Abstract: In a charger, according to one possible configuration, a pulse signal from a DC/DC converter control unit and a signal from a main safety control unit are applied to a mask. The mask outputs a result of an AND operation on the signals to a gate drive unit and a checking unit. The main safety control unit temporarily changes the output signal from an H level to an L level at a predetermined timing in a state where no information indicating a fault of the charging operation is acquired, and holds the output signal for a predetermined time. When a pulse signal is output without the output of the mask switching to an L level during this time, the checking unit outputs an H level signal. When acquiring the H level signal from the checking unit, the main safety control unit determines that the mask is not operating normally.

Abstract: A hollow fiber membrane-spinning nozzle that spins a hollow fiber membrane having a porous membrane layer and a support is provided in which the nozzle includes a resin flow channel through which a membrane-forming resin solution forming the porous membrane layer flows, the resin flow channel includes a liquid storage section that stores the membrane-forming resin solution and a shaping section that shapes the membrane-forming resin solution in a cylindrical shape and satisfies at least one of conditions (a) to (c): (a) the resin flow channel is disposed to cause the membrane-forming resin solution to branch and merge; (b) a delay means for delaying the flow of the membrane-forming resin solution is disposed in the resin flow channel; and (c) the liquid storage section or the shaping section includes branching and merging means for the membrane-forming resin solution therein.

Abstract: A double buffer (four pages×2 system) constituted by a DSP program buffer (D-RAM) and a prefetch program buffer (D-RAM) is provided, and burst access is performed collectively for four samplings from the prefetch program buffer (D-RAM). When this burst access is performed, a decline in performance caused by latency that occurs each time an external memory (DDR-SDRAM) is accessed is avoided by accessing with sequential addresses.

Abstract: The present application provides synthetic modified peptides of five to seven natural or non-natural amino acids as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, for use in the treatment a disease or disorder presenting behavioral abnormalities associated with impairment of sensory gating function, depression or cognitive impairment, particularly schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease.

Abstract: A sheet processing device includes a pressing unit that includes a first pressing member and a second pressing member, the first pressing member opposing and pressing a fold of a sheet, the second pressing member nipping the fold, being positioned opposite to the first pressing member, and pressing the fold; a sheet placement unit that is provided below the pressing unit, the sheet being placed on the sheet placement unit; and a moving unit that moves a position of at least one of the first pressing member and the second pressing member of the pressing unit and causes the sheet whose fold has been pressed by the pressing unit to move to the sheet placement unit by self weight of the sheet.

Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a transport path along which a sheet is transported in one direction; a sheet butting portion against which a side edge of the sheet on the transport path is butted, the sheet butting portion being provided at one side of the transport path; a butting section that moves the sheet toward the one side to butt the side edge against the sheet butting portion; and a sheet rotating section located on the upstream side of the butting section in a sheet transport direction, the sheet rotating section having two sheet transport parts provided so as to be shifted from each other in a direction intersecting the one direction, at least one of the sheet transport parts being configured to have a variable sheet transport speed, the sheet rotating section rotating the sheet by utilizing a difference in transport speed between the two sheet transport parts.

Abstract: This aircraft heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger body, which includes: a temperature raising section configured at least to raise a temperature of the heat exchanger body locally; and a heat exchanging section configured to exchange heat between an aircraft fuel and oil. The temperature raising section has an inlet for the oil, and has its temperature raised by the oil that has entered the heat exchanger body through the inlet. The heat exchanging section has an outlet for the aircraft fuel. The oil that has passed through the temperature raising section is introduced into the heat exchanging section from around the outlet for the aircraft fuel. The heat exchanging section is configured to have counter flows.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a transfer unit that transfers a toner image on the image carrier to a continuous medium including an intermediate layer that is an adhesive layer, a fixing unit that fixes the toner image transferred to the medium, a supply unit that is disposed upstream of the transfer unit in a direction in which the medium is transported and that supplies an anti-adhesive agent to an end portion of the medium in a width direction of the medium, a removing unit that is disposed downstream of the fixing unit and that removes the anti-adhesive agent from the medium, and a pasting unit that is disposed downstream of the removing unit and that pastes a protection member to a surface of the medium.

Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition, including, with respect to 100 parts by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (A), 0.005 part by mass to 1 part by mass of a phosphorus-based compound (B) having an aryl group, and 0.005 part by mass to 5 parts by mass of a polyether compound (C) having a polyoxyalkylene structure, in which the phosphorus-based compound (B) includes such a compound that an amount of a compound having a phenol structure produced by decomposition of the compound 1,500 hours after standing thereof under conditions of 40° C. and a humidity of 90% is 5 mass % or less with respect to the phosphorus-based compound (B).

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first base layer; a drain layer disposed on the back side surface of the first base layer; a second base layer formed on the surface of the first base layer; a source layer formed on the surface of the second base layer; a gate insulating film disposed on the surface of both the source layer and the second base layer; a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating film; a column layer formed in the first base layer of the lower part of both the second base layer and the source layer by opposing the drain layer; a drain electrode disposed in the drain layer; and a source electrode disposed on both the source layer and the second base layer, wherein heavy particle irradiation is performed to the column layer to form a trap level locally.

