Abstract: To provide an epoxy polymerizable composition which exhibits low curing shrinkage and high workability and which gives a cured article having a high refraction index and high heat resistance. The epoxy polymerizable composition contains (A2) fluorene epoxy compound having the following general formula (1) or (2), (A3) epoxy compound having a softening point of 30° C. or less, and (B1) thiol compound having two or more thiol groups in one molecule.

Abstract: A web service processing method for a web server providing device, and a web service providing device enable eliminating the process delay that occurs the first time a web service is accessed. A web service provider 1 has a services table 26 storing a list of web services 24 that can be provided, and provides web services 24 to users. The web service provider 1 monitors if the web services 24 stored in the services table 26 are in a usable state, and if as a result of this monitoring determines that a web service 24 is not usable, asserts an initialization process request to the web service 24 to initialize the web service 24 for use.

Abstract: A subject tracking device includes: an input unit that sequentially inputs input images; an arithmetic operation unit that calculates a first similarity level between an initial template image and a target image and a second similarity level between an update template image and the target image; a position determining unit that determines a subject position based upon at least one of the first and the second similarity level; a decision-making unit that decides whether or not to update the update template image based upon the first and the second similarity level; and an update unit that generates a new update template image based upon the initial template image multiplied by a first weighting coefficient and the target image multiplied by a second weighting coefficient, and updates the update template image with the newly generated update template image, if the update template image is decided to be updated.

Abstract: Provided is a coating device which can spray, while mixing uniformly, a plurality of kinds of base materials and a curing agent. The coating device comprises a supply pipe (12) for delivering the base materials and curing agent, and a rotary atomization head rotating about a line passing through the distal end face of the supply pipe (12) and atomizing and spraying the base materials and curing agent delivered from the supply pipe (12). The rotary atomization head comprises a spreading portion spreading toward the spraying direction while surrounding the distal end face of the supply pipe (12), and a substantially disc-shaped closing portion facing the distal end face of the supply pipe (12) and closing the inner wall surface of the spreading portion.

Abstract: A subject tracking device includes: a first similarity factor calculation unit that compares an input image assuming characteristics quantities corresponding to a plurality of characteristics components, with a template image assuming characteristics quantities corresponding to the plurality of characteristics components, and calculates a similarity factor indicating a level of similarity between the input image and the template image in correspondence to each of the plurality of characteristics components; a normalization unit that normalizes similarity factors corresponding to the plurality of characteristics components having been calculated by the first similarity factor calculation unit; and a second similarity factor calculation unit that calculates a similarity factor indicating a level of similarity between the input image and the template image based upon results of normalization achieved via the normalization unit.

Abstract: The invention aims to provide latent curing agents which exert high low-temperature curing properties when used together with ionically polymerizable compounds and which exhibit high storage stability at room temperature. Latent curing agents for ionically polymerizable compounds which agents each contain a hydroxyl-free amine imide compound having an N—N bond energy of 100 to 210 kJ/mol as determined by B3LYP functional theory method.

Abstract: A transmission type X-ray tube includes an electrode lead (4) holding a cathode filament (7) and a stem unit (1) to which a sealing member (5), an exhaust tube (2), and the like are attached by brazing, and an irradiation window frame (8) having an X-ray irradiation window (9) attached by brazing. The other end side (52) of the sealing member (5) is attached to an open end (83) of the irradiation window frame (8) by welding. Thus, it is possible to obtain a high-quality transmission type X-ray tube having a long service life at a low cost.

Abstract: A sealing material for a flat panel display contains 100 parts by weight of a compound (A) containing at least one epoxy group in the molecule, and 0.01 to 40 parts by weight of a compound (B) that generates a base upon irradiation. The compound (B) that generates a base upon irradiation is preferably a compound that generates a tertiary amine upon irradiation. The sealing material has favorable curability at low temperature, and a long pot life at room temperature, and does not cause deterioration of display members with ionic components and acids.

Abstract: The invention provides a cation polymerizable resin composition excellent in curing properties and corrosion resistance with less resin coloration and less cure shrinkage, which is a material suitable as a surface protective material for optical disk. Specifically, the cation polymerizable resin composition comprises an epoxy compound (A) as an essential ingredient represented by formula 1 wherein R1 and R2 each represent a saturated or unsaturated carbon atom, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a saturated or unsaturated carbon atom, a cation polymerizable compound (B) other than the epoxy compound represented by formula 1, a photo cation polymerization initiator (C) and a photo radical polymerization initiator (D).

Abstract: The window base material of the present invention is provided with an intermediate layer having a window section composed of transparent resin and a colored section composed of colored resin surrounding the window section, and a transparent first base material and second base material which sandwich the intermediate layer. The card with embedded module of the present invention is provided with a module having a display element, an adhesive layer covering the module, and a paired third base material and fourth base material which sandwich the module with interposition of the adhesive layer, wherein the third base material is composed of the window base material, and the display section of the display element is disposed so as to face the window section of the window base material.

