Abstract: An automated analyzer for accurately detecting the position of a nozzle for dispensing, thus being able to highly accurately adjust the position of the nozzle. The automated analyzer includes: dispensing mechanisms including nozzles that dispense a reagent and a specimen, and dispensing arms that move the nozzles; cleaning tanks for cleaning the nozzles; and an automated analyzer control unit that adjusts positions of the nozzles. The automated analyzer analyzes a mixed liquid of the reagent and the specimen, being held in a reaction cell. At the dispensing mechanisms, stop positions of the nozzles are set. The dispensing mechanisms each include an imaging device disposed on the dispensing arms. The automated analyzer control unit takes images of the nozzles, using the imaging device, at imaging positions of the nozzles. The imaging positions are positions to which the nozzles are allowed to move, respectively, and are positions different from the stop positions.

Abstract: In an organic EL display device in which an outer peripheral shape of a display region is a variant shape different from a rectangular shape and having rounded corner portions and a notch portion, a protruding portion having a height equal to or greater than heights of a first dam wall and a second dam wall is provided at positions facing the rounded corner portions and the notch portion in the display region through the second dam wall and the first dam wall positioned inside the second dam wall, on the outer side of the second dam wall in a frame region.

Abstract: A display device includes a base substrate, a thin film transistor layer including an upper layer insulating film and an organic resin layer, a plurality of light-emitting elements provided on the thin film transistor layer and each including a common function layer, a non-display region provided in the display region, an opening provided in the non-display region and passing through the base substrate, and a first frame-shaped protruding portion provided on the upper layer insulating film in a circumferential shape along the opening. The first frame-shaped protruding portion includes a portion where an area of a transverse section parallel to an upper face of the base substrate decreases from an upper face to a bottom face, the common function layer is also provided in the non-display region, and a slit surrounding the first frame-shaped protruding portion is formed in the common function layer provided in the non-display region.

Abstract: The invention provides an S1P ligand-binding nucleic acid complex that is delivered to a target organ to regulate expression or editing of a target gene or a transcription or translation product thereof. The S1P ligand-binding nucleic acid complex includes a nucleic acid with an antisense oligonucleotide 12 to 30 nucleotides in length, and has a nucleic acid sequence complementary to a target transcription product, bound to a S1P ligand. The nucleic acid complex is useful for the treatment of a disease caused by such gene. The ligand-binding nucleic acid complex can be delivered to an organ, tissue, or cell in which the S1P receptor is expressed, such as the skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, liver, kidney, lung, mammary gland, fat, podocyte, lymphocyte, or vascular endothelial cell.

Abstract: Provided is a technique for detecting deviation amounts in two directions between a tip of a nozzle of a pipetting device and a target stop position from one image. An imaging device of the present disclosure is an imaging device installed in a pipetting device including a nozzle that aspirates and dispenses liquid and an arm that holds the nozzle and moves the nozzle by a rotation operation. The imaging device includes: a camera that includes an image sensor and a lens; and a pair of mirrors that includes a first mirror having a first reflective surface and a second mirror having a second reflective surface. The pair of mirrors is arranged such that the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface face each other. The pair of mirrors is arranged one by one between the tip of the nozzle and a bottom surface of the arm, on both sides across a plane that includes a rotation axis of the arm and a central axis of the nozzle.

Abstract: A display device includes: a through hole provided through a resin layer and all layers that are provided as overlying and underlying layers of the resin layer; and a non-display area including, in an extension of at least one of a plurality of inorganic insulating films from a display area and at least partway through a thickness of the resin layer, a slit formed so as to surround at least a part of the through hole, wherein the slit has two opposing side faces at least either one of which has an upper portion including the at least one of the plurality of inorganic insulating films, and the at least one of the plurality of inorganic insulating films that is shaped like an eave is, in the slit, in direct contact with a first inorganic sealing film covering the display area and the non-display area including the slit.

