Abstract: A wire bar is formed by winding a wire, which comprises a first flat portion formed along an overall longitudinal length, around a peripheral surface of a metal core such that the peripheral surface of the metal core and the first flat portion tightly contact with each other. Since this increases the area size of a contact portion where the wire and the metal core contact each other, it is possible to increase the force of static friction which fixes the wire to the metal core. Fixing of the wound wire to the metal core by the strong force of static friction effectively prevents the wound wire from getting deviated.

Abstract: An image forming method includes: by using a plurality of liquid developers having different colors, forming a plurality of single color images corresponding to the colors; transferring a non-fixed color image onto a recording medium; and fixing the non-fixed color image onto the recording medium. In the image forming method, each of the liquid developers includes an insulting liquid containing unsaturated fatty acid components and toner particles dispersed in the insulating liquid, and an oxidation polymerization accelerator that accelerates an oxidation polymerization reaction of the unsaturated fatty acid components during fixation is contained in the liquid developer forming the single color image that is positioned closest to the recording medium among the plurality of single color images forming the non-fixed color image.

Abstract: By calculating a channel selection frequency on the basis of a channel selection time list in a memory, a control section automatically judges a zapping operation by a user, and performs display of a program list in which all programs being broadcasted are listed.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus which includes a cylindrical image carrier, on which at least an electrostatic latent image is formed, and a charge roller for non-contact charging the image carrier with a predetermined charge gap, and applies at least an alternating current (AC) voltage to the charge roller to non-contact charge the image carrier, wherein a predetermined number of partition members for partitioning an internal space of the image carrier into a plurality of sub-spaces are arranged at a central position of an axial direction of the image carrier or in the vicinity of the central position of the axial direction of the image carrier, in the image carrier.

Abstract: A protein according to the invention can be used to detect or measure calcium ions is provided. Further the protein is useful as a reporter protein or a luminescence marker. A polynucleotide according to the invention is also useful as a reporter gene.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus and an image forming method, which are capable of forming images at stable image quality by executing adjustment of operating conditions at appropriate timings, are provided. When a Vsync count corresponding to an integrated value of a rotation count of an intermediate transfer belt reaches a predetermined value V1 or V2, a charging current Iw is increased by one level and an adjusting operation of a developing bias is executed (at a time t4 or t5), to thereby stabilize an image density. Further, when remaining service life of a developer reaches a predetermined value (50%) (at a time t6), if the Vsync count at that moment suggests that the time to change the charging current Iw is drawing near, the change thereof is executed ahead of the schedule, whereby the adjusting operation of the developing bias, which should otherwise be executed at the time t7, is omitted.

Abstract: One of the embodiment of present invention includes at least one transmitter-receiver set including a transmitter and a receiver opposed with an object to be measured therebetween; and a transmission device that estimates the amount of the object based on the attenuation of electromagnetic waves that are transferred between the transmitter and the receiver of the transmitter-receiver set, and transmits information on the estimated amount of the object to be measured.

Abstract: In sending an e-mail to the mobile phone, the e-mail is first sent to the server apparatus. After the server apparatus identifies the sender, it sends a mail presence notice (MPN) to the mobile phone. When receiving the MPN, the mobile phone memorizes a mail ID included in the MPN in association with user identification of a SIM card. Then, the mobile phone sends a request for header data to the server apparatus based on the mail ID. When receiving the header data completely sent from the server apparatus upon the request, the mobile phone deletes the mail ID which it has memorized in association with the user identification data.

