Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyst for use in production of carboxylic acid ester by reacting (a) aldehyde and alcohol, or (b) one or more types of alcohols, in the presence of oxygen; wherein oxidized nickel and X (wherein X represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of nickel, palladium, platinum, ruthenium, gold, silver and copper) are loaded onto a support within the range of the atomic ratio of Ni/(Ni+X) of from 0.20 to 0.99.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a communication module, an input module, a capturing module, a storing module, a path register module, and a transmission module. The communication module is configured to make a close-proximity wireless transfer. The capturing module is configured to capture an image displayed on a screen of a display according to an input from the input module. The storing module is configured to store an image file corresponding to the captured image in a storage. The path register module is configured to register, in a transmission tray, path data indicating a path of the image file stored in the storage. The transmission module is configured to transmit the image file indicated by the path data registered in the transmission tray to an external device by the close-proximity wireless transfer when a connection is established between the communication module and the external device.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a favorable spectral characteristic that reduces variation depending on the frequency of received light intensity, and that is gentle on a subject eye. It also eliminates displacement between positions of respective spectral images of the same part even if a change in alignment occurs between the eye and apparatus with the lapse of time.

Abstract: A supported composite particle material comprises: a composite particle formed of an oxidized nickel and X (wherein X represents at least one of elements selected from the group consisting of nickel, palladium, platinum, ruthenium, gold, silver and copper); and a support on which the composite particle is supported, the supported composite particle material having a supported layer in which the composite particle is localized.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tractor which can prevent leaking of oil. In a tractor which forms a transmission casing by communicably connecting a plurality of cylindrical casings in the fore-and-aft direction, a shaft-support-wall forming body is detachably mounted on an inner peripheral portion of an end portion of one cylindrical casing, and end surfaces of the cylindrical casing are brought into face contact with each other and are connected with each other without interposing the shaft-support-wall forming body therebetween.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video processor plays back streaming data while receiving the streaming data via wireless communication from a server which simultaneously transmits the same streaming data to a plurality of devices in a group. The video processor includes a wireless communication module, a playback module, a monitor, and a controller. The wireless communication module has power saving mode in which wireless communication function is turned on/off at predetermined intervals, and performs wireless communication while the wireless communication function is ON. The playback module performs processing to participate in the group, and plays back streaming data from the server while receiving the streaming data when the video processor participates in the group. The monitor monitors the processing performed by the playback module to participate in the group. The controller cancels the power saving mode when the monitor detects that the processing is performed to participate in the group.

Abstract: There is provided a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor which can repetitively perform a measurement at high speed and at short measurement intervals. An illuminating optical system includes a first polarizing optical member to alternately change a polarization condition to a first polarized light or a second polarized light, and illuminates a pulse light from a laser light source part to an ocular fundus of a subject eye through a first polarizing optical member. A light receiving optical system includes a second polarizing optical member to select each polarized light component of the reflected light from the subject eye illuminated according to the polarization condition of the first polarizing optical member, and a first and a second light receiving parts to alternately receive the reflected light of the selected polarized light component.

Abstract: The present invention can easily determine a specification which includes a PTO clutch mechanism or a specification which includes no PTO clutch mechanism. According to the present invention, in a tractor which detachably mounts a PTO portion on a transmission portion, a PTO clutch mechanism is arranged in the inside of the PTO portion. Accordingly, it is possible to easily determine the specification which includes the PTO clutch mechanism or the specification which includes no PTO clutch mechanism depending on whether the PTO clutch mechanism is preliminarily assembled in the PTO portion or not in a stage that the PTO portion is assembled and, at the same time, it is possible to easily complete the assembling by merely mounting the PTO portion on the transmission portion. Further, by taking steps opposite to the above-mentioned steps, it is possible to easily perform the maintenance of the PTO clutch mechanism or the like.

Abstract: The present invention aims at simplifying the structure of the inside of a transmission portion and the inside of a clutch portion. Accordingly, in the present invention, a drive shaft is interlockingly connected to an engine by way of a clutch, a distribution power transmission body is mounted on the drive shaft, and a traveling-system power transmission mechanism and a PTO-system power transmission mechanism are interlockingly connected with the distribution power transmission body in parallel. Accordingly, it is possible to form the drive shaft using a single shaft and a clutch is also formed of the single clutch structure and hence, the structure in the inside of the transmission portion and the structure in the inside of the clutch portion can be simplified and, at the same time, miniaturized whereby a manufacturing cost can be also lowered.

Abstract: A pulse light source section outputs a plurality of pulse light according to the exposure timing of a retina imaging device. A retina illumination system illuminates the retina of an eye under measurement with the pulse light. A wavefront compensation system illuminates the eye and measures aberrations from a light reflected from the eye. The wavefront compensation system uses a wavefront compensation device and other components to compensate to cancel out measured aberrations. A retina imaging device receives a light which was reflected from the retina and of which the aberrations have been compensated for. A retina observation system forms an image of the retina on the retina imaging device with a light which was reflected and compensated. With the plurality of pulse light output from the pulse light source section, a plurality of consecutive retina images are obtained.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide, for the production of isobutene, a high-yielding, highly-selective, and long-term stable production process of isobutene from TBA. With respect to the production of TBA, an object of the present invention is to provide a TBA production process in which, through long-term stable maintenance of a high reaction activity, long-term continuous operation is enabled and the productivity is improved. The present invention discloses a process for producing isobutene that employs a dehydration temperature of from 200 to 450° C. in use of an alumina catalyst that contains a Na content of 0.6% by weight or less in terms of NaO2 and a Na content of 0.4% by weight in terms of NaO2, and has a specific surface area of from 200 to 600 m2/g.

