Abstract: A pure water production method for producing pure water by decarboxylating water to be treated under acidic conditions and then deionizing the result by using a reverse osmosis membrane separation device, the pH of inflow water flowing into the reverse osmosis membrane separation device and the water quality of permeated water of the reverse osmosis membrane separation device being measured, and the pH of the inflow water being adjusted on the basis of the measured pH and water quality so that the water quality of the permeated water is within a prescribed range, wherein the pH of the inflow water is changed by a predetermined width, and an operation condition adjusting step is performed for adjusting the pH of the inflow water by comparing the(average value before the water quality change average value after the water quality change.

Abstract: A positioning method for positioning a first device and a second device separated from the first device is described. The second device is moved so as to approach the first device, a first mark on the first device and a second mark on the second device are imaged, and information is output based on the imaging the first mark and the second mark.

Abstract: A toner including a toner particle comprising a binder resin and a crystalline polyester, wherein the binder resin contains a polyester having a structure represented by the following formula (1): in formula (1), Rs each independently represent hydrogen, a methyl group, or a phenyl group; A represents a polyester segment; B represents a polyester segment or any functional group selected from the group consisting of —R1OH, —R1COOH, and —R1NH2 wherein R1 represents a single bond or a C1-4 alkylene group; and the average repeat number n is 10 to 80.

Abstract: In a plating method, a laminate made of stainless steel, and copper or a copper alloy is prepared. Plating underlayers made of nickel are formed on a first plated portion provided at the stainless steel and a second plated portion provided at the copper or the copper alloy at the same time with use of a hydrochloric acid electrolytic solution.

Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a light-emitting device that enables reduction in attenuation or diffraction effect caused by a semiconductor light-emitting device with respect to modulated light outputted from a spatial light modulator, and the light-emitting device includes the semiconductor light-emitting device that outputs light from a light output surface and the reflection type spatial light modulator that modulates the light. The spatial light modulator includes a light input/output surface having the area larger than the area of a light input surface of the semiconductor light-emitting device, modulates light taken through a region facing the light output surface of the semiconductor light-emitting device in the light input/output surface, and outputs the modulated light from another region of the light input/output surface to a space other than the light input surface of the semiconductor light-emitting device.

Abstract: An optical device of one embodiment outputs light in a short-wavelength range such as a visible range. The optical device includes a UC layer, first and second light-confinement layers, and a resonance mode forming layer. The UC layer contains an upconversion material receiving excitation light in a first wavelength range and outputting light in a second wavelength range. The first light-confinement layer has a characteristic of reflecting part of the second wavelength-range light. The second light-confinement layer has a characteristic of reflecting part of the second wavelength-range light and transmitting the remainder, and is disposed such that the UC layer locates between the first and second light-confinement layers. The resonance mode forming layer locates between the UC layer and the first or second light-confinement layer, includes a base layer and plural modified refractive index regions, and forms a resonance mode of the second wavelength-range light.

Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes a spatial light modulator for inputting laser light output from a laser light source and outputting laser light after phase modulation by a hologram, and a control unit for presenting, on the spatial light modulator, the hologram for focusing the laser light after the phase modulation output from the spatial light modulator on a plurality of irradiation points in a processing object by a focusing optical system. The control unit sets at least one of a shape and a size of a processing region defined by the irradiation points in a first plane intersecting an optical axis of the laser light and a processing region defined by the irradiation points in a second plane intersecting the optical axis and separated from the first plane in a direction of the optical axis to be different from each other.

Abstract: A rotary processing device that processes a processing object inside a drum and suppresses scattering of particles is described. The rotary processing device includes a drum including a feeding unit for the processing object on one side and a discharge unit for the processing object on the other side and a processor that is connected to a rotation axis member, rotates about a rotation axis of the rotation axis member, and processes the processing object in the drum. The rotary processing device also includes a suppressor that suppresses a gas flow from the other side toward the one side in the drum.

Abstract: An irradiator includes: a piezoelectric transformer accommodated in a housing; a first electrode connected to the piezoelectric transformer, to which a voltage is applied from the piezoelectric transformer; and an irradiation opening that ejects at least one of a plasma generated by the first electrode and an active gas generated by the plasma. At least a part of the first electrode is located between the piezoelectric transformer and the irradiation opening.

Abstract: A compressor includes a compression mechanism, an electric motor unit, a drive shaft and a housing. A portion of the drive shaft, which is located on one side in an axial direction, is rotatably supported by a main bearing, which is formed integrally in one-piece with or is fixed to a main bearing member of the compression mechanism. Another portion of the drive shaft, which is located on another side in the axial direction, is rotatably supported by a sub-bearing, which is formed integrally in one-piece with or is fixed to an inside of a body portion of a sub-bearing member. The sub-bearing member is formed separately from the housing and is fixed to a bottom surface of a bottom portion of the housing.

