Abstract: An image-forming method includes: exposing a negative type image-forming material including a support and an image-recording layer containing a binder polymer containing at least one group capable of being converted to a sulfonate upon a reaction with an aqueous solution containing at least one of a sulfite and a bisulfite, a sensitizing dye, a polymerization initiator, and a compound having an ethylenically unsubstituted bond; and removing an unexposed area of the image-recording layer with an aqueous solution containing at least one of a sulfite and a bisulfite.

Abstract: A laser-decomposable resin composition, includes: (A) a polymer compound containing a structure represented by formula (0) as a repeating unit in a main chain of the polymer compound: wherein R1 represents H or a hydrocarbyl group which may have a substituent; and (B) a photo-latent or heat-latent catalyst, and a pattern-forming material, includes: a layer containing the laser-decomposable resin composition.

Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor includes: a support; and a photosensitive layer containing a binder polymer containing a positively charged nitrogen atom in at least one of a main chain and a side chain of the binder polymer, a compound containing an ethylenically unsubstituted bond; and a radical polymerization initiator.

Abstract: In an automotive floor panel assembly (1) comprising a floor panel (1M) stamp-formed of sheet metal and including a longitudinal floor tunnel (2) extending longitudinally in a laterally central part of the floor panel and a lateral floor tunnel (3) extending laterally across the longitudinal floor tunnel, a first reinforcement member (7), which may have a stepped cross section, attached to and extending along a front surface of a front wall (1fw) of the lateral floor tunnel so as to define a closed cross section jointly with the front wall of the lateral floor tunnel. Thereby, a closed cross section is defined jointly by the first reinforcement member and the front wall of the lateral floor tunnel immediately under the front end of the front seats (4) so that the floor panel can be favorably reinforced without limiting the leg rooms of the vehicle occupants of the front seats and without interfering with the space for receiving the fuel tank (10).

Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor includes an image-recording layer which is capable of being removed with at least one of printing ink and dampening water and contains a compound represented by the following formula (I), a sensitizing dye and a compound having at least one addition-polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated bond: wherein R1 represents a monovalent substituent, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a monovalent substituent, and X? represents an anion.

Abstract: A decomposable resin composition contains a base generator, and a polyurethane resin capable of being decomposed with a base generated from the base generator.

Abstract: A photosensitive composition comprising: a compound having two or more mercapto groups directly connected to a hetero ring; a hexaarylbiimidazole compound; a sensitizing dye; and a polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond.

Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system comprises an injector for injecting urea water into an exhaust duct, and a denitration catalyst disposed downstream of the injector with respect to a flow of exhaust gas. The exhaust aftertreatment system reduces nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas by the denitration catalyst while using ammonia produced from the urea water injected from the injector. The urea water is injected along a direction of the flow of the exhaust gas within the exhaust duct, and a porous plate is disposed in multiple stages in a space of the exhaust duct such that droplets of the injected urea water impinge against the porous plate before reaching a wall surface of the exhaust duct. A surface of the porous plate subjected to the impingement of the droplets is arranged to face downstream with respect to the flow of the exhaust gas.

Abstract: A cylinder-shaped flow passage in which a first fluid flows includes an internal cylinder which is smaller in diameter than the flow passage. A swirl-generating stator having four vanes is radially fixed in the internal cylinder. A header space for supplying a second fluid is provided to the outer circumference of a wall surface of the internal cylinder in contact with flow separation areas which are formed along downstream surfaces of the swirl-generating stator as the first fluid runs into the swirl-generating stator. The wall surface of the internal cylinder is formed with openings through which the flow separation areas communicate with the header space. The second fluid supplied into the header space flows through the openings into the flow separation areas, and is diffused along the vanes of the swirl-generating stator to be swirled and mixed into the first fluid applied with swirling force by the swirl-generating stator.

Abstract: In an automotive floor panel assembly (1) comprising a floor panel (1M) stamp-formed of sheet metal and including a longitudinal floor tunnel (2) extending longitudinally in a laterally central part of the floor panel and a lateral floor tunnel (3) extending laterally across the longitudinal floor tunnel, a first reinforcement member (7), which may have a stepped cross section, attached to and extending along a front surface of a front wall (1fw) of the lateral floor tunnel so as to define a closed cross section jointly with the front wall of the lateral floor tunnel. Thereby, a closed cross section is defined jointly by the first reinforcement member and the front wall of the lateral floor tunnel immediately under the front end of the front seats (4) so that the floor panel can be favorably reinforced without limiting the leg rooms of the vehicle occupants of the front seats and without interfering with the space for receiving the fuel tank (10).

Abstract: The present invention provides a polymerizable composition comprising (A) a compound represented by the following formula (I), (B) an infrared absorbent, and (C) a compound having at least one addition-polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated bond, and a negative planographic printing plate precursor having a recording layer containing the polymerizable composition. In the formula (I), R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group; and X? represents an anion.

