Abstract: A semiconductor optical device includes: a buried layer having a side surface, an upper surface, and an intermediate region; an insulating film on the upper surface of the buried layer; and an electrode including a mesa electrode, a pad electrode, and a lead-out electrode. The upper surface of the buried layer has an outer edge including a first edge extending along the first direction and a second edge extending along a second direction. The intermediate region includes an upright surface that stands straight between the side surface and the first edge, and a slope surface that slopes more gently than the upright surface and extends downward from the second edge. The lead-out electrode includes a portion on the insulating film and connected to the pad electrode, another portion on the intermediate region and through the slope surface, and another portion connected to the mesa electrode.

Abstract: Provided are an acoustic matching layer material containing a curing reaction product obtained by reacting an epoxy resin (A) having an epoxy equivalent weight of 140 or less with at least one of a curing agent (B-1) which is a monomer or a curing catalyst (B-2), and metal particles (C) having a density of 4.5 g/cm3 or more and less than 10 g/cm3 at 20° C., in which a content of particles (D) having a density of less than 4.5 g/cm3 at 20° C. is less than 5% by mass; an acoustic matching sheet; a composition for an acoustic matching layer material; an acoustic wave probe; an acoustic wave measurement apparatus; and a manufacturing method of an acoustic wave probe.

Abstract: A two-component adhesive for an endoscope and a cured product thereof, the adhesive having a base resin and a curing agent. The base resin contains an epoxy resin (A), and the epoxy resin (A) includes an epoxy resin (a) having an average degree of polymerization of 2 or more. Also disclosed are an endoscope produced by using the adhesive for an endoscope and a method for producing the endoscope.

Abstract: Provided are an acoustic matching sheet containing the following component (B) in the following component (A), a composition for an acoustic matching layer, an acoustic wave probe, an acoustic wave measurement apparatus, and a method for manufacturing an acoustic wave probe. (A) is at least one of a resin or a rubber; and (B) is at least one of a resin particle or a rubber particle having an acoustic velocity lower than an acoustic velocity of the component (A) and having a number average particle diameter of 1.0 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for an acoustic matching layer, the resin composition including an epoxy resin (A), a specific polyamine compound (B), and metal particles (C). The epoxy resin (A) includes at least one epoxy resin selected from the group consisting of bisphenol A epoxy resins, bisphenol F epoxy resins, and phenol novolac epoxy resins. Also provided are a cured product formed of the composition, an acoustic matching sheet, an acoustic probe, an acoustic measuring apparatus, a method for producing an acoustic probe, and an acoustic matching layer material set.

Abstract: An endoscope flexible tube having a cylindrical flexible tube base that has flexibility and a resin layer that coats the flexible tube base includes the resin layer, which is a single layer or multiple layers of two or more layers, comprises a layer A which comprises: polyester elastomers, at least one of polyurethane elastomers or polyamide elastomers, and both a hindered phenol compound and a hindered amine compound, wherein the content of the polyester elastomers in the layer A is 55 mass % or more.

Abstract: A semiconductor optical device includes: a buried layer having a side surface, an upper surface, and an intermediate region; an insulating film on the upper surface of the buried layer; and an electrode including a mesa electrode, a pad electrode, and a lead-out electrode. The upper surface of the buried layer has an outer edge including a first edge extending along the first direction and a second edge extending along a second direction. The intermediate region includes an upright surface that stands straight between the side surface and the first edge, and a slope surface that slopes more gently than the upright surface and extends downward from the second edge. The lead-out electrode includes a portion on the insulating film and connected to the pad electrode, another portion on the intermediate region and through the slope surface, and another portion connected to the mesa electrode.

Abstract: There is provided a composition for a laminated material used for a medical lubricating member, the composition including a polymer b including a polysiloxane structure, a catalyst for crosslinking reaction, and a crosslinking agent having a particular structure. The polymer b includes at least one of an acrylic acid component, an acrylic acid ester component, an acrylamide component, or a styrene component and has a hydroxy group, a carboxy group, an amino group, an isocyanate group, an oxazolinyl group, an epoxy group, a vinyl group, an ethynyl group, a sulfanyl group, an azide group, a trialkoxysilyl group, or an acid anhydride structure. There are also provided a laminated material and a medical lubricating member produced from the composition, a medical device including the laminated material and the medical lubricating member, and a method for producing the laminated material and the medical lubricating member.

Abstract: Provided are an epoxy resin adhesive for a medical device and its cured product, and a medical device member and a medical device. The epoxy resin adhesive includes the following components (A) to (C): (A) an epoxy resin; (B) a polyamine compound having two or more unsubstituted amino groups; and (C) a compound having a nonaromatic carbon-carbon double bond group and a phenolic hydroxy group.

Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprises a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a plurality of copper alloy wires composed of a copper alloy and twisted together, and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less, the copper alloy containing Fe in an amount of 0.1% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less, P in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, and one or more elements selected from Ni, Al, Cr and Co in an amount of 0.01% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less in total, with a balance being Cu and impurities.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire composed of an aluminum alloy, wherein the aluminum alloy contains more than or equal to 0.03 mass % and less than or equal to 1.5 mass % of Mg, more than or equal to 0.02 mass % and less than or equal to 2.0 mass % of Si, and a remainder of Al and an inevitable impurity, Mg/Si being more than or equal to 0.5 and less than or equal to 3.5 in mass ratio, and the aluminum alloy wire has a dynamic friction coefficient of less than or equal to 0.8.

