Abstract: A control calculation device performs a calculation of compensating for a volume change amount of each pressure chamber caused by a positional change of a pressure receiving plate inside a cylinder chamber for each position command value applied to two servo amplifiers, outputs each of the compensated position command values to the two servo amplifiers, and executes origin positioning for a position of a slider in order to compensate for the volume change amount.

Abstract: There is provided a control device that controls a controlled variable of a control target to a target value by controlling a flow rate of gas supplied to and discharged from the control target by a spool type flow control valve. The control device includes a controller that generates a spool position command of the spool type flow control valve, based on the target value, and a non-linear compensator that applies a correction for linearly compensating for non-linear flow rate characteristics of the spool type flow control valve to the generated spool position command, and outputs the command to the spool type flow control valve.

Abstract: Provided is a reagent for assaying a thrombin-antithrombin complex (TAT) in a blood sample from a subject by latex agglutination assay. The reagent includes a polycation. As a result, TAT complexes can be precisely assayed while circumventing the effect of heparin.

Abstract: An electric valve can be further miniaturized while reducing the number of manufacturing man-hours. The electric valve contains: a motor including a stator member and a rotor member that displace a valve body, and a housing for accommodating the motor. The housing is formed by joining a heat generation portion formed of a first material to a heat receiving portion formed of a second material. The light transmittance in the first material is lower than the light transmittance in the second material.

Abstract: There is provided a spool type flow control valve including a sleeve in which a supply port, a control port, and an exhaust port are formed, and a spool accommodated to be movable in an axial direction inside the sleeve and including a valve body. The valve body controls an opening area of the control port so that a flow rate is controlled. A difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of an internal leakage amount which is a flow rate at which a gas supplied from the supply port is discharged from the exhaust port in a state where the control port is shut off is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A control calculation device performs a calculation of compensating for a volume change amount of each pressure chamber caused by a positional change of a pressure receiving plate inside a cylinder chamber for each position command value applied to two servo amplifiers, outputs each of the compensated position command values to the two servo amplifiers, and executes origin positioning for a position of a slider in order to compensate for the volume change amount.

Abstract: Afforded is a linear stage including first, second, and third supporting parts disposed on a supporting flat surface, a first shaft supported by the first and second supporting parts and extending in a first direction, a second shaft supported by the third supporting part and provided extending in the first direction, and a translating carriage translated in the first direction, guided by the first shaft and the second shaft. At least one supporting part among the first, second, and third supporting parts supports the shaft supported by that supporting part in a way such as to be displaceable in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and parallel to the supporting flat surface.

Abstract: A valve device capable of reducing pressure loss is provided. The valve device is provided with a valve main body 4 having a valve chamber 43 in which a valve body 42 is arranged, inflow outlets 44B and 44C, and communication holes 45B and 45C communicating the valve chamber 43 and the inflow outlets 44B and 44C, and a rectification member 5 arranged in the communication hole 45B. The communication hole 45B has a bent portion 46a where the center line of the communication hole 45B is bent, and the rectification member 5 is arranged in the bent portion 46a and has a corner portion 52 formed by an inner circumferential surface bent or curved at an angle larger than the angle of the bent portion 46a.

Abstract: A method for measuring TAT complexes in a sample separated from a living body includes measuring TAT by performing latex immunoagglutination reaction under a condition of pH 5.8 to 6.6 using a TAT assay reagent. The TAT assay reagent includes a first antibody bound to a first latex particle, which binds to the antithrombin part of the TAT complex and recognizes the complex, and a second antibody bound to a second latex particle, which binds to the thrombin part of the TAT complex and recognizes the complex.

Abstract: The air discharge device includes a duct defining: a main flow path through which an air flow passes; and a main hole opened in a flat shape to discharge the air flow as a working air flow toward a downstream from the main flow path. A throttle portion is provided in the duct to reduce a flow path height of the main flow path from an upstream of the air flow toward a downstream of the air flow. A plurality of partitions are arranged to divide the main flow path in a major direction into a pair of side flow paths and at least one center flow path. The plurality of partitions are disposed in the duct such that a flow path width of the center flow path is reduced from the upstream of the air flow toward the downstream of the air flow.

