Abstract: A polarizing plate may have high transmittance characteristics and suppressed reflected light. An optical device may be provided with the polarizing plate. The polarizing plate may have a wire grid structure that includes a transparent substrate and grid-like projection portions arranged on the transparent substrate at a pitch shorter than the wavelength of light in a used bandwidth and extending in a predetermined direction. The grid-like projection portions may each have a reflective layer and a dielectric layer in order from the transparent substrate side. When viewed from the predetermined direction, the reflective layer has may have a step on the side thereof and may have the largest bottom width on the transparent substrate side.

Abstract: Provided is a structural birefringence-type inorganic wave plate having excellent heat resistance and durability, and a fine pattern. Also provided is a manufacturing method for an inorganic wave plate by which, even in the case of a fine pattern, productivity is high, and a desired phase difference is easily achieved and stably obtained. This inorganic wave plate is obtained by utilizing a selective interaction between a polymer having a repeating unit containing a carbonyl group, and a metallic oxide precursor, the inorganic wave plate having a wire grid structure provided with a transparent substrate, and grid-shaped protruding portions arranged at a pitch shorter than the wavelength of light in a used band on at least one surface of the transparent substrate and extending in a predetermined direction, the main component of the grid-shaped protruding portion being a metallic oxide.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor that manages allocation of a resource in a storage region of a storage to a plurality of functions. The storage is mounted on a vehicle and includes a dedicated region and a shared region. The dedicated region is configured to be allocated the resource configured to be exclusively used by a specific function, among the functions. The shared region is configured to be allocated the resource configured to be shared by the functions. The resource in the shared region is configured to be dynamically allocated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for assessing the possibility of onset or progression of chronic kidney allograft rejection or chronic kidney disease in a test subject, by using, as an indicator, the level of SYT17 protein in a urine-derived specimen collected from the test subject. The present invention also provides: a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating chronic kidney allograft rejection or chronic kidney disease, the pharmaceutical composition including at least one substance selected from the group consisting of a specific antibody to SYT17, a derivative of the specific antibody, and an inhibitory nucleic acid against SYT17; and a test kit for use in assessing the possibility of onset or progression of chronic kidney allograft rejection or chronic kidney disease, the test kit including a specific antibody to SYT17 or a derivative of the specific antibody.

Abstract: A power controllable wireless communication device includes a variable gain amplifier having a gain that can be controlled based on a gain control signal, a reference power generation circuit, which generates first reference power and second reference power differing from the first reference power, a sensor circuit supplied with selectively power of a high frequency signal output from the variable gain amplifier, and the first reference power and the second reference power generated by the reference power generation circuit, and a control circuit which generates the gain control signal based on a sensor output from the sensor circuit. When controlling power, the control circuit generates the gain control signal based on ratios among a first sensor output corresponding to the first reference power, a second sensor output corresponding to the second reference power, and a high frequency sensor output corresponding to the power of the high frequency signal.

Abstract: A power controllable wireless communication device includes a variable gain amplifier having a gain that can be controlled based on a gain control signal, a reference power generation circuit, which generates first reference power and second reference power differing from the first reference power, a sensor circuit supplied with selectively power of a high frequency signal output from the variable gain amplifier, and the first reference power and the second reference power generated by the reference power generation circuit, and a control circuit which generates the gain control signal based on a sensor output from the sensor circuit. When controlling power, the control circuit generates the gain control signal based on ratios among a first sensor output corresponding to the first reference power, a second sensor output corresponding to the second reference power, and a high frequency sensor output corresponding to the power of the high frequency signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides an animal model resistant to hearing loss by producing a fatty acid binding protein 7 gene knockout animal.

Abstract: An example of the invention is a computer system managing actual storage areas provided by physical storage apparatuses as a single storage pool and allocating an actual storage area to a virtual volume from the storage pool when writing data to the virtual volume from the host computers. A management computer identifies, based on access path management information, access paths for access from the host computers to the virtual volume and usage status of the access paths for access to the virtual volume, and determines, based on the usage status of the access paths, target capacity ratios of actual storage areas allocated to the virtual volume from the physical storage apparatuses providing actual storage areas to the storage pool. The physical storage apparatuses allocate actual storage areas to the virtual volume based on an actual storage area capacity already allocated to the virtual volume and the target capacity ratios.

