Abstract: As an organic electroluminescence device that exhibits superior external quantum efficiency and durability during driving at high temperature, and small variation in chromaticity and small increase in voltage after driving at high temperatures and has long lifespan, it is provided that the organic electroluminescence device including on a substrate a pair of electrodes and at least one layer of an organic layer including a light emitting layer disposed between the electrodes, wherein the light emitting layer contains at least one specific iridium complex and any layer of the at least one layer of an organic layer contains at least one compound represented by Formula (1): wherein in Formula (1), each of R1 to R5 independently represents a specific group or atom, n1 represents an integer of 0 to 5, and each of n2 to n5 independently represents an integer of 0 to 4.

Abstract: A second stacked product is configured with a flexible wiring sheet, and a stacked-element array supported by the flexible wiring sheet. To a biological-body side of the stacked-element array, a ground film is bonded, whereby a structurally reinforced third stacked product is produced. Then, the third stacked product is bent, whereby a curved stacked product is produced. In the bending procedure, in the ground film, a plurality of extension parts arranged along the ? direction are automatically formed.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a head gimbal assembly includes a suspension and a magnetic head supported by the suspension via a gimbal portion. The magnetic head includes a slider and a head portion provided in the slider. The slider includes an air bearing surface, a pair of side surfaces, a leading-side end surface, and a trailing-side end surface. The slider includes a deep groove which is formed between the leading-side step portion and the trailing-side step portion and is open to the air bearing surface and the pair of side surfaces, and a pair of partition walls which extends from the trailing-side step portion toward the leading-side step portion along the pair of side surfaces to close at least a portion of a side surface opening of the deep groove.

Abstract: Provided is a semi-cylindrical shaped half bearing. The half bearing has an inner surface forming a sliding surface. The sliding surface includes a plurality of recesses. Each recess has a smooth recess surface recessed from the sliding surface toward an outer diameter side of the half bearing. The recess surface forms a convex curve toward the outer diameter side of the half bearing in a cross-sectional view in any direction perpendicular to the sliding surface. The recess surface includes a plurality of circumferential grooves. The circumferential grooves are recessed from the recess surface toward the outer diameter side of the half bearing. The circumferential grooves extend along a circumferential direction of the half bearing so that smooth surfaces and the circumferential grooves are alternately arranged on the recess surface.

Abstract: Provided is a semi-annular shaped half thrust bearing. The half thrust bearing has a sliding surface and a back surface opposite to the sliding surface. The sliding surface includes a plurality of recesses. Each recess has a recess surface recessed from the sliding surface toward the back surface. The recess surface is convex toward the back surface in cross-sectional view in a center line direction of the half thrust bearing. The recess surface includes a plurality of grooves. The grooves are recessed from the recess surface toward the back surface. The grooves extend in the center line direction so that smooth surfaces and the grooves are alternately arranged on the recess surface in a horizontal direction of the half thrust bearing.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element which has a substrate, a pair of electrodes disposed on this substrate and composed of an anode and a cathode, and at least one organic layer disposed between these electrodes and including a light-emitting layer, and in which a compound expressed by General Formula 1-1 is contained in at least one layer of the aforementioned light-emitting layer(s) exhibits high luminous efficiency, excellent blue color purity, and little change in chromaticity accompanying drive deterioration.

Abstract: In order to estimate a temperature of a transmission-reception wavefront of a probe head, a first computing unit and a second computing unit are provided. The first computing unit estimates a temperature TA of the transmission-reception wavefront according to a basic function based on an internal temperature T1, an ambient temperature T2, power consumption Ptotal (=Pic+Ptd), and any other parameter. The basic function is a linear function. The second computing unit estimates a temperature TB of the transmission-reception wavefront according to an auxiliary function based on a previously estimated temperature Tpre, an internal temperature difference ?T1, and any other, parameter. A selection unit selects any of the temperatures TA and TB depending on situations.

Abstract: A resonance layer (30) and an acoustic separation layer (34) are arranged adjacent to each other between a piezoelectric element (24) and a circuit board (16) provided with an electronic circuit for driving the piezoelectric element. The acoustic impedance of the resonance layer (30) is higher than that of the piezoelectric element (24), and the acoustic impedance of the acoustic separation layer (34) is lower than that of the circuit board (16). An ultrasonic wave is reflected at the interface between the resonance layer (30) and the acoustic separation layer (34) where the difference in acoustic impedance is large, and the ultrasonic wave propagating to the circuit-board (16) side is reduced.

Abstract: A method for assembling two or more types of vectors includes introducing the two or more types of vectors into a methanol-utilizing yeast strain. The methanol-utilizing yeast strain comprises a DNL4 gene that is inactivated, and the two or more types of vectors are assembled in a transformant of the methanol-utilizing yeast strain.

