Abstract: A tape cassette that includes a box-shaped cassette case whose outline being defined by a bottom wall, a top wall, and a side wall and including a plurality of corner portions, at least one tape contained within a tape containment area defined within the outline, a pair of cavities extending from the bottom wall and being provided between the tape containment area and the outline at opposite ends of a diagonal line connecting one of the corner portions to another of the corner portions, and a side face indicator portion provided in the side wall, indicating a type of the tape, and including a plurality of indicator portions disposed in a pattern in accordance with the type of the tape, each of the indicator portions being one of a switch hole and a surface portion.

Abstract: A tape cassette that includes a box-shaped cassette case whose outline being defined by a bottom wall, a top wall, and a side wall and including a plurality of corner portions, at least one tape contained within a tape containment area defined within the outline, a pair of cavities extending from the bottom wall and being provided between the tape containment area and the outline at opposite ends of a diagonal line connecting one of the corner portions to another of the corner portions, and a side face indicator portion provided in the side wall, indicating a type of the tape, and including a plurality of indicator portions disposed in a pattern in accordance with the type of the tape, each of the indicator portions being one of a switch hole and a surface portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a grease composition for constant-velocity joints comprising (a) a base oil, (b) a diurea thickener, (c) molybdenum dithiocarbamate, (d) molybdenum dithiophosphate, (e) overbased calcium sulfonate, and (f) neutral zinc sulfonate. The composition of the present invention is excellent in durability at high temperature and vibration suppression.

Abstract: A metal particle aggregate includes metal particles and an organic substance. The metal particles include first particles that contain one or both of silver and copper in an amount of 70% by mass or more relative to 100% by mass of all metals and have a particle diameter of 100 nm or more and less than 500 nm at a ratio of 20 to 30% by number, and include second particles that have a particle diameter of 50 nm or more and less than 100 nm, and third particles that have a particle diameter of less than 50 nm at a ratio of 80 to 70% by number in total. Surfaces of the first to third particles are covered with the same protective film.

Abstract: Provided is a bonding sheet using a copper particle that is less prone to deteriorate the sintering property due to oxidation of the copper particle, and can form a dense bonding layer having fewer voids, and can also bond an electronic component and the like with a high bonding strength. A bonding sheet (1) contains a copper particle (2) and a solvent (3) having a boiling point of 150° C. or higher, in which the copper particle (2) has a surface covered with an organic protective film, the content ratio of the copper particle (2) to the solvent (3) is in the range of 99:1 to 90:10 by mass, and the BET diameter of the copper particle (2) is in the range of 50 nm to 300 nm both inclusive.

Abstract: A method of producing copper oxide powder includes a high-purity copper acidic solution preparation step (S01) of preparing an acidic solution containing 99.99% by mass or more of copper regarding metal components as 100% by mass, an organic acid salt addition step (S02) of adding an organic acid salt to this high-purity copper acidic solution, an organic acid copper production step (S03) of generating an organic acid copper by reacting the added organic acid salt with copper ions, an organic acid copper recovery step (S04) of recovering the obtained organic acid copper, and a heating step (S05) of forming copper oxide powder by heating the recovered organic acid copper, in which the organic acid forming the organic acid salt has 10 or less carbon atoms, and copper oxide powder.

Abstract: The joined structure of the present invention is a joined structure in which a substrate having a circuit pattern and a member to be joined including an electrode terminal are joined together via a conductive joining material. When a contact area between the circuit pattern and the conductive joining material is defined as X, a contact area between the electrode terminal and the conductive joining material is defined as Y, and a thermal conductivity of the conductive joining material is defined as ?, the joined structure satisfies the following Formula (1), SQRT(X)/SQRT(Y)?2.9209×??0.141??(1).

Abstract: Particles for joining material are such that an organic protective film is formed on the surface of copper nanoparticles, and have a BET specific surface area in a range of 3.5 m2/g to 8 m2/g, and a BET diameter in a range of 80 nm to 200 nm, wherein the organic protective film is included in a range of 0.5% to 2.0% by mass with respect to the particles for joining material. When the particles for joining material are analyzed by using the Time-Of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) method, respective detected amounts of C3H3O3? ions and C3H4O2? ions are in a range of 0.05 times to 0.2 times a detected amount of Cu+ ions, and a detected amount of ions of C5 or more is in a range less than 0.005 times the detected amount of Cu+ ions.

