Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt has metal oxide particles as a solid lubricant on a surface of the intermediate transfer belt, in which an average spacing between the metal oxide particles on the surface is 1,000 nm or less, and an average height of the metal oxide particles from the surface is 15 nm or more and 320 nm or less.

Abstract: A communication system includes circuitry. The circuitry receives an input of language information. The circuitry performs recognition on the input language information. The circuitry displays one or more images corresponding to the input language information on a display, based on a result of the recognition.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element including, an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode and including a light emitting zone. The organic layer includes a first layer containing a first compound and a second layer containing a second compound. The first layer and the second layer are different layers.

Abstract: To provide a sealing material sheet for a solar-cell module that has high productivity, and can also suppress unevenness in thickness at the time of integration as a solar-cell module. There is provided a sealing material sheet 1 in which there are two inflection point temperatures that are temperatures only around which a change rate of the linear expansion coefficient locally increases, a first inflection point temperature at a low temperature side of two inflection point temperatures is within a range of 55° C. to 70° C., and a second inflection point at a high temperature side of the inflection point temperatures is within a range of 80° C. to 95° C.

Abstract: A connector comprises a housing, a terminal and a shell. The terminal has a held portion held by the housing, a first portion extending rearward from the held portion and a second portion extending forward from the held portion. The first portion has a connectable portion configured to be connected to a first object. The second portion has a resiliently deformable support portion and a contact portion supported by the support portion. The contact portion is pressed against a second object when the connector is fixed on the second object. The shell has a first upper plate and a second upper plate which is located below the first upper plate. The first upper plate covers the first portion of the terminal from above. The second upper plate covers the second portion of the terminal from above.

Abstract: There are provided a compound of Formula (1) and a labeled biological substance having the compound. A ring Z1 and a ring Z2 represent a 6-membered ring formed of a ring-constituting atom selected from a carbon atom and a nitrogen atom. R1 to R4, R11 to R13, L1, and L2 represents specific groups, and n, ?1, and ?2 represent specific numbers. At least one of R11, R12, or R13 contains a carboxy group or a substituent capable of being bonded to a biological substance. the compound represented by Formula (1) has at least one structure represented by —(CH2—CH2—O)m—R21, where R21 represents a specific group, and m represents a specific number. The compound represented by Formula (1) is a neutral compound.

Abstract: An endless belt includes a resin and conductive particles, in which a content of the conductive particles with respect to the endless belt is 5% by volume or more and 20% by volume or less in terms of a volume ratio, a Young's modulus of the endless belt is 3,000 MPa or more, and the number of times of bending endurance of the endless belt measured by an MIT test specified in JIS P8115:2001 is 10,000 or more.

Abstract: An endless belt, in which an outer peripheral surface of the endless belt has a coefficient of dynamic friction of 0.85 or less, and in a case where polyester resin particles having a volume-average particle size of 4.7 ?m are caused to adhere to the outer peripheral surface under a load of 0 g/cm2, and then air is sprayed on the outer peripheral surface from above the outer peripheral surface at a spray pressure that keeps increasing, all the polyester resin particles having adhered to the outer peripheral surface are spaced apart from the outer peripheral surface at the spray pressure of 6 kPa or less.

Abstract: In order to provide a technology for realizing a communication device capable of providing various functions without increasing the types of hardware, this communication device used for a submarine cable system includes a plurality of functions blocks; the function bocks each include interfaces to which an optical signal can be connected; one of the function blocks can be optically connected with a land communication network through the interfaces; the other function blocks can be optically connected with a submarine cable through the interfaces; the function blocks optically connected through the interfaces carry out, on optical signals, processes based on the functions of the function blocks.

Abstract: An information transmission apparatus can use a salesclerk information storage unit. The salesclerk information storage unit stores, by a plurality of salesclerks, salesclerk identification information about the salesclerk and detailed information about the salesclerk in association with each other. Then, the information transmission apparatus includes a salesclerk position transmission unit and a detailed information transmission unit. The salesclerk position transmission unit transmits, for each of a plurality of salesclerks present in a store, salesclerk position information about the salesclerk and salesclerk identification information about the salesclerk in association with each other to a customer terminal.

Abstract: A resin molded component includes a bus bar having conductivity, a conductive member including an insertion hole into which the bus bar is inserted along an axis line direction, a resin member covering the bus bar and insulating the bus bar and the conductive member, and a potting material charged into the insertion hole. The bus bar includes a bend terminal portion positioned at an end portion in the axis line direction, and bent along a terminal bend direction, and a bus bar crank portion positioned inside the insertion hole and extending along a crank direction intersecting with the axis line direction and the terminal bend direction. The resin member includes a resin crank portion positioned inside the insertion hole and covering and insulating the bus bar crank portion. The potting material covers a whole circumference of the resin crank portion when charged into the insertion hole.

