Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a retransport assembly, and a controller. The retransport assembly includes a first transport roller pair, a second transport roller pair, and a skew roller pair configured to alone transport, in a skewed manner, a sheet spaced from the first transport roller pair and the second transport roller pair, and a reference wall. The controller controls the retransport assembly and executes a waiting operation to cause the sheet to wait at the retransport assembly. The controller is configured to execute the waiting operation by stopping the skew roller pair and one of the first transport roller pair and the second transport roller pair in a state in which the sheet is nipped by the skew roller pair and the one of the first transport roller pair and the second transport roller pair.

Abstract: Provided is a heat-shrinkable polyester film which has heat shrinkage properties in a main shrinkage direction in the longitudinal direction, a small variation in shrinkage in the width direction, and less likely generated wrinkles and strains at the time of shrinkage finishing. The polyester film is prepared from a polyester raw material resin comprising 50 mol % or more of an ethylene terephthalate unit in 100 mol % of constituent units of a polyester, diol components selected from aliphatic, alicyclic, and aromatic diols, and an amorphous monomer component that is 2% or more in 100 mol % of either a polyhydric alcohol component or a polybasic carboxylic acid component in the whole polyester resin, wherein the polyester does not contain polybasic carboxylic acids of tribasic or more, and the polyester film is obtained by uniaxial drawing in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a belt unit including a transfer belt and a first memory that stores a first sheet conveying speed of the transfer belt; a second memory storing a first reference value and a second sheet conveying speed of the fixing unit a controller configured to: control at least one of the belt motor and the fixing motor to bring the speed difference between the sheet conveying speed of the transfer belt and the sheet conveying speed of the fixing unit closer to the first reference value by setting a rotational speed of the fixing motor based on the first reference value and a first speed difference between the first sheet conveying speed read from the first memory and the second sheet conveying speed read from the second memory.

Abstract: A substrate holder holds a substrate at a predetermined position. An etching solution supply unit supplies an etching solution to the substrate at the predetermined position. A rotating unit rotates the substrate holder about a predetermined rotation axis. A temperature distribution acquisition unit acquires the temperature distribution in a peripheral area around the substrate area occupied by the substrate when the substrate is arranged at the predetermined position in a chamber. A feature value calculator calculates, from the temperature distribution, a feature value relating an etching amount of the substrate by the etching using the etching solution.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is configured so that two or more master devices access a slave device via a bus. The semiconductor device includes: a priority generation circuit that generates a priority based on a transfer amount between a specific master device and a specific slave device; and an arbitration circuit that performs an arbitration based on the priority when competition of the accesses occurs.

Abstract: A substrate processing device includes a substrate holding table, an ultraviolet irradiator, a tubular member, a first gas supplying unit, and a second gas supplying unit. The ultraviolet irradiator is disposed facing to the substrate through an active space and configured to irradiate the substrate with ultraviolet light. The tubular member includes an inner surface surrounding a side surface of the substrate holding table, and at least one opening at a position facing to the side surface on the inner surface. The first gas supplying unit supplies gas to a space between the side surface of the substrate holding table and the inner surface of the tubular member through the at least one opening. The second gas supplying unit supplies gas to an active space between the substrate and the ultraviolet irradiator.

Abstract: The invention provides an amorphous copolymerized polyester raw material for a film, wherein the copolymerized polyester raw material (1) contains ethylene terephthalate as a main constituent component, and neopentyl glycol by 15-30 mol % when a total amount of glycol component in a total polyester resin component is taken as 100 mol %, (2) contains a constituent unit derived from diethylene glycol by 7-15 mol % in the total amount of glycol component 100 mol % in the total polyester resin component, (3) has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.60 dl/g or more and less than 0.70 dl/g, and (4) has a glass transition temperature of 60-70° C. The invention also provides a heat-shrinkable polyester-based film containing the amorphous copolymerized polyester raw material, as well as a heat-shrinkable label and a packaging bag.

Abstract: A production method of a compound represented by the formula [I]: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film, which has a main shrinkage direction in a longer direction, exhibits a higher shrinkage ratio in the main shrinkage direction, has small difference in shrinkage ratio at a high temperature and a low temperature so as not likely to generate wrinkles or the like when being used as a label, and exhibits small over-time decrease in shrinkage ratio at a low temperature. The heat-shrinkable polyester film has, as a main component, ethyleneterephthalate, and an amount of a diethyleneglycol (DEG) component is 10-25 mol % with respect to 100 mol % of a polyhydric alcohol component in all of polyester resin that composes the film.

