Abstract: An assay device and an assay method are each capable of ensuring the accuracy of a target substance detection section.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire factor information, which is information on a factor that influences an amount of volatilization of moisture supplied to each of recording media to be bound from the recording medium; and set an amount of moisture to be supplied to the recording medium on a basis of the factor information.

Abstract: An order assistance apparatus includes: a display control unit configured to display sales information that has accepted the selecting operation with an addition of the number of orders corresponding to the number of times of the selecting operations in question; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the number of orders in question is equal to or greater than an upper limit value, in which when the number of orders is smaller than the upper limit value, the display control unit updates a display of the number of orders added to the sales information that has accepted a selecting operation by a value obtained by adding a number corresponding to the single selecting operation to the number of orders in question, and clears the number of orders in question when the number of orders is equal to or greater than the upper limit value.

Abstract: A recording medium processing apparatus includes: a binder that performs a binding process on a recording medium; and a moisture supplier that supplies moisture in a form of mist to a binding portion of the recording medium, the binding portion being a portion subjected to the binding process performed by the binder.

Abstract: A binding apparatus includes a binder configured to bind sheets of paper by advancing binding teeth toward the sheets of paper, a water adjuster configured to adjust an amount of water contained in the sheets of paper, and a processor configured to, based on a setting on one of the binder or the water adjuster, make a setting on the other one of the binder or the water adjuster.

Abstract: A binding apparatus includes a binder configured to bind sheets of paper by advancing binding teeth toward the sheets of paper, a water supplier configured to supply a preset amount of water to the sheets of paper to be bound by the binder, and a processor configured to, if a specific condition is satisfied, make a setting to reduce the amount of water to be supplied to the sheets of paper by the water supplier.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a sensor that detects a property of a specific sheet, and a processor configured to output information about a sheet that satisfies a set condition regarding a relationship with the property detected by the sensor. The sensor includes at least an infrared sensor that detects the property by emitting an infrared ray to a sheet or an electric sensor that detects the property on the basis of an electrical resistance.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a sensor that detects a property of a specific sheet, and a processor configured to output information about a sheet that satisfies a set condition regarding a relationship with the property detected by the sensor. The sensor includes at least an infrared sensor that detects the property by emitting an infrared ray to a sheet or an electric sensor that detects the property on the basis of an electrical resistance.

Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a compound which is highly active against pests, to provide a pest control agent comprising the compound, and to provide a method for controlling a pest by applying the compound. The present invention provides a 4-(arylethynyl)pyridine or a salt thereof, a pest control agent which comprises the 4-(arylethynyl)pyridine or salt thereof as an active ingredient, and a method for controlling a pest by applying the 4-(arylethynyl)pyridine or salt thereof in an effective amount.

Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a compound which is highly active against pests, to provide a pest control agent comprising the compound, and to provide a method for controlling a pest by applying the compound. The present invention provides a 4-(arylethynyl)pyridine or a salt thereof, a pest control agent which comprises the 4-(arylethynyl)pyridine or salt thereof as an active ingredient, and a method for controlling a pest by applying the 4-(arylethynyl)pyridine or salt thereof in an effective amount.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid droplet ejection head provided with an ejection hole that is opened on an ejection surface and ejects a liquid droplet, and a groove that extends with one end separated from the ejection hole to the other end further separated from the ejection hole than the one end on the ejection surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid droplet ejecting apparatus that may cool, with a simple configuration, drive sections of piezoelectric elements. Namely, the liquid droplet ejecting apparatus has head modules that use piezoelectric elements to eject ink droplets, driver ICs that drive the piezoelectric elements, a ventilation unit that delivers dry air to the environs of the piezoelectric elements via a gas delivery passage disposed therein in order to dehumidify the environs of the piezoelectric elements, a branch tube that branches from the gas delivery passage and blows onto the driver ICs some of the air that has been delivered, and a duckbill valve that is disposed in the branch tube. Here, the ventilation unit that delivers the dry air in order to dehumidify the environs of the piezoelectric elements also cools the driver ICs, so the driver ICs can be cooled with a simple configuration.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid droplet ejecting apparatus that may cool, with a simple configuration, drive sections of piezoelectric elements. Namely, the liquid droplet ejecting apparatus has head modules that use piezoelectric elements to eject ink droplets, driver ICs that drive the piezoelectric elements, a ventilation unit that delivers dry air to the environs of the piezoelectric elements via a gas delivery passage disposed therein in order to dehumidify the environs of the piezoelectric elements, a branch tube that branches from the gas delivery passage and blows onto the driver ICs some of the air that has been delivered, and a duckbill valve that is disposed in the branch tube. Here, the ventilation unit that delivers the dry air in order to dehumidify the environs of the piezoelectric elements also cools the driver ICs, so the driver ICs can be cooled with a simple configuration.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an ink jet recording head made of a laminate structure, in which plural members are laminated, includes making an ink channel including a nozzle by laminating the plural members including a nozzle plate having the nozzle; and performing a channel film forming process for forming a channel film having an ink resistance, the channel film covering an entire inner wall of the ink channel formed in the plural members including the nozzle plate and the nozzle.

