Abstract: The continuous casting nozzle includes a nozzle body made of a refractory material and having, in a vertical direction, an inner bore through which molten steel passes. The nozzle body includes a flange portion at an upper end thereof, the flange portion having: an outer surface including a tapered part inclining downwardly towards the inner bore; and a lower surface including a horizontal part extending horizontally from a lower edge of the tapered part towards the inner bore. The continuous casting nozzle also includes a metal case covering the outer periphery of the flange portion, the metal case including a horizontal plate portion which faces the horizontal part of the flange portion through mortar having a constant thickness. The continuous casting nozzle is configured to receive a pressing force from thereoutside and therebelow by the horizontal plate portion.

Abstract: The image forming method of the present invention includes applying an ink and a first treatment liquid onto a fabric in a wet-on-wet manner to each other, the ink containing a pigment and a first resin, a first treatment liquid containing a second resin that reacts with or interacts with the first resin to aggregate. The viscosity of the first treatment liquid at 25° C. is lower than the viscosity of the ink at 25° C.

Abstract: Provided is a light guide including: a base that has a first reflecting surface and a second reflecting surface and that propagates incident video light; and a plurality of half mirrors, each of which has a first surface and a second surface and is configured to include a dielectric multi-layer film, in which the plurality of half mirrors are disposed in the base such that the half mirrors are spaced from each other, the base and the plurality of half mirrors are configured such that the video light made incident into the base is incident on each of the first surface and the second surface of at least one of the plurality of half mirrors one or more times, and refractive indices of two outermost layers of the dielectric multi-layer film are 0.90n to 1.15n in a case in which a refractive index of the base is n.

Abstract: Provided is an organic thin film that uses an organic material with a high electron affinity as a hole injection material and can improve the drive stability of organic devices. An organic thin film that is hole-injectable and contains two or more organic acceptor materials different in electron affinity comprises: a first layer containing an organic acceptor material relatively low in electron affinity; and a second layer stacked on the first layer and containing an organic acceptor material relatively high in electron affinity, wherein the organic acceptor material relatively low in electron affinity is lower in electron affinity than the organic acceptor material relatively high in electron affinity, and the organic thin film is configured to be used with the first layer located on an anode side.

Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product are provided for determining precise location of a target vehicle dynamically. Data relating a target vehicle is obtained to determine the target vehicle's position and route. The data relates to said target vehicle's speed and general moving and directional position. An estimate is calculated based on information about target vehicle movement using speed and traffic congestion and based on position of the target vehicle. Information is obtained about movement of a plurality of other vehicles in proximity of the target vehicle. An elapsed time difference is determined between progress of movement of said target vehicle and a real-time progress of said plurality of vehicles progress. An effectiveness estimate is calculated and the target vehicle's precise position is determined based on the effectiveness estimate.

Abstract: A three-dimensional scanner system includes a scanner, a server apparatus, and a client apparatus. The scanner scans an object to sequentially acquire pieces of three-dimensional data of the object. When joining the pieces of three-dimensional data based on an overlapping portion of pieces of three-dimensional data sequentially transmitted from the scanner and generating combined data indicating a three-dimensional shape of the object, the server apparatus generates, as difference data, a difference between pieces of combined data obtained before and after joining pieces of three-dimensional data together. The client apparatus accumulates pieces of difference data sequentially transmitted from the server apparatus, and generates a two-dimensional image of the object as viewed from any point of view based on the accumulated pieces of difference data.

Abstract: A light emitting element comprises a semiconductor structure which includes an n-side layer, a p-side layer, and an ultraviolet light emitting active layer positioned between the n-side layer and the p-side layer, each being made of a nitride semiconductor, an n-electrode electrically connected to the n-side layer, and a p-electrode electrically connected to the p-side layer. The active layer has a well layer containing Al, a barrier layer containing Al, and holes defined by the lateral faces of the well layer and the lateral faces of the barrier layer. The p-side layer has a first layer containing Al, a second layer containing Al disposed on the first layer and in contact with the lateral faces of the well layer, and a third layer disposed on the second layer. The third layer is smaller in thickness than the first layer.

