Abstract: A flexible wiring board includes a signal line that transmits a signal and an electroconductive layer that is disposed to face the signal line, wherein the electroconductive layer includes a first portion in which a plurality of openings are provided, and a linear second portion that is formed in at least one of the plurality of openings, that has, at one end thereof, a connection portion connected to the first portion, and whose other end is an open end, where the connection portion is disposed in the second portion on a sending side in a transmission direction of a signal through the signal line. An angle between a direction along the transmission direction of the signal and an extension direction of the second portion from the connection portion toward the open end is an acute angle or an obtuse angle.

Abstract: A wiring board includes a wiring layer, a shield layer, and an insulating layer. The wiring layer includes at least one signal line and at least one ground line. The shield layer overlaps the wiring layer in plan view. The insulating layer is provided between the wiring layer and the shield layer. The insulating layer includes at least one end portion surrounded by the insulating layer. The at least one end portion is located on at least the at least one ground line. A connection conductor line electrically connecting the shield layer to the at least one ground line is provided on part of the at least one end portion.

Abstract: The particle measurement device includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire pad surface shape data indicating a surface shape of an electrode pad including a probe needle mark where a probe needle has contacted; a roughness calculating unit configured to calculate volume of a recessed portion recessed from a pad reference surface and volume of a protruding portion protruding from the pad reference surface based on the pad surface shape data; and a particle quantity calculating unit configured to calculate a particle quantity from a volume difference between the volume of the recessed portion and the volume of the protruding portion.

Abstract: A sludge drying apparatus includes a waste fluid bath for storing a waste fluid containing a sludge, an extracting unit for extracting the sludge from the waste fluid stored in the waste fluid bath, a transfer belt for transferring the sludge extracted by the extracting unit, a drying unit for drying the sludge to be transferred by the transfer belt, and a recovering unit for recovering the sludge transferred by the transfer belt and dried by the drying unit. The recovering unit includes a roll brush provided adjacent to the air outlet so as to horizontally extend in the direction perpendicular to the direction of extension of the transfer belt, and a recovery box for recovering the sludge separated from the transfer belt by the roll brush.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: a first case having a slot portion exposing a battery-side terminal portion and a guide portion guiding attachment to an electrical device main body; a second case defining a space accommodating a battery cell by being joined with the first case; a separator holding the battery cell; a circuit board fixed to a side of the separator facing the first case; and the battery-side terminal portion is fixed at a position corresponding to the slot portion of the circuit board and connectable to a main body side terminal of an electrical device main body. The separator has a connecting portion provided around the circuit board when viewed from above, at a position facing the first case, and the first case has a connected portion connected to the connecting portion at a portion corresponding to the connecting portion.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and reagents for the enzymatic measurement of short-chain fatty acids, having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, in a sample. Methods include the use of recombinant butyrate kinases from multiple species, combined various reagents that includes ATP, to detect butyric acid in different types of samples via measurement of ATP consumption. Disclosed also are the reagents themselves.

Abstract: Provided is an intermediate transfer member containing a thermoplastic resin and carbon black. The carbon black has a structure volume of 50 or more and 250 or less, and a content of the carbon black is from 15.0 mass % to 30.0 mass % with respect to the intermediate transfer member. When a region ranging from an inner peripheral surface on a back side with respect to an outer peripheral surface on which a toner image is borne to 10 ?m in a thickness direction is defined as an inner peripheral surface region, a value of an L-function indicating dispersibility of the carbon black with respect to the thermoplastic resin in the inner peripheral surface region is 150 nm or less.

Abstract: A flexible wiring board includes a signal line and a conductive portion that overlaps the signal line in plan view. The conductive portion includes a first line portion extending in a first direction and having a first part and a second part, a second line portion extending in a second direction and having a third part and a fourth part, and a third line portion. The third line portion has a line width smaller than a line width of the first part and a line width of the second part, is connected to the first and second parts, and is provided between the first part and the second part. The conductive portion includes a fourth line portion that is connected to the third part and the fourth part and that is provided between the third part and the fourth part. The third line portion and the fourth line portion intersect.

Abstract: An intermediary transfer belt having surface resistivity ?s of 1×109 ?/square or more and volume resistivity ?v of 1×1012 ?·cm or less includes a thermoplastic resin material containing carbon black. The carbon black contained in the thermoplastic resin material has a weight ratio of 22.5-28.5 weight % and include first carbon black and second carbon black. The first carbon black of the carbon black contained in the thermoplastic resin material has a weight ratio of 50-90 weight % and dibutyl phthalate absorption of 93-127 ml/100 g, and the second carbon black of the carbon black contained in the thermoplastic resin material has a weight ratio of 10-50 weight % and dibutyl phthalate absorption of 36-79 ml/100 g.

Abstract: A wiring substrate which includes a base member having a first surface, a first differential signal line disposed on the first surface of the base member and a second differential signal line disposed adjacent to the first differential signal line on the first surface of the base member. A ground layer which faces the first and second differential signal lines, has a plurality of openings continuously arranged along a predetermined direction. In a planar view of the wiring substrate, where a length of each of the plurality of openings in a direction along the signal lines is a length L1, a length of the opening in a direction orthogonal to Li is a length L2, and a distance between the first and second differential signal lines is a length L3, L1 is equal to or greater than four times L2, and L2 is equal to or less than L3.

