Abstract: A pressure sensor has a stem in which a pressure introduction hole into which a pressure medium is introduced and a diaphragm deformable according to the pressure of the pressure medium are formed, and a strain detecting element which is arranged on the diaphragm via an insulating film and being configured to output a detection signal according to the deformation of the diaphragm. The strain detecting element is configured to have a portion made of polysilicon. A low doping layer having a higher electrical resistivity than polysilicon and a higher crystallinity than the insulating film is arranged between the insulating film and the strain detecting element.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a frequency deviation estimation device for estimating a frequency deviation upon receiving a digitally modulated non-repetitive signal. The frequency deviation estimation device is equipped with an instantaneous frequency measurement module, a minimum frequency detection module, and a frequency deviation calculation module. The instantaneous frequency measurement module measures the instantaneous frequency of the received communication signal. The minimum frequency detection module detects the minimum frequency of the instantaneous frequency. The frequency deviation calculation module calculates the frequency deviation between the received communication signal and the reference signal for coarse adjustment using the reference minimum frequency and the minimum frequency when the frequency deviation is zero Hertz.

Abstract: A timing detection device includes a main reference code generation module, an auxiliary reference code generation module, a first correlation processing module, a second correlation processing module, and a subtraction module. The main reference code generation module generates a main reference code consisting of the same code for synchronization included in a received signal. Using a portion of the same code as the code for synchronization, the auxiliary reference code generation module generates an auxiliary reference code consisting of a code configuration different from the main reference code and without generating a main lobe during correlation processing. The first correlation processing module correlates the received signal with the main reference code and outputs a first correlation result. The second correlation processing module correlates the received signal with the auxiliary reference code and outputs a second correlation result.

Abstract: A method of treatment of a neurodegenerative disease which is associated with a decline in mitochondrial activity, includes administering to a person in need of such treatment at least one of Glycolic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, and D-lactic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof.

Abstract: To suppress misalignment when a light-emitting element is mounted on a substrate. On the substrate of a light-emitting device, a through hole is formed passing through so as to notch the side surface of the substrate, and a side surface electrode is formed on the side surface of the through hole. The pattern of a front surface electrode has a first region, a second region being connected to the first region, and a third region being connected to the first region and the second region. The shape of the first region is a rectangle coinciding with the electrode of the light-emitting element, and the longitudinal direction of the rectangle is aligned with the longitudinal direction of the substrate. The second region is formed in a lid shape so as to cover the top of the through hole. The shape of the second region is a trapezoid.

Abstract: To suppress misalignment when a light-emitting element is mounted on a substrate. On the substrate of a light-emitting device, a through hole is formed passing through so as to notch the side surface of the substrate, and a side surface electrode is formed on the side surface of the through hole. The pattern of a front surface electrode has a first region, a second region being connected to the first region, and a third region being connected to the first region and the second region. The shape of the first region is a rectangle coinciding with the electrode of the light-emitting element, and the longitudinal direction of the rectangle is aligned with the longitudinal direction of the substrate. The second region is formed in a lid shape so as to cover the top of the through hole. The shape of the second region is a trapezoid.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes injecting liquid or pasty transparent resin into a sheet forming mold, adding a phosphor to the resin in the mold, centrifugally rotating the mold so as to settle the phosphor included in the resin toward one surface side of the resin, thermally curing the resin so as to form a phosphor sheet, the phosphor sheet including a phosphor layer formed on the one surface side of the resin and a transparent layer formed on an other surface side of the resin, overlaying the phosphor sheet on a light emitting element such that the phosphor layer of the phosphor sheet contacts with a light emitting surface of the light emitting element, mounting the light emitting element with the phosphor sheet overlaid on a board, and flattening a surface of the transparent layer of the phosphor sheet on the light emitting element.

Abstract: A method of treatment of a neurodegenerative disease which is associated with a decline in mitochondrial activity, includes administering to a person in need of such treatment at least one of Glycolic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, and D-lactic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes injecting liquid or pasty transparent resin into a sheet forming mold, adding a phosphor to the resin in the mold, centrifugally rotating the mold so as to settle the phosphor included in the resin toward one surface side of the resin, thermally curing the resin so as to form a phosphor sheet, the phosphor sheet including a phosphor layer formed on the one surface side of the resin and a transparent layer formed on an other surface side of the resin, overlaying the phosphor sheet on a light emitting element such that the phosphor layer of the phosphor sheet contacts with a light emitting surface of the light emitting element, mounting the light emitting element with the phosphor sheet overlaid on a board, and flattening a surface of the transparent layer of the phosphor sheet on the light emitting element.

Abstract: A piston is inserted into a piston passage of a cylinder. The piston is displaced between a first position of a non-contact state and a second position by a pressing operation. At the first position, a suction source connection port of the cylinder faces a circumferential groove of the piston and a suction source conduit communicates with an outside atmosphere. At the second position, the suction source connection port faces an outer peripheral surface opening and the suction source conduit communicates with a suction connection port. A V-shaped opening portion as a correction opening portion is formed in the outer peripheral surface opening. The V-shaped opening portion causes an increment of a communication opening width at which the suction source connection port overlaps with the outer peripheral surface opening to be three times or less an increment of a pressing stroke of the piston.