Abstract: A power-supply control device includes: a distribution adjustment unit adjusting electric energy; and a loss comparison unit comparing losses in power running and regeneration and determining, with respect to power running and regeneration, whether a loss in a current state is smaller. Further, the distribution adjustment unit adjusts the electric energy by performing the distribution in accordance with the remaining capacity ratio in the current state in a case where it is determined that the loss in power running is smaller when the current state is a power running state or in a case where it is determined that the loss in regeneration is smaller when the current state is a regeneration state.

Abstract: An air blowing device includes a duct portion and a passage variable device. The duct portion forms a main passage through which an air flow passes, and an outlet is defined downstream of the main passage to blow out the air flow. The passage variable device is configured to change a passage area of the main passage so that the air flow becomes a pulsating flow and is blown out from the outlet.

Abstract: An air discharge device is configured to discharge an air flow. The air discharge device includes a main hole for discharging an air flow as a working air flow, an auxiliary hole provided around the main hole to discharge a support air flow, and a vortex suppression structure configured to suppress development of vortices generated in a velocity boundary layer of the working air flow at a downstream side of an outlet of the main hole. This vortex suppression structure is configured to make a central portion of the thickness of the velocity boundary layer of the working air flow at the downstream side of the outlet of the main hole to be closer to a mainstream of the support air flow, at the downstream side of the outlet of the main hole.

Abstract: A method for measuring TAT complexes in a sample separated from a living body includes measuring TAT by performing latex immunoagglutination reaction under a condition of pH 5.8 to 6.6 using a TAT assay reagent. The TAT assay reagent includes a first antibody bound to a first latex particle, which binds to the antithrombin part of the TAT complex and recognizes the complex, and a second antibody bound to a second latex particle, which binds to the thrombin part of the TAT complex and recognizes the complex.

Abstract: A power-supply control device includes: a distribution adjustment unit adjusting electric energy; and a loss comparison unit comparing losses in power running and regeneration and determining, with respect to power running and regeneration, whether a loss in a current state is smaller. Further, the distribution adjustment unit adjusts the electric energy by performing the distribution in accordance with the remaining capacity ratio in the current state in a case where it is determined that the loss in power running is smaller when the current state is a power running state or in a case where it is determined that the loss in regeneration is smaller when the current state is a regeneration state.

Abstract: An actuator includes a guide that extends in one direction and a slider that is movable in an axial direction with respect to the guide. Either the guide or the slider has a recessed cross-section, and the slider is guided by the guide while the other of the guide and the slider is restrained by three surfaces constituting the recessed cross-section.

Abstract: An electric valve includes a seating surface portion attached to a valve seat and a curved surface portion inserted into a valve port that are disposed in a valve body. A constricted surface portion smaller in outer diameter than an upper end portion of the curved surface portion is provided between the seating surface portion and the curved surface portion. As a result, a rising flow rate can be sufficiently reduced and controllability in a low flow range can be effectively improved with management of the rising flow rate simplified.

Abstract: Afforded is a linear stage including first, second, and third supporting parts disposed on a supporting flat surface, a first shaft supported by the first and second supporting parts and extending in a first direction, a second shaft supported by the third supporting part and provided extending in the first direction, and a translating carriage translated in the first direction, guided by the first shaft and the second shaft. At least one supporting part among the first, second, and third supporting parts supports the shaft supported by that supporting part in a way such as to be displaceable in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and parallel to the supporting flat surface.

Abstract: Provided is a reagent for assaying a thrombin-antithrombin complex (TAT) in a blood sample from a subject by latex agglutination assay. The reagent includes a polycation. As a result, TAT complexes can be precisely assayed while circumventing the effect of heparin.

Abstract: [Object] Provided is an electric valve with which a rising flow rate can be sufficiently reduced and controllability in a low flow range can be effectively improved with management of the rising flow rate simplified. [Solving Means] A seating surface portion 14a attached to a valve seat 46a and a curved surface portion 14b inserted into a valve port 46 are disposed in a valve body 14 and a constricted surface portion 14c smaller in outer diameter than an upper end portion of the curved surface portion 14b is provided between the seating surface portion 14a and the curved surface portion 14b.