Abstract: Provided is a cleaning blade in which at least a portion which comes in contact with a member to be cleaned is configured of a member having dynamic ultra micro hardness of from 0.25 to 0.65 and an index K acquired in the following Equation (1) of equal to or more than 15: index K=[23° C. breaking elongation (%)]×[10° C. impact resilience (%)]×(?1)×[tan ? peak temperature (° C.)]/[Young's modulus (MPa)]/1000??Equation (1).

Abstract: Disclosed are alumina materials including a barium sulfate, catalyst or adsorbent using the same, in particular, catalyst for exhaust gas purification superior in NOx purification performance, suitable as a catalyst for purifying harmful substances included in exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine of a gasoline vehicle, a diesel vehicle. An alumina material containing a barium sulfate in an amount of 5 to 70% by mass to alumina, wherein average particle size of barium sulfate dispersing in the alumina material is 4 ?m or smaller, average particle size of alumina is 50 ?m or smaller, and BET specific surface area of the alumina material is 20 to 250 m2/g; a catalyst for exhaust gas purification using the alumina material including a barium sulfate. It is preferable that the alumina material including a barium sulfate is coated onto an integrated structure-type carrier, as a catalyst layer.

Abstract: An optical product according to the present invention includes a transparent base material, and a multilayer film including a dielectric film and an ITO film. The multilayer film is formed on one face or two faces of the transparent base material. The physical thickness of the ITO film is not less than 3 nanometers and not greater than 7 nanometers. The ITO film can be formed by vapor deposition with plasma treatment.

Abstract: A cleaning blade includes a contact portion that contacts a member to be cleaned, and the contact portion at least contains polyurethane rubber and has at least two different endothermic peak temperatures by differential scanning calorimetry in a range of 100° C. or higher.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof works as an mGluR2 antagonist, and is applicable as a therapeutic agent for neurological disorders related to glutamate dysfunction and diseases involving the mGluR2, such as Alzheimer's disease: wherein R is a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group or the like, R1 is a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group or the like, R2 is a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group or the like, R3 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group or the like, and R4 is a C1-6 alkyl group or the like.

Abstract: Provided is a cleaning blade having at least a portion that comes in contact with a member to be cleaned is configured of a member that contains polyurethane rubber, and that has an endothermic peak top temperature obtained by differential scanning calorimetry in a range of from 180° C. to 220° C.

Abstract: A transmission module including a power supply voltage control unit that sets a power supply voltage to the high frequency amplifier in a variable manner, and a control circuit that controls an amplitude control unit, a phase control unit and the power supply voltage control unit. The control circuit and the power supply voltage control unit control the power supply voltage in accordance with an output power of the high frequency amplifier. The transmission module can carry out not only phase control but also amplitude control in a continuous manner, while suppressing amplitude and phase variation, and a high frequency amplifier in the transmission module is made highly efficient. In addition, a large directional gain, a low side lobe level and a low power consumption are achieved, as a phased array antenna apparatus using a transmission module.

Abstract: A connector includes a temporary lock member having a mating arm provided at a connector housing and an arm mating hole provided at a cover body of a connector cover. The mating arm has an edge portion formed with a protruding portion. The arm mating hole is so configured that: in a position where the protruding portion abuts an interference inner wall face, the cover body is pressed inward while being rotated such that the cover body returns to a position where the cover body faces an inherent mounting direction of the cover body, which allows the protruding portion to get over the interference inner wall face and to be inserted to an insertion completion position; and in the insertion completion position, the arm mating hole sandwiches the protruding portion.

Abstract: Provided is a cleaning blade including a contacting corner portion which comes in contact with and cleans a surface of a member to be cleaned moving relative to the cleaning blade, a tip surface which configures one side with the contacting corner portion and faces an upstream side of the surface moving direction, a ventral surface which configures one side with the contacting corner portion and faces a downstream side, and a rear surface which shares one side with the tip surface and opposes the ventral surface.

Abstract: Provided is a cleaning blade having at least a portion that comes in contact with a member to be cleaned is configured of a member that contains polyurethane rubber, and that has an endothermic peak top temperature obtained by differential scanning calorimetry in a range of from 180° C. to 220° C.

Abstract: Provided is a cleaning blade in which at least a portion which comes in contact with a member to be cleaned is configured of a member having dynamic ultra micro hardness of from 0.25 to 0.65 and an index K acquired in the following Equation (1) of equal to or more than 15: index K=[23° C. breaking elongation (%)]×[10° C. impact resilience (%)]×(?1)×[tan ? peak temperature (° C.)]/[Young's modulus (MPa)]/1000??Equation (1).