Abstract: A suction button unit for changeover between a suction source and a suction opening includes a piston chamber extending axially. A suction port hole is formed at a lower end of the piston chamber, for connection with the suction opening. An exhaust port hole is formed in a chamber inner wall of the piston chamber, for connection with the suction source. A piston rod is received in the piston chamber, has a first piston end protruding upwards, for shifting from a first position to a second position upon depression. The exhaust port hole is externally opened in case the piston rod is in the first position, but caused to communicate with the suction port hole in case the piston rod is in the second position. A tilting device tilts the piston rod relative to an axial direction of the piston chamber while the piston rod is in the first position.

Abstract: A piston is inserted into a piston passage of a cylinder. The piston is displaced between a first position of a non-contact state and a second position by a pressing operation. At the first position, a suction source connection port of the cylinder faces a circumferential groove of the piston and a suction source conduit communicates with an outside atmosphere. At the second position, the suction source connection port faces an outer peripheral surface opening and the suction source conduit communicates with a suction connection port. A V-shaped opening portion as a correction opening portion is formed in the outer peripheral surface opening. The V-shaped opening portion causes an increment of a communication opening width at which the suction source connection port overlaps with the outer peripheral surface opening to be three times or less an increment of a pressing stroke of the piston.

Abstract: A suction button unit for changeover between a suction source and a suction opening includes a piston chamber extending axially. A suction port hole is formed at a lower end of the piston chamber, for connection with the suction opening. An exhaust port hole is formed in a chamber inner wall of the piston chamber, for connection with the suction source. A piston rod is received in the piston chamber, has a first piston end protruding upwards, for shifting from a first position to a second position upon depression. The exhaust port hole is externally opened in case the piston rod is in the first position, but caused to communicate with the suction port hole in case the piston rod is in the second position. A tilting device tilts the piston rod relative to an axial direction of the piston chamber while the piston rod is in the first position.

Abstract: A Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device includes a light-emitting layer having a multiple quantum structure including an AlxGa1-xN (0<x<1) layer as a barrier layer. When the light-emitting layer is divided into three blocks including first, second and third blocks in the thickness direction from the n-type-layer-side cladding layer to the p-type-layer-side cladding layer, the number of barrier layers are the same in the first and third blocks, and the Al composition ratio of each light-emitting layer is set to satisfy a relation x+z=2y and z<x where an average Al composition ratio of the barrier layers in the first block is represented as x, an average Al composition ratio of the barrier layers in the second block is represented as y, and an average Al composition ratio of the barrier layers in the third block is represented as z.

Abstract: A Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device includes a light-emitting layer having a multiple quantum structure including an AlxGa1-xN (0<x<1) layer as a barrier layer. When the light-emitting layer is divided into three blocks including first, second and third blocks in the thickness direction from the n-type-layer-side cladding layer to the p-type-layer-side cladding layer, the number of barrier layers are the same in the first and third blocks, and the Al composition ratio of each light-emitting layer is set to satisfy a relation x+z=2y and z<x where an average Al composition ratio of the barrier layers in the first block is represented as x, an average Al composition ratio of the barrier layers in the second block is represented as y, and an average Al composition ratio of the barrier layers in the third block is represented as z.

Abstract: A thin and large high toughness die-cast product is provided that is formed from an Al—Mg casting alloy having the composition 3.5 wt %?Mg?4.5 wt %, 0.8 wt %?Mn?1.5 wt %, Si<0.5 wt %, Fe<0.5 wt %, a sum (Ti+Zr) of amounts of Ti and Zr added of equal to or greater than 0.3 wt %, and a ratio (Ti/Zr) of the amounts of Ti and Zr added of at least 0.3 but not more than 2, with the balance being Al.

Abstract: A Group III nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting device having a quantum well structure, includes a well layer, a first layer formed on one surface of the well layer, a second layer formed on the other surface of the well layer, a first region provided in the vicinity of the interface between the first layer and the well layer, and a second region provided in the vicinity of the interface between the second layer and the well layer. A composition of the first and second regions gradually changes such that the lattice constants of the first and second layers approach the lattice constant of the well layer as a position approaches said well layer.

Abstract: A forming method wherein a billet (31, 66, 77, 87, 107, 128, 136, 144, 153, 77B, 77C) comprising a metal-based composite material (27) prepared by mixing an aluminum alloy (22) and a ceramic (15) is subjected to pressure forming to manufacture a formed article, which comprises carrying out the pressure forming by the use of different compression ratios for different portions of the formed article, wherein a compression ratio means the ratio of the height of a billet before the pressure forming to height of the billet after the pressure forming. The above forming method allows the manufacture of a formed article having different volume contents 8Vf) of the ceramic for different portions thereof.

Abstract: A brake drum has its strength elevated in its disk portion. The brake drum is formed from a composition having ceramics dispersed in a matrix. The disk portion has a high ceramic content and thereby a high strength. Its cylindrical portion has a ceramic content decreasing gradually from the outer edge of the disk portion.

Abstract: A brake drum has its strength elevated in its disk portion. The brake drum is formed from a composition having ceramics dispersed in a matrix. The disk portion has a high ceramic content and thereby a high strength. The brake drum has a disk portion and a cylindrical portion. The disk portion has a first ceramic content by volume and the cylindrical portion has a second ceramic content by volume that is less than the first ceramic content by volume as a result of the application of a higher compression ratio to the disk portion.