Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a plasticizer for vinyl chloride-based resin superior in cold resistance and volatility resistance, and desirable in flexibility, fogging resistance, heat discoloration resistance, and weather resistance, and to also provide a vinyl chloride-based resin composition comprising the plasticizer. An ester obtained by reacting a specific carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof with a C9 saturated aliphatic alcohol at a specific proportion is superior in cold resistance and volatility resistance, and desirable in flexibility, fogging resistance, heat discoloration resistance, and weather resistance. Therefore, if becomes possible to obtain a vinyl chloride-based resin composition applicable to automobile parts, medical materials, or the like, as well as a molded article of the vinyl chloride-based resin composition.

Abstract: The method includes a step of growing an MgZnO-based single-crystal layer at a growth pressure of less than 10 kPa and a growth temperature equal to or greater than an upper limit temperature for ZnO single-crystal growth, wherein the MgZnO-based single-crystal layer is grown using a magnesium-based metal-organic compound having a Cp group, water vapor (H2O) and a zinc-based metal-organic compound that does not contain oxygen.

Abstract: A buffer storage controller includes a read-out buffer address array, a write-in buffer address array and a buffer storage. An operand storage compare (OSC) detecting section compares a column signal and a row signal outputted from the read-out buffer address array to the buffer storage with those outputted by the write-in buffer address array to obtain an OSC detection signal.

Abstract: An electronic telephone terminal having a transmitter and a receiver, both having an approximately linear acoustic-to-electric transduction characteristics, and having a surrounding noise suppression function, and including a variable attenuator for controlling a gain of a transmission system; a noise detection device for detecting surrounding noise; and a control device for controlling the variable attenuator in such a manner that when a sound pressure level input to the transmitter exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the gain is fixedly set to a constant value, and when the input sound pressure level is equal to or below the predetermined threshold level, the gain is controlled in response to a change in the surrounding noise level detected by the noise detection device.