Abstract: A metal detection apparatus comprises: a detection circuit unit (30) that detects a first variation component having a large influence of workpiece and a second variation component having a large influence of metal; a determination unit (40) that compares the two variation components to perform a metal determination process in the workpiece (W); and a detection condition adjustment unit (60) that adjusts detection conditions of both variation components. A foreign matter waveform storage unit (50) stores a test variation component accompanying temporal change due to metal influence is further provided. The detection condition adjustment unit sets a specific processing condition of detection processing in the detection circuit unit based on the first variation component based on the magnetic field variation signal at the time when the work W including no metal passes through the inspection zone Z and the second variation component constituted by the test variation component.

Abstract: A metal particle aggregate includes metal particles and an organic substance. The metal particles include first particles that contain one or both of silver and copper in an amount of 70% by mass or more relative to 100% by mass of all metals and have a particle diameter of 100 nm or more and less than 500 nm at a ratio of 20 to 30% by number, and include second particles that have a particle diameter of 50 nm or more and less than 100 nm, and third particles that have a particle diameter of less than 50 nm at a ratio of 80 to 70% by number in total. Surfaces of the first to third particles are covered with the same protective film.

Abstract: A metal detection apparatus comprises: a detection circuit unit (30) that detects a first variation component having a large influence of workpiece and a second variation component having a large influence of metal; a determination unit (40) that compares the two variation components to perform a metal determination process in the workpiece (W); and a detection condition adjustment unit (60) that adjusts detection conditions of both variation components. A foreign matter waveform storage unit (50) stores a test variation component accompanying temporal change due to metal influence is further provided. The detection condition adjustment unit sets a specific processing condition of detection processing in the detection circuit unit based on the first variation component based on the magnetic field variation signal at the time when the work W including no metal passes through the inspection zone Z and the second variation component constituted by the test variation component.

Abstract: A suction puncture device includes a puncture needle having an outer tube that has an opening edge of a first front end formed in the shape of a blade, and a stopper member that has a second front end disposed within the outer tube at a position separated from the first front end of the outer tube by a predetermined distance. A sample containing portion is formed between the second front end of the stopper member and the first front end of the outer tube. A ventilation passage is formed around the stopper member within the outer tube, a suction unit is connected to a first base end side of the outer tube, and the suction unit is communicated with and connected to the sample containing portion via the ventilation passage.

Abstract: There is provided an optical film including: a transparent support; an optically anisotropic layer on the outermost surface at one side of the transparent support; a hardcoat layer; and a low refractive index layer, wherein the hardcoat layer and the low refractive index layer are provided at the other side of the transparent support, the transparent support, the hardcoat layer, and the low refractive index layer contains an organic fine particles A having a specific particle size, an organic fine particles B having a specific particle size, and a binder such that a refractive index of 1.20 to 1.40 and average film thickness of 50 to 120 nm, a content of the inorganic fine particles B is appropriately controlled, and arithmetic mean roughness Ra of the optical film surface at a side having the low refractive index layer is a specific value.

Abstract: A suction puncture device includes a puncture needle having an outer tube that has an opening edge of a first front end formed in the shape of a blade, and a stopper member that has a second front end disposed within the outer tube at a position separated from the first front end of the outer tube by a predetermined distance. A sample containing portion is formed between the second front end of the stopper member and the first front end of the outer tube. A ventilation passage is formed around the stopper member within the outer tube, a suction unit is connected to a first base end side of the outer tube, and the suction unit is communicated with and connected to the sample containing portion via the ventilation passage.

