Abstract: The tiling screen (screen) is provided with a plurality of projection areas, and includes an overlapping area where end parts of the projection areas overlap each other, wherein when setting a number of times of overlapping to one in the overlapping area, reflectance in the overlapping area where the number of times is one is configured to be lower than reflectance in an area where the projection areas fail to overlap each other, and when setting the number of times of overlapping to N (N?2) in the overlapping area, the reflectance in the overlapping area where the number of times is N is configured to be lower than the reflectance in the overlapping area where the number of times of overlapping is a largest number of the numbers of times smaller than N.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying choke points in an environment. One of the methods includes obtaining road data representing a plurality of roads in an environment; identifying one or more blockage points in the environment; generating a graph representing the environment, wherein: the graph comprises a plurality of nodes and edges, each node of the graph represents a respective location in the environment, each edge between a first node and a second node represents a road that connects the location in the environment represented by the first node and the location in the environment represented by the second node, and blockage points are not represented by nodes in the graph; processing the graph to determine a minimum cut of the graph; and determining, using the minimum cut of the graph, one or more choke points in the environment.

Abstract: The tiling screen (screen) is provided with a plurality of projection areas, and includes an overlapping area where end parts of the projection areas overlap each other, wherein when setting a number of times of overlapping to one in the overlapping area, reflectance in the overlapping area where the number of times is one is configured to be lower than reflectance in an area where the projection areas fail to overlap each other, and when setting the number of times of overlapping to N (N?2) in the overlapping area, the reflectance in the overlapping area where the number of times is N is configured to be lower than the reflectance in the overlapping area where the number of times of overlapping is a largest number of the numbers of times smaller than N.

Abstract: Provided are an electrophotographic image-receiving sheet that comprises a support, a toner image-receiving layer on at least one side of the support, wherein the toner image-receiving layer is formed from a coating liquid for the toner image-receiving layer and the coating liquid for the toner image-receiving layer comprises an aqueous dispersion that comprises a crystalline polymer, and an image forming method that employs the electrophotographic image-receiving sheet.

Abstract: Provided are an electrophotographic image-receiving sheet that comprises a support, a toner image-receiving layer on at least one side of the support, wherein the toner image-receiving layer is formed from a coating liquid for the toner image-receiving layer and the coating liquid for the toner image-receiving layer comprises an aqueous dispersion that comprises a crystalline polymer, and an image forming method that employs the electrophotographic image-receiving sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a biaxially oriented polyester film having a linearly tearable property at least in a longitudinal direction, and excellent in the producability at mass production scale, which can be produced from the mixture of polybutylene terephthalate containing 5 to 20% by weight of a polytetramethylene glycol (PTMG) unit having a molecular weight of 600 to 4,000 (modified PBT) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in a weight ratio (PET/modified PBT) of 70/30 to 95/5.

Abstract: A white film to be laminated to a metal surface and a method of producing the same. This white film comprises first and second layers which are laminated with the arrangement of second layer/first layer/second layer. The middle, first layer is composed of 80-40 wt % a first polyester, and 20-60 wt % titanium oxide added therewith. The front and back, second layers are composed of 80-100 wt % a second polyester, and 20-0 wt % titanium oxide. The film is a biaxially stretched film, and the content of titanium oxide in the entire film is 20-50 wt %.

Abstract: A ball screw device of a ball-circulating-part embedded type includes: a screw shaft having a helical thread groove on an outer peripheral surface thereof; a ball nut having a thread groove provided on an inner peripheral surface thereof in correspondence with the thread groove of the screw shaft, the screw shaft being loosely fitted in the inner peripheral surface of the ball nut; and a multiplicity of balls rotatably fitted between the two thread grooves and adapted to circulate while being guided by a ball-circulating part fitted in the ball nutwherein the ball nut has a retaining recess on an outer peripheral surface thereof, wherein at least a portion of a fitted outward surface of the ball-circulating part is substantially flush with the outer peripheral surface of the ball nut in a vicinity of the fitted outward surface of the ball-circulating part, and wherein there is provided a circulating-part holding member for fixing the ball-circulating part to the ball nut by being fitted over the outer periphe

Abstract: An apparatus and methods for monitoring and/or controlling pests, particularly termites. The apparatus employ one or more extractor means for selectively moving termite monitoring and/or termite baiting devices. Stations used for the monitoring or control of termites are comprised of a housing that contains combinations of stacked termite monitoring and/or termite baiting devices and one or more extractor means for selectively moving the monitoring and/or baiting devices. Another embodiment optionally includes a cup for holding the termite monitoring or termite baiting devices.

Abstract: A process for producing a polyester film is disclosed, which comprises melt-mixing from 3 to 12 parts by weight of a master polymer comprising a poly(alkylene terephthalate) which contains from 0.3 to 3 wt % inorganic lubricant and has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.5 or higher with from 97 to 88 parts by weight of a poly(alkylene terephthalate) containing no inorganic lubricant and having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.5 or higher, and forming the resulting mixture into a film by the electrostatic casting method. The master polymer is obtained by a process comprising adding to a poly(alkylene terephthalate) oligomer having an average degree of polymerization of 10 or lower an alkylene glycol slurry of an inorganic lubricant and specific amounts of a potassium compound and a phosphorus compound, depolymerizing the oligomer, subsequently adding specific amounts of antimony trioxide and germanium dioxide, and then effecting polycondensation.

