Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for keratin fibers, comprising: (a) at least one biodegradable liquid fatty material; (b) at least one alkaline agent; (c) at least one thickener; and (d) water, wherein the amount of the (a) biodegradable liquid fatty material(s) is 10% by weight or more, preferably 30% by weight or more, and more preferably 50% by weight or more, relative to the total weight of the composition. The composition according to the present invention can be used for oxidative dyeing or bleaching of keratin fibers such as hair.

Abstract: To provide a method for producing a laminated film, a laminated film, and a packaging container, which are capable of reducing an environmental load and suppressing generation of air bubbles in an adhesive layer. In the method for producing a laminated film, a solventless adhesive has a viscosity at 50° C. of from 700 to 2000 mPa·s. The coating device further includes a coating unit, the coating unit including: a pair of rolls, a plurality of transfer rolls configured to sequentially transfer and supply the solventless adhesive, and an application roll disposed on the opposite side of a fine clearance from a doctor roll, the doctor roll being one of the plurality of transfer rolls and positioned at an end on a side where supply of the solventless adhesive starts. A peripheral speed of the doctor roll is from 1.0 to 10.0 m/min.

Abstract: An ophthalmic device (1) of the present invention has an optical head (2) including a light projection optical system (21) that projects light onto a subject eye (E), a light reception optical system (22) that receives light from the subject eye (E), and a fixation lamp (23) for guiding a line-of-sight direction of the subject eye (E), and a turning drive unit that turns the optical head (2) in a horizontal direction while maintaining positional relationships between the light projection optical system (21), the light reception optical system (22), and the fixation lamp (23). The turning drive unit is composed of a rotational drive unit (4) that rotates the optical head (2) in the horizontal direction and a horizontal drive unit (3) that moves the optical head (2) in the horizontal direction.

Abstract: An ERW steel pipe for a mechanical structural part, the pipe including a straight pipe portion includes a base metal portion and an ERW portion, wherein the base metal portion has a chemical composition including, in terms of % by mass: 0.30 to 0.38% of C, 0.05 to 0.40% of Si, 0.50 to 2.00% of Mn, 0.010 to 0.060% of Al, 0.005 to 0.050% of Ti, and 0.0003 to 0.0050% of B, wherein a microstructure of a wall thickness central portion of the base metal portion is tempered martensite, wherein, a de-C layer in which a concentration of C is 90% or less with respect to the concentration of C in the chemical composition has a thickness of less than 0.20 mm, and a de-B layer in which a concentration of B is 90% or less with respect to the concentration of B in the chemical composition has a thickness of less than 0.10 mm, at each of inner and outer surface sides of the base metal portion, and wherein each of a Vickers hardness at a position at a depth of 0.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a first pixel, a second pixel, and an offset adding circuit. The first pixel includes a first avalanche photodiode and a first count circuit. The first count circuit is configured to count a first signal that is based on the number of photons that have entered the first avalanche photodiode. The second pixel includes a second avalanche photodiode and a second count circuit. The second count circuit is configured to count a second signal that is based on the number of photons that have entered the second avalanche photodiode. The offset adding circuit is configured to set an offset value for each of the first count circuit and the second count circuit. The first count circuit starts a first counter operation from a first offset value. The second count circuit starts a second counter operation from a second offset value.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a semiconductor layer that includes a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element are arranged. A plurality of wiring layers are arranged on a side of a main surface on the opposite side to a light receiving surface of the semiconductor layer, and a plurality of wiring patterns are arranged in a wiring layer closest to the main surface among the plurality of wiring layers. A pattern density of the wiring patterns arranged in a peripheral region between the pixel region and an outer edge of the semiconductor layer among the plurality of wiring patterns is 35% or more in an arbitrary 100 ?m2 region of the peripheral region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device in which semiconductor layers are stacked is provided. A first structure is arranged between a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer. A second structure is arranged between the second semiconductor layer and a third semiconductor layer. In an orthographic projection to the third semiconductor layer, a region where elements are arranged in the third semiconductor layer is a first region, and a region between the first region and a peripheral portion of the third semiconductor layer is a second region. In the second region, an opening that extends through the third semiconductor layer, the second structure and the second semiconductor layer and exposes an electrode arranged in the first structure is arranged. Between the first region and the opening, an insulator is arranged at the same height as the second semiconductor layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for keratin fibers, comprising: (a) at least one inorganic compound selected from silicic acids and salts thereof; (b) at least one organic compound selected from amino acids, derivatives thereof, and salts thereof; (c) at least one alkaline agent other than the (a) inorganic compound and the (b) organic compound; (d) at least one fatty material; and (e) water. The composition according to the present invention can be used for oxidative dyeing or bleaching of keratin fibers such as hair.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising: a pixel array; a signal line; a processing circuit; a switch for controlling conduction between the signal line and an input node of the processing circuit; and a control unit. The control unit performs a first transition in which, after resetting of the processing circuit, the switch is transitioned to an OFF state and then, during a period after the floating diffusion is reset during which the pixel signals are read out of the pixels into the signal line, the switch is transitioned at least from the OFF state to an ON state; keeps the switch in the OFF state during a period during which the transfer transistor is performing the transfer; and performs a second transition in which, after the transfer, the switch is transitioned from the OFF state to the ON state.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods for inhibiting macrophage activation via modulating PARP9 and/or PARP14 expression or activity, such as small molecules, RNAi and antibodies.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a first substrate in which photoelectric conversion elements are arranged, and a second substrate stacked on the first substrate, in which transistors configured to operate the photoelectric conversion elements are arranged. The first substrate comprises a first surface located on a side of the second substrate, and a second surface located on an opposite side of the first substrate. A dielectric embedded in a trench extending through the first substrate is arranged in the first substrate, and the dielectric comprises a third surface located on the side of the second substrate, and a fourth surface located on an opposite side of the third surface. The fourth surface is located between a virtual plane including the second surface and a virtual plane including the first surface.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor layer that includes a photoelectric conversion unit disposed between a front surface and a back surface and a transistor disposed at the front surface, and a dielectric film in contact with the back surface, wherein the semiconductor layer includes a region extending 100 nm from the back surface, the region having boron concentrations whose maximum value is more than 1×1020 [atoms/cm3].