Abstract: To provide a novel and excellent method for treating and/or preventing prostatic cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, acne, seborrhea, hirsutism, baldness, alopecia, precocious puberty, adrenal hypertrophy, polycystic ovary syndrome, breast cancer, lung cancer, endometriosis, leiomyoma and the like based on selective inhibitory activity against 17?HSD type 5. It was found that an N-sulfonylindole derivative, where the indole ring is substituted by a carboxy group, a carboxy-substituted lower alkyl group or a carboxy-substituted lower alkenyl group at its carbon atom, has potent selective inhibitory activity against 17?HSD type 5 and may become a therapeutic agent and/or preventive agent for benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostatic cancer and the like without accompanying adverse drug reactions due to a decrease in testosterone, and the present invention has thus been completed.

Abstract: To provide a novel and excellent method for treating and/or preventing prostatic cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, acne, seborrhea, hirsutism, baldness, alopecia, precocious puberty, adrenal hypertrophy, polycystic ovary syndrome, breast cancer, lung cancer, endometriosis, leiomyoma and the like based on selective inhibitory activity against 17?HSD type 5. It was found that an N-sulfonylindole derivative, where the indole ring is substituted by a carboxy group, a carboxy-substituted lower alkyl group or a carboxy-substituted lower alkenyl group at its carbon atom, has potent selective inhibitory activity against 17?HSD type 5 and may become a therapeutic agent and/or preventive agent for benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostatic cancer and the like without accompanying adverse drug reactions due to a decrease in testosterone, and the present invention has thus been completed.

Abstract: To provide a novel and excellent method for treating and/or preventing prostatic cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, acne, seborrhea, hirsutism, baldness, alopecia, precocious puberty, adrenal hypertrophy, polycystic ovary syndrome, breast cancer, lung cancer, endometriosis, leiomyoma and the like based on selective inhibitory activity against 17?HSD type 5. It was found that an N-sulfonylindole derivative, where the indole ring is substituted by a carboxy group, a carboxy-substituted lower alkyl group or a carboxy-substituted lower alkenyl group at its carbon atom, has potent selective inhibitory activity against 17?HSD type 5 and may become a therapeutic agent and/or preventive agent for benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostatic cancer and the like without accompanying adverse drug reactions due to a decrease in testosterone, and the present invention has thus been completed.

Abstract: Provided is an optical compensation film comprising a support, an alignment layer, and an optically anisotropic layer formed of a liquid crystal composition in this order, said support being a cyclic polyolefin polymer film having a surface thereof subjected to corona discharge treatment or atmospheric pressure plasma treatment, wherein said alignment layer is disposed in contact with said treated surface of said support, said liquid crystal composition comprises a radical polymerization initiator capable of generating a halogen radical or a hydrocarbon radical having atoms other than hydrogen atom of the number equal to or smaller than 8, and said optically anisotropic layer is a layer formed by curing said liquid crystal composition on said alignment layer via polymerization.

Abstract: A combination grinding machine grinds a plurality of axially arranged portions of a workpiece by use of a grinding wheel supported rotatably on a first wheel head and a superfinishing wheel supported rotatably on a second wheel head. A numerical control unit controls feed units for the first and second wheel heads in order to move the first and second wheel heads independently of each other in the axial direction of the workpiece and in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction, such that each of the axially arranged portions is ground by the grinding wheel, and simultaneously with this, another ground portion is superfinished by the superfinishing wheel.

Abstract: A crown ether compound is shown below and useful as a separating agent for chemical compounds. ##STR1## (In the formula, A and B represent hydrogen atoms, straight chain or branched alkyl groups having 1-6 carbon atoms, allyl groups having 6-10 carbon atoms, or aralkyl groups having 7-9 carbon atoms. Although A and B may be different groups, it is preferable that they be the same.R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a straight chain or branched alkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms, or preferably an alkyl group having 6-16 carbon atoms. R.sub.1 may be bonded to any carbon atom on the cyclical ester group and its number is 1-12, and preferably 1-3. n represents an integer from 3-10, and preferably 4-8, with 5 or 6 being even more preferable.In addition R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 represent straight chain or branched alkyl groups having 1-30, and preferably 6-20 carbon atoms, or aryl groups having 6-18 carbon atoms, or aralkyl groups having 7-30 carbon atoms. The location of R.sub.2 and R.sub.