Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle plate, a housing, a channel, and a positioning member. The nozzle plate has a nozzle hole and a first positioning hole penetrating through the nozzle plate in a thickness direction of the nozzle plate. The housing is bonded to the nozzle plate to form a single bonded body and has a second positioning hole extending in a thickness direction of the housing. A liquid flows through the channel between the nozzle plate and the housing to the nozzle hole. The positioning member fits into the first positioning hole and the second positioning hole to position the nozzle plate relative to the housing. A length of the positioning member is smaller than a sum of a length of the first positioning hole and a length of the second positioning hole in the thickness direction of the nozzle plate, and larger than the length of the second positioning hole.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet including a base material comprising a biocompatible material and having at least two independent holes, and a bioactive substance, wherein at least one of the independent holes is an independent hole A containing the bioactive substance, wherein at least one of the independent holes is an independent hole B containing no bioactive substance, wherein a maximum diameter of the independent holes is less than 0.2 mm. Also provided is a sheet laminate including sheets laminated with each other, wherein each of the sheets includes a base material comprising a biocompatible material and having at least two independent holes, and a bioactive substance, wherein at least one of the independent holes is an independent hole A containing the bioactive substance, wherein at least one of the independent holes is an independent hole B containing no bioactive substance.

Abstract: A one-dimensional measurement device includes a display; a display controller that, based on first input information, displays on the display a rough arrangement and measurement order of each of a plurality of measurable elements of a measurable object and, based on second input information, displays on the display the arrangement and measurement order of each of the plurality of measurable elements where the entire arrangement is rotated in a predetermined direction by a predetermined angle while maintaining a positional relationship of each of the measurable elements; and an input that receives input of the first input information and the second input information.

Abstract: A form measuring apparatus that is provided with a form measuring device that includes a detection device detecting a position on a surface of an object, and a feeding mechanism that moves the form measuring device in an axis direction. The feeding mechanism includes a drive shaft provided so as to be rotatable around an axis; a traction nut that is provided so as to hold the drive shaft from a direction orthogonal to an axis line of the drive shaft, and that also can switch between a frictional contacting state frictionally contacting the drive shaft and a separation state separated from the drive shaft; and a bracket coupling the traction nut and the form measuring device. The bracket is provided with a motor that includes a rotation shaft that is inclined with respect to the axis line, and the motor rotates the drive shaft.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet including a base material comprising a biocompatible material and having at least two independent holes, and a bioactive substance, wherein at least one of the independent holes is an independent hole A containing the bioactive substance, wherein at least one of the independent holes is an independent hole B containing no bioactive substance, wherein a maximum diameter of the independent holes is less than 0.2 mm. Also provided is a sheet laminate including sheets laminated with each other, wherein each of the sheets includes a base material comprising a biocompatible material and having at least two independent holes, and a bioactive substance, wherein at least one of the independent holes is an independent hole A containing the bioactive substance, wherein at least one of the independent holes is an independent hole B containing no bioactive substance.

Abstract: Provided is a flexible hollow structure including a plurality of hollow cell sections each having an opening at one end, wherein when the area of a cross-section of each hollow cell section positioned closely to the opening and approximately in parallel with the opening is X (mm2), an opening area of the opening is 0.2X or greater but 0.7X or less.

Abstract: A one-dimensional measurement device includes a display; a display controller that, based on first input information, displays on the display a rough arrangement and measurement order of each of a plurality of measurable elements of a measurable object and, based on second input information, displays on the display the arrangement and measurement order of each of the plurality of measurable elements where the entire arrangement is rotated in a predetermined direction by a predetermined angle while maintaining a positional relationship of each of the measurable elements; and an input that receives input of the first input information and the second input information.

Abstract: In a control method of a drive stage device, a stage is floated on an air bearing, then a height of the stage while floating on the air bearing is measured as a first height. A work piece is placed on the stage and a height of the stage while holding the work piece is measured as a second height. A difference between the first height and the second height is calculated as a drop amount, and a weight of the work piece is calculated based on the drop amount. An upper limit speed of one of rotational drive and horizontal movement of the stage is determined based on the calculated work piece weight. A speed of the one of the rotational drive and the horizontal movement of the stage is controlled so as to not exceed the upper limit speed.

Abstract: There is provided a surface texture measuring apparatus in which a measurement device is replaced easily and safely. A measurement device is replaceable by attaching and detaching the measurement device to and from a drive mechanism part. The measurement device includes a bracket, and the bracket includes a first connector for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from the measurement device and feeding to the measurement device. The drive mechanism part includes a support frame to which the bracket is detachably attached, and the support frame includes a second connector electrically connected to the first connector. The signal is transmitted and received between the first connector and the second connector, and the first connector is fed from the second connector while the first connector and the second connector are connected. Insertion and removal between the first connector and the second connector to attach and detach the measurement device to and from the drive mechanism part is hot swappable.

Abstract: A form measuring apparatus that is provided with a form measuring device that includes a detection device detecting a position on a surface of an object, and a feeding mechanism that moves the form measuring device in an axis direction. The feeding mechanism includes a drive shaft provided so as to be rotatable around an axis; a traction nut that is provided so as to hold the drive shaft from a direction orthogonal to an axis line of the drive shaft, and that also can switch between a frictional contacting state frictionally contacting the drive shaft and a separation state separated from the drive shaft; and a bracket coupling the traction nut and the form measuring device. The bracket is provided with a motor that includes a rotation shaft that is inclined with respect to the axis line, and the motor rotates the drive shaft.

