Abstract: An electroconductive-film-forming composition capable of forming an electroconductive film having excellent conductivity and few voids and a method for producing an electroconductive film using the same. The electroconductive-film-forming composition contains copper particles having an average particle diameter of 1 nm to 10 ?m, copper oxide particles having an average particle diameter of 1 nm to 500 nm, a reducing agent having a hydroxy group, a metal catalyst including metals other than copper, and a solvent, in which the content of the copper oxide particles is 50% by mass to 300% by mass with respect to the content of the copper particles, the content of the reducing agent is 100 mol % to 800 mol % with respect to the content of the copper oxide particles, and the content of the metal catalyst is 10% by mass or less with respect to the content of the copper oxide particles.

Abstract: A body-cavity-insertion-type probe wherein an electronic circuit board is provided via a relay board on a back surface side of an oscillator unit. A backing member is joined to a center region of a back surface of the electronic circuit board. A wiring sheet is joined to a peripheral region of the back surface. A rear wing and a front wing of the wiring sheet surround a backing case, and a right wing and a left wing of an exhaust heat sheet protrude outward via two slits formed in a heat dissipation shell and are fixed on an outer surface of the heat dissipation shell. Heat generated by the electronic circuit board is transmitted to the heat dissipation shell via the exhaust heat sheet or the backing case, and heat is dissipated by the heat dissipation shell as a whole.

Abstract: An ultrasound probe is provided which maintains sufficient adhesion strength of the layers that configure the ultrasound probe and which matches the acoustic impedance of a piezoelectric element to that of the organism; also provided is an ultrasound diagnostic device provided with said ultrasound probe. This ultrasound probe (100a) is characterized by comprising a backing layer, a piezoelectric element layer (6E), an acoustic matching layer (2A) and an acoustic lens (1), laminated in that order, wherein an adhesion layer (14A) containing vanadium glass is provided between the piezoelectric element layer (6E) and the acoustic matching layer (2A).

Abstract: An optical module and a method of assembling the optical module are disclosed. The optical module comprises a laser unit, a modulator unit, and a detector unit mounted on respective thermo-electric coolers (TECs). The modulator unit, which is arranged on an optical axis of the first output port from which a modulated beam is output, modulates the continuous wave (CW) beam output from the laser unit. On the other hand, the laser unit and the detector unit are arranged on another optical axis of the second output port from which another CW beam is output. The method of assembling the optical module first aligns one of the first combination of the laser unit and the modulator unit with the first output port and the second combination of the laser unit and the detector unit, and then aligns another of the first combination and the second combination.

Abstract: A body-cavity-insertion-type probe wherein an internal unit (internal assembly) has an oscillator unit, a relay board, and electronic circuit board, and a backing member. The backing member is retained in a state of being housed inside a backing case, and the backing case is retained by two recesses formed in an inside surface of a heat dissipation shell as a probe head case. An exhaust heat sheet is joined to a peripheral region of a back surface of the electronic circuit board. A rear wing and a front wing of the exhaust heat sheet are joined to the backing case.

Abstract: There is provided a production method of a thiopyranose compound represented by the following Formula (2) by reacting a compound represented by the following Formula (1) with a sulfur compound. X represents a leaving group. A represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom. Further, each of R1A to R4B, R1B to R4B, and R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a specific substituent.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element comprising a substrate, a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, disposed on the substrate, and at least one organic layer which is arranged between the electrodes and which includes a light emitting layer, wherein the organic layer contains a compound represented by general formula (1) in at least one layer. The organic electroluminescent element has a high luminous efficiency, excellent blue color purity, and little chromaticity change due to drive deterioration. (In the formula, the two Xs either both represent an O atom or both represent an S atom, and R1-R10 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent group).

Abstract: An optical module and a method of assembling the optical module are disclosed. The optical module comprises a laser unit, a modulator unit, and a detector unit mounted on respective thermo-electric coolers (TECs). The modulator unit, which is arranged on an optical axis of the first output port from which a modulated beam is output, modulates the continuous wave (CW) beam output from the laser unit. On the other hand, the laser unit and the detector unit are arranged on another optical axis of the second output port from which another CW beam is output. The method of assembling the optical module first aligns one of the first combination of the laser unit and the modulator unit with the first output port and the second combination of the laser unit and the detector unit, and then aligns another of the first combination and the second combination.

Abstract: A vector includes a nucleotide sequence according to any one of the following (a) to (d): (a) a nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12, 15, 18, or 21; (b) a nucleotide sequence of a nucleic acid that hybridizes with a nucleic acid consisting of a nucleotide sequence complementary to the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12, 15, 18, or 21, under stringent conditions; (c) a nucleotide sequence having 85% or more sequence identity with the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12, 15, 18, or 21; (d) a nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12, 15, 18, or 21 in which one or more nucleotides are substituted, deleted, inserted, and/or added.