Abstract: A vehicle front body structure including a framework member provided at a front end of an upper member which extends forwardly from a front pillar closest to a driver's seat. The framework member includes an inclined portion which extends forward over and beyond a front wheel, and a vertical portion which extends from a front end of the inclined portion in such a manner as to be suspended in front of the front wheel. When, in a collision between vehicles, a front side member of an oncoming vehicle collides with own vehicle at a position outside a front side member in a vehicle widthwise direction, a resulting impact is alleviated by the framework member, precluding the front pillar from being exerted with an excessive amount of impact force.

Abstract: A dielectric waveguide designed to avoid the influence of reflection of electromagnetic waves at connected portions of dielectric strips and to have an improved characteristic. The distance L between connection planes between pairs of dielectric strips adjacent in the direction of propagation of an electromagnetic wave is set to an odd number multiple of ¼ of the guide wavelength. Reflected waves are thereby superposed in phase opposition to each other to cancel out. In this manner, propagation of a reflected signal to ports is limited.

Abstract: A vehicle front body structure including a framework member provided at a front end of an upper member which extends forwardly from a front pillar closest to a driver's seat. The framework member includes an inclined portion which extends forward over and beyond a front wheel, and a vertical portion which extends from a front end of the inclined portion in such a manner as to be suspended in front of the front wheel. When, in a collision between vehicles, a front side member of an oncoming vehicle collides with own vehicle at a position outside a front side member in a vehicle widthwise direction, a resulting impact is alleviated by the framework member, precluding the front pillar from being exerted with an excessive amount of impact force.

Abstract: A dielectric waveguide designed to avoid the influence of reflection of electromagnetic waves at connected portions of dielectric strips and to have an improved characteristic. The distance L between connection planes between pairs of dielectric strips adjacent in the direction of propagation of an electromagnetic wave is set to an odd number multiple of ¼ of the guide wavelength. Reflected waves are thereby superposed in phase opposition to each other to cancel out. In this manner, propagation of a reflected signal to ports is limited.

Abstract: A dielectric waveguide designed to avoid the influence of reflection of electromagnetic waves at connected portions of dielectric strips and to have an improved characteristic. A third dielectric strip is inserted in a part of a connection section at which a first dielectric strip and a second dielectric strip are connected to each other, and the distances between the three connection planes in said connection section are determined so that a wave reflected at the connection plane between the first and third dielectric strips, a wave reflected at the connection plane between the first and second dielectric strips, and a wave reflected at the connection plane between the second and third dielectric strips are superposed with a phase difference of 2&pgr;/3 from each other.

Abstract: A dielectric line switch is provided which is capable of easily controlling the propagation of an electromagnetic wave. Also provided is an antenna device employing said dielectric line switch. As an embodiment of the invention, a plurality of dielectric lines and a plurality of primary radiators are provided on a rotary unit. With the rotation of the rotary unit, the dielectric lines are switched ON and OFF by virtue of mechanical means, so that a desired change-over may be effected among the plurality of primary radiators in a time sharing manner, and the positions of the primary radiators may be shifted within a plane of the focal point of a dielectric lens, thereby enabling the transmission wave beam and/or reception wave beam to scan in a desired manner.

Abstract: In a millimeter wave module or the like having both a normal NRD guide and a hyper NRD guide, a conversion portion structure for non, radiative dielectric waveguides of different types has excellent conversion characteristics at the connection between the two types of NRD guides. In a first conversion portion, the width of a dielectric strip is changed from the width of a dielectric strip in the hyper NRD guide portion to the width of a dielectric strip in the normal NRD guide portion, grooves of approximately the same depth as grooves in the hyper NRD guide are provided extending as far as the second conversion portion, and in a third conversion portion, the width of these grooves widens perpendicular to the propagation direction of electromagnetic waves and parallel to the face of conductive plates. According to this structure, guide conversion can be achieved with low radiation in a predetermined frequency band.

Abstract: A throttle valve controller includes a motor, a throttle valve driven by the motor, an accelerator sensor for setting a target position of the throttle valve, a throttle sensor for detecting the actual position of the throttle valve, a position control circuit for controlling the motor in accordance with a difference between the target position and the actual position of the throttle valve, a friction compensating circuit for compensating a positional error due to friction force affecting the throttle valve, and a driver for driving the motor with repetition of a control period in accordance with the position control circuit and the friction compensating circuit. The friction compensating circuit may compensate the positional error due to friction force during a control period together with the position control circuit. The motor may generate compensated torque in accordance with the friction force that affects the throttle valve.

Abstract: The present throttle controller may generate the exact driving force to hold the target position between the fully closed and the fully opened positions of the throttle valve since a position holding factor is calculated based on the target position. Accordingly, the throttle valve may hold at the target position without any help of reduction mechanism between the motor and the throttle valve. Further, the position holding factor takes a larger value than that of the actual position while the target position is more opened than the actual positron. Such larger position holding factor boosts the throttle valve to promptly reach the target position. On the contrary, the position holding factor takes a smaller value than that of the actual position while the target position is more closed than that of the actual position. Such smaller position holding factor also boosts the throttle valve to reach the target position promptly.