Abstract: Provided is a cleaning blade for cleaning a surface of an image holding member, including a contact member that contacts the surface of the image holding member at a corner portion of a tip end of the cleaning blade, wherein, when the position of the corner portion in a state where the image holding member is stopped is set to be a standard, a movement distance of the cleaning blade to the position of the corner portion in a state where the image holding member is driven is from 10 ?m to 30 ?m.

Abstract: A charging member includes a contact section and a supported section. The contact section is in contact with a charged body. The supported section is integrated with the contact section and is supported by a support member. The supported section has a lower hardness than the contact section.

Abstract: The present invention provides a target substance transfer method, a crystal production method, a composition production method, and a target substance transfer device, which allow the concentration of a target substance to be increased easily and effectively. The target substance transfer method is a method for transferring a target substance 103 from a first phase 101 that is a liquid or solid phase containing the target substance 103 to a second phase 102 including: a phase approximation step of bringing the first phase 101 and the second phase 102 into close proximity; and a bubble collapse step of forming bubbles in the vicinity of a boundary between the first phase 101 and the second phase 102 and then causing the bubbles to collapse.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I) or pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof exhibits an excellent CRF receptor antagonism wherein X is a nitrogen atom or CH; R1 is -A11-A12; A11 is a single bond or a C1-6 alkylene group; A12 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group or a C3-6 cycloalkyl group, etc.; R2 is -A21-A22; A21 is a single bond or a C1-6 alkylene group; A22 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C3-6 cycloalkyl group, a non-aromatic heterocyclic group, or a heteroaryl group, etc.; R3 is a C1-6 alkyl group, a C3-6 cycloalkyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group, a C3-6 cycloalkoxy C1-6 alkyl group, di-C1-6 alkyl amino group, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a formyl group, or a carboxyl group, etc; R4 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkoxy group; R5 is a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, or a C1-6 alkoxy group; R6 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group, a C1-6 alkylthio group, or a C1-6 alkyl sulfinyl group etc.

Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes a base unit fastenable to a dashboard at a driver's seat of a vehicle, a front panel unit attachable to and detachable from the base unit and with a display displaying map data, and a microcomputer adapted to perform a navigation function to indicate a determined location of the vehicle on the map data. The navigation apparatus is configured such that a part of the front panel unit projects from a surface of the dashboard toward a user seated in the driver's seat, as viewed from side, when the front panel unit is attached to the base unit. With this, the degree of freedom of front panel unit attachment/detachment with respect to the base unit is improved without sacrificing the appearance of the navigation apparatus.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (I), or salt thereof exhibits excellent CRF receptor antagonism, and sufficient pharmacological activity, safety and pharmacokinetic properties as a drug. wherein R1 represents the formula -A11-A12; R2 represents tetrahydrofurylmethyl, tetrahydropyranylmethyl or tetrahydropyranyl; A11 represents a single bond, methylene or 1,2-ethylene; A12 represents C1-6 alkyl, C3-6 cycloalkyl or C3-6 cycloalkyl having methyl; R3 represents methoxy, cyano, cyclobutyloxymethyl, methoxymethyl or ethoxymethyl; and R4 represents methoxy or chlorine.

Abstract: To provide a method of reducing an intrinsic harsh/astringent taste of protamine and a protamine salt and effectively using a fat absorption suppressive effect of these. A complex is formed by reacting at least one of acidic macromolecular substances, such as alginate and polyglutamate, and gum arabic which are capable of forming a complex reducing harsh/astringent taste and dissociating protamine having a lipase inhibitory activity by pepsin treatment, with protamine or a protamine salt.

Abstract: A transmission module including a power supply voltage control unit that sets a power supply voltage to the high frequency amplifier in a variable manner, and a control circuit that controls an amplitude control unit, a phase control unit and the power supply voltage control unit. The control circuit and the power supply voltage control unit control the power supply voltage in accordance with an output power of the high frequency amplifier. The transmission module can carry out not only phase control but also amplitude control in a continuous manner, while suppressing amplitude and phase variation, and a high frequency amplifier in the transmission module is made highly efficient. In addition, a large directional gain, a low side lobe level and a low power consumption are achieved, as a phased array antenna apparatus using a transmission module.

Abstract: An array antenna apparatus in which an SN ratio is improved. Antenna elements having transmission modules, respectively, are arranged in plurality, wherein the plurality of transmission modules respectively have transmission signal generators that each output a transmission intermediate frequency signal, local oscillation signal generators that each output a local oscillation signal, and transmission mixers that each mix the transmission intermediate frequency signal and the local oscillation signal with each other, thereby to carry out frequency conversion to a transmission high frequency signal. A reference signal source inputs a reference signal to the transmission signal generators and the local oscillation signal generators. The transmission intermediate frequency signal and the local oscillation signal are synchronized with each other by the reference signal.