersion of the air-fuel ratio among the plurality of the cylinders, and executes a determination process for determining, based on the detected degree of dispersion, whether or not a plurality of fuel injection valves corresponding to the plurality of the cylinders respectively are normal, and executes the detection process while avoiding a period of the temperature raising process.

Abstract: A model learning device comprises: an initial value setting part that uses a parameter of a learned first model including a neural network to set a parameter of a second model including a neural network having a same network structure as the first model; a first output probability distribution calculating part that calculates a first output probability distribution including a distribution of an output probability of each unit on an output layer, using learning features and the first model; a second output probability distribution calculating part that calculates a second output probability distribution including a distribution of an output probability of each unit on the output layer, using learning features and the second model; and a modified model update part that obtains a weighted sum of a second loss function calculated from correct information and from the second output probability distribution, and a cross entropy between the first output probability distribution and the second output probability dis

Abstract: A head includes a head body and a face plate fixed to the head body. The face plate includes a plate front surface, a plate back surface, and a plate side surface. The plate back surface includes a center of figure. The head body includes a receiving surface which supports the plate back surface from rear. An outer peripheral edge part of the plate back surface includes a projection part which abuts on the receiving surface. If a toe-side region, a top-side region, and a sole-side region of the projection part are defined as a first section, and a heel-side region of the projection part is defined as a second section, then a width of the projection part is varied in the first section.

Abstract: A rectifier circuit is configured to receive first and second alternate current (AC) signals that have opposite phases. The rectifier circuit includes a first half-wave rectifier circuit that includes a first metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor and a second MOS transistor connected in series, and performs half-wave rectification on the first AC signal to generate a first direct current (DC) signal, a second half-wave rectifier circuit that includes a third MOS transistor and a fourth MOS transistor connected in series, and performs the half-wave rectification on the second AC signal to generate a second DC signal, the first DC signal and the second DC signal being outputted by the rectifier circuit to a load, and a body potential setting circuit configured to set a body potential of each of the first MOS transistor, the second MOS transistor, the third MOS transistor, and the fourth MOS transistor.

Abstract: An upper structure for a shoe improves foot fit and hold of an upper at the time of turn motion. In an upper 2 that covers a foot of a shoe wearer, an expandable part 20 is provided at a midfoot region M that corresponds to a midfoot portion of the foot, and a non-expandable part 21 is provided at a lateral side region and a medial side region except for the midfoot region M. A boundary portion 22 between the expandable part 20 and the non-expandable part 21 has a substantially flat or flush surface. At the boundary portion 22, respective end portions 20E, 21E of the expandable part 20 and the non-expandable part 21 are sewn together such that a seam does not appear on the boundary surface. The shoe may further include an outsole having at least one groove in a particular triangular region on a bottom surface of the outsole.

Abstract: A scissor forceps comprises a base and a pair of blades configured to be pivotally attached to one another via a swing shaft attached to the base in an overlapping relationship. A drive mechanism is used to drive the blades and includes a power transmitting member that transmits a pulling force. A swing mechanism is disposed on a proximal side of the blades relative to the swing shaft converting a portion of the pulling force being transmitted by the power transmitting member to a first force that swings the blades. A pressing mechanism that converts another portion of the pulling force to a second force that separates the blades in the axial direction of the swing shaft on the proximal side of the blades. The swing mechanism includes cam grooves formed through the blades along directions that intersect one another on the proximal side of each of the blades.

Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis device for an engine includes an electronic control unit configured to execute temperature rise processing by controlling an air-fuel ratio of at least one of a plurality of cylinders to be a rich air-fuel ratio and controlling an air-fuel ratio of each of the other cylinders to be a lean air-fuel ratio. The electronic control unit is configured to determine whether or not the execution of the temperature rise processing is ongoing, to execute abnormality determination processing to determine whether or not the engine is in an abnormal state, to execute the abnormality determination processing based on whether or not the variation degree during stop of the temperature rise processing exceeds a first determination value, and to execute the abnormality determination processing based on whether or not the variation degree during the execution of the temperature rise processing exceeds a second determination value.