Abstract: There is provided an olefin resin composition for power cables which contains an olefin resin and m-(tert-butylperoxyisopropyl)-isopropylbenzene and/or p-(tert-butylperoxyisopropyl)-isopropylbenzene. A crosslinking agent of this resin composition is suitably used for at least one of layers including semiconductor layers and an insulation layer in the power cables or around conductors at a joint between the power cables, whereby the high-temperature properties of the power cables can be improved.

Abstract: There is provided a rubber/plastic insulated power cable or a joint of power cables which comprises a conductor or a conductor joint having an inner semiconductor layer and an insulation layer, and if necessary, an outer semiconductor layer, formed thereon in the order named, at least one of these layers being formed of a crosslinked structure of an olefin resin composition containing an olefin resin, an organic peroxide, and 2,4-diphenyl-4-methyl-1-pentene. The 2,4-diphenyl-4-methyl-1-pentene serves to inhibit "amber" of the olefin resin composition by the organic peroxide used and to increase the degree of crosslinking of crosslinked structure. Also, the olefin resin with a high melting point can be used as a base resin. Therefore, the resultant power cable and joint have highly improved AC breakdown strength, impulse breakdown strength at a high temperature and much less generation of electrical trees due to "amber", so that they are useful particularly high-voltage application.

Abstract: A flame resistant polyester produced by addition and copolymerization of a phosphorus compound represented by general formula (I) below as a diol component of the polyester in an amount of 500 ppm or more in terms of phosphorus atom content in the polyester, which polyester has alkylene terephthalate units as main repeating units and which has an intrinsic viscosity of not less than 0.5 measured at 20.degree. C. in a mixture of equal weight of phenol and tetrachloroethane: ##STR1## where E is --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, Ar is an aromatic group or an aromatic group substituted by a lower alkyl group or a halogen atom, and m and n denote, respectively, integers the sum of which is from 1 to 20.

Abstract: A polyester, wherein pendent phosphorus atoms are bound to the main chain of the polyester, having an excellent flame resistance and a high intrinsic viscosity can be stably produced without deteriorating the properties of said polyester by preliminarily copolymerizing a polyester with a specific unsaturated compound and then reacting the unsaturated bond thus-formed with a specific phosphorus compound having a P-H bond.

Abstract: A random copolyester is described, comprising recurring moieties represented by formula (I), (II), and (III), and having an intrinsic viscosity of not less than 0.5, wherein said recurring moieties of formulae (I) and (II) are existing substantially in equimolar amount and recurring moieties of formulae (I) and (III) are present in a molar ratio of from 95/5 to 5/95 ##STR1## wherein Ar.sub.1 represents a trivalent aromatic group and Ar.sub.2 represents a divalent aromatic group. In formulae (I), (II), and (III), aromatic rings may be substituted with an alkyl group or an alkoxy group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group or aryloxy group having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or a halogen atom. The copolyester obtained is excellent in heat resistance and flame retardance.

Abstract: A method of forming a resist pattern, which comprises printing a predetermined pattern on a substrate by a lithographic technique using a resist ink curable by irradiation of an active energy ray and/or heating, said ink containing (1) a metal chelate resin obtained by reacting (a) at least one resin selected from the group consisting of alkyd resins, modified alkyd resins, fatty acid-modified epoxy resins, urethanized oils and maleinized oils and (b) a metal compound capable of forming a coordination bond using the resin (a) as a ligand and (2) a polymerizable compound containing at least two ethylenically unsaturated bonds per molecule; and curing the printed pattern by irradiating an active energy ray and/or by heating.

Abstract: A quenching method wherein an object to be quenched is sprayed with a mixed spray jet of a liquid and a gas. The diameter of droplets in the mixed spray jet is from 50 to 200 .mu.m, and the mixing ratio between the liquid and the gas is varied during the period from the start to the end of cooling. Also disclosed is a quenching apparatus having nozzles for spraying an object to be quenched with a mixed spray jet of a liquid and a gas, a liquid supply source for supplying a pressurized liquid, and a gas supply source for supplying a pressurized gas. Each of the nozzles has a liquid-jetting port formed in the surface opened to the atmosphere and a gas-jetting port annularly formed around the liquid-jetting port on the same plane. The liquid-jetting port is communicated with the liquid supply source, while the gas-jetting port is communicated with the gas supply source.

Abstract: Method and device for centrifugal separation of components of a liquid in which the liquid components are separated under the action of centrifugal force and then separately collected under the action of aspirator mechanism.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for centrifugal separation of components of a solution in which a centrifugal rotor is employed so that different components are successively separated. The centrifugal rotor comprises a hollow body including at least one annular peripheral groove formed in the inside thereof and a series of depressions formed in the inside wall thereof, in which the annular groove and the depression at one end of the series are communicated with each other while the depressions at one end and the other end of the series are not communicated with each other and the adjacent depressions are communicated together through a communicating groove, whereby the solution injected into the annular groove is successively displaced and distributed through the respective depressions under the centrifugal effect while it is subjected to the centrifugal separation.