Abstract: A prepreg containing at least the following components [A] to [D], wherein the prepreg includes: a first layer in which the component [A] is impregnated with a first resin composition containing the components [B] and [C]; and a second layer that contains a second resin composition containing the components [B] to [D] and is formed on both surfaces of the first layer, and the first layer and the second layer are adjacent to each other, an average fiber diameter of a carbon fiber as the component [A] is 6 ?m or more and 9 ?m or less, and a content of a bifunctional amine type epoxy resin [B1] is 15 parts by mass or more and less than 40 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of a total amount of epoxy resin of the component [B]: [A] a carbon fiber; [B] an epoxy resin; [C] a curing agent; and [D] thermoplastic resin particles.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, in a non-display region inside a display region, an oxide semiconductor layer is provided in an island shape, a first opening is provided in a first inorganic insulating film so as to expose the oxide semiconductor layer in the non-display region, a common functional layer is provided so as to extend from the display region to the non-display region, and a second opening is provided so as to expose the oxide semiconductor layer in the common functional layer, a peripheral end of the second opening being surrounded by a peripheral end of the first opening in a plan view.

Abstract: The present invention provides a technology in production of a prepreg and enhances the production efficiency, in which the technology allows the arrangement property and rectilinearity of reinforcing fibers to be well maintained and allows any resin to be applied stably at a high speed. A prepreg is produced by a method which includes: discharging a molten resin in planar form to form a resin film, and applying the resin film onto a reinforcing fiber sheet conveyed continuously, wherein the reinforcing fiber sheet is conveyed substantially in the horizontal direction, and wherein an angle made between the discharge direction of the resin and the conveyance direction of the reinforcing fiber sheet 1a is 80° or less.

Abstract: A fiber-reinforced composite material including reinforcing fiber layers and a resin layer sandwiched therebetween, wherein conductive particles having a sphericity of 85% or more are disposed in the resin layer, and the fiber-reinforced composite material has a portion where upper and lower reinforcing fiber layers are connected by one conductive particle and has a portion where a conductive particle is sunk in a reinforcing fiber layer. Provided is a fiber-reinforced composite material having sufficient electrical conductivity in a thickness direction with a small addition amount of conductive particles.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display including a plurality of light-emitting devices; a first bank provided outside the display; a second bank provided outside the first bank; and a plurality of peripheral lines formed below, and intersecting with, the first bank and the second bank, wherein each of the peripheral lines includes a plurality of bends provided between the first bank and the second bank in plan view.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a prepreg, in which a matrix resin is applied to a reinforcing fiber sheet, where the sheet can continuously run without clogging due to generated fuzz, even at a high running speed, and where the sheet can be efficiently impregnated with the matrix resin. The prepreg is produced by a method which includes a step of allowing a reinforcing fiber sheet to pass horizontally or slantingly through the inside of a coating section storing a matrix resin to apply the matrix resin to the reinforcing fiber sheet, where the coating section includes a liquid pool and a narrowed section which are in communication with each other, where the liquid pool has a portion whose cross-sectional area decreases continuously along a running direction of the reinforcing fiber sheet, and wherein the narrowed section has a slit-like cross-section and has a smaller cross-sectional area than the largest cross-sectional area of the liquid pool.

Abstract: An organic EL display device includes an organic EL element disposed on a flattening film, and a sealing film disposed over the organic EL element, a display region, and a frame region disposed around the display region. The frame region includes a plurality of mask spacers. The flattening film has a recess disposed between the display region and the mask spacers adjacent to the display region. The recess is filled with an organic film.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a prepreg, in which a matrix resin is applied to a reinforcing fiber sheet, where the sheet can continuously run without clogging due to generated fuzz, even at a high running speed, and where the sheet can be efficiently impregnated with the matrix resin. The prepreg is produced by a method which includes a step of allowing a reinforcing fiber sheet to pass horizontally or slantingly through the inside of a coating section storing a matrix resin to apply the matrix resin to the reinforcing fiber sheet, where the coating section includes a liquid pool and a narrowed section which are in communication with each other, where the liquid pool has a portion whose cross-sectional area decreases continuously along a running direction of the reinforcing fiber sheet, and wherein the narrowed section has a slit-like cross-section and has a smaller cross-sectional area than the largest cross-sectional area of the liquid pool.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a prepreg that yields a carbon fiber composite material that has exceptional tensile strength, heat resistance, and impact resistance and is suitable as a structural material of an aircraft body, wherein the resin composition used in the prepreg furthermore has exceptional viscosity stability, the prepreg containing a resin composition that contains carbon fibers and at least the constituent elements [A]—[D] as defined.

Abstract: A method of producing a prepreg is described, in which a matrix resin is applied to a reinforcing fiber sheet in which the sheet can continuously run without clogging due to generated fuzz even at a high running speed and where the reinforcing fiber sheet can be efficiently impregnated with the matrix resin. A method of producing a prepreg includes allowing a reinforcing fiber sheet to pass substantially vertically downward through the inside of a coating section storing a matrix resin to apply the matrix resin to the reinforcing fiber sheet; and then applying a resin film to a primary impregnate prepreg withdrawn from the coating section.

Abstract: A developing device includes: a housing in which a developer is contained; a cover member configured to cover an upper opening of the housing; a developer holder that is supported by the housing and holds the developer on an outer surface and rotates; and a regulating member that faces the developer holder and is configured to regulate an amount of the developer on the outer surface. The device also includes a first exit path inclined toward an inside of the housing which is configured to exit air from the inside of the housing to an outside of the cover member. A second exit path connects the first exit path and a filter member provided on the cover member, in which the filter member prevents passage of the developer and allows for passage of air.

Abstract: A display device includes: a base substrate; a TFT layer; a plurality of light-emitting elements; a sealing portion; a display region; and a frame region, wherein the sealing portion includes a first sealing film provided on the plurality of light-emitting elements, a second sealing film provided above the first sealing film, a third sealing film provided above the second sealing film, and a light-transmissive conductive film provided between two sealing films of the first sealing film, the second sealing film, and the third sealing film, an edge of the first sealing film and an edge of the third sealing film are positioned outward of an edge of the second sealing film in the frame region, and the light-transmissive conductive film is electrically connected to a first electrodes or a second electrode.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for producing a prepreg, for applying a coating liquid to a reinforcing fiber sheet, the apparatus including: a coating section including: a liquid pool storing the coating liquid and having a portion whose cross-sectional area decreases continuously and vertically downward, and a narrowed section having a slit-like outlet in communication with the lower end of the liquid pool; a running mechanism for allowing the reinforcing fiber sheet to run vertically downward and be introduced into the coating section; a take-up mechanism for taking up the reinforcing fiber sheet downward from the coating section; wall constituent members opposed to each other in the thickness direction of the reinforcing fiber sheet to form the narrowed section; and an external force application mechanism for applying an external force to the wall constituent members in the thickness direction of the reinforcing fiber sheet.

Abstract: A method is described for producing a prepreg formed by applying a matrix resin to a reinforcing fiber sheet, wherein the method can effect continuous running without clogging due to generated fuzz even at a high running speed and effect efficient impregnation of the reinforcing fiber sheet with a matrix resin. A method of producing a prepreg includes allowing a reinforcing fiber sheet to pass substantially vertically downward through the inside of a coating section storing a matrix resin to obtain a matrix resin-impregnated reinforcing fiber sheet in which the matrix resin is applied to the reinforcing fiber sheet and at least heating the matrix resin-impregnated reinforcing fiber sheet, wherein the coating section includes a liquid pool and a narrowed section which are in communication with each other, wherein the liquid pool has a portion whose cross-sectional area decreases continuously along a running direction of the reinforcing fiber sheet.