Abstract: Provided is a semi-annular-shaped half thrust bearing having a sliding surface for receiving an axial force and a back surface opposite to the sliding surface. The sliding surface includes a plurality of recesses. Each recess has a recess surface recessed from the sliding surface toward the back surface of the half thrust bearing. The recess surface is convex toward the back surface of the half thrust bearing in cross-sectional view in a circumferential direction of the half thrust bearing. The recess surface includes a plurality of circumferential grooves recessed from the recess surface toward the back surface of the half thrust bearing. The circumferential grooves extend along the circumferential direction of the half thrust bearing, and smooth surfaces and the circumferential grooves are alternately arranged on the recess surface.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, curve fitting, which uses power supplied to the thermal actuator when a magnetic head is brought into contact with a magnetic disk by the thermal actuator and a quadratic or higher curve, is performed at at least five radial positions in a radial direction of the magnetic disk in a case of setting a control value of the thermal actuator, and it is determined as abnormal contact detection when a Z value of an RMS of a fitting residual from the quadratic or higher curve of each power exceeds a predetermined value.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element including a substrate, a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, disposed on the substrate, and at least one organic layer including a light emitting layer, disposed between the electrodes, in which the organic layer includes a compound represented by the following general formula, has high luminous efficiency, excellent blue color purity, and a small change in the chromaticity due to deterioration by driving (Cy represents a fused aromatic ring structure having the number of constituent rings of 3 or more, and has Dn1 and Ac1 as different constituent rings, and each of the constituent rings are all hydrocarbon rings. Dn1 represents NR11, an O atom, or an S atom. Ac1 represents an electron absorbing substituent, an aryl group having an electron absorbing substituent, or an electron deficient heteroaryl group. The ring Z1 represents an arylene group or a heteroarylene group. L1, L2 and L3 represent specific linking groups.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, curve fitting, which uses power supplied to the thermal actuator when a magnetic head is brought into contact with a magnetic disk by the thermal actuator and a quadratic or higher curve, is performed at at least five radial positions in a radial direction of the magnetic disk in a case of setting a control value of the thermal actuator, and it is determined as abnormal contact detection when a Z value of an RMS of a fitting residual from the quadratic or higher curve of each power exceeds a predetermined value.

Abstract: Provided is a semi-cylindrical shaped half bearing. The half bearing has an inner surface forming a sliding surface. The sliding surface includes a plurality of recesses. Each recess has a smooth recess surface recessed from the sliding surface toward an outer diameter side of the half bearing. The recess surface forms a convex curve toward the outer diameter side of the half bearing in a cross-sectional view in any direction perpendicular to the sliding surface. The recess surface includes a plurality of circumferential grooves. The circumferential grooves are recessed from the recess surface toward the outer diameter side of the half bearing. The circumferential grooves extend along a circumferential direction of the half bearing so that smooth surfaces and the circumferential grooves are alternately arranged on the recess surface.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a head gimbal assembly includes a suspension and a magnetic head supported by the suspension via a gimbal portion. The magnetic head includes a slider and a head portion in the slider. The slider includes an air bearing surface, a pair of side surfaces, a leading-side end surface, and a trailing-side end surface. The slider includes a deep groove which is formed between a leading-side step portion and a trailing-side step portion and is open to the air bearing surface and the pair of side surfaces, and at least a pair of capturing grooves which is formed on a bottom surface of the deep groove. The capturing grooves are provided along the pair of side surface and are placed with a gap from the pair of side surfaces.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element including a substrate, a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, disposed on the substrate, and at least one organic layer including a light emitting layer, disposed between the electrodes, in which the organic layer includes a compound represented by the following general formula (1), has high luminous efficiency, excellent blue color purity, and a small change in the chromaticity due to deterioration by driving, wherein Cy, Dn1, Ac1, L1, L2, L3, ring Z1, u1, q1, n1, m1, A11, and A12 are as defined herein.

Abstract: A light emitting organic thin film including at least one compound represented by Formula (PQ-1) and at least one compound represented by Formula (BN-1). In Formula (PQ-1), each of Ra, Rb and Rc independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, wherein any one of Ra, Rb and Rc represents a hydrogen atom and the remaining two represent an alkyl group. Each of R1 to R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a fluorine atom or a cyano group. Each of Rx and Ry independently represents an alkyl group or a phenyl group. In Formula (BN-1), Ar1 represents an arylene group that may have a substituent Z. Ar2 represents a condensed hydrocarbyl group that may have a substituent Z. Each of R101 to R113 independently represents a phenyl group, or the like.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a head gimbal assembly includes a suspension and a magnetic head supported by the suspension via a gimbal portion. The magnetic head includes a slider and a head portion provided in the slider. The slider includes an air bearing surface, a pair of side surfaces, a leading-side end surface, and a trailing-side end surface. The slider includes a deep groove which is formed between the leading-side step portion and the trailing-side step portion and is open to the air bearing surface and the pair of side surfaces, and a pair of partition walls which extends from the trailing-side step portion toward the leading-side step portion along the pair of side surfaces to close at least a portion of a side surface opening of the deep groove.

Abstract: Provided is a semi-annular shaped half thrust bearing. The half thrust bearing has a sliding surface and a back surface opposite to the sliding surface. The sliding surface includes a plurality of recesses. Each recess has a recess surface recessed from the sliding surface toward the back surface. The recess surface is convex toward the back surface in cross-sectional view in a center line direction of the half thrust bearing. The recess surface includes a plurality of grooves. The grooves are recessed from the recess surface toward the back surface. The grooves extend in the center line direction so that smooth surfaces and the grooves are alternately arranged on the recess surface in a horizontal direction of the half thrust bearing.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a head gimbal assembly includes a suspension and a magnetic head supported by the suspension via a gimbal portion. The magnetic head includes a slider and a head portion in the slider. The slider includes an air bearing surface, a pair of side surfaces, a leading-side end surface, and a trailing-side end surface. The slider includes a deep groove which is formed between a leading-side step portion and a trailing-side step portion and is open to the air bearing surface and the pair of side surfaces, and at least a pair of capturing grooves which is formed on a bottom surface of the deep groove. The capturing grooves are provided along the pair of side surface and are placed with a gap from the pair of side surfaces.