Abstract: The update control device is an update control device that controls update of software for one of electronic devices in a vehicle driven by a replaceable battery, and includes: an update method setting unit for selectively setting an update method of the software to either a first update method by replacement of the battery or a second update method by wireless communication, by using at least one of information indicating a remaining amount of the battery, information indicating a size of data to be used for the update, information indicating an urgency of the update, or information indicating a search result of one or more charging stations in a search target area including a position of the vehicle; and a reservation process executing unit for executing, when the update method is set to the first update method, a reservation process of making a reservation for a replacement battery to a reservation target charging station among the charging stations included in the search result and a storage request proce

Abstract: Provided is a laminate having high sterilization resistance and suitable as a medical device constituent component and a medical device including the laminate. The laminate has a substrate, an interlayer on the substrate, and a polymer coating layer on the interlayer. The interlayer has a porous layer including a siloxane compound, and the siloxane compound has at least one of a constituent component derived from a compound bearing a reactive functional group and a hydrolyzable group or a constituent component derived from a compound bearing a hydrolyzable group having a reactive functional group.

Abstract: Provided are a flexible tube for an endoscope, the flexible tube having good elasticity, being capable of sufficiently maintaining adhesiveness between a flexible-tube base and a polymer cover layer covering the flexible-tube base even when a bending operation is repeated, and being less likely to undergo a decrease in elasticity even when the flexible tube is repeatedly heated, an endoscopic medical device including the flexible tube for an endoscope, and methods for producing the flexible tube and the endoscopic medical device. The flexible tube for an endoscope has a flexible-tube base containing metal as a constituent material, a porous layer on the flexible-tube base, a primer layer on the porous layer, and a polymer cover layer on the primer layer. The polymer cover layer includes at least one compound of a polyamide, a polyester, a polyurethane, or a polyolefin on a side in contact with the primer layer.

Abstract: Provided are a flexible tube for an endoscope, the flexible tube having good elasticity, being capable of sufficiently maintaining adhesiveness between a flexible-tube base and a polymer cover layer covering the flexible-tube base even when repeatedly exposed to heat for a long time, and being less likely to undergo a decrease in the adhesiveness between the flexible-tube base and the polymer cover layer even when subjected to disinfection treatment with a hydrogen peroxide solution, an endoscopic medical device including the flexible tube for an endoscope, and methods for producing the flexible tube and the endoscopic medical device. The flexible tube for an endoscope has a flexible-tube base containing metal as a constituent material, a layer containing a siloxane compound and disposed on the flexible-tube base, a primer layer on the layer containing the siloxane compound, and a polymer cover layer on the primer layer. The siloxane compound has a hydroxy group.

Abstract: A semiconductor optical device includes: a buried layer having a side surface, an upper surface, and an intermediate region; an insulating film on the upper surface of the buried layer; and an electrode including a mesa electrode, a pad electrode, and a lead-out electrode. The upper surface of the buried layer has an outer edge including a first edge extending along the first direction and a second edge extending along a second direction. The intermediate region includes an upright surface that stands straight between the side surface and the first edge, and a slope surface that slopes more gently than the upright surface and extends downward from the second edge. The lead-out electrode includes a portion on the insulating film and connected to the pad electrode, another portion on the intermediate region and through the slope surface, and another portion connected to the mesa electrode.

Abstract: A communication control device (5) includes: a vehicle information acquiring unit (41) to acquire vehicle information including communication performance information indicating performance of wireless communication in each of a plurality of vehicles (V); a data assignment unit (42) to assign individual pieces of data (D) included in a data group (DG) collected by a vehicle group (VG) to respective selected vehicles (V) among the plurality of vehicles (V) on the basis of the performance of the wireless communication; a data distribution unit (43) to execute control to distribute a piece of data (D) included in the data group (DG) to a corresponding one of the plurality of vehicles (V) by the wireless communication on the basis of a result of the assignment by the data assignment unit (42); and a transmission control unit (44) to execute control to transmit one of the pieces of data (D) which is assigned to a representative vehicle to a server (2) by the wireless communication.

Abstract: An object of the present invention to provide an adhesive for an endoscope and a cured product of the adhesive, and an endoscope and a method for producing the endoscope. The adhesive is able to maintain sufficient adhesive strength even when exposed to high temperature for a long time in a state of being used for fixation of a member or subjected to powerful sterilization treatment with ozone water or the like and is suitable for use in fixing a member constituting the endoscope. The adhesive for an endoscope includes an epoxy resin, an epoxy resin curing component, and a radical scavenger.

Abstract: Provided are a flexible tube for an endoscope, the flexible tube having good elasticity, good flexibility, and sufficient chemical resistance, an endoscopic medical device including the flexible tube for an endoscope, a method for producing the flexible tube for an endoscope, and a method for producing the endoscopic medical device. The flexible tube for an endoscope has a flexible-tube base that is tubular and that has flexibility and a polymer cover layer covering the flexible-tube base. The flexible-tube base has a spiral tube made of a metal strip and a tubular mesh member covering the spiral tube and made of braided metal wires, the tubular mesh member has a porosity of 2% to 10%, and the flexible tube has, between the flexible-tube base and the polymer cover layer, a primer layer including a silane coupling agent.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy contains at least 0.03 mass % and at most 1.5 mass % of Mg, at least 0.02 mass % and at most 2.0 mass % of Si, and a remainder composed of Al and an inevitable impurity, a mass ratio Mg/Si being not lower than 0.5 and not higher than 3.5. In a transverse section of the aluminum alloy wire, a rectangular surface-layer void measurement region having a short side of 30 ?m long and a long side of 50 ?m long is taken from a surface-layer region extending by up to 30 ?m in a direction of depth from a surface of the aluminum alloy wire. A total cross-sectional area of voids present in the surface-layer void measurement region is not greater than 2 ?m2.