Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit and a fixing unit; a folding processing portion; a pressure-bonding portion; and an input portion capable of selecting a pressure-bonding mode in which a pressure-bonding print prepared by subjecting the recording material to pressure-bonding processing by the folding processing portion and the pressure-bonding portion and capable of selecting a layout of the toner image formed on the recording material. When the pressure-bonding mode is selected, the layout depending on the pressure-bonding mode is selected.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus including a fixing unit, a folding processing portion, and a pressure-bonding portion. A first recording material having a first basis weight is fixed at a first temperature by the fixing unit and then is pressure-bonded by the pressure-bonding portion after a lapse of a first period. A second recording material having a second basis weight is fixed at a second temperature by the fixing unit and then is pressure-bonded by the pressure-bonding portion after a lapse of a second period. The second basis weight is larger than the first basis weight. The second temperature is higher than the first temperature. The second period is longer than the first period.

Abstract: Providing a RyR2 activity inhibitor having an excellent RyR2 activity inhibitory effect.

Abstract: A microbe quantifying apparatus includes: a filtering mechanism that filters microbes contained in a fluid sample with a filter; a quantifying mechanism that quantifies the microbes with a specified biological material contained in the microbes on the filter as an index; and an anti-drying mechanism that prevents drying of the microbes on the filter.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes: a rotor rotating about an axis; a stator formed by annularly combining cores having electric wires wound therearound and placed on the outer side of the rotor in a direction orthogonal to the axis; and an insulator including an outer portion placed on the radially outer side of the stator; an inner portion placed on the radially inner side of the stator; a trunk portion coupling the outer portion and the inner portion and having the electric wire wound therearound; a recess portion formed in a portion of the outer portion facing the inner portion to accommodate the electric wire; and a wall placed at the recess portion on the side of the inner portion to partially cover the recess portion. The insulator is attached to one end portion of the cores in a direction parallel with the axis.

Abstract: Provided is a device for collecting biological material from a microbe, the device including: a collection container that is used to collect a microbe from a liquid sample containing the microbe and to extract the biological material from the microbe; and a temperature control mechanism that controls a temperature of the collection container. Herein, the temperature control mechanism controls a temperature of the collection container so that the microbe is collected at a first temperature and the biological material is extracted from the microbe at a second temperature higher than the first temperature.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition that has excellent safety and targets a different step in the virus propagation cycle than conventional pharmaceutical compositions, applicable as an antiviral agent. A pharmaceutical composition containing an epigallocatechin gallate derivative represented by the following chemical formula (1), an isomer thereof, or a salt thereof is prepared. This can be used as a membrane fusion inhibitor that inhibits viral membrane fusion. In the following formula, R1 to R6 are each a hydrogen atom, halogen, sodium, potassium, or a straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated acyl group and may be identical to or different from one another. The acyl group may be substituted further with one or more substituents. At least one of R1 to R6 is the acyl group. R7 to R16 are each a hydrogen atom, halogen, sodium, or potassium and may be identical to or different from one another.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes: a rotor rotating about an axis; a stator formed by annularly combining cores having electric wires wound therearound and placed on the outer side of the rotor in a direction orthogonal to the axis; and an insulator including an outer portion placed on the radially outer side of the stator; an inner portion placed on the radially inner side of the stator; a trunk portion coupling the outer portion and the inner portion and having the electric wire wound therearound; a recess portion formed in a portion of the outer portion facing the inner portion to accommodate the electric wire; and a wall placed at the recess portion on the side of the inner portion to partially cover the recess portion The insulator is attached to one end portion of the cores in a direction parallel with the axis.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an instrument of collecting detection target. The instrument includes a filter unit and a carrier unit that holds a carrier of collecting a detection target. The method comprises at least: a tool ATP eliminating step of eliminating ATP from tools to be used in the production steps, a mixture ATP eliminating step of eliminating ATP from a carrier prepared by mixing raw materials via using the tools from which ATP is thus eliminated, and a filling step of filling the carrier from which ATP is thus eliminated into a carrier unit.

Abstract: An electric motor with a brake, having a function as a holding brake, includes a brake resistor including three resistors. In a normal state, the brake resistor is such that the three resistors are connected together at ends on one side and at ends on another side and are connected to a brake DC power supply in parallel to each other. In an emergency or an event of an emergency stop, the brake resistor is such that the three resistors are connected together at the ends on one side to form a Y-connection and the ends on another side that are not connected together are electrically connected to the output end of a stator coil of an electric motor or an end having a potential equal to that of the output end.