Abstract: A method for controlling a mobile shop includes: determining a selling situation of a plurality of items using information about an inventory status of the plurality of items and information about a well-selling time of the plurality of items; setting a charging schedule for a battery (secondary battery) based on the selling situation; and causing the mobile shop to move to EVSE (charging facility) according to the charging schedule.

Abstract: An ink refill container includes a container main body including an ink storage chamber, an ink outlet-forming portion provided on an end portion of the container main body forming an ink outlet that allows the ink to flow out from the ink storage chamber, and a valve provided in the ink outlet-forming portion configured to openably seal the ink outlet, in which the ink outlet-forming portion includes a positioning portion on an outer side of the ink outlet-forming portion. in which the positioning portion is closer to the container main body than the valve is to the container main body in a central axis direction of the ink outlet, and in which the positioning portion partially abuts against an ink tank when the valve is opened for refilling the ink to the ink tank, to thereby position the valve relative to the ink tank.

Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a generator that causes electromagnetic waves to be incident on a sample, a receiver that receives electromagnetic waves reflected by the sample, and a controller that controls the generator and receiver. The sample includes a first layer on which the electromagnetic waves are incident and a second layer stacked on the first layer. The controller detects whether a third layer is present between the first and second layers based on the electromagnetic waves incident on the sample from the generator and the electromagnetic waves received by the receiver. The generator causes the electromagnetic waves to be incident at an angle such that the electromagnetic waves are totally reflected between the first and third layers and/or between the first and second layers.

Abstract: Composite oxide fine particles are produced by sol-gel method under conditions in which coarse particles and aggregated particles are unlikely to be generated, and the composite oxide fine particles are further wet-filtered using a filter to remove the coarse particles and the aggregated particles. Then, a salt is added to a dispersion of the composite oxide fine particles to produce weak aggregates of the composite oxide fine particles in the dispersion. A solid content is separated from the dispersion of the composite oxide fine particles containing the aggregates, and then dried. The solid content is easily made finer because no firm aggregates are generated during the drying. That is, composite oxide fine particles containing no coarse particles and aggregated particles are obtained. Use of a known cracking means can further reduce the amount of coarse particles.

Abstract: A taxi vehicle management method includes: evaluating, based on DR contribution history information, a degree of contribution to demand response for energy management by a driver of a taxi vehicle, the DR contribution history information indicating a history of contribution to the DR by the driver using a power storage device of the taxi vehicle; and determining a calculation formula of a fare of the taxi vehicle driven by the driver, using a result of evaluation of the degree of contribution by the driver. The determining the calculation formula of the fare includes determining the calculation formula of the fare such that the fare becomes lower as the degree of contribution to the DR by the driver becomes higher.

Abstract: A heater wire that allows for reduced costs by adopting a novel structure capable of preventing localized abnormal temperatures while having a high bending durability and accommodating diameter reduction. The heater wire is provided with a heat-emitting part in which heat-emitting wires are wound in a spiral manner around a fiber core, and a sheath arranged around the heat-emitting part. The heat-emitting wires are configured such that a first heat-emitting wire including a first metal element wire and a second heat-emitting wire including an insulating film provided around a second metal element wire are wound in an alternating manner.

Abstract: An inorganic compound particle supply member includes inorganic compound particles, and the Young's modulus of the inorganic compound particle supply member is lower than the Young's modulus of a supply object to be supplied with the inorganic compound particles.

Abstract: An electric field sensor which measures an electric field generated by a target utilizing an electro-optic effect, the electric field sensor including a light source, an electro-optic crystal on which light in a predetermined polarization state emitted from the light source is incident and which is subjected to the electric field generated by the target, a reference electric field applicator configured to apply an electric field based on a reference signal with a known signal level to the electro-optic crystal, a light receiver configured to receive light emitted from the electro-optic crystal and to convert the received light into an electric signal, and a separation corrector configured to separate the electric signal into a measurement signal based on the electric field generated by the target and the reference signal and to correct a signal level of the measurement signal on the basis of the signal level of the separated reference signal.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus member includes a surface layer containing a Si-atom containing polymer as a major component. The dispersive component of the surface free energy of the surface layer is 25 mN/m or less, the dipole component of the surface free energy of the surface layer is 5 mN/m or less, and the hydrogen bonding component of the surface free energy of the surface layer is 5 mN/m or less.