Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for controlling harmful arthropods having an excellent controlling harmful arthropods comprising an amide represented by a formula (I); wherein each of symbols are the same as defined in the Description; or salts thereof and at least one kind of pyrazole compounds selected from the group (A) consisting of chlorantraniliprole, cyantraniliprole and a compound represented by a formula (II), shows an excellent controlling efficacy on harmful arthropods.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a mobile terminal apparatus and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes an encryption unit encrypting multiple pieces of data to be transmitted; a data transmission processing unit executing a transmission process to sequentially transmit the pieces of encrypted data to the mobile terminal apparatus in response to a request; a billing unit submitting a bill for each piece of transmitted data after the piece of data is transmitted; and a decryption information transmitting unit transmitting decryption information on decryption of the data for which payment of a charge with electronic money is confirmed to the mobile terminal apparatus. The mobile terminal apparatus includes a data receiving unit receiving the pieces of data; a decryption information receiving unit receiving the decryption information; and a decryption unit decrypting each piece of received data based on the received decryption information.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an application provision method in a client-server type system providing a game application to a plurality of users via a network. The method causes a computational resource of a server to perform the steps of: providing, to a first user using a client terminal connected to the server, a game application selected by the first user; providing, to a second user specified by the first user, the game application provided to the first user after the game application is ended by the first user; and notifying achievement levels of the first and second users to the client terminals of the first and second users after the game application is ended by the second user.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for controlling harmful arthropods having an excellent control efficacy on harmful anthropods. A composition for controlling harmful arthropods comprising an amide represented by a formula (I) wherein each of symbols are the same as defined in the Description; or salts thereof and at least one kind of pyrazole compounds selected from the group (A) consisting of chlorantraniliprole, cyantraniliprole and a compound represented by a formula (II), shows an excellent controlling efficacy on harmful arthropods.

Abstract: Provided are a barium titanate-based piezoelectric ceramics having satisfactory piezoelectric performance and a satisfactory mechanical quality factor (Qm), and a piezoelectric element using the same. Specifically provided are a piezoelectric ceramics, including: crystal particles; and a grain boundary between the crystal particles, in which the crystal particles each include barium titanate having a perovskite-type structure and manganese at 0.04% by mass or more and 0.20% by mass or less in terms of a metal with respect to the barium titanate, and the grain boundary includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of Ba4Ti12O27 and Ba6Ti17O40, and a piezoelectric element using the same.

Abstract: A readily removable film containing a substrate layer (A) and a readily removable layer (B), wherein the substrate layer (A) contains a thermoplastic resin, the readily removable layer (B) contains from 30 to 60% by weight of a mixture of a crystalline polypropylene resin having a degree of crystallinity of at least 65% and a thermoplastic resin immiscible with the crystalline polypropylene resin, and from 40 to 70% by weight of a fine powder, in which the thermoplastic resin immiscible with the crystalline polypropylene resin is blended in a ratio of from 105 to 300 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the crystalline polypropylene resin, and the readily removable layer (B) is stretched at least monoaxially.

Abstract: A straddle-type vehicle including left and right front wheels effectively prevents deterioration of a travel feeling caused by vibrations occurring in the left and right front wheels. The straddle-type vehicle includes a body frame, left and right front wheels, a link mechanism configured to connect the left and right front wheels with the body frame, a shock absorber configured to damp vibrations in the same phase occurring in the left and right front wheels, and a damper configured to damp vibrations in opposite phases occurring in the left and right front wheels. The damper is configured such that its damping force increases at least in a certain frequency range as the frequency of the vibrations in the opposite phases increases.

Abstract: A game device includes a light control unit configured to change, in a game field in which an object is located, a position of a light source or a direction of radiation by light emitted from the light source based on a control command of a player, a shadow rendering unit configured to render a shadow of the object projected by light emitted from the light source onto a plane of projection defined in the game field; and a character control unit configured to move a character along the shadow of the object.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a thermally debondable tape having a base adhesive layer and at least one thermally releasable adhesive layer including an adhesive and thermally expandable particles. The debondability even after long term storage or use shall be enhanced. In this regard the base adhesive layer has a lower adhesion at expansion temperature of the thermally expandable particles than at room temperature.

Abstract: Provided is a chip including a plurality of unit cells; a scanning circuit adapted to scan the plurality of unit cells, thereby making each of the plurality of unit cells output a signal; a voltage-to-current conversion circuit; a current-to-voltage conversion circuit; an output terminal; and an input terminal. The current-to-voltage conversion circuit is adapted to convert a first current signal input into the input terminal, into a first voltage signal, the scanning circuit starts scanning in response to the first voltage signal output from the current-to-voltage conversion circuit, and the voltage-to-current conversion circuit is adapted to convert a second voltage signal output from the scanning circuit into a second current signal, and to output the second current signal from the output terminal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pest controlling composition containing a compound of the formula (1) exhibits an excellent effect of controlling pests.