Abstract: Provided are a light guide member, a lighting apparatus including the light guide member, and a method of fabricating the light guide member. The light guide member comprises: a body, which is formed as a transparent plate, including a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface; and a plurality of dimple type optical controllers formed beneath at least one of the first surface and the second surface and having reflective surfaces that reflect light proceeding between the first and second surfaces of the body toward at least one of the first and second surfaces.

Abstract: Provided is a developing device configured to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing member by feeding a toner to the electrostatic latent image. The developing device includes a developing frame configured to form an inner space in which the toner and a carrier are to be mixed, a developing roller including an outer periphery to which the developer attaches where the developing roller feeds the toner included in the developer to the image bearing member. The developing device includes an agitator installed in the inner space and configured to mix and deliver the toner and the carrier in a direction parallel to an axial direction of the developing roller, and a plurality of concave portions arranged on a bottom surface of the developing frame.

Abstract: A display device having a structure capable of improving brightness “Mura” and color “Mura” that may be generated in a direct type backlight unit has a structure in which a plurality of light sources are arranged in a pattern similar to a square arrangement along the edges of the backlight unit, and in a pattern similar to a triangle arrangement within an intermediate region of the backlight unit, and a connector for connecting a cable disposed on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) is disposed on the rear side of the PCB such that the connector does not influence “Mura” of the backlight unit.

Abstract: A method for distributed routing of a packet in a network is provided. The network includes a controller, a first server, a second server, and a first switch. The method includes: obtaining identifiers of the two servers in the network and network connection information; determining whether the two servers are in two different subnets of the network and whether the two different subnets are configured on a same router according to the identifiers of the two servers and the network connection information of the two servers; when it is determined that that the two servers are in two different subnets of the network and the two different subnets are configured on a same router, instructing the first switch to modify a packet header of a packet sent by the first server to the second server and forward the modified packet to the second server.

Abstract: Provided are a video encoding method of adjusting a range of encoded output data to adjust a bit depth during restoring of encoded samples, and a video decoding method of substantially preventing overflow from occurring in output data in operations of a decoding process. The video decoding method includes parsing and restoring quantized transformation coefficients in units of blocks of an image from a received bitstream, restoring transformation coefficients by performing inverse quantization on the quantized transformation coefficients, and restoring samples by performing one-dimensional (1D) inverse transformation and inverse scaling on the quantized transformation coefficients. At least one from among the transformation coefficients and the samples has a predetermined bit depth or less.

Abstract: A transfer apparatus includes first and second communication paths, an accepting unit, a registration unit, an acquisition unit, and a transfer unit. The accepting unit accepts a request for data. The registration unit detects and registers a range that has been specified for writing. The acquisition unit acquires the data from a memory controller via the first communication path in a case where the request is issued for a registered range, and acquires the data from the arbitration device via the second communication path in a case where the request is issued for an unregistered range. The transfer unit transfers the acquired data. In a case where a first range detected from the arbitration device overlaps at least a portion of or is adjacent to a second range, which has been registered, the registration unit combines the first and second ranges into a continuous range and registers the continuous range.

Abstract: A light-emitting element and its fabrication method are provided. The light-emitting element includes an EL layer between a pair of electrode, and the EL layer is formed by evaporation of an organic compound. The evaporation is conducted so that the partial pressure of a component with a specific molecular weight in a film-formation chamber, which is monitored by a mass spectrometer, does not exceed a specific value during the evaporation. This method allows the formation of a light-emitting element having an improved lifetime.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first display unit configured to output a first image, and including a first visible area for allowing first light corresponding to the first image exiting therefrom; a first viewing area having a minimum area value in a first distance away from the first visible area, wherein the minimum area value is a first threshold for perceiving a complete display content of the first image.

Abstract: A recording material fold enhancing device includes a pressing unit that includes one or more recessed portions and one or more protrusions, and that presses a fold of a recording material; a supporting unit that includes one or more recessed portions and one or more protrusions, and that supports the fold of the recording material; and a driving unit that moves the pressing unit and the supporting unit along a direction in which the fold of the recording material is formed. A portion of the fold of the recording material is interposed between the one or more recessed portions of the pressing unit and the one or more protrusions of the supporting unit, and another portion of the fold of the recording material is interposed between the one or more protrusions of the pressing unit and the one or more recessed portions of the supporting unit.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a processing method and device for reselecting or switching UE from a TD-SCDMA system to a TD-LTE system. The method includes: receiving, by a PGW, a modify bearer request message sent by an SGW; obtaining, by the PGW, an S5/S8 interface resource in current bearer context information, updating the bearer context information according to the modify bearer request message, and obtaining an S5/S8 interface resource in the updated bearer context information; when the PGW determines that the S5/S8 interface resource changes according to the S5/S8 interface resource in the updated bearer context information and the interface resource in the current bearer context information, sending back, by the PGW, a modify bearer response message carrying the S5/S8 interface resource in the updated bearer context information to the SGW, for enabling the SGW to update the bearer context information according to the modify bearer response message.