Abstract: In a health checkup supporting method for predicting a health checkup receiver's risk of suffering from a disease, steps are provided to input checkup receiver information indicating the possibilities of a disease being contracted by a checkup receiver and to obtain a risk value indicating a degree of the checkup receiver's possible incidence of the disease based on inputted checkup receiver information and a risk parameter obtained from the ratio of past disease patients.

Abstract: An optical system for an image forming apparatus which a first light source for selectably emitting a plurality of image forming light beams based upon control signals and a second light source for emitting image forming light beams of a number of less than that of said first light source. The first light source of the optical system selectably emitting multiple light beams and a single beam, e.g. selectably emits two beams and a single beam.

Abstract: A multi-beam scanning apparatus includes a light source having first and second light source sections that hold a pair of semi-conductor laser diodes and coupling lenses that couple four beams irradiated from the pair of semi-conductor laser diodes with a base member. A light beam deviating device may be provided so as to deviate the four beams. A scan imaging device is also provided so as to scan a scan receiving surface with beam spots of the beams deviated by the light beam deviating device. A beam pitch-detecting device is also provided so as to detect a beam pitch of the respective beams formed on the scan-receiving surface. A beam pitch correcting device is provided in order to correct the beam pitch by causing relative deviation of a light axis among the respective beams on a sub scanning direction cross sectional plane.

Abstract: In a bacteriological examination system, an expected range of drug sensitivity is calculated from the results of statistics of data acquired at past drug sensitivity tests. Testing panels accommodating drugs of different densities (ex. increasing by increments) covers the calculated expected range are selected for testing. An average-per-sample value of drug sensitivities of bacteria that reside in a hospital and an average-per-sample value of drug sensitivities of bacteria that reside in a limited region are preserved separately in a results-of-test database. A difference between statistical values of drug sensitivities of one bacterial species in a bacterial classification group residing in a hospital to an object drug and statistical values of drug sensitivities of the bacterial species residing in a limited region is calculated. The difference then is divided by the average-per-same value in the limited region.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming cartridges removably mounted to an apparatus body one above the other is disclosed. Structural members each partition off a space between nearby image forming cartridges mounted to the apparatus body. The apparatus is capable of obviating banding ascribable to the vibration of the cartridges.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming cartridges removably mounted to an apparatus body one above the other is disclosed. Structural members each partition off a space between nearby image forming cartridges mounted to the apparatus body. The apparatus is capable of obviating banding ascribable to the vibration of the cartridges.

Abstract: The use of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) virions for delivery of genes encoding angiogenic factors to muscle tissue is disclosed. The invention describes such methods of delivery and also describes methods for treating an ischemic condition such as myocardial ischemia. The methods include direct delivery of rAAV virions to a muscle via intramuscular injection and indirect delivery to a muscle via an injection into a blood vessel supplying blood to the muscle. The invention provides for sustained expression of the rAAV virion-delivered angiogenic factor gene or genes, which subsequently leads to a quantifiable therapeutic effect, namely an increase in new blood vessel formation resulting in an increase in blood flow to the ischemic muscle tissue.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming cartridges removably mounted to an apparatus body one above the other is disclosed. Structural members each partition off a space between nearby image forming cartridges mounted to the apparatus body. The apparatus is capable of obviating banding ascribable to the vibration of the cartridges.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a light emitting array composed of a plurality of light emitting elements that emits light fluxes. An imaging element array may be provided so as to perform imaging with the light fluxes on a prescribed plane. A three dimensional exposure intensity distribution of the light flux is obtained per each light emitting element. A prescribed attribute is obtained from each of the exposure intensity distributions. A plurality of comparison values for the entire exposure valid region may be obtained from different units which consist of two or more successive attributes. Prescribed light emitting quantities enabling all of the comparison values to fall within a prescribed range may be determined and set to respective light emitting elements.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming cartridges removably mounted to an apparatus body one above the other is disclosed. Structural members each partition off a space between nearby image forming cartridges mounted to the apparatus body. The apparatus is capable of obviating banding ascribable to the vibration of the cartridges.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming cartridges removably mounted to an apparatus body one above the other is disclosed. Structural members each partition off a space between nearby image forming cartridges mounted to the apparatus body. The apparatus is capable of obviating banding ascribable to the vibration of the cartridges.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming cartridges removably mounted to an apparatus body one above the other is disclosed. Structural members each partition off a space between nearby image forming cartridges mounted to the apparatus body. The apparatus is capable of obviating banding ascribable to the vibration of the cartridges.

Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor storage device includes a repair request global flag for storing information indicating whether any faulty memory cell has been detected in the repair judgment test; and two tag memories, one for storing information indicating the word line associated with a faulty memory cell detected in the repair judgment test, the other tag memory storing bit line information associated with the detected faulty memory cell. A write state machine controls the data written to the repair request global flag and tag memories, and a write state machine algorithm storage section stores algorithms for which the write state machine executes a writing operation to the repair request global flag and tag memories.

Abstract: The current disclosure is directed to a multiple beam control unit for generating independent control signals each of which is used as a beam activation signal as well as a beam detection confirmation signal for a corresponding one of the multiple beams so as to accurately synchronize each of the beams. The multiple beams are thus independently ascertained to form a desired image at a predetermined location on am image forming surface.

Abstract: A guide wire for medical purposes having a proximal section and a distal section and formed by inserting all or a portion of a slender and flexible shaft into a coil and fixing the shaft to the coil, wherein the coil is a multiple-wire coil consisting of at least two pieces of wire, at least one of these pieces of wire is made of a material which is opaque against radioactive rays such as X-rays, and a portion of the coil closer to the distal section of the shaft is a single-wire coil consisting of only a composite wire made of the radiopaque material.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus with a scanner and a method of controlling it are disclosed. Different kinds of images are combined by a simple and rapid procedure. When the scanner is connected to the apparatus, various kinds of functions available are used in an easy-to-understand and convenient way. Also disclosed are a printer with a scanner which can be readily loaded with handwritten characters, types, letterings and so forth to convert them to a font. Further, the image forming apparatus with a scanner, the method of controlling it, and the printer with a scanner are capable of easily filling a document to be prepared by the operator with a desired fill pattern, e.g., a handwritten pattern.

Abstract: A guide wire for medical purposes having a proximal section and a distal section and formed by inserting all or a portion of a slender and flexible shaft into a coil and fixing the shaft to the coil, wherein the coil is a multiple-wire coil consisting of at least 2 wire rods, at least one of these wire rods is made of a material which is opaque against radioactive rays such as X ray, and a portion of the coil close to the distal section of the shaft is a single-wire coil consisting of only a wire rod made of the radiopaque material.

Abstract: A first control device controls a temperature of an object so as to make it near a first predetermined temperature. A second control device stops heating the object if a temperature thereof reaches a second predetermined temperature as a result of a temperature thereof increasing because the first control device is substantially disabled. The second predetermined temperature is higher than the first predetermined temperature.

Abstract: An output control apparatus for controlling emission power of a laser unit includes: a monitor circuit for generating a first monitor signal corresponding to the emission power of the laser unit; a monitor signal amplifier for amplifying the first monitor signal and for outputting a second monitor signal, the monitor signal amplifier having a trimable resistor for adjusting a gain; and a control circuit for controlling the emission power of the laser unit based on the second monitor means so that the emission power of the laser unit is maintained at a predetermined power level. A method for adjusting the above output control apparatus includes the following steps (a) and (b) of: (a) maintaining the emission power of the laser unit at a predetermined power level; and (b) carrying out a trimming of the trimable resistor so that the second monitor signal becomes a predetermined value while the step (a) is being carried out.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes an electrophotography process mechanism for forming an image made of a plurality of dots in accordance with an electrophotography process, a dot density controller for controlling a dot density on the image formed by the electrophotography process means, the dot density being a number of dots formed on a predetermined area, and a dot size controller for controlling a size of each dot on the image, wherein the size of each dot on the image is controlled by the dot size controller in accordance with the dot density controlled by the dot density controller.