Abstract: A composition containing (A) 58.5 to 65.5 mass % of formaldehyde, (B) 0.7 to 4.5 mass % of methanesulfonic acid; and (C) less than 0.007 mass % of a metal salt, wherein a total content of the formaldehyde (A) and the methanesulfonic acid (B) is less than 68 mass %, and the metal salt (C) contains at least one selected from a group consisting of a nitrate, a nitrite, and a persulfate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided, the semiconductor device including: a first electrode; an N-type semiconductor layer arranged on the first electrode; a P-type semiconductor layer arranged on the N-type semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer surrounding and partitioning a first region in plan view, arranged on the P-type semiconductor layer; a second electrode arranged on the P-type semiconductor layer; a second insulating layer arranged on the first insulating layer surrounding and partitioning the first region in plan view on the second electrode; a metal plating layer arranged on the second electrode; a solder layer arranged on the metal plating layer; and a clip arranged on the solder layer, and the first region is a region where the clip is joined with the metal plating layer.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus registers audio content created by a first user to be provided from an external server, acquires either position information of a second communication terminal used by a second user or position information designated on the second communication terminal and provides the second communication terminal with content information including access information for the audio content. The apparatus acquires and registers the access information for the audio content and position information set to the audio content from a first communication terminal used by the first user, and provides the second communication terminal with content information based on either the position information of the second communication terminal or the position information designated on the second communication terminal, and the position information set to the audio content.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus stores access information for audio content to be provided from an external server for content provision, in association with information of an access condition for the audio content and acquires position information of a communication terminal used by a user. The apparatus specifies the audio content that provides the communication terminal with access, based on the access condition for the audio content and provides the communication terminal with content information including the access information associated with the audio content specified.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor light emitting element includes: an n-side semiconductor layer; a p-side semiconductor layer; an active layer positioned between the n-side semiconductor layer and the p-side semiconductor layer; and an electron blocking layer positioned between the p-side semiconductor layer and the active layer. The active layer includes, successively from the n-side semiconductor layer side: a first barrier layer containing Al, a first well layer that contains Al and emits ultraviolet light, a second barrier layer containing Al, and a second well layer that is in contact with the electron blocking layer, contains Al, and emits ultraviolet light. An Al composition ratio of the second well layer is higher than an Al composition ratio of the first well layer. A thickness of the second well layer is less than a thickness of the first well layer.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor light emitting element includes: an n-side semiconductor layer; a p-side semiconductor layer; and an active layer positioned between the n-side semiconductor layer and the p-side semiconductor layer. The active layer includes, successively from a n-side semiconductor layer side: a first barrier layer containing Al and an n-type impurity, a first well layer containing Al and emitting ultraviolet light, a second barrier layer containing Al, and a second well layer containing Al and emitting ultraviolet light. A highest n-type impurity concentration peak in the first barrier layer is located in a portion of the first barrier layer that is closer to the p-side semiconductor layer than to the n-side semiconductor layer. An Al composition ratio of the first barrier layer is higher than an Al composition ratio of the second barrier layer.

Abstract: A three-dimensional scanner includes imaging circuitry configured to take an image of an object located at a focal position of a lens, a lens driver configured to drive the lens to make reciprocating motion in a linear direction, an angle detector configured to detect variation in angle of inclination of the lens with respect to a prescribed direction, and processing circuitry configured to control an operation of the lens in accordance with the variation in angle of inclination detected by the angle detector.

Abstract: An inkjet recording device includes: an inkjet unit that ejects ink to a recording medium while scanning in a main scanning direction; a first treatment liquid ejection head that is arranged side by side with the inkjet unit in the main scanning direction, scans together with the inkjet unit, and ejects a first treatment liquid to the recording medium; and a second treatment liquid ejection head that is arranged side by side with the inkjet unit in the main scanning direction, scans together with the inkjet unit, and ejects a second treatment liquid different from the first treatment liquid to the recording medium, wherein at least one of the first treatment liquid ejection head and the second treatment liquid ejection head is arranged on both sides of the inkjet unit in the main scanning direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, k, l, m and n are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof with the effect of inhibiting T-type calcium channels and a medicament useful for the treatment of a disease associated with the activation of T-type calcium channels.

Abstract: Provided are an iridium-manganese oxide composite material and an iridium-manganese oxide composite electrode material that are inexpensive and have high catalytic activity for use in an anode catalyst for oxygen evolution associated with water electrolysis. Also provided are methods for producing the same. An iridium-manganese oxide composite material includes a manganese oxide and iridium distributed on at least a surface of the manganese oxide, the iridium having a metal valence of 3.1 or greater and 3.8 or less. An iridium-manganese oxide composite electrode material includes a conductive substrate formed of a fiber, with the iridium-manganese oxide composite material being coated on at least a portion of the conductive substrate.

Abstract: The precision of grasping or controlling backpressure around a gas discharge portion in a stopper for continuous casting can be improved with a stopper for continuous casting which includes a cavity for conveying gas in a vertical direction center of the stopper, one or a plurality of gas discharge holes passing through from the cavity to the outside in a distal center or a side surface of a reduced-diameter region including a fitted portion to a lower nozzle, and a pressure control component in a part of an area above the gas discharge hole within the cavity.

Abstract: CHA-type zeolite in which the molar ratio of silica to alumina is less than 13, and the content of sodium is 100 ppm or more and 2000 ppm or less is provided. Such a CHA-type zeolite is obtained by a manufacturing method including obtaining a crystallized product by crystallizing a composition which includes a structure-directing agent source containing at least N,N,N-trialkylcyclohexylammonium cation, an alumina source, a silica source, a sodium source, and water and in which the molar ratio of silica to alumina is 20 or less and in which the molar ratio of potassium to sodium is less than 0.05, removing N,N,N-trialkylcyclohexylammonium cation from the crystallized product, and contacting the crystallized product with an ammonium-salt-containing solution having an ammonium concentration of 1 mass percent or more.

Abstract: The image forming method of the present invention includes applying an ink and a first treatment liquid onto a fabric in a wet-on-wet manner to each other, the ink containing a pigment and a first resin, a first treatment liquid containing a second resin that reacts with or interacts with the first resin to aggregate. The viscosity of the first treatment liquid at 25° C. is lower than the viscosity of the ink at 25° C.