Abstract: Provided is a coating material composition that does not use N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and has the same performance as conventional ones. The coating material composition contains polytetrafluoroethylene, a polyamideimide resin, and a filler, and being substantially free of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, wherein the filler has a hardness of 7 to 12 on a new Mohs hardness scale and a primary particle size of 1 ?m or less, wherein the content of the filler is 10 to 30 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of a solid content of the polyamideimide resin in the coating material components, wherein the coating material composition has a viscosity of 10,000 to 20,000 cps, and wherein a degree of dispersion of the coating material as measured according to JIS K5600 with a grind gauge is 5 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of enhancing the sound insulating properties of laminated glass, and making foaming less likely to occur in an end part. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a first layer, and a lateral covering part that covers at least part of a lateral part of the first layer, and the first layer has a shear elastic modulus at 25° C. of 0.17 MPa or less, and the lateral covering part has a shear elastic modulus at 25° C. of more than 1 MPa.

Abstract: This nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a non-aqueous electrolyte and an electrode assembly formed by layering a positive electrode and a negative electrode layered via a separator. The positive electrode has a positive electrode core and a positive electrode mix layer containing a positive electrode active substance. The median diameter (D50) of the positive electrode active substance in terms of volume is 5.0 to 7.0 ?m, the BET specific surface area of the positive electrode active substance is 2.00 to 3.00 m2/g, the TAP density of the positive electrode active substance is 1.30 to 1.70 g/cm3, and the density of the positive electrode mix layer is 2.3 to 2.5 g/cm3.

Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes a spatial light modulator for inputting laser light output from a laser light source and outputting laser light after phase modulation by a hologram, and a control unit for presenting, on the spatial light modulator, the hologram for focusing the laser light after the phase modulation output from the spatial light modulator on a plurality of irradiation points in a processing object by a focusing optical system. The control unit controls light intensities of at least two irradiation points included in the plurality of irradiation points independently of each other.

Abstract: A head includes: a silicon substrate; an insulating film on the silicon substrate; an electrode wiring on the insulating film; a flexible wiring connected to the electrode wiring; and a conductive film electrically connects the flexible wiring and the electrode wiring in a bonding area. The silicon substrate has an exposed area on a surface of the silicon substrate facing the insulating film, and the exposed area is in a vicinity of the bonding area and is exposed from the insulating film.

Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a single semiconductor light-emitting element including a plurality of light-emitting portions each of which is capable of generating light of a desired beam projection pattern and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor light-emitting element. In the semiconductor light-emitting element, an active layer and a phase modulation layer are formed on a common substrate layer, and the phase modulation layer includes at least a plurality of phase modulation regions arranged along the common substrate layer. The plurality of phase modulation regions are obtained by separating the phase modulation layer into a plurality of places after manufacturing the phase modulation layer, and as a result, the semiconductor light-emitting element provided with a plurality of light-emitting portions that have been accurately aligned can be obtained through a simple manufacturing process as compared with the related art.

Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting module according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements each outputting light of a desired beam projection pattern; and a support substrate holding the plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements. Each of the plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements includes a phase modulation layer configured to form a target beam projection pattern in a target beam projection region. The plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements include first and second semiconductor light-emitting elements that are different in terms of at least any of a beam projection direction, the target beam projection pattern, and a light emission wavelength.

Abstract: Provided are: a semiconductor treatment liquid comprising high-purity isopropyl alcohol, wherein the concentration of the oxolane compound expressed in formula (1) below when held for 60 days in a nitrogen atmosphere at 50° C. in a SUS304 container is 25 ppb or less on a mass basis in relation to the isopropyl alcohol; and a method for manufacturing said semiconductor treatment liquid. In the formula, R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-3 alkyl group, and the total number of carbon atoms in R1 and R2 is 3 or less. R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an isopropyl group.

Abstract: The antibodies of the present invention have specific binding activity to HLA-DQ2.5 and may have binding activity to HLA-DQ2.2 and/or HLA-DQ7.5, but substantially no binding activity to HLA-DQ8, HLA-DQ5.1, HLA-DQ6.3, HLA-DQ7.3, HLA-DR, HLA-DP, or a complex of the invariant chain (CD74) and HLA-DQ2.5. The antibodies bind to HLA-DQ2.5 in the presence of a gluten peptide such as gliadin, i.e., bind to HLA-DQ2.5 forming a complex with the gluten peptide. The antibodies have neutralizing activity against the binding between HLA-DQ2.5 and TCR, and thus block the interaction between HLA-DQ2.5 and an HLA-DQ2.5-restricted CD4+ T cell. The antibodies do not undergo rapid internalization mediated by the invariant chain.

Abstract: The embodiment relates to a light-emitting device in which a positional relationship between a modified refractive index region's gravity-center position and the associated lattice point differs from a conventional device, and a production method. In this device, a stacked body including a light-emitting portion and a phase modulation layer optically coupled to the light-emitting portion is on a substrate. The phase modulation layer includes a base layer and plural modified refractive index regions in the base layer. Each modified refractive index region's gravity-center position locates on a virtual straight line passing through a corresponding reference lattice point among lattice points of a virtual square lattice on the base layer's design plane. A distance between the reference lattice point and the modified refractive index region's gravity center along the virtual straight line is individually set such that this device outputs light forming an optical image.