Abstract: A method for producing a ribosome display complex includes obtaining a ribosome complex including an unmodified polypeptide chain, an mRNA molecule and a ribosome by initiating translation of the mRNA molecule in a cell-free peptide synthesis system including the ribosome, and modifying the unmodified polypeptide chain by reacting a side chain reactive functional group in the unmodified polypeptide chain with a modifying reagent to produce a ribosome display complex including a modified polypeptide chain, the mRNA molecule and the ribosome. The unmodified polypeptide chain includes at least one reactive amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of a cysteine residue, a lysine residue, a histidine residue and a tryptophan residue. The at least one reactive amino acid residue includes the side chain reactive functional group, and the mRNA molecule includes a base sequence encoding an amino acid sequence of the polypeptide chain.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, configured to operate in first and second modes of which color gamut is different from each other, includes an exposure unit configured to expose a photosensitive drum; a developing roller configured to form a toner image; a detection unit configured to detect density of the toner image transferred to an intermediate transfer member; and a controller configured to adjust the density based on a value of input image data. A dithering process for the controller's controlling of the exposure unit is different depending on whether the operation is in the first mode or the second mode, and in at least a part of the input image data, the density of the toner image formed by the dithering process in the first mode is higher than the density of the toner image formed by the dithering process in the second mode.

Abstract: This benzonitrile derivative has the structure represented by general formula (1). [In the formula, each of substituent groups D1-D5 independently represents a carbazolyl group, and at least one thereof has a structure having a chirality-producing section. However, there is no case in which D1-D5 are all the same. Each of D1-D5 may independently further have a substituent group.

Abstract: This benzonitrile derivative has the structure represented by general formula (1). [In the formula, each of substituent groups D1-D5 independently represents a carbazolyl group or an azacarbazolyl group, and at least one thereof represents an azacarbazolyl group. Each of D1-D5 may independently further have a substituent group.

Abstract: A method for producing a transgenic cell, may include contacting, in vitro, (i) a virus comprising: a chimeric protein of an antibody-binding protein and a vesicular stomatitis virus G (VSV-G) protein; and a foreign gene, with (ii) a target cell and an antibody specific to the target cell, and/or a target cell comprising a membrane antibody, to infect the target cell with the virus.

Abstract: The present invention provides a three-dimensional model that contains an olefin-based polymer and can be easily processed, and a three-dimensional modeling material for obtaining the same. In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a three-dimensional modeling material that contains an olefin-based polymer and can impart a function to a three-dimensional model itself. Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide a three-dimensional model production method using a three-dimensional modeling material. A three-dimensional modeling material that solves the above problems is a material for forming a three-dimensional model using thermal energy and contains an olefin-based polymer and an organometallic complex.

Abstract: An organic borane complex contains, as a component, triarylborane having an enhanced bonding between a boron atom and a carbon atom on an aryl group. The organic borane complex contains, as a component, triarylborane having a structure represented by the following general formula (1), wherein X1 and X2 each independently represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; X3 and X4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, or X3 and X4 are linked together to be a single atom; R1 to R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and p, q and r each independently represent an integer of 1 to 3. Also disclosed are a composition containing organic borane, and an organic electroluminescent element.

Abstract: Downtime relating to formation and detection of a detection image is reduced. An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to calculate a first conversion unit to convert a gradation of input image data so that density output for the input image data becomes a first density output characteristic based on a first detection result of the detection image detected by a density sensor in a first mode. The controller generates a second conversion unit to convert the gradation of the input image data so that the density output for the input image data becomes a second density output characteristic in a second mode based on the detection result in the first mode and correction information, and further updates the correction information based on a second detection result of the detection image detected by the density sensor in the second mode and the first detection result.

Abstract: A housing includes a first opening and a second opening, and encloses a light-emitting element and a first light receiving unit. The first opening is provided in a first light guide path, and is arranged so that light output from the light-emitting element travels toward a target surface. The second opening is provided in a second light guide path arranged between the target surface and the first light receiving unit. The first opening is an exit opening of a through-hole provided penetrating through the housing, and a shape of the through-hole is a shape in which diffracted light of the +1st order and higher orders and diffracted light of the ?1st order and higher orders produced at the target surface to be irradiated are not incident on the first light receiving unit.

