Abstract: A manufacturing method of a paper making part for a loudspeaker has freedom of adjusting a characteristic and a sound quality, and has a higher productivity. Accordingly, a fibrillating step of a paper making material is achieved by an explosive crushing step. Alternatively, the step is achieved by a mixing step of a paper making material and a liquid, a material micro-fabricating step of applying a pressure to a mixed solution obtained by the mixing step so as to pass through an orifice and thereafter run into a device wall, and a paper making step including the micro-fabricated material.

Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer is provided that includes a conjugated diene-based constituent unit and a group represented by Formula (I) below at both termini of a polymer chain. There are also provided a conjugated diene polymer composition formed by combining the conjugated diene polymer and a filler, a process for producing the conjugated diene polymer, a process for producing the conjugated diene polymer composition, a vulcanizate, and a process for producing the vulcanizate.

Abstract: Conjugated diene polymer is provided that comprises a constitutional unit based on a conjugated diene and a constitutional unit based on a compound represented by Formula (1) below: R1Si(—R2-A)mR33-m??(1) wherein m represents an integer of 1 to 3; R1 represents a hydrocarbyl group having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond; R2 represents a hydrocarbylene group, and, when there are plural R2s, R2s each may be the same or different; A represents a substituted amino group, and, when there are plural A's, A's each may be the same or different; R3 represents a hydrocarbyl group, a substituted hydrocarbyl group or a substituted amino group, and, when there are plural R3s, R3s each may be the same or different.

Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer rubber is provided that includes component (A) and component (B) below, component (A) having a content, with the total amount of component (A) and component (B) as 100% by weight, of from 5% to 90% by weight, and component (B) having a content of from 95% to 10% by weight, Component (A): a conjugated diene polymer rubber component modified with a carbonyl group- and substituted amino group-containing compound Component (B): a conjugated diene polymer rubber component modified with a compound represented by formula (IIa) below (R21O)mSi(R22A)nR234-m-n??(IIa) wherein m denotes a number from 1 to 3, n denotes a number from 1 to 3, m+n is from 2 to 4, R21 and R23 denote a hydrocarbyl group, R22 denotes a hydrocarbylene group, A denotes a substituted amino group or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyloxy group, when there are a plurality of R21s the plurality of R21s may be identical to or different from each other, when there are a plurality of R22s the plurality of R22s may be i

Abstract: There is provided a new medium structure to record a bar code for copyright protection or the like in an optical information recording medium capable of recording and reproducing information by a laser with respect to a dye. When a laser beam 30 is irradiated and an optical disc 10 is rotation in the direction of an arrow F, the dye of a recording layer is decomposed, a mark piece MA of a bar code 20 is formed, and a substrate is deformed by heat generated by the dye decomposition. Next, the position of the laser beam 30 is shifted to a position where a part overlaps with the mark piece MA, and when the optical disc is similarly rotated in the direction of the arrow F, a mark piece MB is formed to overlap with the mark piece MA. The above processing is repeated, so that the length of a bar is sequentially lengthened, and the bar code with a length along the standard is formed.

Abstract: A speaker diaphragm of the present invention is molded by paper-making molding, using not smaller than 5 wt % of fibers extracted from at least bamboo leaves. It is thereby possible to improve the rigidity of the speaker diaphragm, so as to realize a speaker diaphragm with low environmental load, reducible cost and high sound quality.

Abstract: An optical information recording medium comprises at least a substrate on which a groove is formed in a recording area, a recording layer comprising an organic dye, and a reflective layer. The recording area has a preformat area and a data area, and the groove in the preformat area is narrower or shallower than that in the data area.

Abstract: A data collection system includes: a contact information acquisition unit, for obtaining contact information; a state recognition unit, for obtaining, based on contact information acquired by the contact information acquisition unit, state information concerning the state of a equipment; a state coding unit, for transforming into coded contact associated information the state information obtained by the state recognition unit; and an output unit, for transmitting to an output apparatus contact information obtained by the contact information acquisition unit and for transmitting to a network apparatus contact associated information obtained by the state coding unit. With this arrangement, information concerning the operation of a equipment can be easily obtained, without requiring the reconstruction of a equipment or a great change in a sequence program, such as a programmable controller, mounted in the equipment.

Abstract: An operating condition monitoring apparatus includes a load-time information acquisition unit 203 obtaining load-time information, of one or more production apparatuses 11, concerning load time allocated to production within a predetermined period, an operating-time information acquisition unit 204 obtaining operating-time information, of one or more production apparatuses 11, concerning operating time that is operable time for the production apparatuses within the predetermined period, an individual operating-rate calculation unit 205 calculating an individual operating rate of one or more production apparatuses 11 by dividing the operating time indicated in the operating-time information by the load time indicated in the load-time information, and an output unit 213 outputting the individual operating rate, in order to identify the production apparatus causing the stoppage of a production line.

Abstract: There is provided a continuous method for producing a conjugated diene polymer, comprising: polymerizing a conjugated diene, a compound of formula (I) below, and optionally other monomer in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst in a hydrocarbon solvent, wherein X1, X2, and X3 independently denote a group as defined in the specification.