Abstract: In a chamber, first processing is performed as preliminary processing. After the first processing has been finished, the temperature in a predetermined target region in the chamber is measured with a thermographic camera. Then, whether or not to start second processing on a substrate is determined in accordance with the acquired measured temperature information. If it is determined as a result that the second processing can be started, the second processing is performed. In this case, the second processing on the substrate can be started, with the temperature of the target region in the chamber having reached its stability. Accordingly, the second processing can be performed uniformly on a plurality of substrates. That is, it is possible to reduce variations in processing caused by temperature environments in the chamber.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main body, an image forming unit, a sheet tray disposed below the image forming unit, and a retransport assembly configured to transport a sheet along a retransport path including first, second, and third retransport path portions in a transport direction. The retransport assembly includes a portion of the sheet tray defining the first retransport path portion, a connecting unit and a retransport unit, which are disposed below the sheet tray. The connecting unit defines the second retransport path portion connected to an upstream end of the third retransport path portion in the transport direction. The retransport unit is movable between a stored position and a pulled-out position. The retransport unit at the stored position defines the first retransport path portion connected to an upstream end of the second retransport path portion in the transport direction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a retransport assembly, and a controller. The retransport assembly includes a first transport roller pair, a second transport roller pair, and a skew roller pair configured to alone transport, in a skewed manner, a sheet spaced from the first transport roller pair and the second transport roller pair, and a reference wall. The controller controls the retransport assembly and executes a waiting operation to cause the sheet to wait at the retransport assembly. The controller is configured to execute the waiting operation by stopping the skew roller pair and one of the first transport roller pair and the second transport roller pair in a state in which the sheet is nipped by the skew roller pair and the one of the first transport roller pair and the second transport roller pair.

Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film which has heat shrinkage properties in a main shrinkage direction that is the longitudinal direction, in which a variation in shrinkage in the width direction is small in the width direction, and wrinkles and strains are less likely to be generated at the time of shrinkage finishing due to a small molecular orientation angle. The heat-shrinkable polyester film is characterized by (1) a hot-water shrinkage of 50% or more in a main shrinkage direction when treated for 10 seconds in water at 98° C.; (2) a variation of hot-water shrinkages in a direction orthogonal to the main shrinkage direction for samples treated for 10 seconds in water at 98° C. of 5% or less; (3) an absolute value of a molecular orientation angle of 15 degrees or less; and (4) a refractive index difference between the main shrinking and orthogonal directions of 0.06 or more.

Abstract: A parameter design assistance device (2) includes storage (24) and a controller (25). The storage (24) stores therein a recipe for controlling a substrate processing device (81). The controller (25) acquires one or more level values for each of control factors. The level values indicate conditions according to which the substrate processing device (1) is to process a substrate (11). The controller (25) generates, through statistical technique, combination information representing combinations of the level values acquired. The controller (25) creates an evaluation recipe for each of the combinations of the level values based on the combination information and the recipe stored in the storage (24). When the evaluation recipe includes a parameter corresponding to a control factor, the controller (25) sets a corresponding level value for the control factor as a parameter value of the parameter.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a belt unit including a transfer belt and a first memory that stores a first sheet conveying speed of the transfer belt; a second memory storing a first reference value and a second sheet conveying speed of the fixing unit a controller configured to: control at least one of the belt motor and the fixing motor to bring the speed difference between the sheet conveying speed of the transfer belt and the sheet conveying speed of the fixing unit closer to the first reference value by setting a rotational speed of the fixing motor based on the first reference value and a first speed difference between the first sheet conveying speed read from the first memory and the second sheet conveying speed read from the second memory.

Abstract: Provided are a heat-shrinkable label and a package each having solvent bonded-portion where solvent penetration-through is not caused even when the film is thin. Provided are particularly a heat-shrinkable label and a package each having solvent bonded-portion gaining a high peel strength stability even when the film is passed through a tubing step made high in speed. A heat-shrinkable label has a tubular shape, in which both end portions of a heat-shrinkable polyvinyl chloride-based film or a heat-shrinkable polystyrene-based film are bonded to each other with a solvent composition. The solvent composition contains at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of tetrahydrofuran (THF), methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) and ethyl acetate, and at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyester, polypropylene and hydrogenated petroleum resin, and the end portion bonded has a peel strength of 2 N/15 mm or more.

Abstract: A method is described for cutting a plurality of molded cores. Each core includes an annular magnetic body made of a magnetic material and a covering part made of an insulating resin that covers the magnetic body. The method includes coupling each of the molded cores side by side in an axial direction, and cutting the molded cores at a first cutting part and at a second cutting part that transect an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface and approach each other toward an inner periphery direction of the molded core. The main body has a main body-side first end face formed by cutting at the first cutting part and a main body-side second end face formed by cutting at the second cutting part. A segment has a segment-side first end face formed by cutting at the first cutting part and a segment-side second end face formed by cutting at the second cutting part.

Abstract: A laminated glass for a window, comprising: a first glass sheet layer comprising a first main surface to face an outside of the window and a second main surface facing other layers; a second glass sheet layer comprising a third main surface facing other layers and a fourth main glass surface to face a room side; an IR-reflective coating layer, comprising at least one silver layer, on a whole area of at least one of the second and third main surfaces; a first intermediate polymer film layer between the first and the second glass sheet layers; and a sealant on all the way through an edge portion of the IR-reflective coating layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multiplexed amplification reaction kit for identifying a subject suffering from a malignancy sensitive to treatment with an inhibitor of the Wnt signaling pathway, comprising a primer pair capable of amplifying a PTPRK(e13)-RSPO3(e2) R-Spondin gene-fusion. Also disclosed is a method of identifying sensitivity to an inhibitor of Wnt signaling in a subject suffering from a malignancy, comprising detecting the PTPRK(e13)-RSPO3(e2) R-Spondin gene-fusion with a primer pair.

Abstract: A production method of a compound represented by the formula [I]: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof.