Abstract: A semiconductor device according to one embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate, first transistors including a first diffusion layer provided on a surface of the semiconductor substrate and including impurities and carbon, and first contact plugs provided on the first diffusion layer. The first diffusion layer includes a first region being in contact with the first contact plugs and a second region covering the first region. A concentration of the carbon is higher than that of the impurities in the first region as a depth from the surface is larger.

Abstract: Provided is an organic white light emitting element (EL) including: a reflective electrode, a light extraction electrode, and an organic layer arranged therebetween, the organic layer including: a blue light emitting layer (BL); and a long-wavelength light emitting layer, the long-wavelength light emitting layer arranged between the BL and the reflective electrode, the BL provided at such a position as to satisfy Equation given below: z=?×?1/4? where z represents an optical distance between the reflective electrode and an interface of the BL on the reflective electrode side, ? represents a phase of light reflected by the reflective electrode in an emission wavelength region of the BL, and ?1 represents a wavelength in a visible light region, and the EL has a resonator structure defined between the reflective electrode and the light extraction electrode and has a maximum peak resonant wavelength in a blue light wavelength region.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a plurality of organic EL elements. Each of the organic EL elements includes a reflection electrode, a hole transport region, an electron-trapping luminescent layer, and a light extraction electrode in this order. The hole transport region has a sheet resistance of 4.0×107 ?/sq.? or more at a current of 0.1 nA/pixel, and the total thickness of the hole transport region and the electron-trapping luminescent layer is equivalent to an optical path length enabling emission from the electron-trapping luminescent layer to be enhanced.

Abstract: An auxiliary burner for an electric furnace capable of increasing and homogenizing the heating effect of iron scrap by suitably and efficiently burning solid fuel along with gas fuel. Auxiliary burner 100 for an electric furnace comprises a solid fuel injection tube 1, a gas fuel injection tube 2, and a combustion-supporting gas injection tube 3 in the stated order from the center side, all arranged coaxially, and is characterized in that: a combustion-supporting gas flow path 30 of the 10 combustion-supporting gas injection tube 3 is provided with a plurality of swirl vanes 4 for swirling the combustion-supporting gas, and the angle ? formed between the swirl vanes 4 and the burner axis is 5° or more and 45° or less.

Abstract: Provided is an internal gear pump in which a casing and a cover can be easily positioned to each other when the casing and the cover are assembled, and they can be prevented from separating or falling off. In an internal gear pump 1, at least one of a casing 5 and a cover 6 is a molded body of a resin composition and the like. The casing 5 and the cover 6 are fixed with a plurality of protrusion parts protruding from one of the casing 5 and the cover 6 fitted in the other. The protrusion parts protrude from the casing of metal bushes 9 fixed to the casing 5, and the casing 5 and the cover 6 are integrated by bolts 13 passing through the metal bushes 9 across these two members.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to: transmit a first update command for updating a value stored in a terminal device to the terminal device, transmit a second update command when no notification is received after the first update command transmitted within a first predetermined time; a control unit configured to determine if the value has been changed by comparing a first value retrieved from the terminal device before the first update command transmitted and a second value retrieved from the terminal device after the second update command transmitted when no notification is received after the second update command transmitted within a second predetermined time. An information processing method is also provided.

Abstract: To provide an internal gear pump capable of suppressing a liquid discharge amount during a high-speed rotation by controlling discharge pressure while achieving reduction in size, weight, cost, and the like. An internal gear pump 1 includes: a trochoid 4 in which an inner rotor 3 having a plurality of external teeth is accommodated inside an outer rotor 2 having a plurality of internal teeth in an eccentrically rotatable manner with the external teeth and the internal teeth interdigitated with each other, and a suction-side volume chamber for sucking liquid and a discharge-side volume chamber for discharging the liquid sucked into the suction-side volume chamber are formed between the internal teeth and the external teeth; a casing formed with a recessed part 8 for accommodating the trochoid 4; and a cover 6 that closes the recessed part 8.

Abstract: An organic EL device includes at least an anode, a first light-emitting layer, an intermediate layer, a second light-emitting layer, and a cathode in this order. The intermediate layer is adjacent to the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer. The first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer can trap electrons. A material constituting the intermediate layer is a hydrocarbon that has a HOMO level equal to or lower than the HOMO level of a host of the first light-emitting layer and that has a high S1 level.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a plurality of organic EL elements. Each of the organic EL elements includes a reflection electrode, a hole transport region, an electron-trapping luminescent layer, and a light extraction electrode in this order. The hole transport region has a sheet resistance of 4.0×107 ?/sq. or more at a current of 0.1 nA/pixel, and the total thickness of the hole transport region and the electron-trapping luminescent layer is equivalent to an optical path length enabling emission from the electron-trapping luminescent layer to be enhanced.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to one embodiment is provided with: a substrate; a stacked body provided on the substrate; and a pillar portion penetrating the stacked body. The pillar portion has a first film including a first material and a second material, and a second film provided on an inner side of the first film. The second material is a material that increases an etching rate of the first material as a composition rate relative to the first material is higher, and the composition rate gradually decreases from an upper part to a lower part of the first film.

Abstract: A method for producing ?-Glu-Val-Gly is described, wherein the method includes the steps of cultivating a ?-Glu-Val-Gly-producing bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae in a culture medium so that the ?-Glu-Val-Gly accumulates in the culture medium or the cells of the bacterium, or both, and collecting the ?-Glu-Val-Gly from the culture medium or the cells of the bacterium, or both. The bacterium has been modified to overexpress a gene encoding a protein having L-threonine 3-dehydrogenase activity and a gene encoding a protein having 2-amino-3-oxobutanoate coenzyme A ligase activity.

