Abstract: A resin composition includes a resin or a resin precursor, and a nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic compound. The nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic compound has a structure represented by the following general formula (1), the following general formula (6) or the following general formula (7): In the general formula (1), A1 and A2 each represent a 6-membered nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic ring together with a nitrogen atom, and the 6-membered nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic ring optionally forms a fused ring; and L represents a single bond, or a linking group derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, an aromatic heterocyclic ring, or an alkyl group. The resin composition includes the nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic compound in a range from 0.10 to 30% by mass relative to the resin or the resin precursor.

Abstract: This invention is in the field of medicinal chemistry. In particular, the invention relates to a new class of small-molecules having sulfonamido-1-hydroxynaphthalene structure which function as inhibitors of Mcl-1 protein, and their use as therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other diseases.

Abstract: Silver halide photographic elements that are color intermediate motion picture films have at least one green sensitive silver halide emulsion that includes a green sensitizing dye that is a cyanine dye having two oxazole groups in the molecule, and another green sensitizing dye having either two imidazole groups in the molecule or one oxazole group and one thiazole group in the molecule. The molar ratio of the first green sensitizing dye to the second green sensitizing dye is from about 4:1 to about 0.3:1. The magenta dye image forming unit has at least one green sensitive silver halide emulsion layer that comprises predominantly cubic silver iodobromide grains having at least 90 mol % bromide and at least 1 mol % iodide, which grains have an average equivalent spherical diameter (ESD) of less than 0.25 ?m.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic photosensitive material which includes a support and at least one silver halide photosensitive layer on the support, wherein the average equivalent sphere diameter of the silver halide of the silver halide photosensitive layer is 0.30 ?m or less, the silver halide photosensitive layer includes four or more kinds of silver halide grains having mutually different average equivalent sphere diameters, and the thickness between a surface of the support at a side at which the silver halide photosensitive layer is provided and a surface of the silver halide photosensitive layer at a side opposite to the support is 10 ?m or less.

Abstract: Silver halide photographic elements that are color intermediate motion picture films have at least one green sensitive silver halide emulsion that includes a green sensitizing dye that is a cyanine dye having two oxazole groups in the molecule, and another green sensitizing dye having either two imidazole groups in the molecule or one oxazole group and one thiazole group in the molecule. The molar ratio of the first green sensitizing dye to the second green sensitizing dye is from about 4:1 to about 0.3:1. The magenta dye image forming unit has at least one green sensitive silver halide emulsion layer that comprises predominantly cubic silver iodobromide grains having at least 90 mol % bromide and at least 1 mol % iodide, which grains have an average equivalent spherical diameter (ESD) of less than 0.25 ?m.

Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material, having, on a transparent support, at least one each of yellow-, cyan-, and magenta-color-forming photosensitive silver halide emulsion layers, and photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a coupler that forms a dye having its absorption maximum at a wavelength longer than 730 nm upon reaction with an oxidized product of a developing agent, wherein the yellow-color-forming photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains photosensitive silver halide grains having an average grain size of 0.4 ?m or below and a silver chloride content of 95 mole % or above based on total silver in the grains, and wherein the photosensitive silver halide grains include photosensitive silver halide grains whose iodide ion concentrations have their maxima at grain surfaces and decrease gradually toward the interior of the grains; and a method of processing a silver halide color photosensitive material for use in film screening.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having, on a support, at least each one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers containing yellow-, magenta-, or cyan-dye-forming-coupler, and at least one light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer, wherein at least one of the dye-forming couplers is a dye-forming coupler that forms an azomethine dye having a solubility of 1×10?8 mol/L to 5×10?3 mol/L in ethyl acetate; and an image forming method using the light-sensitive material.