Abstract: Horizontal and vertical scanning mirrors for scanning over a large angle, and horizontal and vertical compact scanning mirrors for scanning over a small angle are disposed at pupil-conjugated positions. Light is emitted from a light source to a retina, and reflected light from a broad range of the retina is accumulated by a photodetector. The accumulated light is constructed as a low-magnification retinal image by an image constructing processor. A position for picking up a high-magnification image is indicated on the basis of the constructed low-magnification retinal image. The compact scanning mirrors are rotated so that a high-magnification retinal image is achieved at the indicated pickup position. The photodetector accumulates the reflection light from the retina, and constructs the high-magnification retinal image at the pickup position indicated by the image constructing processor.

Abstract: A first wavelength for measurement is selected from among a plurality of wavelengths. Aberrations at the first wavelength are measured with a wavefront-measurement light source having the first wavelength. A compensation optical section performs compensation so as to cancel out the measured aberrations. After the compensation, a retinal image is obtained from a retina imaging device using a retina illumination light source having the same wavelength as the wavefront-measurement light source. During image-data transfer from the retina imaging device, aberrations at a second wavelength are measured using another wavefront-measurement light source having the second wavelength. The compensation optical section performs compensation so as to cancel out the measured aberrations. After the compensation, a retinal image is obtained using another retina illumination light source having the same wavelength as the another wavefront-measurement light source.

Abstract: A tractor of the present invention can reduce a manufacturing cost of a lift arm support body. The tractor is configured such that a lift arm is mounted on an upper portion of a transmission casing by way of a lift arm support body, the lift arm is hydraulically controllable by a hydraulic control valve by way of a hydraulic circuit body, and the hydraulic circuit body and the hydraulic control valve are fixed to the transmission casing as bodies separate from a lift arm support body.

Abstract: Light from a light source is divided into S-polarization and P-polarization light. The P-polarization light is incident to a retinal illumination system for high-power image and the S-polarization light is incident to a retinal illumination system for low-power image. These lights are set center illumination and ring illumination by aperture diaphragms. Reflection light flux from a cornea under the high-power retina illumination light passes through the center of a perforated mirror, and thus light reflected from the retina and the perforated mirror is received through a high-power optical system to achieve an excellent retinal image having no flare. Likewise, reflection light flux from the cornea under the low-power retina illumination light is reflected from the perforated mirror, and thus light reflected from the retina and passing through the center of the hole is received through a low-power optical system to achieve an excellent retinal image having no flare.

Abstract: A first illuminating optical system illuminates an eye with a wide beam. A first light receiving unit receives reflection light fluxes from the eye that have been converted into at least 17 beams by a first conversion member. A first compensation optical unit, disposed in the first illuminating optical system, compensates an illuminating light flux to the eye for aberration. A second compensation optical unit, disposed in a first light receiving optical system, compensates a reflection light flux from the eye for aberration. An operation unit determines, based on an output from the first light receiving unit, a compensation amount for cancelling out aberration to deform the first and second compensation optical units and compensate for aberration. The operation unit determines the optical characteristics of the eye, based on an output from the first light receiving unit after compensation, and on compensated optical characteristics.

Abstract: The present invention aims at making a transmission casing compact. In the present invention, in the inside of a transmission casing, a traveling-system power transmission mechanism which is interposed between an engine and an axel, a PTO-system power transmission mechanism which is interposed between the engine and a PTO shaft, and a changeover mechanism which is interposed between both power transmission mechanisms are provided, wherein the power transmission of the PTO-system power transmission mechanism is interrupted at a middle portion thereof by the changeover mechanism and, at the same time, the changeover mechanism is allowed to perform a changeover manipulation to connect a downstream side portion of the PTO-system power transmission mechanism and a downstream side portion of the traveling-system power transmission mechanism.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for oxidizing a hydrocarbon, an alcohol or an aldehyde, which comprises: oxidizing a hydrocarbon, an alcohol or an aldehyde to an alcohol, an aldehyde, a carboxylic acid or a carboxylate ester corresponding thereto, in a liquid phase having: a region in which oxygen is substantially present; and a region in which oxygen is substantially absent, in the presence of a catalyst containing a palladium, wherein the region in which oxygen is substantially absent is 0.1 to 10% by volume with respect to a total of the region in which oxygen is substantially present and the region in which oxygen is substantially absent.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an adhesive resin composition which displays excellent adhesive strength on bonding to a barrier material, during initial adhesion, durable adhesion, and even after soak in fuel oil, and which also has excellent moldability. Furthermore, another object of the present is to provide an adhesive resin composition which when recycled, displays good compatible in a regrind layer with polyethylene resins and barrier materials such as saponified products of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers or polyamide based resins, and which is consequently capable of suppressing deterioration in the low temperature impact resistance of a multi-layer vessel containing a regrind layer.

Abstract: The present invention aims at a tractor which can easily perform an assembling operation and a maintenance operation of a PTO transmission mechanism. According to the present invention, a PTO casing which incorporates a PTO transmission mechanism therein is detachably mounted on a rear portion of a transmission casing and, at the same time, the PTO casing is mounted in a state that a front portion thereof is housed in the inside of the transmission casing. By mounting the PTO casing which incorporates the PTO transmission mechanism therein on the rear portion of the transmission casing in this manner, it is possible to easily perform the assembling operation and the maintenance operation of the PTO transmission mechanism. Further, by mounting the PTO casing in a state that the front portion thereof is housed in the inside of the transmission casing, it is possible to miniaturize the transmission casing (make the transmission casing compact).