Abstract: There is provided a surface texture measuring apparatus in which a measurement device is replaced easily and safely. A measurement device is replaceable by attaching and detaching the measurement device to and from a drive mechanism part. The measurement device includes a bracket, and the bracket includes a first connector for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from the measurement device and feeding to the measurement device. The drive mechanism part includes a support frame to which the bracket is detachably attached, and the support frame includes a second connector electrically connected to the first connector. The signal is transmitted and received between the first connector and the second connector, and the first connector is fed from the second connector while the first connector and the second connector are connected. Insertion and removal between the first connector and the second connector to attach and detach the measurement device to and from the drive mechanism part is hot swappable.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a microneedle array includes a plurality of hollow needles and a plurality of individual liquid chambers. The plurality of individual liquid chambers is configured to be in communication with the hollow needles. Each of the hollow needles is configured to hold a liquid composition to be ejected from tip end holes of the hollow needles. Each of the hollow needles has a length of 1 to 100 ?m. The individual liquid chambers being provided corresponding to the hollow needles.

Abstract: In a control method of a drive stage device, a stage is floated on an air bearing, then a height of the stage while floating on the air bearing is measured as a first height. A work piece is placed on the stage and a height of the stage while holding the work piece is measured as a second height. A difference between the first height and the second height is calculated as a drop amount, and a weight of the work piece is calculated based on the drop amount. An upper limit speed of one of rotational drive and horizontal movement of the stage is determined based on the calculated work piece weight. A speed of the one of the rotational drive and the horizontal movement of the stage is controlled so as to not exceed the upper limit speed.

Abstract: A transdermal device is provided. The transdermal device includes a transdermal patch, a sheet-shaped electrode stacked overlying one surface of the transdermal patch, and a power source connected to the sheet-shaped electrode. The transdermal patch includes a carrier layer. The carrier layer comprises a hollow structure and an external composition. The hollow structure comprises a plurality of cells partitioned by an insulator and has hollow portions penetrating through one plane surface to the other plane surface of the hollow structure. The external composition comprises a dispersion liquid comprising a nanoparticle containing an active ingredient.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping method deforms and deposits a plurality of shaping raw materials in a predetermined solid shape. The three-dimensional shaping method includes: by a conveying unit, conveying the plurality of shaping raw materials to a deforming unit; by the deforming unit, deforming the shaping raw materials; by a shaping-material forming unit, twisting and arranging the deformed shaping raw materials in a helical fashion to form a shaping material; and by a shaping unit, sequentially depositing the shaping material to form a three-dimensional shaped object.

Abstract: There is provided a signal processing circuit, which improves a signal SN ratio, for a measuring machine. A sensor uses two or more reference signals processed so as to have a mutual predetermined phase difference. The signal processing circuit includes a phase correcting circuit which removes an offset due to a phase shift between the two or more reference signals. The phase correcting circuit includes an offset detecting unit which adds the two or more reference signals and extracts the offset, and a correction processing unit which removes the offset from a sensor signal.

Abstract: There is provided a signal processing apparatus, which can perform measurement with a wide dynamic range and high resolution, for a measuring machine. A first analog-to-digital (AD) converter AD-converts a sensor signal into an upper digital signal. A first digital-to-analog (DA) converter DA-converts the upper digital signal into an upper analog signal. A first combining unit generates a lower analog signal by subtracting the upper analog signal from the sensor signal. An amplifier generates a magnified lower analog signal by amplifying the lower analog signal. A second AD converter AD-converts the magnified lower analog signal into a lower digital signal. A second combining unit combines the upper digital signal regarded as upper side digits with the lower digital signal regarded as lower side digits.

Abstract: Provided is a developing device, including a developer holding member that is rotatably disposed with opposing a latent image holding member which holds an electrostatic latent image, holds a developer including a toner and a carrier which include a conductive metallic pigment and are charged as normal polarity set in advance, is imparted with a potential of a same polarity as the normal polarity, and develops the electrostatic latent image with the toner, and an opposing member that is disposed with opposing the developer holding member at a position different from a position of the latent image holding member, and is imparted with a potential having a same polarity as the normal polarity, and has an absolute value greater than an absolute value of the potential of the developer holding member.

Abstract: A transporting member includes multiple helical blades that helically extend around a rotation shaft and that have an upstream-side blade and a downstream-side blade, an end portion of the upstream-side blade and an end portion of the downstream-side blade overlapping in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the rotation shaft, the multiple helical blades transporting an object in the axial direction via rotation of the rotation shaft; a gap portion that divides the upstream-side blade and the downstream-side blade, the upstream-side blade and the downstream-side blade being arranged at a certain angular interval in a circumferential direction of the rotation shaft; and a regulating portion that regulates an amount of the object that passes through a space between the upstream-side blade and the downstream-side blade in a direction in which the object is transported.

Abstract: A developing device includes a container in which developer is contained; and a developer carrier disposed in the container, the developer carrier including a magnet member having magnetic poles, and a rotation member that covers an outer circumference of the magnet member and is rotatably supported, the developer carrier developing a latent image formed on an image carrier into a visible image with the developer held on a surface of the rotation member as an effect of the magnet member. The rotation member has projections and recesses formed in the surface, which satisfy y?1.875×x+11.25, where y is an average depth of the projections and recesses when a lowest position of the recesses is assumed to be 0 and a highest position of the projections is assumed to be 100, and x is a ten-point average roughness of the projections and recesses.