Abstract: An image-forming method comprising: employing a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, comprising, on a support, at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye-forming coupler, at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta dye-forming coupler, at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye-forming coupler, at least one color-mix preventing layer and at least one protective layer, wherein the said silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye-forming coupler includes a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion having a silver chloride content of 90 mole % or more and containing at least one specific blue-sensitive sensitizing dye; and exposing the said silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material to a blue semiconductor laser of a wavelength shorter by 30 nm to 60 nm than the wavelength at which the said blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion has the spectral sensitivity maximum.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material, includes transparent support having provided thereon a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the average equivalent-sphere diameter of the silver halide grains contained in each layers is 0.35 ?m or less, and an upper layer of the green-sensitive emulsion layer contains a fixed magenta dye, an upper layer or the red-sensitive emulsion layer contains a fixed cyan dye, and the green-sensitive layer contains a pyrazolotriazole, pyrazolopyrrole or 4-thio-pyrazolo-5-one coupler having a specific structure, and an image-recording method uses the photographic material.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having at least one each of blue-, green-, and red-sensitive emulsion layers containing yellow, magenta, and cyan couplers, respectively, on a support; wherein said blue-sensitive emulsion layer contains at least one coupler of formula (I); and wherein the light-sensitive material satisfies expression a-1) and/or b-1): wherein, Q forms a 5- to 7-membered ring with the —N?C—N(R1)-; R1 and R2 each are a substituent; m is 0 to 5; and X is a hydrogen atom, or a coupling split-off group; 0.5?Dmax(UV)/Dmin(UV)?1.1??a-1) wherein Dmax(UV)/Dmin(UV) is the smallest of the value in a wavelength range of 340 to 450 nm; 1300?(B?C)/A?20000??b-1) wherein B is yellow Dmax, C is yellow Dmin; and A is an amount mol/m2 of the coupler of formula (I).

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having, on a support, at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, characterized in that at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains a silver halide emulsion having a silver chloride content of 90 mole % or above, the silver halide emulsion contains at least one kind of selenium compound, and the silver halide emulsion layer containing the silver halide emulsion has a characteristic curve satisfying the following relation (1); 2.0??H/?L?0.5??Relation (1) wherein ? represents a gradient of the characteristic curve, ?H represents a gradient in the case of 1×10?6-second exposure and ?L represents a gradient in the case of 100-second exposure.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having photographic constituting layers including, on a support, at least one blue-sensitive layer containing a silver halide emulsion, at least one green-sensitive layer containing a silver halide emulsion, at least one red-sensitive layer containing a silver halide emulsion, and at least one hydrophilic colloidal layer, in which a silver chloride content is 95 mol % or more and a silver iodide content is from 0.05 to 0.3 mol % in the silver halide emulsion of the red-sensitive layer, and in which the difference between spectral sensitivities at wavelength of 685 nm and 590 nm is from 1.2 to 2.5 log E or the difference between spectral sensitivities at wavelength of 660 nm and 590 nm is 0.8 to 2.0 log E, for a distribution of the spectral sensitivities when the material is exposed to lights equal in energy at each wavelength.

Abstract: A silver halide photosensitive material comprising at least one blue-sensitive layer, at least one green-sensitive layer and at least one red-sensitive layer on a transparent support, wherein a peak wavelength of spectral sensitivity of at least one of the green-sensitive layer is in the range of ?10 nm or more and +10 nm or less in comparison with a peak wavelength of a green light source for exposure.

Abstract: A silver halide photosensitive material having at least one blue-sensitive layer, at least one green-sensitive layer, and at least one red-sensitive layer, on a transparent support, wherein at least one of the green-sensitive layers contains a coupler represented by general formula (I) or general formula (Z), and all of the green-sensitive layers contain silver halide emulsion having an average equivalent-spherical diameter of 0.