Abstract: Compounds represented by formulae (I) to (XXII) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof:

Abstract: An optical module and a method of assembling the optical module are disclosed. The optical module comprises a laser unit, a modulator unit, and a detector unit mounted on respective thermo-electric coolers (TECs). The modulator unit, which is arranged on an optical axis of the first output port from which a modulated beam is output, modulates the continuous wave (CW) beam output from the laser unit. On the other hand, the laser unit and the detector unit are arranged on another optical axis of the second output port from which another CW beam is output. The method of assembling the optical module first aligns one of the first combination of the laser unit and the modulator unit with the first output port and the second combination of the laser unit and the detector unit, and then aligns another of the first combination and the second combination.

Abstract: An optical module and a method of assembling the optical module are disclosed. The optical module comprises a laser unit, a modulator unit, and a detector unit mounted on respective thermo-electric coolers (TECs). The modulator unit, which is arranged on an optical axis of the first output port from which a modulated beam is output, modulates the continuous wave (CW) beam output from the laser unit. On the other hand, the laser unit and the detector unit are arranged on another optical axis of the second output port from which another CW beam is output. The method of assembling the optical module first aligns one of the first combination of the laser unit and the modulator unit with the first output port and the second combination of the laser unit and the detector unit, and then aligns another of the first combination and the second combination.

Abstract: An optical module and a method of assembling the optical module are disclosed. The optical module comprises a laser unit, a modulator unit, and a detector unit mounted on respective thermo-electric coolers (TECs). The modulator unit, which is arranged on an optical axis of the first output port from which a modulated beam is output, modulates the continuous wave (CW) beam output from the laser unit. On the other hand, the laser unit and the detector unit are arranged on another optical axis of the second output port from which another CW beam is output. The method of assembling the optical module first aligns one of the first combination of the laser unit and the modulator unit with the first output port and the second combination of the laser unit and the detector unit, and then aligns another of the first combination and the second combination.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element using a compound represented by the following general formula emits dark blue light and has a small change in the chromaticity during luminance modulation: wherein each of R1 to R8 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; A1 to A4 represent CR31 or N; L and X each independently represent any one of CR32R33, NR34, O, S, and SiR35R36; and each of R31 to R36 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence device including a pair of electrodes composed of an anode and a cathode, a light emitting layer between the electrodes and an organic layer which is adjacent to the light emitting layer between the light emitting layer and the cathode, on a substrate, and the light emitting layer contains at least one compound having a carbazole structure and the organic layer adjacent to the light emitting layer contains at least one hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure.

Abstract: Compounds represented by formulae (I) to (XXII) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof:

Abstract: A probe that is inserted into a body cavity, wherein an inner unit (inner assembly) comprises an oscillator unit, an intermediate substrate, an electronic circuit substrate, and a backing member. An exhaust heat sheet is joined to an area at the perimeter of the rear surface of the electronic circuit substrate. The exhaust heat sheet comprises a main body part and a plurality of wings that extend to the outside from the main body part. The plurality of wings include a right wing and a left wing. The wings are inserted into two slits formed in a probe head case (heat radiating shell), and the end parts of the wings are accommodated in and adhered to two recessed sections formed in the outer surface of the probe head case. Thus, heat generated inside the probe head case can be directly transferred to the outer surface of the probe head case.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence element that uses a compound expressed by the following general formula has low inter-molecular interaction and high orientation during vapor deposition, and by using compounds that are resistant to aggregation, luminous efficiency is high, and there is little change in chromaticity accompanying drive deterioration (either V1 or W1 and either V2 or W2 form rings, the rings formed by V1 and V2 are six-membered rings, and the rings formed by W1 and W2 are five-membered rings; A2 to A4 and A6 to A8 represent CRZ or N, and RZ represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and R2, R3, R7, and R8 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a fluorine atom, a hydrogen atom [sic], or a deuterium atom.).

Abstract: In the present invention, a wave transmission/reception unit is provided in the distal end of a probe. The wave transmission/reception unit includes a 2D-array oscillator, an electronic circuit, and a relay substrate for electrically joining the 2D-array oscillator and the electronic circuit. The face of the wave transmission/reception unit on a subject side thereof is a wave transmission/reception face. A temperature detection unit is provided to the relay substrate. In the present invention, a surface temperature estimation unit estimates the temperature of the surface of the wave transmission/reception face on the basis of the detected temperature from the temperature detection unit and the power consumption by the wave transmission/reception unit.

Abstract: There is provided a production method of a compound represented by the following formula (II) through a step of reacting a compound represented by the following General Formula (I) with a sulfur compound. In General Formulas (I) and (II), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an acyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an acyloxy group, an arylmethyloxy group, an allyloxy group, an arylmethyloxycarbonyloxy group, or an allyloxycarbonyloxy group, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an acyloxy group, R5 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group, and X represents a leaving group. Here, in a case where R2 is a fluorine atom, an acyloxy group, an arylmethyloxy group, an allyloxy group, an arylmethyloxycarbonyloxy group, or an allyloxycarbonyloxy group, R3 is an acyloxy group.