Abstract: A flow rate control device includes a pressure generating unit that delivers a liquid to a liquid reservoir unit including an ejecting port; a flow rate control unit that controls a flow rate of the pressure generating unit by performing a first flow rate control and a second flow rate control, the first flow rate control being to raise a pressure inside the liquid reservoir unit up to a target pressure at a first pressure change rate which is sufficiently high to float air bubbles adhering to a wall surface inside the liquid reservoir unit, the second flow rate control being to maintain the target pressure or to lower the pressure inside the liquid reservoir unit from the target pressure at a second pressure change rate lower than the first pressure change rate in order to eject air bubbles floating inside the liquid reservoir unit from the ejecting port.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to implement a number of improvements to the consumption process for television (and other services), including personalization, community viewing, shared presence and context, messaging, access to ratings and recommendations (including community reviews), alerts, etc. A content distribution server manages the delivery of television, messaging, on demand audio or video, online gaming, and other entertainment and information services to a plurality of client devices (e.g., televisions, personal computers, enhanced telephones, etc.). The server components include a television application component, messaging component, and application components that integrate the various services to deliver, for example, enhanced television, which includes television broadcast enhanced with messaging services, Internet access, informational alerts, and/or the like.

Abstract: A droplet discharging head comprises a pressure chamber in which fluid is filled through a channel, and a nozzle that is connected to the pressure chamber and which discharges the fluid as a droplet. After the droplet discharging head is assembled, at least the wall surfaces contacting the fluid are coated with a carbonized silicon film.

Abstract: A flow rate control device includes a pressure generating unit that delivers a liquid to a liquid reservoir unit including an ejecting port; a flow rate control unit that controls a flow rate of the pressure generating unit by performing a first flow rate control and a second flow rate control, the first flow rate control being to raise a pressure inside the liquid reservoir unit up to a target pressure at a first pressure change rate which is sufficiently high to float air bubbles adhering to a wall surface inside the liquid reservoir unit, the second flow rate control being to maintain the target pressure or to lower the pressure inside the liquid reservoir unit from the target pressure at a second pressure change rate lower than the first pressure change rate in order to eject air bubbles floating inside the liquid reservoir unit from the ejecting port

Abstract: An ink jet recording head is formed by laminating a nozzle plate, ink pool plates, a through plate, an ink supply path plate, a pressure chamber plate and a vibrating plate in order. These members of the head are bonded to each other with an adhesive. An inner wall of an ink channel is covered with a channel film for continuously covering the entire inner wall.

Abstract: An ink jet recording head is formed by laminating a nozzle plate, ink pool plates, a through plate, an ink supply path plate, a pressure chamber plate and a vibrating plate in order. These members of the head are bonded to each other with an adhesive. An inner wall of an ink channel is covered with a channel film for continuously covering the entire inner wall.