Abstract: Disclosed is a power supply including a first voltage generating unit that generates a first voltage from an external power supply; a second voltage generating unit that generates a first predetermined voltage and supplies the generated first predetermined voltage to the load; a third voltage generating unit that generates the first predetermined voltage and supplies the generated first predetermined voltage to the load; and a controller that causes the first voltage to be greater than or equal to a second voltage during a first mode, and causes the first voltage to be less than the second voltage during a second mode. During the first mode, the power is supplied from the second voltage generating unit and the third voltage generating unit to the load, and during the second mode, the power is supplied from the third voltage generating unit to the load.

Abstract: A first link member 4 is swingably connected to the base member 2 on a forward side, and a second link member 5 is swingably connected to the base member 2 on a backward side. A third link member 6 is swingably connected to the output member 3 on the forward side, and a fourth link member 7 is swingably connected to the output member 3 on the backward side. A swinging end of the third link member 6 is swingably connected to the first link member 4 on a first connecting axis J5, and a swinging end of the fourth link member 7 on the backward side is swingably connected to the first link member 4 on a second connecting axis J6. A swinging end of the second link member 5 is swingably connected to the fourth link member 7 on a third connecting axis J7.

Abstract: A major object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing induced pluripotent stem cells with low tumorigenesis potential and high induction efficiency. The invention provides a method for producing induced pluripotent stem cells comprising the step of introducing one or more nucleic acids that facilitate expression of at least one gene selected from the group consisting of NANOG, SOX2, OCT3/4, KLF4, LIN28, and c-MYC into somatic cells.

Abstract: A robot 1 is equipped with a leg 2 including a knee joint 16 connecting a thigh link 32 and a crus link 34. The knee joint 16 is equipped with a connecting rod 44, one end of which is connected so as to be freely rotatable with respect to an axis 40 of the crus link 34 and the other end of which is connected so as to be freely rotatable to an axis 42 of the thigh link 32, and a distance varying mechanism 50 which changes the distance between an axis 60 of the crus link 34 and an axis 56 of the thigh link 32 by a driving force of an electric motor 40. When a bending angle of the knee joint 16 is 0 degree, a sum of the distance between the axis 40 and axis 42 and the distance between the axis 60 and the axis 56, is smaller than the distance between the axis 40 and the axis 56.

Abstract: An optical writing device stores pieces of dithering information indicating dithering patterns whose densities are different, each piece of dithering information including pieces of identification information associated with pixels of the corresponding dithering pattern, and stores pieces of pixel setting information in which pieces of colored/colorless information indicating each of the pixels is colored or colorless are associated with the pieces of identification information, the pieces of colored/colorless information being set based on a resolution of a light source for forming an electrostatic latent image. The optical writing device also includes a control unit configured to arrange the same dithering patterns in a way that the dithering patterns form a pattern with a given size, and cause the light source to emit light based on information generated by setting the pixels of each of the same dithering patterns to be colored or colorless in accordance with the pixel setting information.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes plural image forming units of plural colors, each including a print head including plural LED chips aligned in a main scanning direction; a screen angle selecting unit that selects screen angles for the plural colors respectively based on the amounts of skew of the plural image forming units; an image processing unit that performs image processing on input data to be expressed by pixels of the plural colors such that the pixels of the colors have the corresponding screen angles selected by the screen angle selecting unit; a correction amount determining unit that determines a total amount of skew correction based on the amount of skew detected by the skew detection unit, and determines the amounts of skew correction in the sub-scanning direction for predetermined groups of the pixels, based on the total amount of skew correction, for each of the colors.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus performs pseudo gradation processing using dithering, and includes an image carrier; a plurality of light-emitting element arrays arranged in a main-scanning direction and including a plurality of light-emitting elements; an image forming unit performing lighting control of the arrays and forming a pattern image on the image carrier; a detecting unit detecting a density of the pattern image; a position detecting unit detecting a position in the main-scanning direction of the detecting unit with respect to the light-emitting element arrays; a determining unit that, based on the detected position, determines whether the detecting unit is positioned at a proper detection position with respect to the pattern image on which noise has no effect; and an operation control unit that, when the detecting unit is positioned at the proper detection position, performs an image density detection operation on the pattern image using the detecting unit.

Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a novel 1,3,4,8-tetrahydro-2H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrazine derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof, which is useful as an anti-HIV agent. [Solving Means] The present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula [I] wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a phosphor, a lighting system and a white light emitting diode. The phosphor comprises a compound represented by the formula (1) and Eu as an activator. aM12O-bM2O-cM3O2 (1) wherein, in the formula (1), M1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb and Cs, M2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, Ba, Mg and Zn, M3 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Si and Ge, 0.1?a?1.5, 0.8?b?1.2, 0.8?c?1.2, and when M1 is Li, M3 is Si, and a=b=c=1, then M2 is not Sr alone.