Abstract: A housing includes a first opening and a second opening, and encloses a light-emitting element, a first light receiving unit, and a second light receiving unit. The first opening is provided in a first light guide path arranged between the light-emitting element and a first irradiated region of the target surface, and is arranged so that light output from the light-emitting element travels toward the first irradiated region. The second opening is provided in a second light guide path arranged between the first irradiated region and the first light receiving unit, and is arranged so that diffused reflection light from the toner image passes through when the toner image passes the first irradiated region.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a normal image formation mode and a wide color gamut image formation mode in which an amount of a developer per unit area of a developer image of at least a color that differs from a prescribed color among a plurality of colors is increased as compared to the normal image formation mode. Image data is generated such that an image portion formed in the prescribed color in an image formed on a recording material is formed solely by a developer image of the prescribed color in the normal image formation mode, but formed by superimposing a developer image of a color that differs from the prescribed color on a developer image of the prescribed color or formed solely by a developer image of a different color in place of a developer image of the prescribed color in the wide color gamut image formation mode.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a movable intermediate transfer member onto which a toner image borne by an image bearing member is to be transferred; a detection unit configured to irradiate the toner image on the intermediate transfer member with light to detect reflected light; and a control unit configured to adjust a condition for forming the toner image based on a detection result of the detection unit, wherein a plurality of grooves extending along a movement direction of the intermediate transfer member are formed in a surface of the intermediate transfer member in a width direction intersecting the movement direction, and wherein grooves, formed within a range of the intermediate transfer member to which the light is irradiated by the detection unit, among the plurality of grooves are formed so that intervals each between adjacent grooves with respect to the width direction are regularly changed within a predetermined range.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, configured to operate in first and second modes of which color gamut is different from each other, includes an exposure unit configured to expose a photosensitive drum; a developing roller configured to form a toner image; a detection unit configured to detect density of the toner image transferred to an intermediate transfer member; and a controller configured to adjust the density based on a value of input image data. A dithering process for the controller's controlling of the exposure unit is different depending on whether the operation is in the first mode or the second mode, and in at least a part of the input image data, the density of the toner image formed by the dithering process in the first mode is higher than the density of the toner image formed by the dithering process in the second mode.

Abstract: Downtime relating to formation and detection of a detection image is reduced. An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to calculate a first conversion unit to convert a gradation of input image data so that density output for the input image data becomes a first density output characteristic based on a first detection result of the detection image detected by a density sensor in a first mode. The controller generates a second conversion unit to convert the gradation of the input image data so that the density output for the input image data becomes a second density output characteristic in a second mode based on the detection result in the first mode and correction information, and further updates the correction information based on a second detection result of the detection image detected by the density sensor in the second mode and the first detection result.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a normal image formation mode and a wide color gamut image formation mode in which an amount of a developer per unit area of a developer image of at least a color that differs from a prescribed color among a plurality of colors is increased as compared to the normal image formation mode. Image data is generated such that an image portion formed in the prescribed color in an image formed on a recording material is formed solely by a developer image of the prescribed color in the normal image formation mode, but formed by superimposing a developer image of a color that differs from the prescribed color on a developer image of the prescribed color or formed solely by a developer image of a different color in place of a developer image of the prescribed color in the wide color gamut image formation mode.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic electroluminescent element containing an organic layer interposed between an anode and a cathode, the organic layer containing at least one light emitting layer, wherein the at least one light emitting layer contains a ?-conjugated compound having an electron donor portion and an electron acceptor portion in the molecule; the ?-conjugated compound has a direction vector from an atom having a HOMO orbital in the electron donor portion to an electron cloud of the HOMO orbital, and a direction vector from an atom having a LUMO orbital in the electron acceptor portion to an electron cloud of the LUMO orbital, and the two direction vectors form an angle ? in the range of 90 to 180 degrees; and the ?-conjugated compound has a plurality of the electron donor portions or a plurality of the electron acceptor portions.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a movable intermediate transfer member onto which a toner image borne by an image bearing member is to be transferred; a detection unit configured to irradiate the toner image on the intermediate transfer member with light to detect reflected light; and a control unit configured to adjust a condition for forming the toner image based on a detection result of the detection unit, wherein a plurality of grooves extending along a movement direction of the intermediate transfer member are formed in a surface of the intermediate transfer member in a width direction intersecting the movement direction, and wherein grooves, formed within a range of the intermediate transfer member to which the light is irradiated by the detection unit, among the plurality of grooves are formed so that intervals each between adjacent grooves with respect to the width direction are regularly changed within a predetermined range.

Abstract: A method for synthesizing an organic metal complex having a substituent capable of coordinating to a central metal ion includes replacing substituents RX and RX? in an organic metal complex having a structure represented by general formula (2) with substituents RB and RB? in an organic metal complex having a structure represented by general formula (1), respectively:

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device contains an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer containing at least one luminous layer. The organic layer is disposed between the anode and the cathode. At least one luminous layer contains a ?-conjugated compound exhibiting no overlap between the electron density distributions of the HOMO and the LUMO in the molecule, such that electron transition between the HOMO and the LUMO occurs by a through-space interaction in the molecule. The ?-conjugated compound has a ?-conjugated aromatic ring at a moiety on which at least one of the HOMO and the LUMO is localized.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, configured to operate in first and second modes of which color gamut is different from each other, includes an exposure unit configured to expose a photosensitive drum; a developing roller configured to form a toner image; a detection unit configured to detect density of the toner image transferred to an intermediate transfer member; and a controller configured to adjust the density based on a value of input image data. A dithering process for the controller's controlling of the exposure unit is different depending on whether the operation is in the first mode or the second mode, and in at least a part of the input image data, the density of the toner image formed by the dithering process in the first mode is higher than the density of the toner image formed by the dithering process in the second mode.