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor component including a first semiconductor substrate and a first wiring structure, and a second semiconductor component including a second semiconductor substrate and a second wiring structure. A first surface of the first semiconductor component and a second surface of the second semiconductor component are bonded together. Assuming that regions having circumferences respectively corresponding to shapes obtained by vertically projecting the first surface, the second surface, the first wiring structure, and the second wiring structure on a virtual plane are first to fourth regions, respectively, an area of the first region is smaller than an area of the second region, the entire circumference of the first region is included in the second region, an area of the fourth region is smaller than an area of the third region, and the entire circumference of the fourth region is included in the third region.

Abstract: A plurality of comparison circuits each including a first terminal for inputting a first analog signal and a second analog signal and a second terminal connected to a wiring for transmission of a ramp signal A first operation changes an electric potential of the wiring from a predetermined electric potential to a first electric potential to cause at least one of the plurality of comparison circuits to retain a first offset. A second operation, after the first operation, converts the first analog signal into a digital signal. A third operation, after the second operation, changes the electric potential of the wiring to an electric potential included in a range of from the predetermined electric potential to the first electric potential. A fourth operation, after the third operation, converts the second analog signal into a digital signal.

Abstract: A navigation system includes an imaging device to image a region including a traveling road, a map information acquisition unit to acquire map information, a position information acquisition unit to acquire position information on the mobile body, a traveling road conversion unit to convert images of the region into traveling road data, a traveling road combining unit to use a feature point of the traveling road to generate combined data in which traveling road data corresponding to the images are combined, a matching processing unit to match between the combined data and a traveling road to estimate a current position of the mobile body, a navigation information generation unit to generate navigation information, an image combining unit to generate an image in which the image of the region and the navigation information are combined, and a display unit to display the combined image.

Abstract: In examining a patient for progression of glaucoma, a perimeter capable of appropriately assessing visual field progression in a short period of time, therefore lessening the physical burden of testing on the examinee.

Abstract: A shutter device for a vehicle includes a frame, a plurality of blades and a cushion member. The frame is placed between two heat exchangers. The blades are configured to open and close an inner space of the frame through rotation of the blades. The cushion member is configured to project from the frame toward an adjacent one of the one or more heat exchangers which is placed adjacent to the frame. A direction, in which the cushion member projects from the frame, is defined as a predetermined direction. The cushion member has an elastic property that a repulsive force of the cushion member exponentially changes in response to a change in an amount of shrinkage deformation of the cushion member in the predetermined direction.

Abstract: This invention provides an easy-to-tear resin film. Such easy-to-tear resin film is an easy-to-tear, unstretched resin film composed of a blend of a polyethylene terephthalate-based resin with the second resin having a difference in SP value from the polyethylene terephthalate-based resin of 1.1 to 4.0 (cal/cm3)0.5. This invention also provides a laminate film 1B for a packaging material comprising the easy-to-tear, unstretched resin film 10 between the inner layer film 20 serving as a heat seal surface and the surface layer film 30 comprising an isophthalic acid-modified polyethylene terephthalate resin having a copolymerization ratio of isophthalic acid component of 0 mol % to 5 mol %.

Abstract: Photoelectric conversion apparatus includes semiconductor layer having photoelectric converters in light-receiving region and photoelectric converters in light-shielded region, light-shielding part arranged above the semiconductor layer in the light-receiving region to surround light paths of the photoelectric converters in the light-receiving region, and light-shielding film arranged above the semiconductor layer in the light-shielded region to cover the photoelectric converters in the light-shielded region. The light-shielding part includes lower and upper ends. The light-shielding film includes lower and upper surfaces. Distance between the upper end and the semiconductor layer is larger than that between the upper surface and the semiconductor layer. Distance between the lower end and the semiconductor layer is smaller than that between the upper surface and the semiconductor layer and is larger than that between the lower surface and the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor layer that includes a photoelectric conversion unit disposed between a front surface and a back surface and a transistor disposed at the front surface, and a dielectric film in contact with the back surface, wherein the semiconductor layer includes a region extending 100 nm from the back surface, the region having boron concentrations whose maximum value is more than 1×1020 [atoms/cm3].