Abstract: An optical property measurement apparatus is equipped with an optical system unit that selectively places an opening section for passing illumination light, a microlens array for measuring wavefront aberration, and a polarization detection system for measuring a polarization state of the illumination light on an optical path of the illumination light. Accordingly an illumination shape and a size of an illumination optical system, wavefront aberration of a projection optical system and a polarization state of the illumination light can be measured together. Therefore, for example, even when exposure is performed with polarized illumination that is a type of modified illumination, highly-accurate exposure can be achieved by adjusting various optical systems based on the measurement results.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a paper making part for a loudspeaker has freedom of adjusting a characteristic and a sound quality, and has a higher productivity. Accordingly, a fibrillating step of a paper making material is achieved by an explosive crushing step. Alternatively, the step is achieved by a mixing step of a paper making material and a liquid, a material micro-fabricating step of applying a pressure to a mixed solution obtained by the mixing step so as to pass through an orifice and thereafter run into a device wall, and a paper making step including the micro-fabricated material.

Abstract: An inspectional equation storage unit 103 for storing an inspectional equation calculating one or more principal component scores, the inspectional equation being obtained by performing a principal component analysis on measured data on a plurality of measuring objects in terms of two or more correlated measurement items, and the measuring objects being processed by the manufacturing apparatus whose adjustable conditions are changed while the manufacturing apparatus is in a normal state; an inspected measured-data acceptance unit 104 for accepting inspected measured data on the measuring objects processed by the manufacturing apparatus in terms of the measurement items corresponding to each term contained in the inspectional equation; a principal-component-score calculation unit 105 for calculating principal component scores using the inspected measured data with the inspectional equation; an inspecting unit 106 for inspecting the manufacturing apparatus using the calculated principal component scores; and an

Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer is provided that includes a conjugated diene-based constituent unit and a group represented by Formula (I) below at both termini of a polymer chain. (In the formula, R1 denotes a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 20 carbons, or a substituted hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 20 carbons, X1, X2, and X3 independently denote a group represented by Formula (II) below, a hydroxy group, a hydrocarbyl group, or a substituted hydrocarbyl group, and at least one of X1, X2, and X3 is a group represented by Formula (II) below or a hydroxy group.) (In the formula, R2 and R3 independently denote a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 6 carbons, a substituted hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 6 carbons, a silyl group, or a substituted silyl group, and R2 and R3 may be bonded so as to form, together with the N atom, a ring structure.

Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer is provided that includes a conjugated diene-based constituent unit and a constituent unit represented by Formula (I) below, the constituent unit represented by Formula (I) being present between a conjugated diene-based constituent unit and a conjugated diene-based constituent unit, and the content of the constituent unit represented by Formula (I) being 1 unit or 2 units per polymer chain. In the formula, X1, X2, and X3 independently denote a group as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A manufacture condition setting system includes a manufacture state acquisition unit to which static/dynamic conditions and a product quality in the case where the static/dynamic conditions do not change for, at least, a predetermined number of manufactured articles in an ordinary manufacture state are inputted together with reference information, a dynamic condition inference unit which estimates and outputs a corresponding optimal dynamic condition in a case where a combination of the static conditions is an experienced one, and a dynamic condition correction unit which, if necessary, corrects inference knowledge stored by the dynamic condition inference unit, by using information inputted from the manufacture state acquisition unit.

Abstract: A loudspeaker of high sound quality is achieved by improving rigidity of a material used for a diaphragm, a dust cap and a sub-cone. The diaphragm, the dust cap and the sub-cone of the loudspeaker are made of a paper beaten with the material containing bamboo fibers obtained from a bamboo tree aged one year or older, of which the fibers are finely beaten to an extent of micro-fibrillated form. The diaphragm and the dust cap are also made with a beaten paper containing at least 2 wt % of “A fibers” having stems of no greater than 30 ?m in diameter, and surfaces of the stems are fibrillated into shaggy branches having diameters of 1 ?m or less.

Abstract: An optical information recording medium has light interference layers including a recording layer on a substrate. The recording layer includes an organic dye and a photostabilizer which is, for example, the compound of formula 1 wherein at least one of R1 to R8 represents a substituted alkyl group having a terminal cyano group, with the others represent other substituents; Y represents a monovalent or divalent cation; and Xm? represents a monovalent or divalent anion.

Abstract: For improving the humidity resistance reliability and the jitter property of an optical disk, the adhesive layer used for bonding a bonding type optical information recording medium is defined such that the glass transition temperature is 100° C. or higher at 200° C. or lower, the modulus of elasticity at 25 to 80° C. is 1000 MPa or more, the adhesion strength thereof is 4 N or more, the reflective layer is defined such that the hardness is 60 mgf/?m2 or more as the nano indentation hardness, and the dye recording layer is defined such that the water solubility of the dye as light absorption is 0.2 or less.

Abstract: When a power switch is turned on, first and second analog switches are turned on while a third analog switch is turned off. Accordingly, at the time of starting, a forced excitation driving circuit supplies to a vibrator an oscillation output pulse which is substantially at the resonance frequency of the vibrator, thereby forcibly driving the vibrator in an excitation manner. Thereafter, when the vibrator substantially attains its stationary state and thereby the charged voltage of a capacitor reaches a threshold value of an inverter, the first and second analog switches are turned off while the third analog switch is turned on. Accordingly, the output of a self-excitation circuit is supplied to the electrode of the vibrator so as to vibrate the vibrator in a self-excitation manner.