Abstract: Calibration method of cameras is performed by using images generated by imaging a peripheral area of a vehicle by the cameras, wherein the peripheral area of a vehicle includes a calibration index pre-set on a road surface where the vehicle is positioned. The cameras are mounted on the vehicle, and the calibration index includes intersections formed by at least two first parallel straight lines and two second parallel straight lines having different inclination from the two first parallel straight lines. The camera calibration method includes steps of generating a bird's-eye-view video by viewpoint-converting each of the images based on a first camera parameter that is stored in advance; recognizing the intersections from the generated bird's-eye-view video; and calculating a second camera parameter, via which a non-deviated bird's-eye-view video can be generated, based on the recognized intersections and information on positions and poses of the cameras.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to appropriately select a volume or the like to be allocated to a host computer, thereby decreasing work efficiency. Upon being inputted with a precondition (for example, a user ID, a host ID and a work label ID) based on information inputted from a user, a management server 10 identifies a search condition set corresponding to the precondition and recommends this search condition set to the user. The user can utilize the recommended search condition as-is, or after changing a portion thereof. The management server instructs a storage system to allocate the retrieved volume or the like to the host.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a plasma display apparatus in which reliable erase discharge is performed and an erroneous discharge is suppressed, even when a discharge sustain period is shortened so as to realize a PDP having high definition. The above object is achieved in the following manner. In the discharge sustain period, a pulse applied in the later part of the discharge sustain period has a larger pulse width than a pulse applied in the earlier part of the discharge period, except for an initial pulse in the discharge sustain period. In addition, a called narrow pulse is applied in an erase period to perform an erase discharge. According to this method, wall voltages in discharge cells at the end of the discharge sustain period are raised to a higher level than in the related art. As a result, reliable erase discharge is performed, and an erroneous discharge is suppressed.

Abstract: A plasma display panel with a drive circuit that divides a field into a plurality of sub-fields with each sub-field including a write period, a discharge sustain period and an erase period. In the discharge sustain period at least one of a plurality of pulses applied in a later part of the discharge sustain period has a larger pulse width than a pulse applied in an earlier part of the discharge sustain period and in the erase period, a narrow pulse is applied to a pair of electrodes extending across each of a plurality of discharge cells. The narrow pulse has a pulse height lower than a discharge firing voltage of the plurality of discharge cells and a smaller pulse width than the pulses applied in the discharge sustain period.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a plasma display apparatus in which reliable erase discharge is performed and an erroneous discharge is suppressed, even when a discharge sustain period is shortened so as to realize a PDP having high definition. The above object is achieved in the following manner. In the discharge sustain period, a pulse applied in the later part of the discharge sustain period has a larger pulse width than a pulse applied in the earlier part of the discharge period, except for an initial pulse in the discharge sustain period. In addition, a called narrow pulse is applied in an erase period to perform an erase discharge. According to this method, wall voltages in discharge cells at the end of the discharge sustain period are raised to a higher level than in the related art. As a result, reliable erase discharge is performed, and an erroneous discharge is suppressed.

Abstract: When applying sustain pulses to each discharge cell in a gas discharge panel, a pulse of the opposite polarity is briefly applied immediately before the leading edge of each sustain pulse. Or, the absolute voltage of each sustain pulse is set higher during a certain period from the leading edge of the sustain pulse than during a period from the lapse of the certain period to the trailing edge of the sustain pulse, and a pulse of the opposite polarity is briefly applied immediately after the trailing edge of the sustain pulse. As a result, discharge delays during a discharge sustain period are suppressed to improve image quality, and reactive currents are reduced to improve luminous efficiency.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a plasma display apparatus in which reliable erase discharge is performed and an erroneous discharge is suppressed, even when a discharge sustain period is shortened so as to realize a PDP having high definition.

Abstract: When applying sustain pulses to each discharge cell in a gas discharge panel, a pulse of the opposite polarity is briefly applied immediately before the leading edge of each sustain pulse. Or, the absolute voltage of each sustain pulse is set higher during a certain period from the leading edge of the sustain pulse than during a period from the lapse of the certain period to the trailing edge of the sustain pulse, and a pulse of the opposite polarity is briefly applied immediately after the trailing edge of the sustain pulse. As a result, discharge delays during a discharge sustain period are suppressed to improve image quality, and reactive currents are reduced to improve luminous efficiency.

Abstract: A plasma-display panel of high luminosity and efficiency which does not require auxiliary cells so that the panel structure has high-density cells, enabling longer emission time and smaller reactive power.

Abstract: A laser sputtering apparatus has a vacuum chamber, a target holder installed in the vacuum chamber, arranged to oppose the target in the vacuum chamber, a substrate mounted on the substrate support, and a laser beam source which emits laser beams onto the target through a window provided in the vacuum chamber wall, providing a laser sputtering apparatus that supplies dielectric thin films with a high permittivity and a high withstanding voltage.