Abstract: An optical head is adapted to form an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier. A transparent substrate has a first face adapted to oppose the image carrier and a second face opposing the first face. An organic EL photo emitter is disposed so as to oppose the second face of the substrate. In the photo emitter, a light emitting layer is adapted to emit light irradiating the image carrier to form the electrostatic latent image. An electrode layer is laminated on the light emitting layer. A reflection reducer eliminates stray light generated when the light emitted from the light emitting layer is reflected by at least the electrode layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for suppressing the expression of a targeted gene using mRNA-cDNA duplexes. The invention further provides novel methods and compositions for generating amplified mRNA-cDNA hybrids, whose quantity is high enough to be used for the invention's gene silencing transfection. This improved RNA-polymerase chain reaction method uses thermocycling steps of promoter-linked double-stranded cDNA or RNA synthesis, in vitro transcription and then reverse transcription to amplify the amount of mRNA-cDNA hybrids up to two thousand folds within one round of the above procedure.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate in which an integrated circuit is formed; an insulating layer formed on the semiconductor substrate and having a first surface and a second surface which is higher than the first surface; a first electrode formed to avoid the second surface and electrically connected to the inside of the semiconductor substrate; and a second electrode formed on the second surface and electrically connected to the inside of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A fusing roller in an image forming apparatus heats and fuses a developed image transferred to a recording medium. A heat generator is controlled to maintain a detected temperature of the fusing roller at a reference fusing temperature until a predetermined time period is elapsed from when a trigger signal for starting preheating provided prior to entry of a print command is entered, and is stopped when the predetermined time period elapses. The fusing roller is rotated while being heated until the detected temperature once reaches the reference fusing temperature, and thereafter the detected temperature is maintained at the reference fusing temperature until the predetermined time period elapses by heating but not rotating the fusing roller.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a ceramic electronic component wherein via conductors that are embedded in through holes of dielectric layers formed from a sintered body of ceramic particles are made by firing a electrically conductive paste for via conductor that contains inorganic particles made of the same material as the ceramic particles that constitute the dielectric layer and having an average particle diameter smaller than that of the ceramic particles, and a method for manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, such a ceramic electronic component can be provided that the via conductors and the internal electrodes are electrically connected with each other satisfactorily without voids generated therein.

Abstract: An integrated circuit for recovering a position and clock period from an input bi-phase encoded digital signal, such as an SPDIF signal, has a longest interval detector arranged to count the intervals between phase changes of the input digital signal to derive the longest interval between the phase changes. The longest interval indicates the position and period length of a preamble portion of sub-frames of the signal. A store arranged to store the longest interval between phase changes and an output provides a signal indicating the position of the longest interval between phase changes and an indication of the clock period of the input digital signal. The longest interval detector includes a pair of counters for even and odd phase transitions and counts in multiple intervals such that a clock period of 2 UI can be recovered directly from the longest pulse of 6 UI present in the preamble X of an SPDIF signal.

Abstract: An image pickup terminal includes an image pickup section, a data storage section which stores shutter sound setup data that sets a shutter sound generating when the image pickup section performs an imaging, a shutter sound generating section which generates a shutter sound based on the shutter sound setup data stored in the data storage section, a shutter sound appropriateness checking section which determines whether a shutter sound based on the shutter sound setup data stored in the data storage section is appropriate or not, and a control section which inhibits data setting of a shutter sound determined as being inappropriate by the shutter sound appropriateness checking section.

Abstract: A straddle-type vehicle with improved meter viewability and easier handle assembly. A handle cover covers a handle, and a meter unit is attached to the handle cover. The meter unit includes a side surface that extends upward from an upper surface of the handle cover, and a lens that covers a meter formed in an upper section of the side surface. An upper end of the meter unit is positioned above an upper end of the handle cover.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a development portion holder mounted with a plurality of development portions having a memory storing plural types of information on the corresponding development portion and that selectively portions one of the development portions in a predetermined development positions by holding and moving the mounted development portions; a controller that controls the development portion holder to switch the development portions to be positioned at the predetermined development position and that performs an image forming process using the development portions positioned at the development position; and an access unit that accesses the memory of the development portion positioned at an access position, which is a position at which one of the other development portions mounted in the development portion holder is placed so as write the information therein, when one of the development portions mounted in the development portion holder is positioned at the development position.

Abstract: An image processor for converts input grayscale values into output grayscale values having two or more grayscales by dividing an input image into pixel groups each including pixels and applying a dither matrix to each pixel group a center of gravity position of the pixel group from the input grayscale value of each pixel included in the pixel group; the center of the dither matrix on the center of gravity position of the pixel group; and output the output grayscale values by corresponding the positioned dither matrix and the input grayscale value of each pixel included in the pixel group. By this, the center of the dither matrix is positioned on the center of gravity position of the pixel group. So dots are generated at the most appropriate positions to reproduce an input image faithfully.

Abstract: There is provided an image forming system in which each user can arbitrarily change an information display page for referring to various kinds of information of an image forming apparatus by a user's terminal unit connected to a network. An image forming apparatus 10, in which various kinds of information relating to the operation of an image forming apparatus can be referred to and set by a terminal unit 410 connected to the image forming apparatus through a network 300, is constructed in such a way that an information display page (my page) 230 specific to a user, in which each information item selected by the user is displayed at each specified position, is displayed as an information display page 210 expressing various kinds of information on the screen of the terminal unit.