Abstract: Inside a case of a battery pack, the case being formed from an upper case and a lower case, battery cells are aligned in the longitudinal direction, with three battery cells stacked on the upper side and two stacked on the lower side. Portions of the end surfaces of the upper battery cells are supported in the axial direction by cell support parts formed integrally with the inner wall of the lower case. Similarly, portions of the end surfaces of the lower battery cells are supported in the axial direction by cell support parts formed integrally with the inner wall of the lower case. The cell support parts are formed independently from each other.

Abstract: The crystallinity of a thermoplastic resin is 8% or more and 25% or less, the average primary particle size of carbon black is 10 nm or more and 30 nm or less, the content of the carbon black is 15.0 parts by mass or more and 30.0 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of an intermediate transfer belt, and (Li+Lo+Lc)/3?100 nm, where Li, Lo, and Lc are values of an L-function indicating a dispersibility of the carbon black with respect to the thermoplastic resin in an inner peripheral surface region of the intermediate transfer belt, in an outer peripheral surface region, and in a central region that is a central portion of the intermediate transfer belt in a thickness direction of the intermediate transfer belt, respectively.

Abstract: The crystallinity of a thermoplastic resin is 8% or more and 25% or less, the average primary particle size of carbon black is 10 nm or more and 30 nm or less, the content of the carbon black is 15.0 parts by mass or more and 30.0 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of an intermediate transfer belt, and (Li+Lo+Lc)/3?100 nm, where Li, Lo, and Lc are values of an L-function indicating a dispersibility of the carbon black with respect to the thermoplastic resin in an inner peripheral surface region of the intermediate transfer belt, in an outer peripheral surface region, and in a central region that is a central portion of the intermediate transfer belt in a thickness direction of the intermediate transfer belt, respectively.

Abstract: Provided is an intermediate transfer member containing a thermoplastic resin and carbon black. The carbon black has a structure volume of 50 or more and 250 or less, and a content of the carbon black is from 15.0 mass % to 30.0 mass % with respect to the intermediate transfer member. When a region ranging from an inner peripheral surface on a back side with respect to an outer peripheral surface on which a toner image is borne to 10 ?m in a thickness direction is defined as an inner peripheral surface region, a value of an L-function indicating dispersibility of the carbon black with respect to the thermoplastic resin in the inner peripheral surface region is 150 nm or less.

Abstract: An O-ring seals between a first lens and a lens barrel. Further, between the second lens and the lens barrel is also sealed by a first adhesive layer. The lens barrel, in a state before manufacturing of the lens unit, is provided with a communication passage that communicates an inside of the lens barrel with an outer peripheral groove (outside of the lens barrel. The communication passage, in the state of FIG. 1 after manufacturing, is sealed by a second adhesive layer (third seal member) made of an adhesive.

Abstract: Disclosed is an enzymatic measurement method comprising: contacting butyric acid in a sample, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and butyrate kinase to produce adenosine diphosphate (ADP); and measuring the produced ADP.

Abstract: A wiring substrate which includes a base member having a first surface, a first differential signal line disposed on the first surface of the base member and a second differential signal line disposed adjacent to the first differential signal line on the first surface of the base member. A ground layer which faces the first and second differential signal lines, has a plurality of openings continuously arranged along a predetermined direction. In a planar view of the wiring substrate, where a length of each of the plurality of openings in a direction along the signal lines is a length L1, a length of the opening in a direction orthogonal to L1 is a length L2, and a distance between the first and second differential signal lines is a length L3, L1 is equal to or greater than four times L2, and L2 is equal to or less than L3.

Abstract: A guidewire includes a core shaft, a coil body disposed around an outer periphery of the core shaft, and a resin layer. The resin layer includes a proximal end part disposed around an outer periphery of the coil body; a distal end part located between the core shaft and the coil body distal to the proximal end part and having an outer diameter that is smaller than an outer diameter of the proximal end part; and a tapered part located between the proximal end part and the distal end part and having an outer diameter that decreases in the distal direction. The distal end part of the coil body is not covered with the resin layer. The guidewire has improved rotation performance (operativity) while maintaining insertability, and a risk that a distal end the resin layer will detach from the guidewire is reduced.

Abstract: An intermediary transfer belt having surface resistivity ?s of 1×109 ?/square or more and volume resistivity ?v of 1×1012 ?·cm or less includes a thermoplastic resin material containing carbon black. The carbon black contained in the thermoplastic resin material has a weight ratio of 22.5-28.5 weight % and include first carbon black and second carbon black. The first carbon black of the carbon black contained in the thermoplastic resin material has a weight ratio of 50-90 weight % and dibutyl phthalate absorption of 93-127 ml/100 g, and the second carbon black of the carbon black contained in the thermoplastic resin material has a weight ratio of 10-50 weight % and dibutyl phthalate absorption of 36-79 ml/100 g.

Abstract: A battery pack cooling system includes a plurality of cells disposed in an internal space of a battery pack case so as to form a cooling passage configured to cool the cell modules by cooling air flowing in the cooling passage. The cooling passage includes a cooling air inlet passage, a cooling air exhaust passage, and a plurality of cooling branch passages disposed to connect the cooling air inlet passage and the cooling air exhaust passage in parallel. A minimum temperature sensor is disposed in the upstream position to measure a lowest temperature region in a first cell module. A maximum temperature sensor is disposed in the downstream position which becomes a highest temperature region in the first cell module. Another temperature sensor is disposed in a second cell module to measure the temperature of either the highest temperature or the lowest temperature in the second cell module.