Abstract: In an information processing apparatus, a motion vector acquisition unit acquires the movement of a cursor of a pointing device as a motion vector. A display unit displays an execution screen for an application. The display unit displays an operation area for operating an operation target in the application in an area of a display screen different from an area for displaying the execution screen. A conversion unit obtains the moving direction and the amount of displacement of the display position of the operation target based on the motion vector, acquired by the motion vector acquisition unit, of the cursor of the pointing device in the operation area.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin film that has an excellent heat insulating property, and a labeled plastic container produced by attaching the thermoplastic resin film by in-mold molding are provided. The film comprises at least one porous layer that satisfies the following conditions (A) and (B). (A) The porous layer includes 25 to 65 pts. mass of thermoplastic resin and 35 to 75 pts. mass of inorganic fine powders. (B) A pore length L of the porous layer as expressed by L=d×(?0??)/?0 is 20 ?m or longer. L denotes the pore length [?m] of the porous layer, d denotes a thickness [?m] of the porous layer, p denotes a density [g/cm3] of the porous layer, and ?0 denotes a true density [g/cm3] of the porous layer.

Abstract: A process cartridge, wherein both in the case where the developing unit is at the contact position and in the case where the developing unit is at the separation position, a first regulating portion that the drum unit has and a first regulated portion that the developing unit has, are engaged with each other, whereby movement of the developing unit with respect to the drum unit in the axial direction of the developing roller is regulated, wherein in the case where the developing unit is at the separation position, a second regulating portion and a second regulated portion overlap each other in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction, and wherein in the case where the developing unit is at the contact position, the second regulating portion and the second regulated portion do not overlap each other in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction.

Abstract: A readily removable film containing a substrate layer (A) and a readily removable layer (B), wherein the substrate layer (A) contains a thermoplastic resin, the readily removable layer (B) contains from 30 to 60% by weight of a mixture of a crystalline polypropylene resin having a degree of crystallinity of at least 65% and a thermoplastic resin immiscible with the crystalline polypropylene resin, and from 40 to 70% by weight of a fine powder, in which the thermoplastic resin immiscible with the crystalline polypropylene resin is blended in a ratio of from 105 to 300 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the crystalline polypropylene resin, and the readily removable layer (B) is stretched at least monoaxially.

Abstract: A user terminal 300 has a theme presenting section 320 configured to present a theme of an image to a user, a drawing control section 313 configured to accept drawing of an image from the user, an image presenting section 321 configured to, when the drawing control section 313 accepts drawing of an image based on the theme presented by the theme presenting section 320 from the user, acquire, from a comment information managing server that manages comment information posted by a plurality of users, an image drawn by another user on the basis of the theme presented by the theme presenting section 320 and posted to the comment information managing server, and present the acquired image, and a comment information posting section 312 configured to post the image drawn by the drawing control section 313 to the comment information managing server.

Abstract: A projection pattern that includes a measurement pattern for measuring a distance to a target object, and a code pattern for identifying the measurement pattern is projected onto the target object. The target object onto which the projection pattern was projected is sensed. On the basis of a relationship between the measurement pattern and the code pattern in the sensed image, the projection pattern that is to be projected onto the target object after the projection pattern are changed, the code pattern is read out in the sensed image of the target object onto which the changed projection pattern was projected, and the measurement pattern is associated with it. Using the associated measurement pattern, a distance from the projection unit or the sensing unit to the target object is acquired.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel method for producing (1R,2S)/(1S,2R)-1-amino-1-alkoxycarbonyl-2-vinylcyclopropane which is useful as a synthetic intermediate of therapeutic agents for hepatitis C and a synthetic intermediate thereof. According to the present invention, when a trans-2-butene derivative having a leaving group at each of the 1- and 4-positions is reacted with a malonic ester in the presence of a base, a specific amount of an alkali metal alkoxide or an alkali metal hydride is used as the base, and further a specific amount of a malonic ester is used to produce a cyclopropane diester, and further, chiral or achiral 1-amino-1-alkoxy-carbonyl-2-vinylcyclopropane and a salt thereof are synthesized using the cyclopropane diester.

Abstract: An elastically deformable region of an elastic layer in a developer supplying roller is near an agitator. In a state where the agitator agitates a predetermined region or where the agitator is in contact with the developer supplying roller, the agitator is rotated in the same direction as the developer supplying roller.

Abstract: A process cartridge includes an image bearing member unit configured to rotatably support an image bearing member, and a developing unit configured to rotatably support a developer bearing member. The developing unit includes a first supported portion configured to be swingably supported with respect to the image bearing member unit, a second supported portion provided configured to be swingably and slidably supported with respect to the image bearing member unit, and a regulated portion configured to be capable of contacting a regulating portion provided on the image bearing member unit. The regulating portion regulates the developing unit from moving in a slide direction of the second supported portion, by contacting the regulated portion, when the image bearing member and the developer bearing member rotate while contacting to each other.