Abstract: The invention provides a color photographic element comprising at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer or a non silver-containing light-insensitive layer, in which at least one of these layers contains a colorless imidazole compound of formula (I) that undergoes less than 10% chemical or redox reaction with oxidized developer and which enables the photographic speed of the element to be increased by at least 0.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having at least one each of blue-, green-, and red-sensitive emulsion layers containing yellow, magenta, and cyan couplers, respectively, on a support; wherein said blue-sensitive emulsion layer contains at least one coupler of formula (I); and wherein the light-sensitive material satisfies expression a-1) and/or b-1): wherein, Q forms a 5- to 7-membered ring with the —N?C—N(R1)—; R1 and R2 each are a substituent; m is 0 to 5; and X is a hydrogen atom, or a coupling split-off group; 0.5?Dmax(UV)/Dmin(UV)?1.1: ??a-1) wherein Dmax(UV)/Dmin(UV) is the smallest of the value in a wavelength range of 340 to 450 nm; 1300?(B?C)/A?20000: ??b-1) wherein B is yellow Dmax, C is yellow Dmin; and A is an amount mol/m2 of the coupler of formula (I).

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having, on a support, at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye forming coupler, at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta dye forming coupler, and at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye forming coupler, wherein at least one layer of said at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye forming coupler contains high-silver chloride emulsion grains, which are selenium-sensitized and have a silver chloride content of 90 mol % or more, and contains at least one coupler of formula (I): wherein R? and R? each independently are a substituent; and Z is a hydrogen atom, or a group capable of being split-off upon coupling reaction with an oxidized aromatic primary amine color-developing agent.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, which is for use in movie projection, and which has: on a transparent support, at least three light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers which are different from each other in color developability and color sensitivity; and at least one non-light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer, wherein the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer nearest to the support includes silver halide emulsion grains having a silver chloride content of 95 mol % or more, wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material further contains at least one non-light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer containing black colloidal silver between the support and the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer nearest to the support, and wherein an amount of Fe in the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is 6×10?5 mol/m2 or less.

Abstract: A method for forming color images comprising subjecting a silver halide color photosensitive material to a development processing in the presence of a compound (A) defined below, wherein the silver halide color photosensitive material having a blue-sensitive unit, a green-sensitive unit and a red-sensitive unit, each of which comprises at least one silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one non-light-sensitive layer on a support, compound (A): a heterocyclic compound having one or two hetero atoms, the heterocyclic compound being capable of increasing speed of the silver halide color photosensitive material by the presence thereof in comparison to the case where the heterocyclic compound is absent.

Abstract: An image-forming method of recording a digital image data in resolution of 2,000 dpi or more, the method comprising: recording a digital image data on a silver halide photographic material with little deterioration.

Abstract: The invention provides a color photographic element comprising at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer or a non silver-containing light-insensitive layer, in which at least one of these layers contains a colorless heterocyclic compound having either one or two hetero atoms in the ring or ring system, being other than an imidazole compound, that undergoes less than 10% chemical or redox reaction directly with oxidized developer and which has a partition coefficient to enable the photographic speed of the element to be increased by at least 0.03 stop without increasing granularity, compared to the same element without the compound. The heterocyclic compounds increase speed without a concomitant increase in size of the light-sensitive silver halide grains.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having at least one yellow dye image-forming layer, at least one magenta dye image-forming layer, and at least one cyan dye image-forming layer, each provided on a transparent support, which shows 3.0 or more maximum transmission densities for the respective layers upon area exposure with an exposure time of 10?4 sec, and shows a transmission density in a range of 0.95 to 1.05 when color development is started in 30 minutes after exposure with an exposure amount that gives a density of 1.0, when the light-sensitive material is subjected to color development started in 5 minutes after exposure; and an image-forming-method using the same.

Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material comprising a support and, superimposed thereon, a blue-sensitive layer unit, a green-sensitive layer unit and a red-sensitive layer unit, each of these light-sensitive layer units composed of at least one silver halide emulsion layer, together with at least one non-sensitive layer, wherein compound (A) is contained in at least one layer in the silver halide color photosensitive material, compound (A) being a compound capable of releasing compound (Ac1) by oxidation coupling reaction with a color developing agent, compound (Ac1) being a heterocyclic compound which when added, is capable of enhancing the sensitivity of the photosensitive material as compared with that exhibited when not added, provided that the heterocyclic ring of the heterocyclic compound has 1 or 2 hetero atoms.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic photosensitive material having, on a support, at least one layer of a blue sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a yellow color forming coupler, a green sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a magenta color forming coupler, and a red sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a cyan color forming coupler, wherein 70% or more of the projection area of the entire silver halide grains has at least one layer of a silver halide photographic emulsion layer containing silver halide grains satisfying the following (a) to (c), and (1) the photosensitive material contains at least one inter-image effect providing layer, or (2) the photosensitive material contains a compound represented by the following Formula (I): (a) the material comprises a tabular silver halide host grain with an aspect ratio of 5 or more having two principal surfaces parallel with each other and a protrusion portion of silver halide epitaxially joined onto the surface of the tabular silver halide host grain,

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having a silver halide emulsion layer, and (1) a substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer, and (2) at least one layer selected from a non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor and a non-color-forming intermediate layer substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor, wherein i) when the light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer is included, the layer is positioned adjacent to the silver halide emulsion layer, and ii) when the non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor and the non-color-forming intermediate layer substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor are included, these layers are positioned adjacent to each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a support and at least three color records comprising at least three light sensitive layers and at least two interlayers, wherein the light sensitive layers include cyan, magenta, or yellow dye-forming coupler, the light sensitive layers include silver halide grains comprising greater than 90% silver chloride, scavengers are included in the interlayers, the ratio of the total level of scavenger to the total level of coupler is from 0.15 to 0.50, the ratio of the total level of scavenger to the total level of silver is from 0.05 to 0.15, and the reciprocity characteristics of the silver halide grains are such that for a separation exposure of 1 microsecond and 0.4 seconds, upon development, the difference in maximum density is 10% or less and a method for processing the element comprising color developing the element for less than 30 seconds.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic lightsensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one lightsensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the lightsensitive material contains at least one compound represented by general formula (I) and at least one photographically useful group-releasing compound represented by general formula (II) or (III) that is capable of forming a compound having substantially no contribution to a dye after its coupling with an oxidized form of a developing agent: (X)k-(L)m-(A-B)n ??(I) COUP1-D1 ??(II) COUP2-C-E-D2 ??(III) The definitions of the substituents are set forth in the specification.

Abstract: This invention relates to a multilayer silver halide photographic element, generally processed with phenylenediamine based developer solutions, comprising a support bearing a cyan dye image-forming unit comprised of at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one cyan dye-forming coupler, a magenta dye image-forming unit comprising at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one magenta dye-forming coupler, and a yellow dye image-forming unit comprising at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one yellow dye-forming coupler, wherein at least one layer additionally contains a 2-substituted-5-amino-1-napthol DIR according to Formula (I): wherein: X is chosen from among hydrogen, halogen atoms, an alkyl group with 6 carbon atoms or less or a N-substituted carbamoyl group where the N substituent is either an alkyl group with 6 carbon atoms or less or an ar

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having a layer containing a compound of the following formula and a fluorine compound, and has a gamma of 5.0 or more for the optical density range of 0.3 to 3.0: wherein R1 is alkyl or alkenyl, R2 are H, alkyl, alkenyl, aralkyl or aryl, l1 is 1–10, m1 is 1–30, n1 is 0–4, a is 0 or 1, and Z1 is OSO3M or SO3M where M is cation.

Abstract: Provided is a silver halide color photographic material having at least one yellow-coloring photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one magenta-coloring photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one cyan-coloring photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one non-photosensitive non-coloring hydrophilic colloid layer on a reflective support, wherein, after being color developed, the reflection density A(?) at a wavelength of ? nm in the non-exposed portion of the material is at most 0.07 at 450 nm, at most 0.09 at 550 nm and at most 0.07 at 650 nm and the mean grain size of the silver halide grains in the yellow-coloring photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer in the material is at most 0.70 ?m.

Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material comprising a support and, superimposed thereon, a blue-sensitive layer unit, a green-sensitive layer unit and a red-sensitive layer unit, each of these light-sensitive layer units composed of at least one silver halide emulsion layer, together with at least one nonphotosensitive layer, wherein at least one compound (A) and at least one compound (B) are contained, the compound (A) being a heterocyclic compound of less than 4.5 C log P which when added, is capable of enhancing the sensitivity of the silver halide color photosensitive material as compared with that exhibited when not added, the compound (B) being a heterocyclic compound of 4.5 or greater C log P which when added, is capable of enhancing the sensitivity of the silver halide color photosensitive material as compared with that exhibited when not added.

Abstract: A photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a 1H-pyrazolo[1,5-b][1,2,4]triazole coupler represented by structure (I): wherein R1, R2, and R3 are independently selected unsubstituted alkyl groups comprising of 3 or less carbons with the proviso that one or more of the R1, R2, and R3 groups can be joined to form a ring; R is a straight, cyclic or branched aliphatic carbon chain group and contains at least 9 aliphatic carbon atoms; each R? is an independently selected alkyl or halogen substituent, n is 0 to 3, and R?, when present, does not include an R? in the ring position between the pyrazolotriazole nucleus and the sulfonamide; and X is hydrogen or halogen.

Abstract: A method of processing a scanned negative image produced by scanning a negative film includes creating a baseline positive image from the scanned negative image, analyzing at least one image characteristic of the baseline positive image, determining a film type of the negative film based on the at least one image characteristic, and producing a positive image from the scanned negative image based on the film type, including applying film-specific color inversion to the scanned negative image.

Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material of less than 320 ISO speed, comprising at least two red-sensitive emulsion layers, at least two green-sensitive emulsion layers, at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one nonsensitive layer, wherein silver halide tabular grains of 0.15 ?m or less grain thickness are contained in an amount of 50% or more in respective layers with the highest speed among the green- and red-sensitive emulsion layers; wherein the total dry film thickness of the material on the emulsion layer side thereof is 24 ?m or less; and wherein the compound (A) is contained in at least one silver halide emulsion layer or the nonsensitive layer. Compound (A): heterocyclic compound having one or more heteroatoms, which heterocyclic compound is capable of substantially increasing the sensitivity of silver halide color photosensitive material by addition thereof as compared with that exhibited when the compound is not added.

Abstract: A silver halide color reversal photosensitive material comprising a blue-sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a yellow color-forming coupler, a green-sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a magenta color-forming coupler and a red-sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a cyan color-forming coupler, on a transparent support, wherein the material includes at least one interimage effect-donating layer substantially forms no image; the wavelength, ?rmax, at which the maximum sensitivity of the spectral sensitivity distribution of the red-sensitive layer unit is given, satisfies the relation: 620 nm??rmax?680 nm; and the sensitivities of the red-sensitive layer unit satisfy the following relationships: Sr(610) is ? of Sr(?rmax) or more; Sr(680) is 1/10 of Sr(?rmax) or more; and/or Sr(690) is 1/50 of Sr(?rmax) or more wherein Sr(610), Sr(680) and Sr(690) are the sensitivities of the red-sensitive unit at 610 nm, 680 nm and 690 nm, respectively, and Sr(?rmax) is the maximum sensitivity at ?rmax.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel kind of anthranilic acid compound that releases a UG as a function of chemical bond cleavage according to Formula (I): Q-(AAS)-UG where UG is an useful group and is chemically bonded to (AAS); (AAS) is an anthranilic acid switching group; and Q is a group in which the bond to (AAS) is broken so that the -(AAS)-UG fragment subsequently decomposes to the free UG.

Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material comprising a support and, superimposed thereon, at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein (i) the specified speed of the photosensitive material is 350 or higher, (ii) the coating amount of silver in the photosensitive material is 7 g/m2 or less, and (iii) any of the color-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers is composed of two or more silver halide emulsion layers of different photographic speeds, of which the silver halide emulsion layer with the highest photographic speed contains tabular silver halide grains of 8 or greater aspect ratio in a ratio of 70% or more based on the total projected area and regular-crystal silver halide grains of 0.1 to 0.5 ?m equivalent sphere diameter in a ratio of 0.5 to 5% based on the total projected area.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of forming a positive image in a photothermographic film exposed by electrons in a transmission electron microscope to form a latent image in the film. The photothermographic film has at least one imaging layer comprising a potentially negative-working emulsion, but wherein thermal development of unexposed silver salts in exposed areas relative to unexposed areas is inhibited when thermally developing the imagewise exposed assembly, thereby producing a positive image. The present invention is also directed to the processing of the photothermographic film in which a positive image characterized by high speed and discrimination is formed in the film when heated above 150° C.

Abstract: A silver halide color reversal photographic material providing images with superior graininess and enhanced sharpness is disclosed, comprising on a support a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye forming coupler, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta dye forming coupler and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye forming coupler, wherein the photographic material has an ISO speed of 80 or more, and exhibits a gradation (?h) of at least 1.1 within the magenta dye density range of 0.3 to 1.0 on the characteristic curve and a gradation (?s) of at least 1.9 within the magenta dye density range of 1.0 to 2.5 on the characteristic curve and the photographic material satisfies the following requirement of interimage effect characteristic values (IIEh, IIEs): |IIEh|/|IIEs|>1.

Abstract: A photographic element is described comprising a support bearing one or more hydrophilic colloid layers including at least one photographic silver halide emulsion layer, wherein a photographically useful compound is incorporated into at least one hydrophilic colloid layer in the form of an intercalation composition comprising a layered host material having molecules of the photographically useful compound inserted as guest molecules between the layers of the host material. The invention provide novels materials and a method of incorporating active chemistry compounds such as developers or development inhibitors directly into a photographic imaging element with improved stability and keeping response versus known methods for incorporating active chemistry compounds.

Abstract: A lightsensitive material package contains a silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material and a plastic material member. The photographic lightsensitive material has at least one red-sensitive, at least one green-sensitive and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support. The plastic material member is constituted of a thermoplastic reclaimed resin. The photographic lightsensitive material and the plastic material member are arranged in a common gas-phase atmosphere and sealed in the package. 60% or more of the total projected area of silver halide grains contained in at least one of the red-, green- and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers is occupied by tabular grains having an aspect ratio of 8.0 or more. The plastic material member is that produced from a resin to which a substance capable of adsorbing a substance having an adverse effect on a photographic property has been supplementally added prior to molding thereof.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material containing at least one compound capable of increasing photographic speed, the compound having at least three heteroatoms in its molecule, and wherein at least one layer of the silver halide emulsion layers comprises an emulsion, the emulsion consisting of a lightsensitive silver halide emulsion wherein 50% or more in number of all the silver halide grains are occupied by tabular grains having (111) faces as main planes, the tabular grains (i) composed of silver iodobromide or silver chloroiodobromide, (ii) having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.0 ?m or more and a thickness of 0.15 ?m or less, and (iii) composed of core portions of 0.1 ?m or less thickness free of growth ring structure and composed of silver iodobromide and shell portions having ten or more dislocation lines.

Abstract: A heat-developable color photosensitive material of single sheet type, which comprises a support having provided thereon at least light-sensitive silver halide, a color developing agent or a precursor thereof, dye-forming couplers capable of forming dyes by reacting with an oxidation product of the color developing agent, a reducible silver salt, a thermal solvent and a binder, wherein a water-insoluble thermoplastic polymer prepared by polymerizing at least one kind of monomer is included in layers containing the dye-forming couplers, thereby preventing the dyes formed from bleeding to ensure high sharpness and making an improvement in raw-stock storability.

Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material comprises at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one nonlight-sensitive layer. At least one of the nonlight-sensitive layers contains colloidal silver. The colloidal silver-containing nonlight-sensitive layer or a nonlight-sensitive layer adjacent to the colloidal silver-containing nonlight-sensitive layer contains a compound capable of releasing a development inhibitor or a precursor thereof by a coupling reaction with an oxidized developing agent. At least one layer selected from the group consisting of the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and the nonlight-sensitive layer contains a compound (B), which is a compound having at least three hetero atoms and capable of enhancing the photographic speed of the photosensitive material in comparison to the same photosensitive materials without the compound.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic lightsensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one lightsensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the lightsensitive material contains at least one compound represented by general formula (I) and at least one photographically useful group-releasing compound represented by general formula (II) or (III) that is capable of forming a compound having substantially no contribution to a dye after its coupling with an oxidized form of a developing agent: (X)k—(L)m—(A—B)n??(I) COUP1—D1??(II) COUP2—C—E—D2??(III) The definitions of the substituents are set forth in the specification.

Abstract: This invention relates to a negative silver halide photographic element comprising a support and a silver halide imaging layer containing a light sensitive silver halide imaging emulsion, said silver halide imaging layer further comprising a separately precipitated non-imaging intentionally fogged fine grain emulsion and an electron transfer agent releasing compound represented by formula (I): CAR1-(L)n-ETA??(I) wherein: CAR1 is a carrier moiety which is capable of releasing -(L)n-ETA on reaction with oxidized developing agent; L is a divalent linking group, n is 0, 1 or 2; and ETA is a releasable electron transfer agent, and (optionally) a development accelerator releasing compound represented by the formula (II): CAR2—(SAM)-NX1—NX2X3??(II) wherein: CAR2 is a carrier moiety which is capable of releasing —(SAM)-NX1—NX2X3 on reaction with oxidized developing agent; SAM is a silver absorbable moiety attached to the carrier moiety and is released on reaction with oxidized development agent; and —NX1—NX2X

Abstract: A photographic material, comprising a support having thereon at least one yellow, cyan, and magenta color-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one light-insensitive non-color forming hydrophilic colloid layer. At least one cyan emulsion layer contains a cyan dye-forming coupler [C-1] and at least one light-insensitive colloid layer exists between the support and a light-sensitive emulsion layer most adjacent thereto. Also, a photographic material, comprising a transparent support having thereon at least three kinds of light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layers each containing any of yellow, magenta and cyan dye-forming couplers and containing silver halide grains different from each other in color sensitivity, and at least one light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer. Any layer contains a compound [XI], at least one colloid layer contains a solid fine particle dispersion of a dye [I], and said material has a film pH from 4.6 to 6.4.

Abstract: The second silver halide photosensitive material comprises a substrate and at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer formed thereon, the silver halide photosensitive material comprising at least two types of silver halide grains with different projected areas having photosensitivity in the same spectral range; silver halide grains having a larger projected area having a refractive index n1 and an average thickness a, and silver halide grains having a smaller projected area having a refractive index n2 and an average thickness b; and the silver halide grains satisfying the conditions defined by the following equation (1): n2?n1, and a?b×(n2/n1)??(1).

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion which contains silver halide grains having light absorption strength of 100 or more.

Abstract: A silver halide color reversal photographic lightsensitive material comprising a support and, superimposed thereon, at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having a weight-averaged wavelength (?ra) of spectral sensitivity distribution satisfying the relationship: 600 nm<?ra<625 nm, which silver halide color reversal photographic lightsensitive material contains at least one interimage effect intensifying layer substantially not forming any image, the interimage effect intensifying layer containing: (a) at least one kind of lightsensitive silver halide grains in an amount of less than 10% in terms of silver quantity based on all the silver halide grains for image formation; and (b) nonlightsensitive silver halide fine grains.