Abstract: A robot 1 is equipped with a leg 2 including a knee joint 16 connecting a thigh link 32 and a crus link 34. The knee joint 16 is equipped with a connecting rod 44, one end of which is connected so as to be freely rotatable with respect to an axis 40 of the crus link 34 and the other end of which is connected so as to be freely rotatable to an axis 42 of the thigh link 32, and a distance varying mechanism 50 which changes the distance between an axis 60 of the crus link 34 and an axis 56 of the thigh link 32 by a driving force of an electric motor 40. When a bending angle of the knee joint 16 is 0 degree, a sum of the distance between the axis 40 and axis 42 and the distance between the axis 60 and the axis 56, is smaller than the distance between the axis 40 and the axis 56.

Abstract: A first link member 4 is swingably connected to the base member 2 on a forward side, and a second link member 5 is swingably connected to the base member 2 on a backward side. A third link member 6 is swingably connected to the output member 3 on the forward side, and a fourth link member 7 is swingably connected to the output member 3 on the backward side. A swinging end of the third link member 6 is swingably connected to the first link member 4 on a first connecting axis J5, and a swinging end of the fourth link member 7 on the backward side is swingably connected to the first link member 4 on a second connecting axis J6. A swinging end of the second link member 5 is swingably connected to the fourth link member 7 on a third connecting axis J7.

Abstract: A phosphor having a high brightness after being exposed to plasma and a phosphor paste containing the phosphor. The phosphor comprises a fluorescent substance A1 containing a compound represented by the following formula (I) and at least one activator selected from the group consisting of Eu and Mn, and a fluorescent substance B1 containing an aluminate; mM1O.nM2O.2M3O2??(I) [in the formula (I), M1 is at least two selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr and Ba, or Ca alone or Ba alone; M2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg and Zn; M3 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Si and Ge; 0.5?m?3.5; and 0.5?n?2.5].

Abstract: Disclosed is a phosphor containing a nitrogen element, a compound having a garnet structure and an activator. The activator is composed of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ce, Pr, Nd, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Mn.

Abstract: A brushless motor according to the present invention is provided with a tubular stator case, a stator core fitted into the stator case, and a rotor rotatably supported via a bearing inside the stator core. The stator core includes a tubular yoke portion and a plurality of split cores which are detachably mounted on the tubular yoke portion. A plurality of commutating-pole teeth which extend radially inward are integrally formed on an inner peripheral surface of the tubular yoke portion at regular intervals in the peripheral direction of the tubular yoke portion; and a root portion of each of the commutating-pole teeth has inclined shoulders which are gradually enlarged radially outward.

Abstract: In a legged mobile robot having a body and legs connected to the body, a seating aid is provided at its body so as to enable to sit on a seat. With this, the space occupied by the robot can be decreased to reduce space during storage and transport, and also enhance safety in the course of transport. In addition, maintenance work is simplified because immobilization in the seated condition is possible. Still further, the range of works is expanded to enable deskwork and the like. Further, the seating aid is provided at a location that is rearward of a center of gravity of the robot when the robot is seated. With this, the moment acting on the robot about the center of gravity during seating does not operate to tilt the robot rearward and, therefore, the robot can be enabled to keep a stable posture from before to after sitting down.

Abstract: A brushless motor is provided with: a tubular stator case; a stator core; a rotor rotatably supported via a bearing inside the stator core; a bracket which closes an opening at one end of the stator case; a coil bobbin around which a coil is wound is mounted on an inner peripheral surface of the stator core; a lead wire which feeds power to the coil; and a wiring substrate which relays a connection between one end of the lead wire and the coil, wherein: a drawn-out hole is formed on the bracket at the position corresponding to the connection point of said one end of the lead wire and the wiring substrate such that the other end of the lead wire is drawn outward; and a harness guide is provided on a peripheral edge of the drawn-out hole such that the drawn lead wire is bent and fixed.

Abstract: A legged mobile robot and a control program for the robot cancel a spin force, which is generated by motions of a lower body (242), a leg (2) or the like, by a twisting motion of an upper body (241) relative to the lower body (242) and a swinging motion of an arm (80).

Abstract: An ultraviolet excited light-emitting device is disclosed. The ultraviolet excited light-emitting device comprises a phosphor having at least one selected from the group consisting of Eu and Mn as an activator and a compound represented by a formula (1): M1M2M23O6??(1) wherein M1 is at least two selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr and Ba, or Sr or Ba, M2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg and Zn, and M3 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Si and Ge in the formula (1).

Abstract: A brushless motor according to the present invention is provided with: a tubular stator case; a stator core fitted into the stator case; and a rotor rotatably supported via a bearing inside the stator core, wherein: an inner flange portion which extends radially inward is formed at a peripheral edge of an opening of one end of the stator case; and a bracket is fixed to the inner flange portion while contacting therewith so as to close the opening.

Abstract: A leg type mobile robot includes a foot joined to a distal end of a leg through a second joint. The foot includes a foot flat portion having a ground contact end of the foot, a movable portion joined to the second joint and configured to be movable in a first direction with respect to the foot flat portion, a shock absorber comprising first and second end portions allowed to move closer to or away from each other in a second direction, the first end portion of the shock absorber being joined to a first point of the movable portion, and a motion direction conversion mechanism configured to convert a motion of the movable portion in the first direction to a motion of the second end portion of the shock absorber in the second direction with respect to the first point of the movable portion.