Abstract: A golf club head according to the present invention includes a face portion, a crown portion and a sole portion, the crown portion including a first region extending in a toe-heel direction along at least part of the face portion, a second region arranged further on a back side than the first region, a step region extending in the toe-heel direction between the first region and the second region and extending downward toward the second region from the first region side, and at least one rib formed on an inner wall surface of the crown portion and extending in a face-back direction from at least the step region to the second region.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a deflector deflecting a charged particle beam, a first correcting lens and a second correcting lens correcting a focus position of the charged particle beam, a focus correction amount calculator calculating a first correction amount for the focus position according to a change in a height position of a sample surface, and calculating a second correction amount for the focus position according to a change in shot size of the charged particle beam, a first DAC (digital to analog converter) amplifier applying a voltage for a ground potential based on the first correction amount to the first correcting lens, and a second DAC amplifier applying a voltage for a ground potential based on the second correction amount to the second correcting lens, an output of the second DAC amplifier being smaller than an output of the first DAC amplifier.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device according to an aspect of the invention includes a display region having a plurality of sub pixels. The sub pixels each include a pixel electrode and a thin film transistor electrically coupled to the pixel electrode. A transient leak current of each thin film transistor included in the sub pixels at both ends of the display region among the sub pixels provided on a line passing through the center of the display region in plan view is smaller than a transient leak current of each thin film transistor included in the sub pixels in a central portion including the center.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral-electric-field liquid crystal display device includes a light-emitting display layer including OLEDs and a driving circuit controlling light emission of the OLEDs, a moisture impermeable film provided to be laminated on the light-emitting display layer to prevent infiltration of moisture into the light-emitting display layer, an optical substrate provided separately from the moisture impermeable film and subjecting light from the light-emitting display region to optical processing, a first touch electrode group serving as one electrode group of touch electrodes and provided on a back surface of the optical substrate, and an extraction electrode group formed to be laminated on the moisture impermeable film, the extraction electrode group and the optical substrate have an overlapping part in plan view, and electrodes of the first touch electrode group being electrically connected to electrodes of the extraction electrode group in the overlapping part.

Abstract: A club includes a head, a shaft, and a grip. A club length L1 is 43 inches or greater and 48 inches or less. A ratio (Wh/Wc) between a head weight Wh and a club weight Wc is equal to or greater than 0.70. An inertia moment Ix about swing axis is 6.90×103 (kg·cm2) or greater and 7.50×103 (kg·cm2) or less. A static moment Mt (kg·cm) of the club is equal to or greater than 16.3 (kg·cm). The frequency of vibration of club is 240 (cpm) or greater and 280 (cpm) or less. The inertia moment Ix (kg·cm2) is calculated by Equation (1): Ix=Wc×(Lc+60)2+Ic??(1).

Abstract: A transport system includes a transport path having at least two transporting modules, a carriage configured to move on the transport path, a controller provided on each of the two transporting modules and configured to drive the carriage in response to a drive command, and a sensor provided on each of the two transporting modules. The drive command is corrected with a distance between the sensors provided on the two transporting modules.

Abstract: A controller for an engine includes a temperature raising control unit configured to execute a temperature raising process of raising the temperature of the exhaust gas purifying member and an ambient air amount control unit configured to control driving of the adjustment mechanism. The ambient air amount control unit starts an ambient air amount increasing process that controls the adjustment mechanism so that the amount of ambient air flowing into the engine compartment is increased when the temperature raising process is being executed from that when the temperature raising process is not being executed.

Abstract: In a sole structure, a first projection can be deformed more easily toward a heel than tiptoe in a through hole of a sole component, due to a heel side gap which is formed between an inclined surface of the first projection and a wall of the first through hole located closer to the heel.

Abstract: An emission control device for an internal combustion engine is configured to perform a particulate matter trap function of trapping, with a particulate filter, particulate matter contained in exhaust gas which flows in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine. The emission control device includes a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a particulate matter accumulation amount, which is a total amount of particulate matter trapped by the particulate filter based on an operation condition of the internal combustion engine. The controller is configured to stop calculating the particulate matter accumulation amount when the particulate matter trap function is not functioning.

Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine includes an electronic control unit configured to execute dither control processing in a first mode and a second mode. The dither control processing is processing for operating a fuel injection valve such that an air-fuel ratio of at least one cylinder among cylinders becomes lean air-fuel ratio, and an air-fuel ratio of cylinders different from the at least one cylinder becomes rich air-fuel ratio when a condition that a regeneration request of the filter occurs is established. In the second mode, an absolute value of the difference between the air-fuel ratio in the lean combustion cylinder and the air-fuel ratio in the rich combustion cylinder smaller than in the first mode.

Abstract: To provide a polyester binder fiber with improved adhesiveness and a fiber structure containing the polyester binder. (1) A polyester binder fiber includes a polyester and a polymer having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1) in a proportion of 0.1 to 5.0 mass % based on the mass of the polyester, and the polyester binder fiber has a crystallization temperature measured by differential calorimetry in a range of 100 to 250° C.; (2) a fiber structure includes the polyester binder fibers, and polyester subject fibers without a crystallization temperature, the polyester subject fibers being bonded via the polyester binder fiber. In the formula R1 and R2 are substituents each comprising arbitrary atoms chosen from C, H, N, O, S, P, and a halogen atom, the sum of the molecular weights of R1 and R2 is 40 or more, and n is a positive integer.