Abstract: A film-forming apparatus having a simple and downsized structure is provided. The film-forming apparatus includes at least one target having an opposing face that opposes a substrate, a plurality of target holders each detachably holding the target, a cooling unit that cools a plurality of the target holders, and at least one cooling panel. The at least one cooling panel includes a held part held by the target holder, and a heat receiving part having a heat receiving face that opposes the substrate with the held part held by the target holder and receives radiation heat emitted from the substrate. The held part transfers heat from the heat receiving face to the target holder. Each target holder selectively holds the target or the cooling panel.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy contains 0.7% to 1.8% of silicon, 0.5% to 2.1% of copper, 0.4% to 1.8% of manganese, 0.6% to 1.6% of magnesium, and 0.1% to 0.7% of zinc in terms of mass ratio and the balance aluminum with inevitable impurities.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a method for recovering useful fish meat proteins from waste water generated during fish paste or fishmeal production is provided. The provided is a method for recovering water-soluble proteins from fish paste leaching waste water or stick water, comprising: adjusting the pH of fish paste leaching waste water or stick water to 4.5-5.5 to insolubilize water-soluble proteins; heating the insolubilized proteins to 30° C. to 90° C. to cause the proteins to flocculate so as to form flocs; subjecting the flocs to solid-liquid separation using a decanter centrifuge during heating; and recovering proteins in the form of solid content.

Abstract: Providing a zoom lens system having excellent optical performance with a high zoom ratio, an imaging apparatus, and a method for zooming the zoom lens system. The system including, in order from an object, a first group G1 having negative refractive power, a second group G2 having positive refractive power, a third group G3 having negative refractive power, and a fourth group G4 having positive refractive power. An aperture stop S is disposed between the second group G2 and the fourth group G4. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, each group is moved such that a distance between the second group G2 and the third group G3 increases, a distance between the third group G3 and the fourth group G4 decreases, and the aperture stop S is moved together with the third group G3. Given conditions are satisfied.

Abstract: A printing apparatus that performs printing based on a print job received from a terminal apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire print settings corresponding to the print job, a display unit configured to display a predetermined inquiry screen in a case where double-sided printing is set and a predetermined binding direction is set as print settings for printing on a predetermined type of medium based on the print settings acquired by the acquisition unit, and a printing unit configured to perform single-sided printing that is based on the print job in a case where an instruction for printing is issued by a user via the predetermined inquiry screen displayed by the display unit.

Abstract: A polymerizable monomer, which is represented by the following general formula (1): in the general formula (1), X represents a divalent group, Ar1 and Ar2 each represent an aromatic group having a valence selected from divalence to tetravalence, and may be identical to or different from each other, L1 and L2 each represent a hydrocarbon group having a main chain with a number of atoms within a range of from 2 to 60 and having a valence selected from divalence to tetravalence, and may be identical to or different from each other, R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and m1, m2, n1, and n2 each represent an integer selected from a range of from 1 to 3; and a method of producing the polymerizable monomer, a curable composition and a resin member each using the polymerizable monomer.

Abstract: A printing apparatus for printing an image on paper includes first and second units, and a registration unit. The first unit detects a first length, along a predetermined conveyance direction, of paper conveyed from a feed port. The second unit detects a second length, along a direction intersecting with the predetermined conveyance direction, of the paper set in the feed port. The registration unit registers a size corresponding to the first and the second lengths of the paper set in the feed port, based on second unit detection. The first unit detects the first length of first paper conveyed to print a predetermined test pattern before second paper is set in the feed port. The registration unit registers a regular size based on a result of first unit detection on the first paper from among regular sizes corresponding to a result of second unit detection on the second paper.

Abstract: In a case where double-sided printing is set and a predetermined binding direction is set as a print setting for printing on a predetermined type of medium, a printing apparatus performs second rotation processing on an image targeted for printing transmitted from a terminal apparatus such that an orientation of the image targeted for printing returns to an orientation of the image obtained before first rotation processing is performed on the image by the terminal apparatus, and then performs single-sided printing of the image targeted for printing.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a circumferential weld joint. With this method, when low-carbon martensitic stainless steel pipes used for pipelines for transportation of petroleum and natural gas are subjected to circumferential welding, the circumferential welding can be performed efficiently using a low-cost welding material having a composition similar to the composition of the low-carbon martensitic stainless steel pipes. Pipe ends of low-carbon martensitic stainless steel pipes containing prescribed components are butted against each other and subjected to multi-pass arc welding using a welding material containing prescribed components. In the first pass in the multi-pass arc welding, CMT welding is performed in which the welding material is moved back and forth against a molten pool to generate an arc intermittently. In the second and subsequent passes, one selected from GMA welding, GTA welding, and the CMT welding is performed.

Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic rotatable pressing member having further durability. The electrophotographic rotatable pressing member includes: a substrate; and an elastic layer formed on the substrate, the elastic layer containing a silicone rubber and a needle-shaped filler dispersed in the silicone rubber and having hollow parts, wherein, when cutting the elastic layer along a cross section including a center axis of the substrate in a longitudinal direction of the electrophotographic rotatable pressing member, and a total of each sectional area of the hollow parts in a unit area A2 of a cross-sectional surface is defined as A1, a standard deviation of an area ratio A1/A2 is 0.08 or less.