Abstract: A transmission type X-ray tube includes an electrode lead holding a cathode filament and a stem unit to which a sealing member, an exhaust tube, and the like are attached by brazing, and an irradiation window frame having an X-ray irradiation window attached by brazing. The other end side of the sealing member is attached to an open end of the irradiation window frame by welding. Thus, it is possible to obtain a high-quality transmission type X-ray tube having a long service life at a low cost.

Abstract: This IC card is provided with a module having an inlet, an adhesive layer covering the module, and a first base material and second base material sandwiching the module with interposition of the adhesive layer. The module is disposed on one face of the first base material with interposition of a viscous layer which has a thickness that varies according to the thickness at each area of the module, and its two ends are narrower than its other parts when viewed from the outer face side of the first base material or the outer face side of the second base material. According to this IC card, it is possible to offer the IC card with a flat surface, and without occurrence of strain in the embedded IC chip.

Abstract: It has been discovered that an initiation reaction is efficiently progressed to a propagation reaction by adding a compound that potentially or directly generates a carbocation to the polymerization system of a cationic ring-opening polymerizable compound, and thus the activation of polymerization is rendered. Namely, the present invention relates to a cationic polymerizable resin composition which is characterized by comprising (A) a compound having at least one functional group capable of cationic ring-opening polymerization in one molecular chain, (B) a cationic polymerization initiator, and (C) a compound to generate a carbocation by the action of active species generated from (B) the cationic polymerization initiator by electromagnetic wave or particle beam.

Abstract: [Problem] A polyolefin composition comprising an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer which is superior to conventional olefin-based thermoplastic elastomers in scratch resistance and abrasion resistance and has excellent heat aging resistance is proposed. [Means for Solving the Problem] A polyolefin composition comprising a syndiotactic ?-olefin-based copolymer (A), a polyolefin resin (B) (other than polybutene (C)), polybutene (C), and if necessary, an ethylene-based copolymer rubber (D).

Abstract: A transmission type X-ray tube includes an electrode lead (4) holding a cathode filament (7) and a stem unit (1) to which a sealing member (5), an exhaust tube (2), and the like are attached by brazing, and an irradiation widow frame (8) having an X-ray irradiation window (9) attached by brazing. The other end side (52) of the sealing member (5) is attached to an open end (83) of the irradiation window frame (8) by welding. Thus, it is possible to obtain a high-quality transmission type X-ray tube having a long service life at a low cost.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a molded product having excellent moldability and ability to be processed into parts, as well as excellent scratch resistance. The invention provides a multilayered laminate composed of two or more layers, having a structure in which a layer (I) comprising at least one selected from an olefinic thermoplastic elastomer composition (A) and an olefinic resin (B), and a layer (II) comprising an olefinic thermoplastic elastomer composition (C) are laminated. The olefinic thermoplastic elastomer composition (C) is a composition comprising [1] a specific syndiotactic polypropylene copolymer (c), and [2] at least one selected from a polypropylene resin (d) and an olefinic thermoplastic elastomer (e).

Abstract: A two-dimensional code having a rectangular region is provided. In the rectangular region, there are code blocks composed of a plurality of cells, a first specific pattern specifying the positions of the cells, and a second specific pattern separating the code blocks from a background of the code. The first specific pattern is located at a specified corner of the rectangular region. The second specific pattern is located along one or more of first borders along which the first specific pattern is located, the first borders being part of the borders of the rectangular region. The code blocks include error-correction code blocks, which are located along second borders which are different from a border of the borders along which the second specific pattern is located. The second borders are part of the borders. Compressed data code blocks are also arranged in the same way as the error-correction code blocks.

Abstract: A display method for displaying a plurality of icons in list form on a display device by a list-form displaying section and for enlarging and reducing an icon. When a first icon is selected while second icon previously selected is being enlarged, the second icon is enlarged to a predetermined size, and then after the enlargement, the enlarged second icon is reduced so as to have a size substantially equal to the size of each of icons which are not selected.

Abstract: A photocurable resin composition comprises a cationic polymerizable compound (A), an acrylic resin (B) and a cationic photopolymerization initiator (C), in which the acrylic resin (B) has a cationic polymerizable functional group, and the content of the component (A) is 30 to 95 parts by mass and the content of the component (B) is 5 to 70 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the components (A) and (B). In addition, the functional group of the acrylic resin (B) preferably contains at least one of a cyclic ether group, a vinyloxy group, an acid adduct of a vinyloxy group, and an active hydrogen group, with the active hydrogen group preferably being a hydroxyl group. The photocurable resin composition has sufficient curability and sufficient adhesiveness to rigid plastics such as polycarbonate and PET having poor adhesive property.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical disk apparatus comprises an enable signal generation module configured to generate an enable signal for discriminating a mark and a space in a reproduction signal of an optical disk, a first index calculation module configured to calculate a first evaluation index for evaluating a signal quality of the mark based on a discrimination in accordance with the enable signal and a second index calculation module configured to calculate a second evaluation index for evaluating a signal quality of the space based on the discrimination in accordance with the enable signal.