Abstract: A device for quantifying biological material (ATP) of cells contained in a liquid sample as a sample is provided. The device includes a controller that calculates an amount of the biological material of cells contained in the liquid sample, based on a differential amount of luminescence between an amount of luminescence when an ATP luminescence reagent as a luminescent reagent for biological material is reacted with the biological material (ATP) that is separated and extracted from cells contained in the liquid sample by bringing an ATP extraction reagent as a processing reagent into contact with the liquid sample, and an amount of luminescence when the ATP luminescent reagent is reacted with the ATP extraction reagent.

Abstract: A microbe quantifying apparatus includes: a filtering mechanism that filters microbes contained in a fluid sample with a filter; a quantifying mechanism that quantifies the microbes with a specified biological material contained in the microbes on the filter as an index; and an anti-drying mechanism that prevents drying of the microbes on the filter.

Abstract: Provided is a device for collecting biological material from a microbe, the device including: a collection container that is used to collect a microbe from a liquid sample containing the microbe and to extract the biological material from the microbe; and a temperature control mechanism that controls a temperature of the collection container. Herein, the temperature control mechanism controls a temperature of the collection container so that the microbe is collected at a first temperature and the biological material is extracted from the microbe at a second temperature higher than the first temperature.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition that has excellent safety and targets a different step in the virus propagation cycle than conventional pharmaceutical compositions, applicable as an antiviral agent. A pharmaceutical composition containing an epigallocatechin gallate derivative represented by the following chemical formula (1), an isomer thereof, or a salt thereof is prepared. This can be used as a membrane fusion inhibitor that inhibits viral membrane fusion. In the following formula, R1 to R6 are each a hydrogen atom, halogen, sodium, potassium, or a straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated acyl group and may be identical to or different from one another. The acyl group may be substituted further with one or more substituents. At least one of R1 to R6 is the acyl group. R7 to R16 are each a hydrogen atom, halogen, sodium, or potassium and may be identical to or different from one another.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition that has excellent safety and targets a different step in the virus propagation cycle than conventional pharmaceutical compositions, applicable as an antiviral agent. A pharmaceutical composition containing an epigallocatechin gallate derivative represented by the following chemical formula (1), an isomer thereof, or a salt thereof is prepared. This can be used as a membrane fusion inhibitor that inhibits viral membrane fusion. In the following formula, R1 to R6 are each a hydrogen atom, halogen, sodium, potassium, or a straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated acyl group and may be identical to or different from one another. The acyl group may be substituted further with one or more substituents. At least one of R1 to R6 is the acyl group. R7 to R16 are each a hydrogen atom, halogen, sodium, or potassium and may be identical to or different from one another.

Abstract: In a microorganism capturing device as a filter separation apparatus, a first contact chamber and a second contact chamber in each of which an object to be treated is contacted with a treatment agent are disposed apart from each other by a hydrophilic filter. The second contact chamber and a filtrate outlet are separated from each other by a hydrophobic filter. The microorganism capturing device is adapted to efficiently contact the object to be treated with the treatment agent, even if the object to be treated enters into the hydrophilic filter.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition that has excellent safety and targets a different step in the virus propagation cycle than conventional pharmaceutical compositions, applicable as an antiviral agent. A pharmaceutical composition containing an epigallocatechin gallate derivative represented by the following chemical formula (1), an isomer thereof, or a salt thereof is prepared. This can be used as a membrane fusion inhibitor that inhibits viral membrane fusion. In the following formula, R1 to R6 are each a hydrogen atom, halogen, sodium, potassium, or a straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated acyl group and may be identical to or different from one another. The acyl group may be substituted further with one or more substituents. At least one of R1 to R6 is the acyl group. R7 to R16 are each a hydrogen atom, halogen, sodium, or potassium and may be identical to or different from one another.

Abstract: A display apparatus configured to add variations to displayed contents to prevent the user from getting bored and sufficiently utilize the characteristics of a display panel such as an organic EL display panel which excels in displaying a moving image. The display apparatus is suitable for use in an electronic equipment, and comprises a display panel for displaying images, a storage unit contained in the electronic equipment for storing display data representative of display images for display on the display panel, and a writing unit for writing display data into the storage device from the outside. In one embodiment, a device body is provided with a rewritable memory such as a flash memory to provide an environment in which previously provided data can be captured through the Internet, or images created by the user can be uniquely captured.

Abstract: A digital graphic equalizer for obtaining a boost characteristic and an attenuation characteristic using band pass filters, each constituted by a digital filter, and an adder. For a boost characteristic, an input signal is supplied to first band pass filters and resultant filtered signals and the input signal are added by a first adder. For an attenuation characteristic, the output signal of a second adder is fed back to second band pass filters and resultant filtered signals and the input signal are added by a second adder.