Abstract: A semiconductor module that restrains the occurrence of detachment and an operation failure. The semiconductor module includes a PCB base, a conductive die pad provided on the PCB base, a semiconductor die provided on the conductive die pad, and a conductive die bonding agent that electrically connects the conductive die pad and the semiconductor die. The semiconductor module further includes a wire bonding pad provided on the PCB base, a wire that electrically connects the wire bonding pad and the semiconductor die, and a sealing resin that seals the conductive die pad, the semiconductor die, the conductive die bonding agent, the wire bonding pad, and the wire. In a planar view, the area of the conductive die pad is 5.0 mm2 or less.

Abstract: A coated steel sheet includes a corrosion-resistant coating composed of at least one layer selected from the group consisting of a Ni layer, a Sn layer, an Fe—Ni alloy layer, an Fe—Sn alloy layer, and an Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer disposed on at least one surface of a steel sheet, and an adhesive coating disposed on the corrosion-resistant coating, the adhesive coating containing Zr and further containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Ni, V, Cu, Mn, and Zn, in total, at a ratio by mass of 0.01 to 10 with respect to Zr. The coated steel sheet has excellent humid resin adhesion and corrosion resistance, in which streaky surface defects do not occur.

Abstract: A communication device includes a first holding unit which holds a disk-like first recording medium capable of storing information and a second holding unit which holds a second recording medium which is different from the first recording medium. The communication device further includes a request reception unit configured to receive a request for information indicating a recording medium which is usable by the communication device from a terminal device, and a transmission unit configured to transmit information indicating the first recording medium and information indicating the second recording medium held by the second holding unit to the terminal device when the request is received.

Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic rotatable pressing member having further durability. The electrophotographic rotatable pressing member includes: a substrate; and an elastic layer formed on the substrate, the elastic layer containing a silicone rubber and a needle-shaped filler dispersed in the silicone rubber and having hollow parts, wherein, when cutting the elastic layer along a cross section including a center axis of the substrate in a longitudinal direction of the electrophotographic rotatable pressing member, and a total of each sectional area of the hollow parts in a unit area A2 of a cross-sectional surface is defined as A1, a standard deviation of an area ratio A1/A2 is 0.08 or less.

Abstract: An absorbent article includes a topsheet comprising a composite sheet. In the composite sheet, projections that protrude toward the skin of the wearer are formed by a first sheet protruding in a direction away from a second sheet at portions other than bonding portions. A plurality of first oblique bonding portion rows and a plurality of second oblique bonding portion rows are formed, and a long bonding portion elongated in a longitudinal direction is formed at each intersection of the first oblique bonding portion rows and the second oblique bonding portion rows. Laterally long projections elongated in a width direction are formed in a dispersed manner in the longitudinal direction and the width direction. Each laterally long projection is surrounded by two first oblique bonding portion rows and two second oblique bonding portion rows, and the long bonding portion is formed between adjacent laterally long projections in the width direction.

Abstract: A fastening member includes a first alloy portion and a second alloy portion. The first alloy portion is made of an aluminum alloy including 0.005 wt % to 5.0 wt % zinc and 0.6 wt % to 2.0 wt % magnesium and is provided to a part that comes into contact with at least one of a plurality of members serving as a fastening target. The second alloy portion is made of an aluminum alloy including more than 2.0 wt % and 5.0 wt % or less magnesium and more than 5.0 wt % and 10 wt % or less zinc and is joined to the first alloy portion.

Abstract: Provided are: a carbonaceous acoustic matching layer which exhibits satisfactory mechanical strength, in which losses at a layer interface are suppressed as far as possible and in which the degree of variation in acoustic impedance in the thickness direction can be increased; and a method for producing same. The carbonaceous acoustic matching layer is obtained by dispersing filler particles, which are selected on the basis of the desired acoustic impedance of each layer, in a resin such as a furan resin, a phenol resin or a vinyl chloride resin, curing, laminating, and then carbonizing the resin by heating in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, amorphous carbon, which is obtained by the resin carbonization, is integrated across all the layers. The blending proportion of the filler particles is decided so that the difference in coefficient of linear contraction caused by the carbonization is at a minimum between adjacent layers.

Abstract: One end portion of a resin tube kept in a diameter expanded state by a plurality of diameter expanding claws is disengaged from the diameter expanding claws and is shifted onto an outer peripheral surface of a die by applying a pressing force toward the other end portion of the resin tube to an end surface of the one end portion of the resin tube.

Abstract: A high-strength seamless stainless steel pipe has a composition including, by mass %, 0.05% or less C, 1.0% or less Si, 0.1 to 0.5% Mn, 0.05% or less P, 0.005% or less S, more than 16.0% to 18.0% or less Cr, more than 2.0% to 3.0% or less Mo, 0.5 to 3.5% Cu, 3.0% or more and less than 5.0% Ni, 0.01 to 3.0% W, 0.01 to 0.5% Nb, 0.001 to 0.3% Ti, 0.001 to 0.1% Al, less than 0.07% N, 0.01% or less O, and Fe and unavoidable impurities as a balance, wherein the steel pipe has a microstructure including a tempered martensite phase forming a main phase, 20 to 40% of a ferrite phase in terms of volume ratio, and 25% or less of a residual austenite phase in terms of volume ratio, an average grain size of the ferrite phase is 40 ?m or less, and a sum of amounts of Ti and Nb precipitated as precipitates having a grain size of 2 ?m or less is 0.

Abstract: One end portion of a resin tube kept in a diameter expanded state by a plurality of diameter expanding claws is disengaged from the diameter expanding claws and is shifted onto an outer peripheral surface of a die by applying a pressing force toward the other end portion of the resin tube to an end surface of the one end portion of the resin tube.