Abstract: Provided are producing methods for a 3-difluoromethylpyrazole compound and a 3-difluoromethylpyrazole-4-carboxylic acid compound, which include, in a reaction solvent containing a specific solvent, subjecting a difluoroacetyl group-containing compound, a hydrazine compound, and formaldehyde to a cyclocondensation reaction, and subsequently oxidizing the obtained pyrazole compound precursor, and a pyrazolidine compound represented by a specific formula in these producing methods.

Abstract: Provided is an auxiliary burner for an electric furnace capable of increasing and homogenizing the heating effect of iron scrap by suitably and efficiently burning solid fuel along with gas fuel. This auxiliary burner 100 for an electric furnace comprises a solid fuel injection tube 1, a gas fuel injection tube 2, and a combustion-supporting gas injection tube 3 in the stated order from the center side, all arranged coaxially, and is characterized in that: a flow path 30 of the combustion-supporting gas injection tube 3 is provided with a plurality of swirl vanes 4 for swirling the combustion-supporting gas, and a flow path 20 of the gas fuel injection tube 2 is provided with a plurality of swirl vanes 5 for swirling the gas fuel; and the angle ?1 of the swirl vanes 4 and the ?2 of the swirl vanes 5 satisfy the relationship ?1<?2.

Abstract: An organic EL element characterized by including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first light-emitting layer, a second light-emitting layer, and a third light-emitting layer that are disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first light-emitting layer, the second light-emitting layer, and the third light-emitting layer each containing a host material and a light-emitting material, in which the first light-emitting layer is a light-emitting layer that emits red light and green light, the second light-emitting layer is a light-emitting layer that emits blue light, and the third light-emitting layer is a light-emitting layer that emits green light.

Abstract: An organic device comprising light emitting elements arranged on a substrate is provided. Each of the light emitting elements comprises, from a side of the substrate, a reflection layer, a light-shielding member, a first electrode, an organic layer including a light emitting layer, and a second electrode. The light emitting elements comprise a first element and a second element arranged adjacent to each other. A length in a second direction of a portion of the light-shielding member is longer than that of the portion in a first direction, the portion being arranged in a region where the first and second element are adjacent to each other, and the first direction is a direction in which the first and second element are arranged and the second direction is a direction perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head having at least one nozzle array including a plurality of nozzles lined in a nozzle array direction; a two-dimensional image sensor to capture an image formed by the liquid discharge head; and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to divide the nozzles into a plurality of nozzle units; form a pattern including a plurality of unit patterns with liquid discharged from the nozzle units, respectively; and detect a defective nozzle based on a captured image of each of the unit patterns. The unit patterns are arranged in a staggered manner. Each unit pattern is smaller in size than an image capture range of the two-dimensional image sensor. Each unit pattern includes a number of columns of lines extending in a direction perpendicular to the nozzle array direction, and the number of columns is not smaller than twice the number of nozzle arrays.

Abstract: A blower includes an impeller rotatable about a central axis, a motor that drives the impeller, and a housing that accommodates the impeller and the motor. The impeller includes a plurality of vanes arrayed in a circumferential direction and a flange in which the plurality of vanes are provided at an outer circumferential edge on a radially outer side. The housing includes a first housing that faces a vane lower end surface located on an axial-direction lower side of the vane with a gap interposed therebetween. The vane lower end surface includes a first vane end surface in which a shortest distance to the first housing in an axial direction increases toward the radially outer side.

Abstract: One embodiment of this invention has a first electrode, a first light emitting layer, and a second electrode, in which the first light emitting layer has a first host material and a first dopant material, a lowest triplet excitation energy of the first host material is higher than a lowest triplet excitation energy of the first dopant material, and, when a weight of the first light emitting layer is set to 100 wt %, a concentration of the first dopant material is 0.3 wt % or less.

Abstract: An organic device comprising a reflective electrode, an organic layer arranged on the reflective electrode, a semi-transmissive electrode arranged on the organic layer and a reflection surface formed above the semi-transmissive electrode is provided. The organic layer emits white light and includes a blue-emitting layer. An optical distance L of the organic layer satisfies L [{@r+?s)/?}×(?b/4)]×1.2, where ?b is a peak wavelength of the blue-emitting layer, ?r and ?s are a phase shift of the wavelength ?b in the reflective electrode and the semi-transmissive electrode, respectively. A resonant wavelength of an optical distance between the semi-transmissive electrode and the reflection surface is shorter than the wavelength ?b.

Abstract: A white organic electroluminescent (EL) element includes, in sequence, an anode, a first light-emitting layer that is a blue-light-emitting layer, a hole-blocking layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode. The hole-blocking layer is adjacent to the first light-emitting layer and the electron transport layer and formed of a hydrocarbon. The electron transport layer is formed of a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound. The first light-emitting layer contains a first host and a first dopant that emits blue fluorescent light. Relations (a), (b), and (c) are satisfied. LUMO(H1)>LUMO(D1)??(a) 0.1<d(ETL)/d(HBL)<0.7??(b) 90 nm?d(E)=d(HBL)+d(ETL)<150 nm??(c) LUMO (H1): lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy of first host LUMO (D1): LUMO energy of first dopant d (HBL): thickness of hole-